Chapter 5: Entering Evil

  The head of the Gu family was lying inside, with his private doctor helping Hui stabilize her leg and check her other physical ditions.

  The doctor turu, who was standing by the side, and said, “Mrs. Gu doesn’t have any major issues. The injury on her foot was treated in time, and in a few days, it should be fine.”

  Gu Xuesong said, “Thank you, doctor. Xiao Ying, see the doctor out.”

  He unbuttoned his suit jacket and sat beside his wife’s bed, his expression filled with . “I told you to rest at home properly, but you insisted on running around. Do you know how anxious I was when I heard about the i? If something had happeo you, how would I go on?”

  Gu Xuesong, in his fifties, still looked well-maintained, without a sirand of white hair, and was one of the most respected fu businessmen in his circle.

  What outsiders didn’t know was that, while the Gu family’s patriarch had an unlimited reputation outside, he was a true “wife sve” at home. When his wife had an act, he was so scared that his heart rate became irregur. Fortunately, after the checkup, there was no problem, and his heart finally calmed down.

  “I’m fine, really. Don’t worry too much.”

  Hui reached out to pat her husband’s hand, sighing a little at the experience of the day. “I didn’t expect that at my age, a little child could save me. Xuesong, we ’t be ungrateful. Please find that child for me. I want to thank her in person.”

  Gu Xuesong frowned. “We will thank her, but with your current dition, don’t worry about it. I’ll have someone ha.”

  For the Gu family, money and power were never a problem, and thanking a little child would be easy.

  However, Hui shook her head. “It’s different. I have a e with that child. If you don’t agree, I’ll find someone myself.”

  “Fine, fine. I’ll take care of it for you,” Gu Xuesong agreed relutly.

  He knew his wife’s character well—if he didn’t agree, she would definitely go ahead and do it herself.

  Just as the couple was talking, a figure rushed into the room in a panic. “Mom, I heard you had a car act. Are you alright?”

  It was a young man of aroueen hteen, dressed in a very youthful manner, with messy yellow hair. He was out of breath from running too fast.

  “Why are you making such a fuss?” Gu Xuesong said, his refined face almost uo hold back a grimace. He never expected that his son, who had returned, was not here to show gratitude, but rather seemed to be seeking revenge.

  Gu Yu, used to his father’s sarcastic remarks, simply ighem.

  “Alright, you two, do you have tue every day?”

  Hui clearly uood that while her husband and you son could get along at first, after the younger son insisted oering the eai industry and being a star idol, they had bee enemies. Every time they met, they would csh, and nothing could stop them.

  “Xiao Yu, I’m fine. Weren’t you filming out of town? Why did you suddenly e back?”

  “I ed up filmierday. The pany had some urgent matters, so they called me back.”

  Seeing that his mother was fine, Gu Yu finally felt relieved. He was about to sit down when his father stopped him.

  “Everyo, give your mom some rest.”

  Knowing his son’s temper, Gu Xuesong khat if Gu Yu stayed in the room, he wouldn’t stop talking. His wife wouldn’t be able to rest properly.

  “Hey, old Gu, that’s not fair. I just… Hey! Hey, a true man never mentions the back of his cu Yu protested, but was cut off.

  Gu Xuesong didn’t want to waste time arguing. Despite his refined appearance, he was built like a bodybuilder and could lift his son as easily as pig up a chick.

  “Rest well!”

  “I’ll get that child for yht away.”

  Before leaving the room, Gu Xuesong turned bad said.

  Hui nodded. She trusted her husband to take care of things, and after such a long day, she was exhausted. Her head resting on the pillow, she drifted off to sleep, feeling groggy.

  Whether it was from exhaustion, Hui dreamt in fragments, and in those dreams, a grayish-white figure appeared repeatedly.

  It was cold aful, staring at her.

  What was even more terrifying was that the figure kept getting closer until, in the final moments of her awareness, it suddenly appeared right in front of her. Its pale fiightly gripped her neck.

  The immense force made it hard for her to breathe. At that moment, she finally saw what the figure looked like.

  It was a woman with disheveled hair, but there was no face!

  Where there should have been a face, there was oiness. The skin of the face was writhing, even tearing open slightly. Through the gap, she saw an awful, su-like mouth with sharp teeth, a hideous and terrifying sight. Just as the ghastly mouth was about to reach her, Hui’s palm suddenly felt a burniion.

  A fsh of golden light appeared, and the faceless, gray figure seemed to be hit by boiling hot oil, immediately retreating with an agonized screech.

  “Ah!”

  The pressure on her neck eased, and Hui suddenly sat up in shock, cold sweat c her forehead.

  Was it a dream?

  It felt so real!

  What was that white figure?

  Gasping for breath, she looked around in horror and realized she was in her bedroom. She instinctively let out a sigh of relief.

  But then, her fingers brushed against something, and her body froze in pce. She remembered the burniion in her palm earlier.

  Trembling, Hui pulled the b bad opened her hand. What she saw was the charm package she had held tightly in her hand before sleeping, now reduced to ashes.

  At that moment, she stopped breathing.

  “Madam, what’s wrong?”

  Gan Xiaoying had been standing outside. Hearing the noise inside, she hurried in. However, when she saw the dition of her mistress, her eyes went wide in shock.

  “Madam… your neck!”

  Hui froze at her words. She quickly grabbed the mirror from the bedside table, flipped it over, and in the light, she finally saw the marks on her neck.

  The once fair skin was now covered with a purple-red strangution mark. Just looking at the traces made it clear how much force had been used.

  “Who was it? Who tried to harm you?”

  Gan Xiaoying was furious. She had been guarding outside, and with so many bodyguards in the house, who could have silently sneaked in tle the madam like this?

  If the force had sted any longer…

  Her heart raced, and she couldn’t imagine what her master would think when he saw his wife like this!

  It wasn’t a dream!

  It was real!

  Hui’s heart sank. The gray figure in her dream definitely wasn’t something good!

  It hadn’t been able to kill her this time, but it surely wouldn’t give up. After all, she clearly remembered the malicious stare as it retreated.

  She survived this time, but what about ime?

  Too many doubts flooded her mind, but suddenly, a little voice popped up in her head.

  “Use the charm, remember to e find me!”

  Yes! The charm! The charm had saved her!

  It was the little child from earlier who had given it to her, and she had told her to find her. Did that mean she knew how to solve her current problem?

  Hui felt like she had grasped a lifeline, and she hurriedly looked at Xiaoying, urgently asking, “Where’s my husband?”

  She remembered that before she fell asleep, her husband had goo find someone.

  Gan Xiaoying was trembling from fear and said, “Master… he went out with the young master. They said they were going to find the little girl who saved you earlier. They’ve been gone for a while, they should be back soon.”

  “Madam, are you… alright?”

  Hui took a deep breath. “I’m fine. Go call him and have him e back quickly.”

  She then gnced around at the disordered room and suddenly ged her mind. “Let someone else make the call. Stay here with me.”

  She wasn’t sure where the gray figure was hiding, but just the thought that it might still be in the room made her body shiver.

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