TFOD Chapter 131

The reason why the Bai family is so well-known in this area is probably largely due to the White House.

The reason it’s called the White House, firstly, is naturally because of its color. When it was first built, a layer of white plaster was applied all over the walls, and the owner planned to add some colorful decorations. Things went very smoothly everywhere else, but when it came to this house in the West Garden, strange things started to happen frequently, so it was forced to be put on hold. To this day, the White House is still out of place with the carved beams and painted rafters of the rest of the Bai mansion, eerily white.

“A house with three large locks and three bolts. Even in the hot summer, it’s always cool near it, like being in an ice cellar. According to the owner of the Bai family, when his father was a child, he was playing with a ball, and the ball rolled to the door of the house. When he went to pick it up, he couldn’t resist peeking through the crack in the door.”

Jin Ling said this with a straight face, when he saw Wei Wuxian next to him reach into the coffin, seemingly flipping up the corpse’s eyelids, he immediately choked.

Wei Wuxian heard him falter and turned to look at him: “Peeked through the crack in the door?”

The group of junior disciples from the Lan Sect behind him also shifted their gazes. Jin Ling paused, and said: “…Peeked through the crack in the door, then stood there blankly, unable to move for a long time. When his family found him and dragged him away, he passed out and had a high fever. He was so confused he couldn’t remember anything, and he never dared to go near it again.

“After midnight, no one is allowed to leave their room, especially not allowed to get close to the White House. This is a strict rule of their family. But after a certain hour past midnight, even though there’s obviously no one inside, you can still hear the creaking sounds of old floorboards being stepped on. And there’s also this.”

Jin Ling clenched his fists and made a murderous gesture:

“It sounds like a rope slowly tightening, trying to strangle something.”

A few days ago, when a servant of the Bai family was cleaning up in the morning, he passed by the White House and found that a small, finger-sized hole had been poked in the thin paper window of the White House’s wooden door. And on the ground at the door, a man was lying face down.

It was a strange man, someone no one in the Bai family had ever seen before, about forty years old, with a pale face, bulging veins, and his five fingers deeply digging into his chest. He was already dead.

The servant was terrified, and the owner was also terrified. After some commotion, the guards concluded: this was an unlucky night thief, who happened to break into the forbidden area of ​​the Bai family, saw something, triggered a heart attack, and was scared to death on the spot. As for what “something” actually was, they removed all the seals and locks of the White House and searched all over, but they were completely clueless.

But since a life was lost, the owner of the Bai family knew that he could not just gloss over it, pretending that there was nothing in the White House.

Knowing that this problem must be eliminated, he gritted his teeth and mustered his courage, going to the Golden Carp Tower and paying a large sum to request the Lanling Jin Sect to come and hunt the night.

This was the backstory.

Lan Jingyi, holding the coffin lid, broke down: “Senior Wei, are you done yet… this person has been dead for days… even a walking corpse doesn’t smell this…”

Lan Sizhui helped him hold it, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, “The coffin is simple, and this mortuary is leaky and no one takes care of it. It’s inevitable after it’s been left for a few days. Just hold on, we still need to write notes.”

Jin Ling snorted, “A thief, it’s already good enough to put him in a coffin to collect the corpse, do you want to treat him like a Buddha?”

Wei Wuxian poked at the corpse for a long time, and finally raised his face from the coffin, took off his gloves and threw them away, and said, “Have you all finished looking?”

“Finished!”

Wei Wuxian asked, “Okay, now that you’re done, tell me, what’s the next step?”

Lan Jingyi said, “Summon the soul!”

Jin Ling sneered, “I didn’t need you to say that, I already tried it.”

Wei Wuxian said, “How did it go?”

Jin Ling said, “This person’s obsession wasn’t strong, his soul was too weak, and he died of fright. The seventh day after his death has passed, it’s completely dispersed, and can’t be summoned back.”

Lan Jingyi: “So there’s no difference between you trying and not trying…”

Lan Sizhui quickly said, “Then let’s go and take a look at the White House, let’s go, let’s go. Young Master Jin, please lead the way.” As he spoke, he pushed Lan Jingyi out of the door, successfully stopping their new round of pointless conversation at the beginning. A group of teenagers stepped over the threshold, several of them jumped over it, and they all walked lightly. Although Jin Ling was leading the way, he actually fell behind them.

Lan Sizhui asked Jin Ling, “Has anyone in the Bai family died unnaturally in the past, or are there any old unsolved cases?”

Jin Ling said, “The owner of the house insisted that there were absolutely none. The old people who died all passed away peacefully, and there were no conflicts among the people in the mansion.”

Lan Jingyi said, “Oh no, I have a bad feeling. Usually, as soon as someone says that, there’s definitely some kind of conflict, it’s just that they’re keeping it very tightly covered.”

Jin Ling said, “Anyway, I’ve confirmed it several times, and I couldn’t get any information out of them, and nothing unusual was found. You can try again.”

Because he had done all the homework he could do in advance, and had also looked at the White House several times, he did not enter the Bai Mansion this time, but found a tea stall outside to sit down. After a short while, a black shadow floated over.

Wei Wuxian sat down opposite him and said, “Jin Ling.”

Two exquisite figures were suddenly sitting at the small tea stall, which was indeed a bit eye-catching, causing the tea girl at the stall to look back frequently in the middle of her busy work.

After parting ways at the Guanyin Temple, this was the first time Wei Wuxian had met Jin Ling again, and even more so, it was the first time they were speaking alone. Jin Ling paused, his expression inscrutable, and said, “What is it?”

Wei Wuxian said, “How are things at the Golden Carp Tower now?”

Jin Ling said, “Just like that.”

Speaking of which, the journey of this owner of the Bai family to the Golden Carp Tower to seek help with hunting was also full of twists and turns.

If it had been a few years earlier, when the Lanling Jin Sect was at its peak, even if he had increased the reward tenfold, he might not have been able to get the direct disciples of the Lanling Jin Sect to come. In fact, not to mention asking for help with hunting, ordinary merchant families like the Bai family, who had money but no power or status, wouldn’t even dream of paying a visit. But now the situation in the cultivation world was different, and although ordinary people didn’t know the details of the dramatic changes, they had vaguely heard some things. The owner of the Bai family also tried it with the mentality of “just in case.”

He anxiously submitted his name card at the gate, explaining his intentions. The guard accepted his bribe and reluctantly went to report it. When he came back, he turned his face and said that the family head refused, and he went to drive him away. Fine, he didn’t really expect to be able to invite them anyway, but he was annoyed that the guard took the bribe and had such a bad attitude, so he asked for the money back. After a few arguments, just then, a handsome teenager wearing golden star and snow wave robes came out of the vermillion door with a bow, and when he saw this situation, he immediately frowned and asked.

Now, the guard stammered. The owner of the Bai family saw that although this teenager was still half-grown, his identity was probably not low, so he quickly explained the situation. Who knew that as soon as this teenager heard it, he was furious, and with a palm strike, he knocked the guard down from the Golden Carp Tower, and scolded, “The family head said to drive people away? How come I didn’t know!”

Then he turned to him and said, “Is your family the Bai family in the west of the city, twenty miles away? I’ll remember that. You go back first, and someone will naturally look for you in a few days!”

The owner of the Bai family returned home in a daze. A few days later, a group of aristocratic children really came to his door, but he didn’t know that the person who came was actually the family head of the Lanling Jin Sect.

Of course, he would not know even more that the Lanling Jin Sect was now truly a mess.

The guard did not report to the real family head, Jin Ling, but reported to another elder of the Lanling Jin Sect. As soon as that elder heard that even merchants dared to step on the golden steps of the Lanling Jin Sect now, he flew into a rage and told him to drive people away. Who knew that Jin Ling, who was preparing to go to the hunting ground, happened to bump into this.

Jin Ling knew that these family elders were arrogant and considered themselves to be centuries-old families. Their status could not be lowered no matter what, and they would only receive dignitaries. Firstly, he had always been extremely disgusted with this kind of behavior. Secondly, he was angry that the guard went directly around him to report to others, treating him as if he was nothing. Thirdly, he thought that when Jin Guangyao was alive, which disciple or guest dared to accept bribes privately? The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. It just so happened that he had already arranged for Lan Sizhui, Lan Jingyi, and others to go night hunting together this month, so he went to the Bai family for a visit.

If he were to ask himself honestly, he couldn’t say that he hadn’t expected Wei Wuxian to come along.

Although Jin Ling did not tell others about the twists and turns, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at the Golden Carp Tower, and countless idle mouths, so it had already been passed on to Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji. Wei Wuxian knew that he would not show weakness, so he said, “If you have any questions, ask your uncle more.”

Jin Ling said coldly, “He’s not surnamed Jin.”

Hearing this, Wei Wuxian was stunned for a moment, and then understood. Unable to decide whether to laugh or cry, he raised his hand and smacked the back of his head, “Speak properly!”

Jin Ling “Owwwed”. The face he had been stubbornly holding back finally cracked.

Although this slap didn’t hurt at all, Jin Ling felt as if he had suffered great humiliation, especially when he heard the giggling sounds of the tea girl nearby, the humiliation was even greater. He covered his head and roared, “Why are you hitting me!”

Wei Wuxian said, “I’m hitting you to remind you to think of your uncle. He’s someone who doesn’t like to meddle in other people’s business, but he went to other people’s place to show off for you, and was criticized by others many times. Now you say that he’s not surnamed Jin, if he hears that, wouldn’t he feel cold?”

Jin Ling was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, “That’s not what I meant! I…”

Wei Wuxian asked, “Then what do you mean?”

Jin Ling said, “I! I…”

The first “I” was full of vigor, but the second “I” was weak and deflated. Wei Wuxian said, “I, I, I, let me help you say it. This is what you mean: Although Jiang Cheng is your uncle, he is, after all, an outsider to the Lanling Jin Sect. He has already intervened several times to help you. But if he interferes too much and reaches too far in other people’s territory, it will inevitably become an excuse for people to criticize him in the future and cause him trouble, right?”

Jin Ling was furious: “Nonsense! Don’t you know that! Then why did you still hit me!”

Wei Wuxian slapped him again: “I’m hitting you because you don’t know how to speak properly! What a great thing to say, but why does it sound so particularly unpleasant when it comes out of your mouth!”

Jin Ling covered his head and roared, “You hit me like this when Lan Wangji isn’t here!”

Wei Wuxian said, “If he was here, I would just tell him, and he would help me hit you, do you believe it?”

Jin Ling said in disbelief, “But I’m the family head!!!”

Wei Wuxian smiled contemptuously: “I’ve hit at least eighty, if not a hundred, family heads.”

Jin Ling jumped up to rush out of the tea stall, and said, “If you hit me again, I’ll leave!”

“Come back!” Wei Wuxian grabbed the back of his collar and dragged him back like a little chicken, and slapped him flat on the stool, saying, “I won’t hit you anymore, just sit down properly.”

Jin Ling was wary. When he saw that he really didn’t intend to hit him again, he reluctantly sat down. The women at the tea stall saw that the commotion was finally over, so they smiled and came over to add water. Wei Wuxian picked up his teacup and took a sip, suddenly saying, “Ah Ling.”

Jin Ling glared at him: “What?”

But Wei Wuxian laughed and said, “Seeing you this time, you’ve grown up a lot.”

Jin Ling was stunned.

Wei Wuxian stroked his chin and said, “You look, well, much more reliable now. I’m very happy, but also a little…how should I say it, actually, the way you were before, so silly, was also quite cute.”

Jin Ling couldn’t sit still again.

Without warning, Wei Wuxian reached out and hugged his shoulder hard, and then fiercely ruffled his hair, saying, “But, no matter what, I’m very happy to see you, you little brat, haha!”

Regardless of his hair being ruffled, Jin Ling jumped off the long bench and rushed out. Wei Wuxian slapped him back again: “Where are you going?”

Jin Ling’s neck was red, and he said in a rough voice, “I’m going to see the White House!”

Wei Wuxian said, “Haven’t you already seen it?”

Jin Ling said, “I’m! Going! To! Investigate! Again!”

Wei Wuxian said, “Since you’ve already seen it several times before, I think there won’t be any new developments even if you go back a few more times. Why don’t you help me check something else instead?”

Jin Ling was just afraid that he would say something embarrassing again. He would rather be slapped in the face than be patted on the head and have good things said to him. Thinking that this person could even publicly shout out things like wanting to sleep with Hanguang-Jun, who knows what kind of things would come out of his mouth. He quickly said, “Okay! What do you want to check?”

Wei Wuxian said, “Check if there is a strange person here who had his face slashed dozens of times, and had his eyelids and lips cut off.”

Hearing that he wasn’t making up random things, Jin Ling said, “It’s okay, but why do you want to check this kind of…”

Suddenly, the tea girl who was adding water said, “Are you talking about the Hook Hand?”

Wei Wuxian turned his head and said, “Hook Hand?”

“Yes.” This tea girl had probably been paying attention to their conversation for fun, and as soon as she had the chance, she immediately chimed in, saying, “No mouth and no eyelids, isn’t that him you’re describing? Considering your accent, you don’t sound like a local. It’s strange that you know about this person.”

Jin Ling said, “I’m considered a local, and I haven’t heard of this person.”

The tea girl said, “You’re young, so it’s not surprising that you haven’t heard of him. But this person used to be very famous.”

Wei Wuxian said, “Famous? How famous?”

The tea girl said, “Not a good kind of famous. I heard it from my great-aunt’s mother when I was little. You can imagine how long ago it was. This Hook Hand, no one knows what his name was, was a small blacksmith. Although he was poor, his craftsmanship was good, he was also quite presentable, honest and diligent. He had a wife, who was very beautiful, and he was very good to her. But his wife wasn’t that good to him. She found another wild man outside, and didn’t want her husband anymore, so…she killed him!”

Clearly, this tea girl had been poisoned by this legend since she was little, therefore, she also poisoned others with vivid descriptions, her tone and expressions were very accurate, which made Jin Ling jump in shock, thinking to himself, “Indeed, the most poisonous is a woman’s heart!” But Wei Wuxian had been dealing with fierce corpses and evil spirits all year round, and had heard similar stories a thousand or eight hundred times, and the plot was rotten to him. He simply listened with his cheek propped up in his hand, expressionless. The tea girl continued, “This woman was afraid that people would recognize her husband’s corpse, so she cut off his eyelids and slashed his face dozens of times. And because she was afraid that after he died and went to the underworld, he would accuse her in front of the judge, she saw a freshly made iron hook on the blacksmith’s bench, so she took it and hooked off his tongue…”

Suddenly, a voice said, “How could his wife do that? To use such a vicious method to harm her own husband!”

Jin Ling was listening intently, and was startled by this voice. He turned around and saw that Lan Sizhui, Lan Jingyi, and others had come out of the Bai Mansion, and were huddled behind him, listening intently. The sentence just now was Lan Jingyi’s exclamation. The tea girl said, “Sigh, the stories of men and women are just that few kinds of situations: being greedy for the rich and despising the poor, or just being fickle. Other people can’t say for sure. Anyway, this blacksmith turned into such a ghastly appearance, barely breathing. That poisonous woman secretly threw him into the graveyard west of the city. Crows are the most fond of eating dead people and rotten flesh, but when they saw his face, they didn’t even dare to peck a piece of meat…”

People like Lan Jingyi were very easily touched and immersed in whatever story they were listening to. He was an excellent listener and said, “…That’s too much… That’s too much! Didn’t those who killed him get their retribution?”

The tea girl said, “Yes! How can they not. Although this blacksmith was harmed like this, he actually survived a great disaster. One night, he crawled out of the graveyard and went back home. He grabbed the throat of his wife, who was pretending to be asleep, and ‘crack’, like this,” she gestured, “ripped it open with a hook.”

The junior disciples all had complicated expressions, feeling both frightened and relieved at the same time. The tea girl said, “After killing his wife, he also slashed her face and hooked off her tongue, but his resentment did not dissipate. From then on, he started killing every beautiful woman he saw!”

Lan Jingyi was stunned, and greatly shocked, and said, “That’s not right. It’s fine to take revenge, but the other beautiful women, how did they offend him?”

The tea girl said, “Yes, but he didn’t care so much. His face had turned into that ghostly appearance, and every time he saw a beautiful woman, he would think of his wife, and the hatred in his heart… what do you want him to do? Anyway, for a long time after that, young girls didn’t dare to walk alone when it got a bit dark. Even if they didn’t go out, they wouldn’t dare to sleep if there was no father, brother, or husband at home. Because from time to time, a woman’s corpse with her tongue hooked out would be thrown on the side of the road…”

Jin Ling asked, “Couldn’t anyone catch him?”

The tea girl said, “Couldn’t catch him. After the blacksmith killed his wife, he disappeared. He didn’t live in his original house anymore, and it was like he was possessed by a ghost, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. His movements were very strange, and ordinary people couldn’t catch him. Anyway, I heard it was after many years that he was subdued. Only after this matter completely subsided did everyone dare to sleep peacefully! Amitabha, thank heavens and the earth.”

After leaving the tea stall and returning to the mortuary, Lan Sizhui said, “Senior Wei, the Hook Hand that you suddenly wanted to check, is it related to the evil spirits of the Bai family?”

Wei Wuxian said, “That’s natural.”

Jin Ling had also guessed somewhat, but he still had to ask, “Where’s the connection?”

Wei Wuxian reopened the coffin lid and said, “In this thief’s body.”

Everyone covered their noses again. Jin Ling said, “I’ve looked at this thief’s body several times.”

Wei Wuxian grabbed him and said, “It shows that you haven’t looked carefully enough.”

He patted Jin Ling’s shoulder, and suddenly pressed it down. Jin Ling lowered his head and came face to face with the thief’s corpse inside the coffin, which had a pale face and wide-open eyes. A stench assailed him, and Wei Wuxian said, “Look at his eyes.”

Jin Ling squinted and stared at the dull, lusterless pupils of the corpse. After just one look, he felt cold all the way from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. Lan Sizhui knew something was wrong, so he immediately bent down to take a look as well.

He saw that in the corpse’s black pupils, the reflection was not his own figure.

It was a strange face, almost filling the entire pupil, with an uneven face, covered in knife marks, without eyelids or lips.

Lan Jingyi hopped around behind them, looking like he wanted to see, but didn’t dare to come closer, and said, “Sizhui, you…what did you see?”

Lan Sizhui waved his hand in response, saying, “Don’t come over.”

Lan Jingyi quickly said, “Oh!” and retreated several steps.

Lan Sizhui raised his face and said, “Speaking of which, I have heard of some such folk legends. Sometimes, the eyes will ‘record’ what people saw before they died. I didn’t expect it to be true.”

Wei Wuxian said, “It’s only occasional. Because this thief was frightened to death, no matter what he saw, the impression was probably extremely deep and hard to erase, which is why it was recorded. In another situation, it might not be recorded. After a few more days, when the corpse completely rots, we probably won’t be able to see it anymore.”

Jin Ling still questioned, “Since it’s so unstable and just a folk legend, is it really believable?”

Wei Wuxian said, “Whether it’s believable or not, let’s investigate first and see. It’s better than just being stuck.”

In any case, there was finally some progress. Lan Sizhui decided to go to the graveyard west of the city to search, and Wei Wuxian said he would accompany him. The rest of them would investigate the Hook Hand. After all, hearsay could not be accurate, and the more information they could find, the better.

Jin Ling, on the one hand, disliked Lan Jingyi, and on the other hand, felt that the place Wei Wuxian was going would definitely be a better place to train. But he thought that no one in the Lanling area was familiar with it, and if he didn’t take the lead, it would be difficult, so he immediately agreed without further discussion. The group of people agreed to meet at the Bai Mansion in the evening. After some investigation, the information they obtained was very similar to what the tea girl had said during the day, indicating that the circulated version was basically the same. Therefore, Jin Ling and others returned to the Bai Mansion first.

As dusk approached, Jin Ling walked back and forth in the hall of the Bai Mansion. After arguing with Lan Jingyi for a few rounds, Wei Wuxian and Lan Sizhui still had not returned. He was about to go to the west of the city to find them, when suddenly the door was slammed open.

The first person to barge through the door was Lan Sizhui. He seemed to be holding something scalding, and as soon as he entered the door, he dropped it on the ground.

This object was about the size of a palm, wrapped in layers of yellow paper, revealing a wet, scarlet color. The surface of the talisman paper was stained with blood. Wei Wuxian followed behind him, strolled across the threshold. When he saw everyone “swarming” around, he hurriedly roared, “Scatter, scatter! Be careful of danger!”

So everyone “scattered” again. The thing seemed to be corrosive, slowly eating away at the surface of the wrapped paper, revealing the object inside.

A rusty iron hook!

Not only was it rusty, but the blood color was bright red, as if it had just been pulled out of human flesh. Jin Ling said, “The Hook Hand’s iron hook?”

Lan Sizhui had burn marks and blood stains on his uniform, slightly breathless, and his face was slightly red. He said, “Yes! There is something attached to it, don’t touch it with your hands!”

At this moment, the iron hook began to tremble violently. Lan Sizhui said, “Close the door! Don’t let it run away! If it runs away again, I don’t know if I can catch it!”

Lan Jingyi was the first to rush over. With a loud bang, he slammed the door shut, pressed his back tightly against the door, and shouted, “Talismans! Everyone, quickly use talismans to attack it!”

Immediately, hundreds of talismans were thrown at it with a crackling sound. If the people of the Bai Mansion had not been informed by Jin Ling and all hid in the East Garden, this movement of flames soaring to the sky and white lightning flashing would have been truly terrifying. After a short while, the talismans were used up, and before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the iron hook started to bleed again.

It couldn’t stop even for a moment!

Lan Sizhui couldn’t find any more talismans on his body. Suddenly, he heard Lan Jingyi shout, “Kitchen! Go to the kitchen! Salt, salt, salt! Bring the salt!”

Following his reminder, several teenagers ran into the kitchen, grabbed the salt jars, and threw a handful of snow-white salt onto the iron hook. This was no small matter, as if frying in a hot oil pan, white foam and hot air sputtered out of the rusty iron hook.

A smell that resembled burnt rotten meat filled the hall, and the blood on the iron hook also seemed to be gradually absorbed by the white salt. One teenager said, “The salt is about to run out! What should we do next?”

Seeing that the iron hook was about to bleed again, and it wasn’t a solution to continue like this, Lan Jingyi said, “We might as well melt it!”

Jin Ling said, “You can’t melt it!”

But Lan Sizhui said, “Okay, let’s melt it!”

Then he took off his school uniform outer robe, pounced on the iron hook, rolled it up and ran to the kitchen, throwing it into the stove. Seeing this, Jin Ling’s eyes flared with fire and he said, “Lan Sizhui! It’s fine if Lan Jingyi is dumb, why are you being dumb too! With this little fire, you think you can melt it?!”

Lan Jingyi was furious: “Who are you calling dumb?? What do you mean, it’s fine if I’m dumb?!”

Lan Sizhui said, “If the fire isn’t enough, then let’s add more!”

After speaking, he made a hand seal, and the flames suddenly erupted with a scorching heat wave!

Everyone else immediately understood and followed suit. Jin Ling and Lan Jingyi also had no time to argue, and focused their minds on their hand seals. The fire at the bottom of the stove suddenly intensified, burning a bright red color, which made their faces also look red.

They waited for a long time as if facing a formidable enemy. The iron hook finally gradually disappeared in the scorching fire. Seeing that there was no sudden change, Lan Jingyi asked nervously, “Is it resolved? Is it resolved?”

Lan Sizhui let out a breath. After a long while, he stepped forward to check and turned back to say, “The iron hook is gone.”

The attached object was gone, so the resentment should naturally be gone as well.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Lan Jingyi, who was the happiest and said, “I said we could melt it, it clearly can be done, hahahaha…”

He was happy, but Jin Ling was depressed. This night hunt hadn’t really helped him much, so naturally there was no question of training. He was secretly annoyed. He should have insisted on going to find the iron hook with Wei Wuxian. He would never do a job of running away in the back again next time.

Who knew, Wei Wuxian said, “Your finishing up is too careless. How can you be so sure whether it’s solved or not at this step? Shouldn’t you verify it one more time?”

Hearing this, Jin Ling’s spirits lifted and he asked, “How do you verify?”

Wei Wuxian said, “Have someone go in and stay for one night.”

“…”

Wei Wuxian said, “If someone stays inside for one night and it is indeed safe and sound without any abnormalities, then can you guarantee that it is completely resolved, right?”

Lan Jingyi said, “Who do you want for this kind of thing…”

Jin Ling immediately replied, “I’ll go!”

Wei Wuxian didn’t even have to look to know what he was thinking. He patted his head and laughed, “If you have the chance, perform well.”

Jin Ling said dissatisfiedly, “Don’t touch my head. Haven’t you heard that men’s heads can’t be touched?”

Wei Wuxian: “Anyway, it must be something your uncle said. It doesn’t matter if you listen or not.”

“Hey!” Jin Ling was shocked: “Who was it that told me to ask him more if I had any problems before!”

The Bai family had arranged for everyone’s accommodation, so in the evening, a group of people stayed in the East Garden, and Jin Ling went to the West Garden alone.

The Gusu Lan Sect still strictly followed their schedule, getting up early the next morning. Before leaving the room, Lan Wangji had instructed Lan Sizhui to drag Wei Wuxian out of bed for breakfast, so he spent half an hour using all his skills to finally drag Wei Wuxian downstairs. When they arrived at the hall, Lan Jingyi was helping the Bai family’s servants distribute porridge. Lan Sizhui was about to go up to help when he saw Jin Ling walk in with dark circles under his eyes.

Everyone silently looked at him. Jin Ling sat down to Wei Wuxian’s left. Wei Wuxian: “Morning.”

Jin Ling, with a forced calm expression, nodded: “Morning.”

Everyone else also nodded: “Morning.”

After a while, seeing that he had no intention of speaking, Wei Wuxian pointed at his own eyes: “You, this…”

After confirming that he still looked calm, Jin Ling finally spoke.

He said, “Indeed, it wasn’t cleaned up completely.”

Everyone was nervous.

Last night, after Jin Ling entered the White House, he looked around.

The room was extremely simple, with almost no furniture, only a bed. The bed was against the wall, covered in dust.

Jin Ling touched it and couldn’t take it anymore. No servants dared to come close to this place, and he was absolutely unable to lie down in such a place. There was no other choice, so he had to fetch water himself and clean it up, finally managing to sleep somewhat.

He faced the wall, and his back was facing outwards.

There was also a mirror hidden in his palm.

By rotating the mirror, he could get a general idea of the situation inside the room behind him.

Jin Ling waited for most of the night. Everything the mirror reflected was a dark blur. So, he turned the mirror back and forth. Just as he was about to find some fun in it, suddenly, a dazzling white color flashed across the mirror.

His heart sank, and after he calmed himself, he slowly turned the mirror back.

Inside the mirror, something was finally reflected.

Hearing this, Lan Jingyi trembled and asked, “What did the mirror show, the Hook Hand…?”

Jin Ling said, “No. It’s a chair.”

Lan Jingyi was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but upon thinking about it, the hairs on the back of his neck immediately stood up.

There was nothing to be relieved about. Jin Ling had just clearly stated that the room “was extremely simple, with almost no furniture, only a bed.” In that case…

Then, where did this chair come from!