Ye Tian glanced at the box, his heart pounding, but he showed no outward reaction. He calmly asked, "Did your wife leave this behind?"
The middle-aged man nodded. He carefully opened the box, revealing a fetus the size of a fist. The fetus was as clear as jade, about fifteen centimeters long, sitting cross-legged on a piece of blood jade, its hands in a mudra, a peculiar smile on its tiny face.
The middle-aged man kept it open for a few seconds before closing it again, then covering the box with a red cloth.
He looked extremely panicked. Taking a deep breath, he asked, "Do you know what this is?"
Ye Tian said indifferently, "I'm a doctor. You're showing this to me?"
The middle-aged man took another deep breath. "To be honest, I've consulted many experts, but they all fled in terror upon seeing it. Since you could diagnose my wife's condition, you must be a capable person."
Ye Tian asked, "What did the experts you consulted say?"
The middle-aged man replied, "They said it's an evil infant, with boundless power, already demonic."
Ye Tian didn't say much, only stating, "Tell me your wife's situation truthfully, without any omissions, or I won't be able to help you."
The middle-aged man quickly agreed and proceeded to tell Ye Tian the entire story from beginning to end.
It turned out this man's name was Luo Zhenhua. He was born in a poor rural village and worked diligently from a young age. Later, with his intelligence and hard work, he was admitted to a very good university at the time and became a civil servant. After nearly thirty years of struggle, he had become a provincial deputy.
When he was twenty-five, he met his wife, Xie Ruyi, a beautiful and elegant city girl at the time. Coming from a poor rural background, Luo Zhenhua felt extremely inferior in front of Xie Ruyi. He hid his affection and dared not express it.
However, to his surprise, Xie Ruyi actively approached him and told him she liked him. Luo Zhenhua couldn't believe it, then felt overwhelmed with joy. The two soon fell in love.
Although his family initially opposed the match, as Luo Zhenhua's career progressed, Xie Ruyi's family gradually accepted this poor son-in-law.
The "poor son-in-law" was already a second-in-command in the county at the age of thirty, and his career thereafter soared.
As Luo Zhenhua's power grew, Xie Ruyi gradually lost her beauty and youth. She became increasingly suspicious and began to strictly control Luo Zhenhua.
However, when a person holds power and faces numerous temptations, they often lose themselves. While Luo Zhenhua was in the city, he was surrounded by people who understood his thoughts without him having to speak, and they would quietly arrange everything.
At the age of thirty-five, a beautiful and fashionable female university student appeared in Luo Zhenhua's life. He arranged a job for her in the city, bought a house for her in the province, and she even bore him a son.
Of course, this woman had a "husband" on the surface, and her husband was also arranged by those people, merely to cover their tracks.
To facilitate their closeness, that nominal husband even lived in the same apartment as the woman.
Initially, Luo Zhenhua still returned home every day. Later, he began to use various excuses, such as overtime, business trips, or overseas inspections, to stay away from home for extended periods.
With age and her strict control over him, Xie Ruyi made Luo Zhenhua feel suffocated. Eventually, he stopped coming home for entire months.
Xie Ruyi was extremely displeased at first and caused a scene everywhere. Then, one day, she suddenly became calm. She called Luo Zhenhua, saying she wanted to treat him to a meal and have a good talk.
Luo Zhenhua, fearing she would cause a complete breakdown, agreed and returned home. At that time, their son was five years old, and their daughter was nine. Both were sent to their maternal grandmother's house that day.
Xie Ruyi cooked six dishes and also made a spicy fish soup that Luo Zhenhua loved. Both were very calm. From silence, they opened up the conversation and chatted happily about the past.
After this meal, Luo Zhenhua suddenly felt that his nearly forty-year-old wife began to exert a strong attraction on him.
He didn't leave that night and stayed at home, for seven consecutive days.