Chapter 8 Miss Ba's Grudge

As the Eighth Miss spoke, her figure had already faded back into the flower petals, but a hint of hatred could still be detected in her tone.

The Eighth Miss was a very vengeful fox. The fox that took the Faceless Woman's features, the Eighth Miss definitely knew it, but since she said she couldn't tell me more, I shouldn't ask again. I should investigate myself.

I went downstairs to ask the Faceless Woman if she needed to rest. If so, she could rest in my shop until dawn, and then set off early tomorrow to resolve her matter.

The Faceless Woman said that since losing her face, her senses had long become numb. She didn't feel tired or anything. She just wanted to get her face back now.

I asked her, "What about your parents and your brother?"

"What do you mean?"

"If, after the investigation, it's confirmed that your parents and brother are the ones who stole your features, what do you want to do with them?" I asked seriously.

The Faceless Woman gave a bitter smile, "Isn't it certain enough now? Do we have to wait for them to admit it? Forget it, some things don't need to be said face-to-face.

If my face can never be restored, I really want to destroy myself directly, and then use my resentment to curse them. But, if my face can be restored, I won't hate them so much. Let's just pretend it never happened. As long as they don't continue to hurt me, I'm willing to continue giving them two-thirds of my salary every month, just like before."

I shook my head. "Things aren't as simple as you think, but at least I know your attitude towards this matter. I'll try to take care of your emotions when handling it, but the perfect ending you want is basically nonexistent."

I didn't wait for the woman to answer and directly beckoned her to get in the car.

Some things, once they happen, they happen. The damage that should be done has already been done. It's impossible to go back to the past. Neither the side that hurts others nor the side that is hurt can erase everything that has happened.

I asked the woman, "Where do your parents worship the fox spirit? Do they worship it at home or in a temple?"

"At home."

"Then do you know where the fox spirit statue your family worships was brought back from?"

"I don't know. They didn't tell me, but from their usual conversations, it seems that the fox spirit was recommended to my mom by the landlady."

"Okay, then we'll go find the landlady first. Tell me the address."

The Faceless Woman told me the address of their rented house, which was in a village in the city. I drove the car directly there, and then asked the Faceless Woman's name, ready to get out of the car and knock on the door.

The Faceless Woman was stunned, "Won't you get scolded for knocking on the door so early?"

I smiled wryly, "Of course I know I'll get scolded for knocking on the door at this time, but if I don't knock, how can I find the thing that took your features?"

I didn't let the Faceless Woman come with me. After all, her appearance was quite scary, and it wasn't appropriate to let her show up directly.

I first pressed the landlady's doorbell, pressing it three times in a row, waiting for more than three minutes, but there was no response inside.

So, I directly started banging on the door, banging so loudly that even the neighbors around poked their heads out to see where the lunatic came from.

Maybe it was because I looked like a scholar, and didn't look like a fierce and irritable person, so the neighbors immediately vented their anger at being woken up, scolding me for having a seizure in the middle of the night.

I calmly looked up at the woman who poked her head out of the window, "Aren't you already up? You weren't sleeping in the first place, so what are you afraid of being disturbed?"

"Kid, are you sick? Coming here early in the morning to look for a scolding, don't you look at what time it is? Do you think everyone is as crazy as you, not sleeping at night?"

I didn't mean to admit my mistake at all, "You're all dressed up and made up, I'm afraid you're already preparing to offer incense to the fox, right? Why pretend to be woken up?"

The aunt was obviously exposed by me, but didn't want to admit it, and slammed the window shut.

I continued to bang on the landlady's door, and after being scolded by three more neighbors, the landlady's door was finally knocked open.

The landlady was similar to the four middle-aged women who had scolded me earlier, with similar figures, ages, and styles. Moreover, they all wore very similar makeup. Although they didn't look very good, they had a mysterious enchanting confidence, as enchanting as a fox.

The landlady's reaction was no different from those aunts. She also planned to scold me for being a lunatic, but seeing me standing calmly at the door, she wasn't sure what I was here for, and looked me up and down for a while, saying, "My tenants are all full here. If you want to rent a house, go ask another house."

I said, "I'm not renting a house. I'm just here to take a look."

"Look at what?" The landlady reflexively pulled up her slightly low-cut top.

However, in all conscience, I really didn't mean to look at her neckline. I really wasn't interested in the neckline of a middle-aged woman.

I told her with a serious face, "I'm here to see if the child in your family who has been burning with a fever for three days and four nights is still alive, and by the way, ask if you still want to save that child's life."

"You, how do you know my child has a fever?" A look of panic immediately appeared on the landlady's face.

I said, "It's very simple, because I'm a master, a master who specializes in dealing with evil things. How about it, do you want to invite me in to take a look at your son's situation?"

"Oh, okay, okay." The woman quickly agreed, but just as she was about to turn around and lead me in, she immediately changed her mind, "No, no, my son just has a simple cold and fever, he'll get better soon, he doesn't have an evil disease, you don't need to worry about it."

"What a confused woman." Taking advantage of the woman's unpreparedness, I raised my hand and threw a paper crane into the landlady's house.

The paper crane flew out of my hand, turning a few corners and entering the landlady's son's room.

The landlady was shocked, "Where did you come from, you evil person? You dare to impersonate a master, I think you're more like an evil Taoist. What did you just release to harm my son? If anything happens to my son, I'll never forgive you."

I ignored the landlady's fierce accusations and just silently counted five numbers: "Five, four, three, two, one."

As soon as the five numbers were counted, a man's surprised voice immediately came from inside the room, "He's awake, he's awake! Xiao Qiang is awake!"

"What?" The landlady was shocked. When she heard that her son had woken up, she wasn't happy, but obviously flustered.

Although the landlady tried her best to make her expression look like joy, desperately saying words of thanks to all the gods and Buddhas, how good could a rural housewife's expression management ability be? Her eyes were still filled with a desire to escape.