Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

Late at night.

Yi Zhonghai slowly woke up amidst waves of abdominal cramps and weakness. The first thing he felt upon regaining consciousness was the intense pain and emptiness in his lower body.

"Grandpa! You're awake!"

Sha Zhu approached the bedside, his honest face filled with undisguised curiosity. His eyes were wide open, staring intently at Yi Zhonghai's pale and weak complexion and his abdomen covered by the blanket.

"You...you really had an abortion? My God, a man can get pregnant? Sir, how...how did you get pregnant? Whose...whose father is it?"

Yi Zhonghai was so bombarded with questions that were so blunt and almost absurd that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

Her face, already pale from blood loss, turned even paler, and her lips trembled as she momentarily failed to find the words to answer.

Or rather, his shame, anger, and horror made him unwilling to answer at all.

When Old Liu was performing the surgery on him, he wasn't completely unconscious. He heard things intermittently, but in the end, the pain became too much, and he fell asleep again.

Yan Bugui, who was standing nearby, quickly pulled Sha Zhu aside and scolded in a low voice, "Zhu Zi! What nonsense are you talking about! Can't you see that the old man just woke up and is still weak!"

He then briefly recounted everything that happened after Yi Zhonghai fell into a coma, including his own speculation about the "ghost fetus."

Yi Zhonghai lay on the hard bed, listening quietly, his face expressionless, except for the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitching slightly involuntarily.

The hand under the blanket was clenched into a fist, the nails almost digging into the palm.

Is the man pregnant?

Decuplets?

abortion?

Massive bleeding?

...He knows every single word, but how is he supposed to cope with them when they're put together?

Absurd! Bizarre! Shameful!

But the excruciating pain in his lower body and the extreme weakness of his body served as a chilling reminder that it was all real.

a long time.

Yi Zhonghai finally let out a long sigh of relief. "Old Yan, this time, we owe you a lot."

He didn't say it explicitly, but Yan Bugui understood.

This "thank you" was not only an expression of gratitude to Yan Bugui for carrying him to the hospital for treatment, but also a sign of lingering fear.

If Yan Bugui hadn't hit him, causing a premature miscarriage, and if those "ten babies" had been allowed to continue "growing" inside him...

If Yan Bugui's terrifying prediction that "one death leads to one pregnancy" comes true, then even more people will die in the compound...

What will Yi Zhonghai become?

A human-shaped gestational sac?

He dared not think about it; the thought alone sent chills down his spine and made his stomach churn.

Evil!

It must be the work of evil spirits.

Torture him, humiliate him, retaliate against him, and hurt him in such an extremely vicious way...

Yi Zhonghai forcibly suppressed his surging emotions, turned his gaze to Sha Zhu, and changed the subject by asking:

"Zhu Zi, how did you get out of the police station? Did... two people rescue you? They were quite strong, and they might have scars on their faces?"

Sha Zhu scratched his head, looking bewildered: "No, grandpa, who would save me? They just... they locked the door to my little dark room, and somehow, it suddenly opened by itself."

At first, I thought the police were going to interrogate me, but after waiting for a while and no one came, I peeked out through the crack in the door. The corridor was quiet.

I knew I'd committed a serious offense. Rather than waiting to die inside, I figured I might as well take a gamble! So... I escaped.

He spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world, not thinking that escaping from prison was a big deal at all.

"Not Brother Long or Brother Tiger? The door... opened by itself?"

Yi Zhonghai's brows furrowed tightly, his mind filled with doubts.

What a coincidence!

The key is the location where Sha Zhu came out to hide. His sister died silently to the side. Could it be... the work of that evil spirit again?

Is it deliberately letting Sha Zhu out?

Why?

To create more chaos?

To make him experience the pain of losing a loved one?

Or... does it think this is more fun?

"By the way, the pillars,"

Yi Zhonghai pressed further, "What was the situation at the police station when you left? Did you encounter any other people? For example... two burly men with Lin Tian and his sister?"

Sha Zhu recalled, "No, old man, I didn't see a single person at the police station. I was thinking of going to look for those two brats, Lin Tian. If only we could catch them..."

When I got to the duty room, I found it empty, but three policemen were lying motionless on the floor. I didn't know if they were dead or unconscious. I didn't dare stay any longer and quickly climbed over the wall and escaped.

Nobody here?

Have Lin Tian and his sister disappeared?

A policeman is lying on the ground?

Yi Zhonghai's mind raced.

This situation... seems like someone (most likely Brother Long or Brother Hu) successfully broke in, knocked out the police, and took the child away.

But if Brother Long and Brother Hu succeeded, why didn't they meet up as agreed?

Did they not save Shazhu and the others?

Could it be... that they really got caught at the police station?

He was arrested by the police?

Or... was he harmed by that evil spirit?

I can't tell them apart, I really can't tell them apart!

Human intervention?

Evil?

The methods and traces of both parties were mixed together, like a tangled mess, leaving Yi Zhonghai, who prided himself on being shrewd and calculating all his life, feeling unprecedented confusion and fear.

He shook his head, temporarily putting aside these tangled thoughts.

The most urgent task is to survive and to get rid of that deadly evil spirit.

"Old Yan, Zhu Zi, you've seen it too,"

Yi Zhonghai's voice was weak but carried a fierce edge as he pointed to his bandaged abdomen.

"In my current state, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of bed for at least two or three days. But if the evil spirits aren't eliminated, none of us will have any peace."

Who knows who will be the next to die, or the next one to "get pregnant" like me? We were the ones who set that fire in the courtyard house.

They intended to lure the evil spirit away from the mountain and see if they could burn it to death, but the deaths of the rain and the three old women tell us that the evil spirit was not burned to death.

We cannot just sit and wait to die; to sit and wait to die is to wait for death.

You two, go to 'Third Master' right now and tell him everything that happened, exactly as it happened.

"Let's ask him for advice. He's very knowledgeable and experienced; perhaps he has a solution."

Yan Bugui immediately nodded, "Alright! Old Yi, you get some rest, we'll go ask Third Master for advice right away."

Sha Zhu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Uncle, I'll take care of this. I'll definitely invite Third Master here and kill the evil spirit to avenge my sister."

Watching the two hurriedly leave the dilapidated house, their figures disappeared into the thick darkness outside the door.

Yi Zhonghai finally breathed a long sigh of relief, but the movement aggravated the wound in his abdomen, causing another sharp, throbbing pain.

Old Liu, who had been silent all along, finally spoke slowly: "Yi Zhonghai, are you... planning to run away?"

Yi Zhonghai suddenly looked at Old Man Liu, his eyes sharp for a moment, then quickly dimmed, leaving only deep weariness and fear.

But there was no intention to hide it.

"If I don't run... what can I do? Old Liu, you heard it and saw it too. That thing... is not something a human can handle."

It's got its eye on me now. This time it's trying to get me... pregnant with this awful thing. Who knows what it might be next? Am I just supposed to stay in Beijing and wait for it to come knocking on my door?

Now that it has been confirmed that the evil spirit is Lin Tian's parents, the most suitable candidate to suppress the evil spirit's enemy's bones is him.

If we don't run away, we'll just die.

Yan Bugui saved his life, and Sha Zhu is currently obedient, but who can truly see through human nature?

Old Liu stopped what he was doing, looked at Yi Zhonghai with his cloudy eyes, and after a long while, sighed:

"Alright. If you're going to help someone, go all the way. I used to travel all over the country and know a few shady characters who can get people out of trouble without anyone noticing."

However… it will have to wait until tomorrow. You just had a major hemorrhage, and your body is severely depleted. You can't withstand any more travel. Rest well tonight. I have some ginseng rootlets here to help you recover.”

The words "massive hemorrhage" pierced Yi Zhonghai's sensitive nerves like needles.

Damn it, massive bleeding!

He was a grown man, an eighth-grade fitter, an old man in a courtyard house, lying here because of "pregnancy, miscarriage and severe bleeding".

This was an utter disgrace, worse than death for him.

But right now, saving your life is the priority.

"Hey? Lao Liu, don't you feel a bit cold in here?"

Yi Zhonghai suddenly felt a chill run down his neck, as if he were being stared at by some terrifying force. He subconsciously glanced around the room.

Old Liu said calmly, "No, you've just suffered a major hemorrhage that damaged your vital energy. You're weak and cold-sensitive. It's normal to feel cold when you're weak. Don't scare yourself."

Another massive hemorrhage?

Yi Zhonghai: "..."

Is it impossible to get through?

……