What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

However, only three seconds passed.

Jin Wanliang suddenly opened his eyes, and his originally cloudy eyes instantly became clear, even showing a hint of green light.

That's the glint of money in one's eye.

"Mr. Qian? Oh my, Happy New Year! I'm here to wish you a Happy New Year!"

He sat up abruptly, his fat face quickly plastered with a fawning smile, as if the person on the other end of the phone could see his expression through the signal.

"What? The young master is in trouble? The hospital can't do anything?... Strange thing? Okay, okay, don't worry."

Perfect timing! I have two truly exceptional people right here beside me.

We'll be there right away! Half an hour! Half an hour at most!

After hanging up the phone, Jin Wanliang let out a long sigh of relief, turned to look at me, and the smile on his face had not yet faded.

"Awake? Wake up, we have a job. A big one."

Li Qing was also woken up, rubbing his messy hair, looking annoyed: "Old Jin, are you obsessed with money? Taking on a job on the first day of the Lunar New Year, isn't that bad luck?"

"What bad luck!"

Jin Wanliang got up from the ground and said while straightening his clothes.

"It's Qian Dafu, the one who's in the building materials business."

His precious grandson went back to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors a couple of days ago, and he's been acting strangely ever since.

They say he's possessed by an evil spirit and is currently causing a huge disturbance at the Longhu Bay villa. They're asking for this price.

He held up five fingers and shook them.

"Five hundred thousand?" Li Qing scoffed.

"No, I need to catch up on my sleep."

"Five million!" Jin Wanliang rolled his eyes.

"Solve the problem, five million in cash. Are you going or not? If not, I'll find someone else."

Li Qing sprang to his feet instantly, moving with the agility of a monkey: "Exorcising demons and upholding justice is our duty! This has nothing to do with money; it's mainly because I can't bear to see children suffer. Let's go!"

I shook my head helplessly, put down the copper basin in my hand, turned around and went to the bathroom to splash cold water on my face to drive away the last bit of alcohol.

Although working on the first day of the Lunar New Year is indeed a bit inappropriate, it's not bad to stretch your muscles and earn some extra money.

Moreover, judging from Jin Wanliang's tone, things seemed quite urgent.

After quickly tidying up, I grabbed the knife, made sure the bone needle was still pressed against my chest, and then followed them out the door.

……

Longhu Bay Villa District is a well-known affluent area in Jiangcheng, nestled against the mountains and beside the water, with truly excellent feng shui.

Jin Wanliang drove his Mercedes-Benz and parked it in front of a detached villa with practiced ease.

Before I even stepped inside, I sensed something was wrong.

Although the villa was decorated with lanterns and red lanterns and gold-lettered Spring Festival couplets, the overall atmosphere was unusually oppressive.

The air around us seemed colder than elsewhere, carrying a chilling, eerie feeling.

"This place... is a bit eerie."

Li Qing got out of the car, holding a compass in his hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when yang energy is at its peak, why is there still a wisp of black mist swirling on the roof?"

I didn't say anything, I just wrinkled my nose.

A faint fishy smell permeated the air.

It wasn't the stench of a corpse, nor the fishy smell of seafood, but rather a smell with an earthy undertone.

It's like the scent left by snakes and insects crawling through the grass after a summer rain.

"Boss Jin! You've finally arrived!"

The villa gate opened, and a middle-aged, overweight man in a bathrobe, looking haggard, stumbled out.

His eyes were puffy and his expression was terrified; he was none other than Qian Dafu, a building materials tycoon in Jiangcheng.

"Mr. Qian, don't worry."

Jin Wanliang went up to them and pointed at me and Li Qing.

"These two are the experts I told you about. This is Mr. Chen, and this is Master Li. With them here, your grandson will definitely be alright."

Qian Dafu, as if grasping at a lifeline, repeatedly bowed and pleaded, "Masters, please, please save my little Bao! Money is no object as long as you can save him!"

"Let's check on the child first," I said calmly, without elaborating further.

Qian Dafu quickly led us into the house.

The villa's interior was lavishly decorated, but at this moment it was in complete chaos.

Several nannies huddled in a corner, trembling, while two private doctors in white coats stood sweating profusely at the top of the stairs on the second floor, looking utterly helpless.

"Is the child on the second floor?" I asked.

"In...his room."

Qian Dafu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"He caused a ruckus again just now, he's incredibly strong, he bit both bodyguards and injured them, it was only with great difficulty that we managed to subdue him."

We followed him up to the second floor.

The higher you go, the stronger the fishy smell becomes, to the point that it makes it hard to breathe.

When he reached the door of a room at the end of the corridor, Qian Dafu stopped and dared not go any further.

"It's...it's inside."

I pushed open the door.

A chill swept over me, as if the room was filled with air conditioning at minus eighteen degrees Celsius.

The room was large, but the curtains were drawn tightly, making it dimly lit.

In the center of the large bed, a small figure was curled up.

It was a little boy of seven or eight years old, who was lying on the bed in an extremely strange position.

His limbs were twisted in reverse joints, pressed tightly against his sides, like a boneless mollusk.

What's most chilling is his skin.

The child, who was originally fair and tender, now had a strange grayish-brown skin all over his body, covered with fine cracks.

"Hiss... hiss..."

The child emitted a low, sharp hissing sound from his throat, a sound that was not at all like that of a human.

Two strong bodyguards were holding his hands and feet down, but even so, they were struggling and their faces were red, clearly the boy was incredibly strong.

"Let go of everything."

I gave a low shout and strode over.

"Master, don't loosen your grip! He'll bite if you do!" a bodyguard urged.

"Listen to me, let go." My voice was still gentle, but my tone was a bit lower.

The two bodyguards exchanged a glance and instinctively released their grip.

The moment he let go, the child on the bed suddenly sprang up!

His movements were incredibly fast. He opened his mouth, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth, and lunged straight at my throat!

In that instant, I clearly saw that his pupils were not round, but had become a thin vertical line!

I frowned, and instead of retreating, I advanced.

His left hand shot out swiftly and accurately, gripping the back of his neck.

It was cold and slippery to the touch, like touching a venomous snake that had just awakened from hibernation.

The malevolent energy within me instantly circulated, flowing into his body through my palm.

"town!"

The child let out a piercing scream, his body convulsed violently a few times, and then collapsed as if his spine had been removed.

I put him back on the bed and pulled the blanket over his uncomfortable body.

"This..." Qian Dafu stood at the door, dumbfounded.

"Master, what... what's going on?"