The gluttonous little boy is four and a half years old, and even the wealthy family kneels down and

Yun Ziang ignored the stunned Liu Kaile, grabbed a comb from the bedside table, walked to the bedside, gathered Xiao Jin's messy hair in his hand, and quickly tied it into a ponytail.

Without turning her head, Xiao Jin added, "I want pretty little braids."

Yun Ziang stared at the ponytail for two seconds, then rolled it up again, barely managing to form a small ball, which he tied behind his head, looking from a distance like a round glutinous rice ball.

"It's all tied up, little auntie."

He patted Xiao Jin on the shoulder, then turned to Liu Kaile and said, "Don't just stand there like that, stop looking like you've seen a ghost. She's your savior."

Liu Kaile swallowed hard, looked at Xiao Jin, then at Yun Ziang, and finally took a deep breath, as if he had finally digested the fact.

He scratched the back of his head and squeezed out a dry sentence: "Okay... I just didn't expect that the master would be... so young."

Xiao Jin tilted her head, swung her little legs, and looked at Liu Kaile: "My grand-nephew said you were looking for Xiao Jin, is someone in trouble?"

Liu Kaile then suddenly came to his senses and quickly straightened his expression:

"Yes. Lin Yu, the only daughter of the Lin family, is said to be possessed by an evil spirit. The Lin family has been searching everywhere for help, and they've consulted all the masters they could, but they still can't suppress it."

Yun Zi'ang asked, "What's her situation?"

Liu Kaile shook his head. "This... I don't know the specifics. The Lin family kept it a secret. It was only yesterday that someone from the Lin family came to me, asking who the master who saved me was. That's when I found out that Lin Yu was in trouble."

He took something out of his pocket and handed it over. It was a dark-colored cardboard card, similar to an invitation, with gold lettering and exquisite workmanship. "They told me that if I could contact your great-aunt, I should give her the invitation and invite her to the Lin family today."

"The pay is said to be very generous."

Yun Zi'ang took it and glanced at it, raising his eyebrows. He then turned to Xiao Jin and said, "Little Miss, shall we go on this trip?"

"The Lin family is one of the most prominent families in Shanghai. They are wealthy and influential, and their size is even larger than ours. If we can establish a connection with them, it will be beneficial to our family in the future."

Xiao Jin nodded and readily agreed, "Okay."

She agreed so readily, not for the money.

"I need to accumulate merit for Xiaoyuyu," she muttered to herself, touching the longevity jade on her chest.

The voice wasn't loud, and Liu Kaile didn't hear it clearly, but Yun Ziang did, and the corners of his mouth curved up.

Seeing that Xiao Jin had agreed, Liu Kaile immediately headed towards the door: "Then let's set off now, the Lin family is waiting."

"Ah! No rush, no rush!" Xiao Jin said, sliding off the bed, running to the bedside table, picking up the hotel's internal phone, and pressing a button on tiptoe:

"Feed... Xiao Jin needs to order breakfast."

"One bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean pork, two baskets of shrimp dumplings, one serving of custard buns, one sticky rice chicken, one pineapple bun, and one large hot cocoa!"

After hanging up the phone, she climbed onto a chair and sat down, her two little hands neatly stacked on the table, waiting expectantly for breakfast.

Liu Kaile stood at the door, watching Xiao Jin's smooth and effortless movements, his expression once again dazed.

This made him realize once again that the master who saved him was really just a four-year-old child.

Yun Zi'ang patted him on the shoulder: "You'll get used to it. My little aunt's food is the most important thing in the world. She'll only work if she's full."

"You haven't eaten either, have a bite to tide you over."

As Yun Ziang spoke, he pulled out a chair and gestured for Liu Kaile to come and eat.

Liu Kaile's lips twitched, and he walked over.

After Xiao Jin slowly finished the last bite of her pineapple bun, wiped her greasy little hands with a tissue, and then gulped down her hot cocoa in one go, she slid off her chair and patted her belly contentedly.

Let's go!

The three of them left the hotel, and Liu Kaile drove them towards the Lin family's house.

The Lin family's old residence is located deep in the old city of Shanghai, a quiet oasis amidst the hustle and bustle. It has a spacious courtyard with two meticulously trimmed Podocarpus macrophyllus trees standing at the entrance.

Liu Kaile handed over the invitation, and after the security guards at the door confirmed it, someone led them through the front hall to the reception room.

When the door to the reception room was opened, there were already quite a few people sitting inside.

The sofas and armchairs were divided into several small circles, where several elderly people wearing Chinese-style jackets were talking in hushed tones, and in the corner, two young people in casual clothes were looking down at their phones.

Everyone maintained a composed and unhurried demeanor, though their eyes and brows betrayed a hint of probing their opponents.

Yun Ziang glanced around and immediately spotted a familiar face in the crowd.

Li Dou.

Today, Li Dou changed into a clean gray Taoist robe and sat by the window, drinking tea with his head down.

When he looked up, his gaze swept over, and the moment he saw Xiao Jin, he paused, his expression clearly showing surprise.

He put down his teacup, got up and walked over. Before he could even speak, Yun Zi'ang said, "Oh, what brings you, you half-baked idiot?"

Li Dou's face flushed red instantly: "Who are you calling a half-baked idiot? Can't you watch your mouth?"

"Stop arguing," Liu Kaile quickly stepped between the two, acting as a peacemaker. "Master Li is quite famous around here, and he helped a lot with the last incident."

Yun Ziang pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Taking the opportunity, Liu Kaile changed the subject and asked Li Dou in a low voice, "Master Li, do you know what's wrong with Lin Yu? We asked him on the way here, but he couldn't explain it clearly."

Li Dou was still angry, but when it came to serious matters, his expression improved somewhat.

He shook his head: "I haven't met Lin Yu in person yet. But I inquired around several times before coming here, and I heard that she was being followed by evil spirits, which are extremely difficult to deal with."

"The Lin family has already invited several groups of people to perform rituals, but it hasn't worked. The Lin family originally wanted to invite Master Kong, but Master Kong is attending an exchange meeting and won't be back for at least another week."

"I came here because I received an invitation from the Lin family."

After hearing this, Xiao Jin frowned slightly and muttered, "How strange, how come someone else is being followed by evil spirits again?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the side door of the reception room was pushed open.

A man in his early thirties walked in, dressed in well-fitting dark trousers and a white shirt, with a gold-plated badge pinned to his chest. He had a handsome face and a capable demeanor, clearly indicating that he held a high position in the Lin family.

He stood at the front of the reception room, bowing slightly, his tone polite yet neither servile nor arrogant:

"Distinguished guests, I apologize for keeping you waiting. I am Qin, the butler of the Lin family. Thank you all for accepting the invitation today. Before we invite you to see Miss Lin, the Lin family feels it is necessary to show you something first."

He turned to the side to indicate that someone behind him was pushing a large mobile screen over.

The curtains were drawn, the meeting room darkened, and the screen lit up, playing a night vision surveillance video.

The scene is a bedroom, with the camera pointing directly at a large bed. A young woman is lying on the bed with her long hair spread out on the pillow. She is wearing a plain-colored nightgown and is sleeping peacefully. Everything seems normal.

The timestamp jumped to 2:37 a.m., and the person in bed suddenly moved.

She sat up abruptly without hesitation, then threw off the covers, got out of bed, and began to walk on tiptoe, barefoot on the floor.

It's not normal tiptoeing; it's almost entirely the balls of your feet touching the ground, with your heels hanging high in the air and your knees slightly bent, as if you're being suspended from above by an invisible thread.

She walked around the bedroom for a whole circle, her steps stiff and strange, each step on the same rhythm, not like the steps of a human being, but more like something was controlling her limbs.

Then she stopped in front of the dressing table and stood in front of the mirror for a long time.

He just stared straight at himself in the mirror, motionless, as if he were captivated by his own reflection.

Finally, she slowly walked back to the bedside, lay down, pulled up the blanket, and returned to her original sleeping position, as if nothing had happened.

After the surveillance footage finished playing, the screen froze on the last quiet scene.

The meeting room was silent for a few seconds before someone spoke first.

An old man sitting in a grand chair in the front row stroked his beard and said with certainty, "This is clearly possession by a ghost."

"Look at the way she walks, she walks on tiptoe, her feet don't touch the ground, this is a typical characteristic of a spirit possessing and controlling the body."

"Ordinary people would not walk like this. I have been performing rituals for decades, I cannot be mistaken."

Several masters nearby nodded in agreement, some of them already whispering about which talisman to use, which Bushi formation to employ, and which time to choose for the ritual.

Li Dou frowned and remained silent, his expression hesitant.

Liu Kaile stared at the frozen image on the screen, a chill running down his spine. He instinctively moved closer to Yun Ziang.

Xiao Jin kept staring at the screen, her little brows furrowed into a small knot, her bright black eyes fixed on the moment Lin Yu tiptoed in the video.

"It's not a simple case of demonic possession."

A childish voice suddenly rang out, not loud, but clearly drowning out the murmurs of the crowd.