Even After My Death
Chapter 314 - 229: Discovering the Culprit: Chen Ergou

Chapter 314: Chapter 229: Discovering the Culprit: Chen Ergou

Wang Qingli and the two others gave Hao Manman a cold glance, none of them answering her question.

Ever since Hao Manman had made that sudden phone call to them, mentioning her ill-fated sister who had died years ago, they had begun to have nightmares, occurring day and night without discrimination. The moment they closed their eyes, they would be transported back to the nightmarish scene, tormented by the three people who had long since died.

At first, when the nightmares began, Wang Qingli and the others didn’t catch on, thinking it was just the phone call from Hao Manman that led them to dream such bizarre and ludicrous nightmares.

It was only when the three of them met and saw the dark circles and gauntness on each other’s faces that they began discussing the matter and realized something was off.

It could be explained away if one person was having nightmares, but how could all three of them be having the same nightmare at the same time?!

Even going to the hospital and taking sedatives didn’t help; in fact, after taking the sedatives, they slept longer and the nightmares lasted even longer!

The more they thought about it, the more wrong it seemed, and they even suspected that they might have encountered ghosts.

Businesspeople rarely lack superstitions, and in matters of the occult, they hold it in higher regard than ordinary people.

In Wang Qingli’s contact list was a "master" of high mana.

This master had previously helped Wang Qingli resolve many mystical problems, so Wang Qingli had a lot of trust in him.

When Wang Qingli reached out to this master, he seemed quite capable. After examining the three people’s faces, he muttered to himself for a while, and after making some calculations, he said that the three had done something remorseful and had been tainted by unclean entities.

The faces of the three changed at his words, and they immediately thought of the three skeletons buried in the backyard of Hao Manman’s old home.

Because that incident was something the three of them had conspired on together.

And now, this nightmare was aimed at all three of them.

With a vague expression, Wang Qingli omitted some details but gave the master a brief account of the sin the three had unintentionally committed.

The master had probably seen his fair share of filthy deeds by wealthy people, and with an unmoved expression and an air of otherworldly grace, he bluntly stated that all they needed to do was bring him to the scene to perform a ritual to dispel the resentment of the deceased.

Thus led to Wang Qingli rushing to urge Hao Manman to leave the hospital and return to the capital.

Because the three of them only had a general idea that the bones were buried in the yard behind the villa and didn’t remember the exact location.

Now that Hao Manman had returned, Wang Qingli and the others simply gave her a cold glance before turning their hopeful gazes upon Master Xuwang.

Following the gaze of the three, Hao Manman noticed there was another man in the living room.

The man was dressed in a grey Taoist robe, appearing to be in his fifties or sixties, thin and unremarkable. He sat in a corner, which was why Hao Manman hadn’t noticed him at first.

Master Xuwang looked at Hao Manman and spoke unhurriedly, "This female benefactor has also been entangled with resentment."

Hao Manman frowned, "What are you talking about? Who are you?"

This man’s nonsensical talk, could he be a fraudster? What the hell were Wang Qingli and the others up to?

Before Master Xuwang could speak, Wang Qingli scolded her, "Hao Manman, mind your tone! This is Master Xuwang. We’ve all been entangled by something unclean recently, and so have you! Otherwise, why do you think the stray dog and the mosquitoes targeted only you that day?"

Wang Qingli’s words successfully terrified Hao Manman.

Hao Manman trembled, the memory of being bitten by countless mosquitoes that day flashing through her mind.

So it really was... Ah Yuan!

She and Ah Yuan were blood sisters, how could Ah Yuan harm her even after becoming a ghost!

Hao Manman’s lips quivered, and she couldn’t speak for a long time.

Wang Qingli said, "But don’t worry; Master Xuwang is here today to help us resolve this issue."

Master Xuwang nodded, "Indeed, all four of you are entangled by the same thing. I came here today primarily to subdue and resolve it, then you can get some talismans from me..."

The little sparrow with a scarf around its neck followed and flew into the hall, perching on the high curtain rod. The miniature surveillance device transmitted everything happening in the living room to Jiang Ning’s mobile phone.

Jiang Ning hadn’t expected the situation to develop like this. No wonder Wang Qingli and the others were in such a rush to call Hao Manman back from Q city.

The nightmare potion produced by the System must be very potent. In just a few short days, Wang Qingli and the others had actually started to suspect supernatural forces.

Watching the three of them wholly convinced by the fraudster, Jiang Ning found it amusing. If it weren’t for the mission she was on, if it weren’t for the limited supply of nightmare potions, she really would have liked to keep adding the potion to the three of them continuously. No matter how many masters they sought out, it would be futile. She just wanted to see them in agony from the nightmares.

Unfortunately, with a mission to complete, it was more important for Jiang Ning to focus on accomplishing it. She might as well let them be scared in prison.

[Ding! Fraudster Chen Ergou detected. Please, Host, capture him as soon as possible. Reward: life value - 10 days, Merit Points +50]

Jiang Ning: "..."

Fraudster?

Chen Ergou?

Jiang Ning’s gaze sharpened.

She and Qi Xingzhou had been sitting in the car, not going anywhere. The only stranger they had seen was...

Jiang Ning turned her gaze to the mobile phone, focusing on the self-assured, eloquent Master Xuwang.

As soon as she heard what the man had said, she knew he was a swindler.

Hah, sure enough, he really was!

Jiang Ning opened the System screen, which had already updated the mission with the personal information of the criminal. The photo provided by the System was indeed that of Master Xuwang on the screen!

The reason the System identified Master Xuwang as a fraudster was simple: This so-called master’s real name was Chen Ergou, and Xuwang was the pretentious title he had given himself while swindling through society.

Chen Ergou grew up in a very enclosed mountain village. He lost his father at a young age, and his mother was the locally renowned "Witch."

Chen Ergou disliked studying as a child. After growing up, he went out to work with other villagers, always shirking hard labor and idling his days away, accomplishing nothing even past the age of thirty.

It wasn’t until a serendipitous conversation with an acquaintance that he learned that hiring a "master" cost a lot of money. It was as if Chen Ergou had a sudden epiphany, opening his governor and conception vessels.

As the son of a Witch, being exposed to her practices since childhood, Chen Ergou had naturally picked up some tricks of the trade.

It didn’t matter whether his skills were authentic, as long as he could fool the laymen.

And as for the lack of business, that didn’t matter either; he would actively seek out "business opportunities."

Initially, Chen Ergou would go out daily to find potential clients, deliberately causing them minor troubles in secret after understanding their basic situation.

Then, he would pick the right time to appear before the potential client, pretending to be a reclusive master of fate, spouting words that fooled and comforted the heart.

The clients paid money to eliminate disasters, Chen Ergou earned money and stopped his underhanded activities. Naturally, the client’s bad luck would also disappear.

A few repetitions later, Chen Ergou’s reputation quickly spread.

In these past twenty years, he met plenty of wealthy people and, with the mediocre skills learned from his mother, amassed quite a fortune.

Jiang Ning: "..."

No wonder the System refers to him as a fraudster.