Chapter 64

"What's wrong with him again! Why can't things be discussed calmly, he has to run out crying and wailing!"

Seeing his wife crying and shouting in front of outsiders, Chen Lao Da felt his face burning with shame, his old face completely losing its dignity.

Xia Tianqi and Leng Yue exchanged a glance at this moment, both instinctively taking a step back, as if they were waiting to see what would happen.

"My son is sick... You don't care about him, you should go in and take a look..."

Seeing his wife crying so hard she couldn't speak, Chen Lao Da realized the seriousness of the situation and felt that his foolish son might really be in trouble. So he didn't argue anymore and quickly walked into the house.

"We should go in and see what's happening."

Xia Tianqi reminded Leng Yue, and they followed the couple into the house.

In fact, they weren't surprised by this outcome. When they heard Chen Lao Da say nothing happened at home last night, they found it very strange, as they had seen the female ghost leave the coffin and enter their house the night before.

It couldn't be that the female ghost went in, found no one to bother, and then came out again.

Following the couple into the house, Xia Tianqi took a quick look around and found that this room was much better than the one they were staying in. They entered a bedroom at the back, where a fat man was lying on the bed.

This fat man was undoubtedly Chen Lao Da's son, Chen Cong.

At this moment, Chen Cong looked extremely painful, his fat body rolling on the bed, emitting cries of agony. Because all the windows in the room were closed, they hadn't heard him from outside.

"What's wrong with him? He wasn't like this yesterday!"

Chen Lao Da's face showed rare concern.

"Son, your father is here now. Tell Mom where it hurts, don't scare me, okay..."

Chen Lao Da's wife began to sob uncontrollably as she spoke.

"It hurts so much... There's something... inside my body..."

Whether it was because of his mother's words or because his endurance had reached its limit, Chen Cong finally spoke:

"It's killing me... It's killing me...!!!"

"What are you saying? What do you mean by something inside your body? What is it?"

Although Chen Lao Da didn't understand what Chen Cong meant, he could feel the immense pain he was suffering.

Throughout this process, Xia Tianqi and Leng Yue stood quietly by the door, neither intending to help nor offering any suggestions, just watching like they were at a play.

"What's wrong with that fat man? He must be having a seizure, watching him roll around like that makes me feel sore too."

As he spoke, Xia Tianqi's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Look closely at his exposed skin."

Hearing Xia Tianqi's question, Leng Yue whispered a reminder.

"Skin?"

With Leng Yue's reminder, Xia Tianqi carefully examined Chen Cong's fat body. Only then did he understand why Leng Yue said this, because Chen Cong's body was covered in large sweat beads, which continuously seeped out of his skin and fell onto the bed as he rolled, in a continuous cycle.

"Damn, how can the sweat beads be so big? Is it because he's fat that his sweat is bigger?"

"It's not sweat, it's water." Leng Yue said again:

"Look closely, his body is clearly smaller than it was just now."

"This is...!"

Thanks to Leng Yue's reminder, Xia Tianqi noticed that Chen Cong's body was indeed shrinking as the water beads seeped out. In simple terms, his body was in a constant state of "dehydration."

The water molecules mixed with fat were continuously seeping out of his skin pores. Before long, Chen Cong would transform from a fat man into a completely dehydrated mummy.

"This is such a cruel way to die."

Chilled to the bone, Xia Tianqi shuddered and touched his forehead, fortunately, there wasn't much cold sweat.

Leng Yue nodded in agreement, still watching motionlessly, clearly unable to change the situation.

"Ah...!"

Chen Cong continued to cry out in pain, water splashing on the bed, floor, and even the walls. His originally fat body was visibly withering.

"Quick, see what's wrong with the child, save him..."

Chen Lao Da's wife kept crying and shaking his arm. Soon, due to the intense emotional波动, she fainted.

Seeing his wife faint, Chen Lao Da's body swayed uncontrollably, but he managed to steady himself without falling. However, he didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, Xia Tianqi and Leng Yue didn't continue to watch the spectacle. One came to Chen Lao Da's side, while the other helped his wife to a chair, then gestured to him:

"Don't worry, she just fainted."

After saying this, Leng Yue came to Chen Lao Da's side and reminded him:

"He seems to have some strange illness. There should be someone in the village who can treat it. Go and get them, this can't go on."

"Right, right, right!" Chen Lao Da said three times, then slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing:

"How could I not think of that? My mind is so muddled!"

"We'll keep an eye on things here, go and get the doctor quickly."

"Okay, thank you very much..."

Seeing Chen Lao Da finally leave to get help, Xia Tianqi relaxed and said:

"Do you have a solution?"

"Let's try."

Saying this, Leng Yue took a silver talisman from his bag, then used his index finger to draw a circle on it:

"Exorcism talisman, demons and ghosts, scatter quickly!

Scatter—!"

After saying this with a cool and confident tone, Leng Yue threw the silver talisman at Chen Cong, who was rolling on the bed. However, before the talisman touched Chen Cong, it instantly turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared.

"It can't be dispelled."

Seeing Leng Yue's impressive silver talisman burn up halfway, Xia Tianqi already knew that this ghost was beyond their ability to handle.

"Then there's nothing we can do, we can only wait for Chen Lao Da to bring someone back."

Xia Tianqi shrugged helplessly. Although he spoke lightly, he couldn't bear to watch someone turn into a mummy, so he decided to wait outside. However, just as he turned to leave, he heard Leng Yue say:

"He's calmed down."

Hearing this, Xia Tianqi instinctively turned back. Indeed, as Leng Yue said, Chen Cong had fainted, and the water beads seeping from his body had stopped.

Xia Tianqi then came to the bedside and turned Chen Cong over. However, this action made him jump back in shock. On Chen Cong's already shriveled belly, a grotesque face was moving.

The face was made of water, with clearly visible features, and it was the female ghost they had seen before!

"Meddle in other people's affairs, and you will die too!!!"

The female ghost suddenly opened her mouth and roared at them viciously.

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