Chapter 338
Chapter 338
The hexagram I had cast with the Six Yao clearly pointed to a female Ghost.
Why was it a baby?
The baby was so young that I could not immediately determine its sex. If it was a girl, it would indeed count as a female Ghost.
There was no time to think. Saving Lu Yihao came first. Anning and I rushed forward, seized Wu Yiyi’s wrists, and tried to pull her away.
Only when we got close did we see her eyes were tightly shut. She possessed tremendous strength at that moment, and her hands seemed welded around Lu Yihao’s neck. We could not pry them loose.
Wu Yiyi had been possessed by an Infant Spirit. An Infant Spirit was still a baby. It lacked intelligence and acted only on instinct, which also made it extremely easy to distract.
I hurriedly pulled out my phone, held its speaker beside Wu Yiyi’s ear, and played an audio recording.
The recording contained nothing more than the crowing of a rooster.
A rooster’s crow signaled that dawn was near. No matter what kind of Ghost it was, the sound would frighten it into fleeing.
An intelligent Ghost would naturally see through the trick. Fortunately, the one possessing Wu Yiyi was only a Little Ghost.
The instant the crowing sounded beside her ear, her entire body jerked. Her tightly closed eyes flew open, and she instinctively released Lu Yihao’s neck. She staggered backward and lost consciousness again.
Anning and I hurriedly caught her before she hit the ground.
The crew members were still hiding and did not dare emerge. When the director saw the situation had calmed down, he shouted, “What are you all hiding for, you cowards? Get over here and see if they’re all right!”
The director was the highest authority on a film set, but no one obeyed him now. Work was important, but their lives mattered more.
The director shouted several times, but he did not dare come over either. He could only force the assistant director and Sun Yuan to approach.
Even after the two men came over, they did not dare get close.
I told them everything was fine for the moment. The Ghost had already fled.
“Master Chen, she isn’t… dead too, is she?” The assistant director timidly extended his right hand to check Wu Yiyi’s breathing, then drew back in fear. He was terrified someone else had died on the production.
I told him she was alive and had merely fainted.
Only then did the director gather the courage to approach. But he did not come to check on Wu Yiyi. He hurried straight to Lu Yihao.
“Mr. Lu, are you all right?”
“Should we take you to the hospital?”
Lu Yihao had been frightened senseless. When the Infant Spirit revealed itself, he had been the closest person to it.
Had there not been so many people present, he probably would have wet himself.
To conceal his fear, he unleashed a torrent of abuse at the director. “What kind of garbage production is this? I came here to make a movie, and you’re trying to kill me! Didn’t you make a guarantee? Your guarantee isn’t worth shit!”
“I told you to use a Body Double! I’m done filming!”
The director was too embarrassed to know what to say. He kept bowing, nodding, and apologizing.
“And you two!”
Lu Yihao glared at Anning and me. “Are you pigs? I was almost strangled to death! Why didn’t you wait until I died before coming over? Do you have any brains?”
His scolding left me dumbfounded.
No one else had intended to save him. Anning and I were the ones who rushed over, yet he was cursing us!
What the fuck was wrong with this man?
Besides, I did not even work for the production!
I stared at him coldly but did not argue.
I had come here to earn money. For the sake of two hundred thousand, I would pretend my own son was being disobedient.
But to my surprise, Anning did not hesitate for a second. She charged forward and slapped Lu Yihao across the face.
“Who the hell are you cursing at, pretty boy? Keep talking and I’ll stab you!”
The slap left Lu Yihao frozen in place.
He was not the only one stunned. I was too. Everyone was.
Lu Yihao was a celebrity who had attached himself to the investor’s daughter. Even the director did not dare offend him.
Yet Anning had slapped him without a second thought.
“You dared hit me!”
Instead of becoming angry at first, Lu Yihao seemed unable to believe it.
In case he had not understood, Anning slapped the other side of his face. “So what if I hit you? You cursed at us!”
Sun Yuan’s eyes nearly popped out of his head. “Holy…”
“You bastard! You fucking bastard! You dared hit me!”
Lu Yihao finally reacted and charged at Anning.
The director and assistant director hurriedly intervened, and only then did the crew members run out to help separate them.
I quickly restrained Anning as well, preventing her from attacking again.
She was already prepared to fight Lu Yihao, and if they actually came to blows, I was not convinced he could defeat her.
Not only would we lose the two hundred thousand, but his father-in-law would come after us.
“Director! Where the fuck did you find these people? Doesn’t she know who I, Lu Yihao, am?”
“I don’t give a damn who you are!”
Anning rolled up her sleeves, ready to fight. “Come on! Fight me one-on-one, pretty boy! I dare you! I’ll stab you to death!”
Lu Yihao’s eyes reddened with rage. He was harder to restrain than a hog at New Year, determined to fight Anning.
In truth, he might not have dared approach if no one were holding him back. But the more people restrained him, the fiercer he became.
“You fucking shrew! You stinking bitch! I’ve trained in martial arts. Come fight me! Come on!”
His insults grew increasingly vile. How could a major celebrity have so little decency?
We had saved his life. Without us, he would already be dead. Yet he showed no gratitude whatsoever.
“Curse at her one more time!”
I shoved through the crowd and kicked him hard. “You think I won’t beat you to death?”
Fuck!
So what if he was a celebrity?
So what if he had powerful backing?
I could call Song Xiaotian over and have him demonstrate what it looked like to lose control.
The scene immediately descended into chaos. Several of Lu Yihao’s assistants tried to charge me.
The director and assistant director were terrified. The assistant director hurriedly pulled me away and pleaded, “Master Chen, I’m begging you. Let it go. If anything really happens to him here, we’ll all suffer.”
Naturally, I had to show the assistant director some respect.
Besides, I had never wanted to fight Lu Yihao in the first place. He had simply insulted Anning too viciously.
At that moment, the cameraman suddenly rushed in and shouted, “Director, something else has happened! Come outside and look!”
The director was now extremely sensitive to the words “something happened.” His expression changed drastically, and he hurried into the corridor.
Whatever he saw nearly made his legs give out. He shouted, “Hey! Ms. Xingyun! Don’t go up there! Come down! It’s dangerous!”
We hurried outside too. When we reached the corridor, we looked in the direction he was pointing.
A woman had climbed onto a raised platform in the courtyard residence. She stood swaying at the edge, seemingly not fully conscious.
She was Zhao Xingyun, the movie’s female lead and a popular online influencer. According to Sun Yuan, Lu Yihao had brought her onto the production.
“Zhen Character, Soul-Reflecting Mirror!”
I formed a Daoist hand seal and immediately detected what was wrong with Zhao Xingyun.
A female Ghost with indistinct features clung to her back, controlling her and forcing her onto the platform.
From the look of things, the Ghost intended to make Zhao Xingyun jump.