Chapter 85
Chapter 85
Zhao Fei dragged his weakened body along and shot Chen Daji a resentful look.
“For the sake of us being classmates, can you maybe stop talking about things from graves and temples for a minute?”
“Look at me. Can you look at me? I’m about to die here…”
Chen Daji chuckled.
“No need to look. You’re just like my dad. It’s because of that jade you’re wearing!”
“Big Brother told you to throw that thing away ages ago, but you wouldn’t listen!”
“Serves you right for getting bewitched by a ghost!”
“Really?” Zhao Fei was half convinced and half doubtful. With great effort, he took the Ancient Jade from around his neck, his eyes filled with reluctant attachment.
He even brought it to his lips and kissed it.
“Isn’t jade supposed to protect people?”
“I’ve worn this piece till it’s gotten all rosy and lustrous. Look if you don’t believe me.”
Heaven and earth could bear witness-there was nothing rosy or lustrous about that jade. It was clearly covered in a bloody glow!
Chen Daji felt his stomach churn just looking at it.
“Aw, holy crap, Fatty Zhao, you’re freaking disgusting!”
Hua Jiunan shook his head with a wry smile, then explained to Zhao Fei what Nine Orifices Jade was.
And that the piece in his hand had been used to plug a dead person’s indescribable part…
After Zhao Fei heard that, his reaction was exactly the same as Chen Fu’s had been back then. He immediately dropped to his knees and began retching violently.
Deaf Granny let out a sigh.
“Why is it another wicked thing like this?”
She picked up the Nine Orifices Jade that Zhao Fei had thrown onto the ground and motioned for Hua Jiunan to place it beneath the spirit tablet of the Immortal Spirits to suppress it.
“Zhao Fei’s situation is different from Chen Fu’s.”
“Nine Orifices Jade can only steal a person’s yang energy and extinguish their yang flame, causing their fortune to decline. It doesn’t shorten their lifespan.”
“But you…”
When Deaf Granny reached this point, the kindly tone she usually had vanished, replaced by a terrifying sternness.
“You little brat have clearly committed some heartless, immoral deed. Now the wronged party has come back to claim your life!”
“The Five Signs of Celestial Decline. This is the Five Signs of Celestial Decline!”
After hearing that, Zhao Fei was obviously scared senseless. He collapsed onto the ground with a thud.
“Deaf Granny, I never hurt anyone!”
“At most, I bullied classmates now and then, but I never went too far!”
Deaf Granny gave a cold snort and brought her cane down hard on the stone table.
“At a time like this, if you still won’t tell the truth, no one will be able to save you!”
The old monk Kongchan pressed his palms together, his face full of compassion.
“Namo Amitabha.”
“The Buddha said, ‘Lay down the butcher’s knife, and become a Buddha on the spot.’ Young benefactor, you should repent in time and confess everything honestly.”
Zhao Fei looked even more bewildered.
“I-I-I really haven’t done anything else bad…”
Worried for her son, Zhao Fei’s Mother stood up, about to tell the truth.
But Zhao Aiguo grabbed her and held her back. “Are you crazy? You can’t just say things like that!”
“If this gets out, it’ll affect my future!”
A woman may be weak, but a mother is strong.
Zhao Fei’s Mother roared at Zhao Aiguo.
“Your future, your future-all day long, the only thing you care about is your future!”
“Our son is about to die, and your future is still that important? More important than your own flesh and blood?!”
“From now on, you can go live with your precious ‘future.’ I’m saving my son!”
After shouting, Zhao Fei’s Mother forced herself to calm down. Then, with a thump, she knelt before Deaf Granny.
“I’ll talk. I’ll tell you everything. But this really can’t be blamed on my son. He didn’t know!”
Through Zhao Fei’s Mother’s account, everyone finally understood what had happened.
As mentioned before, Zhao Fei had transferred to the township high school because he had gotten a girl pregnant while studying in the city.
That girl’s name was Zhao Fengmei, and she had been Zhao Fei’s classmate.
After the incident, she had been too ashamed to continue studying at her original school. Her parents had taken Zhao Fengmei and moved the whole family to the neighboring county.
Zhao Aiguo had not simply ignored the girl’s family. He had given them fifty thousand yuan.
He had also used his connections to arrange jobs for Zhao Fengmei’s parents at the local cement factory.
If nothing unexpected had happened, Zhao Fengmei would have aborted the child and started her life over again. That would have been the end of it.
But the problem was that during the abortion, she suffered a massive hemorrhage and could not be saved.
Mother and child, two lives lost in one body!
When Zhao Aiguo and his wife heard about it, they were afraid it would affect Zhao Fei’s studies, so they did not tell him.
Instead, they secretly asked someone to deliver another two hundred thousand yuan to the girl’s family.
But some things cannot be settled with money-especially when human lives are involved!
And now, after the Nine Orifices Jade had stolen Zhao Fei’s yang energy and extinguished his yang flame, Retribution had come for him at once!
Note: The Five Signs of Celestial Decline is a Buddhist term.
The five signs are: filthy garments, withered flowers on the head, sweat under the armpits, a foul stench from the body, and no longer taking pleasure in one’s seat.
Originally, it referred to the five strange signs displayed by celestial beings of the desire realm and form realm when their lives were about to end.
Now, it is broadly used to mean that a person’s lifespan is nearing its end and disaster is imminent.