Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Xia Sheng said, “Children are physically weaker than adults, so they’re more prone to encounters with ghosts. She’s simply had too much contact with spirits lately and picked up some Yin Energy.

“Yin Energy is harmful to the human body. Too much exposure can damage one’s health. Once this bit of Yin Energy is removed, she’ll be fine.”

As she spoke, she raised her hand and lightly tapped the little girl’s forehead, absorbing every trace of Yin Energy from Nannan’s body.

The moment Xia Sheng took her hand away, Nannan felt the heavy, exhausted feeling that had weighed down her body these past few days suddenly vanish. She felt light again.

Wang Xianyin watched as some color slowly returned to her daughter’s previously pale face, and she was instantly astonished.

All this time, her daughter had been sickly. If it wasn’t a cold, it was a fever, and every now and then she would even get nosebleeds. Her complexion had stayed awful.

Wang Xianyin had taken her daughter to who knew how many hospitals, but none of them had been able to find out what illness her daughter had.

She never would have imagined that the problem that had tormented her for so long would be solved so easily by Xia Sheng.

Before Xia Sheng came, Wang Xianyin had also sought out other Taoist priests.

Those people had also seen that her daughter’s frailty was caused by Yin Energy entering her body, but none of them had been able to draw the Yin Energy out. They had only told her family to move, saying that if they lived somewhere else, perhaps they could shake off the spirit clinging to her daughter.

Yet no matter how many times she moved with her daughter, that invisible thing always followed them.

Watching her daughter’s health grow worse and worse, Wang Xianyin had nearly broken down during this period.

Now that the matter was finally resolved, her eyes immediately reddened.

“Nannan, come here. Let Mommy hold you.”

Auntie Wang handed the child to Wang Xianyin. Wang Xianyin held her daughter and checked her over from head to toe. Only after confirming that the child’s energy and spirits had improved did she finally lose control and burst into tears, hugging her daughter tightly.

The little girl still didn’t understand why her mother was crying. She lifted her small hand and gently patted Wang Xianyin on the back.

“Don’t cry, don’t cry. Didn’t Mommy say girls shouldn’t cry so easily, and that we have to be strong?”

Hearing her daughter’s comfort only made Wang Xianyin cry harder.

Only heaven knew how terrified she had been that her daughter would leave her like that other child.

Fortunately, everything was fine now.

She held her daughter and cried for a long while before turning to Xia Sheng. Taking Xia Sheng’s hand, she said gratefully, “Little Celestial Master, thank you. Truly, thank you…”

“Stay calm. This isn’t over yet.”

Hearing Xia Sheng’s words, Wang Xianyin finally remembered there was still a ghost in the house, and her nerves instantly tightened again.

“Little Celestial Master, can you tell what exactly has been harming my daughter?”

Xia Sheng said, “That spirit isn’t trying to hurt your daughter. He’s staying by your side to protect you.”

“Protect us? How is that possible?” Wang Xianyin frowned deeply. “My daughter has been hurt so badly by him. How could that thing possibly be protecting us?

“Little Celestial Master, you’re highly skilled. Please help me get rid of that ghostly thing. Don’t let him harm my daughter anymore.”

Before Xia Sheng could speak, Nannan said from the side, “No! That person is Daddy! Mommy, you can’t hurt him!”

Wang Xianyin had heard her daughter say this before, but she had only thought the child was talking nonsense.

“If the thing you see every night really is your daddy, then why would he hurt you and make you sick all the time?”

Nannan didn’t know how to explain it either. She could only keep trying to defend him. “No, Daddy didn’t make me sick. Daddy just wants to spend time with me. But Mommy can never see him, and he’s so, so sad…”
“Nannan.” Wang Xianyin’s voice sharpened. “I know you’re very sad that Daddy is gone, but you can’t just say things like that.”

Seeing that her mother didn’t believe her, Nannan was so anxious she was about to cry. She turned to Xia Sheng, ran over, and hugged her leg, saying urgently, “Pretty sister, you can’t hurt Daddy. Daddy came back because he missed Mommy and me and wanted to stay with us…”

“Don’t worry.” Xia Sheng rubbed the little girl’s head. “I won’t hurt your daddy.”

With Xia Sheng’s promise, the little girl seemed to relax a little.

But Wang Xianyin couldn’t help frowning. “Little Celestial Master, are you saying that the ghost that’s been following us all this time and harming my daughter really is my husband?”

Xia Sheng nodded. “The one following you is indeed your husband. But he isn’t trying to hurt you. He only wants to stay with you a little longer and protect you.”

Wang Xianyin disagreed. “There’s no way he would want to protect us. Little Celestial Master, perhaps you don’t know how he died. That’s why you would say something like that.

“Three months ago, Nannan and I were kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded that my husband pay a ransom of ten million to get us back.

“Do you know how my husband reacted at the time? Ten million was nothing to him. It was only half a month’s turnover for his company.

“But he refused to give the ransom to the kidnappers. When the kidnappers called him for the money, he told them they could do whatever they wanted with us, then hung up.

“In the end, it was my mother who took the money and ransomed us back. That was the only reason Nannan and I survived.

“And he died in a car accident while trying to stop my mother on the way.”

When she brought up her husband’s death, Wang Xianyin’s emotions were complicated.

She grieved for his passing, but at the same time, she hated him for being so heartless toward her and their daughter.

In the months since her husband died, she had lived in constant pain. She couldn’t understand why the man who had once loved her could be so cruel to her and their daughter at such a critical moment.

Xia Sheng calmly listened until Wang Xianyin finished, then asked, “Who told you he died in a car accident because he was trying to stop your mother from saving you?”

Wang Xianyin froze slightly. “Little Celestial Master, what do you mean by that?”

Xia Sheng said, “He didn’t die in that car accident because he was trying to stop your mother from saving you and your child.

“By the time the kidnappers called him, he had already brought the police and was lying in ambush nearby.

“He had made all the necessary preparations. He would have been able to rescue you and the child.

“It was your mother who refused to listen. She took ten million to exchange for you, and ended up putting herself in danger too.

“Your husband died in the car accident because he was trying to save her.”

“Impossible.” After hearing Xia Sheng’s words, Wang Xianyin grew agitated. “My mom told me that my husband wanted all the money from my family after I died, so he tried to stop her from making the deal with the kidnappers.

“That day, my mom and the kidnappers arranged to meet outside. Although I didn’t see the exchange myself, my mom wouldn’t lie to me…”

Xia Sheng had no intention of explaining further. She only said, “If you don’t believe me, call the officer who was in charge of your case back then and ask. Then you’ll know what really happened.”

Wang Xianyin didn’t delay. She immediately called the officer who had handled their case.