Chapter 99: Nightmare Torment

Outside Qing’an Temple at eight o’clock, it was still bustling with people and full of tourists.

So Liu Yifan didn’t see Lu Zheng, just with a pale face, a faint whiff of alcohol in his breath, staggering towards the temple gate.

Lu Zheng smiled slightly, approached Liu Yifan from the side, making a gesture with one hand and took out the Brass Bell with the other.

"Jingle — Jingle —"

Liu Yifan frowned, feeling the bell sound was quite piercing, he was about to search for the sound source to scold it, but suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

This chill was exactly the same as he felt the last few times he ran into that Ghost Infant, something he remembered vividly.

With a sudden shiver, Liu Yifan felt he instantly sobered up.

Looking around, aside from a somewhat familiar-looking back, he didn’t see the figure of that Ghost.

"Damn! It’s late autumn, the days are getting darker earlier, won’t that Ghost Infant come out earlier too!"

Liu Yifan was scared, didn’t dare to linger on the street any longer, so he hurriedly ran into the temple.

In the distance, Lu Zheng turned his head, completely relieved, then turned and left.

...

Middle of the night.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Liu Yifan suddenly sat up in bed, eyes filled with terror, sweating on his forehead.

Sleeping well, the image of that Ghost Infant suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Unlike the previous times where it either wore a bizarre smile or directly opened a bloody mouth but always kept some distance from him, this time it was directly sticking to his face.

"Was it a dream?"

Under the dim yellow light, the arrangement of the temple guest room appeared cozy and peaceful, incense smoke curling up, drifting and permeating the room, exuding an atmosphere of calmness, peace, and serenity.

"It was a dream!"

Liu Yifan nodded, the Ghost Infant couldn’t enter Qing’an Temple.

"I’ve been too tense these past few days!"

Thinking of this, Liu Yifan couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

Everyone refused to believe his ghost sighting story, his mother was skeptical, and his father directly took him to a psychiatrist!

For over half a month, he became the laughingstock of Hai City’s wealthy circle!

Damn it, you’ve got nerve, but don’t come to Qing’an Temple to burn incense then!

Making fun of him at the dining table and then turning around to burn incense worth a million at Qing’an Temple, ridiculous!

After browsing his phone for a while, Liu Yifan felt sleepy and lay back down.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Suddenly sitting up, Liu Yifan surveyed the surroundings.

Something’s not right!

...

"Knock knock knock!"

"Xiaolu is here, come in quickly, Auntie has made winter melon pork rib soup, and we’ll have lunch together later!"

Lin’s Mother opened the door with a warm smile and let Lu Zheng in.

In the living room, Lin Wan was slowly moving with the help of a mobility aid.

"Lu Zheng!"

"Lin Wan." Lu Zheng smiled and waved the small steamed buns in his hand.

"My mom made breakfast."

"These are Old Yang’s Records’ small steamed buns."

"You remembered!" Lin Wan laughed.

Once, on a morning trip to the martial arts gym, Lin Wan specially took Lu Zheng for a detour to eat Old Yang’s Records’ small steamed buns.

"It’s just over a month, how bad would my memory have to be to forget?"

"It wasn’t that important a matter."

"Your affairs are all important."

Goodness, with one sentence, Lin Wan saw Lin’s Mother, who just came out of the kitchen, smile wide.

"Feeling a bit better again?" Lu Zheng walked over to Lin Wan, observing her leg while putting a small steamed bun into her mouth.

"Yes." Lin Wan nodded, her eyes shining, "A bit better than yesterday, I can already control my toes."

Lu Zheng nodded, then shook his head, "Don’t rush, your meridians, um, spinal nerves are still very fragile, don’t exert for too long."

Lin Wan nodded, "I just got out of bed for less than five minutes."

Saying this, Lin Wan still returned to her bedroom with the help of the mobility aid, and then, with Lu Zheng’s assistance, lay back on the bed.

Then, Lu Zheng turned around, waited for a moment, heard Lin Wan say "Alright," then turned back to see she had already taken off her top, laying on the bed.

Thanks to getting acupuncture every day, she was already used to it, so Lin Wan recently stopped using a blanket to cover her side.

Turning his head, Lu Zheng could see a clear indentation and curve.

After a glance, Lu Zheng opened the needle box, then took out acupuncture needles and began to apply them to Lin Wan.

His hands moved like flowers weaving, and his fingers danced like butterflies, in the blink of an eye, fifty-six acupuncture needles were inserted along Lin Wan’s entire spine and lumbar vertebrae.

With a flick of his fingers, threads of True Qi seeped into Lin Wan’s body through the stainless steel needles.

Compared to previous obstructions in Qi flow, Lu Zheng now found it quite smooth when applying acupuncture and directing Qi for Lin Wan.

The passage of True Qi nourished the meridians, stimulated the nerve activity within Lin Wan, beginning to restore and heal automatically, and becoming more resilient.

"Buzz buzz buzz —"

"Hello, Xiumin!"

"Hey, Lin Wan, how’s the recovery going?"

"Not bad, better than yesterday a bit."

"Great! Looks like the doctor’s judgment wasn’t accurate, not that serious after all!"

"Yeah." Lin Wan nodded.

Following Lu Zheng’s instructions, Lin Wan and Lin’s Mother only mentioned to others that she was healing naturally, without revealing Lu Zheng’s acupuncture involvement.

As Lu Zheng said, there was no guarantee of a cure, and speaking of it might give a bad impression of being reckless.

Later, when results showed, Lin Wan and Lin’s Mother found it hard to change the story, so they just kept it a secret to the end.

"By the way, something strange happened again with Liu Yifan." Huang Xiumin said.

"Oh, what’s up? Another ghost sighting?"

"Not ghost sightings, it’s nightmares this time. Apparently, as soon as he enters a deep sleep, that ghost appears in his dream, startling him awake, and he’s been unable to sleep well for five days."

"Is that so."

"His dad got him more medical experts and a hypnotist from domestically, no effect, he flew to Lighthouse Country for treatment last night."

Lin Wan frowned, "Is it true or not, could it be that you have some evidence that made him aware, deciding to flee ahead of time?"

"No, Captain Li secretly took a look at Liu Yifan, said missing sleep for five days, Liu Yifan already looked neither human nor ghost, pale face, purple lips, looked like he’s on the verge of dying.

Lin Wan, do you think Liu Yifan has offended some Tai Sui God, seeing ghosts and having nightmares?"

"Comrade Huang Xiumin, please remember your materialistic values, didn’t you know that after the founding of the country, spirits aren’t allowed?"

"Hehe, it’s just that none of us could explain Liu Yifan’s situation, so we could only think in supernatural ways."

"What are you thinking, Liu Yifan’s gone abroad, with his most reliable backing gone, why aren’t you hurrying to investigate his potential criminal activities?"

"Hey hey hey, Comrade Lin Wan, you are on medical leave now, are you instructing an on-duty detective?"

Lin Wan, "..."

After chatting for a while, Lin Wan hung up the phone, and Lu Zheng had already removed all the dozens of needles from her back.

Outside the door, Lin’s Mother’s voice came in.

"Time to eat!"