"Aunt Wang?"
Jiang Yue, who was pressing the password to open the door, also turned her head to look. When she saw Aunt Wang, she immediately called out.
Aunt Wang immediately put on a kind smile and walked out from her house. Then she asked with concern, "Xiaoyue, when did you come back? I went to pay my respects yesterday, but there were too many people and you were too busy, so I didn't have time to talk to you."
Jiang Yue replied sadly, "I came back yesterday."
Aunt Wang sighed, gently put her arm around Jiang Yue's shoulders, and comforted her softly, "Xiaoyue, please accept my condolences."
"Oh, how did this happen..."
"Xiaoyue, Xiaoyuan, in the future, if there's anything you can't solve, you can tell me, you know?"
"We've been neighbors for several years, and I truly like you two children from the bottom of my heart."
"Have you eaten? You probably haven't, right? I'll go buy groceries now, and you can eat at Aunt Wang's place at noon!"
As Aunt Wang spoke, she was about to go buy groceries.
Jiang Yue quickly stopped Aunt Wang, forced a smile, and said, "Thank you, Aunt Wang, but we're already grown up and can take care of ourselves. You don't need to trouble yourself."
"But please rest assured, Aunt Wang. If my brother and I encounter any problems in the future, we will definitely come to you for help."
"Don't find us annoying then!"
Aunt Wang waved her hand and said with a smile, "No, no, of course not. I had a very good relationship with your parents. If you have any problems, just come to me!"
"Alright, you two look exhausted. Go get some rest!"
"Okay! We'll go back to our room first. Goodbye, Aunt Wang."
"Good, good, go on, go on."
Aunt Wang signaled them to go into their house quickly.
Just as Jiang Yuan was lowering his head to go in, Aunt Wang suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him, "Xiaoyuan, don't be too sad, okay?"
"If there's anything... you must tell me, okay!"
Jiang Yuan nodded movedly, "Yes, I know, Aunt Wang."
"Go in."
"Okay."
Closing the door, the house was in a mess.
There was damage from the fight the other day, and also from the security guards' investigation. The huge French window on the balcony was still broken, and hot wind was blowing in from outside.
And a foul stench hit them. Jiang Yuan retched a few times, but fortunately didn't vomit. He quickly covered his nose.
The study door was still open, and the statue of Compassion still stood in place.
The flesh candles and soul incense had long turned to ash, and dried black-red blood was everywhere. The stench came from the internal organs in the iron basin and those scattered around it.
It was summer now, and the temperature was high.
After two days, the fresh internal organs and brains had started to rot. The stench made Jiang Yuan's stomach churn, but perhaps because he had experienced it before, he didn't vomit at least.
In contrast, his sister just frowned slightly and wasn't affected by the stench.
Her eyes calmly swept across the room, focusing on the sofa that had a huge gash from his father's blade qi. She stared at it for a few seconds, then calmly looked towards the study.
Surprisingly, she didn't ask any questions. After putting down her bag, she went straight into the study.
Then she squatted down and actually used her hands to respectfully pick up Grandpa's internal organs one by one and put them into the iron basin.
After doing this, she pointed her right middle finger, stained with black blood, at her forehead, knelt on the ground with an extremely expression, and chanted something like a pilgrim.
After kneeling, she stood up, looked at the internal organs in the iron basin with regret, and said, "It's a bit of a pity."
"But even though it's not as effective as when it's fresh, the sacrifice from a fanatical believer, even if it's starting to rot, is still somewhat useful."
Looking up, she said to Jiang Yuan in a calm tone, "Xiaoyuan, get ready. Tonight, I will personally hold the worship ceremony for you."
"Otherwise, by tomorrow, Grandpa's sacrifice will be even less effective."
Jiang Yuan took a deep breath, excited and eager, "That's great!"
"Sister, you arrange it. I'll listen to you!"
Jiang Yue nodded in satisfaction. Without cleaning the study, she went to the bathroom to wash her hands.
After washing her hands, she took out her phone from her bag and started making calls.
The first call was to have someone come repair the window.
The second call was to order some high-quality flesh candles and soul incense.
The third call was to a takeout restaurant.
Neither of them had eaten much since yesterday.
"After eating, go get some rest."
"I'll take care of all this. You don't have to worry about it."
"As for the smell, I know you can't stand it. I'll clean it up later."
After making the calls, Jiang Yue said to Jiang Yuan again.
What could Jiang Yuan say? He could only nod obediently to show he understood, then said, "But sister, I don't have an appetite. I won't eat first. I want to go to sleep."
Eat?
Damn it, he wouldn't be able to eat a bite even if he was starving!
Not vomiting was already good enough. Eating here? Was that crazy!
"That's fine, go ahead."
Jiang Yue waved her hand without looking back, rolling up her sleeves as if preparing to clean up.
Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, went back to his bedroom, closed the door, opened all the windows, and stuck his head out, frantically breathing in the fresh air outside.
There was no one around, so he finally didn't have to pretend anymore.
He frowned and sighed.
What kind of sin had he committed!
Why did he have to travel to this weird, evil, garbage world!
He had thought the only crisis was how to muddle through in front of his sister, but now it was even worse.
Those two damned security guards clearly suspected him and didn't believe his story at all.
And Aunt Wang next door obviously had other intentions!
The two families were next to each other. Aunt Wang must have heard the shouting and fighting that night.
Jiang Yuan fiercely grabbed his hair, on the verge of tears.
This situation where enemies were everywhere and he could fall into the abyss at any moment made him feel confused.
He didn't know what to do.
Could it be that he really had to worship that damned Compassion?
No, impossible, absolutely impossible.
Even if he died, he would never truly worship Him.
But just then.
That faint feeling of being watched swept over him again, as if there was a pair of blood-red eyes secretly staring at him from some corner.
"Fuck!"
Jiang Yuan cursed and immediately withdrew his head.
His eyes swept around and downstairs. At a glance, he couldn't see anything, and he didn't dare to look carefully.
After thinking about it, Jiang Yuan took out his phone with a dark face, propped his elbow on the windowsill, and pretended to be playing with his phone.
In reality, he opened the camera, zoomed in to the maximum, and observed through the phone camera.
From this direction, he could just see the open-air parking lot downstairs.
But there was no one in the car now.
He turned the camera and continued searching.
About a few minutes later, just as Jiang Yuan was about to give up, he suddenly saw a figure in a security guard uniform under a big tree. The dense leaves blocked it, and he almost didn't see it.
Because it was too high up, it was a bit blurry.
So Jiang Yuan directly took a few photos, then opened them and continued to zoom in.
Through the gaps in the leaves, he faintly saw a familiar outline.
It was that young security guard!
Looking more carefully, Jiang Yuan's heart trembled slightly.
In the photo, leaves blocked most of the other person's face.
In the shadow of the leaves, half of the face was visible.
One eye was staring at him.
Cold.
Indifferent.
Yet seemed to carry a hint of madness, anticipation, and excitement.
Not blinking.