Chapter 51
“What the hell do you mean? What’s wrong with me?” Song Nuan looked nervous.
Lin Ran’s words were so clueless that she felt a little puzzled, but this guy had a serious expression and didn’t seem to be joking, so Song Nuan’s heart couldn’t help but lift up.
The banquet went on in an orderly manner, and because there were many bigwigs from the business world, Mr. and Mrs. Luo Ming didn’t pay much attention to Lin Ran, which was fine, as Lin Ran didn’t want to be too flashy.
He and Luo Qiqi ate and chatted, and soon the banquet was half over, and by now all four of them had had enough to eat and drink, and were sitting around chatting.
Lin Ran looked at his watch, it was already ten o’clock in the evening, got up and said to the three of them.
“Song Nuan and I still have things to do, we have to go first!”
“You guys?”
Qin Bing was stunned to hear this, and her heart sank a little.
“You guys aren’t really together, are you?”
Luo Qiqi was equally surprised.
“No! There really isn’t!”
Song Nuan hurriedly waved her hands in defence.
“We went to her house to help her see a doctor,” Lin Ran said helplessly.
When the two women heard that it was to see a doctor, it dawned on them, especially Qin Bing, who let out a long breath of relief, as if she was afraid that Lin Ran would be snatched away.
The people parted at the entrance of the hotel.
Lin Ran and Song Nuan hailed a car and soon returned to the latter’s home.
Song Nuan’s house was in a very ordinary neighbourhood. Although it was ordinary, the security was very tight, so it was fortunate that Song Nuan was leading the way, otherwise Lin Ran might not have been able to enter.
Standing in front of the house, Song Nuan looked a little nervous and asked Lin Ran.
“What the hell do you want? I’m really not sick.”
“Whether you’re sick or not, you don’t get to say it yourself, go in!”
Lin Ran’s expression was bland.
“Are you seeing a doctor, or do you want to see my father?”
Song Nuan said speechlessly.
“To see a doctor, father-in-law can see you anytime, there’s no rush.”
“Bah, shameless! Who you are father-in-law, toad wants to eat swan’s meat.”
Song Nuan was helpless, how did she run into such a shameless guy.
The two were talking when a figure came from the side, saw the two under the street light and couldn’t help but laugh.
“Xiao Nuan, a guest has come, why don’t you bring it in?”
Song Yujiang smiled and came over, when he saw Lin Ran, he couldn’t help but be startled and laughed.
“Haha, so it’s little divine doctor Lin Ran, long time no see.”
“Master Song, long time no see.”
Lin Ran came forward and laughed, Song Nuan saw this and was helpless, this was good, he had been bumped into by his own old man, he couldn’t even explain it if he wanted to.
…..
“Little friend Lin Ran, the last time we parted, I wanted to invite you to come and sit at home when I came back, but I didn’t expect that you would come just after I arrived home this time.”
Song Yujiang and Lin Ran sat on the sofa and said with a smile.
“Uncle Song is very kind, today the boy came uninvited.” Lin Ran said.
“O? Something wrong?” Song Yujiang asked.
“Something indeed.” Lin Ran looked solemn.
Song Yujiang nodded at his words, but there were some strange emotions in his heart. When Lin Ran had treated his leg at the hospital earlier, he felt that the latter had talked in an extraordinary manner and had not lost his temper after getting his business card, so he should not be a mundane person.
But now, finding himself with something to do, this was something that made him extremely disgusted.
“Little friend don’t put first what is the matter.”
Song Yujiang suppressed the revulsion in his heart and opened his mouth to ask.
At this moment, only Song Nuan and Song Yujiang were at home, so Lin Ran looked and spoke.
“Before I say anything else, let me ask a question, is Professor Song at home?”
“No, my grandfather has a lot of cla*ses these days and is at the school main, there is usually only me at home, my father is also off today and only came back.”
Song Nuan said, Song Yujiang was usually too busy, the situation at home was naturally not as clear as the former.
“In that case, then I’ll say it, but I hope you can prepare yourselves mentally.”
Lin Ran said solemnly.
Song Yujiang frowned slightly at his words and asked in a low voice.
“Could this be something that has something to do with us?”
“Mm!”
Lin Ran nodded his head.
Song Yujiang was stunned, at first he thought it was Lin Ran who had something to ask for his help, but it turned out that he didn’t expect this matter to be related to himself.
“Little friend, but there is no harm in saying so.”
Song Yujiang’s face couldn’t help but look solemn, to make Lin Ran come uninvited, this matter was obviously not ordinary.
Lin Ran sorted out his language for a moment, then looked at Song Yujiang and said.
“This matter, in fact, has to do with Xiao Nuan.”
“With me?”
Song Nuan frowned slightly at his words, earlier at the hotel Lin Ran had said something about living, could this matter really be about his life or death?
“Little friend, what exactly is the matter?”
Song Yujiang was a little anxious, normally he always planned before he acted, but once his own family was involved, he was just an ordinary father, how could he not be anxious.
“This matter needs to start from a few days ago ….”
Said Lin Ran and told the story of the first time he and Song Nuan spent the night in the dormitory.
At first, when he heard this, Song Yujiang was very embarra*sed, while Song Nuan’s pretty face was even redder, somewhat ashamed of how Lin Ran had brought this out.
But in the end, when Lin Ran told them about the Black Demon Scorpion, both of them couldn’t help but turn pale.
Song Nuan hurriedly ran to get a mirror and looked at the back of her neck, and when she looked through it, her whole body froze.
Song Yujiang rushed over to take a look, and his whole body suddenly fell into an ice cave as well.
At this moment, the mark of the black devil scorpion on the back of Song Nuan’s neck was already very clear, and it was obvious that it would strike again tonight.
“This Black Devil Poison Scorpion has wings born on its back, when I first saw it, it only had one pair, and it should have appeared once more during that time, but I wasn’t there, I came over today because I suspect that tonight its wings will grow to three pairs, and by then it will have grown completely.”
Lin Ran said.
“Then what will happen when it grows into something?”
Song Yujiang asked hurriedly.
“It will break out of its body and suck up all the host’s essence!”
Lin Ran’s face was ugly.
Song Nuan’s face was even whiter as he listened, sitting on the sofa without saying a word, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
“Little friend Lin Ran, on the surface, what you’re saying does seem fanciful, but isn’t this too mysterious?”
Song Yujiang said with a frown, he was a Qingtian grand master of the new era, and was naturally somewhat resistant to such arcane and strange techniques.
Lin Ran was not angry at this and said.
“It’s true that it’s hard to accept for a while when there are no results, but I believe that soon, Uncle Song will be able to accept it.”
Lin Ran said, pointing to the watch hanging on the wall and said.
“It’s now eleven thirty, half an hour at most, at twelve that thing will definitely start moving, by then I hope Uncle Song will fully cooperate with me, after all, this is about your daughter’s safety.”
“Mm!”
Song Yujiang nodded his head, although it was hard to believe in his heart, but the matter was about his daughter after all, he had to suppress the doubts in his heart and wait and see what would happen.
“Is there half an hour left?”
Song Nuan’s face was sad, her heart was very scared but she didn’t dare to show it, she was afraid that her father would follow her and worry.
A little bit of time pa*sed, and soon Lin Ran and Song Yujiang found that Song Nuan was actually lying on the sofa a little bit and sleeping.
It is reasonable to say that a normal person would not have the heart to sleep after such an event, but Song Nuan was indeed slowly falling asleep.
Song Yujiang went up and tried to wake Song Nuan up, but after pushing her several times, she did not respond at all, so he hurriedly looked at Lin Ran.
“No need to push, it’s not that she wants to sleep on her own, that thing is guiding her into sleep, it’s coming out.”
Chapter 52
“Huh? So what now?”
Song Yujiang was filled with anxiety, his daughter had never been in this situation before, and at this point, the suspicion in his heart could not help but start to loosen.
“Don’t be anxious yet.”
Lin Ran said calmly, glancing at the watch on the wall, eleven fifty, there were still ten minutes to go before the full hour.
“You stay aside and don’t make a sound, no matter what you see, I will give you a sign when your help is needed, at that time you just need to carry Xiao Nuan back to the room, remember not to make any sound during the process!”
Lin Ran admonished again and again.
Song Yujiang hurriedly nodded, and at the same time quickly ran to open the door to Song Nuan’s room in advance, so as not to make any noise when he opened the door later, he still deliberately went to change his cotton slippers to prevent the sound of walking, he had obviously gone out of his way for the sake of his daughter.
On Lin Ran’s side, he took out a piece of yellow talisman paper that he had prepared beforehand and scratched out a substitute talisman on it.
This kind of talisman was difficult to draw, but with the scene manager in the Xuan Yang Pharmacopoeia, it was easy for Lin Ran to draw it by lifting his brush.
Time pa*sed by minute by minute, and soon the time reached eleven fifty-nine minutes.
Suddenly, Lin Ran and Song Yujiang clearly felt that the temperature in the room had dropped a few points sharply, and it was chilly.
“What the…!”
Song Yujiang wanted to ask Lin Ran later.
However, Lin Ran hurriedly made a gesture of forbidding sound, and then took out the talisman seal he had prepared earlier, and stabbed a drop of blood from Song Nuan’s fingertip and dropped it on it.
The talisman was placed on the coffee table by Lin Ran, and by now, black gas had already started to float out from the back of Song Nuan’s neck.
This scene made Song Yujiang’s face change. He wanted to go up and check on his daughter’s condition, but Lin Ran was by his side, so he didn’t dare to do anything rashly, and Lin Ran’s advice was echoing in his mind.
After placing the yellow paper on the coffee table, Lin Ran took out the wooden box he had bought yesterday at the antique shop.
The wooden box was black in colour and had many designs carved on it, one of which was of a black demon scorpion.
Although Lin Ran had previously discovered Song Nuan’s condition, he had no good way to deal with it until he found this box, and then he had complete certainty in his mind.
This wooden box is commonly known as a “mortar”, a very uncommon container, but of course the mortar here is not the same thing as the garlic mortar used in restaurants.
According to the Xuan Yang Pharmacopoeia, it was a popular tool among a minority group who used it to hold scorpions, centipedes and other poisonous objects they caught.
It later evolved into feng shui, and there were also people who made this kind of mortar, specifically for subduing things like poisonous scorpions and centipedes.
The patterns inscribed on it already explained its use.
Lin Ran held the mortar in his hand and stood quietly waiting by the coffee table.
Song Yujiang, on the other hand, was looking at Song Nuan with a tense frown.
At this moment, the black aura at the back of Song Nuan’s neck was getting thicker and thicker, as if there was a charcoal of fire underneath her that was smoking wolf smoke.
The black smoke grew and grew, gradually converging on Song Nuan’s brow to form a black scorpion, which stood with its head C*cked in a majestic manner.
The scorpion was black in colour, with only a red line running down its back from its head to its tail.
On either side of its back, two pairs of wings were born, with wings that bore the wind.
“The third pair is really coming out!”
Lin Ran could see really well, and underneath the two pairs of wings, there was a small pair of wings, only this pair of wings was very small and obviously hadn’t grown completely yet.
Song Yujiang looked at Lin Ran with urgency in his eyes, the black scorpion lying on Song Nuan’s forehead made him both shocked and worried, that was his own daughter, as a father he could only do nothing but worry at this time, his feelings could be imagined.
Lin Ran nodded his head and recited a mantra in his hand, and the yellow talisman on the coffee table burst into a burst of light, and then it actually emitted the same scent body fragrance as Song Nuan.
The black demon scorpion was a little confused, as another familiar scent emerged at this moment, leaving it a little confused.
Lin Ran hurriedly subtracted a strand of Song Nuan’s hair, and then lit it with a match and threw it on the seal.
The seal miraculously did not ignite, but the pungent smell of burning hair managed to attract the attention of the Black Devil Scorpion.
Although it was made up of black gas, it actually flapped its wings and flew over towards the coffee table.
“Run!”
Lin Ran squeezed his eyebrows at Song Yujiang, who understood and hurried up to carry Song Nuan and tiptoe back to the room.
By now, the Black Devil Poison Scorpion had landed on the rune seal, and Song Yujiang had also returned to the house, but he was worried that the thing was coming back for his daughter, so he closed the door of the room in pa*sing.
But as soon as the door was closed, a bang sounded like a thunderbolt from the sky in the house.
The Black Devil Scorpion was so shocked that its head immediately rose, and even its poisonous hooks stood straight up, as if it were an enemy, while its two pairs of wings were already flickering quickly, ready to bolt.
“Where to go!”
Quick with his eyes, Lin Ran took the mortar and snapped it straight up towards the Black Devil Poison Scorpion, snapping it into the mortar intact the moment the latter was about to take off.
Afterwards, he quickly took out a talisman seal and fastened it to the entrance of the mortar, which completely trapped the Black Demon Scorpion inside.
After gathering his things, Lin Ran then went to knock on Song Nuan’s room door, and Song Yujiang opened the door and let Lin Ran in.
“It’s already alright!”
Lin Ran said with a long breath of relief.
Song Yujiang also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.
“Xiao Nuan she hasn’t woken up yet.”
Lin Ran went up and checked the back of Song Nuan’s neck, although there was still a mark, it was much lighter.
“It’s alright, the Black Devil Poison Scorpion has been caught by me, this mark will soon disappear on its own, let her sleep well tonight.”
Lin Ran said.
Song Yujiang nodded at his words, then seemed to think of something and hurriedly pulled Lin Ran out of the room, saying.
“Little friend Lin Ran, you saved Xiao Nuan, such a great kindness, I, Song Yujiang, really can’t repay you.”
Song Yujiang said with a few trembles in his voice, very excited.
“Uncle Song, Xiao Nuan is also my cla*smate, so since I have come across her, I will not stand by and do nothing.
Lin Ran said, Song Yujiang heard that the matter had not yet been touched could not help but worry again.
“Please explain clearly, young friend.”
Lin Ran pondered for a moment and said.
“This Black Devil Poison Scorpion is very malevolent, usually people who can use such things are bound to be Feng Shui masters as well, and definitely not right-minded, I don’t know why she is looking for Xiao Nuan, but you have to be more careful, I broke his game, but he can won’t be able to stop.”
“D*mn it, if I find out who it is, I will kill him!”
Song Yujiang said in a cold voice, as Song Nuan’s father, he was really angry at this moment.
Lin Ran couldn’t help but feel sour in his heart when he saw this, he had grown up without a father and a mother, apart from his grandmother, he hardly had any family, and had never experienced what it was like to have a father’s love.
Thinking of this, Lin Ran couldn’t help but shake his head and took out another jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Song Yujiang.
