Watching his wife in this state, Wang Zizai felt a sense of despair wash over him.
Originally, Ying Chen's resurrection of his wife had reignited his hope for life.
But now, that flame was extinguished.
Wang Zizai even had a thought of "I'm tired, let it all end."
If a large truck had driven by at that moment, Wang Zizai might have been too lazy to dodge, choosing to die with his wife.
Didn't his wife want to see their daughter?
Then they could all be reunited in the underworld.
"Zizai, honey, believe me... Linlin is really alive!"
Wang Zizai's wife said to him with a serious expression.
Unfortunately, Wang Zizai's face was cold and unresponsive.
Instead, he pushed away his wife's hands from his shoulder and retorted coldly, "Believe what? Believe your nonsense, believe your madness? Jiahui, I'm tired, I'm really tired!"
"I know losing our daughter hit you hard. How about this? I still owe Mr. Ying a favor. Once I repay him, I'll go find our daughter with you, okay?"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure we choose a painless death. At least we can die with dignity and cleanliness, not with distorted faces and unsightly appearances. I'm afraid it would scare our daughter in the afterlife..."
Wang Zizai suddenly had the thought of suicide!
He planned to commit suicide with his wife after repaying Ying Chen's favor!
"No, Zizai, I'm not crazy... It's your mental state that's wrong, you're the one who's crazy..."
Wang Zizai's wife looked at him in disbelief and said.
Wang Zizai almost burst into laughter.
A madman calling others mad, how absurd, how ridiculous!
"Let's go! Let's go home!"
Wang Zizai grabbed his wife's wrist, intending to take her back.
But his wife struggled desperately, refusing to go back, and said she wanted to stay with their daughter for a while longer.
A flicker of anger rose in Wang Zizai's eyes.
The moment he decided to commit suicide, he had let go of all burdens.
He raised his hand, preparing to slap his wife again to sober her up.
Even if it was just for a moment of clarity.
But just as his palm was about to fall, he heard a voice slowly say, "She's not wrong. She's not crazy, you are."
Wang Zizai's hand stopped instinctively, and he turned to look in the direction of the voice.
Then he saw Ying Chen and Professor Li.
"What do you mean?" Wang Zizai asked, not understanding.
Ying Chen didn't answer, but walked unhurriedly towards Wang Zizai.
His eyes were fixed on the shrine on the ground.
More precisely, he was looking at the cloth doll inside the shrine.
And whether it was an illusion or not, the cloth doll inside the shrine trembled twice fearfully.
It also constantly cowered deeper into the shrine, as if it had come alive!
Seeing this, Wang Zizai couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Professor Li, who was with him, also looked incredulous.
At any other time, both of them might have instinctively dismissed it as a trick, perhaps someone pulling a string from behind.
But now, with no one else present, and the doll reacting only after Ying Chen's appearance, both of them realized something.
However, they couldn't quite articulate it, and deep down, it felt unlikely.
Only Wang Zizai's wife, upon seeing the doll's reaction, rushed forward and hugged it.
At the same time, she glanced at Ying Chen and screamed, warning him, "Stop! Stop! You can't go any further! Linlin is afraid of you! I won't let you hurt Linlin!"
Ying Chen ignored his wife's warning.
He continued forward.
Wang Zizai's wife, panicked and scared, suddenly picked up a stone from the ground.
She brandished it at Ying Chen.
"I know you're a good person, but Linlin is my daughter, and I won't let anyone hurt her. Even if you saved my life before!"
"If you take another step forward, I'll have to get tough with you!"
Ying Chen smiled faintly at this and said, "I'd like to see how you get tough with me."
With that, Ying Chen not only didn't stop but accelerated his pace.
Wang Zizai's wife instantly became highly tense.
Her hand holding the stone trembled uncontrollably.
Suddenly, she exerted all her strength and threw the stone at Ying Chen!
At the same time, she turned and ran!
*Crack!*
The stone didn't touch Ying Chen at all; it shattered into powder in mid-air.
Ying Chen's figure appeared behind Wang Zizai's wife like a ghost.
With his fingers spread, he instantly gripped the back of Wang Zizai's wife's neck and lifted her up!
"Ah!" Wang Zizai's wife screamed in terror.
"Mr. Ying, please show mercy!" Wang Zizai's face changed drastically, and he pleaded.
Ying Chen merely turned his head to glance at Wang Zizai, as if telling him not to interfere.
Then, he ignored Wang Zizai and continued to look at his wife.
Wang Zizai felt conflicted: Ying Chen was holding his wife, how could he not intervene? And this wasn't something he could just ignore; it was a matter of his wife's life!
But then he recalled Ying Chen's consistent mysterious abilities, and he instinctively felt inclined to obey.
"Calm down, Old Wang. Whether Mr. Ying can cure your wife's illness is uncertain; however, Mr. Ying certainly won't harm her. If you don't even have this much trust, why did you ask Mr. Ying for help in the first place?"
Professor Li walked over and patted Wang Zizai's shoulder, saying.
Hearing Professor Li's words, Wang Zizai immediately felt they made sense.
Trust those you employ.
Since he had chosen to ask Ying Chen for help, he should trust him wholeheartedly.
Wang Zizai suppressed his agitated emotions and watched Ying Chen's performance.
Ying Chen, holding Wang Zizai's wife with one hand, showed no intention of putting her down.
Instead, he said coldly, "As you can see, your mother is incapable of protecting you. Conversely, you have the ability to protect her."
"At a time like this, you're afraid to step up and protect her, which is truly disappointing!"
With that, Ying Chen flicked his wrist sharply.
Instantly, Wang Zizai's wife began to tremble like a sieve, and her joints made cracking sounds.
It seemed as though her bones would shatter and she would die in the next moment!
Wang Zizai watched with bated breath. If Professor Li hadn't held him back, he would have rushed forward uncontrollably.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Ying Chen, but he couldn't bear it!
His wife's continuous screams were tearing his heart apart!
"Let go... of Mama!"
Suddenly, a sinister and chilling aura enveloped the area.
At the same time, a childish voice rang out.
Upon hearing this voice, Wang Zizai was struck as if by lightning and froze in place.
Wang Zizai's wife, however, desperately threw the cloth doll far away, shouting, "Linlin, don't come out!"
"You'll lose your life!"
"Mama is fine, you run! Run as far as you can!"
"Young master, I beg you, please spare Linlin! I know you can see Linlin. If need be, I'll give you my life!"
With that, Wang Zizai's wife opened her mouth, her tongue sticking out, intending to bite her tongue and commit suicide!