"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Lin's mother, with bloodshot eyes, wildly waved the kitchen knife, slashing towards her husband.
"Mom, calm down!"
Lin Chen tried to intervene, but his mother even slashed at him without hesitation. Unable to dodge in time, he watched as the sharp kitchen knife was about to strike him.
"Xiao Chen!"
Lin's father desperately pushed his son out of the way, using his own body to shield him from the knife.
"Oh no, this is going to be fatal!"
Ku Deng quickly rushed forward. Though he was heavyset, his movements were surprisingly agile.
His broad and strong hand grabbed Lin's mother's wrist in the nick of time.
The kitchen knife hung precariously over Lin's father's back, just an inch away from cutting into him.
Lin's father, turning around in fear, saw his wife's terrifying eyes and broke into a cold sweat instantly.
At this moment, his wife's eyes were filled with resentment, as if she were looking at an enemy with a blood feud.
"Dad!"
Realizing the situation, Lin Chen quickly pulled his father away from the kitchen knife.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Lin's mother struggled desperately.
Despite her seemingly frail appearance, she now possessed an incredible strength.
Ku Deng was actually knocked off balance by her.
She swung the knife and charged at her husband and son once again.
The father and son had no chance to fight back and were chased all around the house.
Meanwhile, Ku Deng pursued Lin's mother.
The room was in utter chaos.
"Manager Lu, come and help!" Kudeng was drenched in sweat.
"Don't panic, it will be done in a moment."
But instead of going to help, Lu Fei walked to the shoe cabinet. Under Liu Jie's astonished gaze, he took out the Bagua mirror from his backpack and placed it above the shoe cabinet.
Just after he finished this action,
Mother Lin's body went limp, her eyes rolled back, and she fell to the ground, the cleaver in her hand clattering to the floor.
The father and son of the Lin family were stunned.
How could Mother Lin, who had just been in a frenzy, suddenly faint? It was like someone had turned off a switch.
"Manager Lu, what is this?"
Upon seeing this, Kudeng instantly understood a few things.
Lin's mother was in an abnormal state just now, almost as if she was possessed.
Lu Fei glanced at Liu Jie.
"Master, you come over and take a look."
Ku Deng hurried over, stood on tiptoe, and looked up at the top of the shoe cabinet. He was immediately startled.
There were two items on top of the shoe cabinet.
A wooden figurine.
A Bagua mirror.
The wooden figurine had sharp blades embedded in its hands, and the Bagua mirror was placed on top of it, with the mirror facing the figurine.
"Evil-controlling spell?!"
Ku Deng understood.
The reason why Mrs. Lin suddenly became so ferocious just now was that she had been struck by the Yasheng Technique.
"What is the Yasheng Technique?"
Father and son of the Lin family were in a state of shock and suspicion.
"Why don't we ask Mr. Liu Jie?" Lu Fei said with a smile, looking at Liu Jie, "You should know better than anyone what the Yasheng Technique is, right?"
This person looked honest on the outside, but his tri-white eyes were particularly gloomy.
People with such eyes are always very cunning.
Lu Fei never believed him from the beginning to the end; he just wanted to see what tricks he had up his sleeve.
Now, he already knew what kind of methods Liu Jie had used.
Liu Jie stood stiffly, his face ashen.
"Liu Jie, is it you again?"
The Lin father and son were stunned for a moment, finally reacting.
If Liu Jie could harm Lin Han with foul means, he could definitely harm Lin's mother as well.
They had been duped, nearly wronging Lin's mother.
"You bastard!"
The two of them burst into anger and charged toward Liu Jie.
"I told you, don't regret it!"
Liu Jie raised his head, his honest and simple face now full of malice. With his trick exposed, there was no need to pretend anymore.
"I didn't want to move against you, but you brought this upon yourselves!"
After saying that, he pulled out a handful of wooden nails and scattered them at the crowd, then turned and ran towards the door.
"Master Kusheng." Lu Fei just gave a faint smile.
That wooden nail could not get anywhere near him.
"Don't worry, he won't escape!" Ku Deng immediately chased after him.
But the Lin father and son seemed to have their feet nailed to the ground, unable to move, and they were letting out painful screams.
Lu Fei took out the thunderstruck jujube wood stick and lightly swung it at the wooden nail on the ground.
A flash of lightning passed by.
The wooden nail instantly caught fire.
Only then did the father and son feel the stabbing pain in their feet subside, and they could move again. They fell to the ground, sweating profusely and gasping for breath.
"Liu Jie is so despicable and shameless!"
"To actually make us turn against each other!"
"We treated him so well, why did he want to destroy our family and kill us?"
The two, filled with rage and nowhere to vent it, could only curse bitterly.
"He was able to take advantage of the situation because, in the end, you don't trust each other. Go and check on Mrs. Lin," Lu Fei reminded them.
Father and son were left speechless with shame.
Especially Mr. Lin, who got up and, filled with guilt, carried his unconscious wife into the bedroom.
"Mr. Lu, what exactly is the Art of Yansheng?" Lin Chen asked bitterly.
"The art of overcoming through suppression, known as 'yan zhen,' involves using talismans to suppress and overcome. In simple terms, it is an ancient witchcraft that uses talismans to curse and subdue others."
Lu Fei explained slowly.
"This sachet is the talisman he used to curse your brother, and the wooden figure was used to curse your mother. To successfully cast the spell, he also needs the target's birth date and time of birth (eight characters)."
"However, since he has been so close to your family, he must know your birthdays."
"He was a classmate of my brother's, and they have always had a good relationship. Seeing him struggle alone in the city, our parents would always invite him to join us for meals on their birthdays, treating him like family."
Lin Chen couldn't understand it.
"I just can't figure it out, why did he do this to our family?"
"Has your family ever done anything to harm him?" Lu Fei looked at him.
"I swear! Absolutely not!" Lin Chen said with a firm expression.
Then, he seemed to remember something.
"My brother treated him like a real brother, even including him in the startup of the company... I remember now, they had an unpleasant disagreement over the company."
"Perhaps, that's the reason," Lu Fei shook his head.
Even the best relationships cannot withstand the test of interests.
There are many examples of relatives, friends, and even lovers who have fallen apart or become enemies due to conflicts over interests.
"Even if that's the case, he didn't have to kill my brother..." Lin Chen shivered, feeling cold all over, "He always appeared so honest and reliable, but he turned out to be such a terrifying person."
"You can know a person's face but not their heart."
Lu Fei patted his shoulder.
Lin Chen sighed and asked with concern, "Is this kind of sorcery easy to dispel? Will my mother go crazy again?"
"Don't worry, the curse on your mother has already been lifted." Lu Fei took down the wooden figure and the Bagua mirror from above the shoe cabinet.
"The curse is overpowered by countering the object used to cast it; once it's countered, the spell naturally breaks."
Lin Chen breathed a long sigh of relief, then asked, "What about my brother?"
Thinking of his brother's horrifying condition, he felt more heartache.
"It's also easy to dispel, as long as we find..."
Before Lu Fei could finish his sentence, Ku Deng brought Liu Jie back.