My expression didn't change in the slightest, as I quietly gazed into Bai Yinman's clear eyes, "My words aren't contradictory, don't you understand yet? After Congcong died, he became a zombie demon, which is why he suddenly could move, could speak... leading you to doubt, to feel as if you were hallucinating, yet also feel that he wasn't dead."
"I don't believe it, you're lying to me!! How could Congcong, who was perfectly fine, possibly turn into a zombie demon! My Congcong... is still alive..."
Bai Yinman began to cry while holding her head, her sadness and desolation were so intense, it was clear she believed what I said, it's just that as a mother, she was resistant to such a terrifying outcome.
I sat closer to Bai Yinman, gently embracing her ice-cold, trembling body, "You only knew that Congcong's birth was difficult and he died, but have you ever wondered why you had such a difficult labor?"
"Exactly, Yinman, your difficult labor was caused by someone's malicious plot."
Han Dai saw an opportunity and chimed in with my words.
I gave Han Dai a look, as Bai Yinman was still very averse to her, it would be better if she didn't speak up and add to the confusion, I said, "Although Han Dai has committed wrongs in the past and never done a good deed, what she said this time is true. Your difficult labor was indeed the result of someone's scheme."
"My difficult labor... wasn't due to my own shortcomings... which put Congcong through suffering, but someone else harmed me??" Bai Yinman's body slumped against me, nearly devoid of strength, yet when she raised her eyes, red with blood vessels, the look in her eyes, fierce like that of a wounded animal ready to go mad protecting its young, "Who is it!! Who did this!!? Why harm my Congcong, if I've offended someone, confront me instead..."
Just at that moment, I inexplicably felt a terrible chill above my head.
A sticky liquid began to drip down, soaking the living room floor.
Drip, drip... drip, drip...
The viscous fluid increased, carrying with it the stench of rotting flesh.
An ominous premonition unwittingly arose in my heart.
"Miss Wan... Miss Wan, the chandelier... look at the lamp..." Han Dai looked up and saw something terrifying, causing her to fall on her buttocks to the ground.
As soon as I looked up, I felt two red beams shining down.
They were like red high-beams in the night, striking a chill in one's heart.
Upon closer inspection, it was a small baby lying on the crystal chandelier.
From behind the petal-shaped lampshades of the crystal lamp, a face peeped out, hideous and pale, baring its teeth.
The canines in its mouth were jumbled, each one abnormal, formed into terrifying upside-down triangles.
The corner of its mouth appeared to be cut open like with a knife, stretching to the root of its ear.
It cackled eerily at us.
Far more terrifying than when it bit Yu Rongling.
The little one probably thought of all three of us as delivered meals, drooling with anticipation so much that it turned into a waterfall, "Eat... eat... I'm so hungry... yummy food... I want to eat..."
It was the little zombie demon Congcong.
The way she looked at this moment.
Undoubtedly, she had completely demonized.
She was just a step away from falling eternally onto the demonic path, with no way back.
I glanced over at the situation near the door, only to see that the talismans I had just affixed had, at some unknown time, silently peeled off entirely.
Oh shoot, this is bad.
The charms had been knocked off by the Demonic Qi!!
They were far too flimsy!!
Or rather, the zombie demon entering demonization was just too powerful!!
"Congcong, do you... remember Auntie?" I attempted to communicate with Congcong, "Auntie even bought you sweet milk before."
A shadow flashed past, and my vision blurred for a moment, as Han Dai's panicked scream rang out beside my ear, "Help, save me... Miss Wan... the zombie demon... is going to eat me..."