Chapter 526 A Changed Person
Hearing Chen Yang's words, Li Gang, who was outside the door, spat out a mouthful of blood as he sat on the ground.
He looked at the tightly closed door, thinking that Chen Yang had just said he wanted to go back to sleep with Zhou Shanshan, and he felt like burning the house down.
Li Gang got up. He couldn't accept this outcome. If it were another richer young master who had snatched Zhou Shanshan away, he would have accepted it, but now the one snatching Zhou Shanshan away was a security captain, a good-for-nothing from the countryside!
Li Gang felt this was an insult to him. How could he, a distinguished young master, lose to a poor person like Chen Yang? Beautiful women should belong to the rich, to rich second-generation heirs like him. When did it become Chen Yang's turn to be arrogant, a nobody?
Li Gang got up and started kicking the door of the house.
Inside the house, Zhou Shanshan, holding her notebook, heard the "bang bang bang" of the door being kicked from outside. She felt a headache and quickly apologized to Chen Yang, saying, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, for causing you trouble."
Chen Yang waved his hand and said with a smile, "No trouble at all. I just didn't expect there to be such low-quality idiots among doctors."
Zhou Shanshan covered her mouth and laughed when she heard the end. She said to Chen Yang, "Li Gang is a genuine rich second-generation heir. He came to study not for a degree at all. We ordinary people can't compare to him."
At this moment, Qin Ming's family had already gotten up. Hearing the sound of Li Gang kicking the door, Qin Ming hurried over and stopped Li Gang, saying, "Oh my, Dr. Li, what are you doing? Our wooden door is very sturdy. I'm not heartbroken about our door, I'm heartbroken about your leg! Your leg really can't stand up to our wooden door."
As he spoke, Qin Ming pulled Li Gang's arm and dragged him towards the courtyard.
Li Gang waved his hand and pushed Qin Ming to the ground. He pointed at Qin Ming and said, "You old man, it's all your doing."
"If you had arranged me next to my junior sister's room last night, how could this have happened? How could I have been cuckolded?"
"I spent money and effort, pulled strings, and brought my junior sister and Professor Wang to your Qingshui Village to help you, but you, you old bastard, set me up like this. You just wait."
Li Gang pointed at Qin Ming angrily and turned to walk into the courtyard.
Qin Ming was speechless. He hadn't done anything, yet he was inexplicably scolded by Li Gang.
However, Qin Ming didn't get angry. He said to the house, "Mr. Chen, it's time to get up. Yesterday was a bit rushed, and we didn't entertain you properly. Today, our village chef has prepared the eight most famous dishes of Qingshui Village. Please get up, wash up, and get ready. We'll start the feast promptly at nine o'clock."
Chen Yang opened the door and walked out with Zhou Shanshan. Chen Yang said politely with a smile, "Village Chief, you are too kind."
Qin Ming immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no. I'm already satisfied that you could come. Our village has had so many mentally ill people consecutively, and the whole village is in a state of panic."
"Even the doctors from our county mental hospital dare not come to our village. And you young experts have traveled a long distance to help us. We will definitely do our best to take good care of all of you."
Zhou Shanshan looked at the time and said, "Village Chief, please take us to see your son now."
Soon, Chen Yang and Zhou Shanshan changed their clothes and followed Qin Ming towards a small dark room behind the courtyard.
The room was in shadow, and the light was already poor. Now, blackout curtains were added inside and a large wooden door was installed, making it seem like a haunted house.
Upon opening the door, the sound of chains was heard.
Then, angry "Roar, roar, roar" sounds came from the corner.
Qin Ming said, "My son hates light the most, so as soon as the door is opened, he gets angry and makes these strange noises."
Zhou Shanshan nodded and walked in. She suddenly turned on her flashlight, shining it towards Qin Hu in the corner.
Upon being illuminated by the light, Qin Hu suddenly got up. He was extremely angry and flailed his arms, trying to grab Zhou Shanshan. However, Qin Hu's hands and feet were tightly chained to a wooden stake, and he was unable to break free for a while.
Zhou Shanshan walked closer, taking pictures and saying, "This mental illness is really strange. However, after a long talk with Mr. Chen last night, I learned many theories of traditional Chinese medicine from him. I think we might be able to solve his problem from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective."
"However, I have no clue right now. I plan to send your son's condition to some TCM practitioners and friends to see if they have any methods or suggestions."
Zhou Shanshan said doubtfully, "Logically speaking, the eyes of mental patients are vacant or innocent. But your son's eyes are indeed filled with bloodshot, as if he hasn't slept for a long time."
"What's more, there are often dark energies within the bloodshot eyes. It's really strange. Could it be, as Mr. Chen said, that he's possessed by a ghost?"
Qin Ming, who was on the side, started crying when he heard the words "possessed by a ghost." He said, "Actually, I also suspect it's possession by a ghost. After all, my son was gentle and refined before."
"To be honest with you all, my son had excellent academic performance."
"Even though he lived in our impoverished mountain village, he never got into fights. He was quiet and studied every day. It's been many years since our village had a college student, but my son got into a prestigious university, a 985 project university."
"After graduation, some companies offered him a position with an annual salary of over 200,000 yuan. But my son didn't stay in the big city. He returned to our village, thinking that our village had abundant natural resources and wanting to help our Qingshui Village prosper."
"He was truly a good child, always kind, polite, gentle, and never fought with anyone. But now, after becoming mentally ill, look at him. He's always so violent, and his strength has increased so much for some reason. We truly suspect he's no longer himself, that he's possessed by something evil!"
Zhou Shanshan took notes quickly after hearing this and said, "This information is too important. But I think we'll be able to save your son, right, Chen Yang?"
Zhou Shanshan turned to ask Chen Yang. Chen Yang let out an "Ah," then nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Anyway, this illness isn't too complicated. Based on what I've seen before, drawing some 'ghostly talismans' with cinnabar on yellow paper can cure the village chief's son's illness."
Immediately, Chen Yang turned to the village chief and said, "Village Chief, the most important things for us next are, first, to buy cinnabar and yellow talisman paper. I'll see if I can recall the Taoist talismans for treating illness from my memory and draw them."
"Secondly, we need to find the cause of the illness as soon as possible to prevent other villagers from becoming mentally ill."
Qin Ming quickly nodded and said, "Okay, okay. I've already sent someone to the county town to buy cinnabar. It should arrive tonight or early tomorrow morning. As for finding the cause, that will depend on you experts."
"Oh, right. I saw Professor Wang leave with his toolbox around eight o'clock. Sigh, I'm truly grateful!"
"Professor Wang is already old, and he left in such a hurry without even having breakfast to work. I truly feel sorry. Our Qingshui Village is deeply grateful."