AMRWFA -Chapter 126 That Thing Chased After People

Seeing that thing retreat, Ruan Yaoyao slowly strolled over to Yu Xiangqiao as if nothing had happened, casually asking why she had run so fast and didn’t wait for her.

Yu Xiangqiao covered it up, saying, “I saw you running, Mom, so I thought you wanted to race me.”

【Huh?】

【That’s a pretty good excuse—I’ll use it!】

Ruan Yaoyao said, “Since you knew I wanted to race you, why didn’t you let me win?”

She sounded completely justified.

Yu Xiangqiao apologized and said she would definitely let her next time.

But out of the corner of her eye, she was still staring in the direction of the Xu family ancestral grave, desperately wanting to know how this problem would be resolved.

Ahhh…

Sure enough, what you can’t see is the most terrifying!

Now, forget offering sacrifices—she didn’t even dare to get close to the Xu family ancestral grave.

Lin Zhihe, who followed behind, thought: That scared me—I thought something had happened.

Wait, something’s off with Madam Xu’s expression.

She followed Yu Xiangqiao’s gaze toward the ancestral grave, but couldn’t see anything unusual.

So what exactly was the problem?

Just as she was puzzled, Yu Xiangqiao pulled out her phone and started typing rapidly.

Lin Zhihe, who was also in the group chat, immediately turned her head, her pupils widening as she looked toward the ancestral grave again.

Wait… is this a special case, or something common?

If it’s common…

Oh my god!

If they can’t see anything and can only watch things unfold helplessly, then what’s the point?!

Lin Zhihe: “Should we call those Taoist priests back?”

Yu Xiangqiao: “Wuwuwu… You guys are fine, but I’m not!”

Yu Xiangqiao: “I was possessed before. My mom thinks my soul is unstable, so that thing chases me the moment it sees me. I can’t get close.”

The group chat filled with sympathetic reactions. Only her husband, Xu Lianghan, was genuinely concerned—telling her not to go near and to stay outside obediently.

If anything happened, her mother would handle it.

Although Xu Lianghan didn’t want to admit it, it was obvious—under the current situation, only his mother could deal with it.

Sigh…

When would the higher-ups discover more “talents” so his mother could finally retire?

She was already at retirement age—she couldn’t keep going like this.

Thinking this, Xu Lianghan privately messaged Ru Anzhi: “Haven’t you found any other “talents” yet?”

Ru Anzhi glanced at it: “Get lost! I’m busy.”

Did he think he didn’t want the authorities to find more people?

It’s just that they hadn’t found any!

Did he think he enjoyed watching his mother run around outside dealing with these things? If he could, he’d replace her—but he simply couldn’t.

It was supposed to be just a trip back to their hometown—who knew something like this would happen?

If he had known earlier…

Ru Anzhi thought that if he had known, he would’ve found a way to come along.

Unfortunately, they still needed Bai Ling’er to act as “bait,” so he had to stay and “stabilize” things, lest she run away.

Ruan Yaoyao was quite something. After discovering the thing at the Xu family ancestral grave, she even “coaxed” Yu Xiangqiao into walking several circles around it.

On the surface, it was a stroll—but in reality, she wanted to test whether what she had seen earlier was just an illusion.

Yu Xiangqiao: That’s enough, Mom. Have you tested enough? I’m going crazy!

She felt like bait—wherever she moved, the thing at the ancestral grave shifted toward her. The moment she got within ten meters, it would surge toward her like mad.

Later, it even got angry—more and more tendrils extended, and the attacks became faster and faster.

Yet it still couldn’t do anything to Yu Xiangqiao, who could run out of its attack range at any time. It was furious.

Well—that’s what her mom, Ruan Yaoyao, said. She herself couldn’t see anything.

【This is kind of interesting!】

【I think I’m starting to understand the fun of fishing, hehe!】

Yu Xiangqiao: Mom, don’t you think I’m a bit too big to be bait?

【Huh?】

Yu Xiangqiao: Mom, what’s wrong?!

【Crap!】

【We’re being ambushed!】

Yu Xiangqiao was about to ask what was ambushed when she realized—she had been standing within the ten-meter attack range for quite a while and hadn’t moved out.

Wait… the one being ambushed isn’t me, right?!

Help!

【Help!】

【What is that?!】

Ruan Yaoyao saw a black thread-like thing suddenly emerge from behind Yu Xiangqiao and shoot straight toward her.

Just as it was about to touch Yu Xiangqiao, a streak of golden light suddenly burst out from her body.

Yes, that’s right—it came from her body.

That golden light was like a lurking hungry wolf—it swallowed the black thread in one bite.

【Ahhh—what did I just see?!】

【Why does Xiangqiao have that thing on her?!】

【It ate it?】

【It actually ate it?!】

Yu Xiangqiao: Ate what?
Who ate who?
What’s on me?!

Ruan Yaoyao instinctively looked toward the black threads in the sky and saw that the moment they noticed the golden light, they all retreated, becoming extremely well-behaved—like mice encountering a cat.

【That thing actually counters the black threads completely?!】

【Oh my god!】

Ruan Yaoyao swallowed.

【Since when did Xiangqiao become this powerful?!】

Yu Xiangqiao: ?

【Amazing!】

【The moment it appeared, all those black threads behaved—they don’t dare come close anymore.】

【No wonder it didn’t show up earlier—it was afraid that if it did, those things would run away.】

【Then… all that walking I made Xiangqiao do earlier… was for nothing?】

【It was fishing, and I thought that thing would harm her, so I kept making her stay away… wasn’t I just interfering?】

Ruan Yaoyao looked at Yu Xiangqiao. The golden light was no longer visible, but she had a vague feeling that all her earlier efforts had only made things worse.

【I wonder if that thing has intelligence—if it does, it probably hates me to death.】

【It came to feed, but I kept interfering so it didn’t get a single bite.】

Yu Xiangqiao: I’m actually this powerful?! How come I didn’t know?!

Ruan Yaoyao suddenly felt a little envious—if only she had that ability.

Then she let out a burp, feeling unexpectedly full.

She was a bit baffled.

【After walking around so much, not only did I not digest my food—I somehow got full from walking?】

【I’m not a cow—how could I be ruminating?】

【Maybe I should walk a bit more?】

If earlier the walk had been for “fishing,” now Ruan Yaoyao was genuinely walking to “digest.”

Yu Xiangqiao: …

But this time, Yu Xiangqiao wasn’t afraid. Since something on her could devour those black threads, then bring it on—she wanted to see which was stronger.

At the Xu family ancestral grave, the black threads stared at the “food” bouncing around within their attack range, so angry they wished they could gnash their teeth—

If they had teeth.

In their eyes, this “food” was delicious and tempting, something they could devour bite by bite. But earlier, the moment they extended a single tendril, it had been swallowed.

Only then did they realize—no wonder this “food” dared to jump around in front of them. It had a protective charm.

Just you wait!

A gentleman’s revenge is never too late—even if it takes ten years!