Chapter 10 Testing

Damn! This woman is ruthless!

Now, Xu Lianghan was even more certain: the woman in front of him could not possibly be his wife. His wife loved him so much that she wouldn’t even let a hair on his body be harmed—how could she make him swear such a deadly oath?

So unlucky… but what if?

Even if Yu Xiangqiao was angry, there was no way she would joke with his life.

And that, Xu Lianghan realized, was the biggest difference between this woman and his wife.

“Wife… are you sure? You really want me to swear such an oath?” Xu Lianghan looked hurt. He stood up, cupped her face in his hands, appearing affectionate, but in truth, he was scrutinizing her features, checking for signs of plastic surgery.

There wasn’t a single mark. Either the surgery was perfect, or… it really wasn’t done at all. This face was indeed his wife’s.

His hand slid toward her neck. It looked like a caress, but he was actually pulling at her collar to check if the small mole-sized flesh growth on her neck was still there.

His wife had told him before: “This lump is so ugly. See it? I didn’t have it originally. I got it when I was a kid at a farm—tick bites.”

“At the time, I was naive and just plucked it out. Luckily, I was lucky—no swelling or infection. Otherwise, I’d have been in serious trouble. They say these things are dangerous. You can’t just pull them; if the root remains, it could cause unbearable itching at best, or high fever, unconsciousness, even encephalitis at worst…”

“If that happened, I wouldn’t be able to touch you either.”

…

Xu Lianghan was relieved. She was indeed lucky: she had removed it casually without any complications.

He even reminded her not to be so careless in the future.

Now, having checked the back of her neck, Xu Lianghan was convinced: this body could very well be his wife’s own.

In other words, it was entirely possible that his wife had been “possessed.”

This idea was wild. Having been drained by urban fantasy novels for days, Xu Lianghan felt a surreal sense, but after testing her with a few questions, she still gave the “wrong” answers—it was nerve-wracking.

There was no choice. Xu Lianghan had to use his trump card. After coaxing the woman in front of him, he used the excuse of going to the bathroom and immediately went to find his mother, Ruan Yaoyao.

His mother could see the words above someone’s head; she would surely know if the person in his wife’s body was really his wife.

As he left, he happened to catch Ruan Yaoyao sneaking around, trying to take his granddaughter away.

“Mom, what are you doing?”

Startled, Ruan Yaoyao, holding the baby, said, “You… you’re here? Weren’t you coaxing your wife?”

“I did, so now I’m here to find you.” Xu Lianghan assumed she had taken Xu Lingxuan out for a walk. “By the way, my wife misses the child. You can hold her and let her see.”

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t want to go at all. She shook her head frantically: “No, no, no. My relationship with your wife is bad. I better not go. If you want to, you go yourself… coax your wife yourself…”

In her mind, she was thinking: 【Damn! Your wife has been possessed, why should I go there? Let her get me into trouble!】

【You brat! If you want to die, die yourself. Why drag me and your daughter into this?】

【I’m not going! Not in a million years! I’m taking your daughter and leaving the country.】

Xu Lianghan was shocked: was his mother’s supernatural power really that strong? She didn’t even need to look at his wife and already knew she’d been possessed?!

So that was why his mother had gone to the postpartum center—actually to take his daughter away?

The more he thought about it, the more impossible it was to let Ruan Yaoyao run. She was the only one who could see the “truth.” If she left, he’d be blind.

Dragging and pulling, to the point where the staff at the postpartum center were watching the spectacle, he forcibly brought Ruan Yaoyao into Yu Xiangqiao’s room.

Ruan Yaoyao was furious, cursing countless words in her heart:

【Ahhh… Xu Lianghan, you idiot! Why drag me into this?!】

【I’m so mad!】

【Why can’t you understand? Your wife has been possessed. There’s someone powerful behind her. Why should I go? To serve them food?】

【Please, just let me and your daughter be. I just want to live peacefully with my granddaughter until the end. You already dug up Cheng Xiangrong’s ancestral tomb. Fine, you and your wife and sons can pay the price. Just don’t drag us poor grandmother and granddaughter into this…】

Wait, pay the price? Xu Lianghan was startled.

He was young, his family complete, rich and influential—he didn’t want an early death.

And why was this connected to Cheng Xiangrong again?

Wait—did that mean the woman in his wife’s body was Cao Manhui?!

Damn! Cheng Xiangrong, damn you!

In my past life I dug up your family tomb, and you still won’t let it go, always targeting my family?!

If I’d known, I should have locked your wife up back then. Even if she had a psychiatric diagnosis and couldn’t be imprisoned, I could’ve at least found a way to keep her busy, so you wouldn’t keep targeting me…

Xu Lianghan truly regretted it now. He shouldn’t have been so careless, thinking he could handle it lightly out of old friendship.

How long had it been?

Just a month. His wife hadn’t even finished her postpartum period, and trouble came again.

This time, if he got the chance, he would never forgive that couple.

Ruan Yaoyao was dragged into the room and immediately blinded by the golden light above “Xu Xiangqiao’s” head—over the cuckoo trying to usurp the magpie’s nest was labeled “Possession.”

She closed her eyes, helpless.

【Wuwuwu… it’s true. She’s been possessed!】

【It’s over! A paranormal incident has occurred. Can I even survive to the end?】

Xu Lianghan: Mom, touch her hand and check the details.

With the details, they’d know what to do.

Unfortunately, Ruan Yaoyao didn’t want to come near “Xu Xiangqiao.” Seeing her was like seeing germs—she kept the baby far away.

It was “Yu Xiangqiao” who smiled at Ruan Yaoyao, a bit ingratiatingly: “Mom, you’re here too. Lianghan didn’t tell me, otherwise I could’ve prepared to entertain you properly.”

“Mom, please sit.”

She hurriedly pulled out a chair for Ruan Yaoyao.

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t dare refuse, afraid that a single mistake would anger the possessed woman and she’d end up being the one “possessed.”

She was just an ordinary person—how could she handle such a strange power?

There were four people in the room. Except for the baby drinking milk, every single one had hidden motives, yet they could still converse like a harmonious family—it was bizarre.

One coaxed another, just to keep the current situation under control.

The only one who might have any genuine intentions was “Yu Xiangqiao,” thinking of nothing but soothing her mother-in-law, hoping that when she returned home, life would be a bit easier.