The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 130

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Uncle Sun knew he couldn't help much here and was only here for reassurance. So as Zhou Yu helped him down the steps, he followed quietly.

Yu Yuan looked at the nervous Sun Han. "Take off your upper clothes. I want to see what the human faces on your body look like."

"Should I turn on the light?" Sun Han shivered, recalling how the faces struggled when exposed to light before.

"No need. I can see. Take it off."

Sun Han nodded, carefully removing his shirt. Despite his caution, the fabric brushed against two already mature human faces.

The faces slowly opened their pupil-less eyes and stretched open their mouths in a silent yawn, forming two prominent "O" shapes under the skin.

His gaunt, emaciated body was covered only by a thin layer of skin, beneath which countless faces were crowded together, some so distorted by the pressure they were barely recognizable. Two of the faces moved, waking the others. Countless raised "O" shapes appeared beneath the skin, and the intense sensation of tearing made Sun Han bite his lip and let out a muffled groan.

Yu Yuan glanced at the faces on his back, then her gaze quickly fixed on the protrusion at his Adam's apple.

That spot, normally his Adam's apple, was now a nose on a partially formed human face. By tomorrow morning, this face would likely be fully formed.

"Zhou Yu." Yu Yuan called out to the hallway.

Zhou Yu and Uncle Sun responded at the same time.

"Master, I'm here."

"Master Yu..."

Yu Yuan first instructed Zhou Yu, "Go to the trunk and bring the remaining yellow talisman papers and cinnabar you have left."

Zhou Yu quickly nodded, "Okay, I..."

Uncle Sun hurriedly cut in, "Xiao Yu, you stay here, I'll go."

"No," Yu Yuan refused firmly, "Mr. Sun, I need you to do something else. Do you have a big bathtub at home, one that a person can lie down in?"

"Yes! There's one on the second floor!" Uncle Sun nodded repeatedly.

"Good," Yu Yuan continued with the next request, "Go buy some fresh mugwort leaves and boil a big pot of water—make it strong. Then catch a few venomous snakes. They have to be alive."

"Poisonous snakes?" Zhou Yu guessed, "Master, you want to fight poison with poison?"

"Yes." Yu Yuan urged, "You all split up and move quickly. If we don't gather these by tomorrow morning, there's nothing I can do."

Uncle Sun nodded, immediately calling nearby friends—some to get mugwort, others to find snakes. Meanwhile, Yu Yuan took out the yellow talisman papers and cinnabar and began drawing talismans in Sun Han's room.

In the dark night, her pen moved gracefully, her eyes shining bright, and one by one, the talismans filled with spiritual energy appeared under her skilled hand.

"Zhou Yu, count how many faces are on him."

"Okay." Zhou Yu fought the queasiness rising in his stomach and carefully counted every single face.

Because many faces were crushed tightly together, it looked like one mass at a glance. He counted three times before being sure.

"Forty-five."

Unbelievable—so many faces squeezed inside the limited skin of one body.

After finishing fifteen talismans, Yu Yuan yawned; the familiar wave of exhaustion hit her again.

Thankfully, Zhou Yu was now able to help.

She pulled out a stack of blank talisman paper, handed some cinnabar to him, and sent Sun Qian downstairs to get a brush. "We still need thirty more talismans. I'm out of energy—at most I can draw twenty more. The remaining ten are up to you."

Yu Yuan felt for the first time how inconvenient it was not having Gua Gua around.

If Gua Gua were here, she could've swapped for a pill from the system store to boost her energy and avoid being this worn out.

This kind of talisman was a whole level above the safety talismans Zhou Yu was good at. If the earlier ones were like kindergarten drawings, these were like sixth-grade math problems.

On the brightly lit first floor, Yu Yuan taught twice in a row before Zhou Yu could memorize the talisman on a blank sheet.

But memorizing wasn't enough. The key was how to infuse the talisman with spiritual energy.

Yu Yuan quickly finished drawing twenty talismans, but double images appeared before her eyes. She staggered twice and was caught by Sun Qian.

"Master!"

"I'm fine." Yu Yuan waved her off, grabbing Sun Qian's hand and trying to focus on the now blurry figure in front of her. "Do you have sugar at home? Anything high-calorie."

"High-calorie? Like chocolate?"

"Perfect!"

Sun Qian hurried to the fridge and brought a whole box of chocolate, which Yu Yuan devoured in less than a minute.

Zhou Yu quickly poured a glass of water and told Sun Qian, "Xiao Qian, order takeout. Something high-calorie. Make it for ten people!"

"Wait," Yu Yuan called after her weakly, "Make it for twenty."

Sun Qian didn't have time to ask more and quickly nodded. "Got it!"

Zhou Yu was about to look for something to eat when Yu Yuan stopped him. "You keep drawing talismans. If I can't recover tonight, your brother's life depends on you."

"Also," Yu Yuan weakly pointed to the table, "There are two rejuvenation talismans there. Have Sun Qian burn them and give the water to your brother to drink. It will buy Sun Han two more hours of life."

"Okay, got it, Master." Zhou Yu called the delivery guy and promised to pay an extra two hundred yuan to make sure the food arrived within twenty minutes.

About ten minutes later, the takeout arrived. Yu Yuan munched on various chocolates and fried snacks, keeping her strength up while guiding Zhou Yu. When Zhou Yu finally finished drawing a complete exorcism talisman, Yu Yuan had finished all the food on the table, and the sharp pain in her stomach eased.

Her craving for food disappeared, replaced immediately by overwhelming drowsiness.

"Zhou Yu, once Sun Han's father gathers everything, you follow exactly what I'm telling you now," Yu Yuan said, shaking her head slightly and struggling to keep her heavy eyelids open.

"First, burn all 45 talismans in the bathtub. Don't touch the ashes afterward—leave them in the tub. Then pour in the boiled mugwort water. It has to be scalding hot, the more mugwort water the better. As for the venomous snakes, don't worry about them biting anyone—Sun Han's body is already poisoned by the cursed human faces. If anyone dies, it might not be him."

"If the snakes die, you must make sure there are still live snakes in the water. Sun Han must soak in the boiling water for at least seven hours—no matter what, he cannot come out."

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