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Ji Mingxia never expected for the matter to go around in a circle and eventually involve Yu Ning.

He originally thought that Banana Leaf Village was outside of the plot, and the Zhou Tao incident was just an accident. But now that it might be related to Yu Ning, Ji Mingxia was suddenly a little uncertain.

Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia asked more questions but unfortunately, Zhou Tao knew very little about the mystery man, and had no other clues except for tracking him to the orphanage.

Ji Mingxia looked at Zhou Tao and he felt his head pounding at the thought of the hidden unknown conspiracy that might be related to Yu Ning.

A few moments later, there was a knock on the courtyard gate.

Having experienced the ghost knocking on the door, Ji Mingxia now had a psychological shadow when it came to knocks on the door. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he looked through the monitoring screen and saw the person wearing police clothes outside the gate.

The energy of the ring had retracted at some point, leaving only Zhou Tao lying quietly on the ground.

After losing the copper coin, Xhou Tao remained slumped on the floor even without the ring's restraint

Let alone escaping, he didn’t even have the strength to stand up.

Ji Mingxia opened the gate, verified the identity of the police, and led them into the hall.

Seeing Zhou Tao on the ground, and still awake, the police then looked at the scene, and made a variety of registration.

Ji Mingxia stood aside as he waited for the police to deal with everything. However, he found himself getting dizzy.

He didn't know when it started, and he was inexplicably a little dizzy.

Ji Mingxia had been in a high state of concertation and vigilance from the moment he decided to deal with Zhou Tao.

It was only when the police came to check the scene and he confirmed his grandmother’s safety that Ji Mingxia relaxed.

A strange drowsiness hit, Ji Mingxia’s legs became weak and he soon lost consciousness ......

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A strange light floated in the darkness.

Ji Mingxia followed this light and slowly weaved through the darkness.

He seemed to be in a mysterious space. The sound of wind, water, and countless thunder and lightning came to his ears and passed through his eyes. It was as if the world was in his mind.

Ji Mingxia moved forward step by step, each step under his feet was like ten thousand rivers and a thousand mountains.

The light was like a beacon, leading Ji Mingxia to dive deeper and farther into the world.

At this moment, Ji Mingxia suddenly saw the ring on his hand.

A familiar face flashed through his mind. His feet unconsciously paused and his yearning and obsession for the abyss instantly dissipated.

"What am I doing?" Ji Mingxia looked at the chaotic surroundings. A fear sprouted in his heart and he was instantly awake.

—The blinding light shone into his eyes and Ji Mingxia could not help but raise his hand to block his eyes. It was only after several seconds that he slowly put down his hand, and sat up from the sofa.

It turned out that he had fallen asleep and was just dreaming.

The world in the dream was dark, but it was noon at the moment. The sunlight was shining on the balcony, and because the curtains were not drawn shut, a ray of sunlight shone in and landed right on his eyes.

Ji Mingxia woke up from his dream and was stung by the sunlight the moment he opened his eyes. It was not until he was completely awake that he adjusted to the light and saw his surroundings.

He was sleeping on the sofa and was wearing yesterday's clothes.

Ji Mingxia was stunned and the scenes from last night were replayed in his mind.

From when he returned home and met Zhou Tao, to when he fought Zhou Tao and was protected by the ring.

The copper coin flew out and inexplicably disappeared, then he waited for the police after he got some information from Zhou Tao ......

Ji Mingxia had no memory after that

Did the police come and he fell asleep in front of the police?

Ji Mingxia was shocked. He got up from the sofa and was about to walk out to take a look when the sound of footsteps came from the kitchen. Grandma Ji walked out of the kitchen with a thermos.

When she saw that Ji Mingxia had woken up, Grandma Ji froze for a moment, and the expression on her face instantly relaxed: "You're awake."

Ji Mingxia looked at Grandma Ji and was very puzzled. He even rubbed his eyes in confusion.

At first glance, Grandma Ji still kept her previous appearance, with white hair and an old face, but on closer inspection, there seemed to be a subtle difference.

Ji Mingxia noticed the difference, but could not tell exactly where the change had occurred.

"What's wrong, your eyes don't feel well?" Grandma Ji asked.

"No no." Ji Mingxia shook his head.

He didn’t feel much when he woke up, but after rubbing his eyes, Ji Mingxia realized that there were a lot of sleep crusts stuck to the corners of his eyes.

Since entering the forest, Ji Mingxia has not had much rest. He thought he could recuperate when he returned home, but unexpectedly, he encountered a ghost knocking on the door that night, and did not sleep all night.

His ear canal was inflamed when he was in Quanzhuang hotel. Later, Pei Yuan gave him some eye drops which slightly relieved the pain but he was still a little uncomfortable.

After staying up late the night before, not only was his ear canal on the verge of attack, his eyes were also on the verge of inflammation.

Unexpectedly, he woke up feeling a lot more comfortable.

After wiping off the sleep crusts with a tissue, Ji Mingxia felt that his eyes were refreshed and the ear canal inflammation that had been tormenting him for a long time had completely recovered.

The whole person was as if he had been washed from the inside out and after wiping off the sludge, he felt refreshingly comfortable.

But this is not important at the moment. Grandma Ji was still standing in the same place looking at him.

Ji Mingxia gurried forward and took the thermos from Grandma Ji’s hand and then said with some embarrassment: "I ......last night ......"

Grandma Ji looked him up and down to make sure that he didn’t have any problems. His physique looked even better than before, and she felt relieved.

Grandma Ji knew what Ji Mingxia wanted to ask from the look on his face. She said: "The police came and you fainted. We originally wanted to send you to the hospital, but it turned out that you just fell asleep. It was the police comrades that helped put you on the sofa."

Ji Mingxia looked at Grandma Ji in shock, and suddenly did not know what expression to make.

He actually fell asleep in front of the police?!

Zhou Tao broke into the house and tried to suck his longevity and kill him. He and Zhou Tao dueled with mysterious items, and finally, Zhou Tao was captured.

These things were too metaphysical for ordinary people so Ji Mingxia thought of a good speech after calling the police. He intended to make a statement and try to conceal the mysterious events.

Unexpectedly, he fell asleep before the statement was made?

Under normal circumstances, it was absolutely impossible to fall asleep at such a time.

His thought of the blood red ring, and the inexplicable disappearance of the copper coin. He knew that his abnormal behavior must be related to the mysterious items.

"I was home since Zhou Tao broke in so I made the statement. The surveillance at the gate also showed that he broke in so I gave it to the police and Zhou Tao was also taken away." Grandma Ji said, and briefly gave an account to the follow up of last night’s events.

Regardless of those supernatural events, the surveillance showed that Zhou Tao broke into a private home knowing well that there was only an old woman at home. That constituted a crime.

The evidence and witness were there, so although Ji Mingxia fell asleep, Zhou Tao had lost mobility and the police work was simple. They reassured Grandma Ji and simply took Zhou Tao away.

Ji Mingxia’s prepared speech was useless, and Grandma Ji brought things to a beautiful ending at the last moment.

After listening, Ji Mingxia immediately gave a thumbs up to Grandma Ji: "Grandma is really a treasure, too powerful!"

The sunlight outside the window fell on Grandma Ji's face and delicately presented her features. It was then that Ji Mingxia confirmed why he was confused.

After a night's rest, Grandma Ji's physique had recovered a lot. The wrinkles on her face seemed to have reduced and although she looked no different from the past, a closer look revealed that Grandma Ji looked much younger than the previous days, and was also much more spirited.

However the spirited Grandma Ji didn’t have a smile on her face even with Ji Mingxia's praise.

"Don't you have something you want to say to grandma?" Grandma Ji stared at Ji Mingxia solemnly.Ji Mingxia was stared at by Grandma Ji like this and was suddenly subdued.

Although Grandma Ji was old, she was not easy to fool.

So many things happened last night and Grandma Ji was involved except for the conversation about the mysterious man.

She witnessed Zhou Tao manipulating the idol, witnessed Ji Minxia burning fake coins, witnessed the ring fighting the idol and chain of coins......

Under such circumstances, trying to hide it from her was impossible.

Under Grandma Ji’s majestic gaze, Ji Mingxia finally gave a simple and honest account of what happened during this time.

From the time he saw the female ghost in the school dormitory, to the time Yu Ning got this ring and had been protecting him.

From the things at the Quanzhuang Hotel, to the hide-and-seek game within the forest, and the parting at the airport when this ring was put on his hand….

Ji Mingxia tried his best to keep it concise, only explaining how things came about in the story and the end of the incident. He tried to skip the thrilling things so as not to worry Grandma Ji.

However, even so, Grandma Ji’s face became sullen as she listened.

"So, I couldn't get through on the phone because you guys ran off to the forest?" Grandma Ji exclaimed in anger.

"Yes..." Ji Mingxia looked at Grandma Ji's sullen face and felt a little bad in his heart.

Anyway, he finished what should have been said and hurriedly changed the subject, "Don't worry, I really didn't go abroad to get married. There has been no contact between me and the boy surnamed Ke recently. I would have forgotten him if you hadn’t mentioned him.."

He mentioned the ex-boyfriend that Grandma Ji hated so much that she would shift her focus to “Ke”.

Unfortunately, Grandma Ji did not take the bait. She stared at Ji Mingxia angrily and her face gradually became ugly.

"I'd rather you had left the country with that Ke." Grandma Ji snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Ji Mingxia knew that she was really angry and he quickly pulled Grandma Ji's hand as he hurriedly explained, "Grandma, don't be angry, I really didn't mean to hide it from you. In fact ...... I don’t feel how thrilling those incidents were when I look back. Yu Ning was always there. He is particularly smart and easily solves everything. I just ate and drank, there was nothing I did ...... "

Grandma Ji listened to Ji Mingxia's explanation and forcefully flung her hand. She wanted to shake off Ji Mingxia, but although he didn’t use force, he was so sticky that she simply couldn’t shakeihi. off.

Grandma Ji immediately exploded. "Who said I was angry?"

"You're not angry, you're not angry, you just care about me." Ji Mingxia hurriedly followed Grandma Ji’s words.

Not only did he not let go, but he even got up and gently pulled her to sit on the sofa.

Ji Mingxia flatly said to Grandma Ji, "I was the one who disobeyed and didn't know what was good and bad, Grandma loves me the most, I know that now."

Grandma Ji looked at Ji Mingxia with some shock.

Her relationship with Ji Mingxia had always been a bad one. As he grew up, the two rarely even met, let alone communicate properly.

Today, Ji Mingxia explained the past incidents because she saw everything with her own eyes.

She listened with both shock and anger. She was shocked at how many things had happened to Ji Mingxia in just this month; and was angry at the fact that Ji Mingxia had experienced so much at such a young age. He was on the edge of life and death several times ...... in case one was not careful, wouldn't she never see her grandson again?

Thinking of this, Grandma Ji could not control her emotions and wanted to leave to calm herself down so as not to lose her temper in front of Ji Mingxia.

Unexpectedly, Ji Mingxia took the initiative to apologize and even admitted his mistakes and coaxed her

Grandma Ji looked at the bright smile on Ji Mingxia's face, and unnaturally turned her head away as she said stiffly, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Ji Mingxia looked at Grandma Ji and his heart softened. Instead of letting go, he hugged Grandma Ji’s arm and snuggled closer to her.

The relationship between Ji Mingxia and his original world's grandmother was harmonious and they talked to each other about almost everything.

After coming to this world, he found out that his grandmother not only looked different from the grandmother he remembered, but she even had a completely opposite personality. This made him very uncomfortable at first.

After a meal, Ji Mingxia learned about his ex-boyfriend from his grandmother. When he found out that his grandmother was dissatisfied with the one surnamed Ke, Ji Mingxia immediately thought the relationship was stiff because Ji Mingxia in this world was gay and had fallen in love early.

It was not until the ghost knocking on the door incident occurred that Ji Mingxia finally saw the truth.

Zhou Tao used copper coins to manipulate the entire village's longevity. Grandma Ji’s reaction showed that she was already aware of it.

Not only her, but Aunt Cheng was also aware of it.

It has been several years since Zhou Tao began to draw on the villagers' longevity, many victims aged at a rate visible to the naked eye and the mini-supermarkets' fake coins were so obvious. The villagers knew that Zhou Tao was doing evil things but why didn’t they move away?

This question had been bothering Ji Mingxia.

It wasn’t until last night when Zhou Tao came to the house and tried to kill him that he finally understood everything. Ji Mingxia saw Grandma Ji’s cloudy eyes wet with tears and full of worry.

This meant that Zhou Tao had reached some agreement with these villagers.

The victims didn’t move away and voluntarily became Zhou Tao's "food", not because they were stupid, but because they wanted to protect their families.

This was why Grandma Ji refused Ji Mingxia from contacting the people in the mini supermarket.

So, when Aunt Cheng met Ji Mingxia and learned that he had finished his college entrance exams, the first thing she said was to try convincing him to go out and relax more instead of coming back to the village .

Her expression also became strange when he said his grandmother would be angry if he didn’t come back because there was no way Grandma Ji would be happy that he was back.

Her face changed dramatically when she found out that Ji Mingxia had met Zhou Tao and she told Ji Mingxia to hurry home and ask Grandma Ji what was going on.

So Grandma Ji’s relationship with the original owner was so stiff. She’d rather have him living at school than to let him come back to his hometown.

It may be true that Grandma Ji disliked the original owner’s ex-boyfriend, but more importantly, she just wanted him to grow up healthy and away from the devil’s den that was Banana Leaf Village.

Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia unconsciously hugged Grandma Ji and whispered, “You love me the most and worry about me getting hurt, I didn’t understand before, but now I understand it all ……”

Grandma Ji was born in an era that experienced war and famine. She had experienced almost everything Ji Mingxia’s generation would never have imagined.

Grandpa Ji died early and she took care of his father. She was happy to see her son get married and start a business but unfortunately, both Ji Mingxia’s parents passed away when he was in junior high school. Ji Mingxia was a minor who still needed his grandmother’s care.

This was already a tragedy, but who would have thought that more things would happen in Banana Leaf Village?

Soon after the death of her son and daughter-in-law, a demon appeared in Banana Leaf Village that sucked people’s vitality. Then Grandma Ji quarrelled with her only surviving grandson, who turned out to be gay, over an early relationship……

She faced a series of attacks and Ji Mingxia felt suffocated just thinking about it.

Yet even so, Grandma Ji still gritted her teeth to hold the family together. She pretended to be at odds with Ji Mingxia, and at the same time, let Zhou Tao suck the vitality out of her in order to protect him.

She lived in hardship and under-nourishment when she was young, her stature has never been high. Now that Zhou Tao was drawing away decades of longevity, her hair turned white and her body became stooped. She looked like a majestic old lady, but in reality, she was thin and small.

The old woman was even more fragile than an infant but she hardened herself so that the original owner would stay in a safe world.

Ji Mingxia’s heart was full of sadness.

The world’s Grandma Ji was majestic and old, she had a bad temper and looked extremely difficult to get along with.

But this was all because she had a really hard time.

Ji Mingxia couldn’t act like the original owner.

He took the initiative and decided to change the persona Grandma Ji had of the original owner.

He wanted to make up with Grandma Ji and pay proper respect to her during these two months of summer vacation.

Nothing was more important than making her happy.