"Uh—what are you doing?" Vivian Fang was startled by Shawn Young's actions. Her face flushed red, and she tried to pull her hand away.
"Shawn Young, how can you do this? That's my mom!" Yvonne Hu shouted angrily.
"Shawn, you're really going too far! Let go of Aunt Fang, now!" Lilian Grace's pretty face turned hot with embarrassment; even she felt ashamed for Shawn—he was acting way too desperate!
"Uh—you've got it all wrong! Please, let me explain—I think someone put a curse on Aunt Fang! That's why I'm doing this!" Shawn Young hurriedly explained.
"Huh!? A curse—are you serious? How did you figure that out?" Yvonne Hu grew anxious and tense.
But Shawn Young didn’t answer directly. Instead, he suddenly reached out with his left hand and grabbed Yvonne Hu’s slender hand, channeling his energy to investigate.
"Ah—why are you grabbing my hand too? Did someone curse me as well?" Yvonne Hu was startled; though embarrassed, she didn’t pull away.
Shawn Young sent his true energy into Yvonne Hu’s palm, and sure enough, he sensed the same strange aura as in Vivian Fang—emanating from within her body. He nodded and said, "Just as I suspected, you’ve also been secretly cursed!"
"Ah—how do you even know that?" Yvonne Hu’s pretty face turned pale.
"Of course I have a way to sense it. If you don’t believe me, you’ll see in a moment. Also, haven’t you both been feeling heavy-limbed, dizzy, sensitive to light, preferring to stay alone in a dark bedroom, and often feeling numbness in your waist and stomach? Sometimes your mood swings, your throat feels itchy, and you just don’t want to move at all?" Shawn continued to hold Fang Ying and Hu Yiner’s hands as he asked, keeping his tone playful yet serious.
"Whoa—now that you mention it, that’s exactly how I’ve been feeling! Especially lately, I haven’t wanted to do anything. You know, before I hurt my knee, I was always busy, never lazy like this—it’s like the laziness is coming from deep inside me. At first I thought maybe it was menopause, but now that you say this—I—what should I do?" Fang Ying finally lost her composure, her body trembling slightly. She was just an ordinary woman, and hearing she’d been cursed naturally made her panic.
"Shawn, yes, everything you said matches! Please, you have to help us!" Hu Yiner said anxiously.
"Yeah, I’ll do my best. But there are all sorts of curses out there. Let me investigate first and figure out exactly which kind you and Aunt Fang have, so I can treat it properly. You’ll need to prepare a few things—" Shawn said, keeping things light but focused.
"Oh! Sure! Whatever you need, just tell me—I’ll get it right away," Hu Yiner replied, her voice tinged with fear and urgency.
"Okay, first I’ll check how serious the curse is. Go get a basin of clean water—not tap water, but well water, river water, or bottled spring water. And boil a few eggs and bring them here," Shawn instructed.
"Uh—also, don’t alert anyone else. The person who cursed you might be hiding among the staff. If they see us preparing these things, they could guess what I’m up to. So let Qianqian handle it. And, to make sure I can break this Fivefold Serpent Trap and the Soul-Stealing Mother-Daughter Curse on you both, there might be some strange phenomena during the ritual. To avoid alarming anyone or causing trouble, I suggest giving all the workers and security staff a temporary break—just until we’re done here. That way, I won’t be distracted!" Shawn thought aloud.
"Alright, I’ll do exactly as you say—" Fang Ying said, quickly dialing several numbers from the hall phone. Soon, all the villa staff were sent on temporary leave, told to come back after things were resolved.
In the hall, Shawn focused his energy and summoned his true qi, investigating the curse within Hu Yiner and Fang Ying, checking how deeply the Soul-Stealing Mother-Daughter Curse had taken hold and what type of curse it was.
The staff quickly left, and the four of them began preparations. There was a dedicated well for watering the flowers outside the villa, so Liu Qianqian fetched a basin of well water. She also boiled several eggs in the upstairs kitchen and brought them down.
Just as she stepped off the stairs, Lilian Grace overheard Shawn Young asking Vivian Fang and Yvonne Hu, "You two have been having the same nightmare over and over lately, haven't you? In the dream, your bodies are trapped in a freezing stone chamber, and you're constantly wrapped and bitten by all sorts of colorful venomous snakes. No matter how hard you struggle, you can't escape until you wake up—then you feel itchy down there and end up leaking some pale yellow, foul-smelling discharge!"
"Uh—well—" Both mother and daughter blushed furiously. Hearing Shawn talk so frankly about something so... intimate always made them feel incredibly embarrassed.
"Come on, you two should just tell me exactly what's going on! If I don't know the real situation, I can't prescribe the right remedy!" Shawn said.
"Yes—Yvonne's been feeling unwell lately, all because of this. She only confided in me, and at first, we thought it was just her period acting up, so this afternoon I went to the 'Jiaozi' mini-mart to buy her some feminine products—" Lilian Grace chimed in.
"Yeah, that's exactly what's been happening! And those nightmares are just awful—every time I dream, it's snakes everywhere. It's been tormenting me for ages!" Yvonne Hu finally spoke up, still shaken by the memory.
"Alright, I get it. Lilian, bring that basin of well water over here. Peel the eggs, and have them hold the egg whites in their mouths." Shawn instructed Lilian Grace.
"Oh, okay!" Lilian Grace sprang into action, setting the basin of well water on the floor, quickly peeling the eggs, and handing the egg whites to Vivian Fang and Yvonne Hu, who each popped them into their mouths.
Soon, something strange happened—the egg whites in their mouths gradually turned black. Shawn's expression grew serious as he said, "Alright, spit them out! Now, spit your saliva into the basin of well water—"
Vivian Fang and Yvonne Hu did as instructed, spitting out the now-blackened egg whites and then each spitting into the basin. The next moment, an even weirder scene unfolded—their saliva, upon touching the well water, instantly transformed into a sticky, bright red liquid. Like stones, it quickly sank to the bottom and solidified, refusing to disperse. It was utterly bizarre.
"This is the Soul-Stealing Mother-Daughter Curse—one of the three greatest evil curses in the world!" Shawn finally identified the origin of the sorcery.