Liu Sang glanced at her unreliable father-in-law and sighed quietly. She didn’t intend to talk to An Rugu about it at all so, instead, she turned around to leave, planning to find a doctor by herself.

However, at this moment, An Rugu has already placed her hand on top of Jiang Jingjing’s head, and—as if she had received some understanding of the situation—she took her hand back, put it inside her pocket, and took out the great five-emperor coins from it.

She held the great five-emperor coins in one hand, and gently supported the back of Jiang Jingjing’s head with the other hand. She gently raised Jiang Jingjing’s head, and put the red thread around Jiang Jingjing’s neck like a necklace.

Liu Sang saw An Rugu’s movements from the corner of her eye and was extremely surprised. She stopped and asked askance, “What are you doing?”

Before An Rugu could reply, something miraculous happened under everyone’s noses.

When the five-emperor coins was completely wrapped around Jiang Jingjing’s neck, and the ancient coins touched Jiang Jingjing, the child’s eyelids trembled, and then slowly opened, revealing round and watery eyes.

Seeing her mother and grandfather beside her, she blinked her eyes, feeling terrified in her heart, and cried out loudly, “Mom, I just had a nightmare!”

Liu Sang: “!!!”

Village head:”!!!”

Liu Sang’s jaw was about to drop, surprise written all over her face. She hurried to the side of the bed, held her daughter’s face in her hands, looked left and right and saw that there was nothing wrong. She reassured herself that she was not dreaming.

“What did you dream about?”

“I dreamed that I fell into the water.”

Liu Sang coaxed her sobbing daughter, “It’s okay, mom is here.”

After Jiang Jingjing calmed down, she sniffled. Thinking of her mother’s strange expression just now, she asked curiously, “Why do you have such strange expressions? By the way, why is Sister An here too?”

Jiang Jingjing looked at An Rugu, eyes full of curiosity, but it must be said that she was a full face-con even at such a young age. She has liked beautiful people ever since she was a child, and An Rugu—who was the most beautiful in her eyes—received her greatest attention and love. Every time An Rugu came to stay at their house, she was very happy. After An Rugu left, she would even hide in the quilt and cry.

Liu Sang complained, “It’s because you slept for four or five hours, and you couldn’t wake up no matter how I shouted.”

Jiang Jingjing was also very surprised when she heard the words, immersed in her own thoughts, she whispered to herself, “How could I sleep so well?”

Liu Sang’s eyes fell on the five-emperor coins nestled on Jiang Jingjing’s chest, and there was a huge wave in her heart, her eyes full of trepidation.

She saw very clearly what had happened earlier: when An Rugu put the five-emperor coins on her daughter, she woke up!

If one were to say her daughter waking up had nothing to do with the coins An Rugu gave her, she would not believe it even if she was killed.

All kinds of details shook Liu Sang’s world view . She swallowed, touched the five-emperor coins with her finger nervously, and stared at the coins with caution.

Literature and history were not separated. As a language teacher, she also has a deep understanding of history and recognizes every coin in it. Kaiyuan Tongbao, Song Yuan Tongbao…

An Rugu’s coins were ancient and very valuable!

Liu Sang turned to look at An Rugu, wondering, “What are these coins for?”

“It’s five-emperor coins, a spiritual tool used to exorcise evil spirits.”

Liu Sang: “!!!”

Liu Sang’s throat rolled up and down, and there was a huge conflict between the facts she saw and the world view she held, which made her very confused. “So Jingjing was really bewitched?”

It turned out that An Rugu and her father-in-law were not at fault—it was she who was at fault?

An Ruyu shook his head, “No.”

Liu Sang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words and patted her chest. “That’s good, that’s good.”

“She has lost her soul,” An Rugu said.

Liu Sang: “!!!”

“The five-emperors coins can only temporarily save her from the nightmare.” An Rugu looked at Jiang Jingjing and asked, “Did you get frightened today?”

Jiang Jingjing’s body froze when she heard the words, and her eyes wandered. She wanted to cover up the truth, but in front of the big sister she adored, she couldn’t tell a lie. “At that time…it was really scary.”

When Liu Shan heard that there were secrets that she didn’t know about, she quickly asked, “What’s going on? Why didn’t you tell mom before?”

Jiang Jingjing’s voice became lower and lower, as low as a mosquito humming, “I… we usually only pick some vegetables to make vegetarian dishes when we play house, but today we want to play something new, so we want to make grilled fish…”

Liu Shan: “!!!”

When Liu Sang heard that there was something she didn’t know, she immediately burst into anger. “Did you go to the pond?! I told you not to go to the water to play, why are you like this?”

Jiang Jingjing trembled in fear; she flinched, knowing that she had made a mistake. She did resist at first because of her mother’s instructions, but all the friends in the village wanted to go, and the pond was not deep—so many grandmas washed clothes there, which meant it was very safe. When she was not around, her village friends often go there to play.

As soon as her heart moved, she followed. The little friends went into the water directly. She still remembered her mother’s advice, so she didn’t dare to go into the water, so she just looked around by the edge of the pond. As a result, a friend caught a lobster and asked her to get it. She walked to the shore to pick up something, but her foot slipped and she fell into the water, and, somehow, she started to drown.

Although the water on the bank of the pond was not even as tall as she was, at that moment, she was so frightened that she felt like she went out of her body, and her mind was full of the consequences of being discovered by her mother. She didn’t recover until she was pulled ashore by her friends.

“I… I didn’t go into the water, but the mud by the pond is too slippery…” Jiang Jingjing stammered, vaguely feeling her mother’s anger, and quickly changed the subject, pinching the coin on her chest.

“When I was having a nightmare about drowning, I felt a sudden warmth in my chest, and someone called me in my ear, and then I woke up. Did Sister An give it to me? It’s amazing!”

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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