The worm-bird heart gu was more powerful than the ordinary heart gu because it could be inherited from generation to generation.

When her grandmother got married, she used gu, the worm-bird heart gu, on both of them, fed with her own heart’s blood. She had been driven out of the Gu clan and settled in another Miao village. Heartbroken and exhausted, she fell ill and was on her deathbed at the age of forty.

At that time, she was barely breathing. Looking at herself in a sickbed, she said, “As husband and wife, we should live and die together. Just before I die, I will activate the gu worms, and your grandfather will also die.“

The witch was very precocious at that time, and naturally resented the grandfather who abandoned her grandmother. Her voice was full of childlike cruelty, “Grandmother, Grandfather had so many children with someone else and doesn’t like us. Why don’t we let them all go keep Grandpa company?“

Why should they get to live such a life of luxury and happiness, while her family suffered so much?

Her grandmother was very ruthless when she was young, but she has somewhat softened now.

“After adopting your mother, I realized that children are like blank slates. Perhaps… I shouldn’t have used the worm-bird heart gu back then, making all those children perish with it. Using a regular heart gu would have been enough, after all, the only one I wanted to take with me was him.

“They were born with gu worms in their bodies, and their bodies were being eaten away year after year. They were not supposed to live beyond forty years old anyway, but there is no need to force them to that point now. Let them live a little longer.

“There was a reason why the worm-bird heart gu was eradicated. Perhaps I shouldn’t have let it reappear in our time. After I die, none of you should study it anymore, and don’t try to figure out its secrets. It’s evil.”

Grandma looked remorseful. After saying those words, she fell into a deep sleep and never woke up again.

Decades later, she killed her grandfather’s descendant, dug out his heart, and planted a gu worm fed with her own heart’s blood in it. To this day, she could control two things: one was Old Master Wang, and the other was the heart; she cannot control anything else.

She hated Wei Mingyan’s family and Wei Mingyan himself, but she could never kill them. Previously at the Celestial Master’s Mansion, the spell she used on Wei Mingyan wasn’t a spell to control the gu worms; it was just some simple tricks to make them agitated.

An Rugu: “…”

She really couldn’t be happy to be praised by someone like that.

Seeing that she didn’t answer, the witch laughed again, her smile growing wider and wider. “If it were you, you should be able to do it, right?”

Her grandmother’s talent was so extraordinary that she herself could never hope to match it. To this day, she still didn’t understand the secret her grandmother spoke of.

What was the secret?

“What’s do you mean?”

“Nothing.”

The witch shut her mouth and said no more.

Upon seeing this, the Special Cases Management Bureau personnel picked up the phone, went outside, and revealed some details of the case. “She killed someone and also attempted to murder Old Master Wang. She had previously done many things for Youdu, and her crimes are very serious.

“Speaking of which, I haven’t seen any Youdu people operating in the Nancheng lately. I guess they’re afraid of you.”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

An Rugu put down her phone. Just then, she heard footsteps outside.

She looked up and saw that it was Wei Mingyan and Lin Chuji who had arrived.

She was a little surprised. Wei Mingyan had just come to get rid of the parasites a few days ago, and she had told him to come every ten days. Why was he here again?

Wei Mingyan turned to the side, and a girl of about five or six years old came into view. She had big eyes, delicate features, and fluffy hair. The only thing that wasn’t good was that her face was very pale and her lips were almost bloodless.

She timidly raised her hand and tugged at Wei Mingyan’s sleeve. When she saw An Rugu, she became frightened and hid behind Wei Mingyan.

Seeing this, Wei Mingyan was both amused and exasperated. “This is my cousin. She was hospitalized before, so she couldn’t come to see you. She just recovered today. Could you please give her a deworming treatment?”

He then took the little girl’s hand and led her to An Rugu.

Actually, buying insect-repelling talismans could remove the worm-bird heart gu, but it’s difficult to control the degree. Their family has coexisted with the worm-bird heart gu for so long, and removing too many could cause heart problems. For safety, no matter how busy they were, they needed to go in person.

The little girl was pushed to the front, and she lowered her head shyly, nervously fidgeting with her fingers. She wanted to speak but was too afraid to utter a word.

Fearing that An Rugu might misunderstand, Wei Mingyan said, “Xiaoyu is a bit introverted. It’s not that she doesn’t want to talk to you, it’s just that she doesn’t know how.”

Because of the gu worm in her body, Xiaoyu was frail and sickly, frequently hospitalized, and was an oddity at kindergarten. The other children called her a freak, a sickly child, and say her illness was contagious, implying that playing with her will infect them. Furthermore, her father was divorced, busy with work, and completely neglected her.

When they discovered it, Xiaoyu had already developed a withdrawn personality.

“It’s nothing,” An Rugu said.

She took out an insect-repelling talisman, placed it in her hand, and with a slight thought, the talisman was immediately activated.

Xiaoyu’s heart suddenly ached, and countless red threads surged from her heart to her arm, emerging from her palm.

Her face contorted in agony, but she didn’t utter a sound.

Seeing this, Wei Mingyan felt extremely distressed. He had experienced it firsthand and knew how painful it was for the red threads to crawl out. She was so young, yet she could endure more pain than many adults.

He asked instinctively, “Does it hurt?”

Xiaoyu gently shook her head, lowered her head, and remained silent.

Upon seeing this, Wei Mingyan sighed deeply.

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

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… Devoted 2nd Male Lead
Chapter 87.4 — The Secret of Heart Gu
Chapter 88.1 — Divination for Game Characters
Chapter 88.2 — Divination for Game Characters
Chapter 88.3 — Divination for Game Characters
Chapter 89.1 — Can Even 2D Characters’ Houses Collapse?
Chapter 89.2 — Can Even 2D Characters’ Houses Collapse?
… Awakened Villainess
Chapter 89.3 — Can Even 2D Characters’ Houses Collapse?
Chapter 90.1 — Biological Parents Come to Recognize their Daughter
Chapter 90.2 — Biological Parents Come to Recognize their Daughter
Chapter 90.3 — Biological Parents Come to Recognize their Daughter
Chapter 90.4 — Biological Parents Come to Recognize their Daughter
Chapter 91.1 — Second Underworld Livestream
… Unattainable White Moonlight
Chapter 91.2 — Second Underworld Livestream
Chapter 91.3 — Second Underworld Livestream
Chapter 91.4 — Second Underworld Livestream
Chapter 92.1 — Day Trip in the Underworld
Chapter 92.2 — Day Trip in the Underworld
Chapter 92.3 — Day Trip in the Underworld