"No… it seems like he only attacked that Taoist priestess." I was also shaken, but my fingers couldn't help but touch my lower abdomen.
A mix of emotions filled my heart. He did save me earlier.
Otherwise, I would definitely have died from the pain...
But do I really have to give birth to the demon fetus inside me? Just thinking about it made my scalp tingle.
Suddenly, a piercing and sorrowful wail of a woman echoed in my ears.
I jumped in shock and looked in the direction of the sound.
It was the three young female disciples of the deceased Taoist priestess, crying beside her corpse, "Master... you died so miserably. Master... don't leave us."
"Master, what should we do after you leave? Wuwu..."
As I looked at the corpse on the ground, the more I stared at it, the more strange it seemed. I raised my voice and reminded them, "Your master... was bitten by a snake. There might be other poisonous snakes inside her body..."
As soon as I finished speaking, another small snake suddenly emerged from the corpse's other nostril. The snake was colorful, with a triangular head.
It was clearly a highly venomous type of snake.
Luckily, I had warned them in time. The female disciples of the Taoist priestess turned pale, screaming and scrambling backward.
If I had been even a moment slower, they might have ended up like the Taoist priestess, dying from snake venom.
The little snake, bold and unafraid, slithered down from the corpse of the Taoist priestess.
Its eyes were a bright green, as though searching for a target.
This time, my mother suddenly made a move, seeing it crawl toward me.
She grabbed the chair my uncle had used to kill the snake earlier and smashed it, killing the newly emerged snake.
After killing the snake, my mother tossed the chair aside and pulled me back a few steps. Everyone's faces were as pale as death.
After a long silence,
"Ai Wei'er, you and your mother should rest first. We'll take care of the aftermath here." My uncle suddenly spoke to me, not mentioning anything about the abortion, and his tone was much gentler.
Having just endured such torment, now, looking into my uncle's dark, gloomy eyes, I felt an inexplicable chill and hesitated. "Uncle, I… I think I should go home. I don't want to trouble you and my mother any more."
"Be obedient. It's late, and it's unsafe for two women to walk alone at night." My uncle kindly persuaded me, then turned to my mother with a serious expression, "Sister-in-law, you should rest with Ai Wei'er. You're unwell and need to rest more. If you collapse, what will Ai Wei'er do?" My mother trusted my uncle greatly, nodding obediently. "Thank you. I'm really sorry, my Ai Wei'er must have caused you trouble."
"What trouble? We're family. Don't worry about us. I'll find a way to bring in a more powerful expert to drive away the evil spirits from Ai Wei'er." My uncle said with righteous sincerity.
My mother was deeply grateful for my uncle's words and thanked him profusely.
Then, my aunt led my mother and me to the guest room upstairs. "You and Ai Wei'er rest well. I won't disturb you further."
Since falling ill, my mother's health had been poor. Once my aunt left, she immediately collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.
I lay on the bed but couldn't sleep.
I vaguely remembered some things from my childhood. It seemed like my uncle had conflicts with my father and grandfather.
After my father passed away, other than coming to borrow a qipao,
my uncle had almost no contact with our family, and my mother didn't lend him the qipao.
But now, my uncle was willing to risk his life to help me.
I couldn't help but feel uneasy, suspecting that my uncle might have some other purpose.
Lost in these complicated thoughts,
I unknowingly fell asleep.
I slept from the afternoon until late at night.
I woke up to the sound of a snake hissing, "hisss…"