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"Shaman, can you solve my problem?"
"It's difficult; you've been entangled with something dirty."
"Please, I beg you, help me. I'll pay any amount."
"This isn't about money. Let me try; come over here."
The shaman said as she got off the bed, walked to the table, and took out a silver needle, a small bottle, and some yellow paper.
She opened the small bottle and poured the red liquid onto the silver needle before walking back to me.
"Take off your shirt."
"Huh?"
"Quickly!"
"Oh."
I nodded and hurriedly took off my shirt.
The shaman picked up the silver needle and began to prick my chest.
"Ouch, that hurts..."
"Don't shout; bear it and don't move."
Although she was over eighty, the shaman had a strong grip. She held me down firmly so I couldn't move at all.
After a while, she released her grip.
I looked down and saw that a talisman had been pricked into my chest; it was filled with red liquid and looked bloody.
"Hold onto this."
The shaman said as she handed me a yellow paper talisman.
"Thank you, Shaman."
"Don't be in such a hurry to thank me. Tonight, that dirty thing will come looking for you again. If you can't avoid it, tomorrow night go to the place where you first encountered it; you should be able to find it. At that time, wear the talisman on you; it might save your life."
"Okay."
I carefully accepted the talisman and stored it away.
"Shaman, please take this money."
I took out a thousand yuan and placed it on the table.
"Alright, I'll take it. You can go now."
The shaman said before closing her eyes.
I thanked her once more and then left with Yang Wei.
After returning home, I felt completely exhausted; the turmoil of the past few days had drained me both physically and mentally.
Although I was tired, I dared not sleep, fearing that if I fell asleep, I might sleepwalk again. I held on until eleven o'clock at night, but eventually, I could no longer keep my eyes open.
I had intended to push through without sleeping, but I simply couldn't control it and ended up falling asleep. Fortunately, that night I did not sleepwalk, nor did I have that dream about the woman with the swaddled baby by the Sanli Bridge.
I slept soundly until dawn, and when I woke up, I felt refreshed and invigorated. It seemed that the fortune teller truly had some skills; her talisman had worked.
Excitedly, I took out my phone and called Yang Wei to tell him about last night's events.
"Brother Chengzi, congratulations! You’ve been saved."
"Don't celebrate too early; we still have to go to Sanli Bridge tonight. You'll find out then."
"Alright, Brother Chengzi, I'll accompany you."
"Okay."
I nodded and hung up the phone.
That night, under the fortune teller's warning, I forced myself to stay awake all night. The next day, I still felt tired, but my spirits were much better. Yang Wei sent me a voice message reminding me not to forget the fortune teller's advice: I had to go out tonight.
In truth, even if Yang Wei hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have forgotten this matter. The fortune teller said that tonight I must go out again to the place where I first encountered that woman in order to break free from her entanglement.
To be honest, I was very scared, but for the sake of my life, I had no choice but to give it a try.
Around ten o'clock at night, I drove to Lin City to pick up goods. Just like the previous two times, I drove to the vegetable planting base. The difference this time was that I intentionally parked my vehicle farther away from others.
I sensed that people around were looking at me with strange eyes. By the time I returned to my city, it was already past one in the morning. The roads today were even more difficult than before, and my heart felt particularly tense.
Tonight's journey might just determine my life or death.
Thinking of this, I took out the Yellow Paper Talisman given to me by the fortune teller and stuck it on the windshield. Although it was small, it brought me a sense of safety.
The car sped along the highway, and I kept my eyes wide open, constantly watching the road ahead. When the car turned at the intersection and approached the village near Sanliqiao, my heart suddenly sank.
Fortunately, that woman did not appear. I breathed a sigh of relief and felt a surge of joy; it seemed that the fortune teller truly had some skills.
However, just as my car reached that intersection, suddenly, the Yellow Paper Talisman on the windshield burst into flames. The fire came so abruptly that it instantly turned the Yellow Paper Talisman to ashes. I was startled, and my heart nearly jumped out of my mouth.
At that moment, I suddenly felt the temperature inside the car drop sharply. Immediately after, a familiar voice rang in my ear.
"Master, have you seen my child?"
I turned to look, and sitting beside me was the young woman holding a swaddled baby. She looked just like she did during our previous encounters—pale-faced, with vacant eyes, staring directly at me.
"Ah!" I screamed, jerking the steering wheel violently. The car instantly lost control, veering off the bridge and plunging into the river.
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