Ji Mingxia suddenly remembered the scene before Li You's death a long time ago.
A few years ago, Bao Guangyuan and his companions were invited by a mysterious man to participate in a death hide-and-seek game. After losing the game, they obtained two blood-red rings from the mysterious man.
Knowing that this was an ominous object, in order to escape punishment, they gave the two rings to Li You and Lin Siyun who were unaware of the situation.
Ordinary people obtained the mysterious object, but were unable to control the energy, and were eventually backfired by it. Lin Siyun became the first person to die tragically.
She died on the eve of the college entrance examination. She was only one step away from her dream, but it came to an abrupt end and she could never move forward even half a step.
After Lin Siyun's death, Li You realized that they had fallen into a trap and began to prepare for revenge.
For this reason, Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning went to Quanzhuang Resort to look for Li You, but not only did they not find him, they also accidentally found a bronze mirror.
Afterwards, Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning met Bao Guangyuan, Li You and others in the forest behind Quanzhuang Resort.
In order to get revenge, Li You recreated this death hide-and-seek game, gathered several people from that year in the forest, used their blood as a medium, and offered her own soul as a sacrifice to make a deal with the ring, cursing all those who harmed her.
"The person who held this ring before me will bear the backlash and curse of me and the ring. I will curse his soul to decay and his body to rot for eternity, without the possibility of reincarnation."
"All those who harmed me will die a miserable death. I will finally rest in peace with the one I love..."
Ji Mingxia murmured Li You's last words.
Li You died in the forest, without even leaving behind his ashes, which disappeared forever among the mountains and rivers.
With her death, the storm completely subsided. Then, Pei Yuan, the original attacker, appeared and confronted Yu Ning head-on.
Ji Mingxia was busy dealing with the relationship between Yu Ning and Pei Yuan, and didn't have time to think about Li You's curse.
Half a year passed in a blink of an eye. Many big and small things happened around Ji Mingxia, and Li You was naturally gradually forgotten by him.
He never imagined that one day the cursed person would appear in front of him and even set his sights on Yu Ning.
Ji Mingxia was shocked and said, "The mysterious man hiding behind the scenes and doing evil is actually Ding Jialin?!"
From the ghost on campus, to borrowing longevity in Jiaoye Village, to the recent sacrifice of the Ye family, most of the supernatural events that Ji Mingxia encountered in the past six months have involved this mysterious man.
According to the confessions of Bao Guangyuan, Zhou Tao and others, this mysterious man was wearing a suit, holding magician props and a clown mask. He looked weird yet exaggerated, making it difficult to guess his identity.
Ji Mingxia originally thought that such a pervert would be an old man with deep calculations, but it turned out to be such a young man...
Ding Jialin's image unconsciously appeared in his mind.
It looks like a zombie, with a rotten body, dripping dark red blood, and maggots wriggling in the rotten flesh.
Even if one holds a mysterious item and possesses extraordinary powers, one cannot resist the power of the curse.
The body and soul gradually decayed and rotted, and eventually became something neither human nor ghost.
"I remember that Ye Chen once said that Ding Jialin has loved clowns and magicians since he was a child. Their photo was taken at a party on Ding Jialin's birthday. It matches the appearance of the mysterious man... I didn't expect that the person hiding behind the scenes was actually a good friend of Ye Chen and Ye Tian."
Ji Mingxia was talking when he suddenly thought of something and felt a chill down his spine: "No, the Ding family and the Ye family are old friends, so what happened to the Ye family in the past few years..."
Lin Siyun, Bao Guangyuan and others had nothing to do with Ding Jialin, but they were all harmed by him to this extent.
The Ye family and the Ding family have known each other for so many years, and the ready-made candidate is here. Ding Jialin has no reason to let them go.
Looking at the life trajectory of the Ye family over the years, there is more or less the shadow of the Ding family.
Yu Ning reminded: "Master Zheng from Hong Kong once said that he was innocent. The Ye family gave him money to perform the ritual, but he didn't know that the piece of meat was a person."
Ji Mingxia thought about it carefully and vaguely remembered that it seemed to be true.
Master Zheng is from Hong Kong and speaks Mandarin haltingly and vaguely. Ji Mingxia has a hard time listening to him and can only guess what he is saying.
At that time, he was shocked by the secret of the Ye family. That master was involved in the case that year, so Ji Mingxia assumed that Master Zheng was the murderer and did not think carefully about the meaning behind Master Zheng's words.
It was an incident that happened a few months ago, and it was the confession of an unimportant person. If Yu Ning hadn't reminded him, Ji Mingxia would not have been able to remember this clue even if he was beaten to death.
"Master Zheng didn't know that the piece of meat was human, which means he got involved later and had no prior knowledge of the matter." Ji Mingxia analyzed, "And the Ding family has been engaged in mysterious professions since my parents' generation. Ye Tian also said that she came to H University under the guidance of the Ding family. From this, we can infer that the Ding family started to guide the Ye family very early. The twins' sacrifice for wealth was probably done by the Ding family under the guidance of the Ye family..."
The Ye family was eager to make money, and after the guidance of the Ding family, they sacrificed their little daughter and became rich. After such an experience, the Ye family would certainly trust the Ding family extremely.
The Ding and Ye families have become old friends. Ye Chen, Ye Tian and Ding Jialin grew up together as childhood sweethearts. If the matter ended there, perhaps the past events would never be dug up again.
However, more than ten years later, Ye Tian, the only surviving twin, also got into trouble.
Ji Mingxia thought of Ye Tian who was almost driven crazy, and of the seemingly inconspicuous black stone.
Looking at the golden mask with no spiritual energy, Ji Mingxia couldn't help but ask, "Is it possible that the meteorite was also designed by Ding Jialin to fall into Ye Tian's hands? Ye Tian was affected by the power of the meteorite and felt that she was being followed and spied on all the time. She had no choice but to ask the Ding family for help again. Ye Chen and Ye Tian said in person that they came to H University because of Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding's advice."
After saying that, Ji Mingxia asked again with some doubts: "Why did they ask Ye Tian to come to H University? Did they target me from the beginning?"
"They were indeed coming for me." Yu Ning said, "Ding Jialin was cursed and needed a lot of energy to recover. The Ye family was more like their reserve food than a friend of the Ding family. But things did not go as he expected, and Ye Tian was far from being able to make up for the deficiency in his body, so he chose me instead."
After listening to this, Ji Mingxia fell into silence, quietly digesting these large amounts of clues and truth.
After a long time, Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning and suddenly asked, "Yu Ning, have you guessed this a long time ago?"
Yu Ning looked at Ji Mingxia with slight surprise.
When Ji Mingxia saw his expression, he confirmed that he had guessed correctly!
Thinking that Yu Ning was hiding something from him, Ji Mingxia snorted, "Don't think I don't know. During the time when Ye Tian was in trouble, you were acting strange. When Ye Chen asked me to visit Ye Tian in the dormitory that day, you were supposed to go with me. But you asked Ye Chen and I to go first. I thought you—"
When Ji Mingxia was speaking, he suddenly realized that he was speaking too fast and stopped.
Yu Ning was surprised that Ji Mingxia, who was usually careless, was so observant. He thought he had hidden it well, but it turned out that Ji Mingxia had seen through him long ago.
Seeing Ji Mingxia suddenly stop talking in the middle of his speech, Yu Ning leaned closer to him and asked, "What do you think happened to me?"
Ji Mingxia pretended not to hear and looked away, not meeting Yu Ning's gaze.
He couldn't guess the reason, so he naturally thought that Yu Ning was jealous.
However, Ji Mingxia would never tell Yu Ning such things, especially now that it has been confirmed that Yu Ning has other plans. Wouldn't he be laughed at if he said it out loud
Ji Mingxia quickly brought the topic back to the topic: "Although you didn't go with us, you still rushed there first when danger came. You did this because you sensed that someone was secretly spying on you? You wanted to play a mantis stalking cicada while the oriole was behind?"
Speaking of business, Yu Ning did not ask Ji Mingxia any more questions. He looked at Ji Mingxia deeply and nodded along with his words: "Yes."
Ji Mingxia guessed the answer correctly, and suddenly felt that his IQ had improved a lot in the past six months.
Ji Mingxia was in a very good mood when he thought that Ding Jialin wanted to harm others but was unexpectedly backfired. Not only were he and Yu Ning safe, but the evil Ding Jialin would never dare to make trouble again.
He showed off the meritorious ring in his hand with great interest, and praised Yu Ning: "Our Yu Ning is really resourceful and far-sighted. He is worthy of being the god of study that everyone in the school admires~"
Upon hearing this, Yu Ning smiled helplessly. He looked at Ji Mingxia but did not explain any further.
Immersed in the joy of success, Ji Mingxia completely forgot that this pair of blood-red rings were originally made by Ding Jialin.
Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia are both campus celebrities. Their photos are everywhere on the Internet. With just a simple search, you can see them wearing rings.
With Ding Jialin's intelligence, it was impossible for him to ignore the ring in Ji Mingxia's hand.
But in the end, he still fell into Ji Mingxia's hands.
Not only did the energy of this top-level mysterious item, the golden mask, deplete and turn into gold ornaments on the spot, but Ding Jialin was also counterattacked and vomited blood.
Not to mention Ding Jialin, even Yu Ning, who spent every day with Ji Mingxia, did not expect such an outcome.
All along, he has indeed been helping Ji Mingxia cover up his peculiarities.
When Yu Ning learned that Ji Mingxia could actually destroy the copper coins in his hometown, Jiaoye Village, he immediately announced his relationship with Ji Mingxia in a high-profile manner, so that all those who were secretly spying would focus their attention on him;
When they found out that Ji Mingxia had directly sucked the energy out of Ye Tian's meteorite, Yu Ning immediately disguised himself as a key figure in the rescue. Not only did Ye Chen and Ye Tian think that Yu Ning was their savior, even Ji Mingxia thought that it was Yu Ning who did it.
He successfully hid Ji Mingxia and deceived Ding Jialin.
Unexpectedly, Ding Jialin still set his sights on Ji Mingxia, wanting to use this "ordinary person" to deal with him, but in the end his cleverness backfired.
Ding Jialin was cursed and lost his mask. It was already the limit for him to escape successfully. Yu Ning was not worried that Ding Jialin would reveal Ji Mingxia's secret.
The only thing he was concerned about was the peculiarity of Ji Mingxia.
At this time, Ji Mingxia asked: "But, what is the significance of the Ding family doing this?"
The plan was started many years ago, and the mysterious item was deliberately allowed to harm one person after another. Looking at Ding Jialin's situation, not only was there nothing good to gain, but he was always on the verge of backlash. If he was not careful, he could lose his life.
Isn't this a thankless task
Ji Mingxia has read the original novel. According to the chapters he has read so far, there is no such person as Ding Jialin, and there is no such crazy and perverted criminal. Therefore, Ji Mingxia knows nothing about this and has no way of guessing.
Yu Ning said: "Maybe they are doing an experiment."
"Experiment?" Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning puzzledly.
"An experiment that thinks it can save the world." Yu Ning said sarcastically, "In this experiment, all those who can control mysterious objects will become precious experimental subjects."
"So that's how it is. Ding Jialin did all these things just to create a lot of experimental subjects for them to conduct research?" Ji Mingxia suddenly realized.
He is an ordinary person who has come into contact with countless mysterious objects, but none of them can be used by him. This matter actually has little to do with Ji Mingxia.
But Yu Ning is different.
Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning worriedly: "Now that you are being targeted by them, isn't it getting more and more dangerous?"
Yu Ning looked at Ji Mingxia who looked nervous, smiled at him gently, and said softly: "So you have to keep it a secret for me and don't tell anyone that you have met Ding Jialin."
"Don't worry, I've always kept my mouth shut and I can definitely help you keep the secret!" Ji Mingxia patted his chest and guaranteed.