Her destiny stolen? The Divine Witch Ancestor has returned!

Chapter 160 Habits are truly terrifying

"Oh, Master, what are you doing here—" Lan Yan, who was carrying the prepared cinnabar, was somewhat surprised to see Gu Chen standing in front of Wu Zhao's open door.

Then, for the first time ever, she saw her usually unmoved patriarch take two steps back in a fluster.

Inside the room, Wu Zhao calmly pulled his clothes up. "Come in, Lan Yao."

"I... I'm going back to my study now, Zhao Zhao, I'll come back later—" Gu Chen said as he quickly left.

The footsteps looked like they were fleeing in panic.

Lan Yao, who had just entered the room, looked at Wu Zhao's smile with some confusion and asked, "What's wrong, Miss? Why is the patriarch acting so strangely?"

Wu Zhao shook his head: "It's nothing. Bring me the cinnabar. Watch me, and I'll teach you how to draw it."

Since she was going to the auction Ye Linyan mentioned, Wu Zhao decided to deal with the curse in her body first.

Although it cannot be removed immediately, we should increase the intensity of our efforts to prevent encountering a sorcerer who casts a curse.

She was just about to ask Lan Yao to draw a cinnabar talisman on her back when Gu Chen came up so quickly.

Thinking of Gu Chen's gaze just now, Wu Zhao couldn't help but chuckle softly.

As Lan Yao traced the totem she had drawn on his back, he felt the slight vibrations on the skin beneath his brush: "Miss, what are you laughing at?"

“Smile… coward,” Wu Zhao said.

It ran away after just a glimpse of his back; how amusing.

After hurriedly returning to his study and closing the door, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, still feeling as if he could still see that piece of white, jade-like skin before his eyes.

Her ears were bright red, visible through her hair.

He coughed a few times and covered his eyes: "...It really is true."

After a while, Gu Chen put his hand down and leaned against the door.

Looking down at his hand, a golden gem suddenly appeared in his palm.

After the round gemstone rolled, a red line was revealed on one side.

The pattern slowly contracted in Gu Chen's vision, as if it were breathing with a life force.

Gently stroking the gemstone, Gu Chen sighed, "Zhao Zhao, when will you finally remember?"

No one answered his question in the empty room.

After an unknown amount of time, Lan Yao's voice finally rang out from outside the door: "Master, Miss requests your presence."

"Okay, I understand," he replied.

The gem in his palm vanished in an instant.

When Gu Chen arrived at Wu Zhao's door, Wu Zhao had just buttoned up his shirt.

When she noticed Gu Chen hesitating outside the door, she couldn't help but say, "Come in."

After he came in, Wu Zhao asked, "What were you trying to say?"

"Ye Linyan said you're planning to go to the Ye family?" Gu Chen asked directly. "The Ye family is in a bit of a mess right now, so it's best not to stay too long. If you're going, I can go with you."

Wu Zhao raised an eyebrow: "That's what he said?"

She had no intention of wasting too much time at the Ye family's house.

“He said you were going to stay there for a while,” Gu Chen said.

Although Ye Linyan didn't say it directly, that's probably what he meant.

"How could that be? I have no interest in getting involved in the Ye family's affairs. You haven't even sorted out the affairs of your own family yet, what would I do at someone else's house?" Wu Zhao said, somewhat speechless.

If it weren't for Gu Chen, she would probably be back at the Wu family by now.

Gu Chen's emotions fluctuated for a moment, then a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Have you seen this before?" Wu Zhao took out the card. "This is what Ye Linyan just gave me. I'm planning to go there."

After briefly repeating what Ye Linyan had just told her to Gu Chen, Gu Chen raised his hand and took the card.

The purple aura flowing around him devoured the black aura the moment it came into contact with the malice on the card.

Looking at the contents of the card, Gu Chen said, "An auction? I've never heard of one in the capital, but I have heard about what you said about ten years ago."

"However, that person is a high-ranking military official, and the military is keeping it very secret."

It really is the military headquarters.

Thinking about the car accident at the garrison headquarters a while ago and the events before that, Wu Zhao had long suspected that some people in the military were colluding with this Wu Sheng Cult.

I just didn't expect the way they colluded would be to use a substitution.

“The Shen family has been making quite a stir in the capital lately. Don’t you plan to meet with them?” Gu Chen put the card back in Wu Zhao’s hand. “Xie Buji has been looking for the Shen family several times, wanting to meet Shen Jiaojiao.”

Unfortunately, Shen Jiaojiao has never agreed to meet him.

Wu Zhao casually tossed the card aside. "You won't see her. Shen Jiaojiao isn't at the Shen family's house right now."

Shen Jiaojiao, Nie Wu.

Wu Zhao pondered for a moment.

Shen Jiaojiao has a special constitution, which is why she was chosen by the Witch Saint Cult. But what about Nie Wu?

A miraculous recovery...

Reincarnation...

Something flashed through Wu Zhao's mind, and she looked up: "Is Nie Wu very favored in the Nie family?"

"Her eldest brother, who is now the head of the Nie family, is her half-brother. He doted on her since she was a child, and even after she left the Nie family, he continued to care about her."

"Moreover, it is said that she was very talented from a young age. Although other members of the family looked down on what she learned... her brother did not."

If it's possible to stuff a spirit into the body of a dead person, then it's also possible to take the spirit from a living person and stuff it into another one, right?

Seeing that she was deep in thought, Gu Chen couldn't help but walk over and sit down on the sofa next to Wu Zhao.

The purple aura that was active around him wrapped around Wu Zhao's arm and then carefully placed their hands together.

Lost in thought, Wu Zhao didn't notice anything amiss. He even instinctively pinched the sudden heat under his hand.

Then it was grasped.

"Hmm?" Feeling something gently caressing her palm, Wu Zhao looked up.

She saw their hands clasped together, and the purple aura knotted on the back of her hand.

Sensing Wu Zhao's gaze, the purple aura carefully and gently revealed the beautiful bow to him.

It's like he's taking credit for it.

It is said that objects resemble their owners, and this little dog-like purple aura made Wu Zhao chuckle.

"What's wrong, Zhao Zhao?" Gu Chen asked.

Those eyes looked rather innocent no matter how you looked at them.

Wu Zhao chuckled, "I laugh at some people who say one thing and mean another."

She then moved closer to Gu Chen and asked with a soft laugh, "...Is it pretty?"

A hint of doubt flickered in Gu Chen's eyes, as if he were somewhat puzzled. "What?"

"Tsk." Wu Zhao shook his head and asked in his ear, "Back."

Then she watched as the ears in front of her turned bright red at a visible speed.

Then Gu Chen's stammering voice rang out: "That, that is—"

There was no way to defend myself.

Wu Zhao laughed.