10 The Return of Wen Qiang

Jia Yi questions, "Why can't there be three? That's possible you know?"

Wu Zhou shakes his head, "Two..there shouldn't be three but two." Xiao Jian looks up at his father, "Daddy, is Uncle Zhou okay?" Ying Pei ruffles Xiao Jian's hair and smiles, "I think he's fine. Don't worry."

Da Xia sits down by the corner, she didn't want to look at them nor join their conversation. Ying Pei cracks the walnuts for Jia Yi to make dessert, " But for some reason, I feel like Song Wu Zhou's right. There should indeed only be two red cores in this world here. But if Liu Wen Qiang is back, that must mean..the other died and gave Jiang Da Xia its place."

Jia Yi agrees, "Mo Xian Yue was of old age..it's possible she could've past due to sickness or something.."

Wu Zhou looks at Da Xia who was balled up in the corner then looks up at the ceiling with a slight feeling of happiness and smiles, "Liu Wen Qiang is alive."

Xie Ying Pei bumps into his shoulder lightly and laughs, "You're quite happy aren't you?"

Xiao Jian feels a shiver then looks at Da Xia with a raised brow.

"Do you think I can find her?" Wu Zhou asks Ying Pei as he ties his long hair up into a pony tail. He smiles at Wu Zhou, "I believe you will."

Xiao Jian runs over to Jia Yi, "Mommy, Aunty Xia looks weird!" They all turn to see what's going on with Da Xia. The aura around her was darkening and the air felt chilly.

She begins to rock back and forth, muttering gibberish words. Shocked, Wu Zhou sees all sorts of spirits trying to possess her. He runs to grab her, "Jiang Da Xia you have to get out of there!"

Xiao Jian covers his eyes, "They are scary~"

With one look, Wu Zhou burned all the spirits into nothing but ashes. Da Xia falls onto the ground, unconscious. His heart begins throbbing and a voice echoes in his mind, "Protect..must...protect."

Protect..what exactly?

His mind becomes cloudy the more he thought of things. Ying Pei taps on his shoulder, "Don't get lost in your thoughts." Jia Yi hurriedly comes over with some medicine, "Give her to me. She's unconscious, but with some proper treatment she'll be up again soon."

At that moment loud shouts were suddenly heard:

"Liu Wen Qiang!! She's back!!"

"We shall be saved from this evilness!"

"Liu Wen Qiang, our Queen will put this act of corruption to an end!"

The villagers began chanting her name nonstop, "Liu Wen Qiang! Liu Wen Qiang! Liu Wen Qiang!"

Quickly, Wu Zhou stood up.

Did they just say Wen Qiang was back? He runs out the house to see if it was real. Jia Yi watches him leaves in such hurry then tells Ying Pei to go after him in case something goes wrong.

Wu Zhou continues running down the mountains and into the village. Her aura was as strong as ever. He pushes villagers aside to squeeze through to see her. As he gets closer, his heart thumps faster and harder. Ying Pei follows right behind, not leaving Wu Zhou out of his sight.

After he passes through the villagers, his eyes widens. He takes a quick breathe as his heart skips a beat.

Wen Qiang turns around then sees him standing there, right in front of her. She lets a warm, welcoming smile, "Song Wu Zhou!" Ying Pei couldn't believe his eyes, was it really Wen Qiang?!

Wu Zhou runs over and gives her a hug, "You're really alive!! You're alive! Alive..!" Tears began flowing out from his eyes as he hugged her with such sadness. She sighs, "I'm terribly sorry I worried you so much these couple of years.. I've missed you too."

Ying Pei walks over to them, he gives a quick touch on Wen Qiang's arm, "You're not a fake. You're really back?" She turns her head over to see who touched her arm, "Woah! Xie Ying Pei! You look so different? I'm glad to see you again too!" Wu Zhou let's go of her, "You have to tell me what happened to you. EVERYTHING."

She nods her head, "I will." Ying Pei turns back at the direction of their house, "Let's go back before Jia Yi worries." They begin walking back.

The villagers cheered for her return. They talked with each other happily, planning to give her a "Welcome Back" party in the village.

Da Xia's mind starts seeing figments of unusual sceneries as she was still unconscious :

"I curse you all!! I WILL come back and I WILL get my revenge! I will NEVER leave any of you alive!!" The woman in white yelled at the silhouettes of people.

The man in a royal robe begins laughing crazily, "What a stupid witch you are!! You will never curse us. When we throw you off this cliff, it's over for you. There's no such thing as coming back once you fall." He then pulls her hair to face up close to her, "You killed so many innocent lives, it's time you burn in hell!"

She spits blood at his face. Irritated, he wipes it off then walks away, "Kick that witch off and let's go." Her heart drops the moment she fell. She gave off her last breath as she tries to reach for someone's hands, "WU—"

"Zhou!" Wen Qiang jokes around and laughs. Da Xia opens her eyes and sits up as her mind comes back to the present. She was covered in cold sweat and panted heavily. Everyone stopped playing their game and looked over at her.

Jia Yi runs over to her with some medicine, "You're up now? Are you okay?" Da Xia's eye's scurried around the room and at everyone. Her heart was still racing. Jia Yi wipes the sweat off Da Xia, "You seem to have caught a cold, I'll give you medicine after I make you something light to eat. Be sure to rest a lot too."

After looking around everywhere, Da Xia's eye's focuses on the woman in red, "Who are you?" She asks in a cold tone. The woman smiles, "I'm Liu Wen Qiang, nice to meet you." For some odd reason Da Xia caught a feeling, that she doesn't like Wen Qiang.

Wu Zhou puts a crease in the middle of his brows, "What's up with you Jiang Da Xia?" Wen Qiang points at her and smirks, "That girl. She's a feisty one."