Her destiny stolen? The Divine Witch Ancestor has returned!

Wu Zhao originally planned to wait for Wu Liufeng to wake up, but unexpectedly, he was greeted by an uninvited guest first.

Ye Linyan.

Looking at the man sitting upright on the sofa in the downstairs living room, Wu Zhao asked Lan Yao beside him, "Gu Chen actually let you let him in?"

“Miss, you’ve forgotten, the head of the family left early this morning,” Lan Yao replied. “And he said he had something very important to discuss with you, something related to Shen Jiaojiao.”

Wu Zhao was somewhat surprised.

Ye Linyan downstairs seemed to have heard the noise and looked up to meet Wu Zhao's somewhat puzzled gaze.

A smile immediately appeared in his eyes, and he even raised his hand to greet Wu Zhao.

It was as if the disagreements that occurred during the recording of the show had never happened.

This kind of shamelessness made Wu Zhao look at him with new respect.

"Miss Wu, it's been a long time." Ye Linyan stood up and said as she came down from upstairs.

His gaze remained fixed on Wu Zhao, and his voice was light and cheerful: "It's been a while since we parted ways in Yuecheng. Miss Wu is still the same as before, unchanged."

His words of greeting seemed to have a hidden meaning, and Wu Zhao walked past him and sat down.

Lan Yao quickly handed her a glass of warm water.

"Mr. Ye, you didn't come to see me at this time just to say a few words of nonsense, did you?" Wu Zhao had no interest in chatting with him about trivial matters.

Ye Linyan laughed and turned to face Wu Zhao, saying, "Of course not. Miss Wu made such a commotion yesterday... I suppose Mr. Gu suppressed it."

"Although the Nie family isn't a major family in the capital, they still wield considerable influence. Mr. Gu left early this morning, didn't he? Miss Wu, wouldn't you like to know what he went out to do?"

To everyone's surprise, Wu Zhao casually replied, "Not interested."

"If there are things he can't solve, then knowing about them will only cause me more trouble. I'm not interested in whatever Mr. Ye is trying to say."

"Why don't you start by telling me what you know about your relationship with Shen Jiaojiao?"

She looked up and stared at Ye Linyan.

Ye Linyan was somewhat taken aback by her unexpected reaction.

He sighed and gave a wry smile, then sat back down opposite Wu Zhao: "It seems Miss Wu really trusts Mr. Gu..."

"It really is...something to be envious of."

His words were vague, which made Wu Zhao frown.

Then Ye Linyan took out a neatly folded card from his suit pocket and placed it on the coffee table in front of Wu Zhao.

Wu Zhao sensed an extremely strong yin energy and malice from that card.

She looked at Ye Linyan's hand, then at the card on the table.

This yin energy doesn't even affect Ye Linyan?

"What is this?" Wu Zhao didn't reach for it. "Mr. Ye, you don't mean to say that you wrote down everything related to Shen Jiaojiao on this piece of paper, do you?"

Ye Linyan shook his head and said, "This is not an ordinary card, but a key."

A key? Wu Zhao examined the thin card, somewhat puzzled.

“Miss Wu, I suppose you’ve had contact with them before.” Ye Linyan’s gaze was somewhat cold. “More than ten years ago, a sect called the Witch Saint Sect suddenly appeared around the capital, spreading the idea that it could grant immortality.”

"The Imperial Capital Military has cooperated with the Wu family and the Nie family many times in an attempt to investigate this Witch Saint Cult, but all attempts have failed. The only thing we know is that the followers of this cult are extremely secretive and their methods are extremely cruel. The Nie family has lost several outstanding family members as a result, and the deity that this Witch Saint Cult worships is still unknown."

Ye Linyan's expression was somewhat amused: "I only know that the followers of the Holy Church are called the Holy Church, and that there is a strict hierarchy within it. Those of higher rank... are called Holy Envoys."

"They have a deep understanding of spirits and are said to be able to bring people... back to life."

The Witchcraft Cult? Resurrection?

The image of the sorcerer he had seen on Pearl Island and the holy envoy mentioned by Nie Wu flashed through Wu Zhao's mind in an instant...

"You mean... they can reverse the cycle of death and resurrect the dead?"

Wu Zhao twirled the ring on his finger. "Challenging the laws of Heaven... This is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing. So, have they ever succeeded?"

“It was successful.” Ye Linyan’s words were surprising, and his expression was somewhat strange: “Miss Wu probably doesn’t know that ten years ago, there was an unspeakable person in the capital who suddenly came back to life within two hours after being given a death notice at the hospital.”

Wu Zhao paused for a moment on the ring, and looked at Ye Linyan with suspicion.

How can it be?

Ten years ago, although she was still sleeping inside the Yellow Springs Gate, the Yellow Springs Gate was directly connected to the Reincarnation Platform.

If a spirit disappears, she will sense it even while she is asleep.

Before she could speak, Ye Linyan added, "But who can be sure that the person who woke up... is the same person from before?"

He looked at Wu Zhao with a somewhat inscrutable expression, as if he wanted to express something else: "Miss Wu, you should know very well, right? Reincarnation... usurping someone else's place?"

Wu Zhao's expression remained unchanged; he simply stared back at him coldly.

Seeing her expressionless face, Ye Linyan couldn't help but chuckle twice: "Miss Wu probably doesn't know, but my grandfather was hospitalized some time ago. His condition is very bad right now, and this key was given to me by someone through Shen Jiaojiao."

Ye Linyan glanced at the card. "The Witch Saint Cult holds a very secret auction every two years. The items auctioned... are human lives!"

Human lives? Wu Zhao sneered: "I think it's not human lives, but lifespans, isn't it?"

Wu Zhao saw through the tricks of this lousy Witch Cult at a glance.

"Mr. Ye, did you give me this so I could witness the methods of the Witch Saint Cult?" Wu Zhao asked.

She didn't believe that Ye Linyan had simply delivered the items.

Sure enough, he quickly shook his head and said, "I just want to use this to get Miss Wu to see my grandfather. I think... Miss Wu shouldn't refuse, right?"

She was indeed very interested in how Shen Jiaojiao could be connected with this so-called Witch Saint Cult; perhaps the curse within her came from this lousy cult.

After thinking for a moment, just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Chen pushed open the door and walked in, seeing Wu Zhao and Ye Linyan sitting on the sofa chatting happily.

Gu Chen's gaze shifted slightly, and then he walked over and asked, "Mr. Ye, what brings you to my house? Aren't you always at the hospital?"

—What were you planning to do by coming over while he was away?

Ye Linyan shrugged and replied, "If Mr. Gu were home, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get in."

—Of course they're here to poach our employees, what else could they be doing?

Their eyes clashed, neither giving an inch.

Wu Zhao felt that the two people's aura was a bit strange, so she stood up and picked up the card.

"Since Mr. Ye has delivered the items, then I... would be impolite to refuse them."

She then looked at the two of them and said, "Um...you two continue, I'll go upstairs first."

After she left, Ye Linyan snorted coldly: "You're back pretty quickly. Those troublesome guys in the military must be hard to deal with, right?"

"Have you resolved the huge problem Yue Jinsheng left you with?"

He laughed gleefully.

Gu Chen's expression remained unchanged. "No need for you to worry about this. This is my home. If there's nothing else, Mr. Ye, please come in."

Ye Linyan glared at him, then laughed after thinking of something: "It's alright, Zhaozhao has already agreed to my conditions anyway, the Ye family... welcomes her to visit anytime."

His words were ambiguous, and he ignored Gu Chen's slightly changed expression before leaving.

Gu Chen stood there silently for a long time, thinking about what Wu Zhao had taken earlier, and then looked at Wu Zhao's door upstairs.

After hesitating for a moment, he went upstairs to Wu Zhao's door and knocked.

Before he could speak, Wu Zhao's voice came from inside the room: "Come in."

After calming his breathing, Gu Chen pushed open the door and entered.

"Zhaozhao, I—"

His voice trailed off in his throat.

With his back to him, Wu Zhao took off his clothes, revealing his smooth, fair back to Gu Chen's eyes.

The only flaw is a dark pattern on the back of her chest.

"Lan Yao, can you take a look at this for me—"

Wu Zhao didn't hear anything, so she turned around to ask Lan Yao for help, but when she turned around, she met Gu Chen's dark eyes.

"you--"

"I--"