Chapter 43: Who Cast the Curse?

Hu Tao’s face instantly swelled.

Fish scales mixed with blood fell down, and she was in excruciating pain and itching.

It was unbearable, so unbearable.

Not only was there physical pain, but also the pain of being slapped by Wang Hu.

He was her son…

Hu Tao screamed, desperately grabbing Wang Hu’s hair, pulling off a large piece of fish scale from her face.

“Wang Hu, I’m your mother! How could you hit me?!”

“Ah—!”

Wang Hu was instantly covered in blood; he had completely lost his reason.

“You hit me, and I’ll kill you!!”

The two of them fought recklessly, Wang Liangshan suffering a terrible headache, forcefully pulling them apart. The scene was chaotic.

Wang Qian laughed. “Good fight! Let’s all die together!”

Hu Tao must be heartbroken right now. Her dearest son actually wanted to kill her.

Whenever there was something good, Hu Tao thought of her son, and it was the same with the fish.

Unexpectedly, everyone who ate the fish was cursed. Wang Hu ate the most, so he died the fastest.

Hu Tao personally pushed her son to hell; it was truly retribution.

Wang Qian laughed until tears came out, continually fueling the fire.

“Grab his hair, Wang Hu!”

“Tear off his fish scales, Hu Tao!”

Wang Liangshan’s temples throbbed. When did his family become like this, wishing each other dead?

In his eyes, his wife was a little suspicious, his son a little rebellious, and his daughter a little willful, but they were all good people.

When did this loving family change?

Lin Xi threw out a binding talisman.

Hu Tao and Wang Hu were like a paused video, maintaining strange poses, motionless, still cursing.

“Die!”

“Wang Hu, I’m your mother! You die!”

Lin Xi walked over and placed a silencing talisman on each of them.

Finally, it was quiet.

Hu Tao and Wang Hu’s mouths moved, but no sound came out.

Seeing this, Wang Qian tightly covered her mouth, afraid she might become the same.

Wang Liangshan suddenly came to his senses. “Master Lin, you must think this is a joke.”

Lin Xi asked, “You know everything. Do you still want to solve this curse?”

Wang Liangshan swept his gaze across Hu Tao, Wang Hu, and Wang Qian’s faces, silent for a minute.

He spoke slowly. “Master Lin, I beg you.”

He couldn’t ignore his wife, son, and daughter.

Wang Liangshan said word by word, “Master Lin, I am willing to do anything to atone for that koi, hoping it will spare Hu Tao and the other two.”

Lin Xi glanced at him, her expression meaningful. “They have two kinds of fish scales.”

Wang Liangshan was puzzled. “They killed two fish?”

Wang Qian shook her head and shouted, “Dad, besides that golden koi, I definitely didn’t kill any other fish.”

Wang Liangshan was completely confused. “Why are there two kinds of fish scales?”

“Ask the koi.”

Lin Xi stroked her chin.

The dark brown fish scales on Hu Tao and the others were enough to plunge them into endless suffering, ultimately leading to their deaths.

The person who cast the curse harbored deep resentment towards them and used the most malicious spell.

Lin Xi looked at the only one who was conscious, Wang Qian. “You said you saw the koi that turned into a ghost.”

Wang Qian nodded, not daring to hide anything. “Last night, I was so itchy I couldn’t sleep. When I opened my eyes, I saw a dark shadow that looked a bit like a fish.”

“The shadow circled around my head and then left.”

Lin Xi began to understand the koi’s intentions.

What a foolish fish, turning into a ghost and coming to the Wang family.

“We’ll wait here for the koi to come.”

Wang Liangshan cautiously spoke up, “Master, should we prepare anything?”

“No need. The koi will definitely come,” Lin Xi replied coolly. “Get me a chair.”

Wang Liangshan said, “Li San.”

Li San resignedly complied.

As night gradually fell, Hu Tao and Wang Hu remained in their positions, their bodies sore and unbearably itchy, yet unable to move.

Wang Qian sat in the bathtub, silent.

The room was dark, without any lights.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared on the wall.

The dark figure passed through the wall and, seeing the state of the room, seemed momentarily stunned.

It flicked its tail and flew toward Wang Qian.

Lin Xi stepped forward. “Koi, hello.”

Upon hearing her voice, the koi’s eyes suddenly widened.

Wow, this human can see me.

It circled around Lin Xi for a full five seconds.

She emitted a sparkling light.

So lovely, let’s get closer.

Lin Xi stood in place, while the koi seemed very happy.

For ordinary people—no, for ordinary fish—seeing a human would usually prompt a hasty retreat.

Lin Xi reached out her hand, and the koi puckered its lips, gently kissing her fingertip.

Now, the koi was even more excited.

It arched its tail and blew bubbles in the air.

Kissed the sparkling little human, so happy.

Oh no, there were still important matters to attend to; it couldn’t be this happy.

The koi stopped blowing bubbles and flew toward Wang Hu.

Lin Xi spoke again, “Koi, why did you come to the Wang family?”

The koi opened its mouth and made a strange sound, “Gulu gulu…”

Lin Xi couldn’t understand fish talk at all.

“Do you know human language?”

The koi shook its head. “Gulu gulu~”

Animals have a special bone in their throats, and if it is refined, they can speak human language.

Lin Xi gently touched the koi’s head. “It might hurt a bit, so bear with it.”

The koi kissed her palm.

Excited, it pressed against the little human again.

Her palm felt so comfortable; it was happy.

The cool sensation reached Lin Xi, and she couldn’t help but smile. This fish actually liked to cuddle.

She gathered spiritual energy at her fingertips, locating the special bone, and gently poked it.

The koi blinked, as if something had changed in its body.

It opened its mouth. “Little human.”

Hey? It could speak now!

“Happy.”

The koi’s voice was soft and sweet, with a hint of a playful tone.

It had just learned to speak and wasn’t quite used to it, spitting out only two or three words at a time.

“Thank you, little human.”

“No need to thank me,” Lin Xi said. “My name is Lin Xi.”

The koi opened its mouth. “My name is Koi, great one.”

“I came…” It thought for seven seconds. “To find someone.”

Wang Liangshan immediately knelt down. “Great Koi, I know my family has wronged you.”

“I hope you will show mercy and spare their lives. My Wang family is willing to worship you for generations and honor you as the Fish Immortal.”

The koi tilted its head, observing him, not understanding his meaning.

Why is this person kneeling to me? Is he making a wish?

He looked somewhat familiar.

Not certain, it took another look.

The koi flew in front of him, and Wang Liangshan broke out in a cold sweat, lowering his head even more.

“Great Koi, I hope you will be lenient and spare the lives of these three.”

The koi still didn’t understand his words.

This human speaks so complicatedly.

It irritably blew a bubble.

“Don’t be afraid; stand up.”

Wang Liangshan didn’t understand its meaning and instinctively looked at Lin Xi. “Master, what does the Great Koi mean?”

Lin Xi sighed helplessly.

Wang Liangshan spoke in a flowery manner, using three idioms in a single sentence.

The koi couldn’t understand at all.

Lin Xi said, “You’re asking the wrong person. The koi is telling you to stand up.”

“No, I won’t stand up.” Wang Liangshan knocked his head on the ground. “If the Great Koi doesn’t forgive me, I will never stand up.”

The koi pouted and flew behind Lin Xi.

This adult human is really annoying; it doesn’t like him.

It prefers the sparkling little human.

Lin Xi moved her lips to explain, “The koi didn’t cast the fish scale curse. It came to the Wang family to save these three.”

She spoke clearly. “If the koi hadn’t intervened, Hu Tao, Wang Hu, and Wang Qian would have been dead long ago.”

Wang Liangshan was extremely shocked.

“Who exactly cast the curse?”