The next day.
After enjoying a delicious meal and being fed several times by Si Yan Jiang Nuo finally regained some of her composure.
He counted his savings, then immediately grabbed Si Yan and drove off, heading straight to the old antique market to hunt for treasures.
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When Jiang Nuo isn't livestreaming or working, she likes to browse around here, and many shop owners already know her.
Nothing more than that; his unforgettable appearance is secondary. The important thing is that, unlike others who are ignorant, this person knows how to determine whether someone has been tainted by the resentment of a vengeful ghost.
There's an unwritten consensus in the antique market that those who work in this industry tend to have short lifespans.
After all, many of the treasures circulating in the market are from tomb raiders, which is somewhat of a gray industry. In the past, few people believed in them, but things are different now. There are even live streams featuring ghosts, and people on them have certified that ghosts exist.
If there were someone like Jiang Nuo who could appraise treasures, they could do whatever they wanted in the antique market.
"Oh, Jiang Nuo! You've finally come again! Auntie has recently acquired quite a few new treasures! We've been waiting for you to come and take a look."
The old woman had been sleeping with a palm-leaf fan covering her face, but when she heard a noise in front of the stall, she took off the fan and became excited.
"Grandma, you're sleeping like this, aren't you afraid all your good treasures will be snatched away?" Jiang Nuo and Si Yan came over hand in hand, their eyes crinkling with laughter, looking incredibly adorable at first glance.
"Hey, I'm old, but I'm not useless. I traveled all over the country when I was young, why would I be afraid of these thugs?"
The old woman lifted the blanket covering the back of her stall. "Come and take a look. Help me see if there are any tampered items."
Lately, I haven't been sleeping well, and I don't know if it's because my baby got into contact with something they shouldn't have.
Jiang Nuo glanced at the old woman's face before looking at the items on the stall, and precisely picked up the jade plum blossom clasp with a chipped edge.
"Where did you get this treasure?" Jiang Nuo asked.
Si Yan frowned, instinctively feeling a bit repulsed by the resentment emanating from the jade artifact. It was truly rare for resentment to cling to burial objects so strongly.
He held his finger to his nose and turned to gently inhale the faint fragrance emanating from Jiang Nuo's neck.
Jiang Nuo patted Si Yan on the back, "Is resentment making you uncomfortable?"
"Stinky." Si Yan said listlessly, clearly feeling terrible.
"I need to think about this carefully. It seems to be... the goods that Wang Laoliu got. He recently went to the Old Stockade Gate and brought back a lot of treasures."
The old woman recalled the incident and exclaimed in surprise, "Could the problem lie with this thing?"
"Yes and no, the problem lies with you," Jiang Nuo said mysteriously, then smiled and said, "I'll buy this jade piece, but you have to give me another treasure as a gift."
"I helped you out of trouble, so there should be some reward, shouldn't there?"
The old lady slapped her thigh and laughed, her face full of wrinkles, "Alright, alright, I'll give you another one."
She let Jiang Nuo choose, and hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, what exactly is the problem? I haven't been sleeping well lately, and I keep having a series of nightmares, it's so weird!"
Jiang Nuo squatted down beside the stall, picking through the less-than-perfect goods on the surface, searching for the better items underneath. Hearing this, she looked up at the old lady and waved for her to squat down as well.
"Are you planning to take in a daughter-in-law soon?"
"Oh right, my son is getting married next month, that's a wonderful thing, why am I having nightmares about it?"
The old woman was completely baffled.
"Your son probably deceived someone's feelings and even caused that person to commit suicide. His vengeful spirit is restless and seeing your son so happy, he's come to you asking you to do something about it."
As Jiang Nuo spoke, she picked out another fine treasure that could be used to create a ghost-suppressing formation.
The old woman. "... Huh?!"
She was struck dumb, speechless for a long time.
But she had no doubt about Jiang Nuo's words, which made it even harder for the old lady to accept.
He prided himself on never having done anything wrong in his life, never imagining that the problem would lie with his son!
"Then... what do you want from me? Is that girl still next to me? Wasn't she scary?"
The old woman immediately looked left and right, as if afraid that a ghost was following her.
Jiang Nuo smiled, revealing her white teeth, and reassured her, "Don't worry, she hasn't come out yet, but she's probably still at your house."
aunt. "..."
"What should we do?!"
Jiang Nuo selected a few treasures, took out two talismans, and stuffed them into the old woman's hand. "These can exorcise ghosts, but the ghost girl doesn't seem to have any ill intentions. Otherwise, you wouldn't still be standing here. You're probably waiting for an apology."
"It would be best to let your son go home, see her, and personally apologize."
"Okay, okay, okay!" The old lady carefully put away the talisman as if it were a treasure. Only after Jiang Nuo and the other person left did she make a phone call, cursing and telling the bastard to get back here.
The old woman's stall was not far from the market entrance. The deeper Jiang Nuo and Si Yan went, the stronger the resentment became.
Jiang Nuo then picked out a few more stalls that exuded that resentment, and when he asked about the treasures that were tainted with that resentment, each stall owner said that Wang Laoliu had brought them out from the Old Stockade Gate.
When they asked at the seventh stall, the tattooed man who owned the stall also recognized Jiang Nuo and asked him a few more questions when he saw that Jiang Nuo seemed to be deep in thought.
"Is there a problem? I saw you go to several stalls to ask questions."
Jiang Nuo: "This batch of goods brought out from the Old Stockade Gate is all problematic. It must be from a century-old tomb of a vengeful ghost, filled with extremely heavy resentment, capable of harming people."
He spoke without lowering his voice, and the shopkeepers at several nearby stalls heard him clearly, which shocked and angered them.
"Damn it, Wang Laoliu! He dares to put this kind of shoddy stuff out for sale!"
The tattooed man was furious and immediately asked the shopkeepers nearby, "Does any of you know where that bastard went? We haven't seen him for days."
"Oh no!" An old man who knew Wang Laoliu well called to inquire, his face turning ashen. " Wang Laoliu's wife said he died last night! He just got up to go to the toilet and died!"
This caused quite a stir, and everyone present, whether customers or shop owners, was terrified.
Jiang Nuo and Si Yan weren't particularly surprised; it would be strange if Wang Laoliu hadn't died after stealing the vengeful ghost's burial goods.
Amidst the commotion, Zhang Gou, who was holding up a camera tripod on the periphery, suddenly noticed the excitement and squeezed his way in, sweating profusely. He managed to get a general understanding of what was happening and then saw the live stream suddenly become incredibly popular.
He looked closely and saw that the comments were all using the same name.
Holy crap!! Is that God Nuo?!
I'd heard it was easy to bump into God Nuo at the antique market! Turns out it's true!!
[Host, please take more photos of God Nuo and Si Yan! I'll send you a gift!]
Zhang Gou was stunned. God Nuo... isn't that Jiang Nuo from that live stream?!
His eyes darted around, and he immediately set the footage he had just captured as the homepage image for his live stream. Sure enough, the number of viewers skyrocketed.
Overjoyed, Zhang Gou shouted, "Family! I saw Jiang Nuo today! As a streamer who fights against feudal superstitions, I'm here to fight against the hype and superstition!"
He rushed to the innermost part and roared at Jiang Nuo.
"You just want to get something for nothing! Where do ghosts come from in this world? You don't believe in science and yet you try to harm people!"
Jiang Nuo, who was inexplicably yelled at:??
He frowned, grabbed a ceramic jar at random, and threw it at Zhang Gou.
Oh no, I'm about to burst into tears again.
Jiang Nuo was startled and, not wanting to shed tears and lose face here, turned around and threw herself into Si Yan's arms.
Si Yan hugged him tightly with perfect understanding, glanced coldly at Zhang Gou who had been hit and was cursing under his breath, and then glanced at the phone that was broadcasting live.
"Roll."
"Why should I get out! I'm here to expose your feudal superstitions! So what if there's a live stream? It's all just for show!"
Zhang Gou was unwilling to let go of this wave of attention, so he waved his hand and asked the onlookers.
"Tell me! Do you all believe what Jiang Nuo says? A public figure spreading rumors!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that everyone around him was looking at him like he was an idiot.