“Such a pretty house.”
They were still a few hundred meters away, but Yu Wenhui could already see the pretty house on the riverbank.
Whoever can live here must be really rich, she thought.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a huge black bear charged out of the forest on the side of the road. Yu Wenhui slammed on the brakes. She’d almost hit the bear.
But the bear was so big and terrifying.
“How come you stopped?” Steven asked, opening his eyes.
“Mr. Steven, look…”
“Oh, we’re already here.” Seeing Princess, Steven opened the car door with a smile.
“Mr. Steven, don’t… Don’t you see that bear?”
“Yeah, I know her.” Steven got out of the car. “Hi, Princess.”
Princess ignored Steven. She turned and ducked into the forest on the other side. Immediately after, Black Ma and White Ma ran out too. They brushed past Steven and chased after Princess.
“Mr. Steven, don’t do these dangerous things anymore. Don’t you know that that bear can rip your head off?”
“She won’t. They’re all good friends. Okay, drive over there.”
When they reached the house, Yu Wenhui suddenly saw a slightly familiar figure standing there.
Wasn’t it that gangster? Was Steven here to see him?
“Go park in the garage.”
Steven got off and opened his arms. “Hi, Chen.”
“Don’t act like we’re close. We’ve already ended our friendship.”
“Don’t be like this. Look what I brought for you. I chose it just for you.”
Chen Zhao accepted Steven’s gift. His expression finally improved after he opened it. Right then, the Cursed Eye on Chen Zhao’s right hand opened again.
Thankfully, Chen Zhao’s palm was facing up. Steven didn’t see the open eye on the back of his hand. Otherwise, Steven would definitely be scared to death.
Chen Zhao looked at Steven and furrowed his brows.
“Let’s go in to talk.”
“Mr. Steven.” Yu Wenhui had finished parking. She fearfully put some distance between her and Chen Zhao.
“Who’s that?” Chen Zhao asked, confused.
“It’s all because of you that I fired Agatha. Then I got a new assistant. She’s from China like you.”
“Oh, take a seat anywhere outside. Steven, let’s go in.”
Yu Wenhui was barred from entering. After Chen Zhao and Steven entered, the glass door locked automatically.
Yu Wenhui could only find somewhere to sit. However, before she could settle in, she felt something soft under her. Touching it, she found that it was a snake and she almost got a heart attack. The snake slithered slowly and moved somewhere else. It curled up and continued to sunbathe.
Yu Wenhui didn’t dare to stay beside Raymond. She found another empty spot, but there was an even more terrifying guy. Obitos was sunbathing there.
…
“Chen, this is my report. Take a look.”
Chen Zhao accepted the report. He took a glance and tossed it to the side.
The report stated that Steven had the Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome, but it wasn’t true. Someone had actually cursed him with Age.
Seeing Chen Zhao’s actions, Steven’s heart fell.
“There’s no hope, right?”
“Answer my questions. Answer correctly and there’ll be hope. Answer incorrectly and you’ll die.”
“You have a solution?”
“When did this start?”
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“A few days ago.”
“When specifically?”
“Let me think…I think it’s the day after your visit.”
“Who did you interact with between me leaving and you starting to feel sick? Or did anything special happen?”
“Let me think…” Steven thought back and suddenly thought of Agatha. “Oh, Agatha poured water on me. I thought it was acid or something poisonous, but I got tested and it was just normal water.”
“Give me your hand and close your eyes.”
Steven obediently reached his hand over to Chen Zhao.
Chen Zhao opened the Mouth of Gluttony and sucked in deeply before Steven. The man instantly felt something leave his body and he felt much more relaxed.
“Chen, are you done?”
“You can open your eyes now.” Chen Zhao glanced at Steven. The curse was gone, but the aging caused by the curse couldn’t be reversed.
The Age curse had already gone into effect. This meant that Steven had aged decades in these past few days. Just like a disease, the curse would intensify as it went. He would age faster and faster.
If Steven had come to find Chen Zhao the first day that he started feeling sick, it wouldn’t be such a big problem. But so many days had passed and Steven’s rate of aging had sped up more and more.
The only solution now was the Spring of Youth.
“Wait.” Chen Zhao got up and mixed a bottle of the Spring of Youth.
Ten minutes later, he returned to Steven. “Drink this.”
“Huh? You want to get me drunk?”
“Shut up.”
“You really want me to drink it all?”
“Stop wasting time. If you want to live, then drink it. Drink as much as you can.”
“Give me a glass.”
“There’s no one here. Why do you want a glass? I’ll have to wash it later too. Just drink from the bottle.”
“You’re so uncivilized.”
Steven picked up the wine and poured it in his mouth. After the first gulp, he realized that it tasted better than he’d expected.
“Tastes great. Which winery is it from?”
“How come you rich people always ask about the winery whenever you drink red wine?”
After drinking half a bottle, Steven fell asleep. Chen Zhao picked up the remaining wine and put it away.
He tossed a blanket onto Steven and stopped caring about him.
Chen Zhao went into the yard and saw Yu Wenhui standing there.
“How come you’re not sitting?”
“There’s nowhere to sit. There’s a snake.” Yu Wenhui was terrified of the entire house. Of course, she was the most scared of Chen Zhao.
“It doesn’t bite,” Chen Zhao said.
But who would believe him? That was a snake, not a cat or dog.
“Where’s Steven?”
“He’s sleeping. You can go back first.”
“No, I must see Steven,” Yu Wenhui said, gathering her courage even though she feared Chen Zhao.
She didn’t believe that Steven would sleep in someone else’s house.
“He’s in the living room.” Chen Zhao found a chair and sat down.
When Yu Wenhui went to the living room, she indeed found Steven asleep on the sofa. He smelled of alcohol too.
Was he drunk?
Yu Wenhui didn’t know what to do. She wasn’t strong enough to pull Steven, but she didn’t think it was safe to leave him here alone.