Chapter 7 Mutation_1
"Sure," you nodded with absolute certainty.
"Strange, too strange. Not only has your fate been tampered with, but you've also awakened the Third Eye. This doesn't make sense," she muttered to herself before entering her own bedroom.
Your mom's true identity was that of a Feng Shui master who also dabbled in fortune-telling. She was always secretive about her work and never let you get involved with it.
Soon she came out of the bedroom, holding a turtle shell and some oddly shaped stones.
She poured the stones into the turtle shell and handed it to you, "Shake it seven times up, eight times down, then pour the stones out."
Though you didn't understand why, you shook the turtle shell as she instructed. When you poured out the stones, they arranged themselves into the shape of that curse mark!
"This... this is too mystical, isn't it?"
You picked up the stones and tried twice more, and both times the result was the same!
"Mom, what's going on?"
Your mom didn't speak. She just sat on the couch, holding her forehead, then picked up her phone and dialed a number. The call connected, and the voice on the other end sounded somewhat hoarse, "Who is it?"
"Uncle San, it's me, Xiao Hong."