My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

It didn't come as a surprise when Shen Minyao and Li Fei'er found out that their assumptions were right. Jin Qian's mother was confirmed to be long dead when they met Jiang Chen and Lu Anqi again. It was Saturday afternoon, and the three high school students finally had the free time to deal with Jin Qian's case, along with Jiang Chen. 

Apparently, during the time Jin Qian was confined in the hospital, her mother had gone to work several jobs at once. She worked to earn enough money for her daughter's treatment, only for her to get involved in an accident that took her life. 

"This… how do we tell her then that her mother has died?" Li Fei'er asked, glancing at them worriedly. She didn't think she had the heart to tell Jin Qian that the reason her mother had never returned was that she already died before her child. 

Jiang Chen shrugged. He wasn't really bothered how the ghost girl would react once she knew the truth. He already did his part and had fulfilled the favor Li Fei'er asked him. 

"Just tell her the truth, Li Fei'er. There's no other way to sugarcoat what truly happened," Lu Anqi said. 

"But didn't you say that her mother's soul is still trapped where the accident happened? She became a restless soul because she knew Jin Qian was still waiting for her return." Li Fei'er probed. Couldn't they really do something to help the mother and child reunite? 

Shen Minyao looked outside the restaurant where they were in. There's a way, but only a few psychics were able to move a ghost from one place to another. 

"Mr. Jiang should be able to seal her soul in an ornament and bring her to the ghost girl," she suggested to the three, much to the young man's irritation. 

"It's not that simple," Jiang Chen said, "There's a demonic presence in where she is, and I can't deal with demons right now. They are more handful than vengeful spirits." 

The young man was clearly annoyed that Shen Minyao raised the issue. Well, he would have done the sealing if only there wasn't a demon blocking his way to reach the dead woman's ghost at the intersection. 

"Mr. Jiang could also deal with demons?" Li Fei'er asked in surprise. Would it be possible for her to seek his help in finding the missing nine-tailed fox demon? 

"A demon, you say?" This time, Shen Minyao's tone was one with interest. 

"Do you want to help?" Jiang Chen asked, knowing what she was thinking at that moment. 

"Depends on what I could get out of it. Have you identified what kind of demon it was?" 

"No." The man shook his head. "But I might need your assistance, once again, to deal with it if we want to save Jin Qian's mother." 

"Should we help, too?" Li Fei'er asked. She was the one who promised Jin Qian to help in the first place, but most of the job had already been dealt with by Jiang Chen. 

"There's no need for that. Mr. Jiang and I should be enough to deal with it." Shen Minyao turned away Li Fei'er's help this time. Since they had no idea what kind of demon they would be dealing with this time, it was better to keep Li Fei'er and Lu Anqi away from it. 

"Alright. Then, we shouldn't waste our time here and do an inspection. What do you think, Miss Shen?" Jiang Chen stood from his seat and slipped his arms back in his black long coat. 

"Fine by me." Shen Minyao followed his lead and took her coat before regarding Li Fei'er who was seated next to her. "I suppose it's time for you to deliver the news to the ghost girl. We'll see you soon after Mr. Jiang and I collect the soul of her mother." 

"Okay." The young shaman was clearly displeased that Shen Minyao wouldn't allow her to tag along with them. She then took something from her purse and placed it on Shen Minyao's hand. It was the talismans she always had on her, just in case she encountered demons. 

"Bring these with you. I'll be happy if it can help you defeat the demon and save Jin Qian's mother," she said. 

Shen Minyao glared at the papers in her hand, while Jiang Chen looked at her with curiosity. If Shen Minyao was a lesser demon, she would have burned the moment the talisman touched her skin. However, she didn't. 

'Interesting,' Jiang Chen thought. Until now, he had no idea what kind of demon Shen Minyao was, and he was curious to know the answer. 

Shen Minyao placed the talisman in the pocket of her coat and nodded. 

"I'll surely make good use of it," she told Li Fei'er, ignoring the way Jiang Chen looked at her with amusement. Did he just think that she would reveal herself as a demon in front of Li Fei'er? Ridiculous! 

"Then, please be careful." Lu Anqi told the fox woman and her young boss. She understood why Jiang Chen didn't want her to tag along with them as they had once encountered a demon before, which almost killed her. 

Jiang Chen nodded at her and left the restaurant, with Shen Minyao and Xiao Bai following behind him. 

"You wouldn't bother to cooperate with us in Jin Qian's case if you haven't heard about the demon," he told the fox woman. 

"The ghost girl doesn't interest me at all," Shen Minyao admitted. If it wasn't for the demon he mentioned earlier, she wouldn't waste her time to help them at all. 

"How heartless of you, Miss Shen," Jiang Chen said with a mocking tone, but the fox woman wasn't least bothered by his words. She had heard worse insults than that. 

She watched as Jiang Chen unlocked his black sedan car and allowed her to get inside. She then buckled her seat belt and looked at the road as the car left.