The next morning, Ji Chengzhi woke up and she saw him out the door. Then, precisely at eight o'clock, she took out a piece of Golden Talisman Paper from the little sandalwood box she brought, burned it, put it in a bowl, and drank it down with water.
It was hard to drink, the taste was difficult, the odor was unpleasant, especially after the black stuff soaked into the water.
Still, she forced herself to drink it.
After drinking, she took a small green bottle she had brought with her, went to the bathroom, and took a bath with the liquid inside. Only then did she go to work.
Ji Chengzhi had no idea what she was doing at home. Except for the day she came back, when her spirits were excessively high, he saw no other unusual signs afterwards and thought nothing more of it.
But who could have guessed, more than a month later, she suddenly started vomiting inexplicably, and specifically would vomit the moment she smelled the scent of cooking oil smoke.
