Chapter 271
[Rebirth]
Chapter 271 [Rebirth]
Lu Jinzhao hesitated about how to answer the question.
She certainly couldn't tell the truth, because this place was most likely not the real past.
If it were truly the past, she would also consider whether her words would have any butterfly effect.
Moreover, this place is very likely just a platform, so she can't say anything more.
No one can be sure what the consequences will be, what exactly heard these words, or what cause and effect they will ultimately lead to.
Just as Lu Jinzhao was hesitating about how to start the conversation, two figures ran up from one side of the corridor.
"Sister Xingchun, what are you doing here?"
The speaker's voice was somewhat high-pitched, and he couldn't speak very coherently, as if he were weak.
This familiar way of speaking, even though the tone of voice was slightly different, made Lu Jinzhao subconsciously think of her mother, Yu Li.
She turned her head and looked at the person running towards her.
He was dressed in clothes from that era, and because he lacked food and nutrition from a young age, he appeared to be exceptionally short.
Her somewhat rough skin and wheat-colored complexion prevented her from looking too thin, and you could tell from her walking posture and physique that she was a very energetic girl.
She frowned, her thick eyebrows furrowed, and her bright, clear eyes fell on Lu Xingchun with a hint of displeasure: "I've been looking for you for ages!"
This is completely different from the mother that Lu Jinchao remembers.
In her memory, her mother's skin was whiter—or rather, deathly pale, with more signs of hardship and age on her face. Back then, her mother's brows were always slightly furrowed, but unlike now, it didn't seem intentional. Years later, her mother's brows seemed to furrow unconsciously, as if some regret was forever etched on her, causing her to unconsciously furrow her brows.
Her temperament is completely different now, though her stubbornness remains the same. But now it's vibrant, while years later it's lifeless, like someone who's walked into a dead end, hit a wall but still refuses to turn back—a lifeless stubbornness.
Unlike now, when it was full of vigor, like a newborn calf.
Lu Jinzhao's gaze, filled with a mix of nostalgia and curiosity, fell on Yu Li, but Yu Li completely ignored her and Lin Lin, two strangers, and instead leaned closer to Lu Xingchun, demanding an "explanation."
Lu Xingchun could only apologize: "I'm sorry, I ran into two interesting people and wasted time. Please forgive me this time, Lili."
Yu Li snorted defiantly, "Forgive me again? This is the fourth time this month!"
“Interesting people? Who are they?” Yu Li said, turning her head with a hint of inquiry to look at the two strangers who had delayed Lu Xingchun’s time. There weren’t many people that Lu Xingchun found interesting.
But when she touched Lu Jinzhao's face, her tough gaze softened unconsciously.
It looks so.
This girl looks just like Lu Xingchun.
Almost instinctively, she gave him a friendly look: "Who are you? What's your name?"
The strong sense of intrusion was palpable. Even just a few words or expressions were enough for Lu Jinzhao to feel that her current mother was an extremely proactive and aggressive person, which was quite different from her mother many years later.
Years later, Yu Li is more like a giant rock standing firm on a mountaintop, unchanging with the changing seasons and no longer easily moved by anything. But if she were to fall, the earth would tremble.
While still tough, Yuri now has thorns.
Lu Jinzhao said in a good-natured manner, "Hello, my name is Lu Jinzhao, and this is my best friend Lin Lin."
"Your surname is Lu?" Yu Li's expression turned strange. She looked at Lu Xingchun and Lu Mishan, who had a very low profile, with suspicion. "Are you related to someone?"
Lu Mishan silently shook his head to indicate that he did not know, while Lu Xingchun remained subtly silent.
Yu Li felt they must be relatives, otherwise they wouldn't have the same surname and look so alike!
Lin Lin's expression was also quite subtle at this moment.
Something she had never cared about before, or rather, something she couldn't care about, was now laid bare before her.
Lu Jinzhao looks completely different from Yu Li. Young Yu Li and young Lu Jinzhao standing together look like two complete strangers!
She only resembles Lu Xingchun and Lu Mishan, and is extremely similar to Lu Xingchun.
It's almost like...
"She might be your daughter." As Lin Lin speculated, Lu Xingchun's words, tinged with a hint of probing and deeper meaning, rang in her ears.
"impossible!"
Yu Li immediately denied it loudly.
She sensed something, leaned closer to Lu Xingchun, sniffed lightly with her nose, and then concluded: "You used your destiny? What did you do?"
Knowing that Lu Xingchun had just used his destiny, Yu Li hesitated for a moment, but then immediately said with certainty, "Impossible. You know I was pushed into the river in the winter and lost my ability to have children!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhao couldn't help but close his eyes tightly.
--What?
What have we lost?
You're saying my mom is infertile?!
Damn it, this must be a hallucination! Wake up right now!
【ha.】
Sheepskin laughed again.
But it was the sheepskin's mockery that made Lu Jinzhao realize that this might not be a hallucination, nor was it the "NPC" in the illusion talking nonsense.
This might be true.
Are you kidding me?
So whose daughter is she?
Lu Jinzhao opened his eyes and his gaze fell on Lu Xingchun.
Perhaps it's not hard to guess.
The ground suddenly began to shake, as if a scene from a disaster movie was playing out again.
Lu Jinzhao felt that this scene was very familiar, or rather, that the shock was very familiar.
Just like the scene she encountered in her last hallucination at the last platform.
The once bright sunlight began to dim, and the sun seemed to be slowly disappearing.
Strangely, Yu Li, Lu Mishan, and Lu Xingchun in front of her did not show any change in expression, only Lin Lin grabbed her with a slightly flustered look.
It seems they couldn't feel the earthquake that made the world tremble.
Is it ending?
Lu Jinzhao had assumed that she and Lin Lin would stay here longer, at least until the end of the school anniversary celebration.
Was it because of what Yuri said?
There had been no warning before, but after Yu Li said those words, the earth began to shake violently.
It is impossible to determine the exact number of deer today.
The intense tremor made it impossible for her to steady herself. She saw Yu Li's surprised gaze; perhaps in Yu Li's eyes, she and Lin Lin were strange people who couldn't even stand on flat ground.
Lu Xingchun seemed to realize something, and she quickly walked up to Lu Jinzhao and grabbed her hand:
“I don’t know if I’ve guessed something, but if you have, since you’ve met me now, that means…” She didn’t continue.
He quickly changed the subject: "We've been chosen to participate in the next Death Platform, in a month, and it's called [Rebirth]."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Jinzhao suddenly felt a silence. All sounds disappeared, the vibrations stopped, and she was back in that decaying, moldy archive room.
Happy birthday to me! ouo
(End of this chapter)