Chapter 272
Do you know her?
Chapter 272 Do you know her?
"How did we get back? What was the reason?"
Lin Lin waved the flashlight in her hand, and the white beam fell on the dimly lit archive room, illuminating the dust floating in the air.
Lu Jinzhao shook his head slightly: "I'm not sure. It might be what my mother said, but there are other possibilities."
Mentioning this, Lin Lin couldn't help but ask, "It's amazing! Do you think those conversations we just had were real or fake?"
Lu Jinzhao pursed her lips. "It might be true."
She re-examined everything she had previously considered normal: her mother who bore no resemblance to her, her distant relationship with her mother and father who were more like friends than partners, the non-existent birth record, and the dazed look in her mother's eyes when she occasionally glanced at her.
These are not concrete evidence, but rather mere speculation. However, Lu Jinzhao's intuition tells him that these details point to that possibility.
"But whether he's your biological son or not doesn't matter to you, right?" Lin Lin said with a smile.
"Hmm." Lu Jinzhao nodded gently. What she wanted to know was what had happened in the past, whether her mother's death was truly an accident or there was more to it than met the eye.
When she learned that her mother might not be her biological mother, she was surprised, but she didn't think much of it. A mother is a mother, and that won't change because of whether they are related by blood or not.
She didn't care about those things.
As for Lu Xingchun.
"How do you think she feels?" Lu Jinzhao asked Lin Lin carefully.
Although no name was mentioned, Lin Lin immediately understood who Lu Jinzhao's "she" referred to.
“Her…” She deliberately drew out the word, keeping everyone in suspense. With the investigation in the archives coming to an end, she walked out with Lu Jinzhao, pondering as she answered, “She looks a lot like you.”
"Their smile is very similar, and so is their impatient yet feigned gentleness."
"What do you mean by 'pretending'?" Lu Jinzhao was speechless.
"It's all pretense," Lin Lin affirmed. "You secretly curse someone in your heart, but on the surface you still have to smile and talk to them, acting all respectable, huh?"
The last few words, with their convoluted tone, were clearly meant to sound sarcastic or unsettling.
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Lu Jinzhao seemed about to speak but then stopped!
"However," Lin Lin changed the subject, "that Lord Deer is indeed gentler than you, that's the impression I get."
Lu Jinzhao is a little gentle, but Lu Xingchun is much gentler.
"What is Lord Deer?" Lu Jinzhao was puzzled. What kind of strange title was this? Lin Lin always liked to give people strange nicknames.
“You are Lord Little Deer, and she is Lord Big Deer,” Lin Lin replied matter-of-factly.
"What exactly is an adult?"
"Never mind that."
".OK!"
During their conversation, the two had already left the library.
The moment Lu Jinzhao stepped out of the library, she clearly felt that her whole body became a little "warmer".
It wasn't just because the library had been closed for too long and hadn't seen sunlight, but also because of the unsettling, chilly atmosphere inside.
Lu Jinzhao turned around and looked at the library that had been abandoned for many years. It stood quietly in the sunlight, and even though there was nothing to block its view, the sunlight could not dispel the eerie feeling it gave off.
It's as if it's not standing in the sunlight, but in the shadows.
In fact, it wasn't just the library; wherever there were buildings on campus, they all exuded that eerie atmosphere.
It's like a haunted building in a horror novel that would be chosen as an adventure destination.
When they came in, the weather was fine and the eerie atmosphere wasn't so severe yet. Now, as evening approached, the quiet campus seemed to be shrouded in a curtain.
"Let's go, we need to tell the others about the unusual situation in Anning City."
As Lin Lin spoke, she naturally looked at Lu Jinzhao and said, "I have to go back to the capital and can't accompany you back to Yuncheng."
“Okay.” Lu Jinzhao nodded. “Let’s go to the airport now. I also need to go back to Yuncheng.”
She needed to consult a fortune teller about something.
Moreover, she needed to discuss the issues in Anning City with the top officials in Yuncheng. The two parted ways at the airport. Lu Jinzhao returned to Yuncheng, and the moment she disembarked after landing, she once again felt the subtle climatic difference between Anning City and Yuncheng.
"Even the air feels fresher."
Lu Jinzhao took two deep breaths to confirm that she wasn't mistaken; the air was indeed fresher. The air in Anning City always felt murky and viscous to her, though it was far less stuffy than inside the platform.
What are you doing?
Sheepskin looked at her in confusion, not understanding why Lu Jinzhao was suddenly trying to breathe.
"You're alive?"
Lu Jinzhao asked in surprise, "Why didn't you speak in Anning City? Do you not like to talk?"
There's not much to say.
I warned you not to go to Anning City; it's very dangerous there. Since you chose to go, I have nothing more to say.
Why repeat myself when there's nothing to say?
"You didn't tell me where the danger was, so why are you throwing a tantrum now?"
"Besides, I didn't encounter any danger at all. You're actually lying, aren't you?" Lu Jinzhao said deliberately.
Sure enough, the sheepskin bristled the next second.
【I lied?!】
That woman is dangerous! You have no idea!
[You think Anning City is some kind of great place now? If you've been there once, you've already been chosen!]
It even ignored Lu Jinzhao's comment that it was throwing a tantrum, focusing entirely on the danger.
However, these few words did give Lu Jinzhao a lot of information.
You've been selected?
Lu Jinzhao thought about the supernatural aura she had sensed in Anning City, and then she thought of Lin Lin. If she had been chosen by something because she had been to Anning City, then Lin Lin must have been chosen as well. She had to share this information with her so that she could prepare in advance.
Then, Lu Jinzhao focused his questioning on another piece of information.
"That woman? Who? Lu Xingchun?"
The most special person I met during my trip to Anning City was Lu Xingchun.
Sheepskin suddenly realized what he had just revealed and fell silent again.
"You know her?"
I don't know him.
Sheepskin immediately denied it.
Lu Jinzhao didn't believe it. She thought for a moment, then asked slowly with a provocative tone, "Let me think. Have you ever scolded the woman you consider dangerous? You can't be too afraid to even scold her, can you?"
Of course I cursed her! I swore a terrible curse upon her! She's dead!
This sounds familiar; I think Yangpi said something like that.
Who did Yangpi insult?
Lu Jinzhao thought about it carefully. The guy cursed her the most. Other passengers who appeared next to her would occasionally be affected. When he was in a bad mood, he would curse anyone he saw. But even Lu Jinzhao didn't know him. He only cursed that one person.
That "vicious" woman is suspected to be the one who stuffed the sheepskin, this ghost, into the sheep's body.
"Did Lu Xingchun turn you into a sheep?" Lu Jinzhao suddenly asked.
Sheepskin remained silent.
Lu Jinzhao then changed her question: "How did you offend her?"
Sheepskin remained silent.
It seems determined not to speak to Lu Jinzhao today and to reveal any further information.
However, Lu Jinzhao is now almost certain that what Yangpi was talking about was Lu Xingchun.
Lu Xingchun is real; what she and Lin Lin saw wasn't an illusion. Therefore, what her mother said is very likely true.
(End of this chapter)