1TWITF[C Chapter 136

Chapter 136

In an instant, a warning bell rang in Lin Chu’s heart.

Judging by the brushstrokes, the sketchbooks Lu Yanli, initially using the alias Jiang Bai, took from the library, the one she just retrieved from Yu Huaiyao’s corpse, and the one in her hand should all be from the same artist. That is to say, the artist of the sketchbooks is indeed Lu Yanli, no doubt.

But which Lu Yanli could it be?

The sketchbook retrieved from Yu Huaiyao’s corpse was covered in bloodstains, almost unreadable. She flipped through it casually; it might be the one Jiang Yu had seized after Lu Yanli initially took it out. But now, why is Lu Yanli planning to draw an identical one?

No, that’s not right…

Given Lu Yanli’s memory, if the previous one was truly his, at least if it was drawn by the current him, he wouldn’t mistake the colors. Although these two colors are somewhat similar, they are definitely not the same.

So, is he faking it? And the previous one definitely wasn’t drawn by the current him. Perhaps he didn’t examine it thoroughly, or he wouldn’t have made such a basic mistake.

Moreover, he doesn’t seem to be hiding anything from her at all. Does the current him even know that Yu Huaiyao is dead?

“Yu Huaiyao in this world is dead,” Lin Chu said.

She didn’t mention the sketchbook beside Yu Huaiyao’s body, as if it were just a casual question after flipping through it.

“Is the cause of death confirmed?” Lu Yanli paused for a second.

“Axe, a single fatal blow.” Lin Chu stared at him, without mentioning the suspicious points of the sketchbook.

She was assessing the suspicious points of this Lu Yanli.

Lu Yanli didn’t bat an eye, but his brain started racing: an axe, a single fatal blow, sounds a lot like himself indeed.

Is she testing him?

He could sense that although she was talking about Yu Huaiyao, she was clearly very concerned about the sketchbook he was drawing, and, remembering that Lin Chu had seen the sketchbook before, he realized that perhaps something was wrong with it.

“My previous sketchbook went missing, but I think it’s important, so I plan to redraw it,” he said.

“Not yet.”

In the last panel, the background changed. The surrounding buildings had hints of modernity. The king was still there, standing on a mountaintop with his arms open, looking ecstatic, clearly enjoying paradise.

As she expected, Lu Yanli agreed. Only after leaving did Lu Yanli realize that Lin Chu suddenly had several companions, and she seemed to be their leader.

“These are all outsiders.” Lin Chu found it difficult to explain her identity, but she didn’t plan to hide it completely. She lightly glossed over it, hinting that she would explain clearly in the future.

“You unlucky things! Get out of here!”

“All of you get out! Get far away! Go to hell!!”

“They see us as bringers of misfortune,” Lin Chu said.

Zhuang Ci urged, “Xiao Gao, drive faster.”

The driver, Xiao Gao, responded and stepped on the gas. Just as they were about to pass a corner, the shops there exploded without warning. The powerful shockwave directly blew open half of the car door. In the instant the glass shattered, everyone instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes—

A bomb was thrown into the car through the shattered windshield.

“Go! Quickly!” Lin Chu, sitting behind the driver, raised her hand and slapped Xiao Gao on the head, practically roaring the order in his ear.

In the rearview mirror, a small firestorm exploded in mid-air. Their hearing was very sharp, and they could hear the screams of people on the tall buildings on both sides, and the sound of residential windows shattering.

Zhuang Ci and the others were still discussing who had thrown the bomb, but Lu Yanli and Lin Chu already had solemn expressions.

The person who can use this kind of homemade bomb and throw it accurately…

Damn it, isn’t he dead? Could it be that he’s okay? Or is there someone else?

“Don’t worry about that now, let’s get to the tunnel quickly.” No matter who the mastermind is, since they’re trying so hard to stop them from going to the tunnel, that means there must be some secret there.

Lu Yanli didn’t speak. He craned his neck to look around. Suddenly, his gaze sharpened like a hawk spotting prey. With a flick of his wrist, he threw a dagger straight out.

“Who is it?!” Lin Chu looked back suddenly, but didn’t see anything.

“He’s gone, I didn’t see him clearly.” Lu Yanli withdrew his hand, still somewhat unwilling.

Time was of the essence; he couldn’t chase after him.

The blood-clothed man, whose face he didn’t see clearly, had caught his knife just now and retreated into the shadows.

He didn’t seem like a ghost.

Who is it?

Lu Yanli’s heart felt heavy.

The truth of the world… the truth of the eerie…

Lu Yanli reached out and touched his chest, where there was a scar he had carved out himself. So far, there were no new marks on his body, and the original marked area no longer felt as cold as it used to.

But he didn’t feel any sense of relief. His intuition told him that it was useless, everything was in vain, that thing was still looking for him.

“Finally arrived.” Passing through the dense forest, until the log cabin appeared, and not far away, was the tunnel through the mountains.

The vehicle stopped at the tunnel entrance. It was pitch black inside, and no one could see anything. Gusts of cold wind blew from inside, causing goosebumps.

Zhuang Ci looked around, somewhat uneasy.

After regaining her memories, her body was covered in red marks. This came from an experiment done by the research institute. After success, she would be very sensitive to the aura of “that thing.”

She felt that she seemed to be sensing it.

“Where did you find out she was missing?” Lin Chu turned around, after looking around, and asked Xiao Gao.

Xiao Gao swallowed saliva: “Just… just after coming out, I turned my head and found she wasn’t behind the truck anymore.”

“She was there before entering the tunnel?”

According to this, there is only one possibility, she disappeared in the tunnel for no reason.

With their understanding of her speed, it would be difficult for her to escape from a moving vehicle silently.

Therefore, it is only possible that she was forced to leave for some reason.

“Strange… I seem to…” Xiao Gao opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something. Zhuang Ci realized that something was wrong with him and quickly walked over: “What’s wrong?”

The latter was distracted, suddenly widening his eyes in horror, “I remember! I…”

Before he could finish speaking, a huge wound suddenly appeared on his shoulder.

Then, it was his neck, waist, legs… In an instant, he was like a doll that had been cut into several pieces and pieced together, but finally couldn’t bear the weight and broke apart. Limbs and flesh scattered everywhere, and hot blood spurted out.

“What happened?!” Lin Chu watched him with her peripheral vision, never expecting that Xiao Gao would die right under their noses. She rushed over to check, but found nothing.

“Captain, like this… aren’t you worried about her losing control?” Zhuang Ci hesitated.

The longer the time, the greater the possibility of losing control.

That person also had a red statue in his hand. His coat was no longer an ominous blood red, but changed to one that looked harmless.

He walked forward slowly, and after a long time, he came out of the tunnel, looked around, revealing a satisfied expression. Then, he took off the masked cloth.

That face was exactly the same as the Lu Yanli who was with Lin Chu and others at this moment.

He is also Lu Yanli.

He came to a room decades ago, a large room filled with old and gorgeous furniture. The room was also plastered with posters of a woman.

In the large room, there was also a woman dressing up. She was very beautiful, and looked exactly like the woman in the poster. A woman with such beauty also possessed a beautiful singing voice. Besides receiving cheers on the stage, what she liked to do most was to look at herself in the mirror, admiring her own reflection.

Suddenly, she noticed a figure in the mirror, and quickly turned her head in surprise: “You’re here?”

“Yes, I’m here,” Lu Yanli said.

He looked around the room and found traces of the idol, expressing satisfaction: “Very good, you are very pious.”

Hearing his praise, the woman was very happy and continued, “There’s one more thing, I’ve already learned that song.”

Lu Yanli nodded, and the woman immediately went to prepare. Before long, things were prepared. Lu Yanli didn’t want anyone else to drive, but acted as the driver himself. Lan Zhiyu sat in the back seat, feeling uneasy and faintly excited about an unknown journey.

Unfortunately, Lu Yanli’s expression was cold throughout, without even a smile, which made Lan Zhiyu, who wanted to ask him if he was going to develop new followers, unable to speak and could only guess secretly.

Unexpectedly, after a long drive, they stopped at the door of a detached house in the city.

“Lin residence?” Lan Zhiyu muttered in her heart, but didn’t say it out loud, and saw Lu Yanli get out of the car, so she quickly followed.

Lu Yanli wore clothes that didn’t seem too strange in this era, and put on a mask at some point. After he stepped forward and knocked on the door, someone quickly opened the door for them.

Lu Yanli nodded to that person: “Please say that an old friend has come.”

Lu Yanli pushed his way into the door, ignoring the people and scenery in the courtyard, and walked straight in. Lan Zhiyu always felt that he seemed to be looking for something, but she couldn’t tell what it was.

This house was also a bit strange, with various Taoist talismans and array disks. Lu Yanli walked in without looking at them. Soon, a middle-aged man came out to greet him.

So many years have passed, everyone has grown old, but he is still young. Sure enough…

“The misfortune has been eliminated. From today onwards, he can come out,” Lu Yanli said.

I heard… many years ago, when their siblings were just born, it was because this master predicted that in the future, her brother would bring disaster to the entire Lin family. Therefore, in order to avoid misfortune, her brother had to be locked in the house, and could not go out a step until the time came.

The sister’s hand stroked her brother’s leg.

Once, the brother wanted to climb over the wall and go out, but after being caught, the father was so angry that he used family law and broke one of his legs, which took more than half a year to fully heal.

He knew, of course he knew.

For the past dozen years, he wished he could kill the other person.

Just because of this ridiculous prediction from some dogshit master, he had been trapped in the house for a full eighteen years!

Eighteen years! He had never been out!

Even when his sister got married, and should have been carried out by her brother, it was a cousin who did it for him. He could only stand at the door and watch the group of people blow and beat their way away.

The sister whispered: “Father will probably call us to see the guest later, you…”

Before the sister could finish speaking, the young man said fiercely: “I won’t go!”

He was so angry that his chest heaved, and he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: “If I go, I’ll take a knife and stab this bastard to death!”

“Shh, don’t let them hear you.” The sister quickly covered his mouth, “You know Father’s temper.”

The young man endured and endured, but still didn’t say anything.

After a while, the two’s mother came to knock on the door, and sure enough, she called them to meet the guest in the front. She looked radiant, as if she had encountered some great thing.

The sister gently pulled her brother’s hand. The brother reluctantly struggled twice, but was still pulled away by her. One hand gently pulled the sister, and the other hand clenched tightly, planning to punch the person in the face when they met later.

He just raised his face to ridicule his greatest enemy in this life, but before he could speak, his eyes were attracted by the young girl beside that person, and he froze in place, unable to hear what the others were saying.

The world seemed to have lost its color, only she…

Lan Zhiyu didn’t care. She was used to such gazes, smiled at the young man, and nodded. The middle-aged man strode over and slapped his dazed son hard on the back: “What? Are you happy to be silly?”

The young man only felt disgusted.

Why should his ability to go out depend on another liar?

Bah! I don’t care!

Although he had always been dissatisfied with his fate, and hated the culprit who caused all this, when he really stood in front of the other person… yes, he admitted, he flinched, he was afraid.

There was an extremely terrifying aura on that person. He was indeed… a little afraid.

The parents were excited. In their view, it was normal to make necessary sacrifices for the family. Just like the son couldn’t go out for eighteen years, just like their daughter, getting married and having children early for the family…

“Has this child been named?” No one expected that Lu Yanli’s attention would suddenly be focused on the girl’s bulging belly.

The girl shook her head, walking out from beside her mother: “Not yet.”

“Huh? Me?” The girl widened her eyes.

The girl thought for a long time.

“Her birthday is probably at the beginning of the year, so let’s call her… Lin Chu, Chu, meaning the beginning.”

Lu Yanli laughed.

He was wearing a hideous mask, and laughing made people uncomfortable, but at this moment, his voice was as gentle as his gaze.

“You gave her a good name.”