Chapter 559: Spin-off: Cause and Effect, and Rules 4
“Wow! There’s actually an ancient tomb hidden here!”
Shen Yan, who had entered the tomb earlier, exclaid in awe at everything around him.
“Huh? Why are there ancient characters from our civilization? Was this land ours before?” Shen Yan turned to ask the man standing behind him.
The man shook his head, “There have always been people who liked studying foreign cultures.”
“Oh, now I understand. Our culture is so refined that these foreigners wanted to claim it as their own. So, they carved our characters here. Have you been here before?” Shen Yan walked further in, chattering away.
The man didn’t shake or nod his head, leaving it unclear whether he had been here before or not.
Shen Yan strolled leisurely, hands behind his back, taking in everything with delight.
The more he looked, the more excited he beca!
“This is…” Shen Yan stared at a huge mural, his eyes slowly widening, “Lie Lie, look! Is that ? No way, it looks too much like . Could there be soone else who looks like ? That’s not right. Did people from this period look like this too?”
Shen Yan leaned closer to the mural, scrutinizing it.
The man stood behind, eyes fixated on the grand mural, lost in a silent recollection.
“Lie Lie?”
Shen Yan jumped in front of him, waving his hand.
The man snapped back to reality, his voice slightly hoarse, “It’s you.”
“Ah! I’ve been here before! My goodness, that’s actually ? Before I was so, so…”
Shen Yan struggled to find the right words.
The man’s eyes softened, “Very beautiful.”
Shen Yanqing cleared his throat, “Not that beautiful… My sisters are pretty too.”
“She’s nowhere near as beautiful as you.”
Shen Yan blushed, “Ah, you’re really a bit annoying. How can you complint soone so directly? It’s too embarrassing.”
Smiles brimd in the man’s eyes.
Shen Yan turned away, pointing at the clothing in the mural, “How many years ago were these clothes from? No, wait! You told sothing about parallel worlds, and how I don’t belong to this world, so how co I can be here?”
The man sighed, “You can’t reincarnate within overlapping tis.”
“What do you an?”
“You can’t continue to exist in the sa ti period.”
“So, you an I have to skip a generation before returning to this parallel world?” Shen Yan frowned slightly, “That’s really troubleso.”
The man looked up, “All this, I won’t let others see.”
“What?” His voice was low, and Shen Yan didn’t quite catch it.
“They’ve co in.”
“Shall we go then?” Shen Yan pointed towards the passageway behind them.
The man nodded, following Shen Yan back.
Just reaching the entrance, they saw the intruders staring at the mural, the man’s eyes harshly piercing, creating a fog that clouded their eyes.
He didn’t want to erase Shen Yan’s trace here, but he also didn’t want more people to see how she once looked.
That was his privilege!
Shen Yan didn’t understand why he did it and ran up asking, “Why did you cover their vision? What did you use just now? It was impressive! Just like those ghost winds in TV dramas, you’re not really a ghost, are you?”
Shen Yan shivered slightly, feeling a bit thrillingly spooked.
The man took her hand and led her to another side, “I’m not.”
“It doesn’t matter what you are, look, I’m hardly different from a ghost now.”
The man frowned slightly, “You’re not either.”
Shen Yan giggled, “I’m just a little spirit!”
Hearing this, the man smiled too, “Sure, we’re all shapes of souls.”
“Lie Lie, I’m going to find my sisters!”
“Together.”
“Ah, I want to whisper a few things to my sisters.”
“She won’t hear.”
“But you can hear! Girls’ little whispers aren’t for n to eavesdrop on. Just wait here for ,” Shen Yan turned and walked towards the entrance labeled ‘2’.
Seeing number 2, Shen Yan was a little excited as she spoke, “Sis, I’m leaving soon, you need to live well. This body suits you well, so keep using it. Anyway, I was always going to die, ah, wouldn’t it have been great if I had known you earlier? Then we could have been sisters for over a decade in reality. It’s much better than talking to myself like I do now. Sis, once I leave here, I’m really gone, take care.”
“Although I couldn’t communicate even a sentence with you, I’ve been by your side all this ti. It’s like you’re my real sister, I’m really going to miss this place.”
“Don’t look, that’s , hehe, my face is quite pretty! But since you’ve been reborn, it’s good to go back to living with your own face. This way, we won’t have trouble recognizing each other later. Lie Lie said I am the reincarnated one, I don’t know what I will be next ti, honestly, I’m a bit lost…”
“Boom!”
The ground shook.
Shen Yan cursed, “What the hell, trying to blow us up?”
Seeing that number 2 was about to be crushed by a huge rock, Shen Yan quickly rushed over and struck away the rock, then she was abruptly pulled out by a man.
“What are you doing, my sister is still inside.”
“Don’t get involved in these matters, don’t go in, you can do anything else, but not this.” The man’s voice trembled slightly.
Shen Yan was stunned, “You, you’re okay?”
For the first ti, the man held her tightly, his breathing erratic, “She’ll be fine, don’t ddle in her affairs.”
“Alright, alright, I won’t interfere. I just acted subconsciously just now, I forgot for a mont that she is incredibly capable and doesn’t need my help.” Shen Yan soothingly patted his hand, “You’re okay, right?”
“Don’t turn around.”
“Ah?” Shen Yan froze in her action, shocked, “You, you’re crying?”
“No.”
“Then don’t wipe it on .”
Then Shen Yan’s neck got bitten.
Shen Yan was shocked again, “You bit .”
She wanted to bite back!
*
On the sandy ground in front of the forest, Shen Yan crouched with her back to the man, occasionally looking towards the distance.
She hadn’t expected the man to care so much about face, hiding so far away at this mont.
“Sigh!”
Shen Yan knew she had to leave soon.
Seeing number 2 co out safely and leave happily with her husband, Shen Yan felt very relieved.
She knew she didn’t need to worry about anything anymore.
She could leave with peace of mind.
Shen Yan pulled a smile towards the distance, “I hope you live happily ever after.”
That was her blessing to number 2!
Footsteps approached from behind.
The man walked up to her side, looking in the sa direction.
Shen Yan sneaked a glance at him, his eyes were not red, and she saw no tears, as if he had never cried before, she hadn’t seen his tears, so she wasn’t sure if he did.
The man looked over, Shen Yan quickly averted her gaze and continued drawing circles in the sand, looking like she was cursing soone.
“We should go.”
“Oh.”
Shen Yan patted the sand off her hands and placed her hand into the outstretched big hand, using the support to stand up.
“Which life am I going to next?”
“It’ll be a good place.”
“Will I die again there?”
“You probably won’t.”
“Probably? So you’re not sure?”
“Mm.”
“What does mm an?”
“I can’t be certain where we will end up, what the process and outco will be like.”
“Lie Lie, you talk in such a twisted way, just now you said it was a good place. Now you’re saying you don’t know, do you know or not?”
“Good place is just a hopeful term, also to comfort you!”
Shen Yan: “…”
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