Chapter 102 All Coincidences Are Premeditated

Northwest, farm.

Su Wantang's fingers, which were turning the pages of the documents, stiffened for a moment before quickly returning to normal.

A name she had ignored, thrown into the garbage heap of her memories, and thought had long since rotted and stinked, suddenly surged up from the depths of her mind.

Su Yuting!

Her stepsister, whom she personally packed up and sent to the Northwest for labor reform.

Was Lu Jingyan testing her? Or... reminding her?

"What's wrong?"

Lu Jingyan keenly noticed her momentary stiffness.

His tall frame leaned slightly forward, his arms crossed on the table, creating a very imposing posture, and he stared at her intently.

"What's wrong with this place?" His voice was low, with just the right amount of concern.

Bai Zhu put her mask back on securely.

She gently placed the file back on the table, tapping it with her fingertip, making a crisp sound.

"nothing."

His voice was cold and emotionless.

"It's just a coincidence. It's quite interesting that a farm where prisoners were held became a transit point for international intelligence."

Lu Jingyan gave her a deep look, but didn't ask any further questions.

He leaned back in his chair, relaxing, but a meaningful smile played on his lips. He knew, of course, that there was something wrong with the farm.

From the moment he pried Su Yuting's ability to "predict" things out of Lin Zihang, he sent his most capable scouts, disguised as farm workers, to keep a 24-hour watch on the woman.

He never expected that this seemingly insignificant thread would be connected to the mysterious "Mr." in this way.

Lu Jingyan stood up, straightened his crisp military uniform, and put on that carefree, roguish smile again.

"Alright, the intelligence has been delivered, my mission is complete. Boss Bai, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. I've been interrogating people for a whole day and night, my bones are about to fall apart."

He turned and walked toward the door, but stopped as he grasped the doorknob, turned back and winked at her.

"By the way, Wan Tang... oh no, Boss Bai, remember to miss me."

After saying that, before Bai Shu could react, he opened the door and ran away in a flash.

Bai Shu: "..."

She stared at the closed door and ground her back teeth.

That bastard is getting more and more outrageous!

Su Wantang strode to the liquor cabinet, poured herself a full glass of strong liquor, and downed it in one gulp.

The spicy liquid burned his throat, but it couldn't suppress the churning chill in his heart.

She walked to the phone, picked up the receiver, and directly asked for the expedited line to Beijing.

During the long wait for the operator to transfer her to another line, her mind raced.

Something's not right.

Something was off from the start.

Why did Su Yuting scheme against the original owner of this body? Just for Lin Zihang? Was someone like him worth it?

Why did the story begin at the Peace Hotel? Who was it that so precisely paired her and Lu Jingyan, two "unlucky guys," together?

Once the call connected, she didn't say a single unnecessary word.

"Qin Zheng".

On the other end of the phone, in a courtyard house in Beijing, Qin Zheng, who was wiping a military dagger, suddenly stood up straight.

"Young Miss".

"Last time I asked you to investigate the letters of those few scoundrels from the Su family in the Northwest, have you forgotten about someone?" Su Wantang's voice was devoid of any warmth.

"Su Yuting is at the Northwest Farm. In your report to me, you only mentioned her briefly as 'behaving well and actively reforming.' Qin Zheng, the money I gave you was to copy reports?"

Qin Zheng's forehead instantly broke out in a layer of cold sweat.

He knew that the young lady was truly angry.

"It was my oversight!" He dared not offer any explanation.

"I'll investigate right away!"

“It’s not about investigating,” Su Wantang corrected him, her voice as cold as ice.

"I want you to go there yourself! I need to know every word she said, every person she met, and even how many steamed buns she ate each day on that farm!"

"Most importantly, we need to find out all her contacts with the outside world, especially her letters! We can't let a single thing slip by!"

"Yes!" Qin Zheng's voice was firm and resolute.

After hanging up the phone, Bai Shu remained standing in the same spot, motionless for a long time.

The feeling of being watched in the dark made her very uncomfortable.

This feeling had been there, albeit subtly, ever since she transmigrated.

......

A farm in the far northwest, thousands of miles away.

It was late at night, in a private office.

Su Yuting sat at the table and held a letter she had just finished reading up to the flame of the kerosene lamp.

The letter paper was made of a special material that ignited upon contact with fire, quickly turning into ashes without even a wisp of smoke.

She was dressed in clean blue overalls, unlike the other female prisoners who were covered in grime. Her skin was still fair, her fingers were clean, and she even had a faint scent of face cream on her body.

Su Yuting's face, flickering in the firelight, revealed an indescribable restlessness and unease.

Huo Sanniang has been arrested.

How could that be?

This was completely different from the "plot" she remembered!

In her "previous life," Huo San Niang's storyline wouldn't be unearthed by Lu Jingyan until much later, and it would be in Hong Kong, completely unrelated to Shanghai.

But now, everything has been brought forward, and everything is in chaos.

That damned Su Wantang was like a butterfly that appeared out of nowhere. She just flapped her wings and caused the whole story to deviate from its original course.

Su Yuting became increasingly anxious as she thought about it. She walked to the window and looked out at the dark Gobi Desert. The cold wind seeped in through the cracks in the window, giving her goosebumps.

When did things begin to deviate from the path she was familiar with?

She felt that things were slipping out of her control.

This feeling terrified her.

......

A few days later.

An urgent report, sealed in a kraft paper bag, was personally delivered to Su Wantang by Du Kangnian.

From the Great Northwest, from Qin Zheng.

Su Wantang waved for Du Kangnian to leave, and then removed the sealing line by herself.

Qin Zheng was very efficient, and his report was extremely detailed.

At the farm, Su Yuting didn't act like a convict at all; she seemed more like a leader on an inspection tour.

She doesn't live in a dormitory-style room; she has her own private room.

She doesn't have to work in the fields, and she doesn't have to do any work in the office either. In fact, there are young girls who take care of her daily needs.

All of this is because Su Yuting always seems to have "foreseen the future".

She could always "predict" when it would rain, when it would be windy, and which plot of land would have a particularly good harvest this year.

Over time, everyone on the farm came to regard her as a "little witch doctor," both respecting and fearing her.

Upon seeing this, Su Wantang merely sneered.

These silly tricks might fool some naive farm workers, but they won't fool her.

She flipped directly to the last page of the report.

That was a record of the time Su Yuting sent and received letters, which Qin Zheng had intercepted on the postal route and then had an expert decipher.

The last page of the report made her blood almost freeze.

Qin Zheng used a red pen to draw many circles on several special dates.

Su Wantang's hands began to tremble slightly.

Almost instinctively, she quickly matched these time points with the major events that had occurred since she transmigrated into the book, one by one in her mind.

The first point in time was two days before Lu Wenbo first hosted a banquet to test her after she arrived in Beijing.

The second point in time was after the opening of "Tangdixuan" and the subsequent upheaval she caused in the Ye and Liu families.

The third point in time is the day before Lu Jingyan was in a car accident and Lu Wenbo launched the "Gecko" plan.

The fourth point in time – the several assassination attempts against her in Shanghai.

The fifth point in time – Huo San Niang departed from Hong Kong Island and came to Shanghai.

...

A perfect match.

It fits perfectly, without the slightest deviation!

A thought that sent chills down her spine and made her scalp tingle was growing and spreading wildly in her mind like a poisonous mushroom after the rain!

"Bang!"

Su Wantang suddenly stood up from her chair, the movement so forceful that it knocked over the chair behind her.

The report in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter. He strode into the bedroom and locked the door with a click.

She needs an absolutely quiet environment.

She needs to rethink all of this!

She paced back and forth across the room, her mind racing.

coincide?

No! There aren't that many coincidences in this world!

Once is a coincidence, twice is an accident, but three or more times is deliberate!

Su Yuting, a woman who was initially treated as cannon fodder, a fool, and not even worthy of being her opponent at the beginning of the book, is actually the mastermind behind all of this.

"Little fortune teller"... "prophet"...

Su Wantang's steps suddenly stopped.

She stood in front of the huge dressing mirror, looking at the stunningly beautiful woman in the mirror.

She doesn't believe in any of those bullshit prophets in this world.