Chapter 222 Cause and Effect

She returned to her cave, and, happy with the good deed she had done, slept soundly.

Anyway, she had already memorized the girl's scent, and as long as she got close to the mountains, she could wake up.

But it seems she was wrong.

After she had a good, restful sleep, she woke up and finally realized that the girl had not come.

So Long Xi thought: It's okay, give her a little more time, she will come.

A day passed, two days passed, a month passed...

Long Xi would wake up every now and then to carefully sense whether Xiao Ying's scent was in the air.

I wake up full of anticipation every time, only to fall asleep disappointed.

Even so, she still firmly believed she would return...

Jiu Xuan was utterly incredulous: "You've just been waiting here for so long?"

Long Xi: "No, it's not that. Some time ago, I was really worried that something might have happened to her, so I spared some resources to look for her. It's just strange that we still haven't found any trace of her."

Zhang Mo instantly understood: "Your power didn't find anyone, but it was absorbed by four other humans, allowing them to see what was about to happen in the future, which made them change their current choices."

Jiu Xuan: "I see. Long Xi's power is originally related to time, so it is particularly easy for humans who are at a critical juncture in their lives to absorb it."

Yan Hui only half understood: "But in the end, they still couldn't find that girl named Xiao Ying?"

Long Xi shook his head.

Zhang Mo: "Wait a minute, I need to clarify one point first: are those demons you sent out looking for Xiao Ying herself, or your eyeballs?"

Long Xi asked, puzzled, "Naturally, I'm looking for the eyeballs. The eyeballs contain my power, which belongs to the same source. But, is there any difference?"

Zhang Mo didn't explain, but simply said, "Based on my guess, these four people must have some connection with the person you're looking for. As long as we find common ground, we can pinpoint the location of your glasses."

By the way, how long have you been waiting?

Long Xi was bewildered for a moment before slowly saying, "I've been waking up and falling asleep on and off, I can't remember how long it's been, but it shouldn't have been long..."

Zhang Mo & Yan Hui: "......."

Now they all have PTSD from the demon race's "not long" talk.

Yan Hui seemed to remember something: "The blind girl you mentioned, is her name Yang Rongying?"

Long Xi: "How did you know?"

Zhang Mo: "This person is a true native, who came to this village much earlier than you."

Yan Hui: "Then I know when this happened."

This happened 30 years ago. If I remember correctly, Xiaoying was eighteen that year and almost married the village chief's son.

Jiu Xuan frowned: "What do you mean by 'almost'?"

"Because she disappeared the day before her wedding."

"What?"

"No one knows what happened, and no one knows where she went. In short, she never appeared again."

The villagers said she must have eloped with someone from outside the village, since a blind girl couldn't possibly leave the village alone.

The wedding and banquet were almost ready when she suddenly disappeared, which angered the village elders.

At this point, Yan Hui gave a bitter smile: "Then some people said that the reputation of a village that has been saved by a woman is really bad. Women from outside the village are unwilling to marry into it, and even women in the village want to elope with outsiders. It's really unlucky."

Jiu Xuan: "...How can this be blamed on you?"

Long Xi exclaimed in disbelief, "She...she's gone? Impossible, I don't believe it!"

Zhang Mo: "If I may ask, besides restoring sight to blind people, what other functions do your glasses have?"

Long Xi was taken aback; it was clear she hadn't considered this question.

That's the eye of the Candle Dragon! Even in an online game, equipment made from this material would be top-tier. How could it not have any extra skills?

Jiu Xuan: "You mean that after Xiao Ying got those glasses, she discovered that in addition to restoring her eyesight, they also had extra divine power, and she suddenly didn't want to get married anymore and left this place?"

Zhang Mo: "This is, of course, only one possibility..."

Before she could finish speaking, Long Xi interrupted her directly: "Impossible, Xiao Ying isn't that kind of person!"

That unconditional, absolute trust from the depths of his soul stunned Zhang Mo for a moment.

Although she has a habit of doubting everyone, at this moment she also hopes that this trust has not been betrayed.

"Okay, I respect your trust."

Let's analyze this from another angle.

Since Xiaoying disappeared the night before her wedding, it's highly likely she saw the last person she met—her fiancé, the village chief's son. She looked at Yan Hui, "What happened to the village chief's son in the end?"

Yan Hui: "After the wedding fell through, everyone laughed at him for having his wife run off with someone else. He couldn't stand being mocked by the villagers for a month, so he went to work in town. Not long after, he married the daughter of the town's doctor."

He almost never came back after that.

doctor?

etc!

The town's barefoot doctor came to treat her again.

"The doctor said that city dwellers have recently invented a very magical pair of glasses that can make even blind people see. I wonder if it's true."

"Hu Ruisu used to boast to us that his family was a family of doctors. Turns out he was just a shady health product seller?!"

Ignoring the harsh and damp environment, Zhang Mo casually found a rock to sit on, took out her phone, and began rapidly matching information with her fingers.

Long Xi: "What is she doing?"

Jiu Xuan: "Let me show you that there's nothing our boss can't solve."

The efficiency of reasoning from effect to cause is relatively high. Once you understand this point, you can then use the data from the previous four people to work backwards—

From the first instance, the deliveryman's delivery area included properties under Hu Ruisu's name.

Secondly, that karaoke bar was a place Hu Ruisu frequented for entertainment.

In the third incident, Hu Ruisu happened to be driving by when the accident occurred, and was even given a ticket for smoking while driving.

The fourth incident was even simpler; the office building where the incident occurred was his workplace.

Everyone else watched her actions, not daring to breathe, and could only wait quietly for her to give her final conclusion.

"After Xiaoying got the glasses, the first person she saw was not her fiancé, but her doctor."

The doctor snatched the glasses, gave them to his daughter, and married her off to the village chief's son.

Those glasses are now in the hands of the doctor's grandson, Hu Ruisu.

Zhang Mo flipped her phone over, revealing a stylish young man wearing rimless glasses on the screen, with a noisy bar in the background.

"This is a photo that I matched from the entire network using facial recognition. It was taken 5 minutes ago in G City."

If you want to know what happened to Xiao Ying in the end, now, cheer up and come with me to the bar to catch her.

(Today I realized with a start that I have absolutely no talent for writing mystery novels. *crying*)