Lan Nian stared at Chu Nian speechlessly.

Chu Nian asked, "What's wrong? Are you not satisfied?"

"I wouldn't dare!" Lan Nian said sensibly, then quickly returned to stand behind Chu Nian.

Mrs. Huo said, "Qingyan, I think your friend is a bit... cough, let driver Lao Chen take her home! Remember to tell Lao Chen to make sure she goes inside and locks the door before he leaves."

Huo Qingyan nodded in agreement and helped the trembling Wang Xinrui out.

As Huo's mother watched Wang Xinrui's retreating figure, she shook her head and sighed, feeling that this girl looked just like her husband when he was possessed by an evil spirit!

After dinner, Chu Nian went home with Lin Jingting and the others. Daoist Yunhe remained at the Huo family's residence. Huo Qinghan strongly invited him to stay at the villa for two days before returning to the Daoist temple, and Yunhe, unable to refuse, agreed.

"By the way, Senior Yunhe, why are there two Lan Nian here today?" Huo Qinghan seized the opportunity to ask the question that had been bothering him.

Master Yunhe pondered for a moment and said, "I was also curious about this, and I secretly asked Mr. Bai about it. Mr. Bai said that the one in the black suit was a spacetime clone that was brought back from another spacetime after Lord Lan Nian broke through the void. The two should be the same in appearance and genes, except here..." He pointed to his head, "...their souls are different."

He emphasized the last four words in particular.

Huo Qinghan was utterly astonished. Could there really be someone in this world who could break through the barriers of time and space to travel to another dimension?!

But he quickly asked out of curiosity, "But I think Wang Xinrui knows the guy in the black suit."

Master Yunhe: "That's right, I saw it too. That woman in the black suit must have been to our time before, and maybe she even did something bad under the name of Lord Lan Nian. Otherwise, why would Lord Lan Nian go to another time to capture her and keep her under his nose?"

Huo Qinghan suddenly realized: No wonder Wang Xinrui said she would eat people.

He chuckled and said, "That Wang Xinrui actually recognized the one in the black suit at a glance, unlike Lord Lan Nian. She's really... quite impressive."

Master Yunhe said, "Although the two of them look alike, their temperament and aura are completely different, making them relatively easy to distinguish."

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Back in the original owner's apartment, Chu Nian lazily sat down on the sofa and said casually, "Lan Nian, Wang Xinrui is your old friend, but I think she's acting a bit strange today. Aren't you going to visit her?"

Lan Nian had just taken off her black suit jacket when she heard Chu Nian's words and was stunned for a moment.

Chu Nian didn't even look at her. She rested her head on the back of the sofa, closed her eyes, and said again, "You should still go and visit her. That's how you show friendship, don't you think?"

"Yes, I understand." Lan Nian put her coat back on and disappeared in a flash.

Bai Ze said, "Niannian, I think your method is ineffective!"

Even if Wang Xinrui was frightened, compared to the crime she committed, this level of punishment was far too lenient.

Lin Jingting said, "I think this method might not be impossible. Let's see how afraid Wang Xinrui is of Lan Nian."

That same evening, Wang Xinrui was in a car accident. It is said that she saw something frightening and fled her home, where she was hit by a car in her panic. However, she was not seriously injured, only suffering a mild concussion.

It has to be said that the aura surrounding her is truly extraordinary.

She was kept in the hospital for observation by the doctor for a few days, and every night Lan Nian was sent by Chu Nian to "visit" Wang Xinrui.

At first, Wang Xinrui was indeed terrified, but as Lan Nian came one after another, he only moved his mouth and said a few seemingly ordinary greetings without ever laying a hand on her. Wang Xinrui's fear of Lan Nian gradually weakened.

Chu Nian discovered that Wang Xinrui had developed "drug resistance," and was quite disappointed since she hadn't seen any improvement in Wang Xinrui's condition.

That night, Lan Nian returned from the hospital and drifted into the apartment like a ghost. She was startled to find a figure vaguely visible on the sofa in the pitch-black living room.

Upon closer inspection, she realized it was Chu Nian, and her heart skipped a beat. She asked, "Why aren't you in your room in the middle of the night? What are you doing sitting here?"

Chu Nian sighed and said, "I asked you to visit Wang Xinrui, so you should take some concrete action!"

Lan Nian said helplessly, "When she came to me, I noticed a strange aura around her. My magic couldn't penetrate that aura at all. I could only threaten her, but I couldn't cause her any real harm. Otherwise, do you really think I would be so merciful as to let her go?"

Chu Nian said, "The worlds in these books were all formed by the creative power of the pen knife. The fates of the characters in these books must have been designed by the pen knife!"

Naming all those tragic figures "Nian" is clearly the pen knife venting its anger at her, ha!

Lan Nian: "You should also understand that the Creator cannot decide the fate of all characters. Besides, I am controlled by the pen, not the other way around."

The implication is that she is incapable of doing things that are seriously contrary to her writing style.

Chu Nian asked in bewilderment, "What's so special about this Wang Xinrui that made Bi Dao arrange such a powerful aura for her?"

Lan Nian: "The pen is now in your hands; you can ask it."

Chu Nian smiled and said, "You're right." As she spoke, a pen appeared in her hand.

Lan Nian's eyes lit up when she saw her own body, but she quickly realized something was wrong: the aura on the brush was not that of the brush tip!

"Oh dear, I took the wrong one." Chu Nian said, feigning surprise. "Sorry, I have too many pens, I got them mixed up." Then, with a thought, she put away the ordinary array pen used for drawing array diagrams. Then she added, "I forgot where I put the pen knife."

Lan Nian's lips twitched with anger. Only if Chu Nian took out the pen tip would she have a chance to reunite with it and help it escape its predicament. But this woman seemed to have already understood her intentions and had no intention of taking out the pen tip at all.

Chu Nian suddenly added, "Oh right, I remember now. I locked that brush tip in a dark room and sealed it with layers upon layers of magic arrays. And I set the time limit of the magic arrays to one billion years."

"A billion years! It might not be released until the next time I experience the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven. Right now, even I can't get it out. What are we going to do? You'll have to figure out how to handle Wang Xinrui's situation yourself."

Hearing her words, Lan Nian's face turned pale and then red with anger. She said, "Wang Xinrui's matter is your matter!" The pen has poured its endless resentment into these books, and these resentments all need to be resolved by Chu Nian.

Chu Nian replied matter-of-factly, "I am Lan Nian, and you are Lan Nian too. My business is your business!"