Humans have Three Souls and Seven Spirits, ghosts have Nine Netherworld Obsessions and Five Aggregates of Fire. But from the time I was born, I was missing an Earth Soul.
From a young age, I ...
But more than that, what I want to know most right now is news about Lin Momo.
"Can you tell me about Lin Momo's situation now? In detail, including what happened between you two before!"
I tried to calm myself down, and then gently told Ji Xinglan my current thoughts.
Ji Xinglan was stunned for a moment. She couldn't guess what I was going to do, but she still went along with my wishes and said what I wanted.
"It's like this, Uncle Chen, Lin Momo is my best friend. We've known each other since high school!"
Ji Xinglan didn't mince words and recounted Lin Momo's story bit by bit, mentioning that Lin Momo was bullied when she was in high school.
The person being bullied was a teacher there named Cao Rongbin.
"What? What did you say? You said the teacher who bullied Lin Momo is named Cao Rongbin, right? Is he a teacher who is about 30 years old?"
I was completely stunned when I heard this. I had run into an old acquaintance again.
"Yes, yes! Uncle Chen probably doesn't know Teacher Cao, right? Let me continue. Back then, Teacher Cao was bullying Lin Momo."
It was one of Lin Momo's distant cousins who stepped forward; that cousin's surname was Long, but I don't know her given name!
Ji Xinglan also readjusted her emotions and continued speaking.
Old Dao exclaimed "Holy crap!" I knew what he was talking about; it was the Teacher Long he mentioned, a person we were familiar with before.
Although Ji Xinglan and I are in different places, one thing is certain: we have some kind of potential connection between us.
For example, those characters mentioned earlier connected the two of us.
Two people who were originally unrelated ended up having a connection because of someone they knew.
I waved my hand, signaling Ji Xinglan to continue. Ji Xinglan then began to recount Lin Momo's experiences.
The more I listened, the more something seemed off, because Ji Xinglan's experience was almost exactly the same as what was written in the previous files.
Also, Ji Xinglan had a very good friend, and later went to that friend's house. After returning, she was absent-minded.
"Is your friend particularly rich, and also surnamed Cao, and his father is an old bald man?"
Also, my home isn't far from the school, about a kilometer away, and it's quite luxuriously decorated.
I suppressed my discomfort and asked again.
This time, Ji Xinglan's eyes widened, and she felt a strong sense of disbelief.
"Uncle Chen, you're amazing! You're absolutely right! That classmate's surname is indeed Cao, and his father is also bald!"
However, for some reason, this student Cao went abroad half a year ago and we haven't been in contact since!
Lin Momo was heartbroken for a long time because of this; we always thought there might be some kind of affection between them!
Ji Xinglan told us everything she knew, and the more I listened, the more I felt something was wrong.
"Wait! Wait! You mean! That classmate is a boy?"
That's when I realized the problem: Ji Xinglan had just said that the two of them almost fell in love.
I had a preconceived notion that both of them were girls, but now it seems that the classmate surnamed Cao is a boy.
"Yes, he's a boy and quite handsome. Lin Momo likes him too!"
However, the gap between the two families was too great, and the other family's father almost had a talk with him when he found out!
That incident caused a huge uproar at the time!
After that, Lin Momo became very depressed because of this incident, so a few of us good friends thought about finding a place to go out and have some fun to relax!
Ji Xinglan continued to tell us what had happened, and by then I had a pretty good idea of what had happened.
I can now conclude that this Lin Momo is definitely the same person as the Lin Momo in Shenwu County, and this case must also be the same case.
At the time, I felt something was strange: why would Lao Cao suddenly die? Why did Lao Cao say he only had one son and no daughters?
As it turns out, Lao Cao wasn't lying.
"Old Dao, do you remember what happened with Old Cao? Back then, Old Cao told us his son had gone abroad, but I saw a female ghost!"
I turned around and patted Lao Dao on the shoulder, then told him about the progress of the matter.
Old Dao was a little confused after hearing this.
"What does Brother Chen mean by this? Do you mean the female ghost you encountered was actually a man, or that it has nothing to do with Lao Cao?"
Old Dao scratched his head, somewhat puzzled. His little brain could only come up with accurate answers when pondering certain specific questions.
"Pretty much, that's what I mean. I relied too much on my third eye before. That female ghost is most likely a man, and very likely his son!!"
I took a deep breath. Actually, when I came to this conclusion just now, I found it a little hard to believe.
Ji Xinglan, who was standing next to me, seemed a little confused. To make it easier for Ji Xinglan to discuss the matter with us, I asked Lao Dao to give her a brief explanation of the situation.
Soon, Lao Dao used his eloquence to tell Ji Xinglan the whole story, and Ji Xinglan finally understood.
"Uncle Chen, if these words hadn't come from your mouths, I would never have believed them in my life. It seems that Lin Momo really does have a problem!"
After a long silence, Ji Xinglan finally spoke slowly. I could sense that Ji Xinglan had made a very strong decision this time.
“Our experiences are so similar that I initially found it unbelievable, but now it all makes perfect sense!”
Someone is orchestrating a massive scheme to drag us all into it!
The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt, and I also felt an immense pressure.
I am now certain that our presence here is the result of a massive scam.
And this Lin Momo is the bait we're being used to deceive us.
He forcibly united two completely unrelated groups of people and two completely unrelated locations.
"Uncle Chen, it seems we were right. Look, there seems to be another clue in this booklet!"
Suddenly, Ji Xinglan became very happy. I followed her hand and looked up, and sure enough, there were a few more lines of small green text in the booklet.
"After the banquet, the bride and groom will ask you to participate in the wedding night pranks. Remember, you must do what you truly want!"
After Ji Xinglan slowly read those words aloud, I frowned slightly.
There's nothing wrong with the sentence itself; the problem is with the font color.
I still remember that from the beginning until just now, all the words were in red.
Now that the font and color have been changed, does that mean that these words are less credible?