Chapter 45: Superpowers? Time goes back!
A kerosene lamp was lit in the darkroom, which served as a makeshift interrogation room.
Xiaobai tied Yang Xueying to a chair with vines and lifted her chin.
"Tsk tsk~" Xiaobai looked at her eyes filled with tears and said sarcastically, "My little beauty, you are so pitiful. Who are you crying for~"
"Him?" Xiaobai pointed at Gu Zhongzhang.
Gu Zhongzhang was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly, stole a glance at Song Wan who followed him in, and shouted, "I am a revolutionary fighter who can stand the test!"
"Or...him?" Xiaobai's naughty little hand turned and tapped Tang Jingmo.
Tang Jingmo took a step back quickly, looking at the lamp and the ground instead of looking at anyone. His brows were cold and stern, and he looked like he was keeping people at a distance. It seemed as if the words "It has nothing to do with me" were written on his face!
Yang Xueying lowered her eyes in disappointment, vicious resentment swirling in the depths of her eyes.
"I really don't know what you are talking about." Her voice was as light as a feather, with just the right amount of trembling. "That notebook... is just some of my daily life that I casually recorded."
Xiao Bai sneered and tapped the material list on the table with his fingertips: "What about this? Is it also a random account book? The last name is 'Xu' like the Sharp Knife Gang?!"
Yang Xueying lowered her head, her hair falling to cover her ambiguous eyes: "What do you mean by sharp knife or blunt knife? I don't understand! This is me...I picked it up on the road."
She raised her tearful eyes and glanced at the three people innocently, "Is picking up things illegal?"
Tang Jingmo's brows frowned slightly.
He knew it better than anyone else - the list of supplies was indeed evidence, but if we really wanted to trace it back, Xiaobai would be the first to suffer.
How do you explain that the cypress wood, grain, banknotes and other materials recorded on the list were not reported at the beginning, but now appear in Longshan Village?
Even Gu Zhongzhang and himself are not free from the blame.
Not to mention that there is a group of people in the capital who are eyeing the Tang and Gu families, waiting to catch them in the act.
"July 28, 1976." Xiao Bai pinched Yang Xueying's chin, forced her to look up, and stared into her eyes. "You'd better explain this date clearly."
Yang Xueying's eyelashes trembled like frightened butterfly wings: "That...that's the day I plan to give Jing Mo a surprise."
She suddenly choked up, "We grew up together. If it weren't for you, we... might have gotten married... on July 28 next year..."
She used a breathy tone for the last word "marriage", which made it just right for people to hear clearly and was also suitable for expressing her grievances.
It really is...
Perfect acting! Impeccable lies!
Even Gu Zhongzhang couldn't help but look sideways - this explanation was indeed reasonable. After all, his subconscious mind had always believed that Tang Jingmo and Yang Xueying were a couple.
"Heh," Xiaobai smiled with his eyebrows raised, and the dagger in his hand spun out a sword flower, "You are very good at sowing discord! You are indeed very smart, but unfortunately I like to do things according to my temper, for example-"
Her eyes changed, and murderous intent suddenly appeared, "I don't need any reason to kill people!"
The knife flashed!
Yang Xueying felt a sharp pain in her neck.
"Oh, your blood is also red." Xiaobai waved the bloody dagger in front of Yang Xueying.
Yang Xueying's pupils shrank into a slit, and she blurted out in extreme fear: "System, save me!"
With a flash of silver light, the whole world suddenly twisted into a vortex.
Xiaobai felt as if countless hands were tearing at her consciousness, and what finally froze on her retina was a flash of silver light that passed through Yang Xueying's sea of consciousness—a familiar energy fluctuation!
When he opened his eyes again, the dazzling sunlight made Xiaobai squint.
In the threshing ground, the children were surrounding Yang Xueying and sharing chocolates. Everything went back to six hours ago.
"Time goes back." Tang Jingmo's breath sprayed on Xiaobai's ear.
There was a strong interest in the eyes of both of them. Could it be that they met a fellow countryman - a person with "time-related" abilities in the apocalypse?
Xiao Bai raised his eyebrows, "Wow! Interesting! It seems that our 'Miss Military Doctor' is hiding something incredible."
Not far away, Song Wan rubbed her temples and opened her eyes: “Why am I sitting on the ground?”
She felt her shoulders were unusually heavy. She turned around and saw Gu Zhongzhang leaning against her. She pushed him away with disdain:
"Gu Zhongzhang, how dare you take advantage of me!"
Gu Zhongzhang was pushed to the ground fiercely. He scratched his head and got up. "What happened to me?"
"You two are really in sync." Xiao Bai smiled and pulled Song Wan up, "You even take naps together."
"No!" Song Wan suddenly widened her eyes, "We are not interrogating..."
Xiaobai covered her mouth with his hand and said, "Hey, they're handing out chocolates over there, would you like to go get some?"
"Wuwuwu..." With her mouth covered, Song Wan tried desperately to express something.
"I know, I know. If you stretch yourself, you won't fall asleep. Come on, I'll go over there with you and move around."
Xiaobai hugged Song Wan and walked towards Gu Zhongzhang's temporary office in Longshan Village.
Tang Jingmo pulled the confused Gu Zhongzhang to follow.
At one end of the threshing ground, Yang Xueying stopped distributing chocolates, stood up straight, and coldly looked at the receding figures of Xiaobai, Tang Jingmo and the other three.
Suddenly, she frowned and pressed her chest. Her heart twitched violently, and then her head started to split. A cold mechanical voice came to her mind.
[Warning! Only 17% of the energy is left. Unable to resist the backlash of time reversal. Please pass it by yourself! ]
"Doctor Yang, Doctor Yang, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh my, why did he faint? Could this chocolate really be poisonous?"
The villagers outside exclaimed and chattered around Doctor Yang.
Amid the noise, a man covered in sweat and mud walked out of the crowd, immediately carrying Yang Xueying and running to the medical center.
"Shuanzi, you are really capable!"
By the time the aunts reacted, the man had already walked away with the person in his arms.
The four Xiaobais, each with their own thoughts, ignored the excitement over there.
After entering the office, Xiao Bai suddenly stared at Song Wan, looking her up and down, left and right, front and back carefully, and said with a sly smile:
"Song Wan, what big things do you think will happen in 1976?"
"1976? Next year—" She shook her head and sighed, "There are so many things, and each one is a big deal."
The voice stopped abruptly, she seemed to have thought of something, her face turned pale, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
"For example? Especially in July, what kind of big event will it be?" Xiaobai pressed on.
Beads of sweat dripped down Song Wan's forehead. She opened her mouth, but she couldn't utter the words in her throat.
"Ahhh..." She pointed to her throat, indicating that she couldn't speak.
"What are we having for dinner?" Xiaobai suddenly had an idea and changed the question.
"Wild rabbit stewed with mushrooms." Sure enough, Song Wan answered fluently.
"It seems there are taboos~" Xiaobai remembered that Tang Jingmo had mentioned before that this world has its own rules. Perhaps not revealing the future historical trajectory is also one of the taboos?
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