Chapter 231 Escape
Yan Shi sat on the sofa, at a loss, with his hands on his knees, trying his best to appear mature.
Although it should be considered a failure.
Lin Zizui sat opposite her, quietly observing her. After a few minutes of careful observation, he began to frown: "You are not Yan Shi."
"No, that's not right." She muttered to herself, scrutinizing Yan Shi's expression more closely, then noticing his small gesture of clutching his clothes, a hint of doubt in her eyes.
Yan Shi avoided her gaze: "Mom," she tried to lower her voice, attempting to make her tone sound cold, mimicking Director Yan's manner, "Is there something you need?"
Yan Shi and Lin Zizui were not really close.
Her mother wasn't bad to her, but she wasn't particularly affectionate either.
Just now, when Yan Shi opened the door, Lin Zizui looked at her with a rather complicated expression.
Yan Shi felt that perhaps after becoming Director Yan, her mother would no longer hide everything from her.
Lin Zizui first took out a small shielding device from the bag, and after confirming that it was opened and set up, he looked at Yan Shi again: "Let's talk."
"About you, about the identity of the Yanlan you claim to be, and about the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs and Shan Fengyang."
Yan Shi: "...Hmm?"
There was too much information, and she didn't react for a moment.
What do you mean by her claiming to be Yanlan's identity...?!
No, it turns out that Lin Zizui didn't have a younger or older sister behind her back, but instead fabricated a fake identity as Yanlan?
Considering what Jie Sheng told her about Yan Lan's "great achievements".
Yan Shi fell silent.
That future Director Yan has some truly unique personal hobbies.
Maintaining order during the day and disrupting order after work. Increasing their own workload.
But really, she's a genius in the future!
Yan Shi thought about it carefully again, and her eyes lit up when she realized that she could use Yan Lan's identity to let herself go in the future.
At this moment, however, she remained completely unaware. So Yan Shi kept silent, waiting for Lin Zizui to speak first.
The two men stared at each other in silence. Finally, Lin Zizui sighed softly and gave in first.
“Yan Shi,” she said, “I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why the Destiny Platform chose you. Is it because of your abilities?”
Yan Shi remained silent.
“Only two children were born in Guixu Town,” Lin Zizui said to himself. “Su Jiefan named his daughter Lin Cai, meaning ‘colorful in the mountains and forests, a legend among the clouds.’ Therefore, Lin Cai’s ability is like a fairy tale.”
“I named you Yanshi. It doesn’t mean anything else,” she said, looking down. “It’s just that I don’t like this world, and I don’t like you.”
Yan Shi was taken aback.
She didn't know the meaning of her name before.
All she knew was that her grandmother always called her "Lanlan" in a gentle and affectionate tone.
No wonder she in the future inexplicably named her alternate identity Yanlan. Compared to Yanshi, Yanlan is truly meticulous and full of love.
It's so good to be Yanlan.
And it turns out her mother didn't like her.
Yan Shi tilted her head and laughed instead: "Oh, that's terrible. If that's the case, why do you still do things you don't like?"
"Because Mom loves you," Lin Zizui said. "She's been looking forward to it so much. Ever since she found out you existed, she's been waiting. She thought of many names for you, and finally decided to call you Lanlan."
Yan Shi: "I don't think it was her who forced you to date and get pregnant."
“Of course not.” Lin Zizui still didn’t meet Yan Shi’s gaze. “Back then, my mother’s attention was entirely focused on work and research. She always said I was a mature adult. Only after I told her that I was in love, that I was married, and that I was pregnant, did she finally spare some attention to look at me with surprise.”
“I think if you were born, perhaps she would pay more attention to you and to us.”
Yan Shi: "Mom, everyone is completely independent."
Lin Zizui didn't reply immediately, her gaze fixed on the table. Her knuckles curled slightly as she lightly tapped the table a few times, seemingly forcing herself to calm down.
“You’re right. So why is your power the power of words?” she said softly.
“I don’t know either.” Yan Shi spread his hands. “Perhaps only you think it is ‘dislike’, but the world thinks it is a blessing.”
Lin Zizui finally looked up at her.
She suddenly realized that when Yan Shi smiled, it was almost exactly the same as when she was young and impetuous a long, long time ago.
“I couldn’t have seen it before.” Lin Zizui changed the subject, still speaking calmly, “You’ve always lived in the surface world, never showing your abilities, and never had the chance to come into contact with spirits. I didn’t expect that Shan Fengyang had left you so many backup plans.”
“It has nothing to do with Grandma.” Yan Shi interrupted her, his voice turning cold. “I am just me. All the backup plans that Grandma left me are just inanimate objects.”
Her fingers loosened their grip on the hem of her dress, and she instinctively reached for her wrist, trying to grasp something, but found nothing.
There was nothing on her wrist.
"I was chosen by the Heavenly Destiny Platform simply because I am me. I am Yan Shi. Whether I am saving the world as Director Yan or living a carefree life as Yan Lan, I am still just me." A familiar, soft voice suddenly seemed to whisper in Yan Shi's ear.
'Yanshi, you are just Yanshi.'
'Good luck. '
"I really like my name, whether it's Yan Shi or Yan Lan." Yan Shi came back to his senses and continued, telling Lin Zizui and himself, "Besides, I'm a genius. There's nothing to regret."
Lin Zizui stared blankly at her, remaining silent for a long time: "You're right. It's just that I can't get out of the past."
Her expression betrayed her exhaustion: "Director Yan, please let me leave Novano Port."
“No way.” Yan Shi leaned back on the sofa and shrugged. “I feel more at ease if you stay in Novano Port. The shaved ice here is delicious, and the port is beautiful. It’s the perfect place for a vacation.”
Although he didn't know why Yanju wanted to trap Lin Zizui in Novano Port, Yanshi subconsciously felt that whatever he did in the future would be right.
As expected of her!
Lin Zizui didn't reply, but stood up and left hastily, just as suddenly as she had arrived: "In that case, Director Yan, farewell."
Yan Shi remained seated on the sofa, watching Lin Zizui push open the door and disappear into the blinding sunlight.
I forgot to take the signal jammer while I was getting drunk.
Great, it's hers.
Yan Shi stood up, bent down to pick up the jammer, walked to the door, and took out Yan Lan's small wooden box from the plastic bag.
Yu Youguan said that this is one of only three spatial gaps in the inner world, except that the banquet hall inside is gone.
Yan Shi didn't actually understand what it meant. However, she casually thought that a limited edition must be very high-end, and rounded up, it was probably equivalent to a magical storage space.
Yan Shi opened the small wooden box halfway, carefully preventing the necromancer halberd from falling out again. The wooden lid made a slight "click" sound as it rubbed against the surface.
Then, she stuffed the self-intoxicating shield, along with all the miscellaneous uniforms in the plastic bag, into the wooden box, then closed the lid and put it in her pants pocket.
Everything was finished. Yan Shi looked up and surveyed the living room. The light was bright, the curtains were half-drawn, and the sofa still bore the wrinkles from where Lin Zi had sat.
Yan Shi glanced at that spot, paused for two seconds, and then turned and walked toward the back window.
The window was a bit high, so she stepped onto the low cabinet, opened the window, braced her hands on the window frame, and jumped up.
The wind blew in through the cracks, ruffling her loose hair.
The next second, Yan Shi pushed off with all his might and easily flipped over.
It is said that Yanlan enjoys going out and watching exciting things.
Yan Shi guessed that Director Yan also enjoyed going out and watching the excitement. It's just that Director Yan couldn't appear in many places, but Yan Lan could.
Since she's forgotten everything anyway, she might as well go and fulfill her future wishes.
Yan Shicai did not want to stay in the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
Given her current state of amnesia, no matter how powerful Yan Ju was before, if she cannot recover in time, there will only be two possible outcomes.
They either become puppets of her direct subordinates or die from mysterious assassinations.
A terrible future that can be seen at a glance.
The new world is so interesting that Yan Shi wants to travel around the world.
After climbing over the wall, Yan Shi looked around.
Although Aska said that Laling and the others would come, Yan Shi estimated that there were quite a few security guards at the entrance of this inn.
She is currently suffering from amnesia and knows nothing about the other world. And living beings tend to subconsciously look down on those weaker than themselves.
Sure enough, the backyard was empty. This inn was very close to the street outside.
Yan Shi put the hat the mermaid had given her back on, and this time carefully tied the drawstring around her neck. Humming a song, she walked back towards the main street of Novano Port.
The streets of Port Novano remain bustling.
People live and work in peace and contentment, busy yet happy.
Yan Shi went to a different ice cream shop and ordered a new shaved ice.
She discovered that cell phones still worked quite well in the other world. The new phone Yan Shi pulled out had full signal strength and a respectable account balance. It also had navigation and various useful apps pre-installed.
Yan Shi was in a good mood.
The first step of my round-the-world trip went very smoothly.
The urgent problem now is that she needs to find something to disguise herself and cover up Yan Ju's face.
Being known to everyone in the underworld certainly greatly satisfied Yan Shi's vanity.
However, it's too much trouble to travel around the world.
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Yan Shi sat inside the airship, almost pressed against the porthole, curiously observing the outside world.
Outside the porthole, there was a vast sea of clouds, and above the clouds, countless pavilions and terraces floated.
The architecture is quite breathtaking from a distance. Each pavilion resembles an island, its roots cascading down into the sea of clouds. Layer upon layer of eaves, with wind chimes swaying gently in the air currents, their tinkling sounds coming from afar, like the entire sky softly singing.
"So beautiful..." Yan Shi exclaimed.
Beside her sat Yu Youguan and Aska, looking rather awkward. One had her back stiff, while the other stared intently ahead.
Both of them looked more nervous than she did.
"Director Yan," Yu Youguan called out softly, but was immediately met with a glance from Yan Shi.
Young Yanju also exuded an aura of oppressive power that was impossible to look directly at.
Yu Youguan immediately choked, coughed awkwardly, and quickly corrected himself: "Um... Ah Shi, Baiyujing is just ahead."
Yan Shi turned back with satisfaction, his gaze returning to the window.
Baiyujing, a kingdom of immortals amidst countless poetic creations throughout the world.
The Jade Palace in the heavens, with its twelve towers and five cities. An immortal touched my head, granting me eternal life.
In the inner world, it is the largest main city territory of the Eastern human race.
Yan Shi looked at it with curiosity, but also with a sense of absurdity that "this thing is actually real."
Her meeting with Yu Youguan and Aska was purely accidental.
After randomly purchasing a rather exquisite disguise hairpin from a jewelry shop on the street, Yan Shi headed straight for the port, intending to leave Novano Port quickly before her subordinates discovered her disappearance.
The jade hairpin was displayed in a crystal box. It was pure white, with a blue dragon carved at the end. The intricate patterns on the hairpin were faintly visible.
Yan Shi saw it in a shop window as she passed by. The shop owner was an old lady wearing glasses. When she saw her stop, she immediately came out to greet her with a big smile: "Madam has a good eye. This hairpin is the treasure of my shop. It can disguise one's appearance and make the fake look real."
Yan Shi's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"It really works wonders!" The shop owner said solemnly, holding up three fingers to swear, "Even your own mother wouldn't recognize you!"
Yan Shi raised an eyebrow. She was a little skeptical, but the hairpin was really beautiful.
“Okay.” She scanned the code to pay and put on the hairpin.
Her complexion in the mirror softened, and her eyebrows and eyes seemed to become rounder.
It is indeed quite deceptive.
"Perfect." Yan Shi nodded in satisfaction.
So, without any suspicion, she walked towards the port, checked the airship schedule, squeezed into the crowd, and queued at the ticket office.
When it was her turn, the ticket seller was a young employee with a professional yet gentle smile.
"Hello, which stop are you going to?"
“Bai Yujing,” Yan Shi said.
Ticket seller: "Okay, please show your ID code."
"What code?" Yan Shi was stunned.
The ticket seller blinked, thinking she was joking: "Identity code."
Yan Shi: "Huh?"
What is it?
The ticket seller's smile gradually froze.
Her hand groped under the table and pressed something with a "snap".
A red warning light flashed above the ticket window.
"Please don't panic," the teller said with a professional smile. "Just wait here for a moment."
"We are simply checking your identity code for compliance. If there are no issues, you can still purchase your ticket smoothly."
But if there's a problem, then we'll have to meet in the prison of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.
Yan Shi: ...
In less than a minute, she was surrounded by two members of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs patrol team.
After a preliminary check, the patrol team members, with serious expressions, "invited" her to the security checkpoint outside the port.
Yan Shi really didn't expect that Director Yan, as the head of the Bureau of Extraordinary Management, would be an unregistered person in the Otherworld.
That's absolutely outrageous.
As Yan Shi was still thinking about how to get away with it, a familiar voice came from the other end of the corridor.
"What happened?"
The footsteps were hurried.
Aska rushed over.
She was the head of the patrol team for that period.
He was almost petrified on the spot.
The jade hairpin that the jewelry shop owner mentioned had an "excellent effect" in disguising the wearer, and even Aska couldn't be fooled.
Yan Shi: ...
"Don't tell anyone else." After a brief silence, she immediately ordered Aska with a righteous air, "I'm going to explore all over the Otherworld."
Aska: "But, Director Yan, you..."
"I want to go and see it," Yan Shi said softly, "to see the world I love, the world I'm willing to protect with my life."
Aska lowered his head.
The young Yanju looked at her with such bright and pleading eyes that she couldn't refuse any of his requests.
Finally, she made up her mind: "Okay, Director Yan. But you have to agree to let us follow you." She said, "I just want to ensure your safety."
Author's note: Although I missed the extra chapter, this one is quite long.
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