I had no choice but to endure it until I got home.
"Sis, what exactly happened? Tell me quickly!" As soon as she entered the house, Qiao Xinruo pulled her sister into the bedroom and couldn't wait to ask.
"Does that Leng Yingying know ventriloquism?"
"You can hear her ventriloquism, can't you?"
"What does she mean by talking about the female lead, the plot, and the direction of the story? Are we living in a book?"
"Most importantly, she said her brother-in-law faked his death?! What's going on? Is her brother-in-law really alright?!"
She immediately launched into a barrage of questions, as if she had a bunch of question marks on her head.
Su Yueya seemed to see herself and her second brother back then, just like before, utterly shocked by Leng Yingying's peculiarities.
"Xinruo, don't rush, let me explain slowly," Su Yueya said.
Qiao Xinruo: "..." Urgent, extremely urgent!
Do you remember that mission I went on with my second brother?
"Second Brother?" Qiao Xinruo immediately interrupted her sister and asked, "Second Brother has also met Leng Yingying. Can he also hear those ventriloquist messages?"
"Yes! To be precise, that wasn't ventriloquism, but rather her inner thoughts! It was Leng Yingying's inner voice."
Qiao Xinruo was so stunned that she didn't even have time to interrupt Su Yueya.
“My second brother, the soldiers who were on the mission with me, and I rescued Leng Yingying, who was being persecuted to death by her stepsister. But then her stepsister jumped out and accused us of killing Leng Yingying. The villagers were misled by her stepsister and started attacking us.”
"At that time, Leng Yingying had already lost consciousness due to drowning. I tried to resuscitate her but failed, and just as I was about to announce that she was dead, Leng Yingying suddenly woke up."
"After I woke up, I heard her innermost thoughts!"
"My second brother's expression was very strange at the time, so I guessed that he could hear it too, but the other people around him, just like today, didn't react, so they probably couldn't hear it."
"Leng Yingying said she was the Queen of the Apocalypse, and that I was the female lead, as if we were characters in a novel she was reading... In short, she knew a lot about us without even knowing us. Then, she deliberately asked me my age to confirm where the plot was at, and then she revealed that Zhengjun was going to fake her death!"
"Zhengjun was chosen to go on this mission because his superiors had to choose between him and his elder brother. He was afraid that we would be saddened by his elder brother's faked death, so he chose to go himself."
That's about all I know.
After listening to Su Yueya's entire speech, Qiao Xinruo breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is amazing. Are we all characters living in a novel? This is unbelievable..." Qiao Xinru murmured.
If it weren't for the "space" raising her threshold for acceptance and her "experience" within the space, Qiao Xinruo probably wouldn't have believed such a thing.
"Sister!" Qiao Xinruo suddenly grabbed Su Yueya's hand and said excitedly, "That's great! Brother-in-law is alright, that's wonderful!"
In particular, Lu Zhengjun would undertake such a dangerous mission, all for the sake of her elder brother.
Qiao Xinruo also hoped that her brother-in-law would return safely.
Su Yueya nodded, but her expression wasn't exactly relaxed.
"However, all we know for now is that Zhengjun faked his death. His mission was very difficult, and even with a new identity, things may not go smoothly. Moreover, according to Leng Yingying's inner thoughts, Zhengjun may fake his death for as long as three years..."
The thought that Lu Zhengjun might be facing an extremely dangerous situation and be in dire straits made Su Yueya's heart leap.
"Three years?" Qiao Xinruo also fell silent; she hadn't expected it to take so long.
"So, is there any way we can find out about my brother-in-law's current situation?" she asked.
Su Yueya simply shook her head.
Qiao Xinruo: "..."
Only after she asked the question did she realize how silly it was.
Since they had to fake their death, it means the mission was kept extremely secret. Even her sister only found out about it by accident because of her inner thoughts. How could she possibly have a way to openly and legitimately know about Lu Zhengjun?
The only way is probably to eavesdrop on Leng Yingying's inner thoughts!
"So every time Leng Yingying asked to have dinner with us, you agreed, just so you'd have more opportunities to hear about your brother-in-law?" Qiao Xinruo asked.
"Yes, that's what I planned, but it seems she doesn't remember much..."
Qiao Xinruo sighed.
Seeing her younger sister's dejected look, Su Yueya felt that they couldn't continue to be so negative. After all, this was already much better than the original "plot". At least they knew that the death was faked, instead of misunderstanding that Lu Zhengjun was really dead.
“Actually, things are already pretty good. We should look on the bright side. The fact that Zhengjun is not dead is the best news. As for the rest... let’s take it one step at a time,” Su Yueya said, trying to comfort Qiao Xinruo.
“Yes! You’re right, sis! We should focus on the good things.” Qiao Xinruo then laughed and teased, “Sis, your acting is pretty good! I knew you were doing much better these days, recovering so quickly. You’re nothing like the love-struck sister I used to know.”
“You actually teased your sister…” Su Yueya patted her sister’s arm, but her expression was smug.
To be honest, she does have some acting skills.
“But you don’t know how tiring acting is. You have to force tears even if you don’t want to cry. It’s really…” Su Yueya waved her hand, clearly having a headache over it. “Luckily, my second brother is here. He can help me cover for him to some extent.”
When she didn't know, she didn't notice anything unusual. Now that she knows, looking back, Qiao Xinruo feels that her second brother's behavior is full of loopholes. How come she didn't notice anything at all back then?
But such an absurd thing is something that family members would never think in such a direction.
"So now, the only ones who know about my brother-in-law faking his death are you, me, and my second brother, the three of us?" Qiao Xinruo confirmed.
"That should be the case," Su Yueya nodded.
"Then... why can only we hear Leng Yingying's inner thoughts?" Qiao Xinruo asked again.
“My second brother and I have discussed this issue. We guess that it’s because all of us in the family can hear her thoughts, but others won’t notice. We just can’t figure out why,” Su Yueya said.
“That’s really strange…” Qiao Xinru pondered, then suddenly her eyes lit up and she had a new idea.
"I know! Sis, do you remember those novels we read in the library before?"
“I remember, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything related to inner thoughts,” Su Yueya said.
“That’s because you haven’t seen enough!” Qiao Xinruo said confidently. “I have seen it.”
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