The real and fake Chai Yan
Jiangchuan Valley bent down to pick up the fallen vegetables and put them back in the pool.
Qian Fei noticed Lin Chaoying's strange behavior, "What's wrong?"
Lin Chaoying's mind raced, trying to piece together the broken strings. Every word, every glance, might contain something she had missed.
Her wet hands grabbed Qian Fei's arm. "Do you have Chai Yan's child's blood?"
Qian Fei nodded blankly and said, "Yes, Kong Yue put it away."
Lin Chao-ying: "What are the test results?"
Qian Fei: "What was the result?"
Lin Chao-ying: "Did Kong Yue have her child's blood and DNA tested?"
Qian Fei shook his head in confusion, "It seems not, she only tested Chai Yan's blood."
Lin Chaoying quickly wiped the water off her hands, took out her phone, and dialed Kong Yue's number.
Kong Yue: "Hello? Aying, I'm at the door. What's up?"
Lin Chaoying hung up the phone and ran out of the kitchen, calling out, "Kong Yue!"
Kong Yue laughed and said, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
As Lin Chaoying watched the two cars drive away, a growing sense of dread enveloped her. "Is Chai Yan's child's blood still there?"
Kong Yue: "Yes, it's in the system."
Lin Chao-ying: "Did you find any problems in the test?"
"The problem?" Kong Yue didn't understand what she meant and said, "Neither of these children has any special abilities; they're just ordinary kids."
Lin Chao-ying: "Have you compared the mother's and child's DNA?"
These words were like a huge boulder thrown into water, creating a thousand waves. Kong Yue and Qin Ming at the door were stunned.
Qian Fei walked over, shocked, and said, "Lin Chaoying? You...?"
Jiang Chuan Gu followed behind and said, "Do you doubt that Chai Yan is actually Chai Yan?"
Kong Yue realized what was happening and ran towards the elevator like an arrow.
Qin Ming was extremely nervous, "Where did you get that deduction?"
Lin Chaoying explained: "When Chai Yan said, 'If she had met you first,' who was she? I only mentioned how I helped Chai Yan, so why did it become 'her' in Chai Yan's mouth?"
She clutched her chest. "And I have a feeling that Chai Yan's eyes are strange. From time to time, they give us a look of contempt! Not exactly contempt... but it's really strange! It doesn't look like the kind of look that someone like Chai Yan should have."
Qin Ming retorted, "You're not being sensitive enough?"
Lin Chaoying couldn't speak. The heavy rain pounded on the ground outside, making her emotions even more turbulent. The misty air made her feel sticky and wet...
Jiang Chuan Gu stood beside her and said, "I understand what you mean. When working in the entertainment industry, you come into contact with a lot of capitalists. Their eyes often carry the arrogance of superiors towards inferiors. It's not exactly contempt, but rather a kind of human nature that comes from life experience and social status, which is hard to hide."
“That’s right!” Lin Chaoying realized something was wrong. “Even if Chai Yan bravely fought against injustice, she never achieved success in social status. Coupled with her terrible experiences, her eyes would at least show signs of weariness or relief. In any case, they wouldn’t have the kind of emotion she has now.”
When a person is repeatedly tempered by fate, her temperament, soul, body, and eyes will all bear the marks.
Lin Chaoying kept recalling Chai Yan's expression in her mind.
She has sadness, resentment, and pain, but these emotions don't seem to be something she's inherently expressing outwardly; rather, they seem to be something she's articulating.
Or rather, if Lin Chaoying knew about Chai Yan's situation, and was sitting in the interrogation seat recounting Chai Yan's ordeal, she would also feel pain and resentment.
Qian Fei got goosebumps and tentatively asked, "If Chai Yan really isn't Chai Yan, why would she take over Chai Yan's life?"
Lin Chaoying suddenly remembered the part she had forgotten, "Do you guys remember that besides brainwashing, Chai Yan's special ability also included body transformation?"
The group hurriedly took the elevator back upstairs.
Kong Yue stood in front of the instrument, anxiously awaiting the results, and said, "If this Chai Yan is really fake, then what if she is real?"
Lin Chaoying couldn't understand. "My mind is a mess right now. Maybe Chai Yan really isn't a superhuman?"
Qian Fei asked, "How much longer?"
Kong Yue: "Ten minutes."
Qin Ming covered his face and squatted down in anguish. "I don't even dare to look anymore. What if your guesses are true? Who did the detention officer take away? This is terrible!"
Ten minutes felt like hours to them; none of them had an appetite, and they sat quietly in the meeting room.
Kong Yue's alarm rang, and she turned around and went into the room to retrieve the report.
Lin Chaoying heard a sorrowful sigh coming from inside the room.
Kong Yue placed a few sheets of paper on the table and said helplessly, "Boss, you have to write another report..."
The seven large characters in the conclusion crushed the few people present: 【No familial relationship confirmed.】
"Holy shit!" Qian Fei blurted out a curse without thinking, exclaiming in despair, "Then who is she?"
Without hesitation, Qin Ming dialed the detention officer's number.
To my surprise, after dialing nearly 10 times in a row, no one answered.
Qin Ming panicked and, after taking a deep breath, asked, "Are the special abilities of the eight ghost generals recorded?"
Kong Yue shrugged and said in a dismissive tone, "There is no information on the Ghost Generals within Twelve Streets, and the information on the superpowers of the 16 deputies was only collected at the end of last year."
He stood up and said firmly, "I'm fast. I'll run along the route and see if there are any traces. Kong Yue, you stay at headquarters and wait for information from higher-ups. Even if that Chai Yan is a fake, she hasn't mistreated the two children these past few years. Qian Fei, you go to Fubao Orphanage right now and stay there. If she doesn't come back tonight, Lin Chaoying, use your soul to float over and stay with her two children at the orphanage."
Qin Ming pointed at Jiang Chuan Gu very seriously and warned, "You're not allowed to run around! You can only stay at headquarters! Apart from those two children, you are very likely to be a target of the Ghost Gate!"
He walked to the door and then came back. "Kong Yue, I'm going to find the detention officer. Please send a message to the 12th Street of Xiangzhou and arrange for personnel to assist in advance. It would be best to send two people, one to guard Hoh Xil and the other as a backup."
After Qian Fei left, Kong Yue quickly communicated and arranged personnel transfers through the internal information network.
Jiangchuan asked, "You haven't eaten anything this morning, are you hungry? I'll go downstairs and ask the restaurant if they have any vegetarian food or porridge?"
Seeing his relaxed demeanor, Lin Chaoying asked, "Aren't you nervous?"
Jiang Chuan Gu's eyes flickered, he pursed his lips, shrugged, and said helplessly, "I am the only ordinary person here, and also the most likely target. As the person being protected, I will provide you with some emotional support and supplies, but I will not give you the chance to comfort me."
Until nightfall, Qin Ming and Qian Fei, who had left, had not sent any messages back or even been able to contact each other. The three of them were in a tense state for a long time, and they had no appetite. Their food tasted like cardboard.
Lin Chaoying calculated the time and said, "I'll go to the orphanage now."
Kong Yue instructed her, "Aying, your ability is the most concealed. If things go wrong, come back immediately. There will be people with superpowers coming to help tomorrow morning. There are ways to deal with it. Safety is the most important thing."
Lin Chaoying nodded obediently, "Don't worry, I don't think the fake Chai Yan will hurt the child. Thank you for watching over Jiangchuan Valley."
Jiangchuan Valley: "I'll be waiting for you by the bedside. Don't worry about me, it's safe here."
With no information and no prior encounter with their opponents, everyone cautiously and tentatively attempted to complete the task.
Lin Chaoying doesn't think ghost generals are that scary; it's the unknown that's scary.
She lay on the bed, closed her eyes and concentrated. After greeting Jiang Chuan Gu in the air, she left and floated to Fu Bao Orphanage.
In the quiet of the night, the streetlights around Fubao Orphanage flickered on and off, and the once bustling streets were now deserted except for the occasional sound of footsteps.
Lin Chaoying passed through the wall, searching for the dormitory where the children slept.
Strange, where did Qian Fei go?
As she moved between rooms, the sound of high heels suddenly echoed in the hallway, "tap-tap-tap," slow and light, while the clock ticked away, creating an eerie symphony in the darkness.
The sound grew closer, and Lin Chaoying followed it.
At the end of the corridor, a woman in high heels, wearing a white dress, stood with her hands behind her back. Her long, smooth black hair, reaching her waist, shimmered in the moonlight. She looked like an elegant ghost, each step she took exuding nobility, yet shrouded in darkness.
She slowly extended her slender hand, pushed open the closed door, and calmly walked into the room.
Lin Chaoying felt that the horror in the ghost movie came from the woman's posture and ghostly body, and then soft chanting came from the whole building.
She floated to the doorway and stared at the absurd scene before her.
The woman sat on the edge of the bed, gently patting the child's belly and humming a nursery rhyme. Her eyes were full of love and possessiveness. Her black hair fell to the child's chest like poisonous thorns that would pierce the child's body at any moment.
Lin Chaoying guessed that the woman was the fake Chai Yan, and the child was one of the twins.
Without saying a word, she rushed into the child's body. The moment she opened her eyes, the woman's face up close startled her.
The woman's smile froze on her face.
Lin Chaoying forced a wide smile to show her naivety as a "child," and called out in a soft, sweet voice, "Mommy..."
The woman's wary look melted instantly, and she said gently, "Sweetie, why are you awake?"
The child snuggled against her and said sweetly, "I missed my mom..."
The woman's soft laughter vanished in an instant, replaced by a cold voice: "So, you said you'd wait for me with the child, but you were waiting here..."
The child was frozen as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
These words were clearly spoken by Lin Chaoying to Chai Yan in the detention room, yet they were discovered so quickly.
The "child" let go of her hand, looked up and met those most genuine and primal eyes, which revealed her true nature without any concealment—eyes filled with disdain, contempt, and arrogant ambition.
The woman stood up, leaned against the window, and smiled slightly, yet it instilled a sense of fear in those around her. She said, "Your abilities and intelligence are truly remarkable; I like them very much."
The "child" feigned composure and questioned in a childish voice, "You and Scarface escaped? Guard, where are Qin Ming and Qian Fei?!"
The woman said casually, "Twelfth Street has always been a waste of space. Why don't you come to Ghost Gate? I'd love to have you."
The child continued to accuse: "Where is Chai Yan! Where is the real Chai Yan! Did you kill her too?!"
The woman frowned, her expression of displeasure particularly alluring, and said, "Chai Yan? Kill her? I'm her savior..."
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