Chapter 381 Deep Virtual Reality 209
She just wanted to know how she lived during that period of obscurity, and how she was thrown into the snow. If she was lucky, she might be able to find some remaining records.
I didn't expect this person's reaction to be so strange.
"Grandma, your little jellyfish is moving! It's jumping around and glowing! Is it too old and has a final burst of energy... Grandma!"
As soon as Tian Xixi peeked out, she saw Xie Ning holding an ice blade against Granny Tian's neck, looking every bit the cold-blooded killer, which terrified her.
But since it was her own grandmother who was hurt, Tian Xixi didn't care about being scared and scrambled towards Grandma Tian.
The fish tank slipped from Xie Ning's arms and crashed to her feet.
She was wearing sandals, and a transparent jellyfish clung tightly to her ankles, radiating a rainbow of colors. Xie Ning didn't have time to admire it; who knew if the jellyfish was poisonous!
With her other hand, she held an ice spike and was about to pry it away when the old woman shouted, "Don't hurt it! It won't hurt you!"
The ice spike stopped at the jellyfish's head. Xie Ning turned around and met a pair of shocked and complicated eyes. "It, it's your little toy. It won't hurt you."
Xie Ning didn't understand, but she stopped anyway, because the jellyfish hadn't released any toxins and had left the tank; she felt the little thing was about to dry out.
"What does this mean?" Xie Ning still held the ice blade against Granny Tian's neck. Tian Xixi wanted to move the ice blade away, but she was also afraid that Xie Ning might accidentally cut off her grandmother's head.
Despite still facing the danger of losing her head, Granny Tian smiled, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. "Because you are that child. Do you know how many years Grandma has been looking for you?"
She never expected that Xie Ning would be found again.
The tense atmosphere instantly dissipated. Xie Ning wasn't going to believe her one-sided story, but he still put away the ice blade, then picked up the small jellyfish and threw it into the fish tank.
There was still a little water left. The small fish tank was made of decent material and wasn't broken.
I tried to throw it away once, but it wouldn't come out. I tried a second time, but it still wouldn't come out.
Xie Ning.......
I finally managed to pry it off on the third try.
Granny Tian watched silently, while Tian Xixi stood like a primary school student being punished, constantly sneaking glances at this and that.
"How did Manager Tian know that I was that child?" Xie Ning asked Granny Tian.
"Because of it."
Grandma Tian pointed to the jellyfish that was eager to jump out of the small fish tank, her voice somewhat ethereal, "You've been in the same container with it since you were little. I might not recognize you, but it can."
Since you disappeared, the jellyfish has been in a state of suspended animation, until today…
"Absolutely right, you are that child..."
Xie Ning stepped back to a safe distance and scanned her surroundings. She hadn't expected that Granny Tian could install so many weapons in the house, and they were quite well hidden. It was also because the house was too messy that it would be difficult to find those openings without scanning.
“Xu Cheng and Lin Andong were my tenants. They died of illness not long after they moved in. Before they died, they entrusted you to me.” Granny Tian sent Tian Xixi back to her room, then stood not far from Xie Ning and stared at Xie Ning’s face.
“I have no husband, no children, and your arrival is a rare comfort to me… I know you are not an ordinary child. Other children need to drink milk powder, but you can survive by staying in a glass tank filled with nutrient solution with the little jellyfish. And it has been a year, and you haven’t grown at all.”
Grandma Tian's hoarse, rough voice trembled slightly with emotion, "That's not a problem. Grandma still has money, Grandma can support you... When Grandma was sick, my sister came to take care of me. Grandma didn't know, didn't know how they could have stolen you. Grandma searched frantically, but couldn't find you. They said, that you were taken away by a monster..."
So even though they called the police, they were ultimately unable to find the child.
She lost her son and husband in middle age, and her grandson in her later years. Suddenly, she didn't know what the meaning of life was anymore; she had been constantly losing...
“I was abandoned in the snow on Xutai Street and found by the headmistress…” Xie Ning said calmly. Seeing that Granny Tian’s eyes were red and swollen, she smiled and said, “I’m doing very well.”
Although she lived in an orphanage, she mostly encountered kind people.
"That's good." Granny Tian tried to force a smile, but she couldn't manage it.
Xie Ning knew to change the subject, "You said I used to live in a nutrient tank, is that thing still there? Xu Cheng... did Mom and the others leave any records?"
"Yes." Granny Tian got up and led Xie Ning to a room. "When I was sick, you were already able to leave the nutrient tank, so I prepared complementary foods for you like a normal baby."
Xie Ning nodded. If she needed to rely on intravenous nutrition indefinitely, then the hospital director couldn't raise her on formula alone.
Granny Tian brought out a metal box containing some paper documents about Xie Ning. Next to it was the nutrient cell where she lived, a small one, but enough for an infant to live in.
Xie Ning flipped through the documents in her hand, her face showing undisguised disappointment. The documents were all incomplete, and the data inside was either useless or already known to her.
What she really wanted to know was her original clone. The Tree Mother only told her that she was a clone because her heart had allowed her to survive for so long, but she didn't tell her who her original clone was.
She had originally thought that if she found those two researchers, she might be able to find relevant information, but unexpectedly, there wasn't a single piece of data.
"How was it? Did it work?" Granny Tian's eyes gleamed.
Xie Ning nodded. "Very useful, thank you, Grandma Tian Lou."
Seeing the other person's slightly bright eyes, Xie Ning chuckled. It was just a form of address; she didn't mind changing how she addressed him. If it weren't for Grandma Tian taking over the original owner of this body, she probably would have been sent to the experimental base from the very beginning.
They cannot live in this world as normal people.
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