Chapter 282 Your sister is very talented
The day after Lin Yan'an left, the crew members returned one after another. Zhong Wan stayed at the Zhong family home, and the two chatted idly on their phones whenever they had free time.
On the third day, Lin Yan'an's crew officially resumed work, returning to the tense yet regular work state of the year before. He was busy on set again, either communicating with Director Li and the actors about script details or focusing intently on the on-set filming. His work was busy and fulfilling.
During breaks, he would always take out his phone immediately, eagerly awaiting a message from Zhong Wan.
Meanwhile, Zhong Wan, who was thousands of miles away, also decided to return to the store, and her life returned to its familiar track.
After saying goodbye to his family, he reopened the shop.
Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the dust particles floating in the air. Ah Gui quietly nestled in the corner, watching the dust particles dance in the sunlight, his hand holding the broom itching to use.
But its gaze paused when it swept over Zhong Wan, who was quietly writing at the front desk, and met Zhong Suisui's bright, piercing cat eyes.
Seeing its bared teeth, Ah Gui silently put down the broom, turned around and pressed himself against the wall, instantly disguising himself as a large, floor-standing light bulb.
Zhong Suisui lay on the counter, watching Ah Gui calm down before turning her gaze away. She tilted her head back, opened her mouth wide, yawned, and then instantly sprawled out on the counter like a cat pancake, comfortably basking in the sun, her tail swaying gently.
The store fell silent instantly, with only the scratching sound of pens gliding across paper and the occasional message notifications from Zhong Wan's phone.
The silence inside was suddenly broken by the ringing of the doorbell.
Zhong Wan stopped writing and looked up at the door. She saw a girl who looked to be in her early twenties standing there, her face haggard and with heavy dark circles under her eyes.
She clutched something covered by a dust cover tightly in her arms, her eyes darting around the shop with a mixture of timidity and feigned determination.
When her gaze finally fell upon Zhong Wan, she paused for a moment, then looked at Zhong Wan and mustered her courage, her voice still trembling slightly, and asked, "Excuse me, are you the owner here?"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Wan nodded slightly, a smile just beginning to appear on her lips, but she paused when she saw the illusory figure beside her. The figure was dressed in a white wedding dress, but the dress was covered with black thorns. The thorns silently bound her soul, as if they had penetrated deep into her bones. In the dim light, Zhong Wan could almost see the faint blackish-red bloodstains beneath the thorns.
Her soul was empty in her eyes, her face expressionless, as if she felt no pain.
Zhong Wan's eyebrows twitched slightly. She lowered her eyes to hide her thoughts, then looked at the timid-looking girl and replied with a faint smile, "Yes, that's me. Is there anything I can help you with?"
The girl seemed to have made up her mind. She hugged the thing in her arms tightly, looked at Zhong Wan for a moment, hesitated, and then mustered up her courage to walk over.
She carefully placed the items on the counter, then looked up at Zhong Wan, her voice still trembling slightly: "My name is Lin Yu,"
Zhong Wan nodded: "My name is Zhong Wan."
Lin Yu instantly understood, and then gently removed the dust cover while explaining in a low voice, "Boss Zhong, I'm here about my sister. My sister's name is Lin Wei. She was a wedding dress designer before she passed away. This wedding dress... was made by her personally, and it was her most satisfying work."
Zhong Wan looked down at the wedding dress on the counter, stained with blood and dirt, bearing the marks of time.
Yu Guang keenly noticed that when Lin Yu mentioned her sister, the soul beside her seemed to react, and the entire ghostly obsession trembled slightly.
Zhong Wan's gaze swept lightly over the wedding dress before returning to Lin Yu's face. She said gently, "Your sister is very talented."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu's eyes instantly turned red. Her fingers helplessly groped for the edge of the dust cover, and she shook her head with a choked voice, saying, "Yes, my sister has loved sewing things since she was little. Unfortunately... I'm the one who dragged her down. In order to support my studies and to make it easier for her to take care of me, she gave up the opportunity to study abroad and stayed in this small city, working in a studio."
Lin Yu looked up at Zhong Wan, her vision blurred by tears. She wiped away her tears, sniffed, and looked at Zhong Wan expectantly, saying, "Boss, to be honest... the reason I came here is because of a dream."
“I had a dream before the New Year. In the dream, my sister was wearing this wedding dress and standing in a fog.”
"She was covered in black thorns, which left her with many wounds. No matter how I called her, she wouldn't speak, but just looked at me with a very sad look in her eyes."
"I originally thought it was just an accident, and I didn't remember it very clearly when I woke up. But I didn't expect that from the Lunar New Year until now, I have been having this dream almost every day. The more I dream about it, the more I remember it."
"In my dream, my sister's eyes held not only sadness but also expectation. A glimmer of light slowly appeared in the dark fog, and the light clearly illuminated the name of your shop."
As Lin Yu spoke, she turned to the side and pointed to the door: "That's it! The one I dreamed of is exactly the same as the one hanging outside you."
"I... I really had no other choice. I could only cling to my last sliver of hope, and with my sister's belongings in hand, I followed the navigation to find this place."
Her expression became somewhat excited, and her eyes were filled with hope as she looked at Zhong Wan, along with a hint of fear that she had not yet hidden.
"So, can you help my sister?"
Just as Lin Yu was recounting her dream and prayers, Zhong Wan clearly saw that the thorns wrapped around Lin Wei's wedding dress seemed to tighten even more; they... seemed to be moving.
Instantly, a strong sense of sorrow and resentment spread from Lin Wei's soul, while at the same time, a cold, mechanical voice rang in Zhong Wan's mind.
[Ding! Obsessive spirit detected. System task being issued...]
[Quest: Crimson Wedding Dress and Unfinished Vows. Quest Level LV4.]
[Task Reward: 5,000,000 RMB]
Almost simultaneously, the notification sounds for the hidden quests began:
[Ding! Detected a related obsession, triggering a hidden quest—The Torn Design Draft.]
Zhong Wan hadn't expected the hidden quest to have such a simple name; her brows furrowed slightly.
The mission reward was also something she hadn't expected.
Correspondingly, the greater the reward for the task, the deeper the obsession of the soul before us, and... the tragic story behind her.
Her face remained expressionless, but her gaze lowered slightly as she looked at the blood-red wedding dress before her.
Then he looked at Lin Yu, at her eyes filled with both expectation and fear.
"A blood-red wedding dress and an unfulfilled vow..."
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