Chapter 128 Searching for an Antidote
Li Yanzhou said, "They've already gone far away."
Nina started to whine, "I want it! Go buy it for me! You haven't bought me a gift in ages. I want this rose."
Li Yanzhou stood up. "Alright."
Then he walked out the door.
He followed the direction the flower girl had gone in, and sure enough, he soon saw her standing on the street corner.
Excuse me.
He walked over and stopped behind her. "I'll take all these roses. How much?"
Hearing the sound, Luo Tingwei turned around, and with a whoosh, her cascading rose-gold hair was blown by the wind and hit her face.
Li Yanzhou's heart raced instantly.
Luo Tingwei met his eyes, and with a thud, roses scattered all over the ground.
She was about to call his name when she noticed a mixture of unfamiliarity and curiosity in his eyes.
What's going on... Doesn't he recognize me?
“Li Yanzhou…”
She called his name softly, her eyes already glistening with tears.
Knowing that the walls were listening, she could only suppress her excitement, "Where have you been? Where have you been all this time?"
He looked at her, puzzled. "What?"
His two words shattered her dreams completely.
Sure enough, something must have happened to him.
"You know me?"
Li Yanzhou wasn't stupid; he could naturally see the strangeness in her expression.
Just as Luo Tingwei was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of a bodyguard in black not far away, secretly watching them and clearly monitoring their every move.
She quickly realized what was happening and held back what she was about to say.
"You, you said you wanted roses, right?"
She changed the subject.
Seeing that she didn't continue, the light that had ignited in Li Yanzhou's heart gradually dimmed.
He snapped out of his daze and said, "Yes, my fiancée wants them, so I'll buy them all you have."
Upon hearing the words "fiancée," Luo Tingwei's back stiffened.
But she could only pretend nothing had happened and quickly picked up the roses from the ground. "Thirty rubles."
The moment Li Yanzhou accepted the rose, his hand paused.
For some reason, he really wanted to look up and see her again.
It was just a fleeting thought.
However, his gaze shifted slightly, and he caught sight of the sparkling wedding ring on her ring finger.
The man understood and gave a self-deprecating smile.
He quickly dismissed the idea and calmly turned and left.
As Luo Tingwei watched his retreating figure, a tear fell down her cheek.
In order to find him, she disguised herself as a flower girl and wandered the streets of Fascia every day, hoping for even the slightest chance of finding him.
But when he stood alive and well in front of him, he didn't remember himself at all.
In that instant, she longed to hug him, throw herself into his arms, and tell him, "I missed you so much."
What exactly happened?
What did Mansour do to him?
The man returned to the restaurant with the bouquet of roses, and the bodyguard secretly followed him the whole way to make sure everything was alright.
Nina was delighted to see the flowers in his hand. "Thank you, darling."
"These flowers are really beautiful."
Li Yanzhou sat down and casually replied, "If you like it, that's fine."
For some reason, at this moment, his mind was filled with the image of the flower girl from earlier.
The moment he saw her, he felt a strange sense of familiarity.
It's hard to explain, hard to define.
It felt like we'd met a long time ago.
Outside the restaurant window, Luo Tingwei quietly watched all of this, her brows furrowed.
Who is this woman?
...
"Found it, it's Mansour's daughter, her name is Nina."
Luo Tingwei frowned. "Mansur's daughter?"
Mosen replied, "Yes. I heard they're getting married next month."
"There have long been rumors that witchcraft is prevalent in the Fasi region. It's possible that President Li has been possessed by them through witchcraft."
“I heard that Nina used to be very close to a witch.”
"Miko?"
Luo Tingwei narrowed her eyes. "It seems that the only way is to use magic to defeat magic."
"Mosen, let's go find a witch too."
"That's exactly what I was thinking. Perhaps this will help break the witchcraft surrounding President Li."
Soon, a witch named Barbara came into their view.
"She is highly skilled in magic and has profound knowledge. It is said that she can break any magic. However, there is one problem: she lives in the mountains and her whereabouts are unpredictable, making it very difficult to find her."
"We have to find a way, no matter how difficult it is! After all, we need to stop all of this before the wedding."
Based on the limited information they had, Luo Tingwei and Mo Sen entered a deep mountain area called Guwu.
Barbara the witch has a hermitage in the Ancient Mist Mountain.
They were lucky; they finally found the cabin before sunset.
However, when they knocked on the door, there was no response.
Mosen tried to push the door, but it opened easily with a click.
A damp, musty smell wafted over me.
Achoo!
Mosen couldn't help but sneeze.
The cabin was pitch black, and the air was very stuffy.
"It looks like no one has lived here for many years."
Luo Tingwei lit a candle and was shocked to find the room full of dust and cobwebs!
In the center of the room was a large cooking pot, and around the pot was a ring of dust.
"Let's go take a look."
The two approached the pot and discovered that there seemed to be something inside.
Luo Tingwei reached inside and pulled out an envelope that looked like a map.
The envelope was old and yellowed.
Luo Tingwei thought for a moment, then opened the envelope.
The text above is in French, but due to its age, the characters have become very faint.
The two of them finally managed to translate it using software.
“By the time you read this letter, I will have been dead for a long time. I know why you have come. The fact that you found this place shows your piety, and I will give you a chance to help you…”
"Use the information on this map to find my grave. Inside the tomb, you'll find what you're looking for..."
"Barbara, written in 1975."
Both of them were startled when they saw the last line of text.
Barbara has been dead for fifty years.
"Are we... really going?"
Mosen glanced at the map and inexplicably hesitated.
"If you're scared, I'll go alone. You should go back first."
As Luo Tingwei spoke, she walked outside.
"Fine, let's go together."
Mosen was a little afraid to go down the mountain alone.
He usually followed Li Yanzhou through wind and rain, invincible in every way, but unexpectedly he was filled with awe for these witchcraft techniques.
Following the map's directions, they ventured deeper into the forest, only to find their path blocked by a small river.
"There's a small raft over there, let's row over there."
Luo Tingwei stopped him, pointing to the letter, "Barbara said we have to swim there ourselves."
Mo Sen didn't mind, but the thought of Luo Tingwei made him somewhat hesitant.
"Madam, I remember you don't seem to be able to swim."
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Emmm, I know the art style is a bit unusual, but it will get back on track soon.
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