Chapter 105 The young lady was so worried that she would ask, "Who are you?"...
Du Yu thought she would ask, "Who are you?" But to her surprise, the girl with the same face as her, after a moment of surprise, only puffed out her cheeks and glared at her, then abruptly pulled open the still-vibrating door, remaining still and only sticking her head out:
"Come in."
"Miss, you're not angry anymore?"
The overly familiar voice made Du Yu raise her eyes. A black mushroom-shaped head peeked out. Du Yu was slightly taken aback, but the other person seemed not to have seen her at all, their gaze sweeping straight over her before shifting away without pausing, landing on the girl standing next to Du Yu.
"snort."
The girl snorted, raised her chin, pressed the mushroom-shaped hairpin back down with one hand, and slammed the door shut with the other: "I'm hungry, go get me something to eat."
As Tian Yinuo's joyful voice faded into the distance, a girl with an extremely similar face crossed her arms over her chest, turned her head, and slightly raised her chin to look at herself out of the corner of her eye. Du Yu suddenly found it a little funny.
It wasn't just because the girl was particularly concerned, yet she insisted on pretending not to care, but also because Du Yu felt her posture was extremely familiar—her roommate, Shi Wei, had the same annoying expression when they first met.
So it makes sense that Wen Xi gave Shi Wei the nickname "Young Miss," it's not—well, not entirely because she's mean-spirited.
The girl in front of him, who is suspected to be the original owner of this body and comes from a top conglomerate in the City of the Sun, can indeed be called a rich young lady, but if you really think about it, Shi Wei's background is not bad either.
With a vast family network and extensive connections, Shi Wei was able to get into one of the top universities in the country and refuse to go home, even though she had a falling out with her family. People like her and Du Yu were from completely different worlds.
Of course, arguing with her family didn't affect Shiwei's status as a young lady. When she first entered Jinling University, Shiwei looked down on everything around her. The bed was too small, the desk was too old, and the bathroom was too dirty. Du Yu arrived early and listened to all of the young lady's complaints while lying on the inside.
She thought Shi Wei was going to turn around and leave. Jinling University was indeed a key university, but with the Shi family's resources, it wouldn't be a problem to transfer Shi Wei to a private university with a similar reputation but a better environment. But Shi Wei, despite his disdain, actually stayed there.
Of course, there was bound to be an adjustment period at the beginning. Du Yu had seen a lot of oddballs because of his upbringing, while Wen Xi was a teasing and mischievous person who liked to make fun of others from time to time.
The two had argued quite a bit. The nickname "Miss" was given to Shi Wei by Wen Xi during one of their arguments. At that time, Shi Wei was furious, but when Wen Xi made her laugh, she suppressed her laughter. Her expression was exactly the same as that of the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl in front of her.
Who are you thinking of when you look at me?
To everyone's surprise, the girl was surprisingly perceptive. Her eyelids drooped, and her cheeks puffed out even more. If her anger just now was only one-tenth, it had now reached five-tenths. Du Yu smiled and looked down at her.
"A friend, don't worry, you and she are not alike, I just... haven't seen her in a long time."
"Did she go to a faraway place too? Just like my mother, never to come back?"
At fourteen or fifteen years old, even in the civilized society before the great catastrophe of the previous life, ordinary people would have tasted the bitterness of life to some extent by this age. But the girl standing in front of Du Yu looked up at her, and the guarded look on her face was replaced by sadness. That sadness was pure and innocent, a kind of pain that could only be nurtured in a greenhouse, delicate and tender.
Du Yu tilted his head slightly, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of buildings, reaching the azure sky where birds soared and clouds dispersed—a beautiful and tranquil scene, yet utterly hypocritical—in this painful era where the sky was filled with gray fog and despair.
This is not a real scene. It is most likely that the system has captured someone's dream and processed it. Perhaps there are some secrets hidden in it, but without a doubt, this is 100% fake.
The real "Du Yu" would not have encountered a visitor who looked exactly like her when she was fourteen or fifteen years old; what Du Yu saw every day when she looked in the mirror was the last anchor point left in the world by a girl who died in panic and pain.
This is a completely fake conversation.
Talking to "Du Yu" is completely pointless.
Just say something random to get by, then go investigate the secrets here; the system mission is the most important thing.
"I have no idea."
Du Yu leaned against the doorway, his posture casual, but his tone was very serious: "Meeting and reunion are both accidental events, and perhaps only fate can explain them."
"This still means we won't be able to meet."
"No."
Du Yu looked at the dejected girl. Although their features were different, she saw a reflection of herself from years ago. One eye was purple, the other black, and their two pairs of eyes, so similar in shape, stared at each other in silence.
"This tiny possibility of reunion is the only reason some people are desperate."
Are you the person you're talking about?
Du Yu remained noncommittal. The girl seemed to have her own judgment on the issue, pondering for a while with her head down. Suddenly, she looked up at the ceiling—as if her gaze could penetrate the roof. Her shoulders rose and fell, and she sighed like every child pretending to be an adult.
"Sigh, time is running out. I really like you. You're different from all of them."
them?
Before Du Yu could ask any more questions, the girl suddenly looked up and smiled at her, her expression cunning like an Arctic fox leaping high to pounce on a snowdrift to capture its prey. She raised her hand, and her fingertips suddenly gleamed with silver light, like the moment a tear is illuminated by moonlight before it falls to the ground.
Du Yu's gaze suddenly froze. She sensed signs of the activation of superpowers within the silver light, and of course, even more prominent was the aura of the [Fate] element!
Even if it's not as strong as what Du Yu felt from the Lord of the Pure Sea, it's still much stronger than what ordinary ability users have experienced; it's an aura close to the origin!
The girl seemed quite satisfied with Du Yu's reaction; her smile widened, and the silver light at her fingertips danced, faintly outlining a map in mid-air.
"I know many people want this elemental seed. I won't go easy on you. If you want it, go get it here."
Element seed?
A sense of detachment from the familiar world washed over her, and the space began to tremble again, a tremor that only she could detect. "Du Yu" stood there, watching the mysterious visitor disappear with a heart full of questions, and the smile on her face gradually faded.
"Miss, why are you sighing again? Has someone upset you? Let's go tell the master!"
Tian Yinuo held two plates in one hand and a small bag of fresh pineapples hooked on her left pinky finger. With a twist of her elbow, she opened the door in an extremely contorted posture. The Du family certainly had no shortage of servants, but the young lady liked to mock fools. Whenever the young lady was in a bad mood, she would do this, and five or six out of ten times she would make the young lady laugh.
But that trick didn't work today.
As Tian Yinuo put down her plate, she carefully observed the young lady's expression. The young lady's face was expressionless and without a smile, but she didn't seem angry either. It was more like she was immersed in a state of contemplation.
"Miss, what are you thinking about?"
Tian Yinuo began to mutter to herself without much hope. Usually, when the young lady was in this state, it was difficult to hear what she was saying, but for the first time today, the young lady actually answered her.
The girl's eyes were fixed on a spot on the floor, as if someone had stood in that empty space. She touched her chin thoughtfully and said, "Xiaotian, purple seems quite nice. Do you think I should get my hair dyed purple too?"
"ah?"
"ah?"
Standing in front of the bench, Tian Yinuo looked down, somewhat puzzled, and her gaze fell on the map on Du Yu's knee, which she carefully examined.
Strangely enough, although she was startled awake by a strange dream and forgot everything when she woke up, today was the longest and sweetest dream she had had in a while. After getting up, it seemed that much of the fog that had been lingering in her mind had dissipated.
"Ah, I remember now!"
Tian Yinuo held up the map and spun it clockwise. When the map stopped at a certain spot, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she exclaimed happily, "Miss, isn't this the Tree Heart Garden? We used to play there all the time."
Tree Heart Garden... Du Yu silently memorized the name and took a deep look at Tian Yinuo. Although according to her, she should be very familiar with the place, in fact, there was no trace of this garden in the memories that Du Yu obtained from the original owner.
Having learned from his own past experience, Du Yu now completely disbelieves that this is a coincidence.
Du Yu squinted, leaned back on the bench, and watched Tian Yinuo's departing figure. His gaze suddenly shifted to a plump pigeon that was quietly preparing to leave. "Explain?"
[Ding dong, congratulations to the player for unlocking the main quest [Tian Yinuo's Heartfelt Thoughts - Searching for the Lost □□]]
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Author's note: Sorry for the long wait, I was out and about for two days this weekend.
There were questions in the comments section about the original owner's traits; that will be covered in this volume.
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