Chapter 43 The Train Mystery
The next day, when Shi Yuan went to get water from the boiler room, she saw railway police searching the empty carriage next door.
Seeing her curiosity, the woman next to her kindly explained, "The train police officers heard someone say that they heard noises coming from the empty carriage next door when they were getting hot water last night, so they came to check."
Shi Yuan followed up by asking, "What was that noise? When did it happen? It was quite frightening."
"You can tell! I just heard this morning that they caught a mother and daughter swindlers. They were really good at cheating people."
"Really? You really can run into anything when you're traveling," Shi Yuan agreed.
"Is that so? Hey, let me tell you, this train had an accident a long time ago!"
"What's up?" Shi Yuan asked, feigning curiosity. Having spent so much time with Huan Ni, she was quite adept at getting people to gossip.
She wasn't particularly interested in the train's past; she'd already experienced the old-fashioned green trains, and would most likely drive herself from now on. Besides, which train hasn't had an accident? They even encountered a ginseng spirit last night!
That's why she didn't leave; she wanted to know if the train police had discovered anything. If they had, she would proactively reveal her identity to Gu Linyuan and explain, so as not to make the train police waste time investigating.
"Let me tell you something." The older sister looked around, pulled Shi Yuan to the car window, and whispered a story from the past to her.
"I heard about this from my second uncle." A classic opening line, "That was when the train between Beicheng and Haicheng had just started running."
At that time, the "Down to the Countryside Movement" had just begun, and many insightful young people left the well-off cities to go to the countryside to help improve production.
What the eldest sister wanted to talk about was the story of that group of educated young people who went to the countryside from Beicheng.
"Hey girl, do you know where this train's final stop is?"
Shi Yuan shook her head; she didn't notice.
The older sister didn't keep Shi Yuan in suspense and gave her the answer directly: "It's Yunnan Province. The final stop of that train is also Yunnan Province."
"However, the trouble happened on the way from Beicheng to Haicheng." The eldest sister murmured something, but Shi Yuan didn't hear it.
"I heard that there was also a highly accomplished scientist on that train."
Hearing her older sister say this, Shi Yuan was stunned. She remembered that Ji Ying had complained to her about something, saying that the author had even created a train mystery in order to highlight the female lead.
Originally, the author intended to write about the female protagonist solving a cold case and bringing justice to those people many years later. However, the author only focused on highlighting the female protagonist's character and deepening her relationship with the male protagonist. The author rambled on about things like encountering danger, finding a treasure, being spotted by a master, and the second male lead experiencing an emotional crisis. The author didn't fill in the plot holes. By the time the finale was released, the whole train mystery was still not explained!
For this, Ji Ying cursed and swore for a long time, and even encouraged her to go to the place with the most zombies and shout a couple of times to prove her existence.
Shi Yuan naturally refused. She wasn't ready to live enough yet, and she wouldn't do something so childish and dangerous.
The train mystery in the story basically matches what the older sister told me.
As the two were talking, the train police officer came out of the next carriage. The woman, being a kind-hearted one, immediately went over to him, clutching her chest, and asked, "Officer, have you found anything wrong?"
"Oh my, my private room is nearby, it scared me to death!"
"Don't worry, sister. We've searched inside and out thoroughly, and there's nothing there."
"Really? That's great. I can sleep better tonight. Thank you for your hard work, officers."
The train police officer exchanged a few polite words and left side by side. The older woman watched their backs as they walked away, without any intention of continuing the conversation with Shi Yuan.
Shi Yuan chuckled. Very well, they were all just tools for the other train police officers.
However, what my older sister said...
Gu Linyuan placed a plate of walnut pastries in front of Shi Yuan, and then pushed a cup of tea at the right temperature towards her: "Why do you seem a little distracted?"
Shi Yuan sighed and said, "When I went to fetch water just now, I heard an older woman tell me a story from the past."
"What kind of past events? Tell me about them."
"It's a bit heavy."
Gu Linyuan sat down opposite Shi Yuan, holding his enamel mug, showing through his actions that he wanted to listen.
"About ten years ago, when the railway between Beicheng and Haicheng had just been opened, three young people with vision set off from Beicheng to Yunnan Province to participate in rural construction. Also traveling from Beicheng was a top scientist in the field of weapons."
Gu Linyuan paused in his drinking: "Is it about this?"
"You knew about this too?"
“I’ve seen the classified files.” Gu Linyuan frowned. “What did that woman look like?”
“Quite ordinary.” Shi Yuan recalled, “His appearance and clothing were nothing special, except for his dark pupils and very bright eyes.”
She asked Gu Linyuan, "Do you suspect there's something wrong with her identity?"
Gu Linyuan shook his head: "It could also be someone who experienced that incident back then." Then he frowned, "But even if someone experienced it, they wouldn't talk about it as a topic of conversation."
"Tell me how that woman described what happened back then."
Shi Yuan nodded and relayed her elder sister's words without adding any personal opinion.
It was just a few words, and then the train police came out.
"It's so tragic. The scientist was still tightly protecting the classified files in his arms before he died. I think the backs of the soldiers who were guarding him collapsed."
"What a pity, those three young people gave their all on the train."
"Girl, tell me, what is justice in this world?"
"That's all," Shi Yuan said.
Then Gu Linyuan filled in the gaps in this previously sealed secret.
Actually, the four people were traveling together. The three young men were students of that big shot. In order to avoid suspicion, they boarded the train under the guise of being educated youth.
The big boss and the three students were always protected by someone.
But they were still killed. In an empty carriage, their throats were slit, and blood flowed throughout the entire carriage.
"How could this happen? Has the murderer been caught?"
Gu Linyuan shook his head: "No, this matter alarmed the higher-ups. The backgrounds and resumes of the passengers on the same train were checked again and again. In the years that followed, there were even people specifically monitoring those passengers."
But in the end, nothing was gained.
"Not even a suspect?"
"No, there were teachers, cadres, farmers, students, adults and children on that train. Everyone was a suspect, but after round after round of screening, in the end, no one was the murderer."
"Moreover, the carriages are locked from the inside."
"Murder in a locked room?"
"With a car window, the locked-room murder is not plausible, but the murderer has also vanished without a trace."
"Was the flight attendant at the time checked?"
"They investigated, they investigated thoroughly, they investigated almost three generations, and there was no problem with anyone."
Huan Ni added, "Isn't that the biggest problem?"
Gu Linyuan shook his head: "The police who were investigating the case at the time also refused to believe it. They couldn't find a single suspect or witness on the entire train, which was a problem in itself."
But that's the reality; those passengers and crew members are still being followed, but no problems have been found.
"Finally, the case file was transferred to the seventh office." This is the reason why people suspect that the events of that year might be related to the alien demons.
"It wasn't the strange demons who did it," Yin Renshen, who had been asleep, suddenly interjected.
"You saw it?" Huan Ni suddenly became excited and flew to the vicinity of Yin Renshen, urging her to tell her quickly.
She was most interested in solving these kinds of unsolved cases.
Yin Renshen glanced at her: "You're a divine beast, for goodness' sake, why are you so gossipy? You should be more reserved."
"Stop being coy, hurry up and tell me, I'm so impatient!"
With a flick of her ginseng rootlets, the plump ginseng on the bunk disappeared, replaced by a stunningly beautiful woman with a cold and aloof expression, wearing an ancient-style bright red silk dress over a black gauze robe, and a small red mole at the corner of her eye. She leaned against the bunk.
Shi Yuan was amazed. This was a real case of a person appearing out of thin air, and a stunningly beautiful one at that. Thinking of something, she glanced at Gu Linyuan, wondering if he regretted not having used his charm to his fullest extent.
Gu Linyuan turned his head and met Shi Yuan's teasing gaze. He shook his head helplessly and silently said two words: "No." This made Shi Yuan a little embarrassed.
"I asked you to speak, why did you turn into a human?" Huan Ni said unhappily. "Are you trying to mock me for not being able to turn into a human?"
"Did that provoke you?" Yin Renshen glanced at Huan Ni with a charming smile, then covered her mouth and chuckled. "That's wonderful!" It's a way of getting revenge for that net that caught her.
Enraged by Huan Ni, she flapped her wings and flew around the private room for a while, while Shi Meili froze on her, not daring to move.
"Are you going to talk or not? If you don't, I'll report you to the train police for fare evasion!"
Yin Renshen was speechless: "Alright, stop jumping up and down, I'll tell you now." She flicked her sleeves and tidied her long hair. "There was no trace of any strange demons in that carriage, except for ours."
The normal interpretation of this statement is: the four victims were not killed by the demon.
But Huan Ni's understanding was: "You did it!" Her voice cracked, "If not, what would you want!" As soon as she finished speaking, she flew back and spat out a net from her shoulder, which meant that the Seventh Division had captured the Yin Ginseng and solved this mystery.
"What's wrong with your brain?" Yin Renshen said helplessly. She seemed to understand Huan Ni's thought process very well. She wasn't angry at Huan Ni's behavior. Instead, she calmly adjusted to a comfortable position and continued, "I said, it wasn't the strange demon who made the move, and of course it wasn't me either." She seemed very patient with Huan Ni.
Huan Ni was a little embarrassed. She withdrew the Heavenly Net and muttered to herself, "She didn't make herself clear!"
"Tsk, it's been hundreds of years, and you haven't improved at all."
"It's still better than you," Huan Ni retorted sarcastically. "You were bored and tried to create a clone for yourself, but you ended up weakening yourself and the clone ran away. What were you trying to achieve?"
Yin Renshen remained silent. Indeed, she was just bored!
But she wouldn't back down: "If I weren't so weak, would you have been able to catch me?"
That's true. Yin ginseng can undergo nirvana, allowing it to retain more strength during that catastrophe. Given the restrained fighting style of Shi Yuan and Gu Linyuan at the time, the outcome was truly hard to predict.
Huan Ni was equally stubborn: "So what? Just tell me if you've been arrested or not."
Yin Renshen rolled her eyes, just like Huan Ni: "Alright, I'm not arguing with you anymore. Hurry up and get me something good to eat."
Shi Meili froze completely. No, was it really okay to say that in front of her?
"Eat my ass!" Huan Ni didn't tolerate Yin Renshen at all. "If you're hungry, just gnaw on your own roots!"
Shi Yuan sighed, "Why don't you two find somewhere else to argue?"
"No need, I have nothing to say to her," Huan Ni said sullenly, crossing her arms.
"What a coincidence, we don't see eye to eye either!" Yin Renshen imitated Huan Ni's mannerisms, crossing her arms and even snorting.
Shi Yuan looked at this and then that. This one looked quite familiar. When Shi Meili disappeared, why did Huan Ni think about it for so long?
Shi Yuan didn't ask that question. If she had, Huan Ni would probably have told her there's a saying, "It's dark under the lamp!"
Shi Yuan stared at the small, bright red mole at the corner of Yin Renshen's eye for a while, then suddenly asked her, "Does your clone look exactly like you?"
Yin Renshen glanced at Shi Yuan but ignored her.
"I'm asking you a question!" Huan Ni said unhappily.
"What?" Yin Renshen retorted, "Why are you, a human, asking this?"
She scoffed, "You can't create clones anyway."
"How long did you run away in your clone's place? Was it more than two years?"
"None of your business!" These four words, uttered by such a stunningly beautiful woman, exuded an indescribable charm.
Shi Yuan couldn't help but think that if Yin Renshen's clone was also like this, then it would be understandable that Mo Xun fell for it at first sight.
Let alone the lecherous Mo Xun, even she, as a woman, found it pleasing to the eye.
Yin Renshen reacted quickly, her phoenix eyes narrowing dangerously as she looked Shi Yuan up and down: "You know about my clones?"
"It's not certain yet, it's just information we've received. The strange demon we're looking for on this trip is also a great beauty like you, with a small mole at the corner of her eye, just like you."
Whether it was because Shi Yuan spoke the words "great beauty" without any reservations, Yin Renshen's attitude clearly softened.
“Ran Wen, that’s my name,” Yin Renshen said.
Huan Ni opened her mouth in surprise, glanced at Shi Yuan and then at Ran Wen, feeling incredulous. Ran Wen and she had known each other for a very long time before exchanging names, so why was it different with Shi Yuan?
Could it be? She's taken a liking to Shi Yuan!
Horrifying! She must protect Shi Yuan!
"Shi Yuan, that's my name." Shi Yuan introduced herself with a smile, "We are from the Seventh Division. This time we went to Haicheng to resolve a problem caused by a strange demon."
Ran Wen lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then understood: "The strange demon that caused the trouble is the one you just mentioned who looks similar to me."
“That’s right,” Shi Yuan said. “If she were your alter ego, what would you do?”
"And you?" Ran Wen seemed to really enjoy asking questions in return. "Regardless of whether she's my clone or not, what were you originally planning to do?"
There's nothing wrong with saying this: "Naturally, we'll subdue them and then deal with the situation accordingly."
"How should we handle this?" Ran Wen pressed for details.
"Why are you asking so many questions?" Huan Ni interrupted. "Just tell me, what if it's your clone? What would you do then?"
Ran Wen glanced at Huan Ni and said irritably, "Of course we'll destroy her!" Her words carried a hint of killing intent. "Something I created has caused me trouble. How could I possibly let it live?"
Huan Ni nodded in agreement: "You shouldn't have refined that thing!"
Ran Wen sighed, "Who told me to be lonely!" As she said this, she glanced at Gu Linyuan intentionally or unintentionally.
When she was lonely, she would refine anything. She vaguely remembered refining a shattered soul that was about to be scattered.
"Don't look around! That's the head of the Seventh Division!" Huan Ni said irritably, revealing Gu Linyuan's identity.
Ran Wen immediately looked away, narrowly avoiding getting stuck!
"Huan Ni, are you even human?! You just betrayed me like this!" If she really did something to me, would I ever have a peaceful life again?
"You arrested my friend first, so what's wrong with teaching you a lesson!"
Blah blah blah...
Shi Yuan ignored the two bickering and took the stiff Shi Meili off Huan Ni and placed her on the table by the car window. She then continued talking to Gu Linyuan about the unsolved case.
“If it’s not a demon, then it’s a human,” Gu Linyuan said.
"The enemy." Thinking of something, Shi Yuan asked, "Have you investigated from the perspective of enemy agents?"
“I’ve checked,” Gu Linyuan said. “The files contain records of the large-scale purge from back then.”
Because of this unsolved case, almost all the spies who used to operate in the Beicheng and Haicheng areas were eradicated. Why almost? Because no one was sure if there were any other lurking forces; those people were always omnipresent.
Shi Yuan suggested a few more ideas, but they had all been screened and no clues were found. If it weren't for the fact that the big shot and his student were taking classified information to another big shot to jointly research new weapons, the investigators at the time would have suspected that they had committed suicide.
After their discussion came to nothing, Ran Wen and Huan Ni finished arguing. Finally, Ran Wen said, "I'll go to Haicheng with you to deal with that clone, but I have a request."
"You're actually asking for it?" Huan Ni retorted again. "You should be grateful we haven't bothered you about your clone!"
Ran Wen was in the wrong in this respect, but she quickly adjusted her mood: "Then I'll be punished by having to work for the Seventh Division."
Huan Ni: ...You've really mastered the art of language!
Shi Yuan and Gu Linyuan were both surprised. Ran Wen was clearly not the kind of strange demon who would obediently follow the rules. Although he did not want to provoke the Seventh Division when he came out to find his clone, he was more angry because his authority had been challenged.
Shi Yuan looked at Gu Linyuan; this matter required his approval.
Gu Linyuan's understanding of Ran Wen was highly consistent with Shi Yuan's, and he asked directly, "Why?"
"No reason," Ran Wen said. "Just looking for some excitement." The mountain she was on was practically worn smooth by her, otherwise she wouldn't have been so bored as to create clones.
After finishing creating her clones, she had nothing else to do, so she simply dug a hole, buried herself, and went to sleep.
As a result, the clone ran away!
She might find life boring, but she doesn't mind living a long life. If that clone causes any trouble, the Seventh Division might come after her.
She is very capable in combat and can be reborn from the ashes. She is not afraid of death, but in the current environment, if she dies once, her strength will be greatly reduced. She likes her human form very much and does not want to die several times and then not be able to transform into a human form anymore.
The key question is, why would she choose to fight to the death with the Seventh Bureau when she could live a perfectly good life?
She was so bored that she couldn't resist grabbing Shi Meili when she saw her.
Actually, she didn't intend to eat Shi Meili. Otherwise, Shi Meili would have been digested long ago. She really just grabbed one of her kind without thinking.
But the outcome was still good. She met Huan Ni again, and Huan Ni even hooked up with the Seventh Bureau. She had once worried whether this guy could endure this kind of life, but it turned out that he was living a much more comfortable life than her.
This truly reflects the saying: "I'm afraid my brother will suffer, and I'm also afraid my brother will drive a Land Rover."
Ran Wen is in this state of mind right now.
“There are two options for the alien demons to join the Seventh Division.” Gu Linyuan, as expected of the head of the Seventh Division, remained very calm in the face of such a sudden situation. “First, they can go to Changbai Mountain to guard the barrier and watch over the suppressed alien demons. They will receive corresponding offerings every year.”
"Second, there is a contract with the members of the Seventh Division, and actions are subject to the constraints of the Seventh Division."
Ran Wen looked at Huan Ni, then at Shi Yuan, and didn't say anything more.
Her appearance meant that the plans on the Haicheng black market would have to be revised. Shi Yuan and Gu Linyuan temporarily put aside the unsolved case and focused on discussing the new plan.
As night deepened, a light rain began to fall in the northern city. After waking up, Gu Zhao could not accept the fact that he had almost become a cripple, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse. Feng Qing still slept early and woke up late, but spent the rest of the time by Gu Zhao's side.
However, whenever Gu Zhao saw her, he would recall his experience in the cave, and then his whole body would start to spasm unconsciously, with tears, saliva, and snot flying everywhere, and he would even lose control of his bladder, making Feng Qing almost unable to love him anymore.
So she went to bed earlier and woke up later.
Her behavior had drawn criticism from the Gu family last time, but Gu Zhao had always indulged her over the years, and she continued to do as she pleased, completely disregarding how the Gu family viewed her.
That day, Old Master Gu summoned her to his study, a place Feng Qing had never entered in the decades since she married Gu Zhao. She looked around curiously but found nothing special.
She was secretly pleased with herself. They wouldn't let her into the study, but now she was in.
"Feng Qing, with Gu Zhao in such a state, do you have any solutions?" Old Master Gu looked at Feng Qing's unseemly appearance and remained silent for a long time before finally asking.
Gu Lie sat to the side, silently gripping his teacup. He really thought his father had lost his mind!
Outsiders may not know Feng Qing's background, but don't they know it too?
It's a long story to tell.
His good older brother had an affair and not only did he not hide it, but he also confessed to them. Confessing was one thing, but his partner was a demon!
More than 20 years have passed, and he still remembers his shock and speechlessness at the time, as well as his admiration for his elder brother's bravery and fearlessness. His elder brother was truly fearless!
Strange demons!
Aren't you afraid it might suddenly leap up in its sleep and send its love-struck older brother to his grave?
What happened next was even more exciting: his sister-in-law and the two brothers, Lin Yuan and Lin Yuan, disappeared, and his womanizing older brother insisted on divorcing his sister-in-law and marrying Feng Qing.
He went to great lengths to give Feng Qing an impeccable identity. Without a doubt, that was the highlight of his brother's intelligence in his life. To this day, no one has been able to find any problems with Feng Qing's identity.
Then something even more exciting happened! His womanizing older brother and Feng Qing were moving in together—together with a strange demon!
Why didn't he just slit the throats of the entire Gu family to commemorate their great love?
Gu Lie put down his teacup and looked at Old Master Gu. He had always thought his father was wise. Back then, he couldn't go against his older brother's wishes, and he couldn't say that his older brother should live here and everyone else should move out. Wouldn't that just give people something to talk about?
So his grandfather sent someone to test whether Feng Qing had really turned into a human.
Good heavens, he even suspected that the old man was using the pretext of testing Feng Qing to take her life. It's no exaggeration to say that if Gu Zhao hadn't been so obsessed with wanting Feng Qing, the old man would have killed her under the guise of testing her.
Looking back now, I think it would have been better to have killed him back then, since my older brother was already crippled anyway.
After it was confirmed that Feng Qing had indeed become an ordinary person and was no longer dangerous, everyone lived peacefully together.
Gu Lie had already thought it through. He would endure it and wait until the old man passed away. Then he would separate from his elder brother and live their own lives, out of sight, out of mind.
All I can say is that dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel, extremely cruel!
Seeing that the old man's spirits were deteriorating day by day, Gu Lie felt that he was about to get through this difficult time, even though he was unfilial.
Then, Gu Linyuan suddenly appeared, and wow, he made a bombshell right from the start—the head of the Seventh Division!
Tell me, how can anyone sleep peacefully like this?
Not afraid of being laughed at, there was a time when Gu Lie didn't dare to go to the toilet alone!
After living in fear for several years, Gu Linyuan and the Gu family were finally able to live in peace, and he could finally relax a little.
Well, the old man actually had the audacity to try to ease the tension between himself and Gu Linyuan, and somehow he's already convinced that the peach branch on Gu Linyuan's wrist is Gu Linfeng's.
Gu Lie looked at the old man as if he were an idiot!
Damn it!
He's the one with a mental disability; that's Gu Linfeng!
Knowing the truth terrified Gu Lie even more!
The strange demons turned into humans, and the humans turned into strange demons. Everyone knows what happened in between!
Of course, he knew even better that he and the old man had personally gone to finish up the work in the cave! They didn't bring anyone with them, just the two of them!
The overwhelming smell of blood made it impossible for Gu Lie to eat any meat for a long time.
It's ridiculous that the old man actually thought that Gu Linyuan's brother would reconcile with the Gu family, and even had the idea of passing the Gu family down to Gu Linyuan!
Why doesn't he just go and dig up the Gu family's ancestral graves to entertain Gu Linyuan?
When his foolish older brother first got into trouble, he said it was Gu Linyuan who did it, but the old man refused to believe him, saying that even if Gu Linyuan were to do it, it would definitely be after he passed away.
I don't know where he got his confidence from!
After that incident, he told the old man that he should just let his older brother retire and stay at home, not let him go out. He said that as long as he was with Feng Qing, he wouldn't have any objections.
The old man wouldn't listen; he felt his eldest son shouldn't suffer such injustice.
Okay, here comes an even bigger grievance: Big Brother is truly ruined, inside and out, body and mind!
I'm so sorry, but those three days when his love-struck older brother was in a coma were the three days with the best sleep quality Gu Lie had in over twenty years!
Finally, I don't have to worry about his older brother causing trouble anymore!
Just when he thought his sleep quality would be this good from now on, his grandfather actually asked Feng Qing if she had any way to help his older brother recover!
What is Feng Qing? A demon! A demon that ate the flesh and blood of his former sister-in-law and turned into a human!
She has a solution, but would the old man dare to use it?
As it turns out, the old man's love for his son was truly moving, awe-inspiring, and tear-jerking!
Gu Lie stared motionlessly at the tiny cracks on the coffee table, his pupils dilating in shock.
Feng Qing said she had a way to restore Gu Zhao, but it would require a sacrifice.
Living people, sacrificed.
What did he hear?
The old man even inquired about the details!
Feng Qing had already left, and the only sound in the study was the pattering of rain outside.
After a long silence, Old Master Gu sighed and said, "Your elder brother suffered greatly in his early years."
What a familiar opening line! It's the same line every time the old man asks him to give way to his older brother.
Old man, times are changing, can't the things you tell your son also keep up with the times?
Gu Lie was determined that no matter what the old man said, he would not agree to such an absurd thing. If the old man insisted on his opinion, he would not mind cutting ties with the Gu family immediately.
But one sentence from Old Master Gu changed his mind: "After this incident, I will hand over the Gu family to you."
"I will keep Lin Fei by my side until I completely relinquish power." This means that from now on, the Gu family will belong to Gu Lie's branch of the family!
Using this to test Gu Lie? Then Old Master Gu has succeeded!
He picked up his teacup again and took a big gulp of tea: "My sister-in-law just said that this person is three times the size of my brother's, and was born on the same day, month, and year. Please give me some more time."
Grandpa Gu was perhaps moved by Gu Lie's deep brotherly affection for his elder brother. He simply nodded while holding his teacup and remained silent for a long time.
Mo family
Mo Xun had a dream about his past with a woman named Ran Wen two years ago.
Ran Wen was undoubtedly the most charming and captivating woman he had ever met, and he was deeply infatuated with this clandestine relationship.
There were a few moments when he even considered taking Ran Wen back to Beicheng and secretly raising him.
Men who haven't experienced it won't understand that after having a deep conversation with such an exceptional woman, it's hard to be interested in other women.
He has a lot to say about this. After he got together with Ran Wen, his family doctor felt threatened and came to see him in the middle of the night wearing a bright red veil.
The woman he once found so alluring and captivating, he no longer even had the desire to touch that day.
At that moment, he didn't know whether he had fallen or not; he only wanted to do one thing: to pin Ran Wen down and make her unable to get out of bed.
He had already started thinking about where to keep Ran Wen. Such a beauty could not be neglected. How could an ordinary house be worthy of her?
In that instant, he suddenly understood what it meant to keep a mistress in a golden house; he really wanted to build a golden house to hide Ran Wen away.
Unfortunately, Ran Wen actually wanted to harm him!
He will never forget the shock he felt when his family doctor told him he was deficient in both essence and blood.
“Brother Xun, I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of this.” The family doctor gritted his teeth, looking somewhat embarrassed, but still said, “In ancient times, there was a profession that specialized in training women to be sent to the homes of political enemies to seduce men and drain their essence, causing them to die from exhaustion.”
Mo Xun looked at the family doctor with a deep gaze. He knew that the family doctor was very loyal to the Mo family and would never joke about such a thing, but he also did not believe that Ran Wen would do this to him.
After all, he was very generous and considerate to Ran Wen. In today's context, Ran Wen's living conditions were no different from those of a Western capitalist's daughter.
In this situation, why would Ran Wen want to harm him?
No one could provide her with a better life.
But he eventually believed it, because he quickly weakened within a few days, and eventually, he was no longer energetic and could not even stand up.
He's always been a playboy, but he's also very health-conscious and has always taken good care of himself, so this situation has never happened before.
He was particularly worried because he was always listless and lacked energy, while Ran Wen was becoming more and more beautiful, like a blooming rose. He finally believed what the family doctor had said.
The family doctor said that breaking this taboo was very simple: "As you know, I was specially recruited by the old man to help you improve your health." She lowered her head, revealing just the right amount of shyness. "In ancient times, there was a saying about replenishing yang by absorbing yin. As long as you use my ancestral pills, you can make up for your deficiencies in one go."
What happened next was quite magical. He first ate the black pill, and then coaxed Ran Wen to eat the red pill. Before long, he regained his fighting strength and became even more courageous than before.
But by morning, his legs were too weak to stand up, while Ran Wen, who was still fast asleep, still had beautiful features and bright red lips, and did not look like she had been sexually exploited.
To be honest, he was more like the one who was sexually exploited.
His gaze towards Ran Wen was no longer ardent and affectionate, but rather scrutinizing. Then he noticed that, for a fleeting moment, Ran Wen's hair seemed to have transformed into roots.
Strange demon!
No wonder she wasn't afraid of being sexually exploited!
Mo Xun suddenly woke up, covered his forehead and got out of bed. The next moment, Liang Peilian, the family doctor sleeping next to him, opened her eyes, which were not very sleepy.
After a while, when she couldn't find Mo Xun on the bed, she groggily "woke up." Seeing Mo Xun standing by the window, staring blankly at the night rain, she didn't disturb him. Instead, she thoughtfully took out Mo Xun's treasured wine, poured him a glass, and handed it to him. Then she quietly stood by the window with him.
Shi Yuan closed the car window to block the raindrops from entering: "It's been so long since it rained."
"Yeah, the late summer heat is no joke. I haven't even gone to the train carriage to watch the commotion these past few days. The smell is so strong, even with the windows open, it just won't go out." Huan Ni flew to the window and looked at the pitch-black outside, casually complaining.
"Luckily, I'll arrive at my destination tomorrow."
Ran Wen couldn't help but retort, "You're immune to heat and cold, what are you pretending for!"
"What do you know? This is life!" Huan Ni retorted. "You should go back to the mountains, dig a hole, and bury yourself in it!"
Ran Wen fell silent when this was mentioned. She was still struggling with whether to go back and find a place to bury him, or to make a contract with someone like Huan Ni, which would be restrictive but would allow her to freely roam around as a demon.
To be honest, being buried in the ground every day is getting tiring, but both the young girl and the young man felt that they were being taken advantage of by making a contract with them.
Let's think about it again. If it really doesn't work, we can try a different mountain.
"I'm going to get some water." Shi Yuan picked up the kettle and walked out. Gu Linyuan nodded and said, "Be careful." He then turned his attention back to his notebook.
Shi Yuan lazily yawned, opened the kettle to fill it with water, and caught a glimpse of a dark figure quickly slipping into the empty carriage next to her.
She turned off the hot water tap, put the lid back on the kettle, and started to walk towards the empty carriage.
"Young lady, what are you looking at?" The older woman who had been chatting with her earlier poked her head out of the compartment and asked in a low voice, "Is there some noise in the empty carriage again?"
"Should I go find the train police?" she asked, her eyes and expression calm, a stark contrast to her gossipy demeanor during the day when she was chatting with her.
"Ugh!" A muffled groan came from the empty carriage, then there was silence.
The older sister came out of the private room, walked to Shi Yuan's side, looked at Shi Yuan, and didn't say anything.
Several burly men dressed in black passed by them. The man in the lead seemed to have thought of something, glanced at the empty carriage, and then led his men over.
He asked, "Excuse me, did you see anyone pass by here just now?"
The older sister didn't say anything, nor did she seem tense. She just quietly clenched her fists, a sign of nervousness, defensiveness, and readiness to strike at any moment.
"No." Shi Yuan smiled.
"What are you doing here so late?" the leader asked again.
Shi Yuan gestured with her chin towards the kettle: "I can't sleep, so I came out with my sister to fill up the kettle and we can chat."
The leader wanted to ask more, but someone whispered something in his ear. The leader nodded to Shi Yuan and left with his men.
Shi Yuan noticed that when the man in the lead turned around, he glanced at the empty carriage again.
They seemed to suspect that the person they were looking for was hidden in the empty carriage, but they didn't bother to verify it.
In this era, such uniform clothing was actually quite conspicuous, but she, who often ate at restaurants, had never encountered it, and Huan Ni, who wandered around the train, never mentioned it.
That's really strange!
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