EBE Chapter 307 Spreading Rumors
Chapter 307 Spreading Rumors
Chapter 307 Spreading Rumors
Yan Xun didn't know what his expression was like in his dream, but he knew that once the person in the dream saw his appearance clearly, the dream should end.
He could glean some insight into his own reaction in the dream from Ning Hengyuan's reaction on the other side.
"Don't you believe me?" Ning Hengyuan asked, propping his chin up as he looked at Yan Xun. "Judging from your expression, you remember the special medicine your family gave you, and you never questioned why you only had to take it once a month?"
Yan Xun could no longer sit still; he even stood up from his chair. "How did you know?"
"How would I know you take that special medicine once a month?" Ning Hengyuan repeated Yan Xun's question. "Didn't I already tell you?"
He made a hand gesture indicating he had calculated something, saying, "I knew it."
“I know you’re having nightmares, I know you sleepwalk at night, and I know the place in your dream is called Luoyin Village.” Ning Hengyuan put his hand down. “I told you I’m a master.”
"Yan Xun, I'm here to help you."
"We are destined to meet, so I'm here to help you."
Yan Xun seemed to be wavering. He remained silent for a long time, the clock in the room ticking. Finally, he spoke, "Was the potion made by my grandmother?"
Since Ning Hengyuan also knew that his grandmother knew some metaphysical things, Yan Xun naturally assumed that those things were probably made for him by his grandmother.
"No."
Ning Hengyuan propped her chin on her hand, "She didn't do it."
“But she’s not…” Yan Xun’s voice held a hint of confusion, “She’s not good at this?”
He grew up at home and, like his uncle, did not believe in supernatural things. However, the constant stream of visitors to his home made Yan Xun realize that his grandmother was probably a reclusive master.
But now, Ning Hengyuan is saying that the medicine that helped stabilize his soul has nothing to do with his grandmother?
Young Yan Xun naturally couldn't keep his composure, and these thoughts were written all over his face.
"How could you not be good at it?" Ning Hengyuan seemed to find Yan Xun's question quite amusing.
“Your grandmother is not only skilled in this, but also in the magic of changing people’s fate and borrowing luck.” He said to Yan Xun, “Do you remember what I said about Xie Qingdu’s distant relative?”
"Guess who helped him with this?"
Ning Hengyuan didn't need Yan Xun to think at all, and directly gave him the answer, "It's your grandmother."
“She can exorcise evil spirits and change people’s fates, so surely she can help you stabilize your soul?” Ning Hengyuan said to Yan Xun. “You may have heard of this name, Du Yun.”
He is a senior who is a few years ahead of you.
“…I’ve seen this name on the school’s honor roll.” Yan Xun heard himself say this.
“He was also possessed by evil spirits when he was a child,” Ning Hengyuan said without any hesitation, revealing this secret.
“His mother was extremely worried. She discovered that her once well-behaved child had suddenly become very unruly and would occasionally say things that were incomprehensible to her.” Ning Hengyuan said, speaking a string of dialect words in front of Yan Xun.
Yan Xun felt he shouldn't understand, but he could grasp the meaning of the sentence.
Ning Hengyuan said, "Did you hear these words in your dream?"
"You can speak the language here too."
“I came from this village,” Ning Hengyuan said. “Of course I would say that.”
He then went on to talk about Du Yun, and the details basically matched what Yan Xun already knew.
He finally understood why he had never regained his memories—
He has too many clues in his memory, and unless he unlocks them to a certain extent, the dungeon will not let him know these memories.
“Du Yun sought help from your grandmother, who quickly stabilized his mind and even drew a protective talisman for him.” Ning Hengyuan looked at Yan Xun with a sympathetic gaze. “But she knew perfectly well that you were also living in fear every night, yet she turned a blind eye.”
Do you know why?
Yan Xun felt that Ning Hengyuan across from him was really like a monster wagging a fox's tail, but Yan Xun in the dream still asked that question, "Why?"
“Because you are a child who was not expected to be born,” Ning Hengyuan said to Yan Xun with pity. “You are not your parents’ child either.”
“You have absolutely no connection with them.”
Anyone who hears a stranger say such provocative things to them would be suspicious at first, and Yan Xun was no exception.
"I have absolutely no connection with them?" Yan Xun asked. "Then do I have any connection with you?"
“It seems you don’t believe me,” Ning Hengyuan said.
"Do you think I should believe you?" Yan Xun said. "If you want me to believe you, you should at least provide some evidence to convince me."
“You can go to your parents’ room to look for their medical records.” Behind Ning Hengyuan was a huge green plant, the shadow of which perfectly concealed his expression. “Your father is unable to have children.”
“I know what you’re thinking. You probably think you were adopted by them,” Ning Hengyuan said to Yan Xun. “But you weren’t adopted either.”
He casually told Yan Xun the whole truth, including his connection with Luoyin Village and the birth of Xie Qingdu.
"...You said you're helping people reincarnate?" Yan Xun asked in the dream. "...Am I also a reincarnated person?"
"Are the things I dream about my past, my previous life?"
This information was indeed unbelievable, and he couldn't help but stand up from his original position and walk to the window.
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, he could clearly see the sign for XX Men's Hospital across the street.
Yan Xun looked down at the buildings and streets below and suddenly realized where Ning Hengyuan's office was—it was the building where Shuangshuang went to her tutoring class.
He turned to look at Ning Hengyuan, "But according to you, a reincarnated person has to stay awake for seven days?"
In the memories he saw, he seemed to be feared by everyone, and since he was not a wealthy or noble person, who would help him reincarnate?
Ning Hengyuan remained seated behind the plants. "Perhaps someone went down the cliff back then and used their skills to make your soul immortal."
Yan Xun wanted to ask who would do such a thing, but looking at Ning Hengyuan, he felt that the question was unnecessary.
"Is that child you?"
Ning Hengyuan did not answer Yan Xun's question.
"Are you doing this to repay me?" Yan Xun asked again.
Ning Hengyuan still had that same grinning look on his face. "I was just bored," he said to Yan Xun. "And I also wanted to test whether you were faking it or if you really had the skills."
He said to Yan Xun, "You describe your magical techniques as so amazing, of course I'll have to use you as a test subject."
Yan Xun wanted to ask again, since he had been reincarnated by Ning Hengyuan using a secret technique, what was the meaning of Du Yun's delirium?
But he quickly figured out the problem.
Du Yun's mother first heard her son's delirium, and then went online to ask for help. Coincidentally, just as she posted online, a resident of Luoyin Village said that this was the local dialect from 3 or 40 years ago in their village.
They also said that the voice sounded exactly like that villain, which frightened Du Yun's mother so much that she sought help from Yan Xun's grandmother.
Since Ning Hengyuan is Dr. Du's partner, it wouldn't be difficult for him to manipulate Yin Sha to possess Du Yun. Du Yun's mother clearly had no understanding of this, yet that "kind person" suggested that she seek help from Grandma Yan Xun.
Perhaps there were no kind people from beginning to end.
Ning Hengyuan was simply using a trick to make Grandma Yan Xun overlook his background.
The villain didn't reincarnate; he simply became a malevolent spirit that haunted Du Yun. Naturally, Grandma Yan Xun wouldn't suspect Yan Xun.
But Yan Xun still didn't understand why Ning Hengyuan had gone through all this trouble.
Looking at Ning Hengyuan's youthful face, he calculated that the other party was at least close to 50 years old, but he looked so young, as if he had been frozen in his 20s.
More than 20 years ago, Xie Qingdu was dug up from a grave in Luoyin Village.
Ning Hengyuan at that time must have looked like he does now.
"Are you alive?" Yan Xun asked in his dream.
Ning Hengyuan was amused by his question, "Guess?"
“I still feel like something’s not right,” Yan Xun muttered. “According to you, I was Xie Qingdu’s father in his previous life…”
"But I don't want to have such a big son."
“If you don’t tell, who will know?” Ning Hengyuan asked.
“Besides, he was already a new person when he was dug out of the grave,” Ning Hengyuan said. “Or do you feel sorry for him because someone else borrowed his life, and you want to help him?”
He emerged from the shade of the plants. "If you'd like, I can help you."
Yan Xun thought to himself, Ning Hengyuan is so capable, he can find so many families to be reincarnated into, why did he choose to find Granny Shi? He suspected that this was some kind of secret revenge.
Yan Xun in the dream did not speak, perhaps because the question was too difficult for him, or perhaps because he still did not fully trust Ning Hengyuan.
The dream should have ended here, but the scene in the dream quickly changed again.
Yan Xun found himself standing at the entrance of the tutoring center, as if waiting for someone.
After a long time, he saw Xie Qingdu come out of the tutoring class. Xie Qingdu was a little surprised to see Yan Xun. "Isn't it summer vacation now?"
"You probably don't need tutoring anymore, right?"
Looking at Xie Qingdu's short-sleeved shirt and then at the clothes of the people around him, Yan Xun knew that this was his summer vacation after graduation.
Xie Qingdu was still working at the tutoring center, while I had finished my exams and no longer needed tutoring, so it's no wonder Xie Qingdu was a little surprised to see me.
"...What's your roommate's last name?" Yan Xun asked, standing in front of Xie Qingdu.
Xie Qingdu looked around and pulled him under the shade of a tree. "His surname is Ning." He seemed puzzled as to why Yan Xun was asking him this question. "Do you know him?"
“I don’t know him,” Yan Xun said, standing in front of Xie Qingdu, seemingly hesitating about something.
Yan Xun knew exactly what he was hesitating about in his dream. Although Xie Qingdu kept looking at his phone screen, he didn't urge Yan Xun. In the end, it was Yan Xun who noticed the detail of him looking at his phone.
"Is there anything else?"
"...and I also have a part-time job," Xie Qingdu said a little embarrassed.
Where?
Xie Qingdu seemed very hesitant upon hearing this.
Yan Xun immediately understood where Xie Qingdu would be working next. He patted his pocket and handed his ID card to Xie Qingdu, saying, "There's nowhere I can't go."
Xie Qingdu certainly understood Yan Xun's meaning.
"How did you know?" Xie Qingdu asked. "I thought it was well hidden."
"Don't worry about it," Yan Xun said.
"Are you sure you want to come?" Xie Qingdu still hesitated.
Yan Xun crossed his arms and hummed.
Xie Qingdu glanced down at his phone again, and finally gritted his teeth, "Fine, you'll come with me then, and don't run around."
He told Yan Xun, "Go home in a little while."
Yan Xun followed Xie Qingdu to his workplace. In the changing room, he watched Xie Qingdu change into his work clothes. Xie Qingdu closed the metal locker, turned to look at Yan Xun, and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"
"You came all this way to see me, there must be something you want to tell me."
He adjusted his tie. "A topic that's hard to talk about?"
"Running away from home because you didn't do well on the exam?"
“No.” Yan Xun sat on the bench and looked up at Xie Qingdu. “Don’t rush me. Let me think about it some more.”
Xie Qingdu didn't rush him. Seeing that his work time was about to end, he could only leave the locker room first. He also told Yan Xun to stay with him and not to pay attention to what others were saying.
After settling Yan Xun in, he was busy for quite a while before he finally had time to return to Yan Xun's side.
"Is it so hard to say?" Xie Qingdu placed a glass of juice in front of Yan Xun.
“A little.” Yan Xun took a sip of orange juice. “I don’t think you’ll believe me.”
Xie Qingdu thought for a moment, "Does it have anything to do with my roommate?"
“There is some connection,” Yan Xun said.
In his dream, he thought about it for a long time and finally said to Xie Qingdu, "Your distant relative is not a good person. You should be careful of him."
Xie Qingdu looked very surprised, as if he didn't understand why Yan Xun said that.
“But he’s a very well-known good person,” Xie Qingdu said thoughtfully. “He also sponsored many impoverished students.”
Yan Xun blurted out his relative's evil plan, and after he finished speaking, he didn't look at Xie Qingdu. "If you don't believe me, then forget it."
Yan Xun said, "I'm leaving."
Perhaps worried that Xie Qingdu wouldn't believe him, Yan Xun stood up after saying this, preparing to turn and leave.
Finally, Xie Qingdu grabbed his wrist.
Yan Xun turned to look at Xie Qingdu.
“I don’t disbelieve you,” Xie Qingdu said. “It’s just that this is a lot of information, and I need some time to process it.”
"Could you wait for me for a moment?" Xie Qingdu asked.
Yan Xun nodded, but he stood there without sitting down.
Xie Qingdu left in a hurry, and returned to Yan Xun's side a few minutes later. "Let's go," he said to Yan Xun.
"Where to?" Yan Xun asked.
"I told you I wasn't feeling well today and I'd like to go home first," Xie Qingdu said to Yan Xun. "Let's find a quiet place and talk slowly."
Yan Xun hadn't expected Xie Qingdu to react this way. "You believe me?"
"It doesn't seem like you'll get anything out of lying to me," Xie Qingdu said. He led Yan Xun back to the lounge, changed his clothes, and then closed the wardrobe behind him.
As Yan Xun walked, she wondered where Xie Qingdu would take her to chat.
Finally, Xie Qingdu led him to the Citizens' Park.
The two sat on the swing, one on each side.
"Where did you find out?" Xie Qingdu asked.
"Do you remember that master who stopped me?" Yan Xun asked Xie Qingdu.
Xie Qingdu nodded. "You mean that conman?"