Chapter 151: Return Trip
Qin Wan stared blankly at the place where Zhou Zimo had “disappeared,” clearly, this was also the first time she had encountered this situation.
She turned her head to look at Lu Jinzhao, wanting to ask what was going on, but then realized that, in a certain sense, she was the “senior,” while Lu Jinzhao was the “newcomer,” so logically, she shouldn’t know more than her.
But she instinctively felt that Lu Jinzhao would know.
A beat late, Qin Wan realized that this was probably due to the habit cultivated during the mission, along with a deep-seated trust forged in life-and-death crises.
She might need some time to let this unusually strong trust calm down; otherwise, given the current situation, whatever Lu Jinzhao said, she would believe it.
“Let’s do what needs to be done first.”
Lu Jinzhao didn’t dwell too long on Zhou Zimo’s matter; thinking about that could be done slowly after leaving the train, but there was one thing right now that was urgent.
She first spent life-buying money to repair the wounds on her body. After feeling the damaged areas gradually recover and her strength return, she put the bell back on the barely breathing Qin Wan.
“Don’t worry, it’ll be fine soon.”
Lu Jinzhao took out her carry-on stripping away and deboning tools from her backpack.
Honestly, this scene was really a bit too horrifying.
Qin Wan couldn’t help but recall the scene she had seen on the company rooftop; at the time, she even thought she had seen a ghost.
Now, she had become the person whose chest was opened and ribs removed.
Don’t say it, this experience was indeed extraordinary.
Thanks to the bell’s effect, otherwise Qin Wan felt she wouldn’t have been able to stay “conscious” while Lu Jinzhao did all this.
Her movements were quick, looking like a skilled worker. Although Qin Wan didn’t know why she was so proficient at stripping human skin and taking human bones, as if she had practiced countless times, it was still on the train after all, which gave her a lot more sense of security.
“Alright, you can repair the body now.”
As Lu Jinzhao spoke, seeing Qin Wan’s body quickly recovering, she decisively took back the bell.
Lu Jinzhao went to the sink at the front of the carriage to wash the bloodstains off her hands, then took out her train ticket to check during Qin Wan’s recovery period; it showed an amount of 1700.
This was after deducting the body repair fee.
High-level platforms really make more money.
Qin Wan’s body was soon fully repaired. She straightened her clothes and checked the time, discovering that the train was almost at the station.
“After I get off, I’ll add you through the group chat. Remember to accept it. If you need the pocket watch, contact me anytime; the luck transfer ritual too, no charge.”
Although she had decided to minimize meetings with Lu Jinzhao after returning to reality to calm herself down, Qin Wan was still very grateful for her performance in this mission, so she decided to do luck transfer rituals for Lu Jinzhao in the future without any extra fees!
“Thanks.” Lu Jinzhao didn’t stand on ceremony with her either, smiling and nodding.
Qin Wan looked at Lu Jinzhao, who had now regained her gentle tone and expression, but in her mind, she kept recalling how she had just leaned over her with a cold face to remove her ribs, and at the final moment, holding her and standing in the center of two speeding flying cars.
These images should have been completely at odds, yet Qin Wan felt they weren’t contradictory at all.
“Forget it, no more thinking.”
Qin Wan shook her head. She had just finished the platform mission with Lu Jinzhao, and the other had saved her life. No matter how she thought now, she would involuntarily attribute charm to Lu Jinzhao’s words and actions; even some abnormal behaviors would only make her think “cool!”
“By the way, can I ask you some questions?” Qin Wan had originally planned to stop talking to Lu Jinzhao for a while, but upon hearing this, she instinctively nodded: “Go ahead.”
After saying that, she annoyed herself inwardly: At least she should have asked what kind of questions!
Agreeing so readily without hesitation—what if it was a difficult question?
But Lu Jinzhao probably wouldn’t ask her anything too difficult, right? Lu Jinzhao had high emotional intelligence and would likely guess which questions were more sensitive.
Wait, stop thinking!
“I wanted to ask about Sang Yuanbo.” The question Lu Jinzhao asked was indeed easy to answer.
“Oh, that merchant?” Qin Wan immediately understood: “She approached you too, huh?”
“She’s trustworthy. So far, the transactions haven’t had any major issues.”
“If you have any supernatural items you want to trade with her, feel free to go to her. She has first-class guarantees behind her; it’s not just her doing this alone.”
So that’s how it is.
“Can I ask who they are?”
“More than one.” Qin Wan explained: “Basically all the first-class in Yuncheng are involved, right.”
“Everyone wants to create a relatively good environment, and transaction fairness has to be ensured. If it was just one first-class and they died, there’d be no guarantee anymore, right?”
“Yuncheng’s first-class don’t just care about their own existence; almost every one of them manages some affairs.”
“And there’s the Divine Calculator too—no one can wrong anyone else.”
“Just relax.”
Lu Jinzhao nodded in thanks to Qin Wan again upon hearing this, but Qin Wan just shook her head lightly: “No need to thank me for something this small.”
She didn’t speak again, but suddenly, very strangely, she thought of the parchment.
If the parchment appeared right now, it would probably say: She treats you as a friend, but you clearly don’t.
Using it to mock her as a heartless person.
But the parchment never appears on the train.
Does the parchment fear the train?
Probably.
Although it can influence some low-level platforms, clearly, it can’t contend with the train.
After returning, Lu Jinzhao planned to find Sang Yuanbo as soon as possible to ask if she had a way to open the iron box. The parchment’s intense desire for what’s inside the box also made Lu Jinzhao curious—what exactly was in there?
And Lin Lin, was she okay?
That death platform, had it ended?
Many things to do piled up into a small mountain in her heart, but Lu Jinzhao didn’t let this mountain weigh on her. She just calmly set it aside, waiting to resolve it bit by bit.
The train soon arrived at the station. After saying goodbye to Qin Wan, she got into a taxi back to her apartment.
The driver was listening to the radio station, which seemed to be some suspense story—a classic rural ghost bride tale, but told through the station’s somewhat blurry sound quality, it added an eerie atmosphere out of nowhere.
If it were before, a well-told ghost story might have made Lu Jinzhao feel a bit creepy, but now, she just listened calmly to this very well-written horror novel, her heart unmoved.
She even had the leisure to think: if this were a platform, then as a ghost, what was this bride’s taboo, and what was her killing method?
In such thoughts, soon, the taxi arrived outside the residential community, and Lu Jinzhao got out.
