Chapter 62: Familiar Feeling
Qin Liu felt uncomfortable all over being stared at by Liu Zining.
She wanted to say something, but didn’t know how to start.
It was like an old father who hadn’t seen his daughter in a long time, feeling restraint.
Fortunately, Liu Zining was a rather talkative young girl.
Seeing Qin Liu’s awkwardness, she couldn’t help but smile.
“Miss Qin Liu, even though I’m a ghost expeller, there’s no need to be so nervous, right?”
This was obviously just a joke to ease the atmosphere.
Qin Liu couldn’t help but laugh it off.
“No… I’m not nervous, I’m just a bit curious about what Liu Haoyu is going to do.”
“Didn’t he just say he was going to the restroom?” Liu Zining rested her chin on her hand, looking at the girl in front of her with a smile. “It won’t be long.”
Liu Zining carefully observed the guide in front of her.
But one thing made her a little puzzled.
Even if the other party was a guide, she should have been a ghost-like existence, meaning she would exude a strong deathly aura.
However, Qin Liu’s appearance was very strange.
She didn’t look like a ghost, but more like a real living person.
Although she carried a grudge, it wasn’t strong, and there was no sense of being deathly still.
If her body wasn’t semi-transparent, Liu Zining would have really suspected Qin Liu to be a real person.
“Speaking of which, Miss Qin Liu, you’ve met my sister, right?”
“…Yes.”
Because of what Qin Liu blurted out during their confrontation in the bedroom, even if she hadn’t met Liu Qian, she had to admit she had.
Otherwise, the lie couldn’t be covered up.
Moreover, as a guide in the underworld, it was normal to see departed souls at the Nai River Bridge…
Although that bridge had already broken.
“Did my sister say anything else?”
Liu Zining’s eyes held a trace of anticipation, as she naturally wanted to know about her sister.
But Qin Liu’s face held a little embarrassment. She had spoken her inner thoughts to Liu Zining.
Now she had to narrate about Liu Qian…
Wasn’t this putting her in a difficult position?
Should she just make something up?
Anyway… this girl named Liu Qian was also a parallel self from another time, so their thoughts should be similar, right?
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On the other side, Liu Haoyu opened the restroom door ajar.
He wasn’t really going to the restroom, but intended to see how Qin Liu and Liu Zining would interact when they were alone.
And now, seeing them, although Qin Liu was a bit reserved when they first met, after getting acquainted, they quickly started chatting.
The speed at which they chatted even exceeded Liu Haoyu’s original expectations.
“How does it feel?”
Liu Haoyu asked the Black Book.
“Are there any fluctuations in Qin Liu’s condition?”
“Very stable.”
After the Black Book gave this answer, Liu Haoyu breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed the Black Book was right; the guide’s previous loss of control had a lot to do with Liu Zining.
Although he didn’t know the reason, the current situation was the best.
“Do you think Qin Liu might be Liu Qian? Although Qin Liu is slightly shorter than Liu Zining, they act so much like sisters when they interact.”
Supernatural events couldn’t be inferred by common sense, so Liu Haoyu’s speculation was naturally more whimsical.
As for Liu Haoyu’s speculation, the Black Book gave a negative answer.
“Liu Qian’s soul has already reached the underworld, so she cannot be Qin Liu.”
Liu Haoyu fell into thought again.
Although the Black Book couldn’t see Qin Liu’s destiny clearly, it could glimpse the destinies and futures of others to some extent.
So, since it could see Liu Qian, it meant that Qin Liu was not Liu Zining’s sister.
Then what was this situation?
Liu Haoyu looked through the door crack at the two people chatting happily outside, even preparing to play a game together, feeling a bit unable to understand.
Like Liu Haoyu, Liu Zining, whose intuition was extremely sharp, also couldn’t understand.
Qin Liu’s presence felt too familiar.
Even though she was a bit reserved at first, once Qin Liu completely relaxed, Liu Zining felt her shadow beginning to overlap with her sister’s.
Even though the external aspects were different, the internal feeling was extremely similar.
Liu Zining sat by the computer, and Qin Liu also moved a small stool to sit beside her.
“This is my sister’s computer, but she rarely uses it since she found a job as a teacher.”
As she spoke, Liu Zining looked for a game they could play together.
At this moment, Qin Liu’s gaze fell on the snacks covering the desktop and the bottles scattered on the floor.
In her memory, Liu Zining wasn’t like this…
Why was this?
Liu Zining also felt Qin Liu’s confusion and smiled as she explained.
“After my sister passed away, I was too free by myself and couldn’t control myself, so things got a bit messy. I’ll tidy them up.”
Saying this, the young girl began to collect all the snack bags on the table and bottles on the floor.
But as she tidied, Qin Liu’s eyes held a trace of gloom.
Although the young girl had a smile on her face, there was no hope for life in her eyes.
It seemed Liu Zining wasn’t as optimistic as she imagined…
The sudden death of a loved one seemed to have hit her harder than she thought.
Thinking of this, Qin Liu couldn’t help but ask.
“Do you miss your… sister?”
Qin Liu’s sudden question made Liu Zining pause, and then she looked at Qin Liu with a very strong smile.
“Of course, I miss her. But the deceased are gone, and the living must carry on. I wish for peace in both heaven and earth…”
After finishing, the young girl turned away, and Qin Liu could no longer see her expression.
Afterward, the two began playing a small game called “Desert Ice Fire Man” together.
Qin Liu knew how to play, but she couldn’t pretend to be very skilled, and Liu Zining patiently taught her.
While they were playing the game, Liu Haoyu also came out of the restroom.
He leaned on the sofa, watching the two girls, and didn’t disturb them.
Time passed quickly, and it was soon evening.
Liu Zining, who had been playing all day, stretched lazily.
At this moment, her phone rang.
It was a call from the Special Task Force.
“Hello?”
“Wang Qinwen’s compensation has been transferred to your bank card.”
The voice on the other end was a woman’s, sounding very charming.
However, there wasn’t much joy on Liu Zining’s face.
“I know.”
What she valued wasn’t these tens of thousands of yuan. She valued that her sister’s efforts should receive the due return and recognition.
What was the use of just transferring money?
“However, I don’t know the situation. After giving us the compensation, she took her foolish son and returned to her hometown.”
Liu Zining put down the handle: “Her hometown, if I remember correctly… isn’t it Gaze Village?”
Gaze Village was also the village where rumors of haunting had previously spread.
Recently, the rumors of “extra children” were rampant, but it didn’t seem to have had much impact on the local tourism industry.
But why did Wang Qinwen suddenly move back?
“When did she leave?”
“Just at noon, but when I tried to contact her again just now, my calls couldn’t get through.”
The voice of the logistics officer on the other end sounded a bit solemn.
“According to our guess, she may have encountered something bad. We’ve sent people out to search, but because a supernatural event also occurred in another place, we’re a bit short-handed…”
“I understand, I’ll be right there.”
Seeing that a supernatural event had occurred, Liu Zining could only apologize slightly to Qin Liu and say, “I’m sorry, we’ll play together again later.”
“Mm-hmm, okay.”
Playing games with Liu Zining brought Qin Liu a sense of long-lost nostalgia and memories.
Reluctantly, she put the handle back on the table and said.
“Let’s go together. Liu Haoyu is very strong. It’ll be safer if we act together.”
This concern and admonishment made Liu Zining pause for a long time.
