One Life, One Incarnation, Beautiful Bones

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Chapter 1.4 - The Unfathomable Past (4)

The following day, the videographer took them to visit some well-known places in Xi'an. Amongst the tides of tourists, as Shi Yi viewed these historical sites, she had a persistent feeling of familiarity but she could no longer distinctly remember anything.

She had the impression that when she was a child, her memories from her past life were very vivid.

Slowly, though, from preschool to primary to middle through to high school, over time, all those memories gradually faded. When she thought about them again, they seemed more like a bizarre dream. If she had not over and over again told herself, "I need to see him," all those memories regarding Zhousheng Chen would have been doomed to disappear without a trace as well.

By the time their last day had arrived, the two of them were even more tired than if they had been at work. On their final day, taking advantage of the time when Xiao Shuai went home to visit his parents, they lay in the hotel, resting and also organizing their work materials for when they went back.

Shi Yi took the information her manager had sent over out to the hotel front desk to print.

The young girl working at the front desk was very polite when she heard her request and took her USB flash drive from her. "May I ask which room you are in? When it is done printing, I will send a staff member to deliver it up."

"Thank you. Room 1212." After she finished telling her, though, she felt it was not the best plan. "Don't worry about it. I will just stay here and wait. You don't need to make a copy of it, just print it directly from there."

"1212?" When the young girl heard the room number, she quickly asked, "Miss Shi?"

"Yes."

"There is a book here for you. A gentleman brought it here not long ago, and we just haven't had the chance to deliver it up to you." The girl picked up a large manila envelope from off to the side and placed it on the reception counter. "That gentleman's surname is Zhousheng." After stating this, she muttered very cutely, "That surname is rather strange."

Shi Yi looked down at the envelope. There was no writing on it. "He just left?"

She weighed it in her hand and felt through the envelope. It should be a book inside. Xi'an city notes?

"About ten minutes ago." The girl took the USB flash drive, then motioned for someone to attend to the front desk while she stepped out from behind the counter. "If the document is very important, guests are allowed do the printing themselves. Miss Shi, please come this way."

When she heard Zhousheng Chen's name, she had started feeling disconcerted.

The girl opened up the file on the flash drive and, seeing that it was a long segment of script from a television drama, she could not help looking Shi Yi over a few more times. She sighed inwardly, no wonder this female guest was so pretty. She was an actress. But this face did not seem like it had had much exposure yet, so she was probably a newcomer?

The girl stared in appreciation at Shi Yi's face, thinking to herself that if such a truly beautiful woman really did show up on the screens in the cinemas, it would be so pleasurable to the eyes.

Shi Yi did not notice the expression on the young girl's face for her eyes were fixated on the envelope and she was lost in thought.

After she hurriedly printed off her document, the instant she entered the elevator, she tore open the envelope. Sure enough, it was the book he had mentioned at Qinglong Temple. The pages were not all that new-looking, and the corners showed signs of wear. It did appear as if someone had brought it to him for him to read. On the cover of the book was a blue sticky note: