One Life, One Incarnation, Beautiful Bones

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Chapter 3.1 - The Zhenjiang of Old (1)

"The expressway tollbooth?"

"You ought to have heard," Zhousheng Chen said, not concealing anything, "that this particular period of time in Zhenjiang is rather special and so, there is a record of each vehicle coming in and going out of the city."

Shi Yi somewhat understood what he was saying. "I heard, but-- "

Even if there was a record, how could they find out so quickly who was actually sitting inside that vehicle?

Unless, from the moment they entered Zhenjiang, someone had shadowed them to establish the identities of the people in the car.

Shi Yi followed this line of thought and did not ask any further.

"I have, right here, information on you and your family. It is very detailed. Therefore, so as long as your father's car entered Zhenjiang, I would very quickly find out." His tone sounded somewhat apologetic, but even more so, there was a rare sense of warmth in it. "As for the reason why, I will explain it to you face to face. Right now, I want to ask you a question."

Shi Yi was a little perplexed but still did not hesitate as she said, "Go ahead to ask."

What sort of question could it be that he would suddenly call her?

The manner in which Zhousheng Chen was speaking was very different, but when she told him to ask, he actually became quiet. Shi Yi was not hurried. She leaned over the side of the desk, picked up a pen, and tapped her cousin-sister on the forehead with it.

The latter covered her forehead and threw a fierce glare at her before lowering her head and continuing with her assignment question.

"At present, I have a need to be engaged in marriage to someone," he suddenly spoke up.

A completely unexpected topic.

Like a cold wind had blown over her heart -- so chilling -- there was a sense of sadness that she was unable to cover up.

She responded with a dull, quiet "mm."

When she was reincarnated as a human again, all her previous memories should have been erased. She violated the natural laws, and the grief, pain, and helplessness that came about as a result of that were things that she could only swallow and accept. She soon changed her position so that she was leaning against the desk and facing the window.

She knew that if Zhousheng Chen carried on, she would not be able to contain her tears.

Therefore, facing somewhere where there were no people would be much better.

Zhousheng Chen did not say any more, and she even wondered if the call had gotten cut off.

In the end, she was the one who spoke first. "I heard you have a fiancée."

"You heard?"

"Mm. When I was in Xi'an."

"I do not know her, but at the time, I accepted the arrangement of elders that had been done with kind intentions."

Shi Yi did not understand what she was hearing, but feeling somewhat sullen, she did not want to ask further.

The view before her gradually grew blurry. She did not know what to say.

"But I want to change my plan now," he continued. "Shi Yi, are you willing to become engaged in marriage to me?"

Shi Yi thought she had heard wrong.