CHAPTER 208: CHAPTER 208: I WANT TO MEET LIN SHANG

An Yan woke up, and it was already afternoon.

She reached for her phone and saw many unread messages.

There were messages from Ya Zhuo, a few from Mu Enyu, and some from Director Fang Bie.

Ya Zhuo had asked when she would get to the hospital and whether the operating room was still available.

An Yan replied:

"[Get some samples! Air samples, ground samples near the severed limb, and surface samples from objects within the operating room! After collecting the samples, first set the operating room temperature to minus thirty degrees Celsius and maintain it for half an hour, then proceed with normal disinfection!]"

Ya Zhuo’s message came back almost instantly:

"[Okay. Should I bring the samples to the lab at your school?]"

An Yan’s message:

"[No need, just store them well for now. I’ll come and get them later.]"

Ya Zhuo’s message:

"[Okay.]"

After finishing the conversation with Ya Zhuo, An Yan opened the messages from Director Fang.

"[The video has been completed and sent to your email.]"

An Yan thanked him and then got up to wash and tidy up.

After she was ready, she took her laptop downstairs to the restaurant.

While waiting for the chef to bring her food, she watched the videos sent by Director Fang.

There were three episodes, each fifteen minutes long. The story was about a woman who was reborn at the age of twenty.

In her previous life, she fell in love with a phoenix man. Despite severing ties with her parents to bravely pursue love, it was only after marriage that the man’s true colors emerged. He was only after her family’s wealth and resources.

In the end, as the man gained fame and success through her family’s influence, the woman became an old, haggard housewife, despised by his family. Eventually, overcome with depression, she died alone in the hospital. Just before her death, a light shone on her, and someone asked her, "Do you want to go back to when you were twenty years old?"

「Episode two.」

The woman returned to her twenty-year-old self. The phoenix man pursued her relentlessly, but she ignored him completely, focusing solely on her studies and career. Eventually, she married a wealthy heir of equal social status.

She thought that in this life, she could live happily and comfortably. However, her husband turned out to be a playboy, surrounded by an array of mistresses! In the fifteen minutes of this episode, the woman confronted various challenging types—green teas, white lotuses, and tomboys, among others. She used her wisdom to protect her wealth, but in the process of fighting again and again with these other women, she wore out her youth.

As she lay dying, the voice appeared again:

"This time, do you still want to go back to when you were twenty?"

Without any hesitation, the woman answered, "I do!"

「Episode three began.」

The woman rejected the pursuits of both the phoenix man and the rich heir, determined to live her life on her own terms. To her surprise, even though she didn’t seek trouble, trouble found her. One bizarre man after another appeared, bombarding her with their attention!

She rejected them all. Just when she was enjoying her solitude, she was pressured into marriage by various relatives, including her own parents. The absurd matchmaking comments from these relatives were infuriating.

Fed up, she went outside for some fresh air and unintentionally spotted a man in a store who matched her own aesthetic.

...

The image froze!

A large character slowly appeared:

The End!

... An Yan thought.

Could she say that she was still looking forward to the rest of the story?

Feeling unsatisfied, An Yan uploaded all three episodes to her own account.

She also clicked on Guo Dengdeng’s prime three-minute recommendation slot.

Just as her meal was ready, An Yan started to eat while observing the changes in Yezi in her mind.

This observation gave her a shock, for the branch representing the Divination Technique had now completely revealed itself.

What’s going on here? she wondered. Before she even uploaded it, the branch was already exposed? Could it be that she had a massive surge of good karma yesterday, and a bunch of people were enlightened by her advice and took action against the scumbags?

After swallowing the food in her mouth, An Yan tried to sense the existence of the ring through Yezi.

But she couldn’t sense it!

Strange! she thought. Last time she couldn’t find the ring, and as soon as she used Yezi, she knew the ring had fallen beneath the bathtub. Why doesn’t it work this time? Could there be a distance limitation to her sensing ability?

This was terrible; she had no idea where Gu Shifang would be reborn!

Just as she was feeling frustrated, Bai Wu started to stir in her mind.

And it was no small commotion.

An Yan instantly lost interest in worrying about Gu Shifang’s whereabouts.

She just focused on Bai Wu.

She had thought that as soon as Bai Wu moved, the second branch’s leaf would immediately show up, but to her surprise, it was the branch that appeared first!

There were also four characters on it: Clairvoyance Technique!

Then, Bai Wu kept moving around, but no leaf appeared.

It felt as though something was eager to come out but couldn’t find the way, making An Yan so anxious that she really wanted to pick up a scalpel and perform a C-section on it.

An Yan guessed that it might be missing a trigger, but the crucial point was that she didn’t have another Stone Carving to crush!

With concerns in her heart, the food in front of her suddenly lost its appeal.

She thought she’d go ask Lin Shang. But Lin Shang definitely wouldn’t be willing to tell her. What method could she use to coax information out of him?

As she was deep in thought, a long, beautiful hand reached over and took away the plate in front of her.

An Yan looked up and saw Li Tianyao.

"Don’t eat it if it’s cold. Let the kitchen bring you something fresh."

"Actually, I’m already full. Sit down, I have something to talk to you about."

Li Tianyao handed his coat to Lu Feng, pulled out a dining chair, and sat down beside her, his long arm naturally unfolding to rest on the back of her chair. It looked as though he was enveloping her in his embrace.

"What is it?"

An Yan sighed and said, "I want to go to the prison to see Lin Shang!"

Li Tianyao’s expression tightened, his face instantly turning cold. "Say that again!"

"Do you remember the Stone Carving I crushed when I broke off the engagement with Lin Shang?"

"Mhm."

"It’s very important to me. I need to find another one!"

Li Tianyao didn’t understand her meaning.

An Yan considered this. She still felt she couldn’t casually reveal the matter of the tree in her mind. She couldn’t be completely transparent with Li Tianyao; she needed to keep some secrets.

"My kung fu has been stuck at a bottleneck. After crushing that Stone Carving, there was a significant breakthrough."

"These past two days, I’ve felt it again, so I think I should find another similar Stone Carving to crush. Maybe my kung fu could improve a little."

Li Tianyao looked at her suspiciously. "It’s not because you want to see Lin Shang?"

"I want to see him to ask where that Stone Carving came from. What if it’s a kind of mineral? What if it contains some energy, and when I crush it, that energy transfers into my body?"

The more An Yan thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, and her eyes lit up.

Could it be something like the Spirit Stones mentioned in cultivation novels?

If it really was a Spirit Stone, she would be set for life. Crush one, and a branch appears. Crush another, and another branch appears! If she had enough stones, the entire tree could manifest in minutes.

Now An Yan was truly excited.