"Su Wan, why didn't your Spiritual Eye just go blind, you only realized now?" Lin Xinmei rolled her eyes, snapping at me.
Lin Hang immediately retorted on my behalf, "Watch your mouth, little girl. Do you even know how to respect the elderly and love the young? My cousin is your elder..."
I held back Lin Hang, stopping him. Although Lin Xinmei was scolding me, I faintly felt that she had intentions of winning me over. Stroking my chin, I pondered and guessed, "Next, will you say that what happened last night wasn't done by you?"
"Of course, it wasn't me. I died when I was still in my mother's womb," said Lin Xinmei with her head hung low, sounding somewhat sorrowful, "It's been sixteen years, and I've been living in my sister's body."
I had already figured this out in my heart.
If there were two identical souls inside Lin Xinmei, they were very likely twins sharing the same egg in their mother's womb.
For some reason, one died.
The deceased one missed the cycle of reincarnation and entered her sister's body.
This was mentioned in my father's notes.
The only explanation left if Lin Xinmei wanted to clear her name was this.
But even when Lin Xinmei admitted in her own words that she shared a body with another soul, it still made my skin crawl.
Lin Hang was drinking a bottle of mineral water, and at this moment, he spat it out, coughing incessantly, "Cough, cough, cough, dang, is the truth of the matter really so shocking? Is it the decadence of morals or the annihilation of humanity?"
At that moment, Yu Longting and I both sent him a cold glare.
Lin Hang quickly covered his mouth, "It was my fault for running my mouth, I'll stop talking. Please, continue."
I narrowed my eyes, asking Lin Xinmei to detail everything she knew.
Lin Xinmei didn't even know the name of the woman in the attic, but she was aware that the woman couldn't leave the attic.
She knew I was coming back, and possibly becoming the Lin Family's heir.
Therefore, she was worried about Lin Qianshan losing his inheritance rights, and thus she plotted to kill me.
The woman in the attic strategized while Lin Qianshan carried out the deeds.
Lin Qianshan stole my mom's cell phone, impersonating Lin Huan to lure me back to City A.
Lin Xinmei wanted to save my life, using the Demon Fox to create a mist and making the pregnant woman falsely accuse me and Yu Longting, all to make me retreat knowing the difficulties."
"I had it all planned, after your car hit the pregnant woman, the lightest consequence would be detention at the police station. No matter what, you would not be able to escape," Lin Xinmei glared at me, "But I never expected, Su Wan, you'd be so ruthless! In broad daylight, you directly exposed the pregnant woman as Paper Man."
Lin Hang also said, "Cousin, your move was like an inexperienced fighter killing the master. Any Mystic Arts Master would normally catch the rat but spare the vessels and choose to accept their defeat."
My old face flushed at being criticized, "I just thought of human nature, to rationalize the bizarre phenomena they see, and in fact... the final result was that no one believed it was real."
"Last night, my sister Lin Xintu broke into your hotel room intending to capture you and hand you over to my brother Lin Qianshan," Lin Xinmei said, "If you see me calling myself 'Little Rabbit', you must be on guard."
*
The night was cold and sinister.
The dark mysterious mountains loomed, layer upon layer.
A pink SUV was parked at the foothill in front of the Lin Family Sect.
"Brother, look who I brought for you!"
The girl pushed open the car door and dragged me out, tightly bound from head to toe.
Lin Qianshan, just as Lin Xinmei described, was handsome and delicate. "Su Wan? Why didn't you just kill her when you captured her, why bring her back here?"
"Use her to threaten Lin Huan to give up resisting and come out of the Alchemy Chamber obediently," Lin Xinmei said.
Lin Qianshan seemed impatient, speaking gloomily, "Tomorrow night is the Ghost Festival, when the Yin energy will run rampant and evil spirits will fill the sky, the Formation in the Pill Room that wards off fire, demons, water, and lightning will fail. One fire, and they will all burn like roasted pigs."
"Burning Grandpa into...a pig...that doesn't seem quite right," said Lin Xinmei, looking at her fingers.
Lin Qianshan sneered, "Xinmei, what are you pretending for? You are much more ruthless than I am! Only when the entire direct line of the Lin family is wiped out can I take the Sect Master's position."
Having said that, Lin Qianshan formed a claw with one hand and reached for my neck.