Xiao Xiaoxiao felt an overwhelming surge of anger within her, barely suppressing the urge to curse. Heartbroken, she looked at Yun Qingxue and asked, “So, you were just killed by them like that? They stole your heart?”
Yun Qingxue shook her head. “I don’t know. My last memory was being anesthetized on the operating table… I remember there seemed to be an earthquake just before I lost consciousness. As for what happened afterward, I have no idea. When I regained awareness, I had already crossed over to the Xuanling Continent and became the Flower King…”
“So… Qingxue, the reason you want to return to the 21st century is for revenge?” Xiao Xiaoxiao probed cautiously.
Yun Qingxue nodded. “Faced with something like this, I think even the most forgiving person wouldn’t be able to let it go…”
“Of course you can’t let it go! You have to make them pay! Those bastards—when they die and report to the underworld, I’ll make sure they suffer every torture in the eighteen layers of hell a thousand times over! They’ll learn exactly why flowers are so red!” Xiao Xiaoxiao fumed, swearing vehemently.
“Now that the Lin family is in trouble, finding my enemies in this vast world won’t be easy…” Yun Qingxue sighed.
“Qingxue, wait here for a moment!” Xiao Xiaoxiao grinned mysteriously and quickly slipped away to a secluded spot.
Soon, she reappeared, strolling boldly down the street in front of the Lin family mansion.
After loitering for a while, a black BMW approached from a distance. Xiao Xiaoxiao raised her hand to hail it, but the car sped past without stopping.
Pouting in annoyance, Xiao Xiaoxiao pointed a finger at the departing BMW.
Suddenly, the car screeched to a halt in the middle of the road.
The frustrated driver stepped out and walked to the front of the car, muttering in confusion, “What the hell? I swear I just saw a huge rock appear out of nowhere on the road, but there’s nothing here?!”
“Excuse me, sir,” Xiao Xiaoxiao hurried over with a polite smile. “Could I trouble you for a moment? I was wondering—what happened to the Lin family over there?”
The BMW driver eyed her suspiciously. “What’s your relationship with the Lin family?”
Thinking quickly, Xiao Xiaoxiao replied, “I just returned from abroad. Their daughter, Lin Chuchu, was my classmate. I happened to be passing by today and wanted to visit her, but her house is sealed off…”
The man smirked. “You must not have been very close with Lin Chuchu, then.”
Without blinking, Xiao Xiaoxiao lied smoothly, “We were best friends in school. But after graduation, I went abroad, and we lost touch. What happened to her family?”
The man gave her a meaningful look and glanced at the opulent Lin mansion. “Their daughter—your so-called classmate—died half a year ago.”
“Died?!” Both Yun Qingxue and Xiao Xiaoxiao gasped in shock.
“Then why is their house sealed?” Xiao Xiaoxiao pressed.
The man frowned. “You really must not have kept in touch. Otherwise, you’d know about the huge scandal surrounding her family!”
Xiao Xiaoxiao forced an awkward smile.
The man didn’t mince words. “Lin Chuchu had congenital heart disease. Did you know that?”
“Of course!” Xiao Xiaoxiao nodded quickly, feigning ignorance and sorrow. “Did Chuchu… pass away because of her heart condition?”
“Maybe…” The man shrugged, then added kindly, “Listen, kid, you should just leave.”
As he turned to get back in his car, Xiao Xiaoxiao stopped him. “Wait! If Lin Chuchu died, why was her house sealed? Didn’t she have a fiancé named Zhou Dao?”
“The Lin family was involved in organized crime! As for Zhou Dao—he was never her fiancé! Rumor has it the Lins kidnapped his girlfriend and tried to forcibly transplant her heart into their own daughter. Zhou Dao only got close to Lin Chuchu to save his girlfriend… What a damn tragedy! Their daughter’s life mattered, but someone else’s didn’t? Hmph. It’s karma that their daughter died during that heart transplant surgery!”
Grumbling angrily, the man climbed back into his car.
“Sir!” Xiao Xiaoxiao chased after him. “Do you know where the girl who was supposed to donate her heart to Lin Chuchu is buried?”
The man rolled down his window and glared at her. “What kind of question is that? What burial? That poor girl went through hell—and you’re cursing her to be dead?!”
“No, that’s not what I meant!” Xiao Xiaoxiao quickly explained. “Chuchu wronged her, and now that she’s gone, I wanted to apologize to that girl on her behalf…”
The man scoffed, rolled up his window, and drove off without another word.
Xiao Xiaoxiao turned to Yun Qingxue. “From what he said, it sounds like you didn’t die after all! Ugh. After all that effort, the only useful thing we learned is that your modern body is still alive. But… if you didn’t die, how did you end up crossing over to the Xuanling Continent?!”
Yun Qingxue smiled. “Who says we didn’t get useful information? That man mentioned the Lin family was sealed because the police arrived at the last moment during the heart transplant surgery and saved me. So now, all we need to do is go to the police station…”
Leaning in, Yun Qingxue whispered her plan into Xiao Xiaoxiao’s ear.
“But Qingxue, even if we find your modern body through the police, are you planning to possess it again? Didn’t you want revenge on Zhou Dao, that scumbag among scumbags? How does finding you through the police help us find him?”
Yun Qingxue smirked mysteriously. “Once we locate my modern body, finding Zhou Dao will be easy!”
Xiao Xiaoxiao still looked confused, but if Yun Qingxue said so, she must have her reasons. All she had to do was cooperate.
A few minutes later, at the city police station.
Xiao Xiaoxiao stood at the guard booth and addressed the middle-aged officer inside urgently. “Officer, I need to report a crime!”
The officer glanced up and waved her in. “Go right inside and turn right.”
“Thanks.” Xiao Xiaoxiao hurried into the building and got straight to the point with the reception officer. “Excuse me, which officer handled the Lin family’s organized crime case six months ago?”
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