Chapter 187: Chapter 185: Is This World So Mystical?

Wen Ying’s expression gradually grew serious. She had encountered something like this in her past life.

She had seen it with her own eyes and even dealt with it personally.

That person was borrowing life!

So what about this Qin Family matriarch?

’Is her life also borrowed?’

’But where did her life come from?’

’This young girl with no blood relation to her?’

As Wen Ying pondered this, she sent another message to Qin Hanyun: "When did Mianmian start living with your great-grandmother? Has anything unusual ever happened to her?"

Qin Hanyun, who was working overtime at his company, immediately perked up when he received the message.

’If I remember correctly, Mianmian has been with the matriarch for over ten years, right?’

’I think the matriarch took her in when she was three or four years old?’

’But besides her asthma, has anything else really happened to Mianmian?’

’Wait, that’s not right!’

Qin Hanyun immediately sent a message to his father, asking about the matriarch’s situation before Mianmian arrived.

Just as he suspected!

Before Mianmian came to live with the matriarch, there was another person by her side. But that person seemed to have died from an illness, which was why she adopted Mianmian.

Qin Hanyun, who considered himself quite astute, immediately realized there was a problem.

’This must be related to what Doctor Wen wants to know!’

Qin Hanyun sent the information to Wen Ying, once again attaching a recent photo of Mianmian.

He also asked his father for a photo of the person who had been with the matriarch before and had eventually passed away.

When Wen Ying received the photo, she saw a young girl. The girl had been raised to be arrogant and domineering, but she was very pretty. She had also been specially nurtured to have a plump, well-fed appearance.

Perhaps that’s how an ordinary person would see her, but as Wen Ying looked at the girl, she saw the... physical decline hidden beneath that well-fed exterior.

It seemed this plumpness was meant to conceal the abnormality in her body, which was why the matriarch had assigned her a dedicated personal doctor.

Any of Mianmian’s health issues were to be handled exclusively by this doctor.

Hiding certain things would then be incredibly easy.

As she was looking, she received a second photo from Qin Hanyun. This one was of a woman who appeared to be in her thirties.

But this woman’s condition was completely different from Mianmian’s.

You could tell just from the woman’s complexion that she had major health problems.

As Wen Ying studied the photo, she discovered that this woman, just like Mianmian, had her lifeline connected to the Qin Family’s matriarch.

Qin Hanyun had said in his message that this woman died of an illness.

But he felt something was wrong and had his people investigate. The matriarch had been exceptionally good to this woman, who was not a blood relative. While not quite on the same level as Mianmian, it was close. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

After the woman passed away from her illness, the matriarch adopted Mianmian.

Furthermore, the matriarch’s body seemed to be getting younger by the day.

That might sound like an exaggeration, but it was true. For so many years, the 118-year-old matriarch seemed to have stopped aging.

Rumors outside the family claimed the matriarch spent tens of millions each month on physical maintenance, but Qin Hanyun knew that was all a smokescreen.

He sent all his thoughts to Wen Ying and then asked, "Doctor Wen, my great-grandmother’s situation... is it really a case of borrowing life?"

Looking at the two photos, Wen Ying felt a surge of anger.

It was obvious Mianmian was an innocent victim. She had been raised this way, changed little by little, all to cover up a certain truth!

There was no more evidence regarding the woman who had died, but the current victim, Mianmian, was still alive.

Wen Ying gave Qin Hanyun an affirmative reply.

After receiving Doctor Wen’s reply, Qin Hanyun was completely stunned.

He had suspected it, but suspecting something and having it confirmed were two different things. Now that it was certain, a sudden fear gripped his heart. He felt his great-grandmother was terrifying.

’Do my parents know about this?’

Working overtime, Qin Hanyun instantly dropped what he was doing and drove home. He had to ask his parents for clarification.

That evening, Wen Ying received a call from Director Wen. He told her that if she had everything prepared, it was time to come to Golden City.

The production crew had all arrived; they were just waiting for Doctor Wen.

After confirming Doctor Wen’s availability, Director Wen went ahead and bought her a plane ticket—first class.

Realizing she had to leave the next morning, Wen Ying looked at Little White, who was scurrying around the backyard, and asked if he was willing to go with her.

Little White, who was sniffing the scent of the Spirit Grass, turned to look at Wen Ying in surprise. "Of course I’m going! Besides you, Master, no one knows I can talk. You expect me to stay with people who make me pretend to be a pet?"

Wen Ying suddenly felt troubled. She couldn’t bring a small animal onto the plane.

Checking him as cargo was also out of the question.

"Little White, can you transform?"

"Why?"

"I bought a plane ticket, but you can’t get on. It’s first class."

Little White’s eyes lit up. "I can do it! I’ve never flown first class before!"

As he spoke, Little White suddenly transformed into a stuffed doll—a stuffed fox doll.

Wen Ying reached out and touched it. The fur felt real, but its eyes looked like they were made of plastic. Other than the realistic fur, it felt no different from a regular toy.

’This trip to film the show will take about a month,’ Wen Ying thought. ’I’ll need to pack a lot of things.’

’It’s time to draw a Space Talisman.’ This would be the first time Wen Ying had drawn one since arriving in this world.

Aunt Zhang came in from outside the clinic. "Little Ying, your Uncle Zhang said you’re leaving? To film a show? Is it tomorrow? Here, I prepared some boiled eggs and a red envelope for you. Take it for spending money, you can’t refuse, you hear? You helped your Uncle Zhang so much, and we never even paid you!"

Wen Ying noted the thickness of the red envelope. It was a hefty sum.

Fifty thousand yuan.

Wen Ying didn’t refuse. She accepted it and, in turn, entrusted the Spirit Grass to Aunt Zhang.

When Aunt Zhang heard that these three stalks of grass were valuable, she immediately promised to take good care of them and not let anyone touch them.

"Auntie, if you and Uncle are going to be burning those things for the old master, you can bring the three stalks of grass into the bedroom. It will help with his recovery."

Aunt Zhang hadn’t expected that on a trip to give Wen Ying something, she would end up benefiting from her again.

She had originally thought she was just dropping something off for Wen Ying, but she ended up receiving such a huge benefit in return.

The incident with burning the paper offerings was still vivid in her mind. Aunt Zhang felt a lingering fear just thinking about it and didn’t think she would dare do it a second time.

But she never expected Wen Ying to lend them something so precious. This thing was practically priceless!

No, that’s not right!

It was something that couldn’t be bought even for a sky-high price, because this was a matter of life and death!

Aunt Zhang looked at the three stalks of grass in the backyard, her heart filled with emotion.

’The best thing I’ve ever done in my life was probably being good to Wen Ying.’

You could say she had saved their entire family.

As she was looking, Aunt Zhang noticed a fox-like doll that had been placed next to the three stalks of grass. Did it... just move?

’Did it move?’

’I think its eyes moved!’

’And its body moved too?’

’Just like a real animal!’

’Have toys gotten this advanced?’

’Has the world become this fantastical?’

Aunt Zhang closed her eyes and opened them again. ’I must be seeing things.’ Little White stared at her. "Auntie, why do you keep staring at me?"