Genius Club-Chapter 556 - 9: Dust-covered Memories (Extra Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
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"Chu... Chu Anqing!?"
Gao Yang scrambled up from the ground and looked into the coffin.
Above Lin Xian’s head, the mining lamp was already illuminating the details inside the coffin.
Now Gao Yang’s miner’s helmet was also leaned in.
The lights from both caps shone on the photo frame together.
"That, that’s Chu Anqing!"
Gao Yang turned his head and stared at Lin Xian, dumbfounded.
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Before this...
He had only ever heard Lin Xian mention that Zhang Yuqian and Chu Anqing looked exactly alike but had never actually seen it with his own eyes, so he had no real concept of this exact resemblance, simply feeling it was a likeness.
But now!
Looking at this photo that was taken at least 24 years ago...
Like!
So similar!
It was beyond mere resemblance, it was exactly the same! A copy-paste kind of exactly the same!
"Move aside, let me take it out and have a look."
Gao Yang squeezed past, leaning over the coffin board.
Reaching down.
He took the photo frame that was standing on the makeup box out.
Then he returned to Lin Xian’s side, and they both stared at it intently.
"Sss..."
Gao Yang couldn’t help but take a sharp breath:
"No matter how you look at it, this is Chu Anqing. Look at these eyes, this face shape, even this hair color... Chu Anqing’s deep brown hair isn’t dyed, it’s her natural color.
"Because if it was dyed, the new growth at the roots would definitely be the original color. But you see, we’ve known Chu Anqing for so long, spent so much time together at the Astronaut Training Base, she definitely didn’t have time to dye her hair, so her natural color is deep brown."
"This... Damn... I really can’t believe it, look at this teardrop mole, it’s the same. You did tell me before that these two girls looked exactly alike, but seeing Zhang Yuqian’s photo today... I’m truly dumbfounded by the extent of it."
Gao Yang was somewhat incoherent.
However, Lin Xian understood.
When he had seen CC and then at the MX celebration saw Chu Anqing, who looked just like CC, his reaction was much the same.
He must be desensitized by now.
But for Gao Yang, this was the first shock.
Gao Yang was still holding the photo frame, completely baffled.
"You really don’t need to look for differences, Gao Yang."
Lin Xian patted his shoulder:
"There’s no point in researching this, rather, it makes sense that Zhang Yuqian and Chu Anqing would be exactly alike, a carbon copy.
"If there were differences in their appearance, significant ones, then what truth are we supposed to be looking for here? What answer?"
"That’s true."
Gao Yang’s sluggish brain came to life, smacking his lips:
"Indeed, this was to be expected. It’s just that the photo hit me so hard at first sight. Speaking of which, had you seen a photo of Zhang Yuqian before?"
Lin Xian shook his head.
Then nodded:
"I’ve seen the photo on the first-generation ID card, but it was a black and white picture, basically a full mosaic, not even worth mentioning."
"That..."
Gao Yang pointed to the coffin filled with miscellaneous items and clothes but conspicuously absent of a corpse, bones, or any decaying tissue:
"So, what’s the situation with this coffin not having a body or ashes inside? That old lady clearly said her daughter was buried here. Also, the way things are arranged so neatly inside, it’s clear that when the coffin was buried, it was already like this, it’s not like someone stole Zhang Yuqian’s body or said she ran out on her own."
"This means that that uncle, he lied to us from the start! No wonder he was so panicked and dodgy when we said we wanted to pay respects to Zhang Yuqian’s grave... It turns out there’s nobody buried in this tomb at all! Zhang Yuqian isn’t here!"
"So, what do we say about this situation now? Where on earth did they bury Chu Anqing? Do you think... is it possible that Zhang Yuqian didn’t actually die all those years ago and that this couple fabricated a Feigned Death, pretending that Zhang Yuqian was dead. But in reality, Zhang Yuqian is still alive somewhere, even in another country?"
"That’s impossible."
Lin Xian decisively rejected Gao Yang’s idea:
"There’s absolutely no need for that... Their family was already wealthy enough, if they really wanted to live somewhere else, in another country, they could just go without all this fuss. Besides, you saw that old lady, how her spirit was broken by her daughter’s death, and that uncle also gave up so many years of business."
"Judging from the severity of the impact, Zhang Yuqian must have really died, no doubt about it. Since there’s no body in the coffin, it’s very likely what I guessed before—
"[Zhang Yuqian’s death didn’t leave a body behind. Like Chu Anqing, she turned into Blue Stardust at 00:42, vanished into thin air.]"
"Then, if we connect this event with that car accident full of uncertainties, it’s not hard to deduce what happened that night—
"[Although it’s uncertain who the driver was in the car and how many people were on board, Zhang Yuqian’s sudden disappearance into Blue Stardust frightened the driver, leading to the car crashing into a tree.]"
"I can’t say this inference is absolutely correct, after all, I have no evidence. At the end of the day, only Zhang Shi and Yan Qin know what really happened in the car accident, but I feel this guess is very close to the truth. Only by linking the events that occurred to Chu Anqing and Zhang Yuqian can we begin to understand."
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