Genius Club-Chapter 564 - 11 Revealing the Answer_3

"My daughter is 20 now, huh? All grown up. Although no need to make it as grand as her 18th coming-of-age ceremony, my girl has always loved a lively vibe, and so do we. That’s why her birthday is always a big deal every year, and we all enjoy it a lot."

"It all started the night before, January 20th. That evening, I took my spouse and child back to our hometown, and we met up with many old friends I hadn’t seen in years. We talked late into the night and drank quite a bit. So, by the time we drove back to the city from our hometown... it was already approaching midnight."

"I had been drinking and was sitting in the back, a bit tipsy. My spouse was driving, and Qian Qian was in the passenger seat; she doesn’t have a driver’s license, she’s only in her second year of university, and we didn’t plan on letting her learn to drive so early."

"Just like that, we were talking and laughing all the way, Qian Qian chattering too, all discussing the birthday plans for tomorrow. My spouse had also just learned to drive not long ago and was driving rather slowly. There weren’t many cars on the road back then, so everything seemed safe, nothing should have gone wrong."

"However, everything happened so suddenly. My daughter was talking and laughing about stuff in her college dorm, and I listened with half-closed eyes. Then suddenly! Just out of the blue, it all stopped abruptly, no sound at all. Then came my spouse’s scream! Shouting Qian’s name, the car, as if out of control, crashed into a tree by the roadside!"

"At that moment, I hurriedly opened my eyes, and I saw... saw... saw..."

The old man couldn’t help but choke up, swallowing several times, clenching his teeth:

"That scene, I can’t forget it to this day, like a nightmare, a perfectly alive person! A full-bodied Qian Qian! Just like that suddenly became transparent... like shattered glass! Instantly turned into bright blue fine sand, dissipating quickly into the air in clumps!"

"Then there was a loud bang, and our sedan hit the tree, and I sobered up instantly. First, I glanced at my spouse, Yan Qin, who was already terrified, beyond controlling herself, screaming incessantly. When I looked toward the passenger seat, I also glanced at the electronic clock on the dashboard... just as you said, the exact time of that eerie incident..."

"00:42."

Zhang Shi looked up at Lin Xian.

In a daze, Lin Xian even felt that he had aged several years.

Zhang Shi paused, then continued:

"Then I got out of the car, looking everywhere for Qian Qian... but no matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find her. Then I ran to the passenger side, touched the seat, and it was still warm. This just shows! My daughter was just here! Just a minute ago, she was clearly sitting there in the passenger seat! Buckled in with her seat belt!"

"But in the blink of an eye, she disappeared... turned into blue crystals, vanished without a trace, like sand blown by the wind..."

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"Over the years, I’ve thought to myself, maybe my daughter didn’t die, maybe she just went to some place we don’t know about. But my spouse, her mind has crumbled since then, spouting nonsense. I’ve already lost my daughter... I can’t lose my spouse too, can I? So, I gathered all of Qian Qian’s belongings, put them in a coffin, and pretended to bury it."

"When speaking with outsiders, it’s simply that she died in a car accident, back in the 2000s, unlike nowadays, many things were easier to handle, paperwork and such, death certificates and all, were easy to sort. But that’s not important, I took this step also for my spouse... child, my daughter, Qian Qian, if she really is alive, I can wait slowly."

"But the state of my spouse back then, on the verge of life and death, even attempting to jump off the building, I dared not give her any stimulus, so I had to stabilize her emotions first. That’s why I hired the best psychologist, came to the Imperial Capital, left that environment, to conduct hypnotherapy on her..."

"Now, although her mind isn’t that clear yet, as long as she isn’t stimulated, her mental state is largely stable. Now in her consciousness, our daughter simply died in a car accident, what she thought she saw at the moment, were just hallucinations produced by an overstimulated brain."

"Compared to that bizarre, fantastical event, as painful and heart-wrenching as it might be, a common reason like a car accident can somewhat help my spouse to accept it. After so many years of treatment and rest, she has finally stabilized."

"Young man, it’s not that I meant to deceive you, look at my life now. Without my daughter, have given up my career, my spouse is all I have left, the only thing left. I have to take good care of her..."

He said.

Then he picked up the teapot and filled the tea cups of Lin Xian and Gao Yang:

"That’s the situation. Young man, my spouse and I are already this age, many things we can now accept, and my spouse’s mental state, really cannot endure much more, as you have seen her condition, she’s only in her sixties, but looks like she’s in her eighties, truly can’t endure much more."

"I told you all this today because you mentioned your female companion encountered the same situation, and that’s why I shared it. As for what you said... about rescuing my daughter, finding my daughter and such..."

Zhang Shi sighed and shook his head:

"Over these past twenty years, we had lost hope. If you have such intentions, we are grateful to you. At the same time... I also wish that you can find that missing girl, that young woman."

"But I really hope this is the last time we meet. Consider this a plea, young man, please don’t disturb our hard-earned stable life anymore."

"Everything I told you today was absolutely true, with no concealment... I hope you believe what I say, don’t make things difficult for us anymore, and don’t go looking for Yan Qin."

...

Zhang Shi spoke very sincerely.

Lin Xian also nodded.

He believed that what Zhang Shi said this time must be true.

And it was consistent with what he had expected.

"Okay, Uncle Zhang, we won’t come again."

Lin Xian stood up:

"Just... there is one last detail I need to confirm with you."

Zhang Shi stretched out his hand, signaling Lin Xian to speak.

"Did you see a baseball-sized, blue glowing orb that kept leaping and appearing, like a blue electric ball gathered with lightning inside, on the night you drove home?"

Lin Xian gestured with his hands to show the size, describing to Zhang Shi:

"A blue electric ball just about this size, floating uncertainly, weightless and intangible... Did you see it that night?"

Zhang Shi thought for two seconds.

He solemnly shook his head:

"No."

He added:

"Although I had quite a few drinks that night, my eyes were half-open, watching the road ahead, and there was never a blue electric ball inside the car. Nor outside; my spouse has good vision, and she would definitely have seen such a bright orb at night if it were there."

"Later that night in my hometown, my spouse spent the whole time with Qian Qian, playing mahjong with relatives, and I never heard them mention anything like this... If there really had been a blue electric ball, such an obvious and strange event would surely have been discussed by everyone, and both Qian Qian and Yan Qin would have mentioned it."

"So... I’m afraid I have disappointed you, young man."

Zhang Shi looked up at Lin Xian:

"I am quite certain that on the night Qian Qian disappeared... there was no blue electric ball at all."