After Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoyu left, they walked from the antique street to the pedestrian street. At the stalls, Zhou Xuan hesitated for a moment, remembering the first antique he had ever acquired, the manuscript of the owner of Suiyuan Garden, which he had obtained from a stall on this pedestrian street. Since it was still before he got the manuscript, it should still be there.
As soon as Zhou Xuan thought of this, he immediately walked towards the book stall. It was the same person, the bookseller Lao Zhang, who knew Zhou Xuan and often rented books from him.
Zhou Xuan gestured to Old Zhang as a greeting, then smiled and squatted down to find a book.
Old Zhang didn't say much to Zhou Xuan, but he was a little confused by the fact that Zhou Xuan had suddenly brought an unbelievably beautiful girl to his small stall.
Zhou Xuan started searching through the pile of tattered books in the place he remembered, but after a few minutes he found nothing. He then searched the entire bookstall, but still could not find the "Jianzhai Supplement" manual.
It seems that the wheel of history has turned; some events are ambiguous, some things are the same, but some things are completely different.
Unable to find the manuscript, Zhou Xuan sighed, stood up, and pulled Wei Xiaoyu away from the bookstall.
It seems that we can't rely on previous experiences and history as a guide. This is almost a completely different journey. The only thing that is the same is that Zhou Xuan obtained the golden stone from the seabed and regained his superpower. Apart from that, nothing else is the same.
As they approached the edge of the pedestrian street, Zhou Xuan had a sudden thought. After a moment's hesitation, he turned to Wei Xiaoyu and said, "Xiaoyu, I'm going to an old friend's house. You go back to the hotel first, and I'll be back later."
Wei Xiaoyu was somewhat reluctant, but seeing that Zhou Xuan really didn't want her to go with him, she thought for a moment and then nodded obediently, but added, "Then come back early."
"Okay, I understand." Zhou Xuan nodded. Wei Xiaoyu had really changed. Although he was unwilling, he was able to keep his composure. The old Wei Xiaoyu was like steel, unyielding and unbreakable.
After Wei Xiaoyu left, Zhou Xuan suddenly turned around and ran quickly in another direction.
A few dozen meters away, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared before my eyes.
This figure belongs to Fu Ying. Zhou Xuan suddenly sensed Fu Ying just now, which is why he sent Wei Xiaoyu away and then followed her.
Fu Ying was shopping alone, without Wang Jue by her side.
Zhou Xuan followed her more than twenty meters away, stealthily weaving through the pedestrians. However, when they reached the entrance of the department store, Fu Ying suddenly stopped, turned to Zhou Xuan, and said, "Come out."
Zhou Xuan was stunned. It turned out that Fu Ying had already discovered him.
With a smile, Zhou Xuan stepped out from behind the pedestrians, walked up to Fu Ying, and, looking embarrassed, said, "Yingying."
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Volume 1, Chapter 375: Investigating the Secret of the Nine Dragon Cauldrons
Chapter 375 Investigating the Secret of the Nine Dragon Cauldrons
Fu Ying frowned, then said, "I've already told you, I'm not the Yingying you're talking about. And don't follow me anymore, or I won't be polite."
Zhou Xuan felt a pang of pain in his heart. He paused for a moment before saying, "I can't be wrong, Yingying. Give me some time and I'll give you a reasonable explanation, okay?"
Fu Ying snorted, paused for a moment, then suddenly pointed to a coffee shop across the street and said, "Go there. I'll give you five minutes to give me your reasonable explanation. But I'm telling you, five minutes. One second longer and I'm leaving."
Zhou Xuan nodded happily and followed Fu Ying to the coffee shop.
A waitress in a green suit led them to a private booth inside. After they sat down, she bowed and asked, "What would you like to order, gentlemen?"
"Give us a hot Assam milk tea, no sugar, please."
Before Fu Ying could speak, Zhou Xuan quickly said it.
Fu Ying was taken aback and asked, "How did you know I like this kind of milk tea?"
Fu Ying was quite puzzled. Zhou Xuan not only mentioned the type of milk tea she liked, but also knew her preference for it hot and without sugar. After a moment of surprise, she coldly said, "You've put in a lot of effort, haven't you? You even know my habits so clearly. Hmph... Too bad you're wrong. Fine... I'll start the timer now. Five minutes. I'll give you five minutes. Let's begin."
Zhou Xuan stroked his chin, thinking for a moment about where to begin, before finally saying, "Yingying, I don't know how to say this, or where to start. But I think I should start by explaining why I came to this place. My name is Zhou Xuan, and I arrived here on the 10th day of the sixth lunar month in 2009, not yesterday, on the 25th day of the first lunar month of 2011."
Fu Ying chuckled, then a hint of anger flashed across her face. She wanted to say something, but glancing at her watch, she managed to hold back. Since she was already here, she might as well give this man who had piqued her curiosity five minutes.
“Yingying, we’ve set our wedding date for February 18th, 2011. I know you can’t believe it right now, but I can’t give up on you. Listen to me, the first time we met was yesterday, around noon, underwater…”
Next, Zhou Xuan recounted his encounter with Fu Ying in detail. Meanwhile, the waitress brought over the milk tea. Fu Ying listened so intently that she forgot the time. It wasn't until Zhou Xuan finished telling the story of how he traveled through the Nine Dragon Cauldron that the whole incident was complete.
Fu Ying was a little stunned, then looked up at Zhou Xuan, whose eyes were filled with deep love and pity.
Fu Ying realized what was happening, glanced at her watch, and saw that almost an hour had passed, so it was definitely not just five minutes.
Although Zhou Xuan's story was outrageous and unbelievable, it was also so beautiful, like a wonderful legend. At the same time, Fu Ying felt that Zhou Xuan was not the kind of person who was superficial and unrealistic, but she could not believe this story.
After a moment of surprise, Fu Ying asked, "That thing you mentioned... the diving expert that you, my cousin, and I hired to go to the bottom of the sinkhole, I find that very strange. How did you know about that?"
Fu Ying found it really strange. It wasn't strange that she found out about her living habits, but the fact that she was planning to go to the bottom of the sinkhole to find her great-great-grandfather's remains was a secret that no outsider knew about. It was strange that Zhou Xuan knew about it. Although his story was touching, Fu Ying didn't believe it. It was too outrageous. Time travel was impossible.
But did she really have such a profound and unforgettable love affair with this man? A love that transcends life and death?
Zhou Xuan said with a troubled expression, "Yingying, if you can believe that I really did travel back in time, then this matter is absolutely true."
Fu Ying was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Let's put aside your ridiculous time travel story for now. You said you have superpowers, so show me?"
Zhou Xuan looked around. The place was quiet, with few people in the private rooms. Plus, it wasn't peak time, so there weren't many customers, and nobody was paying attention to them. He then said, "Yingying, after I came back, I regained my supernatural abilities. However, my abilities are very weak now. I can only detect the age of objects, and my detection range is only six or seven meters. Other abilities, like the ability I just told you about to transform matter molecules into gold and then absorb it, I can't achieve yet. And as you know, I reached that stage of ability only after absorbing the energy from that huge golden stone at the bottom of the sinkhole in America. Right now, I can only detect…"
He tilted his head to probe again, then said, "In your bag, there's a small box of tissues, a Nokia mini phone, a red wallet, two bank cards, $2,400, 3,000 RMB in bills, 67 RMB in smaller bills (one 50 RMB, one 10 RMB, one 5 RMB, and two 1 RMB bills). Check if that's what you're looking for."
Fu Ying was stunned by Zhou Xuan's words, but of course she didn't believe it. She herself didn't even know how much money was in her wallet, so how could Zhou Xuan possibly know? Unless, of course, he truly possessed the supernatural ability to detect objects, as he claimed.
Suspicion lingered, yet belief was mixed with disbelief. Fu Ying immediately took out her wallet from her handbag, opened it, and counted the contents, only to be stunned.
The amount of money was exactly the same as what Zhou Xuan had said.
If we said that Zhou Xuan's account of the Nine Dragon Cauldrons was too bizarre and unbelievable, what about the current in-depth analysis? This is something that was witnessed firsthand; how can we explain it?
The $2,400 was already there, but the RMB3,000 was exchanged at the bank yesterday. She was only with Wang Jue, so there's no way anyone else would know that.
"You can do magic tricks, right? You're a charlatan," Fu Ying said, biting her lip, still not believing it.