Volume 2 Chapter 2 Part2 (1/2)
Illusions, Lies, Truth Volume 2: Human Doll Contract Part Two
Original novel in Chinese by: 御 我 (Yu Wo)
Chapter 2: Confused; Confined by Part 2—The Ancient Pathway—translated by lucathia (proofread by Trespasserby & EvlNabiki)
As he left the hospital, Jiang Ziya looked at his injured ar his arm in place had already been removed Actually, it barely hurt anymore It only hurt a bit when he moved it too much
He got in a taxi, originally wanting to go straight hoht it over and was still a bit worried about as going on with his brother-in-law's job If he went on an unannounced inspection right noould he be able to come across some of the truth?
He had already begun dithering over it in the hospital room, and when the taxi driver asked hi Ziya hadn't even made a decision, yet he blurted the name of the street where his brother-in-law's company was located
”Got it”
The taxi driver responded and began driving Jiang Ziya could only so take a look after all Currently, he also had his left eye he could use I should at least be of soht?
As the thought occurred, Jiang Ziya grew spirited This left eye had been a thorn in his side since he was young Now that it was finally useful, he couldn't help feeling victorious after all his troubles
Through the corner of his eye, he suddenly spotted someone familiar He blurted, ”Stop the car!”
The taxi driver was no a wheel, jaht into a small space by the roadside Behind them, ainto the belatedly when he saw the driver ignoring him
At this ti man, next tierous!”
Jiang Ziya had almost been scared to death, too He had seen someone he knew, so he had abruptly called for the car to stop However, he hadn't wanted the driver to pull over to the shoulder so abruptly Parking a bit farther and having to walk a few steps more made no difference!
Frowning, he paid and got out of the car, glancing at that familiar back in the distance Luckily, the other person seemed preoccupied and hadn't even noticed the car accident that had al with a lowered head
Jiang Ziya hurriedlyin the furrowed brows of the other person, and the fact that there was ”no reason for the other person to be here right now” Thus, for now, he decided it would be better to sneakily follow and observe him
The other person walked back and forth along the path several ti down on a bench by the roadside, discouraged, with a puzzled expression clearly displayed, as if there were so undecipherable no matter hoas approached
Seeing that, Jiang Ziya knew that there was probably nothing ht he could stealthily find out some of the other person's secrets
Jiang Ziya bought a drink and walked in front of the other person, who actually didn't look up, still deep in thought, not at all aware of Jiang Ziya's presence So out of it
Jiang Ziya took the cold drink and plastered it against the other person's face,him shudder and jump up
”Ziya-gē, why are you here?” The moment Fu Jun noticed the person in front of him, he was utterly shocked
”I saw you in the car as I passed by, so I got out” Jiang Ziya pretended to be puzzled as he asked, ”You aren't in school at this kind of ti school? You're just an elementary school kid, and you actually dared to cut class?”
”I' class! I'm…” Fu Jun hesitated for a moment but still explained honestly, ”I was called in sick”
Jiang Ziya's smile wasn't quite a smile as he looked at him Just how does he even look like he's sick? Just now, he even walked back and forth along this path so many times Don't tell me sick people need more exercise?
Fu Jun's face flushed and heclass”
Jiang Ziya said unhappily, ”The boss has always been haphazard If you follow his steps, you won't even need to go to school three days a week You'll just need to go help the boss, who'll be lazing in bed, and ”
”I know!” Speaking of Fu Taiyi, Fu Jun truly grew angry ”Ziya-gē, you don't knohat happened When I told Taiyi to call in my absence, he actually happily said, 'You finally learned to occasionally skip school That's great Don't be such an old fashi+oned student' I'ry!”
What a terrible father, leading his kid astray! Jiang Ziya didn't knohether to laugh or cry Boss, luckily for you, your son is an obedient kid, or else he'd really become a bad student!
Fu Jun had always been an obedient kid; that hy Jiang Ziya didn't believe he would skip school for no reason Therefore, he had followed behind hi to see if he could learn the secret behind the Fu father and son
”Xiao Jun, why in the world did you have the boss call in sick for you?”
Fu Jun didn't seehtforwardly said, ”I just wanted to come find Peilun He disappeared and still can't be found even now I thought I'd search along the path froht be able to find a clue”
Jiang Ziya asked ht be able to see so you haven't noticed”
Hearing that, Fu Jun hesitated momentarily However, when he lifted his head and looked at Jiang Ziya's face, his eyes immediately lit up and he nodded ”Okay”
He didn't knohether he wasZiya felt that when Fu Jun had looked over, what he had zeroed in on at that moment was his left eye
Both with ulterior le path nine ti In fact, Jiang Ziya had followed him and walked it several tie at all…
Although that wasn't quite right either He should say that he just hadn't discovered anything stranger than what he usually saw
Under the street lights, a coround, and then falling out froround
In front of a display , a bunch of sphere shaped entities reseainst the clear
These couldn't be called nor Ziya normally saw them all the time, so they could be considered a sort of ”normal”
After walking another round, Fu Jun sat back on the bench, discouraged
”Ziya-gē, let's stop I don't think we can find any clues”
Jiang Ziya sat down as well ”Could it be a kidnapping? Has there been a phone call for ranso like that, then his eye wouldn't be of any use
Fu Jun felt doubtful too and said, ”I asked Xie-māma, but there hasn't been any news Besides, Peilun's family isn't wealthy He shouldn't have been kidnapped for ransom?”
Having said that, he grew evenZiya Both saw the unease in each other's eyes
Xie Peilun was an obedient elementary school kid It couldn't be that he had run away from home If he hadn't been kidnapped for ranso worse…
Thinking of that, Fu Jun's face fell His personality was mature, so he had never had much to talk about with his classmates in the first place Xie Peilun was the only one he was close with They'd been walking to school and going hoether for over a year When he considered how the other person ht have already suffered misfortune, his heart felt heavy
”Let's search again” Going by Fu Jun's expression, Jiang Ziya felt they should walk around fewone of those times
However, Fu Jun answered, ”It's no use I walked around so ”
Hearing that, Jiang Ziya recalled how today wasn't the first day Fu Jun and Fu Taiyi had started searching It was likely that he really had walked this path countless ti to show for it Do we have to give up?
But Fu Jun didn't have the intention to leave Jiang Ziya thought that he probably didn't want to give up either, yet he understood that what he was doing was useless…
”Come to think of it, do you two only take this path to school? Have you ever taken a different route, like a shortcut?”
Fu Jun paused, brows furrowing as he considered it
”There is a shortcut through an alley, but we've only taken it once a long tio that way, and later on, we never took it again”
”Let's go take a look,” Jiang Ziya suggested ”It won't take too long anyway”
Fu Jun didn't think it over ht now, he didn't want to give up, yet there was nothing ood
The alley wasn't too far away They only had to turn at the ends of two roads to reach it
Jiang Ziya had originally thought it would be a dark alley, which hy Fu Jun would advise Xie Peilun not to go this way However, it actually wasn't like that at all This alley was very bright, and you could hear people chattering around you It wasn't remote or dreary at all
Why isn't Fu Jun willing to take this shortcut?
Jiang Ziya looked toward Fu Jun, who lifted his head and seemed to understand his puzzleesture at the wall by the alley's entrance
”There's an ancient pathway there I'h it's unlikely to activate, it's still better to avoid it if possible”
Jiang Ziya was stunned, unable to respond at all
”Ziya-gē, do you see it?” Fu Jun asked curiously, ”You should be able to see it, right?”
Jiang Ziya stared as he answered, ”You mean that red lotus flower drawn on the stone by the corner of the wall over there?”
He wasn't fauish That lotus looked just like a bloo lotus seat that could be seen in temples
”As expected of Ziya-gē” Fu Jun praised, ”You could even distinguish the type of flower”
Only then was Jiang Ziya able to react, feeling extreer planned to keep him in the dark Since that was the case, he should have directly asked his questions that day in the hospital
”Xiao Jun…” Jiang Ziya took in a deep breath and asked, ”Just who are you and the boss?”
”We are Jiu Ge,” Fu Jun answered as if it were a matter of fact
”…Isn't that the name of the bookstore?”