Chapter 69 - Asking About the Accident (2/2)

“That’s not going to work ah. There’s going to be a specialist who will be taking the crew to the mountains. He can’t possibly just go to pick you up separately. But you don’t have to worry. After filming your scenes, I’ll send you back. Even if it ended early, I’ve also arranged to have you leave on the same day as YanMingXiu.”

“Yan …. YanMingXiu is also going?”

“Yeah, but his scenes aren’t many.”

ZhouXiang felt a bit troubled. In the wilderness where it’s so sparsely populated, these dozens of people seeing each other every day and working so closely together, anything odd going on will easily be noticed at a glance. He’s worried that his relationship with YanMingXiu would be discovered by people.

The planning coordinator patted his shoulder, “In short, just get ready in advance.”

ZhouXiang nodded.

Since that night, YanMingXiu had not contacted him. It was as if he has disappeared from his life.

Instead, LanXiRong called him twice. The first time was to ask if he had returned home safely that night. The second time was to tell him to come and shoot the MV.

The second time ZhouXiang went to shoot the MV, he brought the cashmere sweater that had been cleaned to return it to LanXiRong. Originally this is just a very ordinary move but it gave the crew the impression that their relationship is very good. As such, he received yet another commercial in the afternoon.

ZhouXiang has muddled along and shot several ads, but still none has led to any fame. But after the release of LanXiRong’s MV and the film he participated with WangYuDong, he will be a familiar face for some of the viewers. Fame is just a matter of being seen and be known by even more people. As long as there is exposure, how he looks is really not the main point.

Letting others mistakenly assume that he has a good relationship with LanXiRong is also a good façade. At least he can slightly touch that limelight. Although he knew that LanXiRong is only being a bit courteous to him because they are coworkers from the same company and he is giving face to CaiWei.

What he didn’t know was that the more contact LanXiRong had with him, the more he felt that he has the shadows of (older) ZhouXiang and his expression toward him is becoming more and more strange.

Before going to Guizhou for filming, ZhouXiang finally finished shooting his scenes for the MV.

The day before he left, he received a phone call from YanMingXiu; whom hasn’t contacted him for half a month.

“President Yan,” ZhouXiang tried to keep his voice steady even though he felt a little awkward.

“Come over, not your place but my home.”

“Your home?”

“Right, you’ve been here.”

ZhouXiang still remembered the place where he had taken drunk YanMingXiu back that time. When he thought of ChenYing’s reminder for him to come back home early to eat crabs at night, he couldn’t help but sigh.

As he was rushing to YanMingXiu’s place, he gave ChenYing a call. He got to YanMingXiu’s home in less than half an hour. As soon as he entered the door, he saw YanMingXiu wearing casual home clothes, giving him an indifferent glance, “I have something to ask you.”

“Oh? Mnnn..President Yan ask.”

YanMingXiu turned his back and looked out the window. He didn’t want ZhouXiang to see his expression. Although he had already forced himself to calm down, he was still afraid of revealing his emotions. His seemingly calm voice slowly uttered. “Let me ask you. Did you have an accident more than two years ago and laid in the hospital for two years?”

ZhouXiang is stunned. Is YanMingXiu investigating him?

He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, “Yeah.”

“What is the specific time of your accident?” YanMingXiu secretly clenched his fist, even though he already knew the date. That is a date he would never forget his entire life but he still wanted to hear it from ZhouXiang’s mouth.

The anxiety in ZhouXiang’s heart is even heavier. “I… I don’t remember.”

“You don’t remember? How could you not remember?”

“After I woke up, I’ve lost all my previous memories. I really don’t remember.”

YanMingXiu suddenly turned around, his expression a bit fierce, “Was it August 13th, X Year?”

The shock ZhouXiang’s face flashed by.

This is also a date he would never forget in his life, because it is the date he ‘died.’ He has been convinced that because the time of his accident coincided with the exact same time when the original owner of this body got injured, adding on that both of them have the same exact names, so the phenomenon of soul swapping could have occurred.

If there must be an explanation, he thinks that the common belief would be that when the King of Hell(T/N) was collecting souls, he ended up collecting the wrong one. Originally, only one of them died (older ZhouXiang). But the King of Hell collected two souls (both ZhouXiangs) so when he later realized that one hadn’t yet died (younger ZhouXiang), he released one of them back into the living. But as a result of them having the same exact names, he released the wrong soul back (older ZhouXiang) to the living. So it resulted in today’s situation.

T/N: According to ideas from Taoism,Buddhism, and traditional Chinese folk religion, after death, the soul will enter Diyu, which is a purgatory that serves to punish and renew spirits in preparation for reincarnation. All will go to Dijyu after death, but the period of time spends there is indefinite, depending on severity of the sins one committed. The King of Hell (A Yama king) is the ruler(s) of this place. In this story, ZhouXiang is thinking that King of Hell got the two ZhouXiang’s mixed up and sent the dead one (Older) ZhouXiang back to the living instead of the injured younger ZhouXiang.

He didn’t care what the reason was that cause this situation of today. There is one thing that he is certain, and that is, he does not want to die. He hasn’t lived enough. He didn’t want to die at all. Even if he was in someone else’s body, he wanted to live on.

Therefore, he has always been deeply afraid of this matter. Regarding his unusual identity, he was even more reluctant to speak up. He is afraid that once this phenomenon got leaked, the impact to him will be unpredictable.

When YanMingXiu looked at him with this distorted expression, he suddenly felt fear. He was afraid that someone would know, especially YanMingXiu.

He forced himself to remain calm. He believes that the average person would not believe in these outrageous things. His greatest reliance is that he and (younger) ZhouXiang are really two completely different people, regardless of how many coincidences there are between them!

He pretended not to know and shook his head, “I only know that it was two years ago, specifically at what time? I don’t remember. I also didn’t ask my mom. I’m afraid that it’ll sadden her. President Yan, why do you suddenly care about this?”

YanMingXiu’s piercing eyes moved back and forth on his face. He is utterly mystified by ZhouXiang’s innocent, calm expression.

After all, even he himself didn’t know what he is skeptical about. What is this huge suspicion in his heart that is soon to make him collapse? He has no clue at all!

End of the chapte