1283 I Want to Make You Stay 161 (1/2)

Apart from the corpse, there was nothing left.

Slightly disappointed, An Xiaoning did not wish to even look at the appearance of the corpse.

However, Donggong Lianzhi reacted differently.

He walked toward the corpse and squatted down. He then whipped out a dagger and slit the bandages open gently. Although it was rather disrespectful, they would have made a wasted trip if they didn't take a look.

As soon as the trio saw the corpse, they froze in shock. Donggong Lianzhi sprung up and stared at the face of the corpse in astonishment.

Although the corpse had already dried up, they could still see the face of the corpse clearly. The features of the corpse were exactly identical to Donggong Lianzhi's. An Xiaoning had felt the same way as she did when she found the corpse of Jin Qingyan's incarnation from the previous lifetime.

Judging from Donggong Lianzhi's reaction, she could tell that he did not seem to be pretending or to have a preconceived plan.

”How… how did this happen?”

After a moment of silence, An Xiaoning said, ”There are a few possibilities. One could be that your twin brother had been buried here and the other could be that it was your clone. Another one could be that he's your incarnation from your previous lifetime…”

”It can't be that he's my twin brother. I'm the only son.”

”I haven't finished my sentence. Apart from the possibility of him being your brother, it should be impossible that he's your clone too since the corpse is all shriveled up and doesn't seem to have died recently. That leaves us with the third and most likely possibility. He is probably your incarnation from your previous lifetime.”

”My previous lifetime… do previous incarnations necessarily have to look the same as their reincarnations?”

”That's the case for some people, like me. So, cases like that do exist. How do you know that the owner of this tomb has the surname 'Wu'?”

”I asked my mother about it. She told me that this place is taboo and that trespassing is prohibited. We're not allowed to ask more about it too,” he answered.

”How are you doing in the Donggong family? Be honest with me, are you living well?” An Xiaoning asked.

”No.”

”I figured that out.” Not wishing to continue staying here any longer, she continued, ”This cement coffin has already been destroyed. Do you plan to restore it or ruin it? Or do you plan to take the corpse away?”

Without hesitation, he said, ”I'm going to destroy it. Since it looks identical to me, doesn't that just mean that someone in my family already knows about this?”

”That goes without saying. That's why you're in a very dangerous predicament. Seems like you only discovered that now.”

Noticing his austere expression, she seemed to have further confirmed that he did not have a preconceived plan. Had he devised a scheme beforehand, he wouldn't have told her that the corpse had the last name ”Wu.”

She had a bad impression of him at first and found that he definitely had an ulterior motive.

However, she had changed her opinion of him.

”Since you've decided to destroy it, you shall take over from here.” She handed the lighter to him and said, ”The corpse has already dried up. It should be easy to light it up with all the extra bandages. Hurry up, we must leave this place as soon as possible.”

He took the lighter from her and set the corpse ablaze.

Just like she had expected, the corpse was set ablaze immediately.

A bizarre odor filled the air soon after. Upon the sight of the corpse being engulfed by flames, the trio decided to leave.