Fortunately, this feeling of displacement didn't last long. After more than ten minutes, I walked out of the narrow alley. The end of the alley was a derelict plot of land. I trudged to the roadside.
"How do you feel?" Zhang Cheng Ruixue asked me.
"Have you walked through it?" I retorted.
"Yes, is there something? Can I take the camera over there?"
"That was two months ago."
"This is impossible!"
...
With Zhang Cheng Ruixue, I re-examined the infrared cameras. Something incredible happened with the cameras. Lan Jie seemed to walk out of the wall, and then appeared in front of the subsequent infrared cameras.
In this situation, I followed Zhang Cheng Ruixue to the interrogation room. I said nothing, observed, and listened. Zhang Cheng Ruixue asked detailed questions about the narrow path. Lan Jie, wearing a lie detector, replied, "I was actually quite scared at the time. The lights behind me gradually disappeared. There were brick walls on both sides. I looked up a few times, and the stars seemed to be in their original positions. After walking for a while, I became more and more frightened. A chill ran up my back, and my neck tingled. At that moment, I couldn't hear anything either, as if this world only contained red bricks. Those bricks surrounded me, and I became dazed, only able to walk mechanically, endlessly."
Zhang Cheng Ruixue glanced at the lie detector, her brow furrowed. "And then?"
"I walked out of that alley and saw you. You told me it was already two months later."
"Thank you for your cooperation."
Zhang Cheng Ruixue, with a deeply furrowed brow, walked out of the interrogation room. I followed behind her in silence.
"Tang Nan, do you believe him?"
"No."
Zhang Cheng Ruixue looked distressed. "I don't believe him either, but I used a lie detector on him, and he didn't lie."
"Why would you believe an instrument?"
"If lie detectors didn't work, they wouldn't have been invented. Lie detectors have been instrumental in other cases. But in this absurd case, the lie detector has completely lost its effectiveness. This is unscientific. I admit some people can fool a lie detector, but an ordinary person absolutely cannot, nor do they possess the professional knowledge."
Hearing Zhang Cheng Ruixue say this, I understood her meaning. She was worried that during the missing period, someone had taught Lan Jie, an ordinary person, how to fool a lie detector. If the first man who transmigrated was a drug dealer, then what was Lan Jie? He was just an ordinary university student who stayed in Beijing to work, joining this transmigration game for money.
Clearly, Zhang Cheng Ruixue hadn't told me everything, and in her current state, she wouldn't tell me about the scheme involving Lin Han. I decided to leave Zhang Cheng Ruixue my phone number and ask her about Lin Han's scheme tomorrow.
In addition to this, I also realized something: someone was using metaphysics to orchestrate things.
...
When I returned home, Lin Han was there too, making my mother beam with joy. I said nothing and went straight into the study. Lin Han followed, puzzled. "What's wrong? Didn't you go to solve the case with Ruixue sister? You look troubled."
I said nothing and took out a copy of the I Ching to flip through. Lin Han smiled and asked, "What are you doing? Going to tell fortunes?"
The ultimate end of those who scheme is metaphysics. Metaphysics is an inexplicable deception. Even someone like Old Ghost was deceived for a lifetime by a single sentence from Mr. Wende. However, Mr. Wende taught this kind of metaphysics to his least successful disciple.
The facts prove that the deception of metaphysics focuses on ideology. The warm and cool jade gui from Mount Tai is not necessarily truly useful. But Zhang Si's scholarly persona shackled every persona with the chains of metaphysics.
From my perspective, the scheme of metaphysics essentially means "if you believe, it exists; if you don't, it doesn't."
Seeing that I didn't answer, Lin Han forcefully sat on my lap, pushed the I Ching out of my hands, cupped my face with both hands, and said with a half-smile, "Am I not as good as a book of the I Ching?"
I tossed the I Ching aside, wrapped my arms around Lin Han's waist, and asked her passionately, "Darling, do you believe in transmigration?"
Lin Han stared into my eyes. "Whether I believe it or not doesn't matter. You are not allowed to go anywhere to this wedding."
I looked at Lin Han and smiled. "Wife, let me discuss something with you. Let's move our wedding to two months from now."
Lin Han was stunned. "Why?"
"I'm afraid this world really has transmigration, and I'll jump two months into the future."
Hearing this, Lin Han looked at me with a serious expression.
...
"Son, someone is looking for you outside."
My mother's voice came from the doorway. Lin Han blushed and nimbly jumped off me. We went outside and saw Fatty. He had brought me the first-hand information about Da Peng.
Da Peng, who worked at the bathhouse, was actually a pimp at the Galaxy Bathhouse. Besides women, he also sold some "happy pills" (light drugs) to customers. With these women and drugs, Zhang Peng had ruined many young people.
Li Wenwen was Zhang Peng's subordinate. Based on the current situation, the scheme designed to trap Lin Han was likely a joint effort by Zhang Peng and Li Wenwen.
"Happy pills," the name I had heard not long ago. It should be related to the case Zhang Cheng Ruixue was currently handling.
No wonder Zhang Cheng Ruixue seemed to have foreseen things regarding Lin Han's scheme. Zhang Cheng Ruixue must have obtained evidence of Zhang Peng's crimes through the case of the transmigrating man. This was also why Zhang Cheng Ruixue knew that Lin Han had been harmed.
Zhang Cheng Ruixue wasn't familiar with us, but she was good friends with Yu Xiaoluo. This matter definitely had to be told to Yu Xiaoluo. Li Wenwen had targeted Lin Han. Lin Han wasn't stupid; she would retaliate. If she retaliated with a scheme, Lin Han would either come to me or Yu Xiaoluo. Because Lin Han was somewhat at fault in this matter, she told me she wanted to resolve it herself and instead sought Yu Xiaoluo's help. Yu Xiaoluo then naturally recommended Zhang Cheng Ruixue to orchestrate things, making Lin Han indebted to Zhang Cheng Ruixue.
Under this seemingly logical chain of events, Zhang Cheng Ruixue quickly used this favor. She asked me to help her confirm the transmigration.
...
Despite all the planning, I was still a step behind. I never thought this matter would be initiated by Yu Xiaoluo. I knew my sister too well. She was very good at fighting, but she couldn't scheme.
However, if Yu Xiaoluo couldn't, then her brother-in-law, Luo Bo, was no easy opponent.
Now, I don't understand who Luo Bo is trying to deal with. Why did he involve me?