Chapter 856: Chapter 836: Don’t Eat with Strangers
Uh... Fang Youyuan looked at Luo Qianqian awkwardly.
Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes and continued, "So we know about this matter, let’s not talk about it. After all, we still don’t know what the truth is."
"That’s true." Jimo Cheng nodded with a bitter smile, "Speaking of this, I’ve never met this Clan Leader. It’s said that they are the longest-living existence in the clan."
"Old... um, um." Luo Qianqian wanted to say something, but suddenly halted, thinking it was better not said.
"Old Immortality?" Jimo Cheng had a puzzled expression.
"Old decrepit?" Fang Youyuan also looked puzzled.
"Old thing..." Luo Qianqian realized her original thought wasn’t so bad. These two had made more excessive comments.
"Then what... do they rely on to live so long? It’s not possible by ordinary means, right?" Luo Qianqian continued, deciding it was best not to address them directly. It always felt like any address seemed inappropriate.
"It’s naturally impossible for one’s life span to reach such heights on its own." Fang Youyuan said, "But there is a type of medication that can."
"Lifespan Extension Pill? I remember during the Tang Dynasty, there was a pursuit of Immortal Pill and immortality, right? Don’t tell me this is some ancient formula passed down from then. You know, things like cinnabar, sulfur, lead, and mercury from that time could be deadly..." Luo Qianqian’s voice shook with the thought. Back then, the pursuit of immortality was understandable. They were already at the pinnacle of a nation, with nothing above them.
But the current human pursuit of longevity made her misunderstand, and...
"No wait, Senior Brother, I thought of something." Luo Qianqian suddenly looked at Jimo Cheng seriously, "Do you remember the footsteps we heard when we were downstairs?"
"Footsteps?" Jimo Cheng was also taken aback.
"The footsteps weren’t faint at all, unlike those that older people should have." Luo Qianqian asserted, "The steps were strong."
Jimo Cheng paused, then fell into a thoughtful silence.
Fang Youyuan frowned, "Is it actually someone young pretending?"
Hearing this, Luo Qianqian also fell into deep thought.
After a moment, she shook her head, "No, the other person could tell they were leather shoes, but the other pair was clearly cloth shoes, not even the rubber-soled kind."
People usually wear those kinds of shoes only as older folks. Despite the style being unattractive, they are very comfortable.
Jimo Cheng paused for a moment, "I remember my grandfather also had a pair, saying they were given by the clan when he turned sixty."
"Right..." Luo Qianqian secretly celebrated that the tension had shifted her focus to listening to dialogue and sounds.
If given another chance, she wouldn’t go back. It nearly cost her life, way too intense, not good for the heart.
"Do you remember when you were injured?" Jimo Cheng hesitated before speaking.
Qian Xi paused before nodding, "That medicine was very effective."
Jimo Cheng slowly nodded, "The medicine was obtained from the clan."
"Huh?" Luo Qianqian was taken aback, "Medicine Group product?"
"Mm..." Jimo Cheng nodded, "I was worried about you at that time..."
Gently nodding, Luo Qianqian smiled, "I know, Senior Brother was afraid I’d be in pain for too long."
Thinking carefully, medicines that can heal wounds in two days exist, but longevity...
"Feels a bit too fantasy-like, doesn’t it?" Luo Qianqian scratched her head, looking full of disbelief, "Aren’t we atheists?"
"Yes." Fang Youyuan nodded, "But it doesn’t mean such things can’t be accepted."
Luo Qianqian’s mouth twitched. Atheists should require evidence and reason, acknowledging and scientifically exploring the material world; theistic religions lack persuasive power and cannot be proven false, right?
However, Luo Qianqian was more confused than her two senior brothers because she experienced far more than what happened yesterday...
Such as the Strange Old Man...
Subconsciously looking at the backpack behind her, wasn’t that something science couldn’t explain either?
But it seems that since she returned from that time, she wasn’t so steadfast anymore.
"Shall we call that classmate of yours?" Fang Youyuan looked at Luo Qianqian, slightly frowning, "Without Jin Nian here, nothing can be recalled."
Luo Qianqian was taken aback before pulling out her phone to call Elvis.
"What’s up?" Elvis answered the call weakly after a while.
"You’re still sleeping?" Luo Qianqian was surprised, never thinking she’d already eaten two breakfasts while this person was still asleep...
"Mm, I didn’t sleep well last night. I’ll get up and come over shortly." Elvis yawned, his voice turning slightly clear.
"Uh... mm." Luo Qianqian hung up afterward, looking at Fang Youyuan, "Just woke up, shall we order him breakfast?"
"Mm." Fang Youyuan picked up the landline phone, ordered breakfast, then sat down looking exhausted, "Don’t mention him, I didn’t sleep well either."
Blinking, Luo Qianqian wanted to say she didn’t sleep well either. She lay there for a long time before sleeping, but... odd that she now feels particularly good, making it hard for anyone to believe what she said.
She just kept quiet.
"Mm..." Luo Qianqian looked out the window, responding with a soft sound and saying nothing.
"A storm is brewing." Jimo Cheng also looked outside with a dazed expression.
The sky outside remained gloomy, as if snowflakes could fall at any moment.
Elvis arrived shortly. Though he took off his wig, it didn’t mean he took off the contact lenses. Seeing the strange colored lenses, Luo Qianqian silently turned her gaze away.
A girl loves beauty, understandable. A boy... with daily dressing, hard to understand.
"Is there breakfast? For me?" Elvis was also taken aback.
Luo Qianqian nodded, "Yeah, we’ve eaten already."
Elvis sniffed, "You went for hot pot, right? Smell it."
Upon hearing this, Luo Qianqian quickly grabbed her clothes and seriously sniffed them.
"Speaking of." Elvis slowly ate breakfast, forked some bacon, "Just heard from a passing classmate that a hot pot restaurant was surrounded by police."
... Luo Qianqian was speechless. This morning, there weren’t many hot pot places open, not so many people either, yet somehow police were involved... clearly just one.
"And then?" Luo Qianqian looked calm.
"Heard it’s a gathering... unsuitable for children." Elvis glanced at Luo Qianqian, saying nothing more.
Luo Qianqian shrugged at the two others. After all, she didn’t know anything, her ears were covered the whole time.
"And it was our school’s girls, supposedly drugged..." Elvis couldn’t hold it and seriously looked at Luo Qianqian, "Be careful when going out to eat with people, even a second when out of sight, don’t drink anything, okay?"
"You think... I can go eat with whom?" Luo Qianqian was speechless.
Jimo Cheng nodded seriously, "Besides familiar people, don’t randomly go out with others. This world is too dangerous."
