Chapter 160 Declaring Sovereignty

Early Thursday morning, several black Jeeps were speeding along the highway.

At the highway tollbooth, the Jeep was stopped. After the lead vehicle showed its documents, the Jeep was allowed to pass and enter the city.

Lu Lingyun sat in the passenger seat of the middle car. He looked at the woman with a tuft of white "hair" sitting in the back in the rearview mirror and said, "We're almost there. Where would you like to start?"

The woman didn't speak, seemingly not listening to Lu Lingyun at all. After a while, Lu Lingyun asked again and tapped on the chair, and the woman finally came to her senses.

She stared blankly at Lu Lingyun and said, "Meiyuan Residential Area, I suppose."

Upon hearing the name of the neighborhood, Lu Lingyun was taken aback; he seemed not to have expected Wang Xinran to mention this place name.

His first thought was that Wang Xinran had seen his memories and knew he wanted to visit Shen Yuan, which was why she said that.

But soon, Lu Lingyun realized... it wasn't just herself who had a good relationship with Shen Xing and Shen Yuan.

"She's very sad," Wang Xinran said. "I'll help her forget."

She seemed to be explaining why she was going, even though no one had asked.

Lu Lingyun opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn't say anything.

Would forgetting really be better?

Even if Xiao Yuan temporarily forgets the memories of these past few days, she will eventually find out the truth... A brief period of forgetting will only cause more pain when she recalls it, and she may even come to hate the person who made her forget.

Lu Lingyun was thinking about these things in his mind, but Wang Xinran seemed to have already sensed his thoughts.

"... " Wang Xinran said after a moment of silence, "Then forget it."

She didn't seem to want to be disliked by Shen Yuan.

Wang Xinran leaned back in the back seat and looked out the window. She wasn't quite sure why she chose Meiyuan Community as her first stop. She found it hard to describe her feelings.

The fact that she had collected the white worms from so many people in one night had already made the white worms very agitated. The hive in her own mind could no longer contain so many white worms, so she could only let more white worms hang on her head to pretend to be hair.

Wang Xinran carefully analyzed her current emotions.

I feel a bit annoyed, but also somewhat empathetic.

The empathy stemmed from Shen Yuan's experience, while the displeasure arose from the fact that another woman had moved into Shen Xing's house first.

It can really be annoying.

Several cars slowly stopped at the entrance of Meiyuan Residential Area. Lu Lingyun got out of the car and personally opened the car door for Wang Xinran.

Now, once Wang Xinran concentrates, she seems difficult to distract. Even if Lu Lingyun shouts loudly while she is thinking, Wang Xinran will not react at all.

However, one trick worked: shining a flashlight directly into his eyes. This strong light source was the only way to bring Wang Xinran back to his senses. This was taught to him by Director Liu Chunqiu of the Brain Hospital.

Wang Xinran got out of the car. She seemed very familiar with the roads in the neighborhood and quickly arrived at Shen Xing's apartment building. She went inside and went upstairs. But just as she was about to reach Shen Xing's door, Lu Lingyun stopped.

He still doesn't know how to face Shen Yuan.

He bears 90% of the responsibility for Shen Xing's death.

If he hadn't allowed Shen Xing to join the external team, if he hadn't let Shen Xing get involved in criminal cases related to the supernatural, if he hadn't ordered the city to be locked down... any one of these could have saved Shen Xing's life.

But there aren't so many "what ifs" in this world.

Lu Lingyun stopped downstairs, while Wang Xinran knocked on the door.

"Knock knock."

A knock came at the door.

It was a little past six in the morning, but the door was opened shortly after the knocking.

Shen Yuan opened the door, and she froze the moment she saw Wang Xinran.

Shen Yuan's expression remained blank, as if she didn't know what expression she should show at this moment.

Shocked that Wang Xinran actually came? Or should we be happy that she's alright? Or perhaps wondering how she got here?

Shen Yuan was unaware that she was simply standing there, feeling somewhat awkward.

Wang Xinran didn't say anything, but took two steps forward. Shen Yuan subconsciously took half a step back, but Wang Xinran still hugged her tightly. Wang Xinran didn't say anything, she just held Shen Yuan with her left arm and gently stroked the back of her head with her right arm, maintaining this posture for a very long time.

Lu Wenying, who was in the kitchen, seemed to have heard the noise outside. When she came out and saw this scene, she was dumbfounded, her expression as if she had seen a ghost. Holding the spatula, she didn't know what to do for a moment.

Shen Yuan, who was being held, stiffened. She seemed to want to push the other person away, but her body wouldn't move despite her thoughts. If there was one person Shen Yuan least wanted to see right now, it would definitely be Wang Xinran.

Because only when Shen Yuan sees Wang Xinran will she associate her with that person, since Shen Yuan's acquaintance with Wang Xinran is also due to that person.

The frozen memories that she had deliberately tried to avoid were slowly melting away under the gentle touch of that warm palm. The melting memories, like a tide, were transmitted to her mind along with the warmth of Wang Xinran's palm.

The blurry face in my memory began to become clear; the person I didn't want to think about was now clearly imprinted in my mind. The person who made me breakfast every day, the person who would give up their job to take care of me, the person who wasn't good at expressing themselves but only silently gave through their actions...

Every piece of furniture here bears his mark, and every place I am here holds memories of him... But now everything has vanished, including that familial love that I never took seriously, that I never uttered a word of thanks to.

For some reason, Shen Yuan's vision became completely blurry.

The fear, grievances, regrets, and pain that had been building up inside me almost instantly burst forth.

She started to sob.

She hugged Wang Xinran in front of her and began to wail like a child.

"Sister Ran... my brother... *sobs*..."

Shen Yuan was saying something, but no one could understand what she was saying. She was just venting her emotions and crying uncontrollably.

Wang Xinran gently patted Shen Yuan's back and said, "It's okay, just cry it out."

What Wang Xinran herself didn't notice was that she was still smiling at this moment.

She seemed to enjoy others venting their emotions, because it made her feel empathetic, as if she herself were experiencing those emotions. As for Ah Xing's sister, I will naturally take good care of her; as for others…

Wang Xinran, holding Shen Yuan in her arms, slowly raised her head and looked at Lu Wenyin standing not far away.

Wang Xinran's gaze froze Lu Wenying in place.

It was a somewhat stiff, smug smile, as if he were showing off something.

And for some reason, Lu Wenying sensed a naked malice towards her in that smile.