Book 4: Chapter 48: The Impossible Thing Happened

Book 4: Chapter 48: The Impossible Thing Happened

Its not important whether this Xie Lianhuan was the real Xie Lianhuan or Schrodinger's Wu Sanxing, but since it was Xiao Hua's narrative, Ill just refer to him as Xie Lianhuan.New novel chapters are published on

There was no clear evidence of what happened to him before, but I still recognized him as a "person".

Of course, Xiao Hua used Shigou Diao many times before but well be focusing on this time in particular. Initially, he simply felt that it was strange: if the incident had been resolved and Xie Lianhuan was still alive, then why didn't he show up? I was also very concerned about this problem. It was also the reason I had set up a memorial shrine for Uncle Three at home, because if there really wasnt a reason for him to not show up, then there was a high probability that he was already dead. It was a consequence I was willing to face.

The way I saw it, it was better to light some incense first in case he really was dead. That way, he at least wouldnt go hungry.

Xiao Hua was very clever, so he spent a long time thinking about how to write this letter in a way that would make the other party reply to him. I don't know what kind of mental journey he went through to get there, but his letter didn't mention anything about wanting to meet or wanting to know the truth. All he did was express his own doubts and talk about the changes that had taken place in the external environment. He was, however, very casual and made an offhand remark in the text: If you need me to do anything else, just let me know.

This was a very clever move. He was betting that the reason the other party didn't show themselves for a long time was because there were still events that needed to be resolved. If someone was under pressure, there was a chance that theyd encounter urgent difficulties. And if Xiao Huas letter was delivered at such a time, the other party might be willing to turn to just about anyone for help.

After all, humans were known for doing this kind of thing. In an emergency situation, the people around you who usually didnt look promising now looked capable and the people you didnt trust were now trusted.

About half a year later, he really did receive a reply. According to him, he took several Valium before opening the letter. But after opening it, he found that the particularly thick letter actually didn't contain a single word. Instead, there was a piece of dried flesh wrapped in the paper that had been sealed in the envelope.

Qi Yu appeared and enticed Jin Wantang to start this expedition to the worlds second most valuable tomb and Xiao Hua went on this adventure without an ounce of hesitation because he knew what it meant.

But the Hong family had normally stayed far away from these dubious affairs, so were they actually participating?

Or, was Black Glasses actually a member of the Hong family? Then why did people call him Mr. Qi instead of Mr. Hong?

Maybe the character for Qi was different than the one I was thinking of? Maybe he came up with the pseudonym by thinking along the lines of Hongqi? (1) Was he bullshitting us when he said he was a bannerman?(2)

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TN Notes:

(1) The Qi Wu Xie was originally thinking of was which can mean neat/even/level with/identical/simultaneous/all together. Now hes wondering if its which can mean banner/flag. Hong () can mean red so Hongqi () means red banner.

(2) Per Tiffany: means Bannerman. In China, this refers to a man who belonged to the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. The Eight Banners were administrative and military divisions under the Later Jin and the Qing dynasty of China into which all Manchu households were placed. In war, the Eight Banners functioned as armies, but the banner system was also the basic organizational framework of all of Manchu society. Wiki Link here.