Chapter 93: Let It Be

Three days later.

In places where many migrant workers gathered in Guishe City, people were talking about a mysterious man named Lü Yang. About this search, a beautiful story spread…

It was said that a young lady from a wealthy family in Guishe City, who was as beautiful as a fairy, for some reason fell in love with a migrant worker on the street. But she couldn’t find him, and she became lovesick, so…

This kind of encounter, like something a web novel protagonist would have, made many migrant worker brothers very envious. They only hated that their surname wasn’t Lü, and that they weren’t the mysterious male lead in the story.

Lü Yang had no idea that Liu Hui was looking for him everywhere. He didn’t know that among the migrant worker brothers in the major building material markets, he had already become a famous person, someone to be envied.

What he even more didn’t know was that the national security department had sent many agents, disguised as cleaners, street vendors, household police, city management officers, and so on, appearing inside and outside Jing’an Residential Area. Even several high-powered telescopes were set up in some rooms of the buildings rented out before and after the apartment building he lived in, tracking and monitoring his movements twenty-four hours a day.

His mobile phone, telephone calls, and internet records were also all monitored by the relevant departments. Even what time he got up, what time he ate instant noodles, what time he went to the bathroom in his room, who he met when he went out, and what background those people had, all appeared in report form on the desk of Liu Yin, the director of the Nineteenth Bureau of the National Security Ministry.

Lü Yang didn’t know that he was already suspected by the relevant departments of being the Death Killer or his companion. He didn’t know that his trip to Donkey Head Mountain, rescuing Liu Hui from the kidnapping case, including his subsequent hiding in Fuqiang Flour Mill and the theft case at the Chen family, as well as the highway car accident, had all been filed by the relevant departments.

After so long without the theft case being exposed, Lü Yang thought it was because his crime methods were very clever, leaving no traces or clues at the scene, so the public security organs couldn’t trace it back to him. This made him feel a little proud secretly.

Lü Yang knew nothing about all these situations, so he felt very relaxed these past few days.

Maybe it was because he had entered the Mysterious Domain twice in a row recently, or he had taken on many Supernatural Tasks, or maybe there was no reason at all. Anyway, these days the Eerie Computer was extremely quiet and didn’t issue a single Supernatural Task.

Lü Yang wasn’t idle either. For Sister Mei’s matter, he went out a few more times, and even had to take her to see Zhang Min once. Lü Yang deliberately avoided being alone with Zhang Min. Zhang Min, on one hand, had arranged for people to secretly investigate Lü Yang these past two days, and on the other hand, she was busy with the Liu family’s “switching the baby” matter, so she didn’t actively contact Lü Yang either.

After that night with Yi Ya, Lü Yang suddenly had some vague thoughts about love again. Like a young boy just starting his first love, he deeply regretted his previous dirty, messy affairs with Zhang Min. But luckily, society doesn’t place much importance on men’s loyalty, so Lü Yang wouldn’t regret it to the point of cutting off his little thing to prove his determination. He only regretted it for a little while occasionally.

During the evenings these past few days, Lü Yang mostly spent time with Yi Ya. They ate dinner outside together, and like all young couples, they held hands walking on the street, watched movies, shopped at street stalls… But Yi Ya never stayed overnight at his place again. Even if she sometimes went to Lü Yang’s rented room, she would always go back to where Lin Yin and the others lived.

The scratch marks on Lü Yang’s face had faded, and the bite marks on his hand were almost gone too, only leaving some light marks. But Lü Yang knew that these scratch and bite marks hadn’t faded from Yi Ya’s heart. It seemed like she was waiting for him to admit everything to her…

But Lü Yang couldn’t tell her about what happened between him and Zhang Min, and he still hadn’t come up with a good excuse to explain everything. So regarding this matter, he could only continue to pretend not to know.

This morning, Lü Yang had Sister Mei call the gas company to deliver a full new gas tank. He also went to the supermarket and bought pots, pans, bowls, dishes, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and similar things… Basically, anything he could remember that Yi Yi used when cooking before, Lü Yang bought.

He wanted to try cooking at home, and then observe Yi Ya’s reaction.

If she really loved him, maybe she would change for him.

While Lü Yang was doing these things, he felt very happy and sweet inside, but… when he thought of Yi Yi, he felt extremely conflicted.

Lü Yang couldn’t give up on Yi Yi. For the very independent Yi Ya, his existence might not be important, but for the very dependent Yi Yi, it was different. She couldn’t live without him.

Yi Yi, Yi Ya…

After that rainy night, the relationship between Lü Yang and Yi Ya was clearly different from before. Although neither of them said anything explicit about this aspect, it was indeed very different from before.

Lü Yang never asked Yi Ya whether he had actually kissed her that rainy night, and Yi Ya never mentioned it in front of Lü Yang either. So, that matter could only remain a mystery now.

Lü Yang, who moved between the Mysterious Domain and reality, already had very confused memories. Now, after realizing he liked Yi Ya, he became even more confused.

Because he spent so much time with Yi Ya these past few days, and they often texted each other, in the eyes of Lin Yin and Hu Yulan, they had clearly become a pair of young lovers in the throes of passion.

This was exactly what troubled Lü Yang the most.

After that night of confessing feelings to Yi Ya and the brief happiness, did he really have the ability to meet Yi Ya’s expectations for the future?

And the most important point… once Yi Yi was rescued, if he and Yi Ya became lovers, how would he face Yi Yi?

Whenever he thought about these things, Lü Yang couldn’t help but get a headache. He simply stopped thinking about it. Rather than worrying like this, it was better to let it be. Who knew if Yi Ya’s interest in him would only last a few days?

Or, when Yi Yi returned, the Eerie Computer would automatically correct the memories of the two sisters. At that time… Yi Ya might not remember this love with Lü Yang…

Although this would make Lü Yang very disappointed, it might not be the worst outcome.

Better not to think about it. Take each day as it comes. Who knew which day he might die in the Mysterious Domain?

Dying alone in the Mysterious Domain was more terrifying than dying in reality – being completely erased from this world, as if he never existed. But maybe that was for the best; at least the people who cared about him wouldn’t be sad because of it. Just like when Yi Yi disappeared, Yi Ya was never sad.

Lü Yang, who returned to his rented room with many bags of things from the supermarket, began to concentrate on doing something…

He carefully glued the pieces of the Kissing Dolls, which Yi Ya had intended to give him but were broken, back together piece by piece using 502 super glue. He was very careful, hoping that when Yi Ya saw them again, she wouldn’t notice the cracks.

The main bodies of the two dolls weren’t badly damaged. Only the base had cracked right down the middle, completely separating the two dolls that were originally kissing.

…

“Director Zhang, this was brought by Uncle Ji for me to pass to you.” Huang Li handed a sealed document envelope onto Zhang Min’s desk.

“Oh?” Zhang Min frowned, reached out to take the envelope, tore it open, and took out the documents inside.

Huang Li nodded to Zhang Min, then turned and left the office.

The Uncle Ji that Huang Li mentioned was named Ji Zhen, a private detective affiliated with Teli Law Firm. This time, Zhang Min had commissioned him to investigate Lü Yang’s background.

“Lü Yang?” Zhang Min snorted coldly: “So Mei Sannong wasn’t his real name after all!”