Chapter 20

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Ning Huanxin returned the cell phone to Jiang Lixing with a dejected look on her face.

“What’s the matter?”

Jiang Lixing couldn’t help but ask Ning Huanxin when he noticed the change in her mood.

“Nothing.” Ning Huanxin shook her head and then asked Jiang Lixing absent-mindedly, “Jiang Lixing, did you drive here today?”

There were a few vehicles parked behind the courtyard, which belonged to some of the production crew and cast. Amongst the vehicles was a big coach bus, and a few private sedans. Ning Huanxin had previously read some news about Jiang Lixing, so she knew that he came from a wealthy family and had a high starting point when he first joined the industry.

In this society, it was not uncommon for the sons and daughters of wealthy families to join the entertainment industry.

“Yes, I did drive here today. Do you want to go somewhere?”

Jiang Lixing asked her upon hearing Ning Huanxin’s question.

“Great, can I borrow your car for a while? Of course, if you feel worried, you can do the driving. I only wanted to go to a nearby town to buy a few things.”

At this moment, Ning Huanxin was feeling extremely anxious. She wanted to see if she would be able to step out beyond the boundaries of Zhang Clan Town.

However…

Jiang Lixing did not immediately reply to Ning Huanxin’s question.

There was a moment of stillness, and a strange kind of silence filled the surroundings.

Ning Huanxin looked up and saw that Jiang Lixing was still in the same posture as before. In fact, everything and everyone in the surroundings seemed to be frozen in time!

Indeed, Ning Huanxin was trapped in a world of memories.

A world where reality and illusion concurrently weaved in and out.

This was an illusionary world, but she was real.

She did not exist in the original memories of all these people from ten years ago. But here she was, alive and real, in the Zhang Clan Town from ten years ago.

“Alright, I surrender. I get it now, I will only be able to step out once I have completely experienced the tragedy that befell ten years ago, right?”

Ning Huanxin took a deep breath, looked up at the sky, and muttered softly.

It was as if a pair of eyes was silently watching her from up there.

Suddenly, Ning Huanxin felt slightly shaken and was in a brief moment of a daze.

“Yes, I did drive here today. Do you want to go somewhere?”

Ning Huanxin heard the exact same words from Jiang Lixing again.

Time had been turned back.

“Oh, no, I’m not going anywhere. I was just asking.”

Ning Huanxin shook her head.

It looked like she was really about to witness history. This time, the mission was…

Set apart for ten years, by the living and the dead. Ning Huaxin wondered, was she supposed to investigate and uncover the truth of events from 20 years ago? Or was she just supposed to witness the tragedy that happened ten years ago?

What terrifying incident did the production team experience ten years ago?

Everything was still an unsolved mystery.

But at that moment, Ning Huanxin was clearly aware that her life had already embarked on an unknown journey from the moment she received that strange message in her WeChat.

……

The production team was scheduled to shoot at the cemetery today. Ning Huanxin also changed into her clothes and proceeded with the crew.

In this scene, the male protagonist had just returned from a business trip and received news of the female protagonist’s demise. He also learns that his family had buried her in the wilderness on the outskirts of the city. It was a huge blow to him, and he digs up the grave of the female protagonist. The scene ends with the male protagonist holding the rotten corpse of the female protagonist as he cried and wailed in pain.

Ning Huanxin had already heard the main storyline from some of the production crew. The film was set in the era of the Republic of China. The story revolved around the unfulfilled love between the male protagonist, who came from a wealthy business-oriented family, and the ghost of the female protagonist, who was an opera singer.

Although the film had a horror-movie genre, it was really a tear-jerking love tragedy.

In this world, there will never be a lack of unrequited lovers. This would definitely be a good film, even better than the one Wang Nianping would produce ten years later.