Wang Yang came up to me and stared, "Are you sure Yang Hanxue has the same tattoo as me?"
"Certain."
Wang Yang took a deep breath, and after a while, he began to tell me what he had been doing during this time.
The reason he left Guangling back then was that he had someone inquire about some clues regarding Sister Ying.
It was said that someone had seen her at Bianhai.
Bianhai was Wang Yang's hometown, and upon hearing this news, he naturally rushed back without delay.
After returning to Bianhai, he began to inquire about Sister Ying's whereabouts through various channels.
He finally managed to find out.
Sister Ying had chartered a boat to go out to sea and had been gone for several days. The boat had returned, but Sister Ying had not.
Wang Yang went to find the captain of that boat. The captain told him that they had been sailing according to Sister Ying's instructions. When they reached a certain sea area, Sister Ying told them to stop the boat.
Who would have thought that Sister Ying would disappear the next day?
At first, the captain panicked and looked for her everywhere.
But he couldn't find her anywhere, so the captain suspected that Sister Ying had fallen into the sea.
He organized the sailors to search the sea, but they found nothing after two days. The captain, afraid of causing trouble, dared not set sail back.
Later, in the room Sister Ying had stayed in, the captain found a note.
The note was left by Sister Ying, saying she had been picked up by friends and that the captain should return first.
According to the captain's recollection, no ships had approached that night, nor had he heard any commotion.
Although he found the matter a bit strange, the captain didn't think too much of it. After all, the employer had said she had left on her own, so he didn't need to stay adrift at sea.
So he returned to the Bianhai dock.
Upon receiving this news, Wang Yang had the captain draw a sea chart, and then he boarded a cruise ship to come here.
Halfway there, the cruise ship encountered pirates, and he could only escape on a speedboat.
After drifting at sea for a day and a night, he saw our ship.
After listening to his account, I said, "You encountered pirates?"
Wang Yang nodded, "It's strange, really. Normally, there shouldn't be pirates in the inner sea… I've lived in Bianhai my whole life, and I've heard of encountering pirates in the inner sea only a handful of times."
He then sighed, "But you never know with these things, I guess I just have bad luck."
"You've just escaped the tiger's den and fallen into the dragon's lair," I said with a smile.
He asked me what I meant, and I replied, "This ship is also a pirate ship."
He was taken aback.
"But don't worry, their captain is my friend, the Yang Hanxue I mentioned to you. He has the same tattoo as you."
Wang Yang said, "That woman came to Bianhai, and Yang Hanxue also came to Bianhai. It seems they have the same objective…"
I nodded and decided to tell him about Sister Ying spending a large sum of money in Guangling to buy the Golden Lock Key.
Wang Yang listened and looked at me, "Why didn't you tell me about this before?"
I said, "So many things happened when I was with Sister Ying, should I tell you every single one? Besides, I didn't think much of it back then."
Speaking of which, I couldn't help but tease him, "Originally, I wanted to tell you a secret, but who knew you would drug me…"
"What secret?" Wang Yang grabbed my shoulder.
"Opportunity lost!"
He anxiously scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks. Seeing his reaction, I said, "It's not impossible to tell you, but you have to promise me something."
"What is it?"
"Those materials you took away last time, I only looked at a little bit, and there's still a lot I haven't had time to read. When we get back, you have to give me a copy of those materials."
"Why?"
"I'm also very interested in Sister Ying's affairs."
Wang Yang shook his head, "No."
Now it was my turn to be confused.
"This matter is not as simple as you think, and I advise you not to get involved…"
Wang Yang took a deep breath, sat on a chair, took out a crumpled pack of cigarettes, and lit one, "For years, I've been investigating her in secret… I found that there are also a group of people investigating her like me. Those people are extremely dangerous, and I feel their intentions are not simple."
Hearing this, I became even more curious, "What kind of people?"
"I don't know for sure yet. I've only met one of them, and that time I almost lost my life…"
"If you say so, isn't Sister Ying in great danger?"
Wang Yang smiled, "She must also know that those people are looking for her, so whenever those people are about to find her, she always strikes first… Don't forget, she's not alone."
Hearing him say that, I remembered the people around Sister Ying. Take Yang Hanxue, for example; he is definitely not a simple person.
Not only him, but also his father, "Jin Zilai."
Of course, these deductions are based on the premise that Sister Ying can indeed live forever.
Combining what Wang Yang said, I inferred that if Sister Ying truly possessed immortality.
The people with tattoos were almost all forces she had cultivated generation after generation to do her bidding.
But what exactly did Sister Ying want to do?
This was a great mystery.
Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind. I looked at Wang Yang, "You said before that Sister Ying might have amnesia?"
Wang Yang nodded, "This is just my speculation."
"If you also had amnesia, what would you do?" I asked.
"Of course, I'd see a doctor."
I rolled my eyes at him, "What if you knew you had this disease and couldn't be cured?"
Wang Yang said, "If it were me… if I had amnesia… the first thing I would definitely do is figure out who I am…"
I snapped my fingers, "Exactly!"
"You mean…"
I nodded, "I know what Sister Ying is looking for. She's looking for her memories before she lost them! In other words, she wants to figure out who she really is."
"If that's the case, why would she be interested in Shen Wansan's tomb?" Wang Yang asked.
I said, "Perhaps before she lost her memory, she left something for herself, so after losing her memory, she would follow these clues to continue what she hadn't finished doing before."
"I don't quite understand…"
I sighed and explained, "Let's not discuss whether Sister Ying is immortal or not for now. Let's focus on the issue of amnesia."
As I spoke, I gave an example, "For instance, if you got amnesia, and you knew that in one day you would forget who you are, you would need to leave some clues for yourself in one day, so that the you of one day later would know who you are."