Ye Tiancheng listened, his brow furrowed in thought. Lin Yun dared not disturb him, so she quietly sat on the hospital bed.
However, the little fox looked at her with an unutterable expression and asked, "May I be so bold as to ask, Ms. Lin, what bus route do you usually take?"
Lin Yun was confused but, hearing the little fox's question, honestly replied, "Although I rarely take the bus, I have taken it before. I usually take bus route 414."
The little fox seemed to hear something incredibly unbelievable, rubbed his ears, and then asked in surprise, "What bus route?"
Lin Yun became even more bewildered, not understanding what she had said wrong. "Route 414, what's wrong?"
"I've also seen the bus stop signs. This is the most convenient route for me to get home. I've taken it more than once, and only this time did an accident happen."
At this, even Ye Tiancheng gave her a strange look. "It seems Ms. Lin's luck is not as bad as I imagined."
And what the little fox said was even more baffling. "Ms. Lin, a true warrior."
Lin Yun became a little restless, feeling a prickle on her back. "Is there a problem?"
Ye Tiancheng didn't speak. The little fox was fiddling with a mobile phone. Lin Yun waited for a while, and then the little fox, after much manipulation, handed his phone to Lin Yun and said, "Ms. Lin, forgive my bluntness, but there has never been a bus route 414 in Huaishi."
"Moreover, not only is there no route 414, but there are also no routes 404 or 444. It's not that they existed and were canceled, but they have never existed at all."
Lin Yun's eyes widened, and she immediately took the little fox's phone to look. She found that there really wasn't. She returned the phone to the little fox, then picked up her own phone and searched for a long time, muttering somewhat anxiously, "Impossible! It's impossible! I saw it with my own eyes, and not just once. I've even ridden that bus."
No, there really wasn't.
Lin Yun's own phone yielded the same result. Lin Yun murmured in disbelief, "But I also looked at the bus stop sign. It was there, with the route, just like other buses. How could it not be there?"
Ye Tiancheng thought for a moment and then said to Lin Yun, "Ms. Lin, you don't need to be so nervous. You are safe now. Since we know this bus route never existed, just don't take it again. There's no need to dwell on what happened in the past."
"How about this: since you said you saw this bus route at the bus stop, tomorrow we can go to that bus stop and check if the bus stop sign has information about that route."
Lin Yun's face was a mixture of tears and laughter. "How could this happen? Then what kind of bus was I on? No wonder there weren't many people on the bus..."
Ye Tiancheng thought to himself, who knew what Lin Yun actually saw on the bus, but seeing how frightened Lin Yun was, Ye Tiancheng didn't remind her of this. Instead, he turned and said, "Perhaps it was a ghost bus."
This fact was already obvious. Even considering Lin Yun's mental state, Ye Tiancheng saw no need to avoid discussing it.
In fact, without even going to the bus stop, Ye Tiancheng was almost certain that bus stop signs should not display information for bus routes that the bus company did not operate. Who knew how Lin Yun saw the information for route 414.
This is why people are different. Perhaps this is a matter of personal karma.
Ye Tiancheng felt that Lin Yun, having ridden a ghost bus before and safely returned home, only encountering trouble this time and being rescued by the little fox and the others, was truly fortunate.
Perhaps everyone who is connected to a fragment of the Fuxi Qin is so lucky? Ou Xiaoxue before, who was fortunate enough to survive for two days in a villa that had almost become a nest for evil spirits.
Although Ye Tiancheng appeared to be here for his brothers, the little fox and Fatty, and to help Lin Yun, Ye Tiancheng was originally targeting Lin Yun. More accurately, he was targeting the Fuxi Qin fragment that might be on Lin Yun.
This was because Nuwa Stone had told him that it had detected movement of a Fuxi Qin fragment in the flower shop.
When Nuwa Stone informed Ye Tiancheng of this, Ye Tiancheng was on a date with Hou Mingzhu. However, after hearing the news, before he could think further, Fatty's girlfriend called Ye Tiancheng, saying that Fatty and the little fox had agreed to go home, but they had been gone for a long time and their phones were out of service.
How could Ye Tiancheng possibly think about the Fuxi Qin fragment then? Of course, he first had to worry about the whereabouts of his brothers.
However, just as Ye Tiancheng contacted the little fox, Nuwa Stone also informed Ye Tiancheng that the location of the little fox and the others was precisely where the Fuxi Qin fragment was currently located.
Upon receiving this news, Ye Tiancheng immediately changed his plans, personally drove to pick up Lin Yun, and also discussed the matter clearly with Hou Mingzhu to avoid any misunderstandings. Since his date was interrupted, Ye Tiancheng felt it necessary to appease his wife.
Meanwhile, in the hospital room, Lin Yun was truly crying from fear. Unfortunately, the only people in the room with her were Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, two extremely straightforward men.
It wasn't just that they were straightforward. Even if they were, seeing such a beautiful woman crying so pitifully would make anyone want to offer some comfort. Yet, they were Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, neither of whom was interested in Lin Yun.
The little fox had no reaction at all. Ye Tiancheng wasn't entirely without reaction, but he sat far away, offering a few words that were like no comfort at all.
When Lin Yun's crying subsided a little, Ye Tiancheng continued to talk to her about business, completely lacking in sentimentality. "So, the reason you got into trouble tonight is because you got on a ghost bus."
"But why did you get on a ghost bus? And why could only you see it and get on that bus?"
"Or rather, why didn't you encounter any trouble even when you got on a ghost bus before, but only had bad luck this time?"
Lin Yun's eyes were red and a little swollen from crying, but she couldn't afford to care about her image now. Facing Ye Tiancheng's questions, she had to answer honestly.
"I, I don't know. If it weren't for what happened today, I might never have realized I was on a ghost bus. Horror stories can come true..."
The little fox said, "Do horror stories appear out of thin air? Are all people who encounter evil spirits really crazy? Hallucinating?"
"Horror stories can certainly come true, because it's possible that such things have really happened in the world, so it wouldn't be surprising if it happened again."
Hearing the little fox speak, Lin Yun couldn't help but sob a couple more times. The little fox was speechless for a moment, then he put away his slightly mocking tone and spoke to Lin Yun seriously.
The little fox asked, "So, before you encountered that ghost bus each time, did you encounter anything strange? Anything unusual at all."
"Or, did you touch anything, or carry anything special with you? Something you always had with you, but not necessarily at other times?"
"Because if you were carrying that item, it should be a specific condition. If that item could make you encounter a ghost bus, then it's not just ghost buses, so we can narrow down the scope. When you encountered the ghost bus, what was something you definitely had on you?"
Lin Yun was put on the spot. Who would have thought of encountering such a situation in normal life? Without preparation, no one would meticulously remember these trivial details of life. Even if she remembered at the time of the incident and for a few days afterward, with so much time having passed, how could Lin Yun possibly recall them?
If she had to say, Lin Yun could only think of today. But there was a more direct way.
Lin Yun could only say, "It's obviously impossible to remember everything I carried with me each time and what happened that day. The time intervals are too long. How many people can remember such things?"
"However, I can show you everything I brought with me today."
The little fox thought about it and agreed that it was not good to trouble Lin Yun too much. He nodded and said, "It's best to check the items, because once we look at them, we'll know. So let's look at what you brought today first."
Lin Yun said, "Then please help me get my handbag, the one on the cabinet over there."
Lin Yun pointed towards a storage cabinet in the hospital room, on which a red handbag was placed. The little fox walked over, got it for Lin Yun, and handed it to her.
Lin Yun felt she hadn't brought anything shameful, so she directly opened the zipper of her handbag and poured the contents onto the bedside cabinet beside her, also emptying out all the small pockets of the bag.
After confirming that nothing was left in the bag, Lin Yun said to the little fox, "Everything is here. Everything I brought when I left home was in my handbag."
Saying this, Lin Yun touched her jewelry again and asked hesitantly, "Should I take off the jewelry I'm wearing?"
"Although I don't think it fits the condition you proposed, because the jewelry I'm wearing now is something I often wear, and with high frequency, it can be excluded."
The little fox only needed a glance to determine if these items were worth examining. His gaze swept over the jewelry Lin Yun was wearing and he quickly replied, "These are not necessary. It's obviously not related to them."
Then, the little fox's attention fell on the bedside cabinet, on the table full of items. Even Ye Tiancheng walked over to examine the items for any abnormalities.
The little fox was observing which items might be related to Lin Yun's experience, while Ye Tiancheng was clearly there for the Fuxi Qin fragment. Although in Lin Yun's eyes, Ye Tiancheng's purpose should be the same as the little fox's.
Lin Yun's items were not many, because too many were burdensome to carry. As a sophisticated woman like Lin Yun, she wouldn't pack too many things in her handbag when going out, making it heavy. Most of them were cosmetics and skincare products, in bottles and jars, a few lipsticks, and some jewelry.
Ye Tiancheng's gaze swept over these items one by one, and suddenly stopped at a small transparent bottle.
This small bottle had no label and looked a bit like an essential oil bottle. Ye Tiancheng had seen similar bottles on Hou Mingzhu's dressing table. Although this one was slightly different, the contents of the bottle were clearly not essential oil.
Ye Tiancheng picked up the bottle and looked at it for a while before asking Lin Yun, "May I ask, what is this?"