Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 265, Section 056: Three Waters Approach the Heart ≠ Qin
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The masked man froze slightly.

San Shui Lin Xin had a strange feeling that the mask that only ever smiled seemed to have a frown on its face for the first time.

He scrutinized Sanshui, remained silent for half a minute, and then said, "Do you know what your choice means?"

"I know."

The girl's voice was calm.

"Do you even understand who you are?!" The strange man seemed to be getting a little harsh.

"You want to say that I am 'Fu Qin', right?" Sanshui looked him straight in the eye, gradually gaining confidence in communicating with him.

Fu Qin has always been a name she avoids using.

Although she had long suspected it, she never dared to admit it.

Because she was afraid that Jin Ziyue's gentleness was not for her, but for "the girl who seemed to be Fu Qin"; that Fu Xun's care was not for her, but for "the girl who seemed to be her older sister"; and that her mother-in-law's gentleness was not for her, but for "the girl Jin liked".

Everything about him was due to his association with Fu Qin's fame, rather than his own objective existence and personality.

Fu Xun said she didn't understand Mandarin, but she had already guessed that their basis was probably the Mandarin phrase "three waters approach the heart" and the word "沁" (qin). Many coincidences gave people endless room for imagination, as if everyone already knew the answer that was about to be revealed, but it was stuck in their throats, afraid of breaking this imagined tranquility.

Seeing that Sanshui had brought it up himself, the masked man raised an eyebrow and asked, "Isn't that right?"

“That’s where your cunning lies.” Sanshui Linxin seemed to see right through him, and her voice gained confidence.

“From the very beginning, all sorts of information have been hinting at and inducing me to believe that I am Fu Qin. Jin and Xun must have also discovered something and deliberately concealed it from me. In fact, it was only a suspicion; they had no concrete evidence. But you used this to create the illusion that ‘everyone around me is hiding the truth.’ All signs indicate that I might really have some connection with Fu Qin, so you have been half-truthfully trying to make me believe that I am Fu Qin.”

She continued speaking to herself, glancing back at the unmoved oddball, and then said:

"For a while, I really thought I was Fu Qin. So I tried to imagine the outcome by putting myself in Fu Qin's shoes, and I also wanted to know what she would do if she were in this situation."

The smiling masked man stood with his arms crossed, listening quietly to her without interrupting.

"Upon closer reflection, I discovered some problems."

"Oh?" The masked man tilted his head.

"Fu Qin is a calm and rational woman. She can analyze the situation more rationally. Thanks to her, I was able to calm down quickly and start to review the few minor events that happened tonight."

"First of all, you took that woman's soul right in front of me, so why was I the only one who witnessed it? After thinking about it, I realized that you did this to lower my guard, creating a sense of conformity that 'you're not the only one who made this choice, and everyone would sacrifice for their loved ones.' And I naively thought that the reason why no one else noticed and only I could see it was because you helped me activate the destiny incantation earlier, which further helped you justify your actions."

"Secondly, I'm wondering why I know Feng Qingqing's story. It seems like you were there too. I've been thinking about it, and it was you who deliberately arranged it to lure me into using my abilities. One was to soften me with your emotions and induce me to be overflowing with love; at the same time, I mastered the ability to communicate with souls, which allowed me to extract Fu Xun's innermost thoughts and further hint that I am Fu Qin. You know he is completely unguarded around me."

Sanshui stared at him as if he were a mastermind behind the scenes.

The smiling oddball shrugged and spread his hands in an innocent gesture: "It's all just your subjective conjecture."

"Finally, regarding your omniscience and omnipotence, it's the biggest deception of the 'soul transaction'—your so-called 'saving people.' If you already knew that Jin would save that couple and just randomly estimated the time, in my panic, I wouldn't have been able to completely verify it by counting down the seconds. And Jin saving him, in my eyes, is like the wife's wish being fulfilled, in order to deepen my impression that 'you can grant wishes.'"

"You've only taken advantage of my feelings and concern for Jin. Just like that poor wife's concern for her husband."

"Oh?" The smiling oddball seemed intrigued and asked, "Then how can I be sure Jin will go to save that couple?"

Sanshui glanced in Jin Ziyue's direction and added, "That's your understanding of Jin. I guess he must know that the couple's relationship is close, which reminded him of Fu Qin. Although this guy seems cold and ruthless on the surface, he actually felt compassion, which was also part of your calculations. And it's normal for you, who is watching the whole situation from behind the scenes, to have anticipated Jin's timing."

After the girl finished explaining, she looked at the smiling strange man with a scrutinizing gaze, her words cold and stern:
"You went to great lengths to plan so many events just to make me willingly give up my soul. Do you think I would agree? Whatever your purpose, I only know that I cannot let you have your way."

The strange man in the smiling mask looked at Sanshui Linxin with great interest and couldn't help but clap his hands.
"Wonderful."

He seemed completely unfazed, his hands clasped behind his back as he strolled leisurely, asking, "After all this talk, you still don't believe in my omniscience and omnipotence? Do you need me to tell you your true identity?"

"unnecessary."

San Shui Linxin raised her head, a long-lost confidence returning to her brows. She suddenly smiled and asked:
"【Naturally Perfected Soul】, right?"

The smiling masked man suddenly froze.

"First of all, it can be confirmed that I am not Fu Qin."

"You gave me too much information about Fu Qin. At first, I was very confused because of my concern for Jin and a strange sense of joy. But later I gradually calmed down. In addition, you gave me too many memories about Fu Qin, trying to make me believe that these memories were my own experiences, so that I would fall into your trap. Little did I know that I discovered many oversights from these memories."

Beneath the smiling mask, a hint of curiosity flickered in the strange man's eyes: "Oh? Tell me about it."

“I compared my memories and found that I am different from Fu Qin.”

The girl didn't finish speaking immediately. Instead, she gathered a strand of hair from her temple, tucked it behind her ear, and her eyes fell into a reverie.

“She’s more aloof than me. She knows Jin Ziyue better and trusts him more. But I’m different from her. I dare to make dirty jokes that she wouldn’t dare to make, and I dare to admit the joy that she wouldn’t dare to admit. Compared to her restraint, I’m more open in personality. It’s less about being sensitive to a rival and more about a woman’s sixth sense.”

The strange man laughed and said, "Ha, that was a miscalculation on my part."

Seeing that he was not angry, Sanshui continued, "Next, let me tell you how I confirmed my identity."

“I am not ‘Sanshui Linxin’, but I possess her entire life’s memories. So I boldly guess that I was most likely present in her memories as well. And to be able to accompany her for more than ten years, and to replace her without my own knowledge, there is only one possibility—that is, I am also a conscious being. Besides humans, the other conscious being is—the Destiny.”

The girl gazed at the mysterious man and concluded.

"In that case, it makes sense why you were able to enhance the power of [Soul Naturally Perfected]. This is my ability. You just need to guide me to awaken my own ability to create the illusion that you have bestowed power upon me."

(End of this chapter)