Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 108 Soul Leaving Syndrome

After Xiao Wang sat down, a waiter came over and asked him what he wanted to eat.
He was not hungry now, he just wanted a pot of purple bamboo tea.

The tea was served quickly, and he picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Whenever Yan Ciwan saw him, she would think of the scene in which he personally collected her body in the snow and wind, and she felt an indescribable complex emotion in her heart.

But her reason told her that these emotions were not appropriate to express.

She could only pretend nothing had happened and asked while eating: "How did you know I was here?"

Xiao Wang explained in a gentle voice: "Uncle Jiu told me. He said that you went out alone after you woke up. I just happened to have something to tell you, so I came here."

Yan Ciwan was a little curious: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"It's about you suddenly losing your breath last night."

Yan Ciwan slowed down the pace of chewing her food and frowned. The fact that her soul would leave her body was her secret and she didn't want to tell anyone.

But Xiao Wang is an exception.

The song "Returning" he played could summon her soul and bring her back to life.

If her soul leaves her body again in the future, she will probably have to ask him to help play the piano to call back her soul.

So she couldn't hide it from him.

Yan Ciwan swallowed the food in his mouth and asked cautiously, "How much do you know?"

"I once heard Master talk about a rare disease called Soul Separation Syndrome. When someone suffers a serious blow and is on the verge of death, their soul will leave their body and their body will be completely lifeless. It looks like they have passed away. This is exactly the same symptom you had last night."

Yan Ciwan had never heard of such a bizarre disease.

She couldn't help but ask, "Is there a cure for this disease?"

"This disease has no cure. The only way is to summon the patient's soul back as soon as possible when it leaves the body. As long as the soul can return to the body in time, the patient can survive. Otherwise, he will die."

Yan Ciwan's heart sank when he heard this.

She put down her bowl and chopsticks and said, "It was because I heard your piano playing that I was able to come back to life."

Xiao Wang nodded to indicate that he knew.

Although Yan Ci Wan did not say it explicitly, Xiao Wang could already guess that last night was probably not the first time Yan Ci Wan's soul left her body. She had come to him specifically to ask for the piano score of "Returning People" before, probably because she was afraid that her soul would leave her body again, and wanted to get the score in advance just in case.

Yan Ciwan suffers from soul-leaving syndrome, which means that every time she suffers from this syndrome, she needs someone to play "The Returning Person" by her side to call back her soul.

For now, she can't find anyone more suitable than Xiao Wang, so she can only accept the reality that she has to be bound to him.

She took out the music score of "The Returner" from her arms and placed it in front of Xiao Wang.

"This is your music score. I've added the ending. If my soul leaves my body again in the future, I'll need your help."

Xiao Wang was very interested and immediately picked up the music score and turned to the last page. After reading the ending song, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. He looked at Yan Ci Wan as if he was looking at a confidant, with a kind of regret that he could not meet her earlier.

"This ending is so well composed! It expresses both the desire for life and the calmness towards death. It is difficult for people who have not personally experienced life and death to have such an understanding. You are so talented!"

Yan Ciwan said, "Although I wrote this ending song, someone else actually created it."

Xiao Wang didn't really believe it. It had been more than half a month since he handed the music score to Yan Ciwan. During this time, Yan Ciwan had been busy with the serial rape and murder case and had no time or opportunity to meet other people who were proficient in music.

But he did not show any doubt directly on his face, but asked in a gentle voice.

"Excuse me, who is this person? Can you introduce him to me?"

Yan Ciwan was in a dilemma.

The real composer was actually Xiao Wang himself, but she couldn't tell him about it.

She could let the other person know that she was suffering from dissociative disorder, but she did not intend to tell him the secret that she could see the future.

People's hearts are hidden, and she can't give away all her cards.

Yan Ciwan replied vaguely: "Actually, I don't know who that person is. He has passed away. I can't introduce him to you."

Hearing this, Xiao Wang became more and more certain that she was lying. There was no other person at all. The person who wrote the ending song must be her.

He didn't understand why she refused to admit it, but since she wanted to hide it, he couldn't force her to tell the truth.

So he looked regretful and sighed: "That's a pity. Where is he buried? I want to go and pay my respects to him."

"I'll take you there if I have the chance."

Yan Ciwan was afraid that he would continue to pester her, so after she finished speaking, she picked up her bowl and chopsticks and pretended to eat seriously.

Xiao Wang did not disturb her while she was eating. He continued to ponder the music score of "The Returning Man". The more he pondered, the more he felt that this ending song was exquisitely written.

It is rare to meet a true friend in life. He raised his eyes to look at Yan Ciwan across the table with warm eyes. He secretly felt fortunate to have met her in Xiangzhou.

Yan Ciwan felt that the person opposite was staring at him.

She was afraid that the other party would continue to ask about the ending song, so she quickly changed the subject.

"Do you know where Li Sanlang is?"

"He was busy all night last night, so he should still be catching up on some sleep." Xiao Wang put away the music sheet. "Do you have anything to do with him?"

"I want to know why a large number of government soldiers suddenly appeared in the black market last night? Li Sanlang went to see the Grand Chamberlain last night. Maybe he can get some inside information from him."

So that's what happened. Xiao Wang said in a gentle voice, "I've asked Sanlang about this. He said that it was because the Grand Councilor discovered a secret passage leading to the black market in the Governor's Mansion that he ordered the palace soldiers to investigate the black market. Now the black market has been closed, and the people caught in the black market have been imprisoned and awaiting their fate."

Is it a secret passage in the governor's mansion? Yan Ciwan immediately thought of the secret room in the study of Haoyuezhai. She had found a secret door, but because she couldn't open it, she didn't know what was hidden behind it. Later, she told Si Buping where the secret door was. With Si Buping's means, it shouldn't be difficult to get the key to the secret door from Qi Songsheng.

It must have been Si Buping who opened the secret door, behind which was a secret tunnel leading to the black market.

Yan Ciwan suddenly realized, "So the person behind the black market is the governor of Qi!"

She was originally very curious, how could someone build a black market underground in Xiangzhou City? Such a large project would require a lot of manpower and material resources, how could the government office in the city be completely unaware of it?
Now it seems that it is because they have the governor Qi Songsheng as their protective umbrella. Even if someone discovers something unusual and reports it to Qi Songsheng, Qi Songsheng can find various reasons to suppress the matter.

As the top leader of Xiangzhou City, Qi Songsheng can be regarded as a local emperor here. As long as he doesn't want to pursue the matter, no one can do anything to him.

Xiao Wang said slowly: "After the investigation by the Internal Guard, it was found that Governor Qi did collude with the bandits secretly. He claimed that he did it for money, but the Grand Chamberlain suspected that the matter was not that simple. I guess there is still room for investigation."

Yan Ciwan suddenly asked: "Could the black market be related to the Changming Chamber of Commerce?"

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(End of this chapter)