See the Law of Deception

Chapter 133 The Substitute (7)

Du Yu is observing Yan Xiaoyu.

This woman, in her eyes, was pitiful, boring, and destined to become cannon fodder and die sooner or later.

She has survived to this day because of her good survival skills. She is not smart enough, not decisive enough, and not even ruthless enough, so she has always been a woman in a subordinate position in Feiquan.

The way she looked at him always carried fear, and her tone was timid when she spoke to him. Occasionally, Du Yu could see the resentment and fear in her eyes. Du Yu knew that she had not completely given in, but she dared not resist.

Looking at it now, it seems that's true.

If his gaze lingered on her for too long, Yan Xiaoyu would become flustered and even slow her breathing, fearing that she would be punished for some unfounded reason as "breathing too loudly and disturbing others."

After all, such things have happened before in Feiquan.

But that's not right.

Her movements were exactly the same as Yan Xiaoyu's in the past, and her behavior was exactly the same, but her eyes were different.

When Du Yu looked up at her, she was still timid and fearful, but Du Yu felt that it wasn't vivid enough.

She likes to look people directly in the eye.

She always found things that pleased her in them—things that seemed to be monsters, natural enemies, or insurmountable mountains, with the ghostly gazes of the mountain spirits. She found them very appealing.

At this moment, Yan Xiaoyu's eyes were still filled with fear, and she dared not look directly into her eyes as always, but Du Yu found that she could not sense any excitement in them.

It's like looking at a lifeless piece of wood.

Then she realized something was wrong.

This might sound unbelievable, but Du Yu knows herself well. She trusts her own judgment more than evidence or clues.

She glanced at the time; it was almost lunchtime. After a moment's thought, Du Yu looked at another person, or rather, another living tool, and said, "At lunchtime, take Yan Xiaoyu to the rooftop and cut off one of her fingers."

Bai Xunyan suddenly looked up at her, her eyes filled with disbelief and panic. She didn't understand why Du Yu would give such an order, but she only dared to hesitate for a second before immediately whispering, "Yes, I understand."

Did Yan Xiaoyu upset her?
Bai Xunyan thought to herself with a slight sense of panic.

At the same time, I felt relieved that it was Yan Xiaoyu, not her.

The company's arrangement was that after lunch, everyone should go to Xiaoyue's memorial hall to pay their respects. Logically speaking, it wouldn't be a problem if they deliberately skipped the ceremony at this time, as long as no one reported them. However, it was clear that the passengers could not do that.

During the lunch break, Bai Xunyan called Yan Xiaoyu to the rooftop as requested, while Du Yu leisurely followed behind the two.

Her intuition told her that Yan Xiaoyu was suspicious.

But she is not 100% sure where the problem is or why it happened.

However, she easily recalled how she had kicked Yan Xiaoyu off the escalator when they first entered the platform.

If anything went wrong, it's because Yan Xiaoyu had been out of her sight for almost ten minutes at that point, and she had gone to the restroom once.

Only these two times.

She wasn't sure what state Yan Xiaoyu was in, but she knew the name of the platform and the waiting information had given her a warning. So, she wanted to test whether Yan Xiaoyu was still Yan Xiaoyu.

Du Yu did not enter the rooftop, but stood outside the door, looking in the direction of Bai Xunyan and Yan Xiaoyu.

She saw what Bai Xunyan and Yan Xiaoyu were saying. Yan Xiaoyu's face turned extremely ugly, and she looked very resistant. But under Bai Xunyan's insistence, Yan Xiaoyu could only extend one hand.

It seems like there's nothing wrong?
Du Yu frowned slightly, but did not intend to interrupt the two's actions. Even as she watched Yan Xiaoyu's finger being cut off and human blood flowing out, and Yan Xiaoyu's reaction was quite normal, her brows did not relax, but instead furrowed even more.

Because, no matter how you look at it, Yan Xiaoyu at this moment seems to be a normal human being.

This, on the contrary, made Du Yu even more displeased.

She knew she was searching for clues with the intention of finding answers. In her mind, her intuition had condemned Yan Xiaoyu, believing she was possessed. Now, failing to find anything unusual about Yan Xiaoyu only made her more unhappy. "What's wrong?"

The word "stand-in" doesn't seem to have any other meaning, does it?
With the addition of waiting information prompts, the crisis at the platform was actually quite clear.

However, platforms with such prominent crisis warnings often mean that the ghosts inside don't need the train's help to conceal the information; they are already deadly enough.

At this moment, Yan Xiaoyu appeared to be nothing more than a coward.

It was neither like a ghost nor like a person possessed by a ghost.

It's just Yan Xiaoyu herself.

Standing behind the door, Du Yu's expression changed several times. She glanced at Yan Xiaoyu, who was bandaging her wounds, and Bai Xunyan, who was relieved to have completed the task she had been given. Instead of approaching them, she left first as they were about to head towards the stairs.

Back at her workstation, Du Yu found the office nearly empty. She sat waiting for Yan Xiaoyu and Bai Xunyan to return, still pondering the definition of a "stand-in."

"Isn't it the ghosts who replaced the humans?"

"Or is Yan Xiaoyu only in the early stages of being possessed, and she hasn't even realized it herself?"

After much thought, he still couldn't come up with an answer, and at that moment Bai Xunyan and Yan Xiaoyu returned.

Yan Xiaoyu's face was somewhat pale, and her left little finger had disappeared.

After seeing Du Yu sitting in her seat, Bai Xunyan cautiously asked, "Sister Du, what do we do next?"

Upon hearing this, Du Yu looked at her, her expression not pleasant: "Where are the things?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Bai Xunyan pause in surprise: "Things...what things?"

Yan Xiaoyu, who was standing to the side, kept her head down.

Du Yu said impatiently, "Fingers."

"Sister Du," Bai Xunyan's tone turned strange, "didn't I just give you my finger?"

what?
Du Yu immediately stood up from her seat, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Bai Xunyan to make sure the other party wasn't lying. She looked into Bai Xunyan's eyes and saw genuine confusion and doubt in them.

She didn't lie.

Du Yu took a slight breath and realized that something had happened.

"A stand-in. So it really is a stand-in?"

She glanced at Yan Xiaoyu, who remained silent, then ignored the bewildered Bai Xunyan and immediately headed towards the cafeteria.

She recalled that another group of passengers had been heading towards the cafeteria.

Bai Xunyan's questioning voice came from behind.

"Sis, where are you going?"

"Do you want us to come along?"

"sister"

The sound grew fainter and fainter, with a long, drawn-out ending, as if it came from a deep, dark corridor.

Du Yu's steps did not falter for a moment.

She was convinced that Yan Xiaoyu was either possessed by a ghost or replaced by a ghost, so she abandoned Bai Xunyan beside the ghost without looking back.

They hoped she could stop the two demons from killing, at the cost of her own life.

I need to work hard this month, so there will be another update today, but I need to go get some sleep now.