See the Law of Deception

Chapter 136 The Substitute (10)

Lu Jinzhao witnessed all of Du Yu's interactions with her two teammates and carefully observed Du Yu's reaction after she spoke.

Unlike acting, she genuinely believed that the facts were as she described.

Lu Jinzhao didn't think she was stupid. According to Qin Wan, to survive in a place like Feiquan and live a good life, one must either be incredibly lucky or incredibly smart.

But even if someone is tough, they still need to have some brains.

Du Yu's reaction made Lu Jinzhao realize the difficulty of this mission.

Even a more experienced passenger seemed somewhat helpless, and even though she was being targeted by the ghost, she couldn't be sure what she had done to provoke its murderous intent.

This is really dangerous.

Upon entering the mourning hall, the black and white color scheme reminded Lu Jinzhao of a funeral home. When they were on missions, they couldn't stray too far from the mission location. The locations within the platform were basically non-existent in the real world, but the passengers speculated that the platforms seemed to exist in the same world.

In other words, if she could move around freely, she might even be able to return to the funeral home?

She even wondered if, if Xiaoyue's body were to be cremated, the funeral home staff would come to pick it up.
These thoughts flashed through Lu Jinzhao's mind, but she didn't think about them any deeper. Right now, she was still on the platform, and it wasn't a good time to spend her attention on other things.

There were many people in the mourning hall, all dressed in dark clothing, mostly in black suits. Xiaoyue's parents stood at the front with sorrowful faces, presiding over the ceremony and receiving guests. People who came to pay their respects placed white flowers in front of Xiaoyue's coffin and said their condolences to Xiaoyue's parents.

The atmosphere was solemn, and everyone who entered unconsciously lowered their voices to avoid making noise.

Lu Jinzhao looked around but didn't see Du Yu's teammates who had come in first.

Where are they?

The group didn't rush to offer flowers to Xiaoyue's coffin. Instead, they discussed it briefly and decided that Lu Jinzhao and Qin Wan would talk to Xiaoyue's parents later, while Zhou Ziming would take the opportunity to examine Xiaoyue's coffin.

This action is very dangerous. It requires opening the coffin, which could very likely result in seeing a ghost. Moreover, it needs to be done quickly. Among the three of them, it seems that only Zhou Ziming is suitable to do this.

He hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Because Qin Wan promised him that she would help him with a transfer ceremony at the lowest possible cost, within the time he needed.

After discussing it, the three of them didn't pay much attention to Du Yu and headed towards Xiao Yue's coffin.

After presenting the flowers, chatting with Xiaoyue's parents for a bit, and receiving Zhou Ziming's signal, everything proceeded smoothly without any unexpected incidents.

It went so smoothly that it didn't feel like being on a train platform at all.

Even as she walked out, Qin Wan was still somewhat dazed: "Is this the end of the memorial service? Can I leave now?"

"Won't we die as soon as we step out the door?"

But nothing unusual happened until they left the mourning hall.

After coming out, Zhou Ziming said in a low voice, "The person lying in the coffin is indeed Xiaoyue. There is nothing wrong with the body, but there is something wrong with the way she died."

Qin Wan and Lu Jinzhao looked at him, and Zhou Ziming didn't keep them in suspense.

"She strangled herself to death."

"Are you sure?" Qin Wan couldn't help but ask.

“I’m sure.” Zhou Ziming nodded. “My destiny has taught me a lot. I can tell at a glance that she strangled herself, and she was extremely terrified before she died.”

He wasn't killed by a ghost, but strangled himself to death?

"What did she see?" Qin Wan murmured to herself.

"Perhaps... another version of myself?" Lu Jinzhao guessed. According to her recollection, Xiaoyue's mental state was getting worse and worse. At first, she would still come to work, but later, her mental state was no longer able to support her work.

Although it is unclear what exactly she went through, it was clearly a very torturous process.

"What do we do now?" Zhou Ziming asked.

The company gave them the day off this afternoon. They have free time from now until the train arrives, after leaving the funeral hall.

"Three options: one, stay here; two, go back to the company; three, find a place to stay and wait for the train to arrive," Qin Wan offered.

“I don’t recommend going back to the company.” Du Yu, who had been silently following behind them, suddenly spoke up.

“My teammates all had problems at the company,” she added.

"Hey, aren't you going to go find them?" Zhou Ziming asked, looking at her.

"No rush," Du Yu simply said.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhao's opinion of Du Yu plummeted once again.

She was certain that Du Yu wasn't choosing to stick with them out of fear, but rather because she saw an advantage in doing so.

If she was afraid of ghosts, then she shouldn't have lied to them and then broken her promise.

Without hesitation, Lu Jinzhao immediately took out his phone and typed. While Du Yu was talking to Zhou Ziming, he subtly showed the phone screen to Qin Wan, which only had three words on it.

Kill her.

Du Yu following them will not bring them any benefits, but only hidden dangers and potential risks.

She has most likely been targeted by a ghost, and now she is breaking her agreement with the ghost by taking her along, which is tantamount to inviting the ghost into the house.

They must kill her first to eliminate this threat before they can focus on dealing with the ghost.

Qin Wan's eyes revealed a hint of surprise, not at Lu Jinzhao's cruelty, but at how decisively Lu Jinzhao could make the right decision.

She nodded quickly, but then shook her head slightly, indicating to Lu Jinzhao not to act rashly; they needed a suitable opportunity.

Qin Wan's destiny can change her luck, and naturally, she can also borrow luck.

Generally speaking, if you borrow luck, you have to repay it, and you have to repay it double.

But if the person she borrowed dies, the debt is naturally cleared.

She had originally planned to use other methods to get through the period of bad luck following the good fortune she had borrowed from the luck-changing ceremony, but since Du Yu had come to her, she could borrow Du Yu's luck for herself.

However, if she forcibly borrows someone's luck without their consent, she will suffer a backlash regardless of whether the person whose luck she borrows is alive or dead. She rarely borrows luck unless necessary, but the backlash is much less than when she first obtained her destiny.

Qin Wan knew that if she survived, sooner or later she would be able to borrow other people's luck at will without paying any price. However, she was not sure if she would live to see that day.

Right now, Qin Wan judged that they had to kill Du Yu first, otherwise, this person might bring endless trouble.

While thinking for a moment, she said, "Let's go back to the company first. I want to go and check if there's anything unusual."

She needs to lead Du Yu to a more dangerous place.

Even after deciding to kill Du Yu, Qin Wan continued to observe Du Yu's reaction after saying those words.

She seemed reluctant and didn't want to go to the company, but she actually agreed.

Agreed.
Then they'd be even more likely to die.