Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 717 - 139: Traveling Back to the Past for Answers

"Have you ever heard the joke about the tight-fisted rich man who refused to spend money all his life? When having a meal, he would hang a salted fish from the beam and have his family stare at it while they drank thin porridge."

"After enduring a lifetime of hardships, he couldn’t close his eyes before dying. He kept moving two fingers back and forth. In the end, it was his son who understood what he meant, and blew out one of the two candles that lit up the room. Only then did he take his last breath."

"The Shen family, from top to bottom, are all such characters—your grandfather, your father, even your younger brother who just graduated from middle school, aren’t they all made of the same cloth? They hoard the good things for themselves and are unwilling to share a tiny bit with others. Only you are different; you don’t seem to be like a child of the Shen family."

Cheng Xuefei spread her hands and said, "Of course, you might think this reason is a bit far-fetched. Even tigers do not eat their cubs... but your grandfather is already dead, so you can’t get the real answer out of his mouth anymore. Unless..."

"You could travel back in time and confront him face to face."

Shen Qingxi showed a look of realization: "After all is said and done, you really are in league with them!"

"It’s not accurate to say in league. It’s more appropriate to say it’s a coalition based on a premise of mutual interest."

Cheng Xuefei shrugged and said, "Since you have already captured that Angel, you must have gotten relevant information from it. This world indeed has the technology to reverse time and travel to the past, only it’s controlled by the new government and has been closely guarded. If you could get your hands on this technology, you would have the chance to go back to the past and make up for the regrets in your heart."

Shen Qingxi frowned and said, "Do you not realize the kind of harm this technology could cause to the country and society once it spreads? The doubts in my heart are far from important enough to warrant paying such a heavy price. How is this different from shooting and killing the whole family of a fruit shop owner with a gun because you found a rotten orange in the two pounds of fruit you bought?"

"You think too highly of yourself, Student Shen Qingxi."

Cheng Xuefei laughed and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, and no one expects you to play any role. You are neither the fruit stall owner nor the customer buying the fruits; you are just an innocent bystander watching the excitement."

"No one is asking you to help the fruit shop owner call the police, nor does anyone expect you to join in the killing. What you need to consider is just whether to bend down and pick up the orange that has rolled to your feet or not."

"I’m just kindly telling you that there is such an opportunity. Whether you want to seize this opportunity is up to you."

"Are you the customer who buys oranges, or the one who picks them up?"

"Heh, have you forgotten so quickly?"

Cheng Xuefei laughed and said, "If I get the chance, I must go back to that day and save An Ran."

"Oh..."

Shen Qingxi instantly understood. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

This reason was indeed very persuasive.

"If I decide to join, what’s the price I have to pay? Is there such a thing as a free lunch in this world?"

"It’s nothing more than those with money contributing financially and those with power contributing effort."

"I do have money."

"You have something in your hands that’s worth more than money."

"That Angel?"

"I’m talking about the little Emperor."

Shen Qingxi’s facial expression paused slightly.

Then he showed an enlightened smile.

"After all this time, that’s what you came for."

"It’s not about me. I’m just delivering a message for someone else."

Cheng Xuefei shook her head and said, "Don’t always imagine me as some behind-the-scenes mastermind or evil Demoness. If I really had that ability, that tragedy wouldn’t have happened in the first place."

"Impossible."

Shen Qingxi flatly rejected: "Do you think I’m an idiot? You want to sell me a bowl of tofu pudding for a hundred thousand US dollars?"

"You could get a chance to travel back to the past and change your destiny."

"Do I need to change any destiny? I haven’t even lived enough in this lifetime!"

Shen Qingxi mused internally, I’m not some middle-aged single dream girl stuck in a corporate grind. Isn’t my current status and identity enough? Do I really need to time travel again?

Utterly unappealing.

"You’re thinking too simply."

Cheng Xuefei wasn’t angry, she persuaded calmly: "I know you’re rich, you’re not interested in money. But what if you could travel back decades ago, and join the President in his campaign to conquer the world?"

Hmm...

Shen Qingxi said in surprise: "Is it even possible to travel that far back in time?"

"Who knows, I’m not very familiar with the technical aspects of this, but it should be a possibility. Otherwise, why would that little emperor from the Former Dynasty in your hands be so valuable? Some people fantasize about traveling back decades to nip the budding President in his growth, and then support the Imperial Court in its prosperous revival..."

Cheng Xuefei shrugged: "As long as we can get that technology and open the door to the past, then it will be a matter of each getting what they need. So there’s no need to worry about whether those people can be trusted or what the final result will be, it all comes down to our own efforts."

"I’ve said all I have to say. If you’re interested, you can call this number to contact me."

She took out a business card from her purse, placed it on the table, and stood up saying: "But out of goodwill, I still want to remind you, ’the innocent man is guilty for the gem he owns.’ You kidnapping that little emperor has already had a big impact on other people’s plans. If this deal cannot be made, they will definitely try other methods to solve the problem."

"Are you threatening me?"

"Whether it’s a threat or not, you know it yourself. Isn’t it better to just be a well-behaved, submissive heiress? You don’t seek glory and wealth, so why get involved in this whirlpool?"

"To be a well-behaved, submissive heiress?"

That sure sounds simple.

A well-behaved, submissive heiress wouldn’t encounter monsters when she steps out at night, only to be cluelessly offed, right?

Watching Cheng Xuefei leave the villa and get into a car with a strange man waiting at the door, Shen Qingxi finally took a deep breath, turned her head, and asked: "What do you think? I feel like I’m being set up."

"What do you mean by being set up..."

Li Mumu was puzzled.

Shen Qingxi sighed: "I specifically went to visit Qinghe Middle School’s Principal Zhou... You may not know who that is."

"I know."

Xia Yubing answered quietly.

"I know too."

"Huh?"

Shen Qingxi was immediately baffled: "You know about him too? Then I’ll cut to the chase, in short, I went to consult him about the Shen Family’s matters, and while we talked, he hinted in many ways that I could find an opportunity to go back to the past and get the answers directly from my grandfather."

"And then this opportunity just eagerly presented itself."

"How can I believe this is just a coincidence?"