Transmigration: Experiencing Life's End - Dying Peacefully in One's Sleep

Chapter 490 Ultimate Notes 2 17

She was sleeping soundly, but a gaze was fixed on her, making it impossible for her to fall asleep. So she had to come over and say a few words.

Zhang Qiling paused for a moment as he raised his hand to pull up his hat, then looked down at her, maintaining his usual silence.

Fortunately, Shi Ying knew his personality and, without waiting for his answer, continued to ask other questions: "You're back, why didn't you rejoin the team?"

"Something's up," he finally said.

"See Chen Wenjin? She asked you to lead Wu Xie into the Queen Mother of the West's Palace?"

A look of surprise flashed in Zhang Qiling's eyes, as if to say, "How did she know?"

Instead of answering him, Shi Ying suddenly asked, "Do you want to regain your memories?"

She asked if he wanted to, not if he did, as if he could regain his memories if he nodded.

Zhang Qiling confirmed that he hadn't misheard or misunderstood her meaning, and his heart was stirred.

Like a drowning person who has grasped at hope, finding direction in the search he has been looking for for years, his heart is no longer calm: "Do you have a way?"

Shi Ying smiled and said, "There is a way, but it's not free. It depends on what you're willing to give in exchange."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiling lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly, making him look somewhat pitiful. He didn't know what he had to offer in exchange.

"Take your time to think it over. We'll talk about it after we leave the Queen Mother of the West's palace," Shi Ying said, turning and leaving.

Zhang Qiling looked up at her back, his gaze never wavering.

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"I'm exhausted, we're finally here!" The fat man plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.

Wu Xie nudged him: "Move over a bit, make room for me too."

The fat man moved over, and the others also found places to sit down.

Hearing the commotion, Wu Sansheng came out of the tent: "Wu Xie? You're really here? Why are you so disobedient? I told you to go back, but you wouldn't listen."

Wu Xie looked somewhat indignant: "If you weren't my third uncle, would I have come along?"

Wu Sansheng remained silent, then looked at Xie Yuchen: "Why are you here instead of keeping the Xie family in check?"

“I’m here to find out what exactly you’re doing,” Xie Yuchen said.

Wu Sansheng looked helpless: "Why are you all so curious?"

Shi Ying rolled her eyes silently. He had clearly lured people here on purpose, yet he was still pretending.

"Third Master, we're not late, are we?" Black Bear stepped forward and spoke.

"Not too early, not too late. Just now, we were being attacked by pheasant necks every now and then, but now they've all suddenly disappeared."

Wu Sansheng still seemed a little confused when he mentioned this.

Panzi was also puzzled: "We didn't encounter any pheasant necks along the way, except for the one we encountered at the beginning."

“The night before last, around midnight, the sounds we heard were probably pheasants retreating en masse. Could it be that they had something more important to do and didn’t have time to look for us?” the fat man said.

Wu Xie: "I don't know why, but for the time being, it's still beneficial to us."

When doing good deeds anonymously, people say: "I'm such a good person."

"Third Master Wu, have you found the entrance?" A-Ning interrupted them. She didn't care about the snake's situation; she just wanted to know if they could get into the Queen Mother of the West's Palace as soon as possible.

"Boss Aning, are there only two of you left?"

Wu Sansheng is quite cunning; he immediately pointed out that there are only two of them on their side, so the initiative is in his hands.

Shi Ying listened to their conversation silently, inwardly complaining.

Ah Ning didn't react much to his words: "We're going to the same place, so let's get down to business."

Wu Sansheng didn't hide anything: "We've found the entrance, but we need to go down and explore the way."

Xie Yuchen stepped forward: "I'll go."

When someone takes the initiative to speak up, everyone naturally has no objections.

To prevent him from thinking that the current below was too strong and unfathomably deep, and that it would waste time searching for equipment, Shi Ying stood up and decided to go down as well.

Anyway, it's reasonable for them to send one person from Wu Sansheng's side and one person from their side as well.

"I……

Upon seeing this, Hei Xiazi immediately stood up and said, "I'll go too. I'll go down with Hua'er Ye. The two of us can scout ahead more carefully."

“I can manage on my own.” Xie Yuchen frowned.

Black Bear casually made up an excuse: "Master Flower, it's not that I don't trust you, I'm just doing this for money, and I can't just watch without doing anything."

Xie Yuchen thought for a moment and then said nothing more.

“In that case, it’s the two of you!” Wu Sansheng said.

Before going down, Hei Xiazi smiled and raised an eyebrow at Shi Ying. His sunglasses covered his eyes and eyebrows, so all that could be seen was his smile.

Shi Ying reminded her, "You should be careful when you go down. If there's water, you should check the depth first."

"Don't worry, I, the blind man, am always reliable. I'm definitely a good man." Black Bear didn't forget to promote himself.

Many people present sensed something fishy from what he said.

Wu Sansheng glanced at Shi Ying a few more times. At first, he hadn't paid much attention to this Ah Ning, but now that Hei Xiazi was treating her somewhat differently, he couldn't help but become curious.

Shi Ying's first impression is that she is beautiful, and it's normal for men to like colors.

But Hei Xiazi is no ordinary man; a man of great experience and knowledge wouldn't be so easily swayed by lust.

Thinking of this, Wu Sansheng's eyes became somewhat inquisitive. This woman must have something special about her that attracted Hei Xiazi. He wondered if she was one of "it's" people.

Shi Ying felt the scrutinizing gaze, looked over coldly, and met Wu Sansheng's instantly sly smile.

"What is your name, miss?"

"Shi Ying," she replied calmly.

Ah Ning noticed her displeasure and interjected, "Third Master Wu, when did you become interested in our people?"

"No, no, it's just that we haven't met before, so I'd like to introduce myself," Wu Sansheng said politely.

Ah Ning didn't reply. She walked to the entrance to check the situation.

Panzi and Fatty were holding the rope, waiting for the two people who were being pulled down to come up.

After a while, the two were pulled up, and A-Ning asked, "How was it?"

“No problem, there’s water but it’s not deep,” Black Bear said, taking off the rope.

Thanks to Shi Ying's reminder, the two of them went into the water to check the situation, so this time they didn't need to spend time preparing diving equipment.

Shi Ying walked over, biting into an apple. Hei Xiazi saw her and curled his lips: "Fruit?"

"Well, no one gets a share, this is the only one." She only had one bag with her; it would be strange if she took out many.

"Your bag is so heavy, you're carrying a lot of heavy stuff. Do you need my help, you blind man?"

He saw her take out coconuts, yogurt, canned fruit, apples, and other basic necessities from her bag, and they weren't light at all.

"No need, I won't make any purchases."

"I'll let you carry it for free."

"Thanks, but free ones are more expensive." Shi Ying said and walked away.