That night, Yu Ning and Ling Wangjin talked for a long time.

Ling Wangjin: “There was indeed a problem on my end. I always wanted to handle everything for you so that you could be happy and not have to worry about a thing.”

Ling Wangjin: “However, I still hope that when you encounter problems, you can talk to me. Solving problems requires us to communicate with each other.”

It was precisely because she heard these words that Yu Ning decided to give up looking for advice from netizens and turn back to reality.

She had originally intended to politely bid farewell to Bionic Wonder House, but she never expected that such a twist was waiting for her.

Hand-Cut Lemon: ? Are you joking?

Bionic Wonder House: No, really! Go check the Weibo trending topics. I remember that at 1:00 PM, Zhou Bo will be exposed for cheating.

Zhou Bo? Yu Ning was quite surprised to see this name. She didn’t follow celebrities, but she knew this actor had only been married for half a year and seemed to have a good reputation.

Bionic Wonder House: Also, Liu Qingqing and Lin Jialun will be caught on camera. I remember there’s a lot of gossip during this period. Let me think for a second.

Hand-Cut Lemon: Why are you telling me this? I’m not interested in celebrities.

Bionic Wonder House: I mean that I know what will happen in the future. Oh, right, right, right! Around 12:00 PM, there will be a 4.8 magnitude earthquake near Huatai. The buzz about this won’t even be as big as Zhou Bo’s… Hurry up and check the news!

Yu Ning looked at the time in the top right corner, half-believing, half-doubting. There were still more than forty minutes left until the time she mentioned.

Forty minutes passed quite quickly. She hadn’t even finished watching her variety show when a news alert popped up at the top of her phone.

#4.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Huatai#

Huatai was very far from Echeng, so there wouldn’t be any tremors felt there, but Yu Ning was utterly shocked.

Bionic Wonder House: Believe me now? It was so hard to dig up some convincing news from my brain.

Hand-Cut Lemon: How do you know about things in the future?

Bionic Wonder House: Because I have already been reborn twice.

If this had been a month or two ago, Yu Ning definitely wouldn’t have believed in supernatural nonsense.

But the dreams she had been having lately, combined with the earthquake that Bionic Wonder House had mentioned, forced her to start believing in these absurd and bizarre things.

Yu Ning pulled her bag from behind her and placed it on the chair next to her.

Bionic Wonder House had arranged to meet her at a coffee shop. The shop was in another district, requiring her to cross the river.

She arrived half an hour before the agreed time, wanting to observe the surrounding environment first.

The coffee shop wasn’t large and was located in a busy area, but at this hour, there weren’t many people. Her table was the only one occupied in the entire shop.

Bionic Wonder House seemed very afraid of Ling Wangjin and had asked her to try her best to avoid him when meeting up.

As she was deep in thought, her peripheral vision caught a young woman walking outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

The girl was wearing a tracksuit and had a very pale face, which made the two dark circles under her eyes look particularly prominent. Seeing Yu Ning turn her head, she smiled and waved at her.

Yu Ning watched in confusion as she pushed open the coffee shop door, ordered two coffees on her own, and then walked over to her and pulled out a chair.

“I’m Bionic Wonder House. You can call me Jin Miao.”

Jin Miao was very enthusiastic. She took out her ID card.

“Come on, verify it.”

Yu Ning: “…”

Yu Ning picked up the ID card she handed over, scanned it quickly, handed it back, and then leaned in to ask in a low voice.

“You said Ling Wangjin will kill people in the future?”

She had never mentioned Ling Wangjin’s name while chatting with Jin Miao, yet the other person could accurately state it. Her credibility increased by a few points.

“Yes.” Jin Miao held a hand to her mouth and whispered, “Before I was reborn, he killed twenty-six people. The first time I was reborn, he killed three.”

Yu Ning sat up straight and took a breath.

“What about me?” She hesitated, the words stuck in her throat. She wanted to ask if she was included in that number. “He…”

“No, no, no.” Jin Miao denied it excitedly, raising both hands and shaking her head along with them.

Yu Ning: “I didn’t die?”

Jin Miao: “You died… it was suicide.”

Yu Ning leaned back against the chair, her arms hanging down.

Jin Miao: “Are you okay?”

Yu Ning: “I’m thinking about the possibility of my suicide. Do you know why I committed suicide?”

Jin Miao replied, “I’ve seen some experts analyze your psychology online. One theory is that your mental state wasn’t good to begin with, and you had a medical history. It’s possible that Ling Wangjin’s presence triggered you.”

Yu Ning: “But personally, I feel that my emotions have been much more stable since I’ve been with Ling Wangjin.”

Jin Miao: “Wait a second, I’m going to get the coffee.”

She quickly returned with two cups of coffee and pushed one toward Yu Ning.

Yu Ning refused, “I don’t drink coffee.”

“You like this flavor.” Jin Miao held her own coffee, looking at her with eyes full of anticipation. “Try it.”

Yu Ning didn’t know what she was up to, but she picked up the cup and took a sip.

The sweet, creamy taste mixed with the aroma of coffee exploded in her mouth. While it was called coffee, the taste leaned more toward milk tea. It was quite good.

Jin Miao: “How is it?”

The familiar attitude and tone, and she even knew her taste preferences.

Yu Ning: “Were we very close in our past lives?”

Jin Miao: “No, no. Only in the early stages of my first rebirth were we close.”

Close in the early stages of the first rebirth?

Yu Ning: “I don’t really like to take the initiative to make friends. Did you come to me during the first rebirth?”

Jin Miao: “Wow, you’re amazing! It really was me who approached you… because before the rebirth…”

She spoke a few sentences but couldn’t explain it clearly.

Yu Ning noticed that her behavior here was very different from her performance in their WeChat chats.

Yu Ning: “You…”

She thought about it, but because the situation was unclear, she swallowed the related questions.

Yu Ning: “Let’s do this. You’ve been reborn twice, so let’s distinguish them. The life before any rebirths started we’ll call A, the first rebirth we’ll call B, and the second rebirth we’ll call C.”

Jin Miao nodded repeatedly while holding her cup.

Yu Ning: “Why did you start being reborn? Are you also one of the victims?”

The girl, who had been telling her everything since they met, fell silent.

Jin Miao glanced at her, looking as if she were embarrassed.

“In life A, after I heard about Ling Wangjin’s case, I went to explore the building where he committed arson… and then I fell into a ventilation shaft…”

“I called the police immediately after I was reborn!” Jin Miao emphasized, “But at that time, Ling Wangjin hadn’t committed any crimes yet. Instead, I ended up being targeted by him.”

As she spoke, her face fell. “Although he didn’t come for me at first, later on, I saw you appear by his side… and I thought I should pull someone out of it. Ling Wangjin, that serial killer, is so terrifying.”

Yu Ning: “Did you also approach me by pretending to be a netizen, just like this time?”

Jin Miao: “No, in life B, I blocked your path directly.”

“But you didn’t believe me. In life A, I didn’t remember any major events, so I couldn’t convince you.” Jin Miao sighed repeatedly as she spoke. “I could only go to your parents.”

“Your parents intervened, and it seems you had a fight… and then you left him.”

Speaking of this, Jin Miao gripped her cup tightly with both hands, her eyes turning red as if she were somewhat sad.

“Not long after that, you committed suicide…”

Jin Miao: “I think I did the wrong thing.”

Yu Ning: “What?”

Jin Miao: “…In life B, I saw Ling Wangjin once. Not long after you left him, he asked me…”

“Does Ningning and I still have a chance?”