Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 225 - 217 Too Anxious

Chapter 225: Chapter 217 Too Anxious

"Hey, miss, wait up, miss--"

Who would have thought humans could burst forth with such power? In that instant, Zhang Min’s speed was agile, not at all like someone who was already seventy years old. Her only target was Lu Yun, and she kept telling herself she couldn’t lose track of this person again. If she did, amid the vast sea of people, how much more time would it take?

Only when the person blocked her way did Lu Yun start with surprise. Was the shout from behind really aimed at her?

She looked carefully, shook her head, and did not recognize the person.

Out of politeness, she stopped and looked at the elderly woman before her with confusion. The woman was neatly dressed, her hair combed without a hair out of place, and she seemed to have a kind and benevolent face. But that look in her eyes was frightening, like she was staring at a delicious stuffed bun.

Lu Yun couldn’t help but take a step back, unable to bear being looked at with such eyes, to avoid getting too close. Although the person didn’t seem like a bad person, it’s not as if bad people had the word "bad" written on their faces, right?

Moreover, it’s better not to provoke the elderly if possible.

Even though her spiritual power made her senses slightly sharper and allowed her to pick up on naked malice quickly, it was not enough to see through a person’s heart.

If the other person’s thoughts were a bit more profound or disguised, she could detect nothing.

Thus, while retreating, Lu Yun became more cautious, "Granny, I don’t know you. Do you need something from me?"

"...No, I mean, yes. Where is the young man? Why isn’t he with you today?"

Zhang Min opened her mouth and couldn’t say anything for a while. First shaking her head, then quickly nodding, it took her a moment to voice her confusion; seeing Lu Yun’s puzzled look, she hurriedly explained, "Er, I mean, the young man who was with you that day."

For the first time, Zhang Min felt her eloquence desert her, becoming more inarticulate as she grew anxious in front of this young lady. Unaware that she was actually being influenced by a bit of spiritual power quietly released by Lu Yun, she began to fret over her sudden inability to speak clearly at such a critical moment.

"What ’young man of that day’?"

Lu Yun felt increasingly that this was making less and less sense and vaguely smacked of a "conspiracy".

"That day, at Wangfujing Department Store, the tall, brawny, and exceptionally energetic looking young man, remember now?" Zhang Min became anxious, hinting repeatedly.

Was the old woman asking about Shitou?

Does she know Shitou? Impossible. Lu Yun looked at the woman and immediately ruled out that possibility. She couldn’t say she knew 100% of the people Shitou knew, but she did know about eighty or ninety percent of them.

If she didn’t know him, then why was she asking about Shitou?

She couldn’t be trying to implicate him in something, could she? Could it be that Shitou bumped into her last time? It had been over two months since she last went to Wangfujing with Shitou. After such a long time, she still remembered the person...

"I don’t know who you’re talking about," Lu Yun decided and shook her head firmly.

"It’s the young man who was walking with you in Wangfujing Department Store that day, on September 18th. Think carefully, it’s only been two months, how could you possibly not remember? Think harder, do you remember now?"

Zhang Min panicked, she was certain she hadn’t mistaken the person, it was indeed the young girl before her. In fact, she could see from the girl’s eyes that she remembered who Zhang was talking about, but why wouldn’t she acknowledge it?

By the time Ding Luoluo, panting and with her pregnant belly, caught up to Zhang Min, their expressions were evidently awkward no matter how one looked at it.

Zhang Min was a mix of embarrassment and urgency, while Lu Yun was on guard.

Seeing Ding Luoluo’s pregnant belly approach, Lu Yun felt she truly understood the situation. Could it be that the other party was trying to frame Shitou? Lu Yun narrowed her eyes dangerously, pretending to be casual as she thoughtfully glanced at Ding Luoluo’s belly.

She hoped it wasn’t what she thought.

Otherwise, this dirty water could indeed be fatal to Shitou’s "professional career". Lu Yun became extra vigilant, raising her guard to the highest level.

Seeing Ding Luoluo approach, Zhang Min relaxed a bit, feeling like she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Actually, Zhang Min had been too anxious at the outset, and having finally caught up, she lost her usual calm and wisdom in her urgency, unable to utter a word. She saw the young girl first looking at her with confusion and then with increasing suspicion, while constantly trying to leave.

She had no choice but to obstruct Lu Yun’s path like a barricade, adamantly refusing to let her leave, and even tried to grab Lu Yun’s hand, but to no avail.

Lu Yun’s guard was intensified by Zhang Min’s persistent stare—it couldn’t be helped, for she had seen too many scamming incidents involving elderly men and women in her past life.

If they were somehow swindled, it wasn’t that their family couldn’t afford to compensate, but how could she just allow herself to be extorted without reason?

It certainly wouldn’t be good news for her own company either.

Thus, the two were at an impasse, one refusing to let the other go, becoming more incoherent the more she tried to explain in her agitation, further raising suspicions and preventing trust.

As an onlooker, Ding Luoluo could clearly see the heart of the problem. She almost couldn’t help but laugh out loud—her grandmother, too, actually had moments of being as flustered as a child?

"I’m very sorry, young girl. This is my grandmother. She didn’t have any ill intentions in stopping you. My granduncle—that is, my grandmother’s eldest son—was lost as a child. The other day she saw a young man walking with you at Wangfujing Department Store who looked exactly like my grandfather when he was young."

Ding Luoluo said all this in one go and upon seeing that Lu Yun was gradually letting down her guard, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, yes, that’s it. Could you let us meet him?" Zhang Min also noticed that Lu Yun was no longer guarding against her like she was a thief, suddenly feeling like she was on the verge of tears. Now she dared not get overly excited, afraid of frightening the young girl before her once more.

"Do you have any evidence to support what you’re saying, like a photo?"

Lu Yun’s heart was a storm of shock—was this the rhythm of Shitou meeting his relatives? But there was no such incident in her past life?

She looked at the two people before her with skepticism, focusing intently on the old lady’s face. If she wasn’t mistaken, this person might very well be Shitou’s grandmother, right? Looking closely at her features—she really could find traces that resembled Shitou.

Suddenly, Lu Yun believed it; her guard naturally dropped by eighty or ninety percent. But to be cautious, she still asked another question. After all, the old lady before her—well, she might indeed be Shitou’s biological grandmother.

But what if? What if she was just seeing things, wouldn’t that just be a false excitement?