Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 415 Revealing All Secrets [1 Update]

Chapter 415: 415 Revealing All Secrets [1 Update]

Ye Wanlan was startled and lowered her head, "Grandma, you said you wanted to talk; I am listening."

"Let’s talk outside." Lin Weilan actually got up from the bed, put on her shoes, stood up, and walked to the door of the operating room.

Shen Que was shocked and dismayed, "This drug’s effect... is not right!"

Although it was an expensive special medicine purchased from the top of the list of famous doctors, its effectiveness couldn’t possibly be so fast unless it was...

The last glow before nightfall.

In the moments before death, a person may experience a state of heightened clarity and vigor.

However, the last glow before nightfall also signifies powerlessness against fate.

Once this state passes, not even the immortals could save the person.

Panic-stricken, Shen Que hopped around on the spot, at a loss for what to do.

But Ye Wanlan listened to Lin Weilan’s words; she stepped forward to support Lin Weilan, "Grandma, you’ve just woken up, your body’s foundation is still unstable, I will help you out. Where would you like to take a stroll?"

It was now the end of January. Jiangcheng, located in the southern coastal region of Shenzhou, had temperatures consistently above 20 degrees Celsius.

Today was a sunny day, with miles of dark clouds.

But to prevent Lin Weilan from catching a cold, Ye Wanlan still picked up a coat to drape over her.

Seeing Lin Weilan walk out, Lin Huaijin suddenly stood up, "Mom?!"

"Grandmother!" Lin Qin was very excited, "Grandmother, you woke up!"

"Mom, you’ve just woken up, how can you be walking about already?" Lin Woyu was so anxious she was pacing in circles, "Please go back and lie down to rest."

"The sickroom is too stuffy; I want to go down and take a walk," Lin Weilan smiled and said, "When you get old, you really don’t want to stay in a hospital."

Lin Woyu hesitated for a long moment, "Mom, my brother and I will accompany you downstairs."

"I am feeling very well; you don’t need to follow." Lin Weilan gently waved her hand, "Ah Lan alone is enough."

Hearing this, Lin Huaijin and Lin Woyu involuntarily stopped their strides, exchanging glances before ultimately staying in place and not following.

Ye Wanlan supported Lin Weilan out of the hospital building.

"Brother, mom isn’t really experiencing...?" Lin Woyu’s voice struggled a bit, "Isn’t really the last glow before nightfall, right?"

Lin Huaijin shook his head; both his expression and voice were filled with profound weariness, "I don’t know..."

Just a few hours ago, Lin Weilan was in a deep coma from vomiting blood.

Now, however, her complexion was flushed, and she could even walk around with ease.

Even the most miraculous medical techniques couldn’t bring about such a degree of recovery in a patient.

The door of the operating room opened again, and Shen Que came out.

Lin Huaijin immediately stepped forward, "Mr. Shen, my mother’s illness..."

"Sigh!" Shen Que was also saddened, "I’ve done my utmost. If the Madam can make it through these three days, then she should be fine, but if she can’t..."

The faces of Lin Huaijin and Lin Woyu paled rapidly.

Had that day finally come?

Lin Woyu’s voice trembled slightly, "Is there really no other way?"

"Medicine is about treating the symptoms with the right cure," Shen Que shook his head and sighed, "I truly have no idea what injury the Madam has sustained, what disease she has contracted; it’s very difficult."

Not being able to find the root cause of the illness was the most intractable aspect.

What exactly was wrong with Lin Weilan’s body?

Shen Que was at a loss for an answer.

**

The afternoon breeze was gentle and warm as Ye Wanlan accompanied Lin Weilan, walking slowly through the streets.

"Ah Lan, I’m sure you have many things you want to ask me," Lin Weilan suddenly began to speak, "I really didn’t want to tell you, because I was afraid you would get dragged into it as well."

Ye Wanlan looked up, enunciating each word, "Grandma, you can rest assured and tell me."

"I have no choice but to tell you now," said Lin Weilan with a bitter smile, "because obviously, you’ve already come into contact with it, and even if I continue to hide it from you, one day, they will surely come for you."

Originally, she truly had intended to take these secrets to her grave, to end them with her generation.

"They?" Ye Wanlan’s expression became stern, "The ones who injured you?"

"All signs and historical evidence indicate that within the Nanling Sea, there must be something extremely mysterious," Lin Weilan spoke slowly, "Perhaps they cannot be referred to as ’something,’ because they don’t look any different from us."

Ye Wanlan’s countenance shook, "Humans?"

"Whether they are humans, I really don’t know," Lin Weilan sighed softly, "because their power is far greater than ours. I’ve seen them easily enter the sea and swim faster than sharks."

Such swimming speed had surpassed the limits of humanity, a presence that all top-tier swimmers combined could not match.

Ye Wanlan slightly furrowed her brow, "This aligns well with the myths about Atlantis."

"I’ve never heard how they refer to their own realm; Atlantis is just a name we’ve given them," Lin Weilan said, "We have given them many names, not just Atlantis."

Ye Wanlan nodded silently.

Every country has different legends of the sea, and naturally, the names they pick are also different.

"At the time, your father had just been born not long before, when suddenly we were attacked by these people," Lin Weilan said in a low voice, "To protect your father, and to avoid harming innocents, I had to leave the Lin Family with your father."

"Why attack?" Ye Wanlan’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Could it be that my father posed a threat to them? Yet, at that time, he was still in his infancy."

A baby could hardly pose any threat.

Lin Weilan shook her head and continued, "At that time, I had cultivated the Heavenly Music Method to the Seventh Layer; those people were no match for me. But for some reason, the Lin Family reached some agreement with them, and when I was about to leave Yunjing, the Lin Family also sent people to surround and cut me off."

The leader among them was Lin Zhushuang, also known today as the Supreme Elder of the Lin Family and was known along with her at the time as one of the "Tianyun Gemini Stars."

Lin Zhushuang’s talent was slightly inferior to hers, but being of the direct lineage, she had access to far more resources than Lin Weilan.

That night, Lin Zhushuang led three of the Lin Family’s guard teams to take action against Lin Weilan.

The people who had come from the Nanling Sea were originally incapable of injuring Lin Weilan.

But Lin Zhushuang, using the same Heavenly Music Method, broke through Lin Weilan’s defenses.

To protect Lin Jiayan, who was still in swaddling clothes, Lin Weilan could not dodge and had to take a direct hit.

That hit had completely damaged her body, leaving her with a chronic illness for over forty years.

"Lin, Zhu, Shuang," Ye Wanlan slowly pronounced the name.

Very well, she remembered.

"People were really too many." Lin Weilan looked up at the sky, stretching out her hand to catch the descending sunlight, "After the injury, I couldn’t fight against so many, but for some reason, the people from the Nanling Sea seemed to have received some command and retreated at a critical moment."

This gave Lin Weilan a chance to escape.

She took the infant Lin Jiayan to heal in a small city far from the Lin Family. After recovering some strength, she moved through several cities before finally settling down in Jiangcheng.

For the first few years, the Yunjing Lin Family sent several groups of people, all of whom were driven back by Lin Weilan. Thereafter, the Yunjing Lin Family remained passive.

Ye Wanlan asked in a low voice, "So, more than twenty years later, my father suddenly disappeared. Is it still related to those who were hunting you down?"

"I am absolutely certain; it must be them again," Lin Weilan’s expression turned cold, "Jiayan might also know something, so he left Jiangcheng after coming of age. But once those people target him, they won’t let him go."

Ye Wanlan’s fingers clenched tighter and tighter.

"I don’t know where Jiayan is now, but I have a premonition that he must still be alive." Lin Weilan suddenly laughed a bit, "Unfortunately, I’m afraid I won’t last long enough to see the day he returns."

"Grandma," Ye Wanlan looked up, "If I go to the Nanling Sea, could I find a medicine to cure you?"

"Absolutely not!" Lin Weilan’s voice became unusually stern, "You must have sensed when you fell into the Nanling Sea that it is not a place we can tread upon; to go there is to walk a path to certain death."

Ye Wanlan remained silent.

Indeed.

Even the most profound Jianghu masters couldn’t withstand the consumption of Inner Strength under the Nanling Sea, which increased tenfold or even more.

"Alright, I’ve said what I needed to say," Lin Weilan smiled and patted Ye Wanlan’s head, "Let’s go home. If we don’t return soon, your aunts and your uncles will start to worry."

**

In the Lin Family Old House, the atmosphere was very tense.

Lin Huaijin started to speak several times but didn’t know what to say.

"What are you all staring at me for?" Lin Weilan seemed no different from usual, "It’s almost time for dinner, get ready."

"Ah, mom." Lin Woyu let out a slight breath of relief, "Is there anything in particular you want to eat? I’ll cook it for you."

"Rest, all of you rest. Let Steward Lin handle it," said Lin Weilan, "It’s been a long time since we dined together. Sit down and have a good chat."

Lin Woyu had no choice but to sit down.

At that moment, the front door was knocked.

Steward Lin wiped his hands and opened the door; his face suddenly changed, "You—"

The visitors were Lin Qingwen and Madam Lin.

"Lin Qingwen, what are you doing here?" Lin Woyu coldly watched him, "You’ve been thrown out of the Lin Family; you have no place here!"

Lin Qingwen smiled faintly, "My mother is critically ill; as her son, of course, I have to come back to see her."

Once Lin Weilan died, the inheritance would finally have to be divided.