Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 541: Clues Plus Clues Equals the Answer

Chapter 541: Chapter 541: Clues Plus Clues Equals the Answer

In the middle of the night, Gu Fan was suddenly woken up by his phone ringing. He realized it was Lin Xi, which immediately gave him a bad feeling, considering how late it was, it must be something serious.

With an uneasy mind, Gu Fan answered the call and heard Lin Xi saying hurriedly over the phone, "Gu Fan, I’m on my way to your place. I’ve made a significant discovery. You guys need to get up immediately."

"A significant discovery, alright." Gu Fan instantly perked up, completely awake, quickly getting out of bed and getting dressed. Then, he softly knocked on Su Hui’s door.

"What’s going on?" Su Hui, yawning, opened the door, Gu Fan informed her about Lin Xi’s arrival.

Following this, Su Hui, looking surprised, said, "You can’t be serious, Lin Xi leaving her house without makeup at this hour? This must be a significant discovery."

Hearing this, Gu Fan was almost at a loss for words, but he made a shushing gesture, implying Su Hui to stay quiet and not wake Gu Ling.

So, Su Hui and Gu Fan went downstairs to wait for Lin Xi. After waiting for about half an hour, Lin Xi arrived, slightly out of breath from running all the way.

"Here, have some water to calm your nerves," Su Hui kindly gave Lin Xi a glass of water.

"Thank you, Sister Su. You’re a good person." After expressing her gratitude with these words, Lin Xi glared at Gu Fan and muttered dissatisfied, "You ungrateful wretch."

"What’s that supposed to mean?" Gu Fan sighed helplessly. Dealing with women nowadays is really difficult.

Having gathered her thoughts, Lin Xi began, "Let’s see. In the Shennv Xuanhui, I had a friend from a long time ago named Qian Qing. She was exceptional, for one, her maiden name was Qin, and she only married people with the surname Qin over generations, only giving birth to daughters, each bearing a lotus birthmark."

On hearing this, Su Hui immediately speculated, "So, you’ve met someone bearing a lotus birthmark, presumably a descendant of Qian Qing, right?"

Lin Xi nodded, "Yes, and this person also has the surname Qin, can you guess who it is?"

"It can’t be Qin Jia, can it?" Gu Fan and Su Hui were quite surprised, when they saw Lin Xi nodding, they both exclaimed, "Holy smokes, how could it be such a coincidence."

"It’s not a coincidence, it’s definitely destiny. Qin Jia’s family has a heirloom - a delicate key made of metal, just like the metal we saw in the Super Civilization." This comment from Lin Xi instantly piqued the curiosity of Gu Fan and Su Hui, "Strange, how could Qin Jia’s family possess such a heirloom."

Gu Fan made a guess, "Qian Feng and her team had visited the floating island and found the remnants of the Super Civilization, maybe Qian Qing was also there, perhaps this key was found during that expedition."

"No, that’s not it." Lin Xi replied. She shook her head, her eyes grim, "Qian Qing had a unique ability - she could recreate past scenes using her supernatural power. Qian Qing was able to imprint onto the key scenes from the past, so when I picked up that key, I saw what had happened to Qian Qing."

Gu Fan and Su Hui couldn’t help but listen intently, knowing that the important part was coming.

Lin Xi went on, "Qian Qing and her companions from the Shennv Xuanhui were adrift on a damaged ship. The ship had sustained significant damage from an attack, and aside from Qian Qing, everyone else had fallen. Fallen into a pool of blood. Qian Qing was severely injured, unable to stand, and then six men came out of the cabin carrying something, she wanted to stop them, but couldn’t."

Gu Fan looked surprised, "Again six people, what are the odds?"’

"That’s right, one of them was even addressed as Brother Gu." When Lin Xi said this, Gu Fan looked deflated and helpless, thinking how this matter is linked to the Shennv Xuanhui again.

Su Hui got straight to the point, "Can I ask, what did those six people take away?"

"It seemed to be called the Destiny Stone." As Lin Xi finished speaking, Gu Fan seemed shocked, as just hearing the name Destiny Stone was closely aligned with their previous assumptions.

"Could it really be a power that can change destiny?" Gu Fan looked intently at the ground beneath him, the image of the Destiny Stone filling his mind, picturing it as a mystical rock.

Su Hui interjected, "So Lin Xi, your implication is that Qian Qing had found the Destiny Stone at sea, but those six people stole it, essentially reaping the benefits of her efforts. Then considering what we’ve understood from Gu Fan, I think it goes like this - those six people holding the Destiny Stone came here, established a small fishing village, which gradually grew into a city. But irrespective of how this place developed, the descendants of those six people all lived in the same place, which means..."

Gu Fan continued from where Su Hui left off, "Which means, it’s highly likely that the Destiny Stone is beneath our feet. The Big Boss and Qian Feng are not after some old house, but the Destiny Stone hidden beneath it." As Gu Fan finished speaking, Su Hui inadvertently glanced over and was surprised to see Gu Ling eavesdropping from the staircase.

Gu Fan was quite annoyed at this point, "Have you heard enough, Xiaoling?"

"I didn’t mean to." Gu Ling grumbled as she came down, but she sat next to Su Hui, maintaining some distance from Gu Fan.

Gu Fan took a hard look at Gu Ling, "Alright, Xiaoling, tell me everything you know."

"I wanted to tell you, but mom and dad told me not to say anything. You can’t blame me for this, if anything you should be blaming them, why do you always have to give me a hard time?" With this remark, Gu Ling left Gu Fan at a loss for words.

Then Gu Ling whispered, "Besides, you’ve already figured out a lot on your own, you don’t need me to tell you anything. In fact, you even know more than I do."

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan seemed satisfied. Although Gu Ling didn’t say much, her words implied that Gu Fan’s conjectures were mostly correct.

Gu Fan stroked his chin, and stepped on the floor again, "The Destiny Stone, truly has the power to change someone’s destiny. So, after I started living independently here, my destiny changed. I met Lin Xi, and then..."

"Could it be that my transmigration to this city was also arranged by the Destiny Stone?" Not only Lin Xi grew suspicious, but also Su Hui, "Could it be, my moving to this city for Yuan Cheng, and not ending up with him, was also the Destiny Stone’s arrangement."

Watching the three of them lost in thought, Gu Ling felt the need to join in, she quickly started making wild speculations, "Could it be that me getting into a university here with excellent grades, was also the Destiny Stone’s arrangement, just to make me help my brother."

Everyone looked at Gu Ling’s fanciful expression with incredulity. They couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something off about it.