Chapter 876 - 519: Clues in the Web, End of the Scorching Summer!

Her expression was becoming increasingly shocked.

"What did you say?! You..." Li Wenxi was about to exclaim when Xu Ying immediately reached out to cover her mouth, looking a bit panicked, "Don’t say it out loud! No one else can know about this!"

From a room away, Li Yajun couldn’t quite understand what was happening, but seeing the shocked expression on Li Wenxi’s face, she knew it must be something significant.

"...Come with me, let’s talk in the other room!" This time, it was Li Wenxi who grabbed Xu Ying’s hand, trying to lead her to the bedroom.

"Oh no, sister-in-law, let me take a shower first. I’m all sweaty and sticky, it’s so uncomfortable..." This time Xu Ying was not in a hurry and said playfully.

"Then I’ll go with you." Li Wenxi pulled Xu Ying towards the bathroom again. To Li Yajun, her expression seemed somewhat anxious, and perhaps even... delighted?

"Hey, sister-in-law, it’s our first meeting, right! Why are you so..."

She was pulled into the bathroom, the door slamming shut behind her.

Leaving Li Yajun outside, looking bewildered.

...

"After the two came out of the bathroom, they immediately entered the bedroom and never came out again," Li Yajun explained. "About an hour later, we felt a tremor, and the hills to the northwest started sinking, revealing the Crystal City."

"I was shocked at the time and hurried to knock on that door. Wenxi was still there then; she even replied to me saying ’Hold on, I’ll be right out,’ but she never came out, even after you returned."

"After knocking, I contacted you directly, and after that, you know what happened."

Xu Xin nodded, lost in thought.

During Li Yajun’s account, he had repeatedly tried to voice-call Li Wenxi.

On the bedside table, apart from the paper with the neat handwriting, there was Lou Fei’Er’s watch. Li Wenxi had left with only her own watch.

Unfortunately, with the heatwave not yet over, communication had not improved, and he couldn’t reach her.

But actually, perhaps because he had driven away the giant insects around the treehouse, he could now contact others, but not Li Wenxi.

There’s only one possibility, then. The problem isn’t on his side but on Li Wenxi’s side.

Her watch would need to be quite close to her treehouse to work, and since he couldn’t reach her, it indicated she wasn’t near her treehouse.

At this time, Ma Hongwei also sent Xu Xin a voice message: "Brother Xin, I went to check, and it seems like there’s no one in Li Wenxi’s treehouse. At least when I called out from below, no one responded from above."

So, that’s how it is...

Xu Xin’s frown deepened.

He had just asked Ma Hongwei to check, hoping Li Wenxi might have returned to her treehouse, but things weren’t that simple, as expected.

The situation now is... too bizarre.

Yingying is actually in this world, but how did she get here?

What did she come here for?

Why did she say something in Wenxi’s ear that surprised Wenxi so much she insisted on a private talk?

Why... are both of them missing now?

Judging from the handwriting on the piece of paper, it seems Yingying took Wenxi away, but from Li Yajun’s description and the situation at the scene...

Wenxi might have... voluntarily gone with her?

If it were a forced abduction, Lou Fei’Er’s watch, originally worn on Wenxi’s wrist, should not have been neatly placed next to the note.

If Yingying had left the watch to prevent him from contacting Wenxi, then besides Lou Fei’Er’s watch, Wenxi’s watch should have also been left behind.

The fact that only Lou Fei’Er’s watch was left means Wenxi had done it herself.

She left Lou Fei’Er’s watch, which wasn’t hers, and then left with Yingying.

...Why?

He was about to come back; why couldn’t they wait to discuss it together?

Because it was not possible?

Is that it...

When the Crystal City emerged from underground, Li Yajun had knocked on the door and heard Wenxi’s voice; Wenxi was still there then.

In such a scenario, Wenxi should have known he was back.

...The suddenly appearing Yingying should have known too.

So, to avoid meeting him, Yingying left a note and took Wenxi out the window.

And Wenxi didn’t resist, willingly went with her, and didn’t even want to wait for him to return.

...This must be the truth.

But, why on earth?

Xu Xin’s mind was running wild, but he couldn’t figure out what was going on.

Because he didn’t understand the most basic problem of this whole situation.

It’s about Yingying!

In Li Yajun’s account just now, Yingying seemed to be... very at ease with the current situation?

So when did she come to this world? What is her situation now?

This can’t be explained, so her behavior is a complete mystery, completely inexplicable.

At this moment, Shi Wanyun, who hadn’t said much before, suddenly spoke.

"Xu Xin, could it be that your sister was one of the previous survivors? That’s why she’s so familiar with what’s happening here and seems so at ease."