Chapter 171: Fog

What was this fake amulet?

Where had the real amulet gone?

What was Cheng Yang’s secret?

Where had Cheng Yang gone?

And who was Qiao Zihao?

These things weighed on her heart and suffocated her.

She dragged her exhausted body back home and picked up the phone to call Qiao Na. She heard Qiao Na’s muffled voice. “Xiao Ying, what’s wrong?”

Xiao Ying was stunned, and then she asked, “Why is your voice off?”

Qiao Na said, “I’m fine. I just drank some alcohol yesterday.”

Xiao Ying felt that something was off, but she was in no mood to care about other people’s business. She asked straightforwardly, “Zihao… is he your biological child?”

Qiao Na paused. “Why do you ask?”

Xiao Ying also felt that this was a little abrupt, and she said, “I just wanted to ask.”

After a long silence, she said, “No, Zihao is my adopted child.”

Xiao Ying continued, “When did you adopt him?”

Joona said, “Three years ago.”

Xiao Ying said agitatedly, “Then can you tell me the times when he fell unconscious?”

Qiao Na recalled for a moment before saying, “Every time he fell unconscious, it wouldn’t be for long, only two or three days. The last time he fell unconscious was for nearly a year. When I introduced the two of you to each other, he had just woken up.”

Xiao Ying calculated the time. The last time the amulet had suddenly disappeared, it had been gone for more than half a year. When she had met Qiao Zihao, it had happened to be when the fake amulet had appeared. The times matched up.

Qiao Na asked, “Did something happen to Zihao?”

Xiao Ying said, “He’s fine. He just fainted again. I’m thinking of a way to find out why he’s unconscious.”

This explanation relieved Qiao Na, and she hung up the phone with thanks.

A million thoughts ran through her mind. Was Qiao Zihao the fake amulet?

But this time, the amulet had already fallen asleep a while ago. Why was he still awake till just now?

Xiao Ying looked at the teddy bear she had just thrown to the ground. For some reason, she suddenly walked over and picked it up.

As soon as she picked it up, she felt that something was wrong. The last time she had touched this bear, it had been hard. At that time, she had felt a little strange, but because of Qiao Zihao, she had not delved deeper. This time, the bear had returned to normal, and there was soft cotton inside.

She refused to give up and squeezed it again. It was still soft to the touch, as if it were her imagination last time.

However, Xiao Ying knew that this was not the case. The bear’s head had indeed been hard last time.

Looking at the bear in her hand, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut open the cloth on its head. As soon as she cut it open, some cotton came running out, but this cotton was burnt yellow, as if it had been burned by something.

Xiao Ying frowned and quickly went out to buy an identical bear from the previous supermarket. After she cut it open, the cotton inside was normal and white.

How did this happen?

Had Qiao Zihao not fallen asleep with the amulet because of this bear?

Then this little bear was the carrier for his energy stores?

Thinking back to how he had been hugging the bear, he must have started storing energy since then. She roughly figured it out, but she still didn’t know anything about Cheng Yang’s whereabouts.

Xiao Ying buried her head between her knees in frustration, repeatedly thinking about the connections between these things.

The only lead she had now was Qiao Zihao.

Xiao Ying immediately decided to look for Zhou Yao to awaken the amulet in her body tomorrow.

The next day, Zhou Yao, who was wearing white work clothes, walked out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences quickly. When he came out, he had a hint of surprise on his face. He had not expected Xiao Ying to take the initiative to look for him.

Xiao Ying said with some embarrassment, “Zhou Yao, do you have time?”

Zhou Yao nodded.

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