Chapter 8: 8. Who secretly recorded the video?

8. Who secretly recorded the video?

Meeting Lin Ling again, Yu Lianyun forced a stiff smile onto her face: "Good evening, Lin Laoban."

"I wonder how the first experience with my product was?" Lin Ling seemed not to notice the other's tension, his expression relaxed.

Recalling that bizarre video recording, Yu Lianyun could clearly feel a knife pressed against the back of her head, like needles on her back; fear and a sense of crisis rose in her heart, as uncontrollable as a malignant disease.

"……It was not bad." Yu Lianyun took a deep breath and said, "Laoban, I've thought about it. Perhaps I should just rent it instead; that videotape is too precious."

"Actually, it's not that precious." Lin Ling scratched his head. He walked to the shelf where the videotapes were previously placed and took out a sealed box. After the box was opened, the black videotapes that almost filled the entire container looked like a colony of army ants, so dense that they made Yu Lianyun's scalp tingle. "Look, there are still so many."

"I…… I'd better just rent it." Yu Lianyun said with a stiff smile, "I really don't have the fortune to enjoy it."

Lin Ling chuckled, put the box back, and after turning around, asked a strange question: "Does Miss Yu know what the difference is between a Blessing and a Curse?"

Facing Lin Ling's question, Yu Lianyun thought carefully, shook her head cautiously, and gave an answer she herself did not believe: "I am not sure. Perhaps a Blessing is beautiful, and a Curse is evil."

Pacing back to the coffee table, Lin Ling gestured for Yu Lianyun to sit. While pouring tea, he stated his own thoughts: "In my view, there is no difference between them."

"I have scoured theological scriptures and discovered that the world's most vicious Curses come from gods, and the heaviest Blessings come from demons." Lin Ling said softly, "Therefore, what is a Curse, and what is a Blessing? It seems that neither is all that important."

Listening to Lin Ling's remarks, Yu Lianyun was slightly shocked, and at the same time, she pondered the meaning behind his words.

Lin Ling smiled: "That's fine. If you want to return the videotape, the rental period I mentioned before remains valid."

As he spoke, Lin Ling's gaze suddenly turned sharp, and he looked at Yu Lianyun vigilantly: "Of course, I will absolutely not refund the money."

"……No, I won't, of course I won't." Yu Lianyun laughed dryly, then voiced her greatest doubt: "Laoban, if the 'Blessing' of the videotape disappears, will I…… will I still be targeted?"

"To those things, a Blessing is like a foul, toxic stench; they avoid it at all costs." Lin Ling explained, "It's like a delicious cake that makes one's mouth water, but if the cake is suddenly splattered with feces, it becomes something terrifying that one wants to stay away from. Now, even if the feces on the cake are perfectly removed…… would you still eat that piece of cake?"

What kind of analogy is this?

Yu Lianyun's mouth twitched, and she realized with a start: "So, only those things that have sensed the 'Blessing' on me will not target me, but others that haven't encountered it might still attack me?"

"A good understanding." Lin Ling poured a cup of tea for both Yu Lianyun and himself, smiling in approval.

Yu Lianyun could not feel happy. She remembered what those people from the Xuanmi Group had said; now that she possessed the ability of high-level inspiration, she was practically a jinx who could not avoid Abnormal disasters. Although the videotape's Blessing would kill her, without the Blessing, she would sooner or later die at the hands of other Abnormals.

"You can bring the videotape back once the rental period expires." Lin Ling issued an order to leave, his words making Yu Lianyun's heart turn cold. "Hurry out; that group of people is looking for you."

Yu Lianyun was suddenly startled, and her gaze toward Lin Ling became even more fearful, because the other party actually knew she hadn't come alone.

She had originally thought the three from the Xuanmi Group had gotten separated from her, but looking at it now, that did not seem to be the case.

What kind of sacred being was the owner of this shop? And what kind of methods did he use to know everything happening in the outside world from a place where there were no villages in front and no shops behind?

"Laoban, I……" Yu Lianyun had originally been rejoicing that she had gotten separated from the three Xuanmi Group members, thinking she could return the tape to the shop and then enjoy her freedom without any restrictions once she left, and that Lin Ling wouldn't know about this, but facts proved this was just her wishful thinking.

Lin Ling just smiled and shook his head, signaling that she didn't need to worry too much about such a small matter.

In fact, he didn't care at all what the background of that Xuanmi Group was, or what special abilities they had; he simply didn't want to be pestered by that group of serious people.

It reminded him of his days in the Mental Hospital; those Xuanmi Group people would likely want to use that same method of imprisonment and captivity to deal with him.

Lin Ling had finally escaped, so he naturally would not be willing to return to that kind of stifling place.

Therefore, a long time ago, he had secretly set up a new program for the Forest Cabin: anyone other than those who held good intentions and those he designated could not normally find this cabin.

Thus, the three members of the Xuanmi Group, whose intentions were impure, had gotten separated from Yu Lianyun, and in the end, only Yu Lianyun, who had had contact with Lin Ling early on, found the location of this shop.

"Alright, I'll leave now." Yu Lianyun stopped thinking about it, fearing she might anger Lin Ling. She did not choose to take the videotape with her, but left it in the shop instead. Lin Ling maintained his smile throughout, not stopping her.

"By the way, although the videotape has been recovered, the Blessing on you has not disappeared, because someone recorded the video through other means." Lin Ling's final words made Yu Lianyun suddenly startle, but she gritted her teeth and lacked the courage to turn back and ask.

When Yu Lianyun left the cabin and walked out of the area shrouded in fog, she suddenly felt the world before her was in chaos. After shaking her head, Yu Lianyun found she had returned to the mountain, but the fog of the environment had long since vanished without a trace, leaving only the peaceful night scene.

"Yu Lianyun, where did you go?!"

The three from the Xuanmi Group ran over from not far away. After their questioning, Yu Lianyun realized in a daze that she had been out of contact with them on the mountain for nearly an hour, during which time the three had been searching for her after she suddenly disappeared.

Recalling Lin Ling's previous words, faced with the interrogation, Yu Lianyun had her own decision.

"Just now, I went back to that Forest Cabin and returned the videotape to the Laoban." Yu Lianyun honestly confessed what she had done during her disappearance.

He Jia'an and Li Yingqi did not believe her at first, but when they looked at Wei Jiang, who possessed lie-detection abilities, the other party shook his head, implying that Yu Lianyun was not lying. The two could not help but frown.

"Since that is the case, Miss Yu, I think we should head back now." He Jia'an looked deeply at Yu Lianyun and said.

Yu Lianyun did not speak again, only nodding. Under her lowered eyelids, her beautiful eyes were scrutinizing the three Xuanmi Group members in front of her.

Among these three, which one was the guy who recorded the video!