hsntnovel What is the mission in Chapter 140?
What is the mission in Chapter 140?
Those names, sealed away by time and the past, resonated once more because of a question posed by Jiang Xingni.
Grandma Ji hasn't remembered her original name for a long time.
—Chen Hongying.
Jiang Xing narrowed her eyes; this was different from the name Pei Zhaoye had found in her memory.
She remembered Pei Zhaoye saying that Ji Shanqing's grandmother's name was... Cui Shuhui?
Jiang Xingni fell into deep thought.
How come even Grandma Ji has two names? Or did she find the wrong person, and the person in front of her is actually not Grandma Ji but her twin?
Even if they are twins, would they really go to such lengths for their sister's granddaughter? Jiang Xingni simply couldn't believe it.
Fortunately, these things weren't important. Jiang Xingni glanced at her thoughtfully.
To be precise, it's not important to the role Jiang Xingni is currently playing.
Once we get to the school, let the system check—Jiang Xingni still knows what kind of person should do what kind of thing.
She's not some famous hacker; if she did this kind of professional work herself, she'd have to make excuses to cover it up if Pei Zhaoye found out.
It's better to just hand it over to the system.
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"Chen Hongying".
The name floated gently in the wind.
She even hesitated a bit when she spoke.
Grandma Ji only realized she had made a mistake when she heard herself say the name.
Logically speaking, her name on her ID card should be "Cui Shuhui".
Chen Hongying is from a very old almanac.
But when her name is mentioned, setting aside her identity as Ji Shanqing's grandmother, or as someone's wife or mother, the first person she thinks of is Chen Hongying.
She is not someone who frequently needs to use identification.
She rarely travels far from home and doesn't need to take trains or high-speed rail.
Normally, all she needs to do when taking a minibus is take out a few bills from her backpack and find a seat.
People in the village rarely call each other by their full names; they are more likely to address each other as "you," or "Old Ji's family," or "So-and-so's mother."
Even on the rare occasions when she needed to use her ID card, she could still recognize that Cui Shuhui was herself.
However, at such times, when others rarely ask her real name, her first reaction is still Chen Hongying.
Those stories that have passed away have long been forgotten by many people as time has gone by, and most of the few who know them are already dead.
Chen Hongying herself had long since lost interest in telling these stories.
She wasn't a famous person, and of course, nothing about her story from decades ago can be found on the internet.
Those old stories can only be found in her memory and in the gossip of the village elders.
"Chen Hongying," Jiang Xingni said.
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw a slightly dazed look on the other person's face.
Chen Hongying, Grandma Ji, Cui Shuhui—her only wish was for someone to call her name again.
Instead of being referred to as "Old Ji's daughter-in-law" or similar titles.
Jiang Xingni, unaware of the situation, fulfilled her incredibly simple wish.
"All you need to do is observe."
Jiang Xingni didn't expect to get any information from Chen Hongying.
She told Chen Hongying the truth for two reasons: first, because she was soft-hearted and wanted Chen Hongying to know the truth; and second, because she needed someone to act as a springboard to introduce the organization she had established to people outside the comics.
If a third reason were added, such as giving Chen Hongying something to do, she wouldn't be so listless.
Ji Shanqing did indeed disappear just like Zhao Henshan.
However, the comic does not reveal what fate awaits the dead monsters.
Was the bizarre death a true death? Jiang Xingni didn't know.
Even if Jiang Xingni looked at the scene with his eyes, all he could see was a hazy, dark color, since the author hadn't written it out.
She always seemed to waver between whether this world was real or fake.
—What if the author suddenly has a whim and thinks that Ji Shanqing is still a good entry point, and decides to have Ji Shanqing come back from the dead?
Jiang Xingni has read comics where a character who was supposed to be dead suddenly comes back to life decades later.
She had this purpose in presenting flowers to Zhao Henshan, and she also had this purpose in leaving Chen Hongying with Ji Shanqing.
The system listened to Jiang Xingni's internal monologue and silently rolled its eyes at him.
It didn't believe Jiang Xingni's excuses; in the end, it was just that Jiang Xingni couldn't bear to do it.
"Observe if there is anyone like your granddaughter," Jiang Xing asked.
The fact that Ji Shanqing is present is enough to show that Chen Hongying has talent, at least some.
Even if there are more, they are few.
Chen Hongying remained kneeling on the ground. She refused Jiang Xingni's gesture to stand up and instead looked up at him.
From her perspective, the person in front of her was just an unidentified figure in black robes.
"If I could observe it, could I prevent this from happening again?" Chen Hongying asked softly. "Wouldn't there be no more people like Qingqing, perfectly healthy people dying like that?"
Chen Hongying couldn't even imagine how devastated Ji Shanqing's parents would be if they found out about this.
Although they should have expected it long ago.
Jiang Xingni couldn't give her a definite answer to this question.
She didn't answer, but simply used her hands to steadily pull Chen Hongying up.
Although Chen Hongying really wanted to continue kneeling on the ground, Jiang Xingni and she remained silent, both of them secretly exerting force, engaging in a fierce struggle.
In the end, Jiang Xingni prevailed, pulling Chen Hongying up and making her stand firmly.
She explained the whole story of Ji Shanqing's incident in a very straightforward tone—remembering not to reveal too much information that the main characters should know.
In general, it's a story of revenge between victims, with the victims then becoming new perpetrators.
Initially, when Chen Hongying learned that her granddaughter had been killed by Zhao Henshan, she angrily tried to grab a sickle and kill Zhao Henshan.
After hearing Zhao Henshan's story, she sighed.
"...That damned principal." That was all she could say in the end.
Jiang Xing glanced at her.
Those eyes were cloudy, filled with tears, and with an even deeper sorrow.
"I understand," Chen Hongying said. "How can I contact you if I discover anything unusual?"
Jiang Xingni took out the phone he had prepared beforehand and handed it to the other party.
"Call your name to it."
Then the system will be able to recognize it—and then the system will relay the message.
Chen Hongying took the phone and nodded: "Okay."
Thus, the name Chen Hongying was finally able to replace "Grandma Ji" in the comics.