"But I don't want to talk to you."
From inside the room came Ning Anmiao's cold tone. "Lu Yan, I'm really disappointed in you."
"I seriously doubt now that you don't have a heart at all, and your blood is cold."
Lu Yan stood outside the door. Hearing her description of him, he couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.
She was really beating around the bush when scolding people. She might as well just call him a cold - blooded animal.
Although his laugh was barely audible, Ning Anmiao on the other side of the door still heard it. "Is it funny to treat human lives like grass?"
Realizing that he had irritated her, Lu Yan immediately gave a couple of light coughs. "No, that's not what I meant."
Knowing that being straightforward with Ning Anmiao wouldn't work, Lu Yan chose a roundabout way.
He lifted his lips and said softly to the cold door, "Didn't you ask me to visit the old abbot today? Don't you want to hear what he told me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a few seconds.
Then, just as Lu Yan had predicted, the door was suddenly flung open.
"Let's talk here," Ning Anmiao said, standing in the doorframe and leaning against the wall, not allowing him to enter the room. "I'll go to rest after you're done."
It seemed that she wasn't going to let him into the bedroom tonight.
"What did the abbot say? Make it short," Ning Anmiao said coolly, not wanting to say a single extra word to Lu Yan.
"The old abbot said that we have a chance to swap back to our own bodies."
Hearing this, a glint of light flashed across Ning Anmiao's eyes, but she didn't want to show it too obviously and immediately suppressed it. "Go on."
Seeing that she was extremely curious but still pretending to be cold, Lu Yan smiled faintly but still answered honestly. "The abbot said that every cause has its effect."
"The cause between you and me lies in our lack of understanding of each other, and that's how we reaped a bad outcome."
He said it casually, but his tone was very skillful, gradually piquing Ning Anmiao's curiosity. He deliberately didn't make it clear. "As long as we start a new cause and cultivate a good outcome, we can return to the way we were."
Ning Anmiao frowned imperceptibly.
Since a wrong cause had already been set, how could they cultivate a good outcome?
"Miao Miao," Lu Yan said calmly. "I know that with your personality, you can empathize with the victims' sorrow. But emotions and reason should be treated separately."
The earliest "cause" was initiated by Miao Miao, and this time, the "cause" must be taken the initiative by Lu Yan.
It was not only for swapping back their bodies but also, more importantly, for keeping Miao Miao.
"You're a person with rich emotions, but sometimes being completely dominated by emotions can make you lose your head."
"I have a surveillance video of the factory on my phone. Do you want to take a look?"
Ning Anmiao was about to refuse at first, but when she met his calm eyes, she nodded involuntarily.
She wanted to see what tricks Lu Yan could come up with.
...
After watching the video on the phone, Ning Anmiao's expression became solemn.
The factory under Star River Group used the top - level equipment, and even the surveillance cameras in the factory were high - definition. Even if the movements of the two people were magnified ten times, they could be clearly seen.
"That worker..."
Half of Ning Anmiao's anger subsided. She closed her eyes, trying to erase the images she had just seen. "Why did he do this?"
"He had parents to support, a daughter who had just gone abroad to study, and a virtuous wife at home. Why..."
Ning Anmiao couldn't figure it out.
"Can't you understand why a perfectly normal person would give up his life?"
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the troubled Miao Miao, and curled his lips.
His Miao Miao was so innocent.
If possible, he would like to protect her innocence and goodness for a lifetime, never to be affected by the filth of the world.
However, her innocence might cost her life.
"Come and take a look at this."
Lu Yan swiped his phone and opened a document.
"Ye Zhenzhen, nineteen years old," he pointed at the young girl on the phone and said calmly. "She's studying abroad, but she got involved with something she shouldn't have and got addicted."
Hearing this, Ning Anmiao's breath caught.
Lu Yan didn't say it too explicitly, but she could guess what the "thing she shouldn't have" was.
It wasn't something clean that could be put on the table.
"To buy the things that made her addicted, she used all possible ways to get money, including using her body."
Ning Anmiao admired Lu Yan very much. He could be so calm when talking about these things.
All she felt was pity.
Nineteen years old, the blossoming age.
"The debt she owes has almost exceeded the amount that a normal family can repay. If she can't pay it back, her end will be very miserable."
Lu Yan said indifferently, "She will suffer all kinds of torture, have all her usable organs removed, and then be thrown into Africa, living a life that can no longer be called human."
A chill ran down Ning Anmiao's back.
Suddenly, the image of the worker in the video popped into her mind.
His figure falling into the machine was so decisive, as if he didn't hesitate at all. It was as if he wasn't going to his death but seeking survival.
Only his death could buy his daughter's life.
"I understand," Ning Anmiao said, lowering her head slightly and suddenly understanding everything.
"She could have had a good future," Ning Anmiao murmured. "But instead, she ruined her whole life and even cost her father his life."
Lu Yan lifted his eyelids and glanced at her. "Do you feel sorry for her?"
"More like hateful," Ning Anmiao let out a deep sigh. Most of her anger towards Lu Yan had subsided, and all that was left was a sigh. "She doesn't deserve a father who loves her so much."
"If it were me, my father would definitely sever ties with me immediately, and my life or death would have nothing to do with him."
When talking about herself, a faint melancholy clouded Ning Anmiao's face.
Ye Zhenzhen's father was just an ordinary worker.
And her own father was a lofty and proud scholar, a master holding the inheritance of culture.
"Don't be so absolute," Lu Yan said in a low voice, but Ning Anmiao didn't care.
Seeing that she was no longer as radical as before, Lu Yan slowly brought the topic back. "Although the worker's death has nothing to do with Zhou Yan, he's already in his twenties. Not being able to control his emotions and letting the other side find an opportunity is also his problem."
"Let him be detained in the police station for a few days and then release him in a couple of days."
Ning Anmiao nodded, accepting this result.
Apparently, this was also the best result.
After this matter was resolved, Lu Yan nodded slightly. Although his body was a bit shorter than Miao Miao's in front of him, his aura was still strong.
"Miao Miao, I'm sleepy," he suddenly changed the topic, and his tone softened.
"Can I come into the room now?"