Tomb Robber: Oops, I think I met a tomb robber.

"So, after the baby disappeared after the dance, he actually went to the Zhang family's forbidden area during the Tang Dynasty? And he even met the patriarch of our Zhang family?"

"So our clan leader went along too? He still looks like a child?"

"The ancestors of the Tang Dynasty... I seem to remember that there were some records in the clan records, but I haven't looked at them in detail."

"It turns out that it's not that my dear doesn't want to come to us, but that he can't come..."

"I was wondering why our clan leader was so powerful. It turns out he went to ancient times to learn martial arts."

"wrong!!"

Everyone was discussing what Qiuyue had just said, but Zhang Haike's sudden, high-pitched shout instantly silenced everyone. Everyone turned their attention to him, and he was looking at her with a look of surprise and doubt. Qiuyue looked at him and tilted her head slightly: "Haike, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Zhang Haike looked at Qiuyue, his eyes narrowed a little, but he was still staring at her closely.

"A Ling, I remember that when you appeared with us fifteen years ago, there was a blue lotus beside you, right?"

Qiuyue was stunned for a moment, but nodded: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Zhang Haike slowly clenched his fists and said, "As far as I can remember, our clan leader, the Zhang Qiling you just mentioned, also has a blue lotus. His blue lotus is yours, right?"

Zhang Haike's question was very abrupt. Wu Xie and the others were startled for a moment. They didn't understand why Zhang Haike suddenly asked this question. Only Zhang Haiqing, Zhang Haixia and even a few others who were sitting next to Qiuyue had their pupils constricted for a moment.

They also noticed something was wrong.

"Yes, my Qinglian was taken away by a small official during the Tang Dynasty. What happened? Is there any problem?"

Qiuyue was still a little confused, but Zhang Haike's next words made her shudder in an instant.

"A Ling, it's like this. When you first came here fifteen years ago, in my own memory, our clan leader didn't have Qinglian."

Qiuyue opened her eyes wide in an instant, and goose bumps appeared all over her body. The others also paused for a moment. They looked at each other, their pupils constricted to the extreme, and their eyes became sharper and clearer.

Zhang Haike's words immediately woke everyone up. It was as if the fog in their minds was cleared away, and they suddenly became extremely clear-headed.

Yes, before Ah Ling arrived, their clan leader didn't have the Green Lotus. But when Ah Ling disappeared while dancing, the next time they saw the clan leader, he already had the Green Lotus. What made them even more terrified was that when they saw the Green Lotus, they felt absolutely nothing. It was as if they had forgotten that the Green Lotus belonged to Ah Ling, as if they had always had it. It was a completely subconscious feeling, and no one noticed anything was wrong. But...but they should have been asking about the Green Lotus! After all, they wanted to know Ah Ling's whereabouts! How could they have completely ignored it?

Back then, they seemed to have been brainwashed and were completely unaware that anything was wrong. It was only now that they began to see the light.

Zhang Rishan and Zhang Xiaoyu also frowned. They tried hard to recall all their previous memories of meeting Zhang Qiling. However, this memory made them suddenly tense up.

"In my memory, Zhang Qiling didn't have the Green Lotus fifteen years ago. It wasn't until after 1998 that the Green Lotus suddenly appeared beside him. I didn't pay any attention to it at the time, as if the Green Lotus was just an ordinary thing."

Zhang Rishan spoke in a low voice, and Zhang Xiaoyu beside him nodded slightly. "Yes, I feel the same way. His Qinglian seemed to appear suddenly. Ah Ling, didn't you just say that he brought the Qinglian back to the modern era when he was seven or eight years old? Then why is it 98 years since he had the Qinglian with him?"

(Qiuyue didn’t mention the part about Xiaoguan’s death just now. She just casually said that her Qinglian was taken away by Xiaoguan.)

At the same time, Wuxie and the other two who had been watching the light screen diving also changed their expressions.

It would have been fine if they hadn't thought about it, but once they did, they really realized something was wrong.

Zhang Qiling's blue lotus really did appear suddenly in 98, and they had no recollection of when it appeared. It was as if they naturally thought that Zhang Qiling had always had that blue lotus, "always had it."

If Zhang Haike hadn't mentioned this, they wouldn't have thought about it at all, nor would they have noticed this overlooked detail. It was as if someone had tampered with their consciousness, and they didn't realize how Qinglian appeared at all.

And the more they thought about it, the more horrifying details they discovered.

If the green lotus suddenly appeared after Zhang Qiling came back from going out one day, they would definitely be curious and circle around the green lotus and ask questions. However, in their memory, the green lotus had always appeared in their sight when Zhang Qiling was there. At that time, he was sitting next to them, and a green lotus suddenly appeared next to him, and no one noticed anything wrong, as if they were accustomed to the existence of the green lotus, and Zhang Qiling himself did not react to it.

Zhang Haike's words were like tearing the paper covering everyone's head. The frosted glass that had been deceiving them was instantly shattered, making them suddenly extremely sober.

Over here, Qiuyue, who had goosebumps all over her body because of Zhang Haike's words, couldn't help rubbing her arms. She frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Haike, could it be that the young man put the Qinglian away before and took it out later? That's possible, maybe you're overthinking it?"

After finishing speaking, Qiuyue blinked again and said, "Although I brought Qinglian back to the modern era when I was seven or eight years old, is there a possibility that when he was first introduced to the Tang Dynasty, he suddenly transformed from an adult back into a child? This kind of thing has happened before, and you have seen it too. As for why you didn't feel anything was wrong, it's because my Qinglian was made for me by all of you. Have you forgotten?"

Qiuyue's words made everyone tense up in an instant, their pupils flickering and shrinking.

Adults turning into children? Have they seen it before? Only her real family members have seen it, not them!

The blue lotus they made? No, it was made by the group of people in her family. They were a completely different group of people and had never seen this blue lotus before.

Oh no, I almost stepped on a landmine just now!

However, it was Qiuyue's words that made them actually start to think along the lines of what she said.

Maybe it was really taken away by the patriarch before?

As for why they subconsciously didn’t feel anything was wrong at the time, was it because of Qinglian’s unique abilities?

After all, Qinglian itself is a magical thing, so it is normal for it to have unique abilities.

Maybe they really were overthinking it?

When Zhang Haike and his group were thinking for a moment, Wu Xie and the other two, who had actually witnessed how Qinglian suddenly appeared, suddenly became anxious.

Zhang Haike's guess was correct. Qinglian did appear suddenly, and right under the noses of the three of them. It was not taken away by Zhang Qiling as the little girl said!

Seeing that Zhang Haike and others were really about to be led astray by Qiuyue, Wuxie and the other two calmed down and finally turned their attention to the second new group that had just emerged - the one without Qiuyue.

Wuxie: Zhang Haike, Qinglian was not put away by the young man, it just appeared suddenly. He was in our sight that day, and Qinglian suddenly appeared beside him, but we didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. Just like what you said, we subconsciously thought that Qinglian had always been there. It was not until you said it just now that I gradually became clear and realized that something was wrong.

Hei Xia Zi: Yes, the three of us were there at the time, and there were other people too, but no one thought that something was wrong. Zhang Haike and A Ling’s guess was wrong. The green lotus appeared out of thin air. Zhang Qiling didn’t do anything at the time, he just sat next to us.

Xie Yuchen: Normally, if a green lotus that can float in the air suddenly appears, we will all notice it immediately and look at it curiously, and even ask the young man about it. But no, we didn't react at all at the time. We even subconsciously felt that it looked familiar when looking at the green lotus. Although this is very likely the ability of the green lotus, it is really too strange that everyone can ignore it.

The words of the three people suddenly popped up in the new group. Except for Qiuyue, everyone else paused for a moment. Some of them looked at the light screen full of little cartoon characters that was showing the real-time situation, some looked at Qiuyue, and some looked at the three people in the group.

Zhang Haike tapped his desk lightly with his fingers, his eyes flickering slightly.

Although it is not clear why these three people are helping with additional reminders, it is a good thing that this way we can get more information.

However, just as Zhang Haike and others were about to speak again, two messages suddenly popped up in the chat group.

[Ding, it has been detected that the person on the fate line is cracking the truth. Please be patient and wait for the arrival of the group leader——]

[Ding, caution: Do not irritate [???], as this may worsen the contamination. Attention! Attention! Attention!]

The two messages were blood red, a color so bright and dazzling that it made everyone's words get stuck in their throats. They looked at the two blood-red words and finally swallowed them all. Zhang Haike couldn't help coughing, his voice slightly hoarse. "Ah, what A Ling said must be right. Maybe the clan leader really put it away before, and we just thought too much."

"Oh yes, we are too sensitive."

"Yes, yes, of course we are familiar with Qinglian. After all, we created it together for the baby. We are just curious about it."

"Baby, you're awesome! You figured it out right away."