An Unusual Life Beginning with Evil Spirits-Chapter 146 : Something Will Still Happen!

Volume 4: High School Arc - “I” Come to Find You~
When I picked up my phone and saw the contact name on the screen, a trace of doubt rose in my heart.
Because the contact name on the screen matched exactly with that vague feeling I had deep down.
The incoming call reminder was from Xu Han.
Even though I had no idea Xu Han would call me, I just had this feeling, as if I already knew she would.
Feeling this, I couldn't help but glance back at Lu Haochen.
There was a hint of confusion in Lu Haochen's eyes, as if he didn’t know why I was looking at him.
This matter—I’d explain it to him later.
I answered the call, and although I didn’t know what Xu Han was calling me about, vaguely I felt like I had already known this would happen.
This strange... sense of déjà vu?
No, it didn’t seem like déjà vu, but rather... a premonition, a sense that she would call, just like suddenly sensing something is about to happen.
It was very similar to déjà vu, but slightly different.
"Yunyan, it’s me, Xu Han."
"Ah~ Sister Xu Han, what’s the matter?"
"It’s nothing much, really, I just wanted to invite you to a meal. Are you free?"
"Ah... um, we already had lunch. How about dinner?"
"Okay, then let’s do dinner."
Xu Han’s gentle voice came through the phone.
At that moment, I seemed to see some vague images flash before my eyes, like I couldn't really see them, yet something was there.
What exactly... was this feeling?
Something was off.
From last night until now, this feeling had been hovering around me, ever since... I finished writing that note.
It was as if... I had forgotten something.
Yes!
Just like I had forgotten something.
Wait, logically speaking, I shouldn’t know anything about Zhang Yang, but this feeling...
So then... what exactly did I forget?
After setting the dinner appointment with Xu Han, I suddenly felt something.
"Sister Xu Han, are you and Brother Yulong at the office today?"
"Hm? Today’s Saturday, it’s a holiday."
"Oh... alright then, see you tonight."
After I said that, I hung up the phone, then nodded at Lu Haochen and brought him into my car.
After telling Shao He we were heading to Tianding Everything, I sat in the back seat with Lu Haochen.
Naturally, there was nothing to say along the way—mainly because we couldn’t let Shao He know.
And Shao He seemed to have sensed something faintly, looking at me with a strange expression.
I didn’t know how to explain it either, so I decided to just leave it for now.
It didn’t take long before we arrived at the base of Tianding Everything’s office building.
I immediately made a call for Sister Feifei to come down, since she was the only person I knew at the company.
Sister Feifei seemed to be in a meeting, but she still sent someone down to meet us.
Without any unnecessary words, I directly said I wanted to access surveillance and personnel records.
Sister Feifei didn’t ask a single question and immediately had someone take us to the surveillance room, while someone else went to fetch the records.
"Didn’t expect Zhang Yang to actually exist."
At the moment, Lu Haochen and I were in the reception room.
Shao He was there too, just in the small side room near the entrance.
While replaying the final surveillance footage of Zhang Yang from yesterday on the computer, I also went through the personnel files.
Zhang Yang’s information was very simple.
Just a worker from out of town, working in the software programming department on the nineteenth floor, a low-level coder.
Overall, there wasn’t anything special about him.
Twenty-five years old, Han ethnicity, temporarily living in the northern part of the city near Baishan West Bridge.
From what I knew, that was a relatively poor area.
I handed the file to Lu Haochen.
"What do you think, see anything?"
Watching Lu Haochen fast-forward through the video, I also looked at the computer screen.
It was already past three in the afternoon, not long until the end of the workday.
"Looks like his mental state wasn’t very good, probably a cold or something. Nothing else stood out."
Lu Haochen said this, then turned to take the file I handed him, glanced at it, and flipped through a couple pages.
"His phone number is listed here, should we try calling?"
"Mm... wait."
Just as Lu Haochen was about to pull out his phone, I stopped him.
"You can’t call."
"Why not?"
Lu Haochen was slightly stunned, then suddenly seemed to realize something.
He hesitated for a moment, then put the phone down.
"You’re right... If we call now and he’s already dead, we might get targeted by the authorities."
Although Lu Haochen looked a bit gloomy, he still didn’t make the call.
"Alright, don’t sulk. I know you value lives, but we can’t act so recklessly. Otherwise, we might end up dead ourselves."
I patted him on the shoulder.
I had to admit, sometimes he could be a bit impulsive, especially when it came to matters of life and death.
Like just now, it seemed like he didn’t even think before trying to call and confirm if Zhang Yang was alive.
But if he had actually done that, it would’ve definitely exposed both of us, and then it would be impossible to explain.
How would we explain?
We never even met the guy, didn’t even know his name—how could we possibly know he was dead?
"Zhang Yang is in the programming department. His supervisor is a middle-aged man named Liu Xing. Wait a second, I’ll make another call."
Although investigating Zhang Yang's identity might attract the attention of Liu Feifei or even Gong Lianyu, now wasn't the time to overthink things.
However, if I wanted to approach Zhang Yang, I couldn't do it through Liu Feifei.
I directly called Xu Han.
"Sister Xu Han, I need to trouble you with something."
On the other end of the phone, Xu Han seemed to hear the seriousness in my tone and probably understood something.
"Go ahead."
Twenty minutes later, Xu Han called me back and informed me of the result.
I wasn’t surprised by the outcome.
The management levels in the company were all somewhat connected, and this call was to have Xu Han and Jiang Yulong use their connections to see if Zhang Yang’s supervisor, Liu Xing, could give him a call.
Even just a greeting would do.
At the very least, a supervisor checking in on a sick subordinate wouldn't raise suspicion.
I didn’t know how Xu Han did it, but Liu Xing made the call, and Xu Han also got the result.
Zhang Yang... didn’t answer the phone!
I told Lu Haochen the result.
His eyes darkened slightly, then he turned his head to glance at Zhang Yang, who was standing inside the elevator.
Suddenly, when he saw the two people standing next to Zhang Yang, a flash of realization passed across his face.
At the same time, I also saw this scene, and a thought flashed through my mind.
"Your name!"
"My name!"
He and I locked eyes and almost simultaneously spoke those words.
Seven segments.
Zhang Yang, Tianding Property's 19th floor, elevator, Liu Yunyan, supervisor, phone call, he was behind.
From that moment on, they all connected.
Zhang Yang worked in the software programming department on the 19th floor of Tianding Property.
While taking the elevator after work, he ran into Jiang Yulong and Xu Han and overheard them discussing Liu Yunyan.
Afterward, he returned home and received a call from his supervisor.
And then...
"Did Liu Xing mention what time he called him last night?"
Lu Haochen frowned as he asked.
I shook my head and said:
"The supervisor didn’t mention those details, but based on the current situation, we shouldn’t continue interfering in Zhang Yang’s matters anymore. Also, the earlier parts of the details—we’ve already figured out. Except for those last words, the rest can basically be deduced."
Lu Haochen nodded, then shook his head again, with a trace of helplessness on his face.
"If Zhang Yang is already dead, then it looks like we can’t interfere anymore."
I agreed with what Lu Haochen said.
But... if we didn’t continue investigating, then the trail would end here.
If possible, I really wanted to go to Zhang Yang’s home, even just to see his corpse with my own eyes.
"Yunyan, I have a theory..."
While I was thinking about how to check out Zhang Yang’s situation, Lu Haochen suddenly said this.
"What?"
I subconsciously responded upon hearing Lu Haochen’s words.
"You said... you forgot something. But you remembered these things, and these should’ve been Zhang Yang’s actions yesterday afternoon. So, is it possible to infer this?"
As he spoke, Lu Haochen began tapping lightly on the solid wood chair with two fingers.
"Last night, you said you fell asleep. Before falling asleep, you didn’t sense anything unusual. But after waking up, you remembered these details. This indicates that during that period, you might have seen what Zhang Yang experienced this afternoon."
At that point, Lu Haochen looked up at me, his eyes filled with solemnity.
"It’s even very likely that last night, you experienced everything in his place!"
As soon as Lu Haochen said that, my mind suddenly cleared!!
His conclusion—
It might actually be true!
The details I wrote down were all things Zhang Yang experienced yesterday afternoon.
Then could it really be like he said?
Did I... go through—or even fully experience—Zhang Yang’s life?
If we deduced from that angle, it would also explain why I had so many déjà vu moments throughout the day!
Things I’d never encountered before, yet I had a vague sense that something would happen.
That strange déjà vu might have come from this!
Thinking of that, I couldn’t help but lock eyes with Lu Haochen.
Lu Haochen looked at me, a flash of understanding in his gaze.
"We don’t know yet whether you watched it happen or lived through it yourself."
I immediately added:
"But at the very least, we can confirm that what I forgot last night should all be related to Zhang Yang."
Lu Haochen directly continued:
"And the reason you forgot might be due to some hidden rule of the game. This was a clue the game gave you!"
I followed up right away.
"That’s also why I wrote down those clues last night—because I probably sensed I was starting to forget!"
Taking turns, Lu Haochen and I deduced what had happened last night, one line at a time.
"If that’s the case, then this mission probably won’t last too long. Which means..."
Lu Haochen rubbed his chin, and suddenly his eyes sharpened.
At the same time, I thought of something too.
Instinctively, my gaze met Lu Haochen’s again, and we spoke at the same time.
"Something will still happen tonight!!"