False evidence

Chapter 115 Taking Over Survival
The monkey, already aware of the 'fifth dimension,' asked me with a mixture of curiosity and doubt, 'Who was the fourth person to 'travel'?'

Pidan scoffed at him, "Is that even a question? Who else could it be but the bald guy?"

"To be precise, it wasn't Yan Fengwei, but Lin Qin'en."

I told the preserved egg and the monkey in detail what I had seen through clairvoyance in the basement.

Lin Qin'en died in a daze, and the thing he kept thinking about before he died was marrying Qi Zhen.

After his death, this obsession, along with the resentment born of being murdered, mingled together and attached itself to the candlestick.

Meng Zhen said that Yan Fengwei has always had sleepwalking disorder, but it only occurs occasionally and is not considered serious.

The so-called 'sleepwalking' is assumed to be influenced by past life consciousness.

So, after nearly a century, the unexpected discovery of the Listening Bottle signifies the reunion of Qi Zhen and Lin Qin'en, the lovers.

This acted as a fuse, not only igniting Qi Zhen's decades-long resentment but also rekindling Lin Qin'en's lingering feelings for her.

After Qi Zhen died, he was imprisoned in the Listening Wind Bottle for decades, which was undoubtedly a torment comparable to hell.

Although she hated Lin Qin'en for breaking his promise, she longed even more to escape the "pit of fire" and live the happy life she hoped for.

As the one who takes the lead in this relationship, she resolutely chooses to "rekindle their romance" with Lin Qin'en.

Therefore, through divination, I saw that she had achieved her wish and married someone on the night of the 16th.

At that time, her thoughts were still very 'simple': she and Lin Qin'en, respectively, would embark on an alternative life as Meng Zhen and Yan Fengwei.

However, my involvement as a veterinarian, and the intervention of Pidan, gave her a more perfect plan.

"This woman knows what's good and bad, and she knows how to adapt to changing circumstances," Monkey grumbled. "From her perspective, if the plan succeeds, it'll be quite splendid. But there's a technical problem—Lin Qin'en has already been reincarnated. If his remaining consciousness is in Yan Fengwei's mind, then is he Lin Qin'en or Yan Fengwei?"

Subconsciously, it seemed I was waiting for this question, so I immediately said:

"Then let's see who's stronger!"

"I don't understand what you mean," the monkey said, somewhat puzzled.

“I told you, there’s a fourth person who will enter the fifth dimension. That person is Lin Qin’en!”

I nodded to the monkey: "He and Qi Zhen were lovers to begin with, and their reunion was like a thunderbolt striking the earth. He truly loves Qi Zhen, and even though it's just a wisp of consciousness, seeing Qi Zhen being hurt still makes him instinctively want to protect his lover. When he could control Yan Fengwei, I hurt Qi Zhen, and he hit me with a candlestick; I knocked Yan Fengwei unconscious, but Lin Qin'en's consciousness wasn't seriously damaged. He still hates me, is single-mindedly trying to stop me, and even wants to kill me!"

Pidan rolled his eyes and said, "Qi Zhen and I were able to enter the fifth dimension because Qi Zhen occupied my body at the time, and you were choking me. Lin Qin'en was able to enter because after you knocked the bald man unconscious, his consciousness was still invading you. In other words, when you use your powers... that is, when you use your language, anyone who comes into contact with you can enter the other dimension with you."

She looked up at me and asked, "Is that what you mean?"

Suddenly, the monkey grabbed my hand, pointed at a middle-aged man passing by outside the restaurant, and exclaimed excitedly, "Look at him! Look at him!"

"What's wrong with him?" I was completely confused.

Pidan rolled his eyes: "Grandpa Liu runs a lottery station."...

After the monkey's "five million-year dream" was shattered, he scratched his head and cheeks for a while, then asked me:

"So, according to you, none of the methods Sun Jing mentioned on the phone were used. Qi Zhen and Lin Qin'en's consciousnesses simply went to another dimension with you, and that was the end of it?"

I asked Pidan, "Do you remember what Liu Yi'er said?"

"Of course I remember. He said that Qi Zhen only saw Lin Qin'en as a lifeline and didn't really love him."

I nodded: "Yes. Qi Zhen's resentment lingered simply because Lin Qin'en shattered her hopes. After learning the truth, she realized how deep Lin Qin'en's feelings for her were. At that moment, she truly fell in love with Lin Qin'en. Resentment was replaced by true love, and she no longer had any reason to persist."

Lin Qin'en's remaining consciousness was only a part, mainly his love for Qi Zhen and his confusion and resentment over her accidental death. This residual consciousness should have been quite chaotic. When he received the message from reality, the chaos cleared up..."

I'm a little unsure how to continue.

At this point, the monkey chimed in, "It's like a severely mentally ill person who suddenly wakes up one day, clearly recognizing who they are and what they did during their illness... Whether it's a blow from reality or regret for the past, in short, the intense clash between chaos and clarity brings them a transcendent awakening."

The monkey gestured: "The awakening of consciousness is the sublimation of the soul; the physical 'enlightenment' seems to be called in reality—a final burst of energy before death, which seems to mean death."

I was impressed by him, but I still stuck to my own ideas and expressed them in the simplest and most direct way.

"Lin Qin'en's consciousness traveled back in time with us and heard Liu Yi'er's honest advice for the second time—this time, he truly understood and listened. He finally realized that his love for Qi Zhen was one-sided and wrong, so he gave up. Love is deeper than hate; if you don't love anymore, hate doesn't matter. With the obsession gone, consciousness no longer insists on existing alone."

I held the preserved egg's hand.

Pidan glanced around furtively, then grabbed my hand and moved it under the table.

Looking at her flushed face, I couldn't help but laugh.

But to avoid embarrassing her in front of the neighbors, she pretended to be serious and said to the monkey:

"Qi Zhen's existence over several decades can be seen as another mode of life that we cannot understand. She not only had a profound awakening like Lin Qin'en, but also found the meaning of life."

I squeezed Pidan's hand hard. "For her, there should still be a balance in that kind of life pattern that we can't understand. She chose to end it, and the 'balance' was transferred to someone else, and it changed."

"Hearing you say that, I think I understand what Sun Jing meant by 'borrowing Yin life'."

The monkey nodded, then suddenly looked up at me and asked, "Qi Zhen is gone, but what about Lin Qin'en's remaining consciousness? Did it just vanish?"

"This is such a profound question, you can figure it out yourself."

I pulled Pidan up and left the restaurant amidst the monkey's accusations of 'valuing women over friends'.

Then, the two held hands and quickened their pace, even running.

From afar, one could faintly hear the monkey roaring, "You two ate the most, why should I pay the bill?"

(End of this chapter)