My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 290 Summary, Problems, Goals
Zhuang Xiao didn't hesitate and got up and put on his clothes.

While getting dressed, he glanced at the phone on his pillow.

【2025年4月1日，早上7点32分】

The time is right.

Zhuang Xiao quickly got dressed and washed up, then took out his phone and called Shu Die.

It wasn't long before the call was connected.

".Brother Xiao?"

Judging from her tone, Shu Die seemed very surprised that Zhuang Xiao would call her at this time.

It's indeed early enough now.

But Zhuang Xiao didn't care about that. He immediately asked, "Where are you now?"

"At home, I was planning to visit Sister Yue and then fly back to Luoyang."

Shu Die's tone was a little confused, probably because she had just woken up.

But later on his speech speed became more and more normal, so he must have woken up.

"Okay, I will contact Yueyue later. You two will come back together. After you arrive in Luoyang, go to the gate of the abandoned chicken farm in the suburbs where we lived when we were children. I will send you the location. But remember one thing, don't get off the car or enter the chicken farm when you arrive. Remember to call me." Zhuang Xiao ordered immediately.

The first time Shu Die disappeared was in the capital, and the second time she disappeared was the moment she stepped into the chicken farm.

Zhuang Xiao was worried about letting her wander around outside alone, so he had to keep her under his supervision.

But at the same time, she was not allowed to enter places in Luoyang where there might be "passages".

So the best thing to do is to let her stay outside, and at least stay in a hotel.

"Ah? Okay?" Shu Die on the other end obviously didn't understand why Zhuang Xiao gave such an order, but she still obeyed obediently.

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Xiao immediately called Gu Shiyue again and told her roughly what happened to Shu Die and the previous two time travels.

Gu Shiyue on the other end of the phone keenly discovered the key point, "So the 'shadow world' is not a fragment of the broken timeline?"

"I don't know." Zhuang Xiao said, "I need you to come here before I can study it slowly."

Gu Shiyue immediately said, "I'll buy a ticket now."

"Remember to keep an eye on Xiaodie and don't let her run around. Follow her wherever she goes." Zhuang Xiao then instructed, "I'll send you a copy of the address as well. Don't let her in once you get to the chicken farm."

"Well, I'll get ready. She'll help me get my stuff. She can't run away."

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come over."

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Xiao called Dong Weirui again without stopping.

The other end picked up immediately, "What's up?"

She always goes to bed early and gets up early.

Besides, it was a day off today, and she and Dong Zeyu were not on duty, so they made an appointment to have lunch at Zhuang Xiao's house at noon and spend the afternoon together.

But Zhuang Xiao called so early, there must be something urgent.

"Wei Rui, this is it, listen to me."

Then Zhuang Xiao roughly recounted what had happened when time went back before. Of course, it was not only about the "shadow world", but also about the corpse in the warehouse.

"I understand. I'll call my brother to go to the chicken farm with me."

Zhuang Xiao didn't waste time calling Dong Zeyu and let Wei Rui talk to him.

He called Secretary Zhang and asked her to bring the key to the house sold by An Shihong above his parents' house, and asked her to find a moving team, installers, and electricians in advance. After arranging all this, he immediately drove to the neighborhood where his parents lived.

Secretary Zhang is already waiting here.

After receiving the key, Zhuang Xiao told her to let the electricians go directly to the abandoned warehouse, and then take the movers to wait at the villa in the valley halfway up the mountain.

He went up to the seventh floor and found the photo frame and timeline detector in An Lan's bedroom in An Shihong's house.

And this time, perhaps because it was too early, he also did not see any other Shudie's bodies appear here.

Then Zhuang Xiao went to the valley halfway up the mountain without hesitation, and arranged for people to move the equipment to a warehouse in the suburbs.

The Dong brothers and sisters are already waiting here.

After the installation was completed, Secretary Zhang took the masters away.

Zhuang Xiao went over, squatted down and looked at the transformer.

Well, it looks much more powerful than the transformer we found last time. I guess it can last longer.

He even arranged for Secretary Zhang to bring two diesel generators just in case.

By the time everything was done, it was only 8:27 in the morning.

The last time he went back in time, he had just arrived at the warehouse around 8:30, and he hadn't discovered many other clues yet.

And this time it's all done.

The Dong siblings were holding their phones and looking through the summary document Zhuang Xiao had sent them. After Secretary Zhang led his men away, Dong Zeyu looked at the entrance to the basement and asked, "Brother Zhuang, will the body really appear in here soon?"

"Well, around 9 o'clock." Zhuang Xiao nodded. "I don't know exactly whether the time will change, but it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Then let's wait." Dong Weirui said calmly: "Sister Yue and the others will arrive in Luoyang at 10 o'clock, so it will be around 10:40 when they get here."

"Well, you two can help keep an eye on her from now on. Don't let Xiaodie enter the chicken farm."

Zhuang Xiao reminded them again, and after seeing the two nod in agreement, he picked up the laptop, sat cross-legged and began to organize the information.

The previous information has been sorted out, and he is now mainly sorting out the clues related to the "Shadow World" and what An Lan said at the end.

[Originally, Shudie and Gu Shiyue arrived at noon, but I don’t remember the exact time. But Secretary Zhang and his team left after installing the equipment at 10:30 in the morning, and Yueyue and the others arrived some time later.]

[So this time I can enter the 'Shadow World' in advance, maybe I can change something, and I can also verify one thing, that is, whether my time travel will affect the 'Shadow World'. ]

[If Shu Die and An Lan in the 'Shadow World' still remember what happened, it means that the 'Shadow World' will not be affected by the changes in the timeline of the real world. Otherwise, it means that the previous speculation about the 'Shadow World' was wrong, at least to a certain extent. ]

【So what happened in the 'shadow world'? 】

[I came out of the warehouse and went to the rental house, where I found the body of Shu Die, who was suspected to be a member of the "Shu Die Killing Alliance", and she was killed by An Lan. ]

[After that, I followed the clues back to my parents' home and found An Lan who was there. Not long ago, the female student Shudie had also been here and was forced to lead the zombies away.]

[Then An Lan and I met the high school girl An Lan near the large flat. We went upstairs together, but found nothing new. After that, we went to the park and found Shu Die who was hiding in the strawberry house, but time went back soon after.]

[Conclusion: I will still trigger time travel in the 'shadow world', but when An Lan was about to say something, she suddenly stopped the topic, probably because she knew that I was about to travel back in time.]

[The condition for my time reversal is that the death of a close person starts the story line, and the end of the story line also dies. It can be simply understood that Xiaodie, who was about to come to Luoyang, died, and then the murderer who caused her death also died, so the time reversal was triggered. ]

[That means An Lan knew about the murderer's death at the time, so she predicted my time travel.]

Zhuang Xiao stopped typing on the keyboard temporarily.

So the question is, why did she know that the murderer was dead?

(End of this chapter)