Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 496 "Qiu Family Mother and Son"

"what?!"

The Du family members were startled again. After realizing what was happening, they all looked over at Du Anrao.

"Why is she absorbing their luck? Is she planning something bad?"

"As I just mentioned, Xi Yanjia is one of the female protagonists in the two books related to An An."

The other is Li Qianxi, who has already been convicted and imprisoned in a more heavily guarded place.

As for Xi Yanjia, because the Lu family's matter occurred relatively late and the process is still ongoing without a conviction, she is only temporarily under surveillance, which is slightly better than Li Qianxi's situation.

As the female lead, she should theoretically have some of the "female lead aura" in Du Anrao's eyes.

After realizing that Wen Xia Nuan's warnings had no effect and that all other side quests had collapsed to the point that even the script's creator couldn't recognize them, severely slowing down its original plans, the world consciousness may have finally realized that Du An Rao, this unplanned anomaly, was the real "black sheep." If it doesn't deal with her first, it fears it'll never be able to get the plot back on track.

Given this, it's easy to guess why it took away Xi Yanjia's affections at this time.

After hearing Xi Jingyue's analysis, the Du family members all changed their expressions.

"Her target is An'an?!"

"What should we do? She can make someone disappear into thin air, could she make An'an disappear into thin air too?" Du's mother held Du Anrao's hand tightly, afraid that if she let go, her daughter would disappear before her eyes.

Seeing this, Du Anrao quickly comforted her, "Mom, don't worry. If it could really make me disappear out of thin air, it wouldn't have just controlled Wen Xia Nuan to make threats against me before, and now it has taken Xi Yan Jia away, trying to harm me through her. I guess that although it is hiding in the shadows and can manipulate people's hearts, it is also subject to some restrictions and cannot directly attack me, which is why it has to adopt such a roundabout approach."

“An’an is right. Things haven’t gotten that serious yet. We can’t afford to panic.”

Du's mother rolled her eyes at her husband: "It's not that serious yet. According to An'an, that thing can't directly harm her, but it can use others to do so, like that Xi Yanjia. What if, what if it sends someone directly to An'an? Wouldn't that be impossible to guard against?"

After Du's mother said this, the room fell silent again.

After realizing what had happened, everyone's expression changed. Even Du Anrao frowned and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

“Your mother’s words are not without reason.” Du Desheng said coldly, his face slightly grim. “I have already spoken with Lao Xu and asked him to arrange for some more people to come and protect you. Before Xi Yanjia is caught, all of us must be on high alert and we must not let any dangerous or suspicious individuals get close to An’an.”

"No need, Grandpa. Uncle Xu has already sent enough people to protect me. If he sends more, we might not even have anywhere to stay."

Du Desheng could indulge her in other matters, but not this one. He immediately raised his eyebrows and said sternly, "Nonsense! How can you push away the person you're protecting at a time like this? Besides, the person I asked him for this time is different from the one before."

"Why is it different?"

"Those who came to protect you before were mostly skilled martial artists, but this time they are mainly technicians. Technicians are usually very bright, and they might be able to come up with a way to solve the problem of Xi Yanjia's elusive nature."

As soon as Du Desheng finished speaking, his phone rang.

Du Desheng spent a few minutes finishing the call, his expression subtle.

"Grandpa, what's wrong? What happened?"

"They agreed. Not only did they agree, but people from other departments also said they would send people over to help. It's going to be quite lively here these next few days."

Du Anrao: "..." Goodness, I feel like a monkey in a zoo now, everyone wants to come and take a look.

Everyone: Pfft...

Regardless, the arrival of these people demonstrated the importance the higher-ups placed on Du Anrao. In the following days, although these professionals failed to find a definitive answer from Du Anrao's side, good news came from Du Yihan's side.

The virus that was orchestrated by Heaven to wipe out the main characters and plunge the world into apocalypse was finally contained and treated thanks to the cooperation of reporter Ms. Guo and the concerted efforts of experts from all over the world in the laboratory.

The success of Du Yihan and others' research means that the Heavenly Dao's plan to drag the entire world down with the apocalypse has completely failed.

This chaos, which affected countless people, ended before it even began, finally putting Du Anrao's mind at ease.

However, for her personally, Du Yihan's success is very likely to provoke the already raging Heavenly Dao consciousness.

Worried that Xi Yanjia's revenge would implicate her family, Du An tried to send the others away, but her family had anticipated her intentions and refused to leave her no matter what.

Another week passed peacefully. On this day, Du's mother was preparing to cook for Du Anrao herself, making her favorite dessert cakes, when there was a sudden knock on the door.

Everyone in the room tensed up instantly and turned to look at the door.

Who would come at this time?

They don't have many acquaintances in City B. Du Anrao's uncle and Du Desheng have already made explanations beforehand, and they probably won't be visiting anytime soon.

But who else would come at this time besides them?

"I'll go take a look." After thinking for a moment, Mr. Du put away the tea leaves in his hand and walked out.

Although the others did not follow, they all stood up and spontaneously walked to Du Anrao's side, fully alert.

Perhaps because they had been waiting for a long time, before Mr. Du could even check the peephole, a familiar voice called out from outside the door: "Miss Du, are you home?"

Du Anrao was taken aback when he heard the voice: "It's Ms. Qiu."

"The Ya Yu Jewelry one?"

"Yes, she brought Mr. and Mrs. Liu here once before."

Du Anrao's mention of it brought it all back to mind.

“I didn’t tell them what happened here.”

Although the Qiu family mother and son were cannon fodder in Li Qianxi's book, they were only mentioned briefly as background characters and blood bags, belonging to the category of people who were noticed but not aware of the situation.

Mrs. Du breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but hesitated for a moment: "Then let them in?"

Du Anrao frowned but didn't say anything.

The next second, her phone rang, and the caller ID showed Ms. Qiu.

Du Anrao answered the phone, and Ms. Qiu's voice came from both outside the door and on the phone at the same time: "Ms. Du, are you home? We need to talk to you about something."

"I'm here, Aunt Qiu, please wait a moment, I'll have someone open the door for you."

After Du Anrao finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Everyone else in the room breathed a sigh of relief, and Du's father even reached out to open the door.

Du Anrao suddenly realized something, his expression changing slightly: "Wait a minute..."