Hospital 444
Chapter 248 - 39 - The Mystery of Past Lives

Chapter 248: 39 Chapter The Mystery of Past Lives

The two people who had spoken to Uncle had evidently not been entirely truthful, and it seemed that for this reason, Uncle hadn’t been entirely honest with them either.

Hai Han watched the two departing figures and immediately, with agile movements, followed after them.

What exactly was the purpose of these two people coming to the island? And what secrets did the woman in the painting hold? Hai Han’s curiosity grew stronger, and he prepared to thoroughly investigate. If these two posed a danger to Uncle, he would be able to warn him in time.

Hai Han followed closely but was confident they wouldn’t notice him. It wasn’t long before he saw them enter the Rosy Inn in the small town.

"So it’s here..."

The owner of the Rosy Inn was an old acquaintance of his parents and Uncle.

They planned to stay, it seemed?

Just wait for the drama to unfold!

When he got back home, his family was just about to have dinner, but Uncle made an excuse about having something to do and wanted to head home.

"Brother, the food is ready, why don’t you stay and eat with us?" Ji Danshu clearly couldn’t understand why her brother suddenly wanted to leave.

But Ji Danyang seemed to have lost his appetite, made a few excuses, and left.

...In the evening.

With the rising tide of the sea, gusts of cold wind blew. The light from the lighthouse appeared to be devoured by the waves at any moment.

Hai Han once again knocked on the door of the wooden cabin.

The young man who opened the door was very surprised.

"Why have you come at such a late hour?"

Looking at the young man before him, Hai Han sighed and said, "Something strange happened today. Two people came looking for Uncle..."

"Oh, that. I already know about it."

"Ah? You know?"

"Your Uncle just visited." The young man let Hai Han inside and closed the door, saying, "You and he missed each other by hardly any time. Your parents allowed you to come out this late?"

Hai Han curled his lips and said, "I waited till they were asleep before coming out. They don’t know about it. What did Uncle say to you just now?"

Honestly, Hai Han was a bit worried; the man and the woman felt too eerie, and their words were quite unsettling.

"He... brought up some past events."

"I want to hear them. What kind of past events?"

"You should know this, your dad wasn’t originally from Han Tie Town."

"Yes, he was from Yue He Town to the southeast of the island. But, when Dad was young, he was known as an exceptional fisherman. Almost nobody on the island didn’t know or like him, and there were no shortage of young girls who were fond of him."

"Back then..."

However, Grandpa stopped mid-sentence and did not continue.

"Grandpa?"

"Your dad has never told anyone who he was in his previous life. And your mother, she still hasn’t remembered her past life till now."

Upon hearing this, Hai Han asked curiously, "Does Dad also not remember his previous life?"

"No." Grandpa shook his head: "He’s lying. In fact, he remembers his previous life, but he doesn’t say it."

"Wait... when Uncle came just now, was that what he talked to you about?"

"Pretty much... conversations with an old man often end up being about the past."

Looking at the young man before him, calling himself an old man seemed rather comical.

At this moment though, Hai Han had no time to be concerned about that and continued to inquire urgently: "Grandpa, then, what exactly did Uncle tell you? The two who came looking for Uncle are very strange, I heard some unsettling things from them. They kept mentioning something about a ’woman in a painting’..."

"Your uncle and I have discussed this matter. As for the woman in that painting, I also know her identity."

"You do?"

"That person... is the good friend of your mother’s that I mentioned to you before."

"Aunt Leng Mu?"

"Right."

Hai Han blinked, staring intently at the youth, and asked, "What exactly is going on here? Wasn’t Aunt Leng said to have disappeared without a trace to this day?"

"That is correct to say..."

At this point, Hai Han suddenly felt something wasn’t right.

The words of the youth’s grandfather didn’t seem right—hearing them was like hearing an implicit message that said, "In reality, that’s not the case."

"I never liked that girl. I didn’t want your mother to be friends with her. However, your mother was especially kind to her and even followed her to learn painting. But the moment I saw her, I felt very uncomfortable. Then, I realized that her gaze was familiar, as if she was someone I had met before."

Someone he had met... before?

What did that mean?

Suddenly, Hai Han thought of something.

Before he could voice his own guess, the youth continued, "Back then, when your father met your mother, she was already by your mother’s side..."

While saying this, the youth seemed to have fallen into some memory, and then, his expression became very strange, one of extreme distaste.

"I heard that my father also knew Aunt Leng back then..."

"Yes. That’s why I didn’t expect things to develop to this point..."

That statement confused Hai Han even more. Connecting the context, Hai Han couldn’t comprehend the meaning of those words.

"Develop to this point... what do you mean?"

The grandfather’s words left Hai Han puzzled.

"Aunt Leng... Grandpa, you knew Aunt Leng in a past life, right?"

The youth before Hai Han fell silent.

Clearly, this silence was an acknowledgment.

Hai Han watched as the youth remained silent, unable to bear the quiet any longer, he had to speak up again, "Those two people, they both said, this is their first time coming to Blue Island, and they hadn’t met Aunt Leng Mu either. Isn’t that strange? They managed to paint her even though they’ve never seen her before; could that mean these two people are also reincarnated beings? But that’s not right. You and my uncle said only natives of Blue Island who have had a sea burial can reincarnate, and after reincarnation, they would definitely be born again on Blue Island, right?"

"I don’t know about that. But it’s certain they aren’t reincarnated beings from Blue Island."

For a moment, the room fell silent again.

Hai Han noticed that the youth seemed lost in some memory. Clearly, it was a memory related to Aunt Leng Mu. For some reason, the youth’s grandfather harbored a deep sense of revulsion towards her. And just now he had also mentioned that his father had once encountered Aunt Leng, followed by the statement "I didn’t expect things to develop to this point."

What on earth did that mean?

But clearly, the youth didn’t want to delve into this topic.

"When your uncle told me, I was actually quite surprised. Those two people posted on the internet; they’ve drawn many pictures, and in those pictures, they’ve painted Aunt Leng Mu’s... that woman’s face to look very terrifying and fierce, like a female ghost. This part... concerns me a bit..."

"Female ghost?"

"In their paintings, Leng Mu sinks into the sea, but she didn’t reincarnate; instead, she became..."

At that moment, Hai Han couldn’t help but recall the first time he inadvertently encountered his uncle and the youth outdoors and overheard their conversation.

At that time, he clearly remembered the two talked about the topic of sea burials and reincarnation.

Normally, if a native of Blue Island is given a sea burial, the likelihood of them reincarnating as a newborn on the island is almost a hundred percent. However, there is one exception.

If the person was murdered, they cannot undergo a sea burial, and reincarnation... would be absolutely impossible!