Rebirth: He refused to Divorce Again
Chapter 434 - Chapter 434 Chapter 434 The Mysterious Pool

Chapter 434: Chapter 434: The Mysterious Pool Chapter 434: Chapter 434: The Mysterious Pool Gu Qiaoqiao, Shang Qing, and An Xiaotong exchanged a few words before declining their invitations, then the three girls parted ways at the hospital.

They each headed toward their homes.

Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t take a car but instead walked on the road.

She had many thoughts to sort through and walking helped her organize them.

As she walked, she noticed that the sidewalks and some small plazas along the road seemed much brighter.

Then, not far away, she saw a Public Security police car slowly driving past.

It seemed that they were really determined this time.

The safety in the Imperial Capital should be much improved compared to before.

Gu Qiaoqiao walked aimlessly forward and stopped when she passed a square.

In the center of the square was a round pond where children were playing; it was summer vacation now, and despite the hot weather, many still came out to play.

Next to the pond, some elderly were also looking after their children.

Gu Qiaoqiao, too, felt a bit tired from walking and casually sat down on the concrete edge of the pond.

It had rained late last night, and the weather was still somewhat gloomy.

But because there was a river nearby and no tall buildings around, there was a breeze blowing…

It made her moody feelings much better.

In the middle of the pond, there was a stone sculpture of a fish.

At the time of its construction, that fish must have been designed to spout water.

But now, it was just a fish sculpture.

Gu Qiaoqiao unconsciously dipped her hand into the pond, only to startle suddenly.

Her hand lingered in the water for a moment before she slowly took it out.

The temperature of the water was lower than expected and, more importantly, there was something off about the scent of the water.

The scent and the feel of the water in the pond were distinctly different.

Gu Qiaoqiao’s eyebrows slightly raised.

This was interesting.

To randomly come across this.

She dipped her hand into the water again, carefully sensing around.

Her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The scent was slightly cool with a barely detectable malevolent energy.

It was exactly the same as the energy from the small coffin buried under the Old Locust Tree in Gu Garden.

Gu Qiaoqiao stood up and walked around the round pond.

She then stopped on the north side.

The water in the pond was very clear.

This must be a water circulation system.

Plus, the cleaning work was well done, so the water was very clean.

Thus, it was easy to see the stones in the pond.

There were many stones, both black and white.

They were the common type of pebbles.

Roughly the size of a pigeon’s egg.

Gu Qiaoqiao focused her eyes and noticed something strange.

But she couldn’t make anything out.

Gu Qiaoqiao stretched her hand into the pond’s bottom, carefully feeling with her hand.

Bit by bit, she traced the area.

At the spot that felt most peculiar, the black and white pebbles seemed to form a pattern.

It was a pattern of a fish.

The fish’s mouth was open.

As if it was… eating something.

And the fish’s eye was a black round pebble.

It looked very eerie.

This pattern was not visible to the eye.

Only Gu Qiaoqiao’s hand could feel it.

If it weren’t for the fact that the scent here exactly matched the scent under the Old Locust Tree, Gu Qiaoqiao might have walked away.

She already had enough on her plate and thus wouldn’t normally meddle in such unpredictable, unknown matters.

But since fate had led her to discover this, Gu Qiaoqiao felt that she had to do something about it, or else she wouldn’t do justice to the person who had arranged this fish-shaped pattern.