Chapter 484 - 27: Awakening
After more than two hours on the return bus journey, Zhang Yiyi slept from beginning to end. When she stepped onto the concrete paths of Beijing, she said goodbye to Xiao Xian and Mrs. Zeng in high spirits and took the train back to Tianjin to spend the summer vacation.
Mrs. Zeng knew Xiao Xian’s home was in Yanqing and thought it would be too tiring for her to rush back to Yanqing directly on the same day, so she suggested Xiao Xian stay at their house for one night and find someone to take her back to Yanqing the next day.
Xiao Xian agreed, and after arriving at Zeng’s villa, she made another call to Zhuo Feng to confirm that the farm was okay for the next few days. Only then did she say she would return home tomorrow and brought back a large bag of local specialties.
Mrs. Zeng sent the two back home and then went straight to the office.
When they got home, Grandma Zeng wasn’t there either. Every time Zeng Xuerou went out with Mrs. Zeng, Grandma Zeng liked to follow two or three other old ladies to Guangji Temple to chant sutras, eat vegetarian food, and stay for a few days. The past ten or more days had been the same.
After organizing their luggage, Zeng Xuerou and Xiao Xian sat in the living room, each lost in thought, waiting for the other to come up with a rationale.
"Xuerou, are you certain that you could see distant vehicles when you closed your eyes earlier?" On the return bus ride, Zeng Xuerou suddenly came up with that statement out of nowhere, and considering the proximity of seats on the bus, Xiao Xian did not dare to directly ask for clarification.
"It’s not just the front; the back as well. Also, I just tested it, and even without closing my eyes, I can see, but the range of visible vehicles is smaller. With eyes closed, I can see about one kilometer ahead and behind. If I keep my eyes open, I can only see around half a kilometer." Zeng Xuerou had never discovered this talent in herself until she returned from the Summer Villa and suddenly had it.
"Didn’t you say your dad could see, too?" Xiao Xian didn’t want to bring up Xuerou’s father unless it was urgent, as every time she mentioned her deceased father, Xuerou would get upset.
"Yes, but he could only see a few hundred meters away. After I was born, my father even asked me several times, and I clearly couldn’t see," If it were in the past, sudden acquisition of such an ability would not have been accepted by Zeng Xuerou. But having met Xiao Xian and seen Mei Nian and Monk Tianya, Zeng Xuerou gained a preliminary understanding of Cultivators, including a stronger acceptance of abruptly arisen superpowers.
"How about we go out and try?" Xiao Xian suggested. Since Xuerou was not a Cultivator, she must be a Superpower Enhancer, another category that Zhuo Feng had mentioned.
Superpower Enhancers are also different; some are born with it, while others acquire it from a special encounter, like Xuerou, who was probably in between. Her deceased father was a Superpower User, and although it was not clear where his superpower came from, something during her trip to the Summer Villa or, more likely, some method used by Monk Tianya, awakened her superpower.
Zeng Xuerou drove out the familiar red sports car she often used between school and home, leaving the third ring road.
"Are you ready?" Xiao Xian sat on the passenger seat, asking Zeng Xuerou. They specifically drove out of the city, smoothly traveling outside the third ring road, where traffic was sparse at this time.
"Yes, I’ll keep my eyes open, but I need to concentrate more than usual when driving," Zeng Xuerou said as she adjusted the steering wheel, sitting upright, quite nervous, with sweaty hands gripping the wheel.
"What’s the car after the turn ahead without looking at the rearview mirror?" Xiao Xian randomly mentioned a distance.
"A gray Nissan Teana, Beijing license plate, the number is 98451." After speaking, Zeng Xuerou accelerated, and after the left turn ahead, a gray sedan appeared.
"Wow, that’s right, even the license plate number is exactly the same," Xiao Xian excitedly exclaimed. "It’s incredible to guess like this. What about behind? Just five hundred meters should do."
Before Xiao Xian finished speaking, Zeng Xuerou sped up, weaving through several cars, "It’s that black car again; it belongs to the Xu Family tailing us. I already encountered it once before," Zeng Xuerou was very familiar with the roads in this area and directly took a turn at a junction.
Three minutes later, the people from the Xu Family, who were stuck behind, only reached that junction. Xu Changfu had hit a snag at Zeng’s villa earlier and was not yet discouraged, so he had people watch day and night at the front and back doors of Zeng’s villa, waiting for Mrs. Zeng and Zeng Xuerou to return.