CHAPTER 625: CHAPTER 254: SYSTEM CALLS ME TO SAVE THE DAY (PART 11)

Qiao Zhenbang stared blankly at the series of dramatic events unfolding before him, his current state quite miraculous—

His Divine Soul seemed to have been extracted, leaving only an empty shell.

Although he could see and hear, it was as if he couldn’t process thoughts, merely watching and listening, as his brain completely ceased to function.

Because a question kept flashing through his mind: What’s going on? What exactly is happening?

This was another incident different from his past life, and moreover, these people had no connection with the Qiao Family at all.

If it had been Qiao Zhenbang himself or a family member who experienced something different from the past life, Qiao Zhenbang might think it was his own doing.

After all, since he suddenly had memories of his past life, his words and actions, to some extent, were influenced.

And even a small change could trigger completely different consequences.

Hmm, this is what the memories in his mind referred to as the "butterfly effect."

But, this Qian Xiue and Cao Changsheng, they were really just strangers.

At most, Qiao Zhenbang had been following Qian Xiue and hadn’t spoken even half a word to her.

How could this—

Wait! Perhaps Qian Xiue had a premonitory dream.

Just like him or Second Brother Qiao, although the things in the dreams were somewhat surprising, they were all warnings.

For example, Qiao Zhenbang dreamed about his past life and knew his wife wasn’t sincere.

In fact, Jiao Jiao married him for his money, and once he confronted her, Jiao Jiao showed her true colors.

And then there was Second Brother Qiao, who dreamed that a female student plagiarized his paper.

In reality, it might not be plagiarism, or it could be a false accusation, or perhaps some other plot.

And then there was the current situation with the Cao Family; maybe Qian Xiue also dreamed that her husband had a questionable background.

Just causing a stir, Qian and Cao families clashing might expose Mrs. Cao’s scheme to elevate her own niece.

Thus, Qian Xiue’s tragedy could also be avoided!

Right!

It must be a dream!

Qiao Zhenbang felt like he had found the root cause, believing that Qian Xiue, like their brothers, was also cared for by fate.

"What dream? I haven’t heard of Master Qian having any dreams."

"I did hear, however, that someone Master Qian helped years ago incidentally heard a rumor, and after investigating, found it was related to Master Qian’s son-in-law and then wrote to warn Master Qian!"

"Master Qian read the letter, felt it was absurd, but since he cared about his son-in-law, he still had someone look into it."

"My goodness, not caring to investigate would have been fine, but once they did investigate, they uncovered a huge secret of the Cao Family!"

These past few days, the town had no other topic, seemingly everyone was discussing the Cao Family’s "crown prince switch."

This "national discussion" was even more intense than the turmoil caused by Qian Xiue’s suicide in Qiao Zhenbang’s remembered "past life."

Also, considering it was common in their area for a young wife to seek death—though not a daily occurrence—it wasn’t really something rare.

Qian Xiue’s death had sparked lively discussions and lasted long purely because her means of death was quite astonishing.

The incident itself wasn’t too extraordinary.

Exchanges of babies, things like that, were much rarer.

Everyone had only heard about "crown prince switches" in operas but never expected such a plot to happen in real life.

And right around them!

The people of the town and the surrounding areas were both amazed and excited.

Almost everyone who met talked about it, whether they knew each other or not, unable to calm their gossip-thirsty hearts.

And here was Qiao Zhenbang strolling through town, merely going to the People’s Restaurant for a bowl of noodles, when a fellow diner at his table grabbed him for a "casual chat."

Coincidentally, Qiao Zhenbang also wanted to inquire about the details.

That day, he had been so absorbed in standing outside the door, out of control, that he unwittingly wandered off to another street.

By the time he came to his senses and ran back in front of the Qian Family home, wanting to continue observing the event’s progress, the two families had already gone inside.

Once the door was shut, he had no idea what they all talked about.

Having missed the most direct source of the news, and since Qiao Zhenbang knew neither the Qian, Cao, nor any other group involved, he was unaware of the details.

As Qiao Zhenbang pondered how to gather information, the diner, who claimed to be a colleague of Mr. Qian, began to show off unprompted.

Qiao Zhenbang exchanged some pleasantries and seized the opportunity to ask the question that lingered in his mind, "How did Master Qian come to know about this?"

"I heard something about a ’dream warning’; could it be that Master Qian also had such an adventure?"