Chapter 147 — The Long-Awaited...
Years of Heartflutter · Page 72 of 501
"It's quite all right. There's nothing to apologize for. It was never your duty in the first place—you were only doing me a favor," Yang Ce said with an understanding laugh. "Say what you will, but I've still put you to trouble."
"I'm glad you understand, President Yang. I'll think of something on my end," Zhang Dejun said.
"No need. Let this matter drop." Yang Ce no longer cared much about that report now. Since he had already decided on a plan of counterattack, whether the report was deleted or not no longer mattered. "I have a new feature interview I need your help with—work out a plan for me."
"That works, President Yang. You name the time and I'll come find you," Zhang Dejun said.
"Tonight. Wait for my call." Yang Ce hung up and looked again at the diary in his hand. He thought to himself, if Zhou Yanning were all right right now, deleting the website's report would probably be an easy matter. But when would she ever wake up?
At that thought, Yang Juehuan's mood grew heavy again.
To be continued
738. Speculations About Special Abilities
738 Speculations About the Power. The renovation was nearly done. The foreman had called—they were in the final stage. The materials were all eco-friendly, but even the slightest volatile compound was bad for the body, especially for a patient like Zhou Yanning who stayed home all the time. Yang Ce could not afford to be careless, and he planned to let the place air out for a while after the work was finished before bringing Zhou Yanning in.
Setting Zhou Yanning's diary aside, Yang Ce began to think about his own ability. Last time, in the car, Yang Minlan had more or less gotten a handle on her own power—it was just that these past few days had been busy, with all sorts of odds and ends piling up at once, and Yang Ce had not been able to think the problem through systematically.
Now that he finally had some free time, Yang Ce meant to give it some proper thought.
His previous line of reasoning had basically been right: every time that "seeing" others' thoughts had occurred, it had been at moments of extreme crisis. Yang Yongjin believed his ability had some kind of warning function. But if that were so, why had there been no warning the previous few times—like when Wang Lin talked him into going to Heaven on Earth, or when he inexplicably ended up in bed with Lin Yanhe? And afterward, when Zhou Yanning took a bullet for him—none of those had been forewarned.
So Yang Ce's thinking at the time had been: when others were tense, he could see their thoughts clearly. But he had run a few more experiments afterward and found that was not how it worked.
And before that, another idea had occurred to Yang Ce: that when he concentrated, he could "see" others' thoughts.
Looking back now, it seemed that every time had indeed been like that—only, perhaps the ability worked only when both conditions were met at once.
For instance, the first time this ability appeared, he had discovered two burglars in his own home. With thieves in the house, his mind was naturally focused and tense, and the burglars, in the act of stealing, would most likely be tense as well.
The second time was on a bus, when he and Chen Shutang encountered a thief with a knife. Pulling a knife openly on a bus, the man must have been under some psychological pressure—no one would believe he was not nervous. And Yang Ce, fearing the thief might hurt Chen Shutang, had not dared to be careless, so his concentration was a given.
The third time was in Tengchong, when he heard the thoughts of that young woman, Li Moli. Li Moli had been wrongly accused of being a thief, so of course she was tense. And Yang Ce, having lost his jade, had no choice but to take things very seriously. Whether his attention had been focused at that moment, Yang Moyi could not quite remember, but it should have been.