Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 212 Lin You's only public photo
After careful consideration, Lin You finally decided to meet with her. It was not because of old friends or old friendship, but because he felt that Helena was persistent and tough. If he refused to meet her, it might arouse her curiosity and stubbornness, and she might try other ways to get close to him.

If the other party really came for the Antikythera Wheel, it would be better to meet and talk it out.

The person brought into the reception room by the old housekeeper was not the beautiful woman in her prime with a changing temperament, but an old woman with gray hair and dignified manners. However, from her temperament and eyes, she still showed her decisiveness and competence in the past.

As soon as they met, Helena shouted "Ha!" with three parts of complaint, five parts of surprise and two parts of confusion, "It's you!"

"What? You weren't sure it was me before we met?" Lin You understood as soon as he heard it. The other party's visit was just a test, but agreeing to meet was equivalent to confirming the other party's guess.

"But now I'm sure it's you." Helena laughed triumphantly.

Lin You didn't care about his identity being exposed, and just asked in confusion: "How did you find me? I remember that we didn't leave any substantial clues when we met."

"You underestimate the ability of an excellent archaeologist."

Helena was very pleased with herself, but Lin You looked at her coldly and ruined her mood with one sentence: "The outstanding archaeologist you mentioned, are you referring to yourself or Dr. Jones?"

"...Okay, I admit that Jones did most of the investigating." Helena rolled her eyes and said, "But it was me who successfully found you, not him; and without his help at all."

Now Lin You also began to feel curious: "How did you find me?"

"Through a photo. It's the formal photo you took when you were awarded the title at Buckingham Palace. Every noble must keep a file photo." Helena smiled strangely and blinked her eyes. "I think you are cuter in the photo."

"That should be the only photo of me left to the outside world. How come you saw it? Do you have any acquaintances in the royal management committee? Or has someone neglected their duties?" Lin You asked half-truthfully.

Helena smiled and said, "Don't you know how much Dr. Jones has contributed to various countries in his life? With his connections and letters of recommendation, I can access most of the non-confidential documents in the world. At least that's the case in the UK."

"Okay, that's understandable." Lin Youyi spread his hands, "How is the doctor, is he still alive?"

"You do not know?"

"Why should I know?"

"You intervened in Jones's expeditions twice in a row. I thought you were always keeping an eye on him."

"First, there were special reasons for those two interventions. I am not concerned about Dr. Jones, but alien civilizations and time rules. It just happened that Dr. Jones discovered them. Secondly, I just got off the plane returning from Syracuse fifteen minutes ago."

Helena's eyes suddenly widened. She was stunned for a long time before she smiled bitterly at herself. "Amazing time travel. Now I can understand why Jones was so crazy about tracking down your origins. Time travel is indeed crazy, especially for an archaeologist."

"He has been investigating me all these years?" Lin You asked with a smile, "How did he do it?"

"After returning from Syracuse, he began to pursue every suspected case of time confusion and time travel in history. He originally regarded these things as sensational scams and hype. But your appearance completely changed him." Helena didn't know what she was thinking, and her expression became strange. "But the investigation results of the vast majority of cases just proved that they were indeed scams." Lin You nodded slightly and said, "Since it is the vast majority, it means that there are still a small number of exceptions?"

"Yes." Helena looked at him with bright eyes. "Did you also go to Egypt - in the 1920s?"

"It seems that you have really got some useful information." Lin You said with a smile, "Who gave you the information? Was it the Americans who went to explore the City of the Dead?"

The only thing that can link the 1920s and Egypt together and is related to Lin You is the expedition to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead. At that time, the author was trapped in the mummy story world by Jupiter and Set for many days, and had a long contact with O'Connor and an American expedition team.

Later, before leaving, Lin You cast a "forgetfulness spell" on everyone; but it only modified the memory of the god's appearance and fabricated a reason for suddenly leaving the expedition camp, but did not completely erase all his memories of participating in the expedition.

If Dr. Jones had the chance to meet the members of the expedition team, he might be able to get some useful information. After all, it is not common to see an Asian boy wearing exquisite clothes in the desert, and it is easy to be associated with them.

Sure enough, when Helena heard Lin You's question, she nodded repeatedly with surprise in her eyes. "Yes, we met the leader of the archaeological team at an academic exchange meeting. Later, we followed this clue and found Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor. Unfortunately, they all said they didn't remember you, but I can see that they are hiding something, including their son."

"Oh." Lin You responded lightly, not feeling surprised.

When different stories are integrated into the big world, the characters in the stories will inevitably intersect; like the O'Connors and Dr. Jones, they are both well-known figures in the archaeological community and are of similar age. Coupled with their own connections, the probability of them meeting each other is naturally greater.

The fusion of these stories of similar genres and close time periods, and the scenes in which the protagonists of the stories intersect with each other, gave Lin You the illusion that he had inadvertently created a kind of "movie universe."

"Can I ask curiously, what is Dr. Jones's purpose in tracking me down? It can't be like I joked, is it to find a goal for his later life?"

Helena's expression froze, and the smile that had been on her face since they met suddenly disappeared. "Although he never said it, I can guess that he did it for his dead son."

Lin You suddenly realized: "He wants to use his ability of time travel to go back to before his son joined the army and change his fate of being killed in battle?"

"Yes."

"Did I not make it clear when I was in Syracuse, or did you not hear it clearly? The history of this world cannot be changed. It would cause unimaginable disasters."

"Of course I know." Helena looked lonely, "but I dare not say these words to him; because it will destroy his last hope, and also mean destroying the last motivation for living in his life - especially after his wife Marion also died."

"So you came to me so that I can be the evil person and say these words to him?"

"No, of course not." Helena denied hastily, "In fact, Jones is... not long for this. I would rather he never know your true identity and never see you again."

(End of this chapter)