"You...you need to explain clearly what you did to me."

She gritted her teeth and issued a meaningless threat, "Otherwise, otherwise I'll..."

"Or will you kill me, or die right in front of me?"

Xu Shi laughed happily, completely unconcerned about it.

"..."

Shen Qin was immediately speechless. That was indeed her idea... but she also knew very well that, given her current situation, she didn't even have those rights.

This suddenly made her want to cry. In fact, she didn't even realize that she was becoming more and more prone to these emotions. After being the leader of the "Forgotten Ones" for so many years, her heart should have turned cold long ago...

"That's enough, stop acting like a victim, okay?"

Xu Shi said jokingly, "Didn't you come over here last night, crying and begging me not to leave? I had to be kind and grant your little request... Quickly say thank you, Chairman Xu."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Shen Qin roared, "She must be crazy to do something like this."

"I knew you wouldn't admit it."

Xu Shi laughed and took out a smooth, flattened stone from his pocket.

This is one of the things that Butler Chen delivered last night. According to the description, it is used to record images, which is basically a camera... except that it is the Hualan Empire version of the camera, and the way it records images is completely different.

So Xu Shi casually picked it up and tested it, recording the wonderful moments of last night.

"I recorded it because I thought it was funny, I never expected it to go viral.jpg"

"this……"

The evidence was irrefutable, and Shen Qin couldn't refute it. She could only look at her reflection in the photo, her pretty face growing increasingly red.

What am I doing?!

"If you could always be this well-behaved, we could save ourselves so much trouble."

Xu Shi, however, found it amusing and even recited along with the scene, "Brother, don't go, Xiao Qin will be good..."

"Stop talking!"

Shen Qin was so ashamed she wanted to die; she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

How could she have gone so far as to offer herself up to him? Are you crazy?! She was practically offering herself to him... What the hell?!

"You must have done something..."

She was unwilling to admit that she had done it voluntarily, and weakly refuted it.

"Huh? You're going to deny it after you've had your fun, huh?"

Xu Shi frowned. "Then let's get down to business... How much do you remember about Shenhe?"

"I……"

Hearing him ask that question, Shen Qin couldn't help but think about it, but the result was not pleasant.

The truth is that she has fewer and fewer memories of her brother. The memory loss effect after the body modification does not occur in a sequential manner. Every time she reaches her climax, a portion of her memories related to Shenhe will be randomly erased.

This is actually more terrifying than a step-by-step erasure of memories. If the memories of your brother in your mind are a complete puzzle, taking one piece from the left and one piece from the right will only leave you with a pile of fragments.

As a result, she now finds it difficult to connect many things together. To put it more recently, after reuniting with Shen He, the memories of the rare time the siblings spent alone together have become fragmented. Sometimes she can recall a certain day when she had a rare meal with her brother, but the cause and effect have long since disappeared, leaving only that specific point in time.

Childhood memories are even more so. Some of the scenes that should have been of the four of us, the family, spending time together, or playing with my brother, are now devoid of Chen He, as if they had been deliberately cropped out.

The most direct consequence is that, in her memory, Shen He has become increasingly unreal, and sometimes she even subconsciously wonders if such a person really exists in her life.

Even in yesterday's dream—she did dream of some bad things, of getting separated from her brother and not knowing how many years had passed since… But now, recalling it again, it didn't seem to be like that. Instead, she was just a homeless person who had been destroyed and was displaced, and eventually stumbled into the territory of the "Forgotten".

"No, that's not right..."

She clutched her head in anguish, trying desperately to piece together the fragments of her memory.

What exactly is real, and what is fake?

She dared not think about it; the more she thought about it, the more her head ached.

"I told you long ago, given your current situation, don't be so easily tempted by all the beautiful things in life."

Xu Shi gently tapped the armrest of the chair. "Suppressing dopamine is the only way to preserve your memories longer... It seems you haven't realized this?"

Although it was no use for her to suppress it, since the initiative was in his hands.

"It's all...it's all your fault..."

Shen Qin looked at him listlessly, but he didn't detect much anger in her words.

It wasn't that she didn't want to, but she suddenly realized that her hatred for Xu Shi... was also fading.

It can only be said that this was inevitable—her hatred for Xu Shi originally stemmed from the sinking of the river, so as her memories faded, such emotions would naturally weaken.

There always needs to be a reason to hate someone; if there is no reason, then there is no hate.

She has even developed a slight dependence on Xu Shi now—the pleasure he bestows upon her is far more comforting than anything else, something that no one and nothing can replace.

The aura lingering on Xu Shi, generated by Shen He's abilities, continued to grow stronger in her mind.

Of course, the "implantation of victimhood intent" also plays a significant role here—the influence of "increased entropy of malice" is always subtle, but "implantation of victimhood intent" is more direct.

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