The man wore a black baseball cap, and his deep eyes appeared even darker in the shadow of the cap's brim. He looked up at the mirror and stared intently at Xia Linyin behind him through the mirror.

The moment Xia Linyin's gaze met the man's on the mirror, Xia Linyin felt as if she were being pierced through by his gaze, as if she were firmly pinned to her seat from head to toe by his eyes!

Seemingly sensing Xia Linyin's nervousness, the man laughed.

The oppressive feeling dissipated, and his beautiful eyes curved slightly, carrying a hint of a smile and a touch of heartwarming tenderness.

It's the tenderness and sweetness that comes from seeing a loved one, and you naturally smile when you look at them.

I pamper you, I like you, and I look at you tenderly.

Even the black beauty mark at the corner of the man's eye seemed to gain warmth and color.

Another personality I've never seen before! Xia Linyin licked her lips, which had become a little dry.

Her tongue darted out from between her pearly white teeth, unconsciously brushing across her lips before quickly retracting.

The man's eyes darkened. He looked away and forward to avoid letting his previous aggressive, predatory gaze, as if he wanted to devour people alive, reappear.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" the man asked, his deep, melodious voice like the plucking of a cello string.

Xia Linyin had seen Xiao Li show different sides of herself before, but this was completely different from how she felt now.

Her familiarity with Xiao Li was etched into her very bones and soul.

This sense of familiarity is like a sixth sense; it's inexplicable and indescribable, yet it's undeniably real.

No matter what Xiao Li looks like, even if he wears a hood and covers himself up completely, and is thrown into a group of people dressed the same way, she can still recognize him at a glance from his movements, his eyes, or his back.

Now, looking at each of the different Xiao Lis, she feels that something is missing from them, and there is a sense of unfamiliarity that makes it difficult for her to get close to them.

"You..." Xia Linyin paused after uttering the word, then pursed her lips and asked, "You all remember who I am?"

"It's not that I remembered, it's that I never forgot," the man replied, driving with his eyes fixed straight ahead, his fingertips lightly stroking the steering wheel.

“We haven’t forgotten you, we’ve just hidden our memories of you.” The man glanced at Xia Linyin, the black beauty mark at the corner of her eye drawing attention, and said, “We’re afraid of losing them, not even a little bit.”

In the instant she fell into a coma due to the aftereffects of the final battle, Xiao Li subconsciously protected all her memories of Xia Linyin, hiding them in a deeper part of her mental world. Xia Linyin herself was the key that triggered those memories.

Not allowing any memory related to Xia Linyin to be lost, they instinctively protected it when it might be damaged.

"Didn't you forget me?" Xia Linyin murmured, then she curved her lips into a smile, knowing that Xiao Li could not possibly have forgotten her. Suppressing the joy welling up in her heart, she asked, "Then do you know... that this is in your spiritual world?"

"I know," the man replied without hesitation.

Ninety-nine percent of their memories were related to Xia Linyin. After unlocking all their memories of Xia Linyin, they already knew where they were and that they were in a deep coma.

Know--

This is their spiritual world.

"Since you know, then hurry up and wake up and come back to reality. Looking at you motionless in the nutrient tank, I'm really worried and afraid that you won't wake up," Xia Linyin said.

The man remained silent.

Xia Linyin's heart sank, and her voice became more cautious and uncertain, "You... can wake up, right?"

The man shook his head. "No."

"Why?" Xia Linyin asked urgently, leaning forward and grabbing the back of the chair behind the man. "Why can't you wake up? Tell me, what do I have to do to wake you up?"

"Because some personalities don't want to go back." The man gave an answer that Xia Linyin hadn't expected: the reason they couldn't wake up was because some personalities didn't want to go back, didn't want to return to reality.

These personalities are an integrated whole. As long as one personality is unwilling to wake up, the rest of them cannot wake up unless—that personality is killed.

"Don't want to go back? Why don't you want to go back?" Xia Linyin asked, puzzled. "Could it be... that they don't want to see me?"

If she hadn't actively entered Xiao Li's mental world, all she would have seen in her entire life was Xiao Li lying asleep in the nutrient pod, and he would never have been able to see her again unless he woke up.

But now he's telling her that some personalities mean that a part of Xiao Li's consciousness doesn't want to wake up. Does he want to never see her again and remove her from his world forever?

The man thought Xia Linyin's question was adorably silly. He looked at Xia Linyin with great affection and said, "We can keep you here."

Xia Linyin didn't immediately understand what the man meant. When she finally realized it, she opened her mouth in astonishment, unsure of what to say.

I even felt a chill.

How could they not want to see her? It's just that they don't necessarily have to be in the real world to see Xia Linyin. They can also keep her here, forever in their spiritual world.

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