Chapter 107 Chapter 107

Luo Xunfei's conclusion directly overturned all the previous evidence.

All the previous evidence that clearly pointed to Fan Xue was actually deliberately left behind by Jiang Qiongran by controlling Fan Xue.

The turn of events was beyond everyone's expectations.

What followed naturally was to arrest people again and collect evidence.

Team 7 suddenly had a lot more work to do.

Xia Meng is fine, she is still responsible for the handover with Luo Xunfei.

However, ever since she learned of his abilities, she never came within two meters of him again.

Luo Xunfei, who has the ability to recall past events, is a walking lie detector.

As long as he wants, no one's past or plan can escape his eyes.

Luo Xunfei raised his head from his desk and saw that Xia Meng was standing quite a distance away from his desk.

He was very familiar with this scene.

Well, no one likes being spied on.

He was used to it, glancing over and then back again as usual. He looked up and said, "The report has been uploaded. Go back and tell Lao Wang that there's nothing special about Jiang Qiongran. It's mainly a special condition caused by Sentinel Dependence."

Xia Meng: "Sentinel addiction?"

Luo Xunfei nodded: "Yes. Sentinel addiction, a common psychological disorder that occurs specifically in Sentinels."

"The Sentinels' mental states are extremely volatile, requiring frequent and periodic reassurance from their guides. Therefore, they naturally have a physiological need for their guides' mental strength."

As he spoke, Luo Xunfei glanced up at her and suddenly said with a hint of meaning, "Given that you're a special S-rank, the likelihood of you developing this dependency is far higher than with other guides. The higher the rank of the Sentinel, the higher the probability of you triggering this dependency."

He said calmly, "If I were you, I would stay away from Li Zhou."

After saying the last sentence, he smiled again: "Of course, if you also plan to become his significant other, you can ignore what I said."

Xia Meng slowly met his gentle gaze.

His eyes looked like an elder or teacher who was chatting casually.

It's very intimate, but also very confusing.

If the person standing opposite him at this moment was really a rookie guide who had just graduated from school, he might really think that he was just talking casually.

But Xia Meng is different.

She came from the abyss, and in that dark and gloomy place, she developed the ability to discern subtle changes.

She sensed his insight.

I also felt his seemingly unintentional reminder.

"Why..." She blinked, retracting the alertness that had inadvertently flashed in her eyes just now. She closed her eyelids and opened them again, transforming into a pure and clear expression that was inexperienced in the world. She asked earnestly, "Why do you think that if it were me, I should stay away from Li Zhou?"

Luo Xunfei picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and said with a matter-of-fact smile, "Isn't this what you've always acted like?"

Xia Meng stared at him.

Luo Xunfei lowered his eyes and said, "Li Zhou really likes you. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it, and you can see it too. Perhaps only the new guide like you hasn't noticed it."

Xia Meng stopped.

Luo Xunfei said slowly, "Why didn't she see it? I guess you and Li Zhou were deliberately pretending to confuse her, right?"

Although there was a hint of doubt at the end of each sentence, Xia Meng knew that he was very sure.

Did he know something?

Do you know the origins of her and Mai Xi?

Or do you know their purpose of approaching Li Zhou?

Did he use Backtrack on her!?

when! ?

"Hey?" Luo Xunfei raised his index finger, making an interrupting gesture, and said with a smile, "Don't give me that wary look again. I never used the backtracking technique on you."

Xia Meng still stared at him warily.

He looked back at her calmly and smiled, "Really? I wasn't lying. My ability to rewind has a small flaw that almost no one knows about. Well... no, it's not like no one knows about it, but it's a small flaw that even if someone knew about it, they wouldn't care."

He said, "Backtracking will work for any sentinel or guide, except you."

Xia Meng subconsciously wanted to ask why she was an exception, but the next second Luo Xunfei had already given his answer: "Level suppression. This kind of suppression exists between Sentinels, and of course between Guides. Before me, the other two owners of the Retrospection were both S-level, so even if this flaw existed, it was useless. Only I am only A-level."

Of course, Class A is actually enough.

If she hadn't appeared, there wouldn't be much difference between A-level and S-level.

Luo Xunfei raised his eyes and looked at her sincerely: "So, you should be able to believe that I really do not pose any threat to you, right?"

Xia Meng was not bewitched by his sincere and harmless look.

She took two steps forward and walked to the desk.

Across the table, she lowered her eyes and looked at him.

After a long moment, she suddenly tilted her head, a faint smile playing on the corner of her lips: "You seem to... know my origins."

They played charades for most of the day.

As soon as Xia Meng said this, the delicate peace between the two of them that had been glossed over for a long time was instantly torn apart.

Luo Xunfei looked at her in surprise.

He originally thought that she would continue to pretend to be confused, but he didn't expect that the girl would overturn the table as soon as she came up.

Xia Meng suddenly said, "I know you."

Luo Xunfei was stunned.

Xia Meng said, "You are Zhou Qi's cousin. Li Zhou said that when he was a child, he came to Beijing alone and lived in the house you and Zhou Qi rented together. Before he came of age, Zhou Qi was his nominal guardian. You are also half his guardian."

Luo Xunfei laughed after a while: "He even told you this?"

Yeah, even that was said.

When they first met, Li Zhou often pestered her.

He also told her a lot of things around him.

She didn't respond much, but that didn't stop him from chattering away. He talked a lot, and she thought she would not take it to heart, but unexpectedly, her brain automatically remembered it all.

Xia Meng couldn't help but sigh.

That boy was really open with her.

That's too unguarded.

"It's not that he's not wary." Luo Xunfei smiled, "He just always trusts his intuition. If an S-rank Sentinel hadn't been wary of people and things, he might not be alive today."

And at this moment, they are very clear with each other.

Li Zhou was not wary of her.

Actually, there is no such thing for him, Luo Xunfei.

Both she and he were classified by Li Zhou as one of his own people.

Li Zhou trusted both of them.

Their eyes met, and Luo Xunfei met her black and white eyes.

She continued, "You said your flashbacks didn't work on me, but not on him, right? Did you know about me from the beginning?"

Luo Xunfei slowly put down the pen in his hand and chuckled, "You even guessed this? Yes. I've recalled his memories. I know his origins, and I also know that you saved him in the past."

No one would be willing to take in a young S-rank Sentinel who had come all the way to seek refuge with them.

What's more, little Li Zhou at that time had only fragmented memories and couldn't clearly explain what had happened.

As a last resort, Luo Xunfei used backtracking on him.

But to their surprise, the first attempt to trace back failed.

Li Zhou's memory seemed to be covered by a thick fog, and he could not see anything clearly.

He tried many more times afterwards.

After exhausting his mental strength several times, he was able to barely recover part of the truth from the memory shrouded in thick fog.

From the depths of Li Zhou's memory, he saw a little angel sitting on a swing on the cliff.

He also saw the little girl who cried silently with him in front of the tombstone under the moonlight.

Li Zhou's memory had been erased.

Deep in his memory, there is the remnant of the little girl's mental power.

He had forgotten that he had ever seen her.

They also forgot that they once supported each other and escaped death.

But even though he had forgotten all that, the moment they met again, he couldn't help but get close to her again.

Luo Xunfei looked at Xia Meng.

The first time he saw Xia Meng from afar, he recognized her mental power.

She looks different now than when she was a child. Girls change a lot when they grow up. She has grown from a tender and soft little white rabbit into an icy beauty who keeps people at a distance.

Why?

Luo Xunfei quickly found the answer.

From that little Miss Xi girl.

He used backtracking on her secretly.

A bit of a mean-spirited, invasion of privacy though.

But anything involving S-class Sentinels is top priority.

The people in the Black Tower allowed him to act first and report later and to prepare for a rainy day to this extent.

Then--

He saw a lot of shocking truths from Mai Xi's memory.

Dreiser, orphanage, young soldiers, Hermann...

And there is Xia Meng's purpose for coming to China.

The day he finished reading it, Luo Xunfei digested it by himself for a very long time.

I also thought about it for a long time alone.

Xia Meng's identity is too sensitive.

It's too dangerous.

If she really did something, it might be a fatal blow to Li Zhou or the Beijing Tower.

For this purpose, he specifically sought out Li Zhou to hint at it.

"What are your plans for Xia Meng?"

"Planning? I like her. Look, I'm trying my best to pursue her. Don't you think we're a match made in heaven?"

"Zhou Qi has investigated her, and she has a lot of connections with headquarters. Aren't you worried that there will be trouble in the future? What if she is sent by headquarters to set you up as bait?"

"I believe she won't hurt me."

"Why?"

"Because I've given her the chance to hook me a hundred times. If she had done that, I'd probably be at headquarters by now."

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I never expected that this guy would be so love-brained.

However, when she stood in his office and met his eyes.

He almost immediately saw some of the kindness and compassion of her childhood in her beautiful but indifferent eyes.

The little girl hasn't changed.

She is still herself.

…

Xia Meng came out of Luo Xunfei's office.

I walked back to the Special Service Center in a daze.

What she didn't expect was that Luo Xunfei had seen through her cards clearly from the very beginning.

But at the moment, it seems that Luo Xunfei has no intention of exposing her.

He even stood on her side, helping her and Li Zhou to hide the truth from Mai Xi and the headquarters.

It's really strange.

Why is he so kind?

Could it really be purely for Li Zhou?

Just as I was thinking about it, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of me.

She raised her eyes and saw Li Zhou appearing from the side, holding a small potted plant the size of a palm in his hand.

This kind of scene has happened too many times.

He always popped up around her from time to time.

At first, Xia Meng was wary of whether Mai Xi saw it, until she found that he always avoided Mai Xi's sight, so she gradually let down her guard.

She looked up helplessly: "What is it this time?"

Li Zhou smiled and handed the small potted plant to her. "Didn't you say before that you like plants with vitality? Here, do you like this succulent plant? It's easy to care for and beautiful. It will be perfect on the windowsill next to your desk."

In front of me is a pot of lotus-shaped succulents.

The light pink and blue leaves are layered, and there is a circle of bright pink on the edge of the petals, which looks very beautiful.

Xia Meng: “…”

Luo Xunfei was right, this guy really is a love-brained person.

She sighed softly.

If not, it would be much easier for her to explain to Lorenzo.