Lu Qing is now certain that Qin Wang is Qin Yuebai, and Lin Na surely knows the reason behind it.
Master forbade Lu Qing to get involved in this matter, so Lu Qing did not get involved, but that did not mean she could not guide Qin Wang to regain Qin Yuebai's memories.
Lu Qing was already on guard when Lin Na appeared.
That's why she dragged Gu Xicheng into this whole charade; sure enough, Lin Na slipped up.
"Uncle, we misunderstood, I'm so sorry!" Lu Qing apologized with a smile.
"It's alright. After all, I look so much like your senior brother that even I almost couldn't tell us apart."
Lin Na was somewhat puzzled by Lu Qing's way of addressing Qin Wang:
"Honey, why does she call you 'cousin'?"
Qin Wang: "Her roommate Leng Wei is my cousin. When I came here yesterday, I visited my cousin's house, and it was Leng Wei who received me. Then I treated them to dinner in the evening."
Linna nodded slightly, letting out a silent sigh of relief.
"Oh, right! Didn't you come here for wontons? The line over there is shorter now, you should hurry up, or you won't get any." Lu Qing changed the subject.
"Okay, I'll go queue up now."
Qin Wang got up and left, but Lin Na didn't leave; she wanted to get some information out of Lu Qing.
"Um... I'm sorry about earlier!"
Lu Qing laughed and said, "It's alright. It's normal for my uncle to be worried, he's so handsome."
Gu Xicheng: "Qingqing, I'm handsome too, but don't worry, I won't even glance at other women."
Lu Qing almost choked on the wonton soup when she heard this.
This guy is getting more and more shameless. He used to be a closet pervert, but now he's openly flirtatious. I can't even handle him anymore.
"I know! Hurry up and eat yours!" Lu Qing's expression was both helpless and amused.
Seeing how good the relationship was between Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng, Lin Na felt much more at ease.
"By the way! If I may ask, are you and your senior brother very close?"
Lu Qing: "Yes! Like my senior brother, I was raised by our master and mistress. We grew up together since we were little. He is like a brother to me."
Lin Na's eyes flickered slightly: "Then where did he go now?"
Lu Qing: "I don't know, Master said he went down the mountain to travel."
Linna: "If he doesn't answer your calls, aren't you worried that something might have happened to him?"
Lu Qing stopped eating, rested her chin on her hand, and thought for a moment:
"Oh right! Although Senior Brother doesn't usually use his phone much, he wouldn't go this long without returning a call. He should at least reply to a message!"
"No! I have to call him again later. If he still doesn't answer, I'll have to tell my fellow disciples to go down the mountain and look for him."
Hearing this, Linna gritted her teeth angrily.
Damn it! What nonsense is this mouth of yours asking!
At this moment, Qin Wang came over carrying two bowls of wontons, and also took a bowl of chili sauce and poured some vinegar on it.
Lu Qing blinked.
Even if the eldest brother loses his memory, he can't change this habit.
Just then, Qin Wang brought over another bowl of dried chili powder.
He originally intended to hand it to Lu Qing, but after hesitating for a moment, he placed it in front of Lin Na instead.
Linna frowned:
"I can't eat spicy food, why are you giving it to me!"
Qin Wang forced a smile: "Sorry! I forgot!"
In his memory, there was someone who liked to eat wontons dipped in dried chili powder, but he couldn't remember who that person was.
I only remember that I always poured a bowl of dried chili powder into my bowl when I ate wontons.
Lu Qing kept staring at the bowl of dried chili powder while eating, but with Gu Xicheng watching, she could only look at the chili powder and not eat it.
She's been eating too many different things these past few days, which has caused her stomach to feel a bit upset.
She went to the bathroom several times last night, so Gu Xicheng stopped her from eating spicy food.
Otherwise, she would have already downed a bowl of chili powder.
Lu Qing looked at it and became increasingly tempted, so she said to Gu Xicheng:
"I'm almost finished eating. Can you go buy me another bowl? I want to eat more."
"good!"
Gu Xicheng put down his spoon, got up and left, taking the bowl of chili powder with him.
"You can eat as many bowls of wontons as you like, but you're not allowed to touch the chili peppers."
Lu Qing immediately became unhappy, her pouting lips practically sticking out of their sockets.
Qin Wang couldn't help but laugh when he saw her like this:
"Do you want some chili peppers?"
Lu Qing nodded: "Yes! Chili powder is the soul of wontons, isn't it!"
"But I've been eating too much these past few days and got an upset stomach, so Gu Xicheng won't let me eat anymore."
Lu Qing rested her chin on her hand, helplessly eating the clear soup wontons.
Qin Wang lowered his eyes, concealing the emotions within them.
Gu Xicheng quickly brought over another bowl, but this time he added some seasonings to the soup.
Although it still doesn't have chili peppers, the taste is much better than the clear broth version.
Lu Qing had to attend class, so Gu Xicheng took her to school after they finished eating.
As soon as they left, Lina asked, pretending to be casual:
"Was that bowl of chili powder for that little girl? You seem to know exactly what she likes to eat?"
Qin Wang was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said:
"No way! I just thought the chili powder here smelled really good, so I wanted to try it."
"I met her for the first time yesterday, how would I know what she likes to eat?"
"Really? Anyone who didn't know better would think you fell in love with her at first sight!" Lin Na's tone was full of sarcasm.
Qin Wang frowned slightly: "Don't talk nonsense. She has a fiancé. It wouldn't be good if people heard that!"
"She's already far away, she can't hear me!" Linna angrily threw down her spoon.
Upon seeing this, Qin Wang picked up the vinegar from the side and poured it into her bowl.
Linna quickly stopped her: "Why did you pour vinegar into my bowl? It's so sour!"
Qin Wang: "What's the point of a vinegar jar if it's not used to hold vinegar!"
After realizing what was happening, Lin Na couldn't help but laugh, then glared at Qin Wang:
"Who are you calling a jealous person?!"
Qin Wang smiled, then took a napkin and wiped Lin Na's mouth.
"Alright! Don't overthink it. She already has a fiancé who's so much younger than me. How could I possibly have any feelings for her!"
"Nothing is better!" Linna said fiercely, but a smile had already appeared on her face.
Qin Wang continued eating, but a hint of coldness flashed in his lowered eyes.
After arriving at school, Lu Qing called Qin Yuebai again.
The phone call still didn't go through, so she sent a message asking where Qin Yuebai was and why she wasn't answering the phone.
More than an hour after the message was sent, someone finally replied.
[Junior sister, I'm deep in the mountains right now, the signal is bad, so I didn't receive the call.]
Lu Qing replied immediately:
Oh, I see! I thought something had happened to you!
[Senior Brother, I saw someone who looks exactly like you yesterday, I almost thought it was you!]
The reply from the other side: "In this vast world, there are many people who look alike."
Lu Qing: [Yeah! I was a little surprised!]
Be careful when you're out and about. Did you wear the cinnabar bracelet I made for you?
There was a moment of silence on the other end before a reply: "I've brought it."
Upon seeing the message, Lu Qing couldn't help but sneer.
The person opposite her wasn't her senior brother at all. He didn't like wearing things, so she had never given him any cinnabar bracelets.
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