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The hope that had just been ignited was extinguished again.
She stood up and headed for Xu Xing's bedside. The room was dim, but the candle on the desk was still lit, probably because he had forgotten to put it out. This also provided light for Li Zhaoyue, preventing her from tripping over the clutter.
Just now, Xu Xing's attitude towards Lou Yao didn't seem particularly close. If I could get Xu Xing's attention and make him realize that I have actually become a different person, then could I get my body back?
Li Zhaoyue stared at Xu Xing, thinking hard.
He had his eyes closed and was breathing slowly, looking like he was fast asleep. The candle was too far from the bed for Li Zhaoyue to see his expression clearly, so she took a few steps forward and stuck her head out to get a closer look at him.
He came over with a bit too much force, and the distance was a bit too close. Li Zhaoyue took a few steps back uncomfortably, then sat on the ground, propping up her head and staring at him blankly.
Xu Xing has lost a lot of weight compared to before. The lines on his face are sharper, making him look sickly.
Why do you look so tired? Li Zhaoyue felt a little sad.
Lou Yao likes Xu Xing, so she should be nice to him.
The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. She shook her head, forcing the distracting thoughts out of her mind and counting Xu's eyelashes. His eyelashes were so long and thick, you couldn't really see them with them open normally, but he looked especially handsome when he smiled. Now that she had counted them, she realized there were a lot of them.
"Do you also mistake Lou Yao for me?" she asked slowly.
Li Zhaoyue knew that Xu Xing couldn't hear him, so he continued talking to himself.
"Why do I dream about those strange things? After dreaming about them, I always feel like I'm not myself anymore."
"It's like I'm a different person, with no memories of my past. But I don't want to be someone else."
The words were spoken very softly, along with her sigh, but unfortunately Xu Xing didn't hear it.
After sitting for a while, Li Zhaoyue stood up and decided to look around.
Xu Xing's room was very simple, with nothing in it except for some common ornaments. She passed by a bookshelf and accidentally bumped into it.
Bang!
A large wooden box fell down. Just as it was about to hit the ground, Li Zhaoyue leaped forward and caught it before it hit the ground.
Feeling a burning pain in his arm, Li Zhaoyue struggled to get up and carefully placed the box on the ground.
"Luckily I didn't make any noise," she thought to herself, subconsciously glancing at Xu Xing on the bed. But she was immediately startled by her own thoughts, tugging at her sleeves in frustration and sighing.
"I clearly don't like you, why..." She tugged at her sleeves again and again, her shoulders slumping. The wooden box didn't fall to the ground, but it was already open. Li Zhaoyue tried to straighten it, but accidentally lifted the wooden lid instead.
Three exquisitely crafted gold hairpins came into her sight.
Li Zhaoyue was surprised at first, then slowly widened his eyes.
The gold hairpin had no scratches on its surface, instead it was sparkling, showing that it had been regularly maintained. And those three hairpins all belonged to Li Zhaoyue.
In her vague memory, she only gave Xu Xing a gold hairpin, but...
Why are there three of them?
Wait, we shouldn’t be obsessed with why there are three hairpins here, but why Xu Xing hid her hairpins in the wooden box.
The one she offered was fine, but the others...
If she lost them, why didn't Xu Xing return them to her, but instead kept them?
A strange, somewhat unacceptable answer emerged in Li Zhaoyue's mind. The golden hairpin in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound. At the same time, Xu Xing, who was sleeping soundly in bed, suddenly opened his eyes and almost instantly pinched Li Zhaoyue's hand holding the wooden box.
She tried to step back in panic, but her back was already against the bookcase and she couldn't retreat any further.
Xu Xing's eyes were still red, and he looked confused as if he had just woken up, but his hands were very strong, as if he wanted to tear her hands off.
Before Li Zhaoyue could even consider why he had touched her, Xu Xing approached her, his furry head resting on her shoulder. The tense atmosphere vanished in an instant, and Li Zhaoyue froze, her hands in mid-air, not daring to move.
"Did you see it?" His voice was hoarse, and the air he emitted brushed against the tip of her ear, bringing a series of electric currents. Li Zhaoyue wanted to turn her head, but Xu Xing reached out and forcibly pulled her back.
"I...I...can you see me?" she said incoherently.
"Yeah." Xu Xing said in a muffled voice.
Didn't he hear everything she said? Li Zhaoyue was panicking and wanted to push Xu Xing away, but found that her hands were controlled by Xu Xing.
He gave her a slight pull, and Li Zhaoyue fell uncontrollably into his arms. Xu Xing hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his bones and blood.
"Ayue, I miss you so much."
This sentence made her whole body go numb. Li Zhaoyue barely gathered up a little strength, patted his back and said, "I'm back, aren't I?"
"But I haven't seen you for a long time." Xu Xing rubbed her shoulder and said aggrievedly.
What does this mean? Li Zhaoyue's eyes suddenly cleared, and he asked hurriedly, "You mean you've already discovered that Lou Yao is not me?"
After saying that, he felt that this sentence was ambiguous and added: "The me just now was actually Lou Yao."
Xu Xing didn't answer, but just hugged her tighter.
"Wait a minute!" Li Zhaoyue gasped uncomfortably, "Xu Xing, you're hugging me too tightly. I feel a little uncomfortable."
Only then did Xu Xing relax a little.
The room was silent, with only the sound of their breathing for the rest of the conversation. A warm breath enveloped her, heat radiating from Xu Xing's body. Li Zhaoyue was filled with the scent of his bitter tea, and her heart was beating rapidly.
But she could also hear Xu Xing's heartbeat, beat after beat.
She gently closed her eyes and relaxed her body. She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt tired. Li Zhaoyue sniffed and buried her head in the crook of Xu Xing's neck.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xing asked her.
"I don't know why I'm so sleepy, but I can't sleep."
"Why can't you sleep?" Xu Xing lowered his head to look at the girl in his arms and said softly.
"Because I didn't wake up after falling asleep last time." Li Zhaoyue said.
"I'm afraid I'll never wake up again after this sleep."
After waking up from that strange dream, Li Zhaoyue always had a sense of urgent panic, as if he was about to become a completely unfamiliar person.
Xu Xing patted her back gently and said softly, "It's okay, go to sleep, I'm by your side."
The sleepiness grew stronger and stronger, and Li Zhaoyue could not resist and fell asleep. Xu Xing gently stroked the girl's hair in his arms and picked her up.
He carried Li Zhaoyue to the bed and covered her with a quilt. He sat by the bed and watched over her.
The candlelight shone on his profile, with an extremely gentle smile.
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"No, it's not me, it's not what I think... No!" Lou Yao screamed and sat up from the bed. Suddenly, her back was wet with sweat. She stared blankly at a certain point in the darkness. With trembling hands, she took out the medicine bottle under the pillow, poured out the pills and swallowed them.
She had just seen that strange man in black in her dream. He actually wanted her life! He had gone to great lengths to take Li Zhaoyue's body and replace her as Zhu Ming's favorite disciple. She hadn't had enough of this kind of life yet, so why did he want her life?
Lou Yao was breathing rapidly and staring at the ground with resentment.
She just changed her body and changed her fate through her own efforts. Why did the man in black want to kill her?
After calming down for a while and realizing that she had just been dreaming, Lou Yao let go of the quilt and closed her eyes tiredly.
It was all an illusion, a delusion. She was now Li Zhaoyue, the most distinguished person on the entire Floating Island, the only disciple of the contemporary Sword Immortal Zhu Ming, and was beloved by countless people. The man in black would not dare to attack her.
As long as...as long as she remains Li Zhaoyue! She will definitely remain Li Zhaoyue!
After this shock, Lou Yao felt thirsty. She got out of bed and tried to get a glass of water. The pitch-black room made it difficult to see, so she groped her way forward. It was strange: when she had gone to look for Xu Xing that night, the moon was bright in the sky, its light shining like daylight. How come now, not a single ray of light could penetrate the room?
She continued walking forward, but after a moment, she touched a piece of clothing.
Lou Yao looked up suddenly, and at that moment, the moonlight became brighter.
The man in black stood by the window, holding a bloody knife in his hand.
"No, that's not right. Didn't you say it would last a month?" Lou Yao was terrified and kept backing away. She stumbled and fell to the ground, looking up and asking.
The man was still dressed in black, with only a pair of pitch-black eyes showing, like a ghost crawling out of the underworld.
"You broke the agreement and used the bell twice," he said.
"How, how could it be twice? You must have made a mistake!" Lou Yao pretended to be calm and scolded harshly.
The man in black didn't say anything, but just held the knife and gestured at Lou Yao on the ground. His meaning was clear.
"You are not trustworthy. It's your problem. It's all your problem!" Lou Yao tried to buy time by blaming him. The hand hidden behind her back had already taken out a talisman, ready to crush it at any time.
That was the communication talisman given by Zhu Ming. As long as she broke it, she could summon Zhu Ming. Could a man in black, who pretended to be a ghost and deceived people everywhere, be more powerful than the number one swordsman of Floating Island?
The man in black watched her movements indifferently and walked towards her step by step.
At the same time, the black cloak that had been covering his head fell off, revealing a face.
"How could it be you!" Lou Yao only had time to shout before the flash of the knife in his hand injured her eyes.
The man in black rushed over with a knife. Lou Yao screamed and fled in panic. But the man in black was faster than her and picked her up. The knife did not pass through her body, but penetrated her soul.
Lou Yao closed her eyes in pain, her body felt lighter, and when she came to her senses, she had already left Li Zhaoyue's body.
"No! That's mine! Those are all mine!"
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