Duan Shuce's breathing suddenly became heavy. He suddenly closed his eyes, and his jawline was as tight as iron.
Ye Qingliu did not pause, his eyes locked on Duan Shuce again, like a cold probe.
"You couldn't stop the cleansing of the world's logic, nor could you afford the risk of logical collapse and worldline collapse that would result from her death before my eyes due to 'rules'. Therefore, you invoked the high-level authority of the Supervisor."
He leaned forward slightly, his gray-blue pupils shrinking under the light, with a cold, sharp gaze that seemed to see through everything: "You performed 'memory interference'. You erased all my memories of Bai Zhiye."
"At the same time, it erased the memories of our relationship from everyone around me, including Bai Zhiye herself."
"You tampered with the on-site records, creating the illusion that she had transferred to another school and disappeared without a trace. Then, you used the Supervisor's resources to secretly treat her, allowing her to 'start over' with a completely new identity far away from here."
Ye Qingliu's voice was not loud, but every word was as sharp as a knife, accurately dissecting the dusty and bloody truth.
He raised his wrist, revealing the bright red string. "This remaining marker is the 'suture point' left by that memory interference. It reinforces the barrier you set up."
The corners of his mouth curled up in an extremely cold arc. "But it also became the biggest flaw. The observer's database contains a complete record of all the uses of this substance."
In the quiet room, only Ye Qingliu's cold and flat voice echoed, like the verdict of the god of death.
Bai Zhiye was already in tears. She covered her mouth tightly and her body was shaking violently. The huge sadness and the impact of the truth made her shaky.
That car accident that changed my fate...those lost and blurred memories of my youth...turned out to be fragments that were forcibly stripped away!
Duan Shuce slowly opened his eyes.
The gaze behind the lenses was no longer the usual calm and sharp one, but was filled with bottomless fatigue, a sense of relief, and a heavy calmness as if waiting for judgment.
Duan Shuce did not make any excuses or deny it.
He looked into Ye Qingliu's icy gray-blue eyes that seemed to be able to freeze the soul, and nodded slowly.
"Yes." Duan Shuce's voice was hoarse and dry, but extremely clear, with a kind of fatigue after taking off a heavy burden.
"This is the truth. I erased your memory, interfered with your karma, and seriously violated the highest code of the Supervisor."
He stood up and walked to Ye Qingliu's bed, standing straight as if he was being judged.
Duan Shuce looked directly into the icy storm and suppressed anger surging in Ye Qingliu's eyes without dodging: "I know this is selfish and a jerk. I have deprived you of your most important memory and tampered with the trajectory of your life and hers. I owe you an apology, Qingliu, I'm sorry."
He took a deep breath, his voice rising suddenly, with a desperate determination and unquestionable firmness: "But I don't regret it! Absolutely not! Because look at you now!"
Duan Shuce suddenly pointed at the red rope on Ye Qingliu's wrist, and then at Bai Zhiye who was distraught and in tears!
"Look at her! Look at you! You've broken through the clearing logic of the world line! You've broken through the memory barriers carefully set up by the Supervisor! In a completely different time and place, relying on this red rope and the indelible mark deep in your soul, you meet again and fall in love again!"
"It proves that in this world line, you, Ye Qingliu, are no longer a cold observer recorder! You have a heart! You possess a power more powerful than any rules!"
"To protect you, to protect this world line that is different because of you, is my choice, Duan Shuce! It is above any cold duty! It is above my position as a supervisor!"
The resounding words collided fiercely in the quiet room, carrying an almost tragic declaration.
Ye Qingliu listened quietly.
The observer's cold logic was working furiously: Serious violation! Causal interference! Unforgivable!
Ye Qingliu's emotions surged violently: the anger of having his fate manipulated! The fear of having nearly lost Zhiye forever! The void of the purest emotions that had been forcibly stripped away from him... It was like the excruciating pain of having a piece of flesh gouged out!
He gripped the edge of the report so tightly that his fingers turned white and his knuckles dug deep into the paper.
There was a sharp stinging pain from the wound on the forehead, and it felt like countless steel needles were stirring deep in the brain.
A torrent of overwhelming anger and immense sadness almost broke through the calm shell he was forcibly maintaining!
However, just when the emotions were about to get out of control——
Ye Qingliu's gaze fell on Duan Shuce's eyes.
There were no false excuses, no cowardly attempts to escape. There was only a frank, almost scorching sincerity, a resolve born of struggle and no regrets, and... a deep concern and protection.
He saw the reflection in Duan Shuce's eyes—not the high-handed observer, nor the ruler of the Ye family.
But it was the one whose eyes would light up when he solved a difficult problem, who would silently hand him an umbrella when he was caught in the rain, and who would show a hint of helplessness and embarrassment when Ning Xiwan ruffled his hair... Ye Qingliu.
At the same time, the red rope on Bai Zhiye's wrist transmitted a subtle but incomparably tenacious tremor and warmth silently.
Anger still burned in his chest, the chill of fear still lingered. The observer's logic coldly recorded all of this.
But Ye Qingliu's clenched fingers were under Duan Shuce's burning and frank gaze.
In the warmth and trembling silently transmitted by Bai Zhiye, he loosened his grip extremely slowly... bit by bit...
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