Li Jingxing, who thought it had nothing to do with him, couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
He was more than happy to oblige. "Okay, I'll sleep with you tonight."
Ye Jiu thought that since Li Jingxing was a ghost anyway, she might as well let him stay; it wouldn't affect her.
Lin Jin'an hesitated for a moment, then finally said angrily, "Ye Jiu, you don't love me anymore. I'm going to tell Ming Youyi."
“Ming Youyi supports my training in controlling your supernatural abilities.”
Lin Jin'an frowned. "If I could control you, would you sleep with me?"
"Hmm, that's fine. But frequent superpower outbursts aren't good for your health. Be careful of developing kidney deficiency at such a young age."
Lin Jin'an gets excited when this is mentioned, and he asserts, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, I'm perfectly fine."
Ye Jiu shrugged. "Whatever, you can't sleep with me tonight anyway."
Lin Jin'an: ...Damn it!
...
As night fell, Ye Jiu sent Lin Jin'an back to his house, saying, "Go back and get some sleep. See you tomorrow."
Even though Lin Jin'an was extremely reluctant to leave, she couldn't persuade Ye Jiu otherwise.
Before the door closed, he saw Li Jingxing appear behind Ye Jiu. He swore on his integrity that Li Jingxing definitely had a triumphant smile on his face!
Lin Jin'an then thought of how Ye Jiu had kept him but kicked her out...
No, I've got sand in my eyes.
...
Ye Jiu finished washing up and was about to go to bed when she saw Li Jingxing sitting in the living room in a daze. She asked, "Aren't you going to sleep?"
Li Jingxing snapped out of his reverie and looked at Ye Jiu, chuckling softly, "I don't need to sleep."
Ye Jiu yawned, "But everyone sleeps at night, so you should sleep too. Even if you don't need to sleep to replenish your energy, you can treat it as meditation with your eyes closed, since a night is so long."
Li Jingxing nodded, "Okay, you should go to sleep. I won't disturb you anymore."
"What will you do after I go to sleep? Watch TV? Play on your phone?"
Ye Jiu hugged her knees and rested her head on them. "I'm not particularly sleepy yet, I can chat with you."
Li Jing walked to the bedroom door. "May I come in?"
"Of course you can." Ye Jiu made room for Li Jingxing. "Sit wherever you like."
Li Jingxing sat on the edge of the bed. "What do you want to know about me?"
Ye Jiu tilted her head. "I actually want to know everything, but you've lost your memory, so it's no use asking you anything."
"But now I've remembered something."
Ye Jiu instantly thought of the red light that had entered his heart earlier that day, "Is it because of that ruby today?"
“Yes.” Li Jingxing nodded in acknowledgment. “Although I don’t know why those ghosts have fragments of my memories, they are definitely mine.”
"How much do you remember?" Ye Jiu asked him earnestly, resting her chin on her hand.
"It brought back many memories from my childhood."
Ye Jiu's eyes lit up. "Then tell me about your childhood! What was your childhood like?"
Li Jingxing thought for a moment and shook his head, "He's just an ordinary kid who doesn't like going to class, nothing much to say."
"Huh? You didn't want to go to school when you were little?" Ye Jiu felt a little incredulous, because she felt that someone like Li Jingxing should be the kind of good student who excelled in both character and academics.
"You look like the kind of child parents always praise."
Li Jingxing exudes a scholarly air, the kind of refined feeling that comes from reading many books, making him appear knowledgeable.
Li Jingxing laughed, "But I really didn't like going to class when I was a child, and I often skipped classes."
"It's hard to imagine you skipping class."
How could he pretend to be a model student and then skip class?!
“But you’ve seen me skip class.” Li Jingxing lowered his eyes. It had probably been too long, so she had no recollection of him. Or perhaps he had changed so much that she couldn’t make the connection at all.
"I've seen it before?" Ye Jiu exclaimed in surprise. "When did I see it?"
"I used to be your classmate for a while, but unfortunately, I transferred schools not long after."
The girl promised him she would visit him often, but he was the one who broke his promise first.
Ye Jiu tried to think, but her mind went blank; Li Jingxing's face didn't match anyone in her memory.
She didn't even have much of an impression of the name.
“Yunli Elementary School, third grade,” Li Jingxing prompted her.
Ye Jiu suddenly realized what was going on. She was about to say something, but then she thought of Li Jingxing's current situation and couldn't say anything.
"Then... are you really dead?" Ye Jiu suddenly felt very sad when she thought of this. It turned out that he had once been someone by her side, and he had once lived a vibrant life.
Li Jingxing rubbed her head, "Don't be so sad. I'm still here, I haven't completely disappeared, isn't that good enough?"
Ye Jiu forced a smile, "Yes, it's fine."
She looked up and said, "No wonder I thought your name sounded nice when I first met you. It turns out we've known each other for a long time..."
In Ye Jiu's memory, Li Jingxing often skipped classes back then. He would sit alone in a corner all day, or walk along the edge of the rooftop. Moreover, he was always listless and kept a distance from everyone. Ye Jiu felt that he didn't seem like someone his age when she first met him...
She was completely out of place among all the children around her.
Although she also didn't fit in with those kids, Ye Jiu and Li Jingxing were in completely different states.
Li Jingxing looked up and recalled, "Back then, you were the only one in the whole class who could find where I was hiding. Can you tell me now how you found me? Those places were so remote."
Ye Jiu laughed out loud, "You didn't know back then because you had just transferred there. I used to be a little rascal too. I went to all the places that were allowed and not allowed in the school. I've been to all the places you used to go, but I don't go anymore."
Li Jingxing said helplessly, "I overestimated myself. Well, I had just transferred there back then. I didn't expect you to be so extraordinary before."
Ye Jiu stuck out her tongue sheepishly, "I really don't want to sit in the classroom all day long, but luckily I have good grades, so as long as my safety isn't threatened, the teachers turn a blind eye."
"What about Lin Jin'an? I remember you two used to hang out together a lot back then. When did you two meet?" Li Jingxing asked with a probing look in his eyes. He had wanted to ask this question for a long time.
"Well... Lin Jin'an and I have known each other for as long as we've lived. We grew up together in an orphanage and lived together. Then, when he was eight, he awakened his superpowers, and I also gained superpowers. We were then taken away by the Special Administration Bureau."
Ye Jiu smiled, "Because of the special nature of my and his abilities, we became the only pair among all the special administration bureau's groups that cannot be separated."
After receiving the answer, Li Jingxing smiled with relief, "So it's been that long..."
"Yes, so much time has passed without us even realizing it."
Li Jingxing smirked; he'd been trying to win her over for over a decade...
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