"Yes." He emphasized, "Since I was a child."

Cheng Ji walked over, somewhat suspicious.

How could it be such a coincidence?

The man with the red spider lily pattern that Shangguan Qing was looking for happened to be his neighbor.

"Can you take a look? No offense, I just want to verify it. This is very important to us."

If Mu Cheng is really the man Shangguan Qing is looking for, does it mean that she has to leave Cheng's house and leave him?

Shangguan Qing looked slightly downward, his hand had not yet been bandaged.

"Can you give me your hand? The injured one."

Before he could agree, she had already stretched out her hand, her eyes eager.

Mu Cheng didn't know what she was going to do, so he covered her fair hand like shaking it.

In an instant, her palms were also stained with blood.

But the moment he touched her, Shangguan Qing suddenly exerted force on his hands and held them tightly, as if he wanted to crush his hand bones.

“Ah! Hiss——”

Mu couldn't bear the pain and cried out.

The wound that had just healed opened again, and scarlet blood oozed out little by little.

Shangguan Qing kept staring at the wound on his hand.

I suddenly felt an unbearable pain in my heart, as if it was being pressed down by a huge rock and I couldn't breathe.

The symptoms that occurred before reappeared.

But the cause of the outburst did not come from Cheng Ji, but from Mu Cheng.

She let go of his hand, not knowing how to face this fact for a moment.

So she had been mistaking people for the wrong people during this period.

Did that old nun also lie to her?

Shangguan Qing didn't know whether to believe what he saw now or his previous intuition.

Mu Cheng withdrew his hand, the pain in his palm was still there, even to the point of numbness.

He asked, "Do you still want to see the mark on my body?"

"May I?"

Shangguan Qing wanted to get the final step of verification.

If he has the mark of the red spider lily and his bleeding can cause a reaction in her heart, then Mu Cheng is the man she has been looking for for a thousand years.

But Cheng Ji was missing something.

Mu Cheng gritted his teeth and endured the pain, "Wait for a while."

He tore a piece of paper from the table and wiped the blood from his palm.

Seeing this, Cheng Ji told Uncle Yan, "Uncle Yan, have someone treat his wound."

After all, Mu Cheng is bleeding now because of Shangguan Qing, he can't just ignore it.

Uncle Yan arranged for a maid who knew medical skills to come and take the medical supplies to treat wounds and disinfect and bandage him.

After completing a series of operations, Mu Cheng lifted his shirt with his other hand.

On the tight and strong upper body, a red spider lily is blooming, and its slender petals exude the breath of death.

Red spider lily, also known as Lycoris radiata in Sanskrit, is a flower that blooms in the underworld.

Legend has it that this flower is a flower of guidance and can evoke the memories of the dead.

And she, Shangguan Qing, is the one who has lost her memories of her previous life and cannot enter reincarnation.

Mu Cheng put down his clothes and said, "See?"

Shangguan Qing's voice became smaller, as if he was talking to himself, "So, you are the one I want to find..."

The man she has been looking for for a thousand years is now right in front of her, but why does she still feel empty inside?

Even a little lost.

"You came to Cheng's house to discuss something with me? What is it?"

Because of the incident that just happened, he almost forgot about his business.

Mu Cheng seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if it was difficult to say it out loud, "I want to invite you to a family gathering as my girlfriend."

"What are you talking about?" This time Cheng Ji couldn't help himself.

Mu Cheng hurriedly explained, "It's just pretending, not really dating. My family has been urging me to get married, so I want to bring a girl back to deal with them first. But I have been abroad and have no friends of the opposite sex in China, so I have to ask you for help."

Cheng Ji's cold eyes fixed on him, "You should go to the blind date market, not my house."

"Okay, I'll go." Shangguan Qing suddenly agreed.

She also wanted to verify whether the mark on his body was really there since childhood or was tattooed later.

When Cheng Ji heard that she actually agreed to be his girlfriend, his face instantly turned cold.

Even though it was fake, he was still very angry, as if something he cherished was suddenly labeled by someone else.

Cheng Ji went upstairs angrily without looking back.

Mu Cheng asked, "Then I'll pick you up tomorrow afternoon?"

Shangguan Qing thought of something, "Aren't you living in your parents' home now?"

"They live in a villa area in the west of the city. The one I live in now was bought after I graduated from college."

The very next day after Cheng Ji bought the house, he bought the one next door.

Shangguan Qing always felt that everything happened too smoothly for him, but he had no clue.

Maybe it's just a coincidence?

"Okay, come pick me up tomorrow."

After Mu Cheng left Cheng's house, Shangguan Qing also went upstairs.

She stood at the door of Cheng Ji's guest room and knocked on the door. "Knock knock! Are you resting?"

No one in the room responded.

Shangguan Qing did not leave, but simply leaned against the wall and waited at the door.

It was unknown how long he waited before Cheng Ji opened the door. When he saw her, there was a moment of surprise in his eyes, and then he returned to normal.

"Let's go to the master bedroom. Aren't you feeling unwell?"

......

The two of them sat at the head and foot of the bed, just like they did in the hotel in town.

But this time, she had no other thoughts.

The two of them remained in a stalemate, each waiting for the other to speak first.

He knew that Shangguan Qing would not always be with him, but when that day came, it was hard to accept it.

A hedgehog that was originally wrapped in a protective shell was taken off and then put on again. The weight and thickness were twice as much as before.

Cheng Ji let out a weak breath and asked her, "When do you plan to leave?"

"have no idea."

Her purpose of getting close to him was to get him to help her drink Meng Po soup and walk onto the bridge to rebirth.

But it seemed like he wasn't the one she was looking for.

The old nun might have deliberately lied to her in order to get her to save him.

Cheng Ji laughed at himself, "I've already said that no one will stay with me, what am I still expecting?"

After saying that, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Be it family or friends.

None of them.

Shangguan Qing glanced at his lonely back and felt heartbroken.

She walked over, this time approaching him without a purpose, leaning down and holding him in her arms.

"I'm sorry, Cheng Ji."

She hugged his neck and looked at him. The moment their eyes met, it was like countless sparks burning.

The next second, Cheng Ji hugged her slender waist, turned her over, and pressed her down.

The thin lips kissed gently, from the initial light taste to the final strong possession.

Men's and women's clothes were scattered all over the floor.

The sunlight from outside the window shines through the curtains onto the two people in the room.

Cheng Ji put his hand on Shangguan Qing's, their fingers were tightly clasped, and the mattress made a creaking sound.

The low hum, sometimes rapid and sometimes slow, was repeated in the room.

Shangguan Qing rested his hands on his abdominal muscles and sat on his lower abdomen. He looked down and saw tear marks on his face, gleaming in the sunlight.

Her heart tightened inexplicably and she reached out to wipe away his tears.

Cheng Ji held her hand, put his arm around her waist and turned over on top again.

With an abnormal red face, he asked in a low and hoarse voice, "I suddenly want you to stay. What should I do? Shangguan Qing."

This was the first time he called her by her name.