Chapter 150 Our memories may have been disturbed...
Is the person in front of me a monster with special abilities?
Otherwise, it's impossible to explain why she has such a strange ability to make him react in ways that are not within his plans.
During the day, besides being influenced by that strong attraction, Qi Lin also had the intention of temporarily integrating and observing.
Now that the night is deep and quiet, his previously turbulent thoughts have cooled down, and he believes he has enough rationality to analyze the current situation.
Could the appearance of this girl with a strange allure before him and Zhou Yanyao be part of a conspiracy aimed at the royal city?
Qi Lin slowly raised his hand.
At this moment, what he should do most is not to stand still and do nothing, but to immediately arrest this strange girl and escort her to the capital for interrogation.
Ning Wanwan seemed to sense a dangerous atmosphere. Her body stiffened slightly, and she timidly shrank her head, wishing she could run away immediately or find a safe place to hide in.
But the small animal's agility told her that her strength and speed were no match for its opponent.
So she could only hold her breath, trying to minimize her presence and make him forget she existed.
But how could we possibly ignore it?
Rather, it's the way she tries to curl herself up into a ball that makes it impossible for people to look away, and it makes them unable to resist softening their hearts.
She thought she was invisible and had an extremely low profile, but during the day, she didn't notice that everyone's attention was focused on her.
Qi Lin's outstretched hand paused in mid-air.
No, he can't be fooled by appearances.
My best friend is completely lost in love, but I need to stay clear-headed.
We must arrest and interrogate the source of this strangeness to find out what they did to turn them into this.
Qi Lin calmly analyzed the situation in his mind, but in reality, he still didn't take any action.
No... perhaps there will still be action.
His hand, which had been suspended in mid-air, began to move again.
The girl flinched again.
Then Qi Lin reached past her, picked up the kettle, and poured half a cup of hot water into the girl who was huddled in place holding an empty cup.
"..."
The warm steam rose and spread, and it seemed that this warmth also eased the chilly atmosphere.
At least Qi Lin noticed that the girl's expression wasn't as tense as it had been at the beginning.
Speaking of hot water, Qi Lin hadn't originally planned to boil any. His body wasn't so delicate that he needed to drink hot water. Besides, he was already planning to interrogate the other party, so why would he bother boiling any hot water? He wasn't exactly a considerate person.
However, plans can't keep up with changes.
...Anyway, he has free time.
The girl in front of me is too weak. If I don't give her some hot water to dispel the cold, she probably won't be able to sleep well all night.
"Thanks……"
Ning Wanwan had no idea what Qi Lin was thinking, but she felt that the atmosphere was a bit stagnant.
She held the cup, felt it was a little hot, so she didn't drink it right away.
This prevented her from leaving immediately.
This is exactly what someone wanted.
Qi Lin lowered his eyes and scrutinized the girl in front of him. She was like a small animal completely unaware of danger, holding the hot water he had boiled, wearing his coat, and almost curled up into a ball.
Qi Lin's mood inexplicably improved.
The other person's gaze was too intense, and he made no attempt to hide it. Even though Ning Wanwan couldn't see his expression clearly, she could feel that he was watching her the whole time.
Ning Wanwan's fingers, which were holding the cup, twitched slightly. She lowered her head and asked softly, "Lord Qi Lin... what's wrong?"
"Just call me by my name," Qi Lin corrected again casually.
Ning Wanwan: "...Qi...Lin"
Why do I have to make her call my name? It's so strange...
Her head drooped even lower, and she regretted asking for half a glass of water.
Looking at the girl in front of him who seemed to want to run away immediately, Qi Lin seemed to recall some scenes from his dreams.
"You..." Qi Lin paused, his eyes deep, and suddenly asked, "Have we met before?"
Ning Wanwan: "!!!"
These words made Ning Wanwan forget everything else, and she suddenly raised her head: "Do you think we've known each other before?"
The girl's unusual eagerness made Qi Lin narrow his eyes. His mind worked quickly, and he soon realized something: "So, you're not sure if we've known each other before?"
Otherwise, you should just say "I know" or "I don't know".
Ning Wanwan calmed down a bit, because there was no point in hiding the fact that she had lost her memory, and perhaps she could get more information from Qi Lin.
Therefore, she did not deny it, but vaguely revealed: "I was injured before, and some things happened, so I forgot a lot of things from before..."
Qi Lin seemed lost in thought: "Forgotten...?"
Qi Lin intuitively felt that this "forgetting" was not simple.
In contrast, Ning Wanwan was more concerned about something else: "Why do you feel that you knew me before?"
The girl looked at Qi Lin with expectant eyes, which made Qi Lin swallow back the words he originally wanted to say briefly.
He frowned slightly, then carefully unraveled the mystery, recalling the dreams he had had in the first half of the night.
Unfortunately, the dream was too fragmented, as if some force was preventing him from thinking any deeper.
Therefore, all he could tell her was, "In my dreams, it seems that you exist, but they are fragmented and disjointed images."
Ning Wanwan was surprised to receive such a pleasant surprise. She suppressed her anxiety and waited for Qi Lin to continue, but Qi Lin didn't say anything more. Instead, he looked at her a few more times, as if he was thinking about something.
Ning Wanwan couldn't help but press further: "So... what was I doing in those scenes you dreamed about?"
Qi Lin paused for two seconds, his tone devoid of emotion: "You're crying."
Ning Wanwan: ""
Qi Lin subtly shifted his gaze.
To be honest, it wasn't exactly crying, but in some scenes, the misty look in the girl's eyes was almost as if she were crying.
Although the girl in the dream was wearing a mask, Qi Lin could recognize her at a glance.
Moreover, there was the look of a girl in anger, her eyes sparkling with fury, as if they held tiny stars within them.
That was another side of Ning Wanwan that Qi Lin had never seen in reality.
Qi Lin couldn't help but wonder what terrible things he had done in those scenes he had no recollection of that made such a good-tempered girl so angry.
He couldn't very well openly mock her for not being good enough for his best friend.
Yeah, he definitely wouldn't do something so despicable.
Qi Lin thought with absolute certainty.
...Of course, there's no need to say these things. There's too little information to say, and it wouldn't be good if the girl misunderstood him as not being a good person.
Qi Lin had considered everything thoroughly and did not reveal a single clue to Ning Wanwan.
Ning Wanwan was unaware that the man in front of her had secretly withheld information that could have a negative impact on him; she was still shocked by what Qi Lin had said.
In those images, "she"... was crying.
Actually, Ning Wanwan wasn't too surprised that she could cry; what shocked her was that she had actually cried in front of Qi Lin.
Otherwise, these shouldn't appear in the other person's dream.
It's very likely that I actually cried in front of him, which is why he remembered it and recalled it in his dream.
"We also talked a bit, so we should know each other," Qi Lin added casually. "Maybe we were quite familiar with each other before."
Ning Wanwan fell into a dilemma and fell silent.
In fact, she also had a subtle sense of familiarity with Qi Lin. This familiarity was different from that of Zhou Yanyao. It was as if she had repeatedly pondered and memorized the name Qi Lin and focused a lot of attention on it.
She felt relatively unfamiliar with Qi Lin as a person. In contrast, she felt more natural interacting with Zhou Yanyao.
But after hearing what he said, she became somewhat uncertain again.
Ning Wanwan knew very well that, given her personality, she wouldn't be happy to cry in front of others, and even if she was wronged, she didn't like to have conflicts in public.
Crying in front of the other person... If she can do that, the other person is most likely someone she trusts a lot.
If it were someone with a very bad relationship, someone you simply dislike, it wouldn't quite make sense, because while you feel a slight aversion to Qi Lin that makes you want to keep your distance, you also have a... strange sense of security.
It's like a lost traveler who has wandered in the desert for too long finally seeing an oasis.
Ning Wanwan, who had not yet regained her memory, did not know that this was the subconscious intuition that "there is finally hope" after she had been trapped in the illusion for too long and finally saw the male lead involved in the plot.
This intuition led Ning Wanwan to misunderstand something.
Holding the cup, she hesitated for a long time before whispering, "Maybe we were... really close before."
Qi Lin nodded, responding without any hesitation, "Yes."
He pondered for a moment, then said, "I've sorted through my memories. There are no gaps, and no signs of amnesia, but—"
Ning Wanwan looked up at him.
Qi Lin continued methodically, "But afterwards, I carefully explored my past memories and found that although there were no gaps, there were large areas that were blurry."
"My past, my relationships, my experiences, at first glance, seem to be fine."
"But if you look back at every event in the past, especially the details of things from a long time ago, you will find that many things cannot stand up to scrutiny."
"This cannot be explained simply by the fact that it has been too long and I can't remember it."
“What’s even stranger is that I never realized this before.”
"It's like there's a barrier preventing me from thinking deeper."
Qi Lin explained step by step, dissecting the matter for Ning Wanwan.
Then, a conclusion was reached with certainty.
"This is not normal."
Ning Wanwan: "!!"
Ning Wanwan hadn't expected Qi Lin to provide so much information. She blinked and even held her breath slightly.
Qi Lin calmly dropped another bombshell: "Moreover, as far as I know, Yao Zi... is Zhou Yan Yao, and his memories also have similar issues."
Ning Wanwan couldn't help but take a deep breath: "So, you mean..."
Qi Lin lowered his eyes to look at her and uttered the answer that Ning Wanwan had guessed but dared not say aloud—
"Our memories may very well have been tampered with by some force."
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