Chapter 219 Epilogue - The New World Arc (Sixteen)
【Why……】
After a long while, Yu Qingzhou finally found her voice.
He didn't understand why the other person knew that name.
All those people from back then, except for myself, are no longer here.
Yu Qingzhou himself never revealed that title to anyone else. Even the boat captain only knew his current name, let alone the later members of the Yu family...
Because what we have seen, you have simply forgotten.
Shen Yingxue spoke softly, looking into the boy's eyes filled with confusion and helplessness, as if she were looking through the person in front of her at a lost memory in a past time and space.
—Have they met before?
Yu Qingzhou was surprised, but it seemed that there was really no better reason.
The problem is that I don't remember when or why at all.
Logically speaking, someone with such impressive eyes should have left an impression no matter what.
But no, no matter how hard I searched my memory, it was just a foggy blank.
I just can't remember...
Further exploration revealed a bottomless abyss of darkness, like a black, bottomless pit sucking at the boy's consciousness.
My head started hurting again.
The air became thin, and my cardiopulmonary function seemed to degenerate to the level of a fish in an instant.
The boy, panting slightly, clutched his clothes tightly to his chest. Everything in his field of vision began to slowly rotate uncontrollably, the scene becoming blurry and ambiguous, as if seen through a car window wet with rain.
In the chaos, a pair of cool hands reached out from behind and straightened his slumped body. Amidst the fragrant aroma, gentle words rang in his ears, as if possessing a calming magic.
It's okay, even if I don't remember... anyway... we'll meet again eventually.
If Yu Qingzhou were of sound mind, she would probably realize the strangeness in the other person's words.
According to what Shen Yingxue just said, they should have already met. Even disregarding the past, the two of them should indeed be face to face at this moment.
However, the other party used the phrase "we will meet".
It's like... we're talking about a destined encounter that's left to happen in the future.
Unfortunately, Yu Qingzhou had no time to pay attention at this moment, as the young man was completely immersed in that intoxicating atmosphere.
Raising my neck, I almost intoxicated myself with the faint fragrance of the other person's hair. Like a stranded fish suddenly hit by a wave, I was immersed in the hard-won spring of life, feeling the long-lost coolness pouring over my dry and hoarse throat. That feeling of being reborn from the brink of despair was almost addictive.
The boy, engrossed in his own world, was oblivious to the fact that the reflection in the mirror showed him with a bewildered expression and an involuntary posture... just like those guys he had glimpsed through the crack in the door that day.
Even compared to E027, who was smiling and waving at the boy back then, he was clearly more bewildered and helpless.
When she came to her senses, Yu Qingzhou was already lying in the examination chair.
My head felt heavy, my palms were icy cold, and the sluggish feeling was like I had just escaped a high fever or been pulled out of the water.
Shen Yingxue was sitting on the stool opposite him. When she saw the boy wake up, the green eyes above her white mask blinked.
How are you feeling right now?
The woman's voice was steady and quiet, but to Yu Qingzhou, whose mind was in a daze, it sounded somewhat distorted.
Maybe it's because of what just happened—but what happened just now?
Yu Qingzhou slowly sat up from the examination chair, trying to clear her mind, but then felt a significant pressure in her stomach, which seemed to be nausea caused by a headache.
【I--】
The action of opening her mouth to speak froze for a moment. Yu Qingzhou suddenly covered her mouth, sprang up from the chair, pushed Shen Yingxue aside, and stumbled towards the sink.
Almost the instant my palm touched the marble countertop, my body reached its limit of endurance.
Then came uncontrollable, continuous spasms and vomiting... over and over again, but in reality, only some acidic fluid came out.
Once the feeling of something pressing against her throat gradually subsided, Yu Qingzhou had the strength to reach out and collect water from her head, using some to rinse her mouth and splashing some directly onto her face.
It disappeared into the drain outlet as the water flowed through it.
Yu Qingzhou looked up and bumped right into the boy in the mirror, whose eyes were red.
What a disheveled face it was, with a bewildered expression, black hair sticking messily to his forehead, and his entire face was wet, especially near his eyes.
Coupled with that weak expression of someone who had just survived a disaster, it looked as if he had just been crying...
Upon seeing this, both the person inside and outside the mirror were stunned, then looked away and disappeared from each other's sight.
Yu Qingzhou leaned wearily against the sink, forcing herself to stay upright.
It must have been very tough.
Along with the sudden sound, a woman reached out her hand toward Yu Qingzhou's cheek.
Judging from the gesture, it seems he wanted to wipe the latter's face.
Upon seeing this, Yu Qingzhou subconsciously raised her hand and took the tissue from Shen Yingxue's hand, only to suddenly realize that it was not a tissue at all, but a folded white handkerchief.
He was taken aback again; it had been so many years since he had seen anyone carry such a thing with them.
—Perhaps it's because Dr. Shen is a girl?
Finding that tissues weren't readily available as expected, the boy was momentarily at a loss, clutching his handkerchief.
Especially noticeable was the exquisite embroidery on one corner of the handkerchief, with dark red, vibrant flowers blooming brightly on the branches, which seemed to be plum blossoms.
Strange scenes flashed before my eyes, one moment red flowers blooming amidst the glistening white snow, the next red specks drifting in the darkness like dead butterflies, swirling and falling.
In the depths of that darkness, a familiar figure seemed to flash by.
It felt so real, yet I couldn't recall exactly when or where it happened—
Why are you standing there so still and motionless?
Shen Yingxue suddenly asked a question, while slightly narrowing her eyes. Her emerald pupils appeared even more intense in color as the shadows of her drooping eyelashes fell, almost appearing pure black from Yu Qingzhou's perspective.
Could it be that she thinks this handkerchief isn't clean enough?
Shen Yingxue paused for a moment and then continued.
This time, the boy finally reacted, almost frantically denying it: "No, that's not it..."
Why is that?
Shen Yingxue stepped forward and asked, "It's strange, the two of them are about the same height."
Even though Shen Yingxue, who was a woman, was even more slender, it felt as if Yu Qingzhou was trapped in front of the sink and couldn't move.
Or is it... the truth is quite the opposite, and you're actually worried that I'll find you dirty?
A seemingly ordinary sentence, yet it appears to be subtly alluding to something.
Yu Qingzhou was uncertain.
I felt as if an invisible hand was gently squeezing and kneading a certain part of my heart.
His attention was completely drawn to the other person's gaze; the same pair of eyes, smiling and not smiling, gave people completely different feelings.
When she wears a faint smile, she is alone; when she is expressionless, a strange sense of unfamiliarity suddenly arises.
It's like someone secretly changed their soul without you noticing, becoming someone else... But is such a thing really possible?
Rather than engaging in superstitious speculation, Yu Qingzhou preferred to believe that she simply didn't understand the person in front of her well enough.
Well... in the end, he's only met three times.
Even though she had heard the other person mention that they had actually met before, there were no related memories in Yu Qingzhou's mind.
So, in essence, they are not familiar with each other.
So, at this moment, the distance between them seems to be too close... at least in Yu Qingzhou's view, it has completely exceeded the necessary social distance.
He wanted to speak up and remind him, but he was worried that he would be being abrupt.
We can only hope that the other party will realize this on their own.
However, what awaited them was... the latter's advance instead of retreat.
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