75 No accelerated heartbeat
◎Who are you?◎
Qi Qiuxue woke up with a splitting headache.
She found herself lying on a soft bed, covered with several thick and warm quilts and blankets. She had little strength and her limbs were a little sore, probably due to the adverse reactions after walking in the wind and snow for too long and being unfortunately hit by the storm.
Where is this?
Qi Qiuxue raised her eyes and looked around. For a moment, she thought she had returned to the real world.
But soon, she found that this was not the room she was familiar with. The ceiling above her head was slightly higher and was built of wood and green tiles. The walls around it looked a bit old, and every inch of the wall was engraved with traces of time. Most of the furniture in the house was made of wood, and the style and shape were extremely simple.
Are you saved?
Qi Qiuxue tilted her head slightly. There was another person in the room besides her.
——It was Li Yiqing. At this moment, she was sleeping peacefully beside Qi Qiuxue.
Qi Qiuxue looked at her face carefully and caught a glimpse of several bloody marks on her cheeks caused by the gravel. This scene was not unfamiliar. In the previous copy, the injuries suffered by Li Yiqing were far more serious than what she saw now.
Li Yiqing was still sleeping. Qi Qiuxue had no intention of waking her up. She just raised her hand and gently stroked her cheek.
In fact, she and Li Yiqing had already experienced three copies together, and now they were at the fourth one. She felt that the relationship between her and Li Yiqing could be called friends, but now she found that this was not the case.
She didn't know Li Yiqing at all.
This was her only thought before she fell into a coma, and it is also her only thought now.
Li Yiqing's scarlet eyes were still reflected in her mind, and she could not forget them no matter what. That was not the color of normal human pupils. Qi Qiuxue could not tell whether the red was the light of the sky or her eyes.
She even began to doubt Li Yiqing's identity.
“…”
When Qi Qiuxue's fingertips lightly brushed across Li Yiqing's eyelashes, the other party finally woke up.
The two of them stared at each other silently under the warm blanket. They were so close that they could even hear each other's breathing. Li Yiqing looked at her with a hazy gaze and said softly, "Axue, good morning."
"You're awake." Qi Qiuxue's voice sounded a little cold. "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No." Li Yiqing shook his head, his eyes as pure as a puppy's. "How about you, Axue, are you feeling unwell?"
"Neither do I." Qi Qiuxue continued to look directly into her eyes and paused for a moment before saying, "Do you know where we are now?"
"?" After saying this, Li Yiqing finally realized and turned his gaze away, carefully observing everything around him, "I don't know."
"Have we been rescued?" There was doubt in her voice.
"I don't know." Qi Qiuxue shook her head gently and stopped talking.
Seeing that she remained silent, Li Yiqing withdrew her gaze. This time, there was a hint of temptation in her eyes when she looked at Qi Qiuxue, as if she didn't understand why she looked a little unhappy.
"Axue." She called her name again, "Did I... do something to make you unhappy?"
"How could that be?" Qi Qiuxue raised her lips slightly. "On the contrary, I want to thank you. Thank you for protecting me in the storm."
"You're welcome." Li Yiqing said quickly after hearing this, "I said I would always protect Axue."
Protect.
This word made Qi Qiuxue recall the past. In the copy of the Lake Heart Island, a huge skeleton descended from the night and swallowed the masked man who rushed towards her; in the girls' school, the skeleton became the link to her destination, escorting her to where she wanted to go; in Rock Saint Derry, even though the skeleton did not appear, Li Yiqing transformed into a powerful "monster" and firmly guarded the entire team.
And not long ago, whether it was Li Yiqing who was holding her tightly or the skeleton that served as a container to wrap everyone, they all perfectly fulfilled the meaning of "protection".
There must be some connection between Li Yiqing and the skeleton.
Even though there was no direct evidence to prove it, her innate sixth sense told her that such speculation was not unreasonable.
Qi Qiuxue wasn't one to beat around the bush. After a brief pause, she spoke again, asking for Li Yiqing's opinion as if to discuss something. "Before I passed out, I saw the same skeleton reappear. Not only did it not harbor any ill intentions, it even always came to the players' aid at crucial moments."
"Especially me." Qi Qiuxue didn't think this statement sounded narcissistic. After all, she was just speaking the truth. "I feel that it has been protecting me, intentionally or unintentionally."
"Do you have any idea about this, Qing?" There was no emotion in her tone, and it was still extremely calm, as if the two of them were just chatting aimlessly on a sunny afternoon.
"No." Li Yiqing answered the question without hesitation, shaking his head. "I don't know who it is or what its purpose is."
"Really?" Qi Qiuxue blinked gently, and after a moment she slowly moved the hand that had been on Li Yiqing's cheek down to his chest.
Li Yiqing seemed startled by her action, and his cheeks instantly turned red: "Axue, what are you doing?"
"Are you really not clear?" Qi Qiuxue asked again, "Aqing, answer me again."
"Yes." So Li Yiqing answered again in coordination with her, "I have no idea who the other party is."
Her heartbeat felt very steady, like a calm lake without a trace of ripples. When people lie, their heartbeat and breathing will always subconsciously speed up, but in front of Li Yiqing, she did not show any such reaction.
In fact, her heartbeat was extremely disconnected from the state she showed. Because of Qi Qiuxue's touch, Li Yiqing's expression seemed ashamed, but her heart clearly did not accelerate for a second because of her touch.
Like a machine without emotions, his body lacks the instinctive reactions that a human being should have, only corresponding programs, which tell him when to laugh, when to cry, when to show fear in what situations, and when to show emotion in what occasions.
“…”
Qi Qiuxue silently withdrew her hand and frowned.
"Who are you?" she heard herself ask.
Li Yiqing in front of him was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he didn't understand why Qi Qiuxue said such a thing.
"Axue, what's wrong with you?" After a while, she raised her hand and smoothed Qi Qiuxue's brow. "Don't you recognize me?"
"I'm Aqing." She read out her name seriously.
"I'm Qing."
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