151 I Love You
◎Repeatedly savoring the longing◎
Qi Qiuxue changed out of her previous attire and returned to the facility.
Mom's hibernation period had not yet ended, and she had temporarily lost the ability to monitor the players. Qi Qiuxue looked up and found that Li Yiqing and others had all gathered in front of the facility door.
Qi Qiuxue died on this timeline, and all players have recovered their memories. They remember their identities, the settings of the dungeon, the content of the mission, and naturally understand what the sudden recovery of memory means.
——It is the death of a certain player.
And now, only Qi Qiuxue is not in the facility.
Qi Qiuxue looked up, and even though they were far away, she could still hear Li Yiqing's voice coming from afar.
Because of her previous act of forcibly summoning skeletons, the Lord God punished her again and deprived her of her hearing. Li Yiqing could not hear the voices of others, nor her own voice, and could not control the volume of her speech.
Like a trapped beast, Li Yiqing practically roared, "Didn't you find Ah Xue?! Have you really looked everywhere?!"
"Where is she, where will she go?!"
"I'm going to find her." Li Yiqing's brows furrowed in worry and fear, making it impossible for her to remain calm. "I don't believe anything will happen to Ah Xue. No matter what happens, I will find her."
“…”
As a god, she was now in the most miserable state. A strong wind swept over her, blowing through her hair and making every strand dance in disorder. She had lost her godly dignity and self-respect, and became ridiculous and pitiful.
The memories of the past overlapped with the present moment. Qi Qiuxue pursed her lips and once again saw a scene that she would never forget.
The wind that day was even stronger than today, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. Li Yiqing, who had lost his sight, hearing, speech, broken hands and feet, and whose heart had stopped beating, fell in front of her, as weak as a pale candle, burning out the last bit of his life.
Along with the lost memories, tears flowed from the corners of Qi Qiuxue's eyes.
She didn't even have the chance to say anything to Li Yiqing before she had already lost her. From then on, Qi Qiuxue decided that using the god-level props was inevitable, and killing herself in another timeline was also inevitable.
She couldn't accept Li Yiqing's departure, just as Li Yiqing couldn't accept her departure.
With the last ray of light from the setting sun, Qi Qiuxue quickly stepped forward and raised her hands to hug the person in front of her.
For her, this was a hug she hadn't received for a long time. She could feel the person in her arms' breathing stop and his heartbeat quicken. Li Yiqing was stunned for a moment by her appearance, and then he was filled with joy and disbelief.
"Axue, are you okay?" Amidst everyone's shock, Li Yiqing opened his lips to call her name. She still couldn't control the volume of her voice, so she seemed a little noisy. Qi Qiuxue was closest to her, and her ears were even hurt by her noise.
But Qi Qiuxue didn't care, instead she raised the corners of her lips slightly.
Then she loosened her arms, looked up and kissed the person in front of her under everyone's gaze.
It was a kiss that lasted a long time, a little passionate at first, and then gentle.
She held Li Yiqing's wrist tightly and placed her other hand on her heart, feeling her pulse, heartbeat and breath at the same time.
It was unknown how long it took before she finally ended the kiss. Qi Qiuxue took out the pen and paper she carried with her. Perhaps there was something that Li Yiqing had forgotten, but she still remembered it.
——Before entering this copy, Li Yiqing once made such a wish.
She said to Qi Qiuxue, "May you love me forever."
At that time, Qi Qiuxue didn't give her a definite answer. She just raised her lips and threw the question back, asking the person in front of her: "Have I ever said I love you?"
This ambiguous answer became a regret that stayed in her heart for a long time after she regained her memory.
Qi Qiuxue lowered her eyes and slowly wrote a few words on the paper: [There is something I have always forgotten to tell you.]
So Li Yiqing looked at her: "What?"
"I love you." Qi Qiuxue spoke word by word.
Li Yiqing was stunned.
Qi Qiuxue looked into her eyes for a moment, then lowered his eyes and wrote a few words on the paper: [Do you know what I just said?]
"I know." Li Yiqing nodded gently, his eyes reflecting the light of the setting sun, his eyes bright.
"You said you loved me." she said happily.
"I understand."
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Qi Qiuxue simply explained the cause and effect to the few people.
She glanced up at the sky, estimated the time again, and wrote everything down on paper in case Li Yiqing couldn't hear: [We'll talk more after we leave the dungeon. Mom's hibernation is almost over, and we need to kill her within the hour after she ends.]
[In the previous timeline, Ah Qing's first sense to lose was hearing, just like in this timeline. However, even so, there's no guarantee that the next sense she'll lose will be the same as in the previous timeline.]
[Based on previous experience, if she forcefully uses the skull, there's a certain chance she'll lose her heartbeat. From this point on, her life will enter a countdown, with a time limit of three minutes.]
After activating the God-level item, the dungeon's difficulty was instantly upgraded to S-level. Previously, to complete the quest, I had no choice but to attack my own timeline self, forcing Qing to summon a skeleton and push the situation forward. That was already a desperate move. At this difficulty level, if I were to take another risk, I wonder what would happen next time.
【Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, no further summoning is allowed.】
[I hope everyone in this timeline can survive, as we don't have a chance to start over again.]
"knew."
"We will."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
So Qi Qiuxue took out her weapon again. Since the two timelines had merged, the other weapons in her backpack had disappeared, leaving only this bone knife.
To be honest, his own weapon was more handy. On those nights when he could not enter the facility, could not reveal his true identity, and could not get close to Li Yiqing, Qi Qiuxue, as the masked man, always fell asleep touching his bone knife.
The bone knife felt cold, but it always became warm when she touched it. Qi Qiuxue held it, as if she was touching the skull that belonged to her.
Qi Qiuxue rarely felt missed in the first half of her life.
But during those nights, she tasted the longing over and over again.
【Author’s words】
Here it comes! There are red envelopes in the comment section of this chapter~ I am writing the second update, but I don’t know if I can finish it tonight. I may post it with tomorrow’s update. By the way, the update of the next day is over. Starting tomorrow, I will resume normal updates!
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