Chapter 621

Liguang returned with the tea.

Fang Qi’s mind was still in complete disarray. He stared at her blankly.

Beautiful.

Her gait remained flawlessly elegant, the hem of her pale-blue house dress drifting lightly as she walked.

Lin Xiaoyou saw her too.

And then—smack!—Miss Genius sat bolt upright on the sofa!

Her almond-shaped eyes began stealthily darting toward Liguang.

She was observing her.

Observing exactly what had gone wrong with Liguang’s head.

Fang Qi, meanwhile, watched his wife walk over to the coffee table and incline herself slightly. With gentle movements, she first lifted the white porcelain teacup in both hands and presented it to him.

“Master, your tea.”

Her voice was so gentle.

Fang Qi stared at her blankly. His lips moved, but in the end, he merely took the teacup.

Mm. Warm. The temperature was just right.

Liguang picked up the second cup and turned to offer it to Lin Xiaoyou.

“Miss Lin, please have some tea.”

“Ah… Th-thank you, Liguang!”

The moment Lin Xiaoyou accepted the teacup, her whole body tensed even more. Even her thanks came out stiff and awkward!

It was obvious that Miss Genius had realized it too…

The Liguang standing before her might attack her with deadly force at any moment!

The Liguang from before would only spank her—at worst, spank her until she was a little swollen…

But this Liguang might twist her little head off and kick it onto the cutting board in the kitchen!

So she was clearly behaving herself a little more.

The silver-haired girl gave her a faint smile, then turned around.

Fang Qi watched as she walked to his side…

Bent her knees, and knelt beside him.

Her silver hair spread over the pale-blue hem of her dress. Her back was slightly curved, and both hands rested properly on her knees.

Her posture was humble and submissive. Her head was slightly lowered, exposing a small section of fair skin at the nape of her neck, while her silver hair concealed most of one side of her face.

…She looked like an exquisite, silent doll.

Hidden beneath her bangs, her mismatched eyes flickered faintly. Her crimson right eye was… sizing up Lin Xiaoyou?

Lin Xiaoyou clearly felt that gaze. She sat even straighter!

She held her teacup suspended in midair, not daring to set it down or take a sip!

And Fang Qi…

His fingers tightened slightly around the teacup, trembling once.

It wasn’t because of Liguang’s obvious hostility toward Lin Xiaoyou. He simply felt…

A little sad.

His chest felt tight.

Because… Liguang was kneeling at his feet.

…She hadn’t done this in a long time.

A moment ago, he had thought she would sit beside him as she used to, nestling close to him and perhaps even naturally slipping her arm around his…

That had become a habit between them after they had silently acknowledged their feelings.

In fact, in the previous timeline, when facing Lin Xiaoyou, she had sat sideways on his lap, her arms wrapped around his neck!

She had long since regarded herself as the “lady of the house,” and she no longer hesitated to display her possessiveness in front of him!

Master belongs to Liguang!

But now?

She was kneeling beside his feet with her eyes lowered obediently.

Both hands rested on her knees. Her back was slightly curved. The crown of her silver head was pointed toward him.

…This posture was so familiar that it made his heart ache.

This was the Liguang from the beginning.

The Liguang he had yet to win over, the Liguang who had not gone through all those experiences with him.

The Liguang who, even in her own home, had to maintain the propriety of an “AI companion,” concealing all her secrets beneath an obedient exterior.

Back then, every time she knelt, there had been an invisible shell around her.

He had stripped that shell away, but now…

It had returned.

Fang Qi’s eyes immediately grew hot for a moment!

“—!”

He had to take a deep breath to suppress the sourness rising in his chest.

…He couldn’t let Liguang remain like this.

Liguang was his wife!

How could he allow his own wife to kneel at his feet in front of a “guest”?

Granted, this guest had plenty of problems herself, knew far too many things, and had once been beaten horribly by Liguang…

But regardless…!

“Liguang!”

He suddenly reached out and grabbed Liguang’s slender arm!

His fingers closed around the crook of her elbow, and he pulled her upward with force!

“Ah—!”

Liguang let out a short, startled cry as he lifted her bodily from the floor!

Fang Qi immediately pulled her toward him and firmly pressed her down onto the sofa beside him!

Then he extended his arm and wrapped it around her waist!

“Sit beside me!”

His tone was decisive!

Kneeling like that was completely unacceptable!

As for Liguang…

The instant he pressed her down beside him, her entire body froze!

That elegant, gentle composure shattered completely within a fraction of a second!

“…Huh?”

She raised her face and stared blankly at Fang Qi. Her amber left eye opened wide in confusion, glistening with moisture.

“M-M-Master…?!”

In her crimson right eye, scarlet data streams began rotating at a steady pace!

“Liguang… Liguang is sitting beside Master…?”

“Eh…?”

Fang Qi could feel how rigid her waist had become!

“Of course!”

With his palm pressed against the curve of her waist, he tightened his arm, holding her firmly against him!

Then, right in front of Lin Xiaoyou, he raised his other hand and pinched Liguang’s cheek again.

It was soft and pliable.

He gave it a light tug, then squeezed it twice.

“You’re my companion. You’re my wife!”

Looking at Liguang’s dazed little expression, his own face was utterly serious.

“So of course you should sit beside me!”

Liguang continued staring at him blankly for several seconds. Then…

“Mmm—!”

Her whole body suddenly shuddered!

Moisture surged into her amber eye. The data streams in her crimson eye flashed violently, then began spinning rapidly!

“Hiss—”

A faint sound came from her silver hair, and a thin wisp of white smoke rose from it!

Her cheeks reddened at a visible speed, the flush spreading all the way to her ears!

Fang Qi could feel her body growing hot again, transforming her into a human-sized heater!

“Liguang is Master’s… wife?”

She murmured softly.

“Liguang is… a wife…? Wi-wife?”

Then her little head gradually lowered. She hid her face in her silver hair and gripped Fang Qi’s clothes tightly with both hands.

“Heehee… hehe…”

“Liguang is a wife. Wife, wife, wife, wife, wife…”

Her voice grew more and more fragmented, and her whole body trembled faintly!

Fang Qi stared blankly at her.

Honey, you…

“…Ah!”

Suddenly, Liguang let out a soft cry. Her body jerked stiff, and her head snapped up.

Her gaze swept rapidly toward Lin Xiaoyou, and her expression instantly changed. She suddenly looked flustered!

She had clearly realized that the way she had acted just now was too improper!

Far too unlike an “AI companion”!

She immediately sat up straight and proper.

Her back rigid, both hands resting on her knees, chin slightly lowered, her eyes fixed on the floor…

Her entire demeanor returned to its former elegant and obedient state.

But…

Fang Qi pursed his lips.

Because he was holding his wife, he could feel that…

Her body was still trembling faintly.

And although she had used her silver hair to hide her face, Fang Qi could see her from the side…

The corners of her mouth had already curled upward!

That familiar curve! The curve that seemed almost wide enough to reach her ears!

Looking at Liguang like this, Fang Qi suddenly felt something soft and burning well up inside his chest.

……What a flutter.

His chest felt all itchy, as if a kitten were gently pawing at it…!

…My wife is so cute.

His amnesiac wife was just too adorable!

One little “wife” from him, and she’d start smoking, secretly giggling nonstop while desperately trying—and utterly failing—to hide it!

No…

This was just too cute!

Liguang had already been an old married couple with him before. If she hadn’t eaten him up completely every night, it had only been because she was taking his condition into consideration!

Of course he still wanted Liguang to remember everything, but…

Having this kind of shy, first-love feeling once in a while wasn’t bad either…?

This, this, this… It really did feel like he was experiencing a “first love” with Liguang!

Fang Qi took a deep breath!

It smelled sweet, like strawberries. Soft, gentle, and reassuring.

His emotions slowly settled down a little.

…Wife, I’ll help you get your memories back.

Absolutely!

But before that…

There’s no harm in teasing this shy little Liguang a bit, right?

Though, now that he thought about it, his Liguang was so adorable…

Why hadn’t he gone all out to woo her like this before?

He blinked, and then…

Ah.

He gave a helpless smile.

He remembered now. He had done exactly that before.

He’d done it right from the beginning. He’d even directly asked Liguang to warm his bed!

Back then, this yandere girl had been so embarrassed that smoke practically poured from her head!

And what happened?

He triggered the [Eternal Slumber] ending.

Her affection had skyrocketed too quickly!

Terrified of losing him, Liguang had injected him with a drug and sent him into a sweet dream from which he would never awaken.

If he treated Liguang too well, she would simply make sure he never woke up again!

But…

Fang Qi tightened his arms around the delicate body in his embrace.

Who cared!

He didn’t care about any of that anymore!

He was going to be good to Liguang! If that led to Eternal Slumber, then so be it!

Besides…

Liguang had some of her memories now. It would definitely be fine!

There was no way her affection could skyrocket too quickly—

“Oh—!”

A sudden sound of realization came from Lin Xiaoyou beside them.

Fang Qi: “?”

He turned his head and saw the genius girl slam one fist into her palm, her almond-shaped eyes wide!

“Could it be…!”

She immediately turned to look at Fang Qi, her round little face covered with the words I get it!

“Liguang lost her memory too, just like Xiaoqing?!”

Fang Qi: “…”

Looking at Lin Xiaoyou’s earnest, enlightened expression, the corner of his mouth twitched.

No…

My dear teammate, you’ve come back too.

You’re just as adorably foolish as the Lin Xiaoyou from back then!

Liguang gave a slight shudder in his arms and slowly raised her head.

Her amber eyes stared blankly at Lin Xiaoyou.

The crimson eye hidden beneath her bangs… flickered faintly.

“Miss Lin, you…?”

Lin Xiaoyou pressed a finger to her lips, her brows drawn tightly together as she struggled to think.

“Just like Xiaoqing… Hmm…”

Her expression grew more and more troubled. Her brows twisted into two knots, and her almond-shaped eyes began to glaze over.

“Aaah—! My head’s going to explode!”

She suddenly grabbed her hair with both hands, plunging her fingers into it and frantically mussing it up!

Her hair instantly stood on end, and even her ponytail ended up several inches shorter!

The corner of Fang Qi’s mouth twitched again.

“Hey, you…!”

“Senior!”

Lin Xiaoyou suddenly looked up at him!

She lowered her hands from her head, and the expression on her round little face instantly turned serious!

“Senior, I really am stupid now, and I can’t figure out a lot of things.”

“But I think…”

Her tone was equally solemn.

“If I were Liguang, I’d definitely want to know everything!”

“You should just tell her all of it!”

“And while you’re at it—”

Her eyes flickered, and she blinked her almond-shaped eyes.

“Tell me what you two did in the previous dream, too!”

Fang Qi: “…”

Looking at Lin Xiaoyou’s perfectly reasonable round little face, he didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Did you even know what you were asking, Miss Genius?

Tell Liguang directly about what happened in the previous cycle?

He instinctively lowered his head and looked at Liguang in his arms.

The silver-haired girl was still sitting beside him, her body somewhat stiff.

But when Lin Xiaoyou said “the previous dream,” Fang Qi felt her shoulders move ever so slightly.

She was listening.

She didn’t raise her head. She simply kept looking down, gently rubbing the earlobe wearing her star-shaped earring.

The little star swayed back and forth, as if hinting to Fang Qi…

Master, I want to hear it too.

Fang Qi took a deep breath and reached out to gently stroke her hair. It felt silky smooth.

He considered whether it was feasible.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to tell Liguang. He had even thought about linking his mind to hers and letting her read his memories directly!

But he had never acted on the idea because…

Liguang had forgotten the “dream”!

She had triggered “The World’s Erasure”!

Could they still casually discuss the events of the previous cycle now?

Would they have to do as they had before—avoid speaking too plainly and deceive the world through mutual understanding? Otherwise…

Would the world erase her memories of the “dream” again?

However…

He looked at Lin Xiaoyou, who had once again begun to furrow her brows and think.

Miss Genius clearly wasn’t used to having such a foolish brain. She had even…

Been tricked by him once.

Just now, he had deliberately discussed the events of the previous cycle with Lin Xiaoyou.

And the result seemed fine.

Nothing had happened to Lin Xiaoyou.

She remembered what had happened in the previous cycle, and her brain was still more or less functional.

She had indeed become stupider, but at least…

She hadn’t lost her memories because of it!

Fang Qi smiled.

Xiaoyou, you really are my best teammate.

In any case, he had confirmed it. The world hadn’t “erased” anything simply because they had discussed it!

So—

He held his breath.

He should be able to speak directly with Liguang!

He could even open up his mind completely and use their mental connection…

Let Liguang read the memories in his mind, just as she had during those eighty-two years!

And learn everything all over again!

But…

The thought only lasted for an instant before he suppressed it.

…No. This was his final safety net.

It was a method to use only when he truly had no other way to restore Liguang’s memories!

Because…

He understood his wife far too well.

Forcibly implanting memories in her this way would most likely make this yandere girl think…

That those experiences belonged to another Liguang and her Master!

That they had nothing to do with her!

That they were the memories of “someone else”!

In her current state, she might very well turn completely unstable!

And then give him a thorough—

…Not that he’d necessarily object.

Ahem…!

Fang Qi shook his head, driving the “terrifying” images from his mind!

…In any case, it was better to start with the gentlest method!

“Liguang.”

He lowered his head to look at the silver-haired girl in his arms and gently pinched her cheek again.

With her cheek held between his fingers, Liguang finally raised her head.

Her amber left eye was faintly bewildered, while her crimson right eye remained hidden in the shadow of her bangs…

But Fang Qi could see it flickering ever so slightly.

“Master will tell you about the things you’ve forgotten now, all right?”

He spoke softly.

“Does Liguang want to hear?”

The silver-haired girl looked at him. Her lips parted slightly, and her lashes trembled twice before—

“…Mm. Liguang wants to hear.”

Her voice was soft and quivering.

As soon as she finished speaking, she lowered her head again, but…

Her body visibly relaxed.

His tense shoulders relaxed, and his fingers merely curled lightly around the corner of Fang Qi’s clothes.

And nearby…

Miss Genius, who had only just arrived the day before yesterday, winked at him, raised a fist, and gave him an encouraging gesture!

Fang Qi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The jumble of emotions in his chest surged wildly, but he forced them down bit by bit.

He needed to calm down.

He needed to sort things out.

He needed to tell her about those memories—the sweet, the crazy, the painful, and the tender…

All those memories that belonged to him and Liguang.

Then he opened his eyes and looked at Lin Xiaoyou before giving her a slight nod…

He lowered his head to look at the girl in his arms and took another deep breath…

“Liguang!”

He spoke with absolute seriousness!

“We used to be…!”

“Ding-dong—!”

The doorbell suddenly rang!

Fang Qi: “?”

His entire body froze for a moment!

The emotions he had worked so hard to build up were interrupted just like that!

Seriously, who was it…?!

“It’s me, Fang Qi. I need to talk to you.”

The woman’s voice outside the door was lowered, but that voice…

Fang Qi immediately froze.

…Gu Xi?! Officer Sister?!

Why are you here?

“Tsk.”

Beside him, Lin Xiaoyou suddenly let out a soft “tsk.”

And the silver-haired girl who had just relaxed in Fang Qi’s arms stiffened once again!

Then, slowly, she lifted her head from Fang Qi’s embrace. Her silver hair slid aside, revealing her pretty face.

She looked at Fang Qi, her eyes curving into a smile.

“Master, is this something else that Liguang forgot?”

She tilted her head.

“This is… the second woman today.”

“Master, it seems Liguang really has forgotten so many important things~”

Her smile was so gentle, and her tone so sweet!

“There shouldn’t be any more, right?”

Fang Qi: “…”

He sat stiffly on the sofa, his arm still wrapped around Liguang’s waist.

The silver-haired girl in his arms continued smiling so sweetly.

But her crimson eyes flickered again and again.

“Ding-dong—!”

The doorbell rang once more.

“Fang Qi? You should be home, right?”

Gu Xi’s voice came from outside the door again.

Seriously…

My Matchmaker Sister, why did you have to come at a time like this?!