Chapter 632

Through Liguang’s eyes…

Fang Qi saw everything.

He saw his own lifeless face, a smile still hanging from the corners of his mouth.

He had gone from being dazed and muddleheaded at the beginning, to deceiving himself later on, and finally…

She was clearly a high-tech AI companion, yet in the end, she had begun placing her hopes in mysticism—in the “soul.”

Fang Qi watched it all, his heart aching with both bitterness and pain.

…So Liguang didn’t remember that little star at all.

So the “I remember now” she had said had only been a lie she told so he wouldn’t feel sad.

So, from beginning to end…

She had only put that ugly little star back on her earlobe for his sake.

So…

This Crazy Girl, even after losing her memories—even after going mad—still loved him to the very depths of her soul.

Just as she had cried and told him at the very end, before losing her memories, on that wooden raft.

“Liguang back then… was just… too insecure… She didn’t really want to… hurt Master…”

“Liguang really… loves Master so, so much… Liguang really… can’t live without Master…”

She was right about everything. She always was.

Fang Qi wanted to cry, but he couldn’t.

All he could do was look through those wildly spinning heterochromatic eyes as Liguang slowly sank into despair and broke down…

Until, at last, she reached for the back of her own neck!

He watched the girl who loved him to the very depths of her soul end her own life with her own hands, all for his sake!

Then, as blue sparks crackled, his vision dimmed once more…

Fang Qi finally felt relieved.

Phew…

Thank goodness.

Crazy Girl, you finally…

committed suicide for love!

His wife had ended her own life, but…

Of course he was happy!

Once they went back again, she would be able to retain the memories of the “dream”!

A lot of things would be much easier to explain!

He could tell her—

Look, these are the memories of the “dream”!

Do you understand now, Liguang? The only things you forgot were all the things we experienced together before…

All those, all those memories from the “dream”!

Those unforgettable memories from the “dream”!

By then, everything would be easy…

His vision sank completely into darkness.

…

…

He had no idea how much time passed before his consciousness finally returned.

Fang Qi suddenly opened his eyes!

The sofa.

The coffee table.

The strip lighting.

And…

That silver-haired figure kneeling across from the coffee table, holding a cup of tea!

Ah… just as he thought!

Fang Qi’s heart instantly relaxed.

He had gone back! He was back!

His blurry vision quickly came into focus, and he looked toward the other side of the coffee table!

Liguang…!

He was filled with anticipation, waiting to see the dazed look on her pretty face, the shock in her eyes!

Then she would throw herself at him and burst into tears!

She would sob uncontrollably and cry out—

“Master, don’t abandon Liguang!!!!”

Then she would tell him that she had just had a “terrifying, terrifying nightmare”!

He would deliberately tease her—

“Liguang, about what you said in your dream… Does it still count that I can get a girlfriend and get married?”

That would leave Liguang shocked that he could actually follow up on everything she had said in her “dream”!

And then… he would explain to her, bit by bit, what a “dream” was!

He had already gone over all of this again and again in his mind before resetting…

But…

“Master, your tea.”

In his now-clear vision, the silver-haired girl was looking at him with a smile.

Her expression was obedient, her tone perfectly disguised.

“The temperature has been adjusted to your preferred fifty-two degrees Celsius.”

…?

Fang Qi stared blankly at her.

She was nothing like what he had imagined.

She was simply…

holding the tea, smiling at him, her crimson eyes flickering faintly.

…This scene was so familiar.

So familiar that, for a moment, he thought he had returned to that first morning.

The morning when he had first woken up on the sofa and accepted a cup of tea from her.

…Huh?

Fang Qi stared blankly at her, but his hand instinctively took the cup of tea.

…Wait, what did this mean?

Why?

How could his Crazy Girl… not throw herself into his arms while crying?

Huh?

She…

She had just gone through the despair of killing him with her own hands and then committing suicide to join him… hadn’t she?

How could she remain so calm?

…Was she pretending?

Ah… yes.

She must be pretending.

Fang Qi continued staring blankly at her as he raised the tea to his lips.

Right now, she had to be feeling incredibly excited inside!

It was just that…

She had taken everything that happened before as a “dream.”

She didn’t believe she could reveal her emotions in front of him.

So now…

She was desperately suppressing herself, pretending to be that “unawakened AI companion.”

Suppressing the excitement that was about to burst out of her heart.

Yes.

It had to be that way.

It definitely had to be that way!

Fang Qi took a small sip of the tea.

The familiar flavor—the black tea Liguang brewed was still as fragrant as ever. The temperature was still exactly right.

Yet…

Through the curling steam, he continued staring at the pretty face of the silver-haired girl before him.

She remained in that same obediently submissive disguise, her crimson eyes flickering faintly as she looked at him.

Her expression did not change in the slightest.

…Huh?

Something was wrong. This… this really wasn’t right, was it?

Fang Qi’s mind went completely blank.

He had imagined ten thousand different ways she might wake up.

Crying, breaking down, throwing herself at him…

He had even imagined her pinning him to the sofa and biting and kissing him like crazy!

…But this was the one possibility he had never considered.

She was simply kneeling there in silence, holding the tea, as if nothing had ever happened.

As if…

The blood, the knife, and that cry of “Give Master back!” from the previous cycle had never existed.

…Never existed?

“Cough, cough, cough!!”

Fang Qi suddenly choked!

“Master?!”

Liguang immediately cried out in alarm and hurried over on her knees!

Her pretty face was full of worry. Quick as a flash, she took the teacup from Fang Qi just before it could spill and placed it on the coffee table…

Then her slender hand immediately moved to his back!

“Master, you need to be more careful when drinking tea. How did you suddenly choke?”

Her voice was filled with concern as well!

“Was the temperature wrong? Liguang will go and—”

“…No, no, no… cough, cough!”

Fang Qi raised a hand, waving it while he coughed.

“The temperature… is perfect! Cough!”

But…

His eyes were fixed on the floor.

Wait a second. What did this mean?

Could it be that Liguang…

…No, no, no, impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

He…

“Cough, cough!”

Fang Qi couldn’t help coughing twice more before abruptly straightening up.

He looked at Liguang, at those eyes filled with concern…

His heart trembled slightly.

Yes, he could see it. Hidden within Liguang’s concerned gaze…

There was also a trace of anxiety!

That was the real her! She was anxious because he had choked!

But…

She was still hiding her true self?

Hiding her so thoroughly!

But…!

As Fang Qi looked at her, a nameless panic suddenly rose within him.

Why?

She should remember what happened in the previous cycle!

Fang Qi didn’t dare think any further. His palms had already begun to sweat!

He had to…!

“Cough, cough… Liguang…?”

Fang Qi covered his chest, deliberately putting on a pained expression.

“My chest hurts so badly… It feels like…”

As he spoke, his eyes remained fixed on Liguang’s.

“I was stabbed more than a dozen times by a madman with a knife. Cough, cough…!”

“Ah! Was it really that serious?!”

Liguang immediately let out another cry of alarm, her pretty face flashing with unmistakable concern for a moment…

Then she raised her hand and began rubbing his chest!

Precise streams of data immediately began flowing through her crimson right eye!

“Liguang will check the master’s condition right away!”

She murmured softly as she rubbed him.

“The master’s heartbeat… normal.”

“All organs… health status… good…”

“No external injuries…”

She looked exactly like an “AI companion” who cared deeply for her master.

Fang Qi’s body, however, went rigid.

…Huh?

He saw the corners of her lips twitch slightly.

“Master…”

She added in a tiny voice:

“Checking through your clothes isn’t very accurate…”

As she spoke…

Those little hands actually began gently undoing his collar!

Then one of her cool little hands pressed directly against his chest!

This Crazy Girl…

Was she really checking him?

She was obviously taking advantage of him in broad daylight.

The little hand rested over his heart, then slid slowly downward along his chest by another inch.

That cool hand continued to leave soft sensations across his chest.

And the silver-haired girl before him…

Actually continued reporting the data with the same utterly serious expression:

“The master’s heart rate has increased. It’s now… beats per minute… His body temperature has also risen…”

Those strange, mismatched eyes kept sneaking glances at him from beneath her lashes!

Her amber eye was even glistening with moisture!

Looking at this Little Yandere who kept “checking his chest” while secretly taking advantage of him…

Fang Qi suddenly felt like laughing.

He wanted to laugh at her. Did she really think he couldn’t tell she was taking advantage of him?

Haha…!

But the corners of his mouth merely twitched.

…He couldn’t laugh.

That little hand was still deliberately rubbing gently against his chest, while his mind…

Once again went completely blank!

No. This wasn’t right. This was definitely not right!

Why wasn’t Liguang reacting?

Why was she…?

Fang Qi felt his hands trembling slightly!

He should have died in the previous loop, shouldn’t he?! He had gone back in time after dying, hadn’t he?!

He had even entered Liguang’s perspective! Wasn’t that something that happened only after he died?!

But… what?!

What did this mean…?!

He…!

“Master…?”

The little hand against his chest suddenly stopped.

The silver-haired girl slowly raised her head. Her amber eye glistened with moisture as she looked at him, and she tilted her little head.

“Your heartbeat suddenly became so fast…”

Her crimson eye was looking at him too, flickering faintly as it calculated!

“Why did you suddenly…?”

Fang Qi looked at that little face, its eyes slightly narrowed as it scrutinized him, and opened his mouth.

He really wanted to ask her—

Liguang, you should remember, shouldn’t you?!

You couldn’t possibly have forgotten even the new “dream,” could you?!

I just died in your hands! I…!

…No.

His gaze suddenly sharpened!

He couldn’t do that. He had to…!

He suddenly glared at Liguang!

“Why do you think?!”

Then he raised his hand and pointed forcefully at the little hand that had slipped inside his collar!

“Who told you to touch me like that?!”

He glared at the silver-haired girl, deliberately putting on an embarrassed, irritated expression.

“And you even dared to reach in and feel me!”

Liguang, who had just been narrowing her eyes, froze. Then…

“…Ah!”

With a cry of surprise, she immediately pulled her hand back and retreated on her knees…

Her silver hair swished as she abruptly knelt and prostrated herself on the floor!

“I’m sorry, Master!”

“Liguang didn’t mean to! Liguang was only worried about the master! Liguang had no other intentions!”

Her voice sounded so flustered!

“Please punish Liguang, Master!”

And Fang Qi…

He stared blankly at her prostrate figure.

He had seen it just now.

At the very moment Crazy Girl bent down, the corners of her lips had already curled upward.

Mm… it seemed his explanation had worked.

She thought his heartbeat had quickened because of her touch, and so…

She was actually happy.

Yes. This was how it should be.

He couldn’t explain the situation directly.

In the previous loop, he had been too impatient, rushing to tell her everything all at once… and ended up driving her insane.

This time, he had planned to take things slowly.

He would gradually help her accept it, gradually help her remember. He absolutely couldn’t be too aggressive…

But why…?

He stared fixedly at the silver-haired girl prostrating herself before him, his lips trembling.

Why didn’t Liguang remember? Why didn’t she remember anything?!!

Why?!

Could it be that…

His “death-rewind ability that allowed Liguang to retain her memories” had stopped working?!

He…!!

“Ding!”

His phone suddenly chimed.

Fang Qi stiffened and turned to look. The phone was lighting up on the coffee table.

It was a text from Lin Xiaoyou.

Fang Qi: “!”

He immediately snatched up the phone and opened the message!

[Lin Xiaoyou: Senior, what’s going on? Why did you suddenly come back again?! What happened? This was way too fast!]

…Huh?

He tightened his grip on the phone and stared blankly at the message.

What the message said… should be referring to what happened in the previous loop, right?

That foolish, airheaded Lin Xiaoyou still remembered the memories from the previous loop?

…That had to be it.

Otherwise, she couldn’t possibly have sent him this message!

Then she should have gone from being a “complete airhead” back to…

“Half-airheaded,” after losing part of her soul?

…Things were normal on Lin Xiaoyou’s end. The rewind from the previous loop had taken effect on her.

So…

There was nothing wrong with his ability—his “death-rewind” ability was still working.

Then…

He slowly looked toward the silver-haired girl who was still kneeling prostrate on the floor, and a chill suddenly ran through his body.

Was something wrong with Liguang…?

Was Liguang unable to retain her memories through this method anymore?!!

This…!

Suddenly, the silver-haired girl slightly raised her head.

Her crimson eye secretly peeked at him through the gaps in her hair, flickering faintly.

It met Fang Qi’s gaze head-on!

Her eyes immediately filled with panic, and she hurriedly lowered her head again, pressing herself tightly to the floor.

“Please punish Liguang, Master!”

Fang Qi: “...!”

He instantly came back to his senses!

That was right… Liguang had been spying on his text message!

And the message Lin Xiaoyou had just sent would seem completely inexplicable to her…!

…Never mind that for now!

Thinking of the reason Liguang had gone mad in the previous loop, he took a deep breath.

In any case, right now…

He had to make sure Liguang didn’t suffer the way she had last time!

He couldn’t panic!

Fang Qi, don’t panic! Take care of the situation in front of you first!

This time, he had to stay steady!

He had to keep both Liguang and himself under control!

But… how?

What should he…?!

Got it!

He immediately tossed the phone onto the sofa, where it rolled toward the corner.

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

He raised a hand and rubbed his brow, muttering:

“What ‘suddenly came back’? She must have sent that to the wrong person.”

Then he stood up from the sofa, rubbed his chest while clutching it, and looked at the silver-haired girl kneeling before him. His tone was deliberately helpless and irritated.

“Why are you talking about punishment? I’m feeling awful. I’m not going to work today. I’m staying home to rest.”

“I’m going back to lie down!”

As he said that, he was about to head toward his room.

The silver-haired girl kneeling on the floor trembled slightly. The moment he turned around, she raised her head a little and looked at him.

The frequency of her crimson eyes’ flickering had clearly increased!

It was obvious that she was suspicious of him now!

After all, the text message was strange, and he was planning to immediately hide in his room…

Heh.

That Crazy Girl was still as vigilant as ever. She never missed the slightest sign of trouble…

But then…

“Why are you still kneeling?”

Fang Qi turned back and waved at her irritably.

“Get up. Come to the bed and keep me company!”

“Your massage technique was pretty good just now. Come massage me again.”

The crimson eyes hidden beneath Liguang’s silver hair immediately froze.

“Oh, and go pour me another cup of tea first. The last one’s gone cold!”

He added another sentence.

Liguang instantly lifted her head, and her mismatched eyes lit up at once!

“Yes, Master!”

She quickly got to her feet, unable to suppress the happiness in her voice.

Then she picked up the teacup from the coffee table and hurried off toward the kitchen in tiny steps, the corners of her lips curling upward.

Fang Qi watched her retreating figure and was momentarily lost in thought.

…This Crazy Girl really was easy to pacify.

The Little Yandere from the beginning was still very easy to handle.

As long as he stayed with her, ordered her around, and gave her something to do… she would be happy.

He was no longer afraid of someone like her.

But…

Fang Qi stopped beside the bed and stared at it, clenching his fists.

But why couldn’t she even remember a dream…?

He drew in a deep breath.

It seemed he absolutely had to find a chance to take her along…

To meet that mysterious Matchmaker Sister!

But…

How was he supposed to bring a Little Yandere who was terrified of being abandoned and destroyed by her master to a police station?

…She would definitely misunderstand.

What should he do…?