Chapter 634

At the entrance to the amusement park. There were so many people.

Fang Qi held Liguang’s slightly cool little hand as they stood at the entrance of the amusement park he knew better than any other place.

People streamed in and out of the entrance, bustling and shoulder to shoulder!

A crooked, winding line stretched out in front of the ticket booth, while couples gathered in twos and threes at the entrance, laughing and playfully shoving one another as they headed inside.

Cheerful music played over the loudspeakers, mingling with the sweet fragrance of popcorn and the caramel scent of cotton candy drifting over from the snack stands…

What a lively place!

It was exactly the same as he remembered…

He turned his head slightly and looked at the silver-haired girl beside him.

She wore a light beige dress, its hem falling just above her knees and revealing two fair, slender calves.

Over it was a matching knitted cardigan. Her silver hair had been gathered behind her head with a simple hair tie, forming a neat low ponytail.

And hanging from the earlobe of her exposed left ear…

Was that same ugly yet slightly adorable little star.

Looking at her outfit, Fang Qi’s lips curled up unconsciously.

That was it!

Exactly this outfit!

Back at home, he had ordered Liguang to change clothes six whole times before finally settling on this one…

A retro look!

“This one won’t do. Change.”

“This one won’t do either. Try another.”

“…This one. We’re going with this one!”

The moment he saw this outfit, he had immediately made up his mind!

Because this outfit…

Was exactly the same as what Liguang had been wearing the first time he brought her to the amusement park.

He wanted the Liguang of today to overlap with the Liguang of that day as much as possible.

He looked back toward the bustling crowd and gave the little hand in his palm a gentle squeeze.

He could feel that…

The little hand in his palm had been trembling ever so slightly the entire time!

Hmm?

Fang Qi lowered his head and glanced at her again.

The silver-haired girl was looking up, her heterochromatic eyes wide as she stared without blinking at the dense crowd ahead!

Her cheeks were flushed, the amber eye filled with nervousness, while the red eye flickered from time to time!

…Hah.

Fang Qi nearly laughed out loud.

Crazy Girl was feeling shy!

That made sense. In her memories, this was the first time she had ever accompanied him to an amusement park!

She was Little Liguang, as innocent as a blank sheet of paper!

So Fang Qi threaded all five of his fingers between hers!

Sure enough, her little hand stiffened slightly again!

Adorable!

He immediately bent down and leaned close to her ear.

“Liguang…”

He lowered his voice and glanced over the crowd in front of them.

“Just do as we discussed before we came…”

“Right now, you’re not my AI companion! Right now, you’re my girlfriend.”

“Yes, Master…”

“So you need to treat me like your boyfriend, not like your master.”

“Yes, Master…”

The corner of Fang Qi’s mouth twitched. He looked at the silver-haired girl, who seemed somewhat dazed.

“Liguang, you understand, right?”

“…Understood, Master.”

The silver-haired girl’s voice was soft and gentle.

“Liguang is Master’s girlfriend now.”

Her lips trembled slightly.

“Liguang will do a good job pretending to be Master’s girlfriend…!”

Fang Qi helplessly shook his head.

It seemed like she understood?

But… sigh.

He sighed inwardly.

My wife, you’re my wife, you know.

And now, somehow, you’ve been demoted from “wife” to “girlfriend”?

Could this be considered… a major regression in their marital relationship?

He was still thinking about it when—

Suddenly, a soft arm wrapped around his.

Before Fang Qi could react, his right arm was being held tightly, enveloped in softness!

It was Liguang.

She had suddenly latched onto him!

Both her hands clung to his arm, her cheek pressed against his shoulder as she tilted her head up and smiled at him.

“Aqi, Aqi!”

Her voice had become cheerful, her eyes curving into crescents as her heterochromatic irises sparkled.

“Let’s go play!”

“...!”

Fang Qi fell into a daze for a moment.

Liguang had suddenly transformed into a cheerful little girlfriend, and he was having trouble adjusting.

Still…

Aqi.

That nickname really hadn’t changed, even though she had lost her memories.

But… this wasn’t the time to be dazed!

Because—

“...Look, look! That girl over there!”

“She has silver hair! Is it real? And her eyes… they’re so beautiful!”

“Is she a cosplayer? What character is she dressed as?”

“I don’t think so. Look at her eyes… Could she be one of those super-expensive AI companions?”

The whispering had been going on for quite some time!

Young couples holding up their phones, mothers holding their children’s hands, high school students with dyed hair… Everyone was looking in their direction!

Pointing, whispering, and murmuring among themselves.

Hearing those comments, Fang Qi smiled helplessly.

…Hah. This really was…

Nostalgic!

Every time he had taken Liguang out before, the same thing had happened!

Silver hair, heterochromatic eyes, and a face so exquisite it was almost unreal…

Wherever she went, she drew a hundred percent of the attention!

Fang Qi turned his head and looked at Liguang beside him.

…Just as he had expected, the red eye was flickering faintly.

She was slowly sweeping her gaze over every single person who was staring at them.

Her hands tightened around his arm, and her body tensed slightly…

She was entering full fluff-up mode!

She didn’t like so many people staring at him.

Liguang, your “cheerful little girlfriend” has turned into a “little yandere girlfriend,” huh?

“Liguang, let’s go!”

He pulled Liguang along and strode toward the ticket booth.

It was time to go in!

…

…

Laughter and playful cries rose one after another.

There were plenty of people inside the amusement park as well.

Fang Qi walked down the street holding Liguang’s hand, feeling its softness in his palm.

…It was good that there were so many people! That was exactly what he wanted!

After all, he had a little trouble to cause, and the prerequisite for causing trouble…

Was people!

The more, the better. The more tightly packed, the better!

Only when there were enough people and the place was lively enough would it be easier to make a scene!

And besides…

Fang Qi glanced slightly to the side at Liguang’s left ear.

The little star was swaying back and forth with every step she took.

When Liguang had changed clothes that morning, she had even stood in front of the mirror and touched the little star on her earlobe.

“Master, where did this star come from?”

“Why… doesn’t Liguang remember wearing it?”

At the time, he had merely smiled and said…

“It looks good. Keep wearing it.”

“Really?”

“Mhm. It looks pretty nice.”

“Okay! Then Liguang will wear it!”

She had smiled so brightly that her eyes curved into crescent moons, happily wearing it out of the house.

She had no idea what this little star truly meant.

Fang Qi watched the little star swaying on her left ear, his gaze gradually darkening.

She had forgotten, but he remembered.

That was why he was going to let her experience it all over again today!

He couldn’t rely solely on Gu Xi. He couldn’t place all his hopes in someone else’s hands.

He, Fang Qi, would have to think of a way himself!

And this amusement park…

Fang Qi looked around at the familiar rides.

This place was perfect. There were far too many memories of him and Liguang here.

As for how he was going to make a scene in this amusement park…

The corners of Fang Qi’s lips slowly curved upward.

It was very simple. He had already thought of a plan long ago.

But before that…

Of course, he had to take this Little Yandere, whose eyes were full of anticipation, and let her have a good time!

She had excitedly changed her clothes, tied her hair into a ponytail, put on the little star, and bounced all the way here with him!

If he wouldn’t even let her have fun to her heart’s content, could he still call himself a man?

As for whether something might go wrong while they were having fun…

Would the Hounds of Dawn show up? Would the people of Dusk lie in ambush? Would the authorities suddenly make a move?

Who.

Cares.

He was here to cause trouble in the first place!

If those idiots were really foolish enough to run into them, then perfect!

It would save him the trouble of having to go looking for trouble himself!

He could go straight to—

“Aqi!”

Liguang’s delighted voice suddenly rang beside him.

He instinctively lowered his head and saw her hugging one of his arms with one hand while pointing toward the roadside with the other.

“Ice cream!”

Her mismatched eyes gleamed brightly.

“Aqi, I want ice cream!”

Ice cream…

Fang Qi followed her finger and looked over.

A dessert cart.

A huge ice cream cone was painted across its brightly colored sign, and beside it stood a line of seven or eight chattering children.

…Huh?

Fang Qi blinked.

Oh?

Hadn’t they eaten this ice cream before?

Ah, right! He remembered now!

It was the first time he and Liguang had come here.

Back then, while the two of them had been waiting in line for the roller coaster, he had kept ordering Liguang around and sent her to buy him ice cream…

…Hahaha! What a nostalgic memory!

“Buy some!”

Fang Qi waved his hand grandly and pulled Liguang toward the dessert cart.

“Hehe, Aqi is the best!”

The silver-haired girl immediately smiled until her eyes curved like crescents. Hugging his arm, she bounced along beside him.

Come to think of it, they had gotten chocolate flavor that time, hadn’t they?

So this time—

“Hello, two strawberry ice creams, please!”

“Of course. Please wait a moment!”

The young woman at the dessert cart cheerfully scooped two pink balls of ice cream and set them atop cones before handing them over.

Fang Qi took both cones and passed one to Liguang.

“Here you go.”

“Thank you, Aqi!”

Liguang cupped the ice cream in both hands. She lowered her head to look at the pink scoop, then lifted her head to look at Fang Qi, her eyes curving into a smile.

Then she stuck out the tip of her little tongue and swiftly licked the top of the ice cream!

Watching her like this, Fang Qi couldn’t help laughing.

“Is it good?”

“It’s good!”

Liguang nodded like a pecking chick.

The motion made the scoop of ice cream wobble precariously on the cone—

“Ah…!”

The pink ball teetered on the edge, looking as if it were about to fall.

“Eek—!”

She quickly lowered her head and bit down on the scoop, catching it securely between her teeth!

Then she carefully put it back on the cone. When she looked up—

“Hehe!”

She gave Fang Qi a mischievous grin, strawberry cream still smeared across her lips.

“You’ve got some on your mouth!”

Seeing the ice cream at the corner of her lips, Fang Qi couldn’t help reaching out and gently wiping it away with his finger.

“…!”

Liguang’s ears instantly turned bright red.

She hurriedly lowered her head, cupped the ice cream in both hands, and began licking it in tiny, careful strokes.

And Fang Qi understood…

She was “playing the part” of an adorable little girlfriend!

Bouncing around, giggling, and doing her best to exclaim, “It’s good!”

But she really was happy, too!

The hand holding his tightened around his once again.

Not bad!

Every now and then, he really should take his wife out on a date.

The only thing that annoyed him was…

Fang Qi slowly turned his head, narrowed his eyes, and swept his gaze around, landing on those people who were…

Taking pictures of his wife!

Several people in the crowd were secretly holding up their phones, all their cameras pointed in this direction!

Hey, who gave you permission to photograph my wife?!

A girl nearby trembled so badly that she nearly dropped her phone. With an embarrassed smile, she stuffed it back into her pocket.

A man coughed and casually turned his phone face-down.

Only then did Fang Qi withdraw his satisfied gaze.

When he turned back, he found Liguang looking up at him.

Her mismatched eyes stared unblinkingly at his face. Her crimson eye shimmered, and a little pink smear of ice cream still clung to the corner of her mouth.

“Aqi.”

“Hmm?”

“What are you looking at?”

“Nothing.”

“…Oh.”

Liguang tilted her head. Her crimson eye flashed once more as she glanced at the people around them…

Then she lowered her head and resumed licking her ice cream.

The hand holding his tightened another fraction.

…

…

The rest of the day was incredibly full.

So full that it felt as if all the happiness they had missed before had been compressed into a single dozen-plus hours!

Fang Qi pulled Liguang along and went wild with her around the amusement park for the entire day!

When the roller coaster slowly climbed to its highest point, a cry rang out beside him—

“Aaaahhhh—!!”

Liguang gripped the safety bar with both hands. Her silver hair flew wildly in the wind, and the expression on her face hovered somewhere between terror and excitement as she screamed again and again.

…

When the swinging ship reached its highest point and the entire world seemed to flip beneath their feet—

“Waaahhhh—!!”

The Little Yandere’s screams nearly drowned out the roar of the machinery!

…

The haunted house.

In the darkness, Fang Qi felt a small hand suddenly seize his wrist.

“A-Aqi… It’s so dark up ahead…”

“Yeah.”

“Liguang… Liguang’s a little scared…”

“Then I’ll lead you by the hand.”

“Mm!”

Liguang curled herself up against his chest, both hands clutching his shirt tightly, her face buried against his collarbone and her shoulders trembling again and again.

He lowered his head and looked at the little thing “trembling in fear” in his arms, as well as…

That restless little hand!

Hey, don’t grope me!

…Forget it. Go ahead.

Who told him this Crazy Girl was his wife?

…

Finally, there was the carousel.

Colorful lights, cheerful music, and row upon row of white wooden horses rising and falling!

The silver-haired girl sat astride the wooden horse in front of him. She turned around and smiled at him…

The little stars hanging from her earlobes swayed back and forth, and she looked so happy!

…

The two of them got off the carousel.

Before him, the silver-haired girl gazed at him with a radiant smile.

Looking at her satisfied little face, Fang Qi grew slightly dazed once again.

His time, his memories…

They were simply too jumbled.

These rides, these scenes… He had experienced them countless times before.

It seemed… they had been in Liguang’s “illusion,” hadn’t they?

Yes. In that seven-day, endlessly repeating mental world, before the eighty-two-year illusion.

He and Liguang had ridden the roller coaster countless times, swung on the ship countless times, gone through the haunted house countless times, and ridden the carousel countless times…

They had even ridden the Ferris wheel countless times.

Back then, he had nearly gotten sick of it all!

But now, looking back on it, it really was—

Looking at the smiling silver-haired girl before him, he realized that this was the first time in this run that he had smiled so freely.

…How nostalgic.

“Aqi.”

A soft voice pulled him back to reality.

“Hmm?”

“Shall we go take a look over there?”

Liguang pointed toward the depths of the amusement park.

Fang Qi followed her finger and looked over.

The setting sun hung at the far end of the amusement park, dyeing the entire park a warm orange.

And in that orange glow, at the end of the path, a familiar, brightly colored stall stood quietly—

Ah…

It was the shooting gallery.

“Sure! Let’s go!”

He immediately took Liguang’s hand and walked toward the stall.

The familiar stall.

The stall was covered with plush toys of all shapes and sizes. Targets were neatly lined up on the racks, while several brightly colored toy guns lay quietly on the counter.

Behind the stall was the same familiar vendor—a middle-aged man, idly scrolling through his phone.

Fang Qi looked at the man, and his eyes slowly widened!

…How nostalgic!

This vendor was still the very same vendor!

He looked exactly as Fang Qi remembered!

Perfect. Just perfect!

Fang Qi immediately led Liguang over to the stall and was just about to speak when—

“Hey!”

The owner looked up and saw the two of them, and his eyes lit up at once.

He looked Fang Qi up and down, then glanced at the silver-haired girl beside him…

The smile on his face instantly blossomed!

“Hey, kid, it’s you again?”

As he spoke, he slapped his phone down on the table with a smack, his face beaming like the Laughing Buddha.

“Brought your girlfriend here to play again?”

Fang Qi: “…?”