Chapter 635

“Huh?”

Fang Qi’s words caught in his throat as he stared blankly at the owner in front of him.

Wait…

Boss, you meet so many people every day. You actually remember me?

This… Ah!

Suddenly, it dawned on him!

…That was true!

As far as he was concerned, his last visit to this amusement park had been a very, very long time ago—so long that…

He couldn’t even remember how many loops he had gone through.

From his perspective, nearly a hundred years had passed, right?

But to the owner, it had only been a little over ten days!

A little over ten days ago, a young man had brought a silver-haired, heterochromic-eyed little girl to the shooting gallery.

That little girl had silver hair and mismatched eyes, and she was prettier than even a little fairy!

And then…

That young man had spent ages shooting, flustered and red-faced, yet hopelessly bad at it. In the end, he had won nothing but a consolation-prize keychain…

But the moment he handed that cheap keychain to the girl, she had been so happy she almost crashed on the spot!

How could the owner possibly forget a customer like that?

So today, when Fang Qi brought the same Little Yandere with him, the owner naturally recognized them at once!

Only…

Aha…

The corner of Fang Qi’s mouth twitched.

This is bad. Something’s about to happen.

It feels like Liguang…

“A-Aqi…?”

The little hand holding his tightened around his fingers, bit by bit!

Fang Qi: “…”

…See, darling?

Look how well I know you. I knew you’d…

He lowered his head stiffly and saw Liguang looking up at him.

The silver-haired girl still wore a smile on her pretty face, her brows curved and the corners of her mouth raised—the textbook girlfriend smile.

“Aqi.”

Her voice was sweet.

“What do you mean by ‘it’s you again’?”

“And what does ‘you brought another girlfriend here’ mean?”

She tilted her head and blinked rapidly. She was using those blinks…

To hide the red glow flickering in her scarlet eyes!

“Who does ‘girlfriend’ refer to?”

Fang Qi: “…”

The corner of his mouth twitched.

The smile on that pretty face grew wider and wider, but there wasn’t the slightest trace of a smile in those mismatched eyes!

“Aqi, so before…”

She looked at Fang Qi with a beaming smile and tilted her head again.

“There was someone else who came here with you?”

Then she suddenly raised a hand to cover her mouth, her face full of surprise.

“Wow—so that’s how it is! So… I wasn’t the first?”

She blinked once after every sentence! And every time she blinked, the flickering in her scarlet eyes grew faster!

“Then, Aqi, could you tell me…”

Her eyes curved into crescents, but her gaze narrowed!

“Who… was your ex-girlfriend?”

Fang Qi stared straight into Liguang’s eyes.

Mm…

She was acting.

Acting like a jealous girlfriend on the verge of exploding, using the last scraps of her sanity to suppress her murderous intent!

…No, wait. She didn’t need to act. This was clearly her genuine reaction!

Fang Qi: “…”

…That “ex-girlfriend” was you too!

Beside them, the owner stared at the pair in confusion.

“…Huh?”

His gaze went back and forth between them. Fang Qi could practically see a question mark slowly appearing above the owner’s head.

“This young lady… wasn’t it you back then?”

The owner looked utterly bewildered.

Then he suddenly seemed to notice something. His eyes lit up, and he pointed at Liguang’s earlobe.

“Hey, hey! Yes, that’s it!”

He pointed at the little star hanging from Liguang’s ear!

“That’s right, that’s right!”

“The last time your boyfriend played, he shot for ages and only won a consolation prize—that little star keychain…”

“Clap!”

The owner clasped his hands together, looking emotionally at Liguang, then at Fang Qi.

“Look, you even hung it on your ear! You really treasure the gift your boyfriend gave you!”

“Sure, it’s just an ordinary little keychain, but let me tell you, we don’t have little stars among our prizes anymore. It’s discontinued!”

“So this is actually… well, it’s… quite a precious gift!”

The owner’s face was covered in an ingratiating smile!

Fang Qi: “…”

The owner was really forcing himself to say that.

But Boss, you said it beautifully.

Truly. From the bottom of your heart.

The problem was—

My Crazy Girl doesn’t remember what happened before!

And knowing this Little Yandere as well as he did, wouldn’t she misunderstand and think…?!

Fang Qi turned his head stiffly, inch by inch, to look at the silver-haired girl beside him.

…Sure enough.

The smile on the silver-haired girl’s pretty face was slowly fading away!

Those mismatched eyes began to fix themselves on him.

She didn’t blink or look away. She simply stared straight at him.

…Ah.

This is bad.

“…Master.”

She spoke.

She wasn’t calling him “Aqi” anymore. She had dropped the act.

Slowly, she raised her other hand and reached toward her earlobe…

She pinched the ugly yet somewhat adorable little star and began rubbing it slowly between her fingers.

“…I see.”

Her voice was very, very soft.

“No wonder… no wonder Master said this morning that the little star looked nice.”

“So it was because…!”

She stared directly into Fang Qi’s eyes, the scarlet glow in her own eyes slowly brightening!

Fang Qi watched those somewhat dazzling scarlet eyes, and the corner of his own eye began to twitch.

“So it was because…!”

She continued murmuring:

“This was the gift Master… gave to his ‘ex-girlfriend’…!”

Fang Qi: “…”

Of course…!!

Of course this Crazy Girl would think that! Of course she would…

Wait, wait, wait!

His pupils suddenly contracted!

He saw the fingers pinching the little star tightening! The little star had already begun to deform slightly!

Hey, Liguang!!!!

Fang Qi’s mind went blank for a moment!

If you really do that, you’ll regret it yourself!

His body moved faster than his thoughts. He abruptly raised his hand and grabbed Liguang by the wrist.

“That’s not it! Liguang!”

He lowered his voice, his tone urgent.

“This little star was something I gave you! I gave it to you personally! It wasn’t for anyone else!”

He held her wrist tightly!

And Liguang’s hand stopped squeezing—for the moment.

But…

She seemed not to have heard him at all.

Those mismatched eyes remained fixed on his face.

“No wonder…”

She murmured:

“No wonder Master suddenly felt miserable today…”

“No wonder Master suddenly brought Liguang to the amusement park today…”

Her voice grew softer and softer.

“No wonder this was obviously Master’s first time bringing Liguang to the amusement park—”

“But all day today… it felt as though Master was reminiscing about something…!”

Fang Qi: “…?”

“So… that’s how it is…”

The silver-haired girl suddenly smiled.

The corners of her mouth lifted slightly, but her eyes remained fixed on Fang Qi!

“So today, Master was remembering the past he shared with his ex-girlfriend…?”

“So…”

She continued murmuring, her voice trembling as the light in her mismatched eyes slowly dimmed.

“So Liguang…”

“Was only standing in for Master’s ex-girlfriend…!”

Her gaze began to turn empty and dazed.

“But… but Liguang was so happy today…”

“But…!”

She stared desperately at Fang Qi, her wrist trembling in his grasp!

The focus in those eyes had completely scattered!

Fang Qi could feel… his own hand trembling as well!

No, honey, you…!

“No? What’s wrong?”

Her voice was very soft, and with how noisy the amusement park was, the owner beside them couldn’t hear what she was saying. He even leaned over curiously.

“Are you still playing or not?”

…Screw you, man!!

Fang Qi’s head was about to explode!

Boss, shut the hell up already!!

And he was just as shocked when he saw Liguang’s eyes gradually grow vacant—

No way…

So Liguang had noticed all that reminiscing he’d been doing today?!

And she thought he’d been missing his ex-girlfriend?!

…A Little Yandere in this state was way too prone to overthinking things!!

But… it wasn’t exactly wrong, was it? He really had been missing his ex-girlfriend!

His ex-girlfriend was Liguang, wasn’t she?

Liguang wasn’t his girlfriend anymore. She was his wife now! And wasn’t a wife technically an ex-girlfriend?

So saying he was missing his ex-girlfriend… wasn’t entirely wrong!

But… but how was he supposed to explain it…?

Fang Qi could feel sweat starting to bead on his forehead!

This had happened so suddenly. They’d been having fun just a moment ago…!

The silver-haired girl’s eyes had almost completely gone blank!

She was about to lose control!!

He hadn’t even started causing trouble yet. He couldn’t let himself get killed first!

…Damn that boss!!

Fang Qi’s mind raced desperately!

What should he do? What should he do? How was he supposed to comfort his wife? Come on, Fang Qi, think! You’re the best at comforting your wife!

…Tell her the truth?

Liguang would never believe him! She had no memories!

He knew his wife all too well!

In her current state, she would only think…

“Little Star is something I gave you”?—A lie.

“Let me explain”?—She wouldn’t listen!

—Master, are you still deceiving Liguang…?

That was all she would think!

There was no way to reason with her in this state…!

…Wait.

Wait, wait, wait!

He stared at those eyes, already almost completely vacant, and a flash of inspiration struck him!

…I’ve got it!

But this method seemed a little…

…Whatever. He’d worry about that later!

He had to get through the situation in front of him first!

Acting on impulse, he suddenly stretched out his arms and forcefully, tightly…

Pulled Liguang into his embrace!

Liguang’s body stiffened violently in his arms!

And his voice trembled—partly from fright.

“…I’m sorry! I’m sorry, Liguang… I shouldn’t have done that…!”

He rested his chin on top of her head.

“But…”

“I really don’t have any feelings for her anymore!”

“I swear! Believe me, Liguang!”

“Right now, I only want to be with you!”

That’s right. He was simply going along with what she’d said!

He was admitting his fault outright!

An explanation?

He couldn’t explain!

Little Yandere was extremely sensitive to the word “deception”! Explaining would only count as deceiving her!

But… her reaction to an apology was precisely the opposite!

As long as he obediently admitted his mistake and promised her he wouldn’t do it again…

As long as it wasn’t something so serious that it couldn’t be undone, Little Yandere was very easy to placate!

It was just that…

Fang Qi’s lips twitched wildly inwardly.

Did this count as inventing an ex-girlfriend for himself?!

And on top of that—

“…Look, that guy’s hugging the girl and apologizing.”

“Wow, he actually had the nerve to cheat on such a beautiful girl…”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk… What a scumbag!”

Whispers once again drifted over from every direction.

Fang Qi: “…”

…His reputation had been torn to shreds once again.

But he couldn’t worry about that right now!

Because…

The body trembling faintly in his arms really was slowly, slowly calming down!

It stopped.

It stopped, it stopped.

Fang Qi held his breath.

Then—

A small hand slowly rose and gently gripped the front of his shirt.

“…Aqi.”

…Ah, she was calling him “Aqi” again.

Fang Qi felt slightly relieved.

The girl in his arms slowly raised her head. He lowered his gaze, and Liguang looked up at him with her little face.

Most of the emptiness in those heterochromatic eyes had already faded.

“…Aqi really knows he was wrong?”

Her voice still carried a hint of a nasal tone.

Fang Qi: “…”

…What was he even supposed to be sorry for?

He was wrong, he was wrong, he was wrong!

So he hurriedly nodded, bobbing his head like a pecking chick.

“I know, I know! I was wrong!”

“I’ll never dare think about her again! I absolutely won’t think about my ex-girlfriend anymore!”

I’ll only think about my ex-wife!

No, wait—my current wife!

“Mm…”

The silver-haired girl tilted her head.

“Since Aqi knows he was wrong…”

She blinked, the setting sun reflected in her amber left eye.

“Then Aqi should be able to tell Liguang…”

Her voice suddenly turned sweet.

“Who your ex-girlfriend is, right?”

…Huh?

Liguang’s eyes curved into a smile.

“Aqi likes her, so… Liguang can learn from her!”

Fang Qi: “…”

He looked at the silver-haired girl’s radiant smile, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Learn from her, my ass!

You’re not planning to do something to her, are you?!

Then go kill yourself!

She’s you!

“…Aqi?”

Liguang called out to him again.

Her little hand suddenly tightened around his, their fingers interlocking!

“Gah…!”

Fang Qi’s eyelid twitched!

That hurt!

Her grip had suddenly become so much stronger than before!

Yet her face still wore that radiant smile as she stared straight into his eyes.

The red eye was flashing again and again.

…Ah.

Fang Qi looked at her, feeling the pain in his hand.

It was obvious that Liguang was warning him…

—Master, hurry up and tell Liguang who that “ex-girlfriend” is.

His wife wasn’t going to let him off today if he didn’t tell her.

But…

He opened his mouth.

Tell her the truth? No way.

Make up a name that didn’t exist? His wife would definitely investigate afterward!

And if she discovered that the person didn’t exist, the situation would become even worse!

Then…

Fang Qi looked at the red eye flickering before him, and his eyelid twitched.

…Then there was only one option.

At a critical moment, of course…

You had to stick your neck out for your teammates!

Sorry, my good teammate. Let me survive today first!

Besides… who told you to keep setting me up?!

This time, I’ll set you up in return!

“…It’s…”

“Lin Xiaoyou. Yes.”

Before him…

The crimson eye suddenly flared brilliantly for an instant!