When Lu Zhi woke up, he found himself lying on Shen Qi's bed and felt no surprise at all.
How to put it?
From being a stranger to becoming familiar, to now being accustomed to it.
Lu Zhi sat up in bed, pinched his brow, closed his eyes to sense, then opened them with a strange expression, staring at his own hands for a while, before muttering, "Weren't they memory fragments? Why haven't I remembered anything?"
When he closed his eyes, however, he could 'see' a round, white mist ball existing within his consciousness. Every time he curiously explored it, golden rings would appear around the white mist ball, blocking him.
If he couldn't figure it out, he'd have to ask someone who knew.
Lu Zhi opened the room door, walked down the stairs to the first-floor hall, and saw several dishes laid out on the table. They were all his favorites. The back of the person stirring the pot in the kitchen was none other than Shen Qi himself.
Who would have thought that the dignified divine being was not only capable of cooking and entertaining guests but was also particularly 'virtuous'~.
"Shen Qi, how long have I slept?" Lu Zhi slipped into the kitchen, grabbed a pair of chopsticks, and popped a piece of sweet and sour pork rib into his mouth. His eyes immediately narrowed in satisfaction.
Admittedly, Shen Qi's cooking was absolutely five-star.
Shen Qi took a sip of his coffee, leaning against the kitchen doorframe. The sleeves of his sapphire blue shirt were rolled up a notch, revealing his firm, muscular wrists. His silver-gray eyes reflected Lu Zhi's satisfied profile as he indulged in the food, replying, "Three days."
Lu Zhi's eyes widened, his puffed-out cheeks resembling a hamster, and he exclaimed in surprise, "It's already been three days? I slept for so long?"
Shen Qi pulled out the chair opposite Lu Zhi and sat down, placing his coffee on the table. He reached across the dining table, took Lu Zhi's chin, forcing Lu Zhi's bright black eyes to meet his silver-gray ones, and asked, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Lu Zhi blinked, licking the sauce from the corner of his mouth. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "I don't know how to say it… I did see the 'me' from my memories, but I still can't directly retrieve my memories."
Lu Zhi clasped Shen Qi's hand in return, stood up, and sat beside Shen Qi. Suddenly, he cupped Shen Qi's cheeks with both hands and, under Shen Qi's surprised gaze, leaned closer, forehead touching forehead, and mumbled, "You can see for yourself, so you won't say I'm lying."
Shen Qi's gaze flickered. He didn't ask how Lu Zhi knew about telepathic sensing. His silver-gray eyes closed, and his consciousness, like an invisible thread, entered Lu Zhi's mind. He 'saw' the seal on the memory ball and understood what Lu Zhi meant.
Lu Zhi opened his eyes and created some distance between them, sitting on the adjacent chair. His black eyes were filled with confusion, "What's going on? You must know, right?"
"Roughly." Shen Qi used his index finger to wipe the sauce from the corner of Lu Zhi's mouth. His eyes flickered, "The memory fragments have incomplete sealing formations. You need to gather all the memory fragments to unseal them."
Lu Zhi suddenly understood, stroking his chin and chuckling, "What was I thinking back then? Making it so complicated. Could it be there's a hole in my brain?"
Shen Qi let out a soft laugh, propping his chin with one hand as he watched him, "Oh? Are you saying you have a problem with your brain?"
Lu Zhi thought of his past self kicking him into the sea and self-deprecatingly remarked, "Perhaps there really is a problem."
Shen Qi found it both amusing and exasperating, "Perhaps?"
Lu Zhi glared at him displeasedly, "You think I have a problem too?"
The unspoken implication was that it was acceptable for him to call himself crazy, but not for others!
Shen Qi:…
Shen Qi very naturally changed the subject, "Something happened while you were asleep for these three days."
Lu Zhi instinctively asked, "What happened?"
Shen Qi picked up a slice of cucumber and fed it to Lu Zhi before slowly saying, "It's not a big deal, well, your sister-in-law, she was kidnapped."
Lu Zhi chewed the cucumber and responded with an "Oh." Three seconds later, he realized that 'sister-in-law' was his brother's fiancée, Jiang Nuannuan, and roared in disbelief, "What—did—you—say!"
Shen Qi tilted his head at the roar. Lu Zhi, still dazed from sleep, had already hurriedly grabbed a jacket from the bedroom and rushed out, the door slamming shut.
Five seconds later, Lu Zhi ran back and glared at Shen Qi.
Shen Qi raised his hands, looking helplessly indulgent, "Alright, alright, I'll take you to your brother's place."
Lu Zhi, still groggy, had almost forgotten how convenient Shen Qi's abilities were.
His spatial ability was like Doraemon's Anywhere Door, serving a similar purpose~