Chapter 1 Qu Shui

Qu Shui entered the room.

The girl rubbed her eyes and asked cautiously, "Little Gu, Doctor Gu... are you sleeping too?"

The room was dark, with only a desk lamp, and Gu Shen's position at his desk made it look like he was dozing off.

His legs were still a little sore, not listening to his commands... Gu Shen tried to stand up, but gave up immediately after trying. He continued to maintain his current posture and smiled, "I was sorting out documents and forgot the time... Help me turn on the light. Where's Sister Xin?"

"She's still resting."

Qu Shui turned on the light. As the light fell, it could be seen that her pale skin had regained some color. She sat on the chair with restraint and praised in a low voice, "This is the best sleep I've had in the past few days... Doctor Gu, I think you're even more amazing than Sister Xin!"

Gu Shen smiled and said, "It's just a psychological effect. Don't take it too seriously."

"That..."

The girl lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers, as if brewing something. After a few seconds, she mustered her courage, "Doctor Gu... do you have time tonight?"

Gu Shen was stunned.

"Last time... actually..." Qu Shui's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke, and her face became redder.

Gu Shen then remembered.

Last time, Qu Shui said it was getting late and she was afraid to walk alone at night.

Sister Xin said that she lived not far from Lipu Street... Being afraid to walk alone at night was probably just an excuse.

She wanted to be alone with him.

Gu Shen wasn't stupid. At this point, he probably already guessed what Qu Shui meant.

Sure enough.

"I don't know if you... have time tonight?" Qu Shui intertwined her fingers, her pretty face flushed. "I'd like to treat you to dinner to express my gratitude."

"I'm sorry..." Gu Shen pondered for a moment and politely declined, "I might be quite busy."

In fact, he was about to get off work, and there were no special appointments today.

But too many things had happened, and Gu Shen wanted to be alone and quiet, to sort out his thoughts.

"It's okay, I can wait for you." Qu Shui raised her small face and said seriously, "I'll wait no matter how late it is."

Gu Shen had a bit of a headache.

"Speaking of which... where's that strangely dressed uncle from this afternoon?" Qu Shui suddenly asked this question.

Hearing this question, Gu Shen said silently in his heart.

Actually, that uncle... is right in front of you, but he can't be seen with the naked eye.

Qu Shui rubbed her small head and said, "I just remembered, I seem to have seen this strange uncle more than once... I saw him once before at the Jiangtan."

"Oh?" Gu Shen's eyes lit up, and he became serious. "Do you remember when you saw him last time?"

Perhaps this would become an important clue for him to track down the Changjiu Foundation.

Qu Shui put on an expression of trying hard to remember. After a moment, she looked at Gu Shen's serious eyes and said guiltily, "I can't quite remember... Is this important to Doctor Gu?"

Gu Shen was a little disappointed. He thought for a while and said, "What about the specific location of the meeting?"

If he could determine the approximate range, he could use "profiling" to capture some clues.

"Hmm..." Qu Shui tilted her head and smiled mischievously. "I might need to think about it carefully. If Doctor Gu accompanies me for a walk along the Jiangtan... I might be able to remember."

So, this was where she was waiting for him?

Gu Shen was amused and helpless at the same time.

This girl was scheming and not as simple as he had imagined.

"Okay, I'll go with you to the Jiangtan... but I have something to do tonight, so you might have to wait a while." Gu Shen glanced at his watch and said in a deep voice, "If you don't mind, we can postpone it until tomorrow."

"Of course, I don't mind!"

Hearing this response, Qu Shui seemed like a different person, her face full of joy, and she immediately agreed.

Then her voice became smaller again, "I, I, I... I'll go back first and change my clothes... Doctor Gu, I'll wait for you downstairs!"

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When Zhou Yexin woke up, the clock hanging on the wall was chiming the hour.

She sat up, rubbed her forehead, and glanced at her pocket watch, feeling a headache.

"Five o'clock... damn it... I'm off work..."

What exactly was wrong with her today... She slept until noon, returned to the clinic, and continued to sleep until five in the afternoon... She still felt sleepy and figured she could sleep another whole night when she got home.

Was she possessed by a sleepy ghost?

However, incredibly, after waking up from her nap in the afternoon, she felt much more relaxed.

Last night's sleep, on the other hand, was terrible, like she had overdrawn her body.

Zhou Yexin rubbed her temples. Her body felt comfortable now, the feeling of overdrawing completely gone, just a little tired.

She turned her head and looked next door. The lights in the next room were still on.

Gu Shen hadn't left yet.

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When Zhou Yexin pushed open the door, Gu Shen was listing the common characteristics of the Lipu Street insomnia case and the Qinghe fire case on paper. He was trying to find certain characteristics of the Changjiu Foundation in these two cases... In the corner of the paper was a large circle, circling the words Jiangtan serial murder case.

Gu Shen slowly wrote a question mark.

After doing this, he looked up and smiled, saying, "Sister Xin... you're finally awake?"

Gu Shen had been waiting for her to wake up.

Because he had just awakened to transcendence, his mental hypnosis was not yet proficient enough.

It was more than enough to deal with ordinary people.

But for special existences like Sister Xin who possessed a "pocket watch", he might not be able to completely erase her memories. If Zhou Yexin still retained memories similar to Blazing Fire after waking up, according to the rules of the Tribunal, he should administer another hypnosis to ensure that she forgot the relevant details and would not cause subsequent trouble.

He had roughly figured out how to handle the matter.

If the other party still retained relevant memories, he would use Blazing Fire again to paint this day as an ordinary, mundane one in Sister Xin's memory.

He could also take the opportunity to figure out the details of this pocket watch, since it was a transcendent item after all.

But what happened next was beyond Gu Shen's expectations.

Zhou Yexin sat directly in the seat reserved for guests, and then took out the pocket watch containing transcendent aura from her pocket.

"Little Gu..."

"There are some things I really want to tell you, and I don't know if you'll think I'm crazy."

She thought for a long time, then slowly said, "Do you know? Some things in this world... cannot be explained by science."

Gu Shen could only remain silent.

In addition to silence, he didn't even bother to feign surprise or astonishment, simply staring at the other party silently, because he believed that after today's conversation, it would be necessary to hypnotize Zhou Yexin a second time to erase the relevant memories.

"I'm glad you don't think I'm crazy..."

Zhou Yexin saw Gu Shen's serious listening reaction and smiled self-deprecatingly. "Maybe that's why Mr. Tang sent you to help me... You, like him, are both unfathomable people."

"Seeing the scene on the second floor today, I suddenly realized that I had imagined you too simply. You've been sorting out the experimental reports these past few days. Anyone else who saw the experiments I was doing... would probably think they were outrageous and absurd, but you were too calm. This isn't the kind of composure someone your age should have."

"Little Gu."

Saying this, Zhou Yexin lowered her head.

"Today at noon, I saw... the fire between your eyebrows."

Her gaze rested on the dial of the pocket watch, where a repeatedly jumping pointer was moving back and forth, clicking from notch to notch.

"Can you tell me... what is that?"