Seeing Xiao Qi’s silence, Ji Chenai moved his body onto the bed with his hands. After lying down for a while, he heard Zhou Yaoyun’s voice asking. “Brother, are you sleeping?”

Ji Chenai replied. “I’m already in bed. Good night.”

Zhou Yaoyun seemed slightly taken aback, but he still bid him good night.

Ji Chenai gazed at the ceiling, slowly removed his coat, wrapped himself in a blanket, and drifted off to sleep.

The following day was Saturday, and Zhou Yaoyun didn’t have school.

Ji Chenai rose early, spending an hour dressing before settling into his wheelchair for over twenty minutes. It was nearly ten o’clock when he finally left his bedroom.

During this time, Zhou Yaoyun knocked on his door and asked if he was awake. Ji Chenai replied, “I’m awake, just resting a bit longer. Don’t worry about me.” Zhou Yaoyun was a little worried when heard this, so he asked again twice, but after being rejected by Ji Chenai, he didn’t come back. Now, seeing Ji Chenai dressed neatly and exiting his room, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Brother, come quickly, breakfast is ready.”

Seeing that sumptuous breakfast on the table, Ji Chenai said. “I’ll start making my breakfast from now on. You don’t have to worry about me.”

Zhou Yaoyun hesitated, but seeing the determination in Ji Chenai’s eyes, he ultimately nodded in agreement.

Ji Chenai asked. “Don’t you have training today? Why haven’t you left yet?”

Zhou Yaoyun replied. “I have afternoon training. Brother, what would you like to do this afternoon? I can invite Liu Ziming to accompany you.”

Liu Ziming? The name struck Ji Chenai as unfamiliar. Despite not finding it in Zhou Yaoqin’s memory, Zhou Yaoyun’s familiarity with the name suggests that they should be familiar with each other.

Ji Chenai vaguely agreed, prompting Zhou Yaoyun to push him to the table and watch him eat breakfast.

Over breakfast, Ji Chenai asked Xiao Qi why he didn’t have any memory of the person named Liu Ziming.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Qi said, “I am a positive energy system and cannot extract negative memories.”

Ji Chenai: “…” What the fuck?

Xiao Qi: “Well, technically, I did access it but the memory’s negative energy exceeded a threshold, so I didn’t show it to you.”

Ji Chenai: “… Are you sure?”

Xiao Qi seemed slightly guilty, displaying almost human-like behavior as it coughed and replied. “Yes.”

Ji Chenai’s expression soured. According to Xiao Qi’s explanation, he suspected that he might have only accessed half of Zhou Yaoqin’s memories. So…did he still not know the ultimate reason behind Zhou Yaoqin’s death?

Ji Chenai asked. “Can you show me the memory now?”

Xiao Qi remained silent for a long time before weakly saying, “I am a positive energy system, and I cannot show you anything with too much negative energy.”

Ji Chenai: “…” You make so much sense, but I have nothing to say.

Although Xiao Qi didn’t say it, Ji Chenai suspected that Liu Ziming’s visit this afternoon might bring those memories back.

Casting a glance at Zhou Yaoyun’s smiling expression, Ji Chenai swallowed the last spoonful of congee. Some things had to be faced, no matter how unpleasant they might be.

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