The living room fell into a deathly silence for a moment.

Yan Luqing truly could not understand how the brains of her two bodyguards had grown.

Her garland was indeed woven a bit large, but how did that turn into a funeral wreath? How did it develop into her wanting to “get rid” of Gu Ci?

“You’ve been hanging around in the underworld, hmm?” Yan Luqing looked at Big Black, both angry and amused. “And now you want to ‘get rid’ Gu Ci? This wild?”

Big Black wore a submissive expression, accepting the scolding. But behind him, Little Black spoke excitedly: “Miss Yan, I know! He really did mixed in! And his status wasn’t low either!”

Yan Luqing froze for a moment. Before her surprise could even set in, Big Black turned back and quickly covered Little Black’s mouth. “What nonsense are you saying.”

Then he turned back around to look at her and said: “He’s joking. Please don’t mind it.”

Everyone has secrets. Yan Luqing wasn’t very interested in this and didn’t plan to ask further. She continued with the matter at hand.

“Big Black, I always thought you were clever.” She deliberately spoke with a tone of sorrow. “If Little Black had asked this today, I wouldn’t have been so surprised. But how could you ask such a question?”

Little Black: “?”

She habitually ignored Little Black’s confusion. She only felt that since she had transmigrated until now, when had there ever been anything she had done to disadvantage Gu Ci that could have led to such a misunderstanding?

“You two tell me,” Yan Luqing prepared to earnestly educate the two of them. “Since the day Gu Ci came to the villa, when have I ever harmed him?”

Big Black: “That day… you asked me to give him medicine?”

Yan Luqing: “…” That really was something that happened on the day she transmigrated…

Little Black: “That time at Dieye Mountain, when Gu Ci fell down with you and got injured?”

Yan Luqing: “……” Damn it…

Say you’re fat and you really start panting—when asked, they really had answers!!!

Yan Luqing glared resentfully at the two bodyguards. They were absolutely spoiled—lawless and unscrupulous!

“And that’s all you two remember? Why don’t you look at the good things?!” She gnashed her teeth. “How proactive was I in finding doctors for Gu Ci? Didn’t I help him take revenge too—now that brat from the Jin family can’t even walk on his own anymore! Taking him to Dieye Mountain was for relaxation—for relaxation, do you understand???”

Big Black and Little Black nodded in unison: “Understood.”

“Of course we know how good you are to Gu Ci,” Little Black scratched his head, looking puzzled. “But weren’t you the one who asked us to say the bad things…”

Yan Luqing rolled her eyes, no longer wanting to bother with the two of them, and turned to go upstairs.

“……”

Left behind, Big Black and Little Black looked at each other.

Little Black suddenly nudged Big Black’s arm: “Hey, right, bro—do you remember what I told you on my second morning here at work?”

“You talk so much,” Big Black said speechlessly. “How do I know which sentence it was?”

“……” Little Black, used to being ridiculed by everyone in the villa, automatically ignored his first half of the remark and answered, “That sentence, ‘I think Miss Yan is really good.’”

Big Black had a good memory. He immediately recalled that morning. It seemed that Little Black had gone to apologize and thank Yan Luqing, then came downstairs with a face flushed red.

At that time, their conversation was:

—She really is quite good.

—She’s pretending.

Little Black: “Do you still think she’s pretending now? Can a person really pretend to this extent?”

Big Black was silent for a long time.

He recalled that at the very beginning, he always hinted to himself that she was mentally ill, so her sudden change and memory loss might not be real but an act. Anyway, all he had to do was follow orders and report to the psychologist.

And coincidentally, this drastic change of hers began on the very first day Gu Ci came to the villa, so it was very possible that Miss Yan was putting on a show for Gu Ci to see. After all, she had liked him for so many years.

And it was not as if there had never been times before when she suddenly switched to a different personality. Anyway, before long she would always return to her original self.

But he gradually discovered that the conduct and expressions Yan Luqing displayed in daily life were completely different from her previous changes in personality. What she now possessed was the vitality and loveliness that wholly belonged to a young girl of this age.

Big Black was silent for a long time before he spoke again: “Actually, because of Miss Yan’s medical history, I still can’t be certain.”

Little Black sighed in disappointment.

However, within just a few seconds, he heard the person beside him say, “But I hope it isn’t an act.”

“And I also hope… she will always remain this way.”

After going upstairs, Yan Luqing first changed into comfortable home clothes, then threw herself onto the big bed and opened WeChat.

She was just about to check on the newly added Eldest Senior Brother today, to see whether there was anything fishy, when suddenly the voice of Makka Pakka rang in her mind: “Maria…”

This slightly youthful voice sounded extremely plaintive.

It had to be said, the voice simulation of this system was really done quite well. Yan Luqing’s own voice leaned more toward the sweet side; strictly classified, it would probably fall into the category of a young girl’s voice. But the type she liked most among girls’ voices was the youthful-sultry voice, so every time she heard Makka Pakka’s voice, her mood improved. Even if it was delivering some infuriating stupid message, she could feel a bit more comfortable.

So she asked with concern: “What’s the matter? What’s making you so aggrieved?”

“Just now when you went to find Gu Ci, I discovered…”

Yan Luqing was suddenly startled, her mind immediately associating with Gu Ci’s appearance just now. “Discovered what? Discovered that he had contracted some other illness?”

“…No!” Makka Pakka said. “Before, when you were by Gu Ci’s side, even though I couldn’t contact you, I could still intermittently see the scenes of you interacting with him—but just now, I couldn’t even see the scenes anymore! I don’t know why.”

“Has this never happened before?”

“It has, during the time you two fell down the hillside—but the system often has malfunctions, so I didn’t pay it any mind. I didn’t expect it to happen again now.”

After Yan Luqing understood what it meant, she surprisingly did not give rise to feelings of speechlessness, anger, or any other negative emotions.

She felt…

That when she was with Gu Ci, and no one else could see, and the so-called system could not peep, she was actually quite happy.

But Makka Pakka had previously said that it would receive prompts related to Yan Luqing, such as when she encountered certain characters from within the book, or when one of her colors leveled up, and usually only when it received prompts would it actively contact her. Besides that, there was also a fixed standby time.

Yan Luqing had always been rather satisfied with this mode.

“Right,” Yan Luqing suddenly thought of something, “do you know what the original host injected into Gu Ci at the very beginning? Did that have a big impact on him?”

Makka Pakka searched for a long time, its voice full of doubt: “I couldn’t find it.”

Yan Luqing only remembered after Big Black mentioned it.

Truly strange. Her memory had been censored, and even Makka Pakka couldn’t find it—what in the world was that thing?

“But didn’t Maria already get a doctor to examine him? There shouldn’t be any big problem, right.”

“He indeed was examined, but…”

Yan Luqing thought for a moment. It didn’t seem like there was any but to add. Could she possibly understand better than a doctor?

After Makka Pakka went offline, Yan Luqing continued looking at the WeChat of that Eldest Senior Brother.

He seemed to be in a good mood, with pink and yellow bubbles rising above his head. For the moment, there were actually no negative emotions.

Yellow: Today I really must properly thank Master.

Pink: That little junior sister is not bad.

Yellow: I’m exhausted. After so many days, tonight I can finally sleep soundly.

Yan Luqing instantly let out a breath of relief.

This couldn’t be a fraud, right? Although this Eldest Senior Brother’s mental activity hadn’t mentioned anything about hypnosis, judging from the meaning, it was probably… finally being able to sleep soundly, and she had helped with that as well?

It seemed there was nothing wrong.

Thus, her final worry was lifted. From here on out, it would be focused cultivation—taking down Princess Ci was just around the corner.

At dinnertime, Yan Luqing went downstairs early and knocked on Gu Ci’s door.

When she entered, the lights inside were on. Gu Ci was standing by the bed, and the funeral wreath she had given was still placed on the table.

Yan Luqing walked to his side and smelled the scent of shower gel on his body. His hair looked soft and still somewhat damp, and his clothes were different from earlier.

It was obvious he had taken a bath.

“Weren’t you sleeping?” Yan Luqing asked doubtfully. “Why did you go shower?”

Gu Ci turned his face slightly toward her.

After bathing, his complexion looked a little better than earlier, only his lips still remained very pale. His entire person gave off that icy, snowy kind of cool texture.

“It wasn’t for any other reason.” He pointed to the table beside him, the corners of his lips carrying a faint smile. “Mainly, looking at these two wreaths made it a little hard to sleep.”

“……”

When she had placed them, she hadn’t paid attention to the details. She had only thought to leave quickly and let him rest, so it ended up being a large ring around a small ring.

Looking at it this way, it really did look a bit…

Yan Luqing drew her gaze back from the garland and met Gu Ci’s eyes again: “But you know, right?”