The devil's palace.
Shi Xiaobai was lying on the bed, his eyes closed tightly, still unconscious.
Ye Wuqing sat quietly on the chair beside the bed, her eyes as dull as ever, but her eyes fell on Shi Xiaobai's face and she didn't look away for a long time.
The Demon Queen lay lazily on the sofa far away, closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Time passed, and the palace was as quiet as water. Only the slight sound of breathing could be heard from time to time. No one moved, like three petrified statues.
Suddenly, the corners of Shi Xiaobai's eyes twitched slightly.
Although this subtle change was like a fleeting glimpse, it disappeared in the blink of an eye, but it could not escape Ye Qingqing's eyes. There was a glimmer of light in her dull eyes. The corners of her mouth moved slightly, but she made no sound. She clenched her fists slightly, but did not get up.
Instead, the Demon Queen, who sensed the change in aura, jumped up from the sofa and landed on the edge of the bed.
"Husband!"
"You're finally awake!"
During these long three days, the Queen, who only occasionally came over to take a look, showed an anxious look of waiting. Ye Wuqing glanced at the Queen expressionlessly, her eyes slightly cold, but Nothing was said.
The Demon Queen glanced at Ye Wuqing provocatively, and when Shi Xiaobai slowly opened his eyes, she moved her face towards him.
So, the first thing that caught Shi Xiaobai's eyes was this stunningly beautiful face.
Shi Xiaobai blinked slightly.
The Demon Queen smiled charmingly, "Husband..."
The affectionate and intimate calls came to an abrupt end, because Shi Xiaobai's face turned ruthlessly to the side, and he looked at Ye Wuqing beside him.
Ye Wuqing's lips moved slightly, but she still didn't make a sound. It wasn't that she had nothing to say, but that what she wanted to say was too much for her, so she didn't know where to start.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Shi Xiaobai's eyes suddenly slowly slid from Ye Wuqing's face to her shoulders.
Ye Wuqing's expression changed slightly.
"Feel sorry."
Shi Xiaobai's eyes dimmed slightly and he spoke in a low voice, his voice dry and low.
When he lost control, he still had a vague consciousness. Even though he didn't completely remember what happened, he still clearly remembered the unbearable pain when his fingers pierced the girl's soft shoulder.
He nearly tore her arm off, and he hurt the girl he least deserved to hurt.
Ye Wuqing was slightly startled, shook her head and said, "It's not you."
The "Shi Xiaobai" who hurt me is not you, why should I apologize
Shi Xiaobai sighed, but didn't speak again.
Even if it was only for a moment, he still saw a flash of worry in the girl's eyes.
Compared with the fear of almost losing her arm, she cared more about the self-blame he would feel if he retained that memory. However, she was not good at words, but she could not say any beautiful words to make him feel relieved. She could only say "It's not you." These three words.
"Um."
Shi Xiaobai said softly, "Hmm", and a relieved smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He couldn't blame himself.
Otherwise she will blame herself.
"Um!"
Ye Wuqing gave a heavy "hmm" and felt relieved.
The Demon Queen rolled her eyes, and when she saw Shi Xiaobai ignoring herself and Ye Wuqing, she suddenly felt bored and turned towards the sofa.
Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the voices of the paper farmer and Feng Yuanlin asking if they could come in came from outside the door.
"The light bulb came just in time."
The Queen chuckled lightly, raised her hand, and the main door of the palace opened with a swish.
The paper farmer and Feng Yuanlin were slightly startled, looked at each other, and walked in.
... ...
The atmosphere suddenly became inexplicably awkward.
Shi Xiaobai had just woken up, his mind was still a little confused and he didn't know what to say.
Ye Wuqing never took the initiative to speak, but just looked at Shi Xiaobai quietly.
The Demon Queen was sitting on the sofa, looking like she was watching a good show and had no intention of interrupting.
The paper farmer and Feng Yuanlin obviously had something to say, but they looked at each other and urged each other to speak.
Then, the air suddenly became quiet.
In the end, Feng Yuanlin was defeated in the back-and-forth confrontation, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Ahem, Boss Shi Xiaobai, how much do you remember about the Dead Wasteland?"
This question is obviously not suitable to ask. Whether it is Shi Xiaobai or others, the memory of the dead wasteland is a memory that can be deleted.
But the question of whether Shi Xiaobai still had memories when he accidentally killed Li Wuyu affected the next plan of how to conceal the truth from Shi Xiaobai. They must ask clearly no matter what.
"I only remember some vague fragments."
Shi Xiaobai groaned and began to try hard to recall the memories after "anger" occupied his consciousness. Fuzzy fragments kept flashing through his mind, from protecting Li Chenxi to killing Marshal Niubi, Earthly Yaksha and the memory of the shadow ghost. It was very blurry, and many details could not be remembered at all, but as the memories progressed, a sudden surge of "pain" made him widen his eyes.
Something important seems to have disappeared.
Disappeared from this world and from his memory.
What is it
What exactly is it
"Li Chenxi!"
Shi Xiaobai took a sudden breath, his face changed drastically, and he asked anxiously to the people around him: "Where is Li Chenxi?"
In that vague memory, he seemed to have seen the blond girl disappear out of thin air in front of him. His consciousness was very hazy, but the pain he felt at that moment was extremely clear.
That was not an illusion, nor a dream, nor an error in memory!
The "nightmare" in which the blond girl suddenly disappeared out of thin air in front of him was a reality that had happened before!
A fine line of cold sweat broke out on Shi Xiaobai's forehead, and various speculations filtered through his mind, but they all pointed to some cruel possibility.
"Li Chenxi?"
When everyone saw Shi Xiaobai looking so nervous and anxious, they all panicked and tried hard to recall the name Li Chenxi.
"Li Chenxi...isn't it the name of the King of Heroes? Oh, I understand. Shi Xiaobai, you are asking about the replica created by the trial procedure, right?" The papermaker first recalled the memory. an impression of existence.
Shi Xiaobai's face suddenly turned extremely pale, "Copy?... Did she... disappear?"
No matter how real and warm the blond girl made him feel, Shi Xiaobai always had the worry that "she might be a false existence" in his heart, but this reality that he was unwilling to face seemed to have been nakedly revealed.
"Disappeared. She told the truth before disappearing - as we guessed before, she was indeed a replica created by the trial process." The paper farmer did not remember the entanglement between the fake hero king and Shi Xiaobai. In fact, His memory about the fake King of Heroes was also vague, but the fact that it was a replica made him extremely impressed for some reason.
"..."
Shi Xiaobai sighed silently, suppressing his turbulent emotions and not showing them. He didn't want to believe that the blond girl who accompanied him in life and death was a false existence, but he couldn't convince himself to believe in the absurd self-delusion.
She disappeared.
They can never see each other again.
Even though he was mentally prepared for this when he fell in love with that girl, Shi Xiaobai still felt as if his heart was being squeezed tightly at this moment.