Chapter 98 |
The warm liquid slid down his throat!
Fang Qi could clearly feel the slight heat of the tea!
He was stunned.
Completely stunned!
He maintained the posture of having his chin pinched by Liguang as she poured the tea, his eyes wide open, staring at this crazy woman who was forcefully feeding him tea...
His mind went completely blank!
It wasn't until Liguang let go of her hand...
That he fell back onto the floor with a thud!
"Cough, cough cough!"
But at this moment, this familiar taste...
Only made his scalp tingle with dread!
Huh...?
Wait...
Did he just...
Save the game?
Was he forcefully... saved?!
Saved at...
The morning of the sixth day on the island?!
He sat on the ground with a dull gaze, looking at the silver-haired girl in front of him who was still holding the empty teacup and maintaining her leaning posture.
As for Liguang...
She also froze at this moment.
She kept the posture of feeding him tea, her small mouth slightly open, and her heterochromatic eyes somewhat unfocused.
After the two of them stared blankly at each other for a few seconds...
Liguang seemed to have suddenly been burned, her hand trembling—
"Crash!"
The teacup fell to the ground, shattering into several pieces!
The crisp sound of shattering was exceptionally piercing in the small cabin!
Both of them shuddered!
Liguang's heterochromatic eyes instantly widened!
Her amber eye was filled with disbelief and panic, while data streams wildly splashed in her crimson eye!
"M-Master..."
"I-I'm sorry...!!!"
She frantically shuffled half a step backward, and then...
With a thud, she heavily knelt and bowed down again!
Her long silver hair scattered all over the floor with the movement!
"Liguang... Liguang didn't mean to...!"
Her voice trembled violently, carrying a terrified quiver!
"Liguang... Liguang just now... didn't know why she just..."
She repeated incoherently, wanting to explain...
But it seemed she completely didn't know how to explain!
"Liguang just... suddenly felt...!"
"Felt that as long as... as long as Master drank this cup of tea...!"
Her delicate body trembled even more violently, and her fingertips dug deeply into the crevices of the floor, emitting a harsh sound of nails scratching against wood!
Fang Qi was still sitting on the ground, staring at her blankly.
He seemed...
To have really saved the game.
Saved, on the morning of this sixth day on the island.
He... couldn't go back?
Couldn't go back to the morning of the fourth day?
His perfect plan of "letting Liguang turn dark first, then reloading the save, and then taking his wife to fly far away"...
Was completely... ruined?
He...
Was stuck in a dead save?!
He was trapped on this island?!
But...
"Why..."
Fang Qi muttered, his voice incredibly dry:
"Why... did you do this...?"
His gaze was dead locked on the silver-haired girl kneeling on the ground!
Liguang was still trembling, her little star earrings shaking violently!
She seemed to want to look up, but didn't dare, only maintaining that humble kneeling posture, her muffled voice coming out:
"I-I'm sorry... Master..."
"Liguang, Liguang really doesn't know..."
"Doesn't know why she would... would suddenly do such a disrespectful thing to Master..."
Fang Qi took a deep breath!
Forcing himself out of the daze of "I'm stuck in a dead save and doomed"...
He pulled out a shred of rationality!
He leaned forward, ignoring the glass shards on the ground, and grabbed her slender shoulders with both hands!
With a pull, he lifted her up from her kneeling posture!
The silver-haired girl was forced to raise her head, her breathtakingly beautiful face... bearing terror, unease, and bewilderment!
That crimson eye, like a broken neon sign, flickered erratically!
Her red lips were still trembling slightly, unconsciously repeating:
"I'm sorry... Liguang actually made such a forceful move against Master..."
"Look at me, Liguang!"
Fang Qi's voice was deep, holding her face with both hands:
"Tell me, why exactly did you do that just now?"
He had to know.
He... wanted to know too much!
This crazy woman...
Why would she suddenly force tea down his throat?!
This completely didn't fit her persona of a "docile disguise"!
Could it be...!
With her face held by him, Liguang's heterochromatic eyes finally slowly focused, meeting his gaze.
Her eyes were still blank and terrified, yet carrying a trace of... deeply hidden morbid obsession!
She looked at Fang Qi for quite a while, her lips parting slightly...
Then she muttered in a floating, dream-like voice:
"Liguang... doesn't know..."
"Liguang just... just suddenly felt..."
Her gaze fell on Fang Qi's tea-stained collar, her eyes becoming somewhat hollow again:
"As long as... Master drank this cup of tea..."
"Master would... would not leave Liguang..."
"Would... always stay here..."
"Always... stay by Liguang's side..."
Fang Qi's breathing became slightly heavy.
His hands holding Liguang's face also tightened slightly!
Drink this cup of tea, and he would accompany her forever?
What she said... was right!
He drank this cup of tea, and saved the game on this island!
This meant that his desire to reach the final Eternal True Love ending...
Was almost impossible!
Because... the main storyline had completely deviated!
Wasn't this just accompanying her forever!
But...
The one who knew the underlying logic of "tea equals save point" and "no tea means no save"...
Was the one who accompanied him for eighty-two years, knew everything, and finally destroyed herself in despair in front of him...
The Liguang who possessed complete memories!
Why would the current Liguang...
Could it be because, although that memory was gone, that final, deep obsession...
Was still affecting her!
That memory was still playing a role in her subconscious!
—As long as Aqi drank this cup of tea, he would never leave.
And the current Liguang, driven by a hazy intuition originating from her subconscious...
Forced that cup of tea down his throat!
Still doing everything she could to block his path to Eternal True Love!
Snuffing out the possibility of "leaving" from the very root...?
Fang Qi's heart started pounding wildly in his chest!
That memory...
Still existed hazily!
Like a volcano buried beneath the deep sea, ready to awaken again at any time!
A trace of palpitation rose in his heart!
You crazy woman, even if you forgot everything...
Are you still trying to hold onto me tightly in your own way?
You really are...
But the next second—
This trace of palpitation was completely overwhelmed by a far more massive sense of collapse!
He suddenly hugged his head!
Palpitation my ass!!!
Damn it, he was stuck in a dead save!!!
He couldn't go back!!!
Moreover...!
"Buzz—!"
"Buzz buzz buzz buzz—!"
The phone he had thrown on the coffee table suddenly started vibrating crazily!
Fang Qi stiffened all over and slowly turned his head.
Liguang also seemed to be awakened, her eyelashes fluttering lightly as she looked in the direction of the phone.
Fang Qi let go of the hands holding her face and tremblingly picked up the phone.
The screen was lit.
Two new messages popped up almost simultaneously!
The first one was from Lin Xiaoyou.
[Lin Xiaoyou: Senior! I got my plane ticket! Your island's location isn't bad, not too far! I'll fly to the neighboring city first, then take a helicopter over! It'll be super fast! I'll be there this afternoon! Wait for me!!! (Spinning in circles from happiness.JPG) (Spinning in circles from happiness.JPG)]
Fang Qi: "..."
The second message was from An Lian.
No emojis, no nonsense, concise and to the point—standard An Lian style.
[An Lian: Already departed. Portable equipment is fully prepared. Estimated to arrive this afternoon. Please ensure Liguang is in a testable state.]
Fang Qi: "............"
He stood there, gripping his phone.
The sea breeze blew in through the wooden window, carrying a salty, damp scent, and brushed past his stiff face.
The sunlight was beautiful.
The beach was golden.
The sound of the waves was gentle.
Inside the small wooden cabin, Liguang was still kneeling on the floor, looking up at him with a pitiful expression.
On the phone screen, those two messages were still lit up.
One was lively and joyful, the other calm and professional.
But they had one thing in common—
This afternoon, they were both coming.
Fang Qi's lips twitched.
He wanted to say something.
He wanted to roar, to wail, to lie down right there and play dead!
But in the end... all the words got stuck in his throat.
And turned into an extremely devastated...
"...Fuck."
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