Chapter 106: Melancholy Little Seven

The words abruptly stopped. What was she just saying?
My milk?
My milk?
Drinking my milk?
Xiao Qi covered her face with both hands, utterly ashamed to show herself!
She hadn’t even taken a sip of milk but had already spoken so many unpleasant things.
When Xiao Qi lowered her hands, she accidentally caught the lingering smile on President Lin’s face.
She was stunned.
Did he just smile?
Though, well! The capitalist used to smile often in front of her.
But now, this was the amnesiac capitalist.
It was already good enough that he wasn’t cold and distant; since he smiled,
Hmm, it seemed her milk had some effect.
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Yi Chen’s expression was calm, but what he said…
“No wonder you don’t want my money. All these schemes and seductions were just to cast a long line and catch a big fish?”
Though phrased as a question, his tone was certain.
Xiao Qi was stunned by his last sentence.
A strange sadness welled up within her.
Really, at this moment, she deeply missed the capitalist before his amnesia.
“Lin Yi Chen,” the beauty’s ruse failed and Xiao Qi’s plans ran dry; she no longer wished to pretend, “my scheming was all because of your amnesia. Before you lost your memory, you said as long as I was by your side, your amnesia would improve. You even said I was the only girl you remembered.”
Yi Chen stared at her for several seconds, then suddenly asked, “Are you really my girlfriend? Did I ever love you?”
She wasn’t Ye Xiyang, so she wasn’t his girlfriend, much less someone he loved.
She had been pretending to be his girlfriend to conceal his condition.
So, she wasn’t truly his girlfriend.
Xiao Qi looked up at him; his expression remained indifferent.
Since his amnesia, he looked at her coldly,
No longer with the depth in his eyes he once had.
She was not Ye Xiyang, and once she retrieved the signal device, she would leave at once.
There should be no more entanglements between them.
Xiao Qi looked away and murmured, “I’m not your girlfriend, and you never loved me. What I said about you picking me up for work, taking me out for big meals—that was all a lie. I pretended to be your girlfriend to help hide your amnesia. You have no feelings for me, just like now.”
“Yes,” Yi Chen looked into her clear eyes and said coldly, “I should have guessed you were a liar long ago.”
After speaking, he straightened up, his tone shifting from mild to cold in an instant, “Considering you once helped me, I won’t hold grudges. We’re even now. Get out.”
“Who said we’re even?” Xiao Qi jumped down, desperate, “You still owe me something!”
Yi Chen replied coldly, “Fine. As long as it makes you give up, tell me what you want, and I’ll give it to you now.”

“But my thing…” Xiao Qi placed her hand on his chest, “is right here in your heart. How about you make your heart race once more? I promise I’ll take what’s mine and leave immediately…”
“Get out!” Yi Chen suddenly cut her off harshly.
He didn’t understand why, but when she said “leave,” his heart seemed unable to bear the rest of her words.
Xiao Qi was momentarily at a loss, staring at his unpredictable expression.
They were having a good conversation, so why did he suddenly yell?
But it had come to this point; once his heart raced again, she could take her signal device.
“What I said just now is true. If your heart races again, I’ll take—”
“I don’t know what happened between us,” Yi Chen said coldly again, “but now, I’d rather never have any memory of you. I won’t say it twice. Get out.”
Silence…
The hand on his chest slowly lowered.
Xiao Qi’s gaze gradually dropped.
She turned her body bit by bit, walking step by step toward the office door.
She slowly raised her hand to open the door.
Her figure gradually faded away.
That dull ache returned to his heart.
Yi Chen touched his chest, deeply frowning.
Xiao Qi walked along the street with her hands in her pockets.
This time, her mood was not as turbulent as before but rather quiet and tinged with confusion.
After all, it was her own fault for coming to Earth because of that hormone surge. But if she hadn’t come, he might have died, right?
Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.
Xiao Qi thought so but still blamed herself for coming to Earth.
At this point, she no longer knew what to do.
“I’d rather never have any memory of you.”
That rational and cold voice rang again in her mind.
Her heart suddenly ached.
Xiao Qi stopped walking and closed her eyes, waiting for the pain in her heart to subside.
After a long time, she opened her eyes.
Amid the bustling crowd on the street, she could no longer find his shadow, and her eyes felt empty.
Tears fell silently, one by one, without warning.
Xiao Qi was somewhat dazed as she touched her already wet cheeks.
This was…
“It’s raining, hurry home.”
A passerby said, running along.
So it was raining.
But Xiao Qi felt the tears in her eyes gradually became uncontrollable.
She slowly crouched down, burying her head in her knees.
From now on, there would be no more ties between them.
A cold wind blew, and Xiao Qi shivered.

She stood up, gathered her thin clothes around her, and looked at the street.
The rain was fine and misty, causing many young people to walk in it.
“I heard that walking in the drizzling rain brings a feeling of vastness in the heart, both sad and joyful.”
“You’re just nervous about returning home after so many years away!”
Two girls nearby were chatting, and Xiao Qi unknowingly followed behind them, listening to their conversation.
One sighed, “I grew up here, little by little, cluelessly. I never thought one day on these familiar streets, my heart would be full of desolation for how things and people have changed.”
“Don’t think too much. Everything changes in this world, especially people’s hearts. When someone changes, even if you bare your heart, they won’t believe you… Just forget it. The ending is what it is, and the reasons no longer matter. When something becomes the past, the most painful thing is that everything remains as clear as yesterday…”
Xiao Qi paused, her expression dimming. She lowered her gaze and suddenly gave a faint smile.
The rain grew heavier, and pedestrians opened their umbrellas.
Xiao Qi didn’t know how long she’d been standing there.
Her clothes clung damply to her body, and her toes were ice cold.
She moved her legs, numb at the heels, and began walking.
She stood by a shop at the street corner, watching passersby, vehicles, and shops.
In the misty rain, City A looked blurred, much like her current mood.
“Ah, I heard someone say that to truly understand a city, you just need to ride its buses a few times because they take you through all the lively parts of the city.”
Xiao Qi found the passerby’s words quite insightful.
They take you through all the lively parts of the city.
The lively parts…
Had this place she was in already lost its vitality?
Would she find life again if she left here?
…
Xiao Qi felt she had been melancholic for too long today, making her think she really was a sentimental person.
She sighed and headed back.
Arriving at the restaurant, a woman in her thirties, mature in appearance, was chatting with the auntie.
“I’m telling you, Sister Yun, you can’t keep wasting time like this. Time is youth and beauty. If you find a man now, that’s saving society. Wait two more years, and going out will be harming your male compatriots. Besides…” The woman whispered mysteriously, “You’re more in tune with your biological clock now. Don’t you want to lie in a warm embrace and fall asleep at night?”
Fang Yun blushed shyly, lowered her head, and swayed, “I’m only 35, no rush yet.”
For some reason, Xiao Qi suddenly thought of Doctor Pan.
She quickly ran over, “Auntie, I know a doctor, about your age, quite handsome. How about—”
“Xiyang,” Fang Yun saw Xiao Qi soaking wet and immediately pulled her inside, “How could you not avoid the rain? Hurry and change your clothes.”
Xiao Qi hugged the auntie tightly, slightly choked up, “Earth really is best with you, Auntie! But you’re not really my—”
“Xiyang,” Fang Yun pulled her away with a serious face, “What’s wrong? Is work not going well? Or is it about Yi Chen…”
Xiao Qi instantly smiled brightly, “Ah, I just like walking in the rain. I was just here to pick up takeout.”
Xiao Qi came every noon to get takeout, so Fang Yun didn’t suspect anything.
But this rain…