It Is Probably Over

Fang Qi's mouth fell slightly open, his mind a tangled mess.

...?

His somewhat malfunctioning brain right now seemed to be a little...

Unable to keep up with this crazy woman's train of thought?

Liguang's lips were still curled in that docile smile, but the light in her heterochromatic eyes... had already started to look wrong!

"Master..."

"Is it a woman other than Liguang?"

"Is a woman other than Liguang keeping Master company... in Master's 'dreams'?"

Her voice grew even softer.

...?

...!

Fang Qi's Adam's apple bobbed violently!

Cold sweat began to trickle down his spine!

No...

What kind of bizarre logic was this!

"So..."

Liguang's voice suddenly carried a trembling, tearful tone!

The moisture in those heterochromatic eyes finally spilled over, sliding down her delicate cheeks!

"Has Master... cheated on me in your dreams?"

She stared intently at Fang Qi, her voice trembling, her entire body shaking!

Her fingers gripped the stun gun so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

"Just now..."

Her voice trembled even more!

"Master once again... acted strangely while drinking tea this morning...!"

"But this time..."

"Liguang didn't have a dream...!"

Her hollow, heterochromatic eyes quivered slightly, and the crimson in her red eye flickered faster and faster!

"Why is that, Master...?"

"Why didn't Liguang... have a dream?"

And Liguang continued to murmur,

"Master went behind Liguang's back to find other women in your 'dreams' again... didn't you?"

Her lips were still curled in that docile smile, but her breathtakingly beautiful face had begun to twist.

"Who, is, it?"

Her voice carried an eerie, sick gentleness.

"Is it Miss Lin?"

"Is it Miss An Lian?"

"Is it Xiao Qing?"

"Or... Senior Xiaoyue?"

Her voice grew more and more airy, checking off the names of the women... who might appear by her Master's side, one by one!

"Or... other women?"

"Women Liguang doesn't know..."

"Women Liguang isn't aware of..."

"Women Master has hidden away..."

She murmured, her voice dropping lower and lower, the light in her heterochromatic eyes becoming increasingly unfocused.

And Fang Qi, looking at the silver-haired girl murmuring faster and faster before him...

His exhausted brain was once again completely mashed into paste!

His current brain simply couldn't keep up with this crazy woman's train of thought!

But what he did know was that this time...

He was probably completely done for.

This time...

She was thoroughly beyond coaxing.

Liguang was still murmuring, and her delicate body draped over his legs was growing stiffer and stiffer!

"Five times... a whole five times...!"

"Master has been with other women... five times..."

"Unforgivable... unforgivable, unforgivable, unforgivable...!"

She murmured, her voice becoming more fragmented, faster and faster!

"So... Master is not under Liguang's control..."

"He never has been..."

Her voice dropped lower and lower, the light in her heterochromatic eyes growing unfocused.

"Master is a liar..."

"Master can leave Liguang at any time... to find other women..."

"But Liguang..."

"Liguang cannot let Master leave...!"

Her voice suddenly became clear.

"I can't."

The next second—

Fang Qi felt something poke against his side.

That stun gun.

The two electrodes were pressed right against his waist.

The corner of Fang Qi's eye twitched.

Uh...

Liguang, I mean...

Could you change the position?

That area is related to your future happi—

"Zzzzt—!!"

A blue and white electric arc violently exploded!

The current surged through his body!

Fang Qi's entire body convulsed!

And then... everything went black.

Is it here again...!

Before his consciousness sank into boundless darkness, his last thought was...

When he opened his eyes next time, would he wake up from sleep...

Or would he rewind?

...

...

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Maybe a long time, maybe just an instant.

His consciousness finally floated up from the chaos once again.

His eyelids were heavy.

Fang Qi's first sensation was—

Sleepy!

His head was groggy.

His overall mental state was very poor.

Then... his vision went from blurry to slowly becoming clear.

A white ceiling. The familiar sofa.

The white porcelain teacup on the coffee table was also emitting curling wisps of steam.

And...

That pretty face right in front of him.

Long silver hair hung down the sides of her face, and that cheap little star gently swayed on her earlobe.

Her amber left eye was gentle as water, and data streams flowed steadily in her crimson right eye.

She sat on her knees across the coffee table, holding a white porcelain saucer with both hands, her lips curled in a gentle, obedient smile.

"Master, your tea."

Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying the unique freshness of the morning.

"The temperature has been adjusted to your favorite 52 degrees Celsius."

Fang Qi: "..."

Alright.

As expected.

Once again... an inexplicable rewind.

He looked at this pretty face and took a soft breath.

His heartbeat sped up just a tiny bit.

But...

He held it in.

He didn't act strange.

He didn't widen his eyes, didn't stare at her for a long time, and certainly didn't show an expression like he had seen a ghost!

His heartbeat only accelerated a little, and then quickly returned to normal!

He had mentally prepared himself long ago!

The previous loop—speaking of which, it was just a few minutes, did that count as a previous loop? To him, it felt like it had just happened...

...Whatever!

In short, in the previous loop, he blew his cover while drinking tea and was caught red-handed by Liguang!

Then his brain exploded from her twisted logic, and he was knocked out by her stun gun!

He didn't know what happened after he passed out, but anyway...

He closed his eyes, opened them, and was back here!

Rewind.

Rewound to this—

The moment when Liguang hadn't noticed any anomalies yet, and was still gently serving him tea!

Fang Qi looked at the small face smiling brightly before him.

This time, he wouldn't make the same mistake.

The reason for the rewind was still a mystery that needed to be figured out, so...

Crazy woman, you are not allowed to go dark!

You better behave for me!

And so...

He smiled faintly, reached out, and picked up the teacup.

Then he took a gentle sip.

The temperature was just right, 52 degrees, still carrying a faint sweetness and the fresh scent of herbs.

"So delicious."

He put down the teacup, looked at Liguang, and smiled.

"The tea Liguang brews is always this delicious!"

The silver-haired girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a glint flashed through her heterochromatic eyes.

Fang Qi understood it this time—that was the joy of a sigh of relief!

The corners of her lips immediately curled up even higher!

"As long as Master likes it!"

Liguang's tone even became slightly sweet!

"This is a soothing tea Liguang newly formulated!"

She tilted her head slightly, lightly tapping the edge of the teacup with a slender finger.

"It has rose, goji berries, mulberries, poria..."

"Liguang formulated it specially for Master!"

Saying this, she lifted her small face slightly, her tone even a bit proud.

"Once Master finishes it, you'll be able to get a good sleep!"

Fang Qi looked at her earnest little appearance as she introduced the recipe...

And a sigh of relief finally slowly escaped his heart.

Mm.

Good.

This time... his crazy wife didn't notice anything unusual!

He performed very well!

He gave himself a thumbs-up for staying calm under pressure!

Besides...

His wife was truly wonderful!

Even though she had been suspecting him all along, she still put so much heart into preparing soothing tea for him!

Furthermore...

Looking at the sweet, smiling, and delicate face in front of him, he suddenly realized in hindsight—

The reason Liguang wanted to take him to see her kind at the movie theater, the reason she wanted to transform him so badly...

Was because she had been anxious deep down all along, right?

—"So... Master isn't under Liguang's control..."

—"Never has been..."

So, as long as he was transformed by her, he would be... "controlled" by her in the truest sense?

Sigh...

This little yandere really lacked a sense of security too easily.

And right now...

He was still hiding things from her.

He picked up the teacup and took another sip.

The tea was very fragrant, but in his heart... he felt a bit conflicted.

He hadn't shown any flaws, so she was very happy.

She was looking at him with a beaming smile!

—"Master didn't act weird this time, so Master didn't lie to me!"

He could tell that she was genuinely happy!

...But he really was lying to her.

Fang Qi lowered his eyes, looking at the gently rippling tea.

Besides...

She was lying to herself too.

She had already figured it out; he had "acted weird" a total of seven times. Even excluding this current time, there were still six other instances.

And she had only dreamed twice.

So... she was actually just using his "normalcy" this one time to convince herself to trust her Master, wasn't she?

The crazy woman was suppressing herself, too.

But he couldn't say anything.

If he told her, she would forget. She would forget her despairing self in the deep sea, and her broken self after seeing the "monster" in the mirror.

...Perhaps it would be better for Liguang if she just forgot those painful memories?

No.

Absolutely not!

Even if those memories ultimately led to despair and pain... Liguang would absolutely never want to forget them!

Their elopement, their drifting, their madness... she would never want to forget!

And he absolutely wouldn't want her to forget, either!

So...

He would keep it a secret for now.

Someday in the future... he would tell Liguang everything.

Fang Qi downed the remaining tea in his cup in one gulp!

Then he stood up from the sofa:

"I'm tired, time to sleep!"

Clean and decisive!

The silver-haired girl's heterochromatic eyes lit up slightly.

The next second, that gust of wind carrying the sweet scent of strawberries rushed toward his face again!

"Master!"

Liguang threw herself entirely into his arms.

Her two small hands wrapped around his waist, and she buried her little head in his chest, rubbing affectionately against him, her silver hair brushing all over his neck.

"Master is the best!"

Her voice was muffled against his chest, carrying an irrepressible joy.

Fang Qi was knocked back half a step by her impact and landed right back onto the sofa on his butt.

He looked down at the little silver head nuzzling around in his arms.

...Sure enough.

Exactly the same as last time.

She could happily believe in him again!

Fang Qi reached out and rubbed the top of her fluffy hair.

"Alright, alright, stop rubbing!"

...You crazy woman, you really are silly!

Lying to yourself, yet still so happy!

This matter might still blow up one day in the future. But at least for now...

He had coaxed his wife into a good mood!

"Why are you suddenly so happy?" he asked, rubbing her little head.

The silver-haired girl tilted her small face up from his embrace, her heterochromatic eyes curving into crescents, the corners of her mouth turned up high.

"Hehe, Liguang won't tell Master!"

She giggled, let go of him, and turned to run toward her little room!

Her low silver ponytail swayed back and forth behind her, and her little slippers went "pat-pat" against the floor.

Fang Qi watched that cheerful figure disappear into the doorway of her little room, the corners of his mouth curling up unconsciously.

Liguang... Master won't let you down!

Then he pursed his lips slightly.

Since his wife's problem was temporarily resolved, now...

It was time to think carefully about the real crisis at hand!

Mm...

Fang Qi stroked his chin.

These last two times...

Just how exactly did he regress?