You, Say, What

Lin Xiaoyou's tone was playful and giggly.

But her words...

Contained absolutely no trace of a joke!

Fang Qi's gaze immediately sharpened!

Hmm?

Was she...

Suspecting that there was something wrong with Liguang's tea?

He narrowed his eyes, staring at the smiling, chubby little face in front of him.

...Alright.

It seemed there was no need to test the waters or put on an act anymore.

The person sitting opposite him had already laid her cards on the table.

Sure enough, the girl before him right now... was not the sweet, naive Lin Xiaoyou!

That naive girl would never think there was anything wrong with Liguang's tea!

Even if the naive Lin Xiaoyou really had some suspicions about Liguang because of her previous "dreams"...

She would absolutely never ask about it in this manner!

This way—

Smiling, blinking her eyes, and using a playful, breezy tone to ask if there was a problem with the tea...

This wasn't her showing concern at all; it was a "hint"!

She was using this method to tell him—

I have recovered my memories, I know everything, I am Lin You!

Tsk.

Fang Qi leaned back against the sofa, tapping his fingers twice on the armrest.

This approach was very familiar.

Pretending to be a naive girl, then hinting to him that she had recovered her memories...

Miss Genius, your approach...

Is exactly the same as in the previous loop!

In the previous loop, at the morning tea shop, she had acted just like this.

Even though she had clearly recovered her memories, she still played dumb.

Still gave him meaningful glances.

Why?

Because at that time, there were so-called "informants" watching them, so...

She couldn't show it.

...Then, what about now?

Fang Qi narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the round-faced girl before him... who was still blinking at him.

Right now, she was in his home, and it was only him and Liguang here...

Yet she was still putting on this act.

Why?

Fang Qi's gaze shifted slightly, calmly sweeping a glance out the floor-to-ceiling windows of the balcony.

The sunlight was still blinding.

The glass of the building opposite reflected the light, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

He shifted his gaze again, glancing at the security door.

The door was shut tight.

The peephole was pitch black.

Could it be...

The "informants" were still watching?

Was someone looking from outside the window?

Or...

Was someone listening outside the door?

Beside him, the silver-haired girl had clearly understood the implication of those words as well.

The smile on her pretty face faded slightly, and the flickering frequency of her crimson eyes noticeably increased!

She was scanning the surrounding environment.

Fang Qi immediately looked at her and gave her a subtle look.

—How is the situation?

Liguang's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and then...

She gently shook her head.

—Master, Liguang has not detected anything.

...Nothing detected?

The speed at which Fang Qi's fingers tapped the sofa armrest quickened a bit.

He looked out the window again.

No one around? Was Lin Xiaoyou just scaring them?

Or could it be...

Liguang's detection had been blocked again?

There had indeed been instances before where Liguang's perception was blocked!

At the Dawn Company's apartment building.

Inside An Lian's apartment!

An Lian had told them stories to stall for time, Liguang's perception had been blocked, and ultimately they were surrounded!

Dawn could block the perception of Liguang's crimson eye!

Thinking about it now, this was quite normal.

After all, this crimson eye had been installed into Liguang by Dawn in the first place; it made sense that they had the ability to block it.

Therefore...

Fang Qi withdrew his gaze from the window.

The "informant" Lin Xiaoyou mentioned was someone from Dawn?

He focused his eyes, looking at Lin Xiaoyou in front of him.

The round-faced girl saw the tacit little interaction between him and Liguang.

And then...

The smile on that chubby little face grew even brighter!

Her almond eyes crinkled into slits from smiling so hard!

"Oh my, oh my~"

She suddenly waved her hand.

"Senior, why are you looking at me like that? It's quite scary!"

Still that carefree, breezy tone!

Under the flickering light of Liguang's crimson eyes, her little white teeth reflected a red gleam as she smiled!

"I was just joking around!"

"How could there possibly be anything wrong with Liguang's tea!"

She said "no problem"... but then looked down at the cup of black tea in front of her.

Then she looked up again, smiling radiantly at Liguang.

Tilting her head, she smiled very sweetly and innocently.

But her hands never once moved to touch that cup of tea.

Liguang stood by the coffee table, the crimson in her eyes flashing once again.

She looked at Lin Xiaoyou's smiling little round face, and the smile on her lips returned to its usual docility.

Then she bent down slightly, reaching out...

With elegant movements, she picked up the cup of black tea in front of Lin Xiaoyou.

"I am truly sorry, Miss Lin."

Her voice was docile and soft.

The crimson in her right eye flickered steadily, while her amber left eye was as gentle as water.

"The tea leaves in this cup are indeed... a bit too much."

She lowered her eyes slightly, looking at the steaming black tea in the cup.

"If the tea is too strong, the taste will suffer."

"It is Liguang's oversight."

Holding the teacup, she bowed slightly, the smile on her lips still docile.

"How about Liguang goes and changes it for a new cup for you?"

The two women looked at each other.

One smiling carefreely, the other smiling docilely and kindly.

Fang Qi: "...?"

Hmm?

He looked at the two women smiling at each other before him, freezing for a brief moment...

And then, he finally realized!

Ah?

His eyes widened.

Wifey, did you...

Actually spike Lin Xiaoyou's tea?!

Repeating the old trick? Spiked it with truth serum again?

There's no need to make a move right off the bat, wifey...

She seems to be here to cooperate...

Furthermore...

His gaze darted back and forth between Liguang and Lin Xiaoyou!

Just now, these two women...

Had already clashed right under his nose?

Lin Xiaoyou provoked Liguang, and Liguang spiked the tea.

Lin Xiaoyou saw through it at a glance, and Liguang simply admitted it.

Moreover...

From start to finish, both of them were smiling.

One docile! One innocent!

Fang Qi's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Hmm...

Among the three people present, it seemed like one of them was an out-of-the-loop idiot.

He didn't know who it was.

Anyway, it definitely wasn't him!

You two really are...!

"Smack!"

A loud sound!

?!

Fang Qi instantly snapped back to reality.

He saw Lin Xiaoyou slam both hands onto the table!

A few drops even splashed out of his own cup of tea sitting on the table because of it!

She suddenly changed her face!

The smile on her chubby little face vanished in an instant!

Like a face-changing trick in Sichuan Opera, she instantly put on an indignant expression!

Fang Qi: "?"

What's wrong with you now?

The silver-haired girl also froze in place because of it.

She was just holding the cup of black tea, preparing to go change it, and had just turned around... the docile smile on her face froze.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiaoyou, who had been sitting on the sofa, abruptly stood up!

Her almond eyes glaring wide, one hand on her hip, the other hand pointed straight at Liguang, who was holding the teacup and hadn't even had time to take a step!

"Senior!"

Her voice raised, her tone full of indignation!

"What's the deal with your AI companion!"

"I trusted her so much, and she actually malfunctions!"

"She can't even brew tea properly, putting in too many tea leaves!"

Fang Qi: "?"

Wait, what?

Why are you suddenly acting crazy?

But Lin Xiaoyou only got more fired up as she spoke, her little mouth running non-stop.

"See, see! Senior, I told you so!"

"This kind of AI companion is definitely inferior to a human!"

She still had one hand resting on her hip, waving the other dismissively, her tone full of disdain!

"And you're even wearing a maid outfit! What kind of maid is this useless!"

"What a waste of such a pretty maid outfit!"

Fang Qi opened his mouth.

To be honest, if someone dared to say his wife was a waste of a maid outfit...

He should have been angry. He should have walked right up and punched them!

But this girl in front of him...

What was she doing?

Weren't you the one who wanted to cooperate with us?

Why... are you suddenly provoking your teammate?!

Is that smart little head of yours begging to get chopped off?!

But she wasn't done yet!

She puffed out her chest:

"If I were Senior's partner, I definitely wouldn't make this kind of careless mistake!"

"Honestly!"

Tilting her head up, her little round face was brimming with confidence:

"Liguang is simply an embarrassment to Senior!"

"If you ask me, Senior should hurry up and find a proper human partner!"

She waved her small hand, her tone absolute.

"AI partners really just don't cut it!"

Fang Qi: "???"

He stared dumbfounded, as if looking at an alien, at this...

Round-faced girl standing there with her hands on her hips, puffing her cheeks!

Lin You...

Are you crazy?!

You're in my house, standing right next to Liguang, and you dare say this?!

Are you trying to flip the table on me?!

You were just smiling and giggling a moment ago, why are you suddenly spitting fire?!

Seriously... are you sick in the head?!

You've already died at Liguang's hands once!

You freaking...!

Wait a minute...?

He suddenly felt...

Could it be that this girl had used the switch in her head too much and completely lost her mind?!

No way, Lin Xiaoyou...?

Is there really something wrong with your brain?

Did you actually break your own brain from playing with it too much?

To suddenly start blatantly provoking Liguang...

She must be actively courting death!

...Courting death?

Fang Qi stared at her puffed-up cheeks, his gaze suddenly freezing.

Could she... actually be courting death on purpose?

This lunatic...

Is she testing something again?!

Using her ultimate move right to her face, offending Liguang to the absolute limit...

Could it be that she wants to test the death reset again?!

Damn it, don't make me try to guess a genius's thoughts anymore! My head is going to explode!

At that moment, he suddenly realized... the living room had already turned completely red.

He turned his head stiffly and looked at the silver-haired girl next to him.

Next to the coffee table, Liguang stood there, holding that cup of black tea.

She had only turned halfway around before freezing in place.

And just like that, from such a close distance...

She had taken the full brunt of Lin Xiaoyou's fierce verbal barrage right to the face!

And right now...

Inside her crimson right eye, the scarlet light was gradually becoming...

Even more dazzling and bright!

Brighter and brighter...

Brighter and brighter!

She slowly turned her head.

That touch of scarlet, now free from the suppression of the deep blue...

Was so blinding that Fang Qi couldn't even look straight at it!

It was early morning, and the sun outside was clearly shining brightly. The light streaming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows illuminated the living room brilliantly.

But at this moment, all the sunlight was swallowed up!

The coffee table turned scarlet!

The sofa turned scarlet!

The carpet also turned scarlet!

The entire living room...

Was dyed a bloody red!

That crimson eye wasn't flashing; it was continuously, steadily... glowing intensely!

Like a blood-red spotlight turned up to its maximum brightness!

Shining straight onto Lin Xiaoyou's... still puffed-up little round face!

Liguang held the tray, her crimson eye staring fixedly at Lin Xiaoyou.

On the corners of her mouth hung that same docile smile:

"What, did, you, say?"