She Does Not Exist

Looking at Gu Xi's still unyielding expression...

Fang Qi helplessly covered his face.

My matchmaker sister...

You really like courting death, don't you!

Just a few hours ago, his Liguang was viciously mocked to her face by that lunatic Lin Xiaoyou!

After that genius lady left, she even sent a text message to "taunt" her!

Which directly led to the single sofa at home dying a heroic death on the spot!

Liguang's belly full of anger still hasn't completely dissipated even now!

And this sister...

Coming up and pointing a gun at his forehead!

It's one thing to strike first, but she kept throwing around words like "assaulting a police officer" and "breaking the law"!

The threats just rolled right off her tongue!

Would a displeased Liguang tolerate her?

Sure enough...

The next second—

"Zzz—"

A second faint blue electric arc leaped from Liguang's fingertips!

Once again accurately sinking into Gu Xi's waist!

"Wuah—!"

Gu Xi's body jerked violently again!

This time she didn't struggle anymore.

She couldn't struggle anymore!

Only her hands, pinned above her head, twitched weakly.

But those eyes, already covered with a layer of mist, were still glaring death at the silver-haired girl straddling her!

Still unyielding and unwilling!

It's just... the rims of her eyes were a little red.

And Liguang...

The silver-haired girl was tilting her head slightly, looking down condescendingly at this... unyielding woman beneath her.

On her pretty face still hung that extremely docile smile.

"Keep your mouth clean."

Liguang spoke softly.

Her tone was gentle, but her words were ruthless!

"This is the consequence of disrespecting Master."

In her amber pupils, a faint blue data stream flashed.

The curve of her mouth tilted up just a tiny bit more.

Looking at her, Gu Xi's lips trembled, unable to speak anymore.

...Physically unable to speak.

She was numbed by the electricity!

Fang Qi stood to the side, rubbing his temples.

Sigh...

My matchmaker sister, you really make things difficult for me...

Speaking of which, it was right here, wasn't it?

This little wooden cabin.

He and Liguang were passively set up by this "matchmaker sister" for the first time.

In this wooden cabin deep in the mountains, Liguang lost control for the first time, self-destructed for the first time... and he also realized for the first time that he had developed feelings for this crazy woman.

The reason was that this person right in front of him shattered Liguang's crimson eye with a single shot!

Of course, that time, it was just a clumsy mistake.

The second time, she was a true "matchmaker sister."

In the Dawn Shelter!

At that time, his neck was severely injured, and he was in a wheelchair...

It was this sister who pushed him to the shelter to see Liguang for the "last time" before she was about to be "reset."

At that time, it must have been Gu Xi who persuaded An Lian to extend the time for Liguang's final "kiss goodbye," which allowed him to be...

Dragged by Liguang into that dream that lasted for eighty-two years.

Thus leading to the current him and Liguang.

So in a sense...

Although he and Gu Xi hadn't met many times, and this could even be considered his first time meeting her in this loop...

She really was the indispensable "matchmaker" between him and Liguang!

But...

Fang Qi looked at Gu Xi slumped on the ground.

My matchmaker sister, just endure it well today!

Who told you to point a gun at my head!

Who told you to threaten me!

Who told you to provoke a displeased Liguang!

He couldn't afford to provoke his wife Liguang in this state!

That sofa's corpse wasn't even cold yet!

As he pursed his lips in thought...

Liguang finally moved.

She was no longer straddling Gu Xi.

Instead, she let go of the wrists she was pinning down and stood up gracefully.

Then she changed her posture, kneeling beside Gu Xi, and began to...

Skillfully grope and inspect Gu Xi's body!

Her fingers started from Gu Xi's shoulders, moving all the way down along the seams of her leather jacket.

Gu Xi's body stiffened, and her lips began to tremble slightly!

But because she was weak from the electric shock, she didn't even have the strength to dodge...

She could only lie on the ground, letting those cool little hands roam over her body.

In her light brown eyes, anger and mist intertwined!

She no longer glared at Fang Qi, but stared fixedly at the ceiling of the wooden cabin!

Fang Qi: "..."

Hiss...

Why does this scene feel a bit...

See no evil, see no evil...

Then he saw the silver-haired girl's fingers reach into the breast pocket of Gu Xi's jacket and pull out an ID.

Liguang tilted her head to glance at it, then turned slightly while kneeling, facing Fang Qi.

Holding the police ID with both hands, she raised it high above her head, presenting the ID to Fang Qi:

"Master, look."

Obedient, docile.

As if she wasn't the one who just electrocuted someone...

...Cute!

Gu Xi, you'd better just endure it!

Fang Qi reached out to take the ID, flipped it open casually, and took a quick glance.

Hmm, a standard ID with a standard ID photo.

In the photo, Gu Xi was wearing a police uniform, her hair combed meticulously, her expression serious and upright.

Her facial features were heroic and beautiful, but that kind of serious, stiff feeling of a straight-on shot...

Looked rigid and boring.

Sure enough, an ID photo could never be too ugly, but it could never be too pretty either.

Fang Qi snapped the ID shut.

After handing the ID photo to him, Liguang's hands didn't stop.

Her fingers continued to roam over Gu Xi's body.

The inner pocket of the leather jacket, the hidden pocket at the waist, the side pockets of the pants, the belt at the back of the waist...

She didn't miss a single spot!

Keys, phone, tissues...

Every single item was carefully taken out by Liguang and neatly arranged on the floor beside her.

Gu Xi lay on the ground, gritting her teeth.

Her body was still trembling slightly from the two electric shocks just now.

Her limbs looked soft, as if she couldn't exert any strength at all.

She could only watch helplessly as this silver-haired girl in a light purple hoodie rummaged all over her, emptying every single pocket!

She stared fixedly at the ceiling!

Staring at the bullet holes she had shot, staring at the dazzling sunlight...

Her eyes were red!

Fang Qi's mouth twitched.

...I say, matchmaker sister, you almost blew my head off just now, and now you're acting like a victim...

What's the meaning of this?

He didn't stop Liguang.

And just stood there to the side, still holding the police ID, staring at the teeth-gritting Gu Xi...

Squinting his eyes, thinking.

Gu Xi.

In the last loop, she definitely followed them here!

That's why she knew about this wooden cabin!

There was no doubt about this.

Fang Qi's fingers tapped lightly on the cover of the police ID.

In the last loop, besides him and Liguang, Lin Xiaoyou and Xiaoqing...

Who else followed them?

What about those "informants"?

—"It's those 'informants'... They followed us! They're on this mountain right now, and they're not far from us!"

At that time, Xiaoqing leaned against the window, cautiously observing the outside through the cracks in the wooden window, her eyes sharp.

And Lin Xiaoyou also reached out to push him!

Urging him to go down quickly!

Saying "If we're discovered by them, we'll be in big trouble"!

So, those "eyes" really had followed them up the mountain at that time!

And they were incredibly close!

Later, Lin Xiaoyou admitted it herself. She was speeding on the elevated highway just to attract the attention of the "eyes"!

It was to draw them over, to force herself into a do-or-die situation, to push herself to the brink!

But perhaps Lin Xiaoyou hadn't expected...

Among the "eyes," there were also people who could "dream" just like her!

So... Gu Xi was one of the "eyes"?

Fang Qi stared at the beautiful police officer lying on the ground, gritting her teeth...

He frowned!

...Was this right?

He had always assumed that those "eyes" that Liguang couldn't detect belonged to the Dawn Corporation!

Because in the "Monster in the Mirror" loop, in An Lian's apartment...

Dawn Corporation had successfully shielded against the perception of Liguang's Crimson Eye and eventually surrounded the building!

At that time, Liguang couldn't detect anything either.

But today, the person who appeared here...

Wasn't someone from Dawn, but Gu Xi!

A police officer.

A police officer who, in previous loops...

Had shot Liguang's Crimson Eye twice, causing Liguang to lose control!

...A police officer?

...Wait.

Wait a minute!

Would a police officer handle a case completely alone?!

Since she was here...

What about the others?

Where were her colleagues?

She had just... fired her gun!

The gunshot was so loud!

Fang Qi whipped his head around, staring intensely out the door of the small wooden cabin!

The cabin door was still wide open.

Outside, the mountain road twisted and turned, the trees were lush and green, and the branches and leaves swayed gently in the mountain breeze, rustling softly.

The chirping of insects and birds rose and fell in chorus.

He couldn't see any figures, nor could he spot anything unusual.

He narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the seemingly peaceful forest.

"Master."

Behind him, the silver-haired girl spoke up.

She seemed to have noticed his movements.

But she remained kneeling beside Gu Xi, not even lifting her head, as her fingers slipped out from the inside of Gu Xi's belt and reached toward another pocket.

"From the moment I saw this police officer..."

"Liguang has been scanning the surroundings."

Her fingertips gently pressed against a hidden pocket at the small of Gu Xi's back.

"Using the part of Liguang that has now awakened..."

She lifted her head, turning her beautiful face to the side.

Fang Qi looked back at her.

Those heterochromatic eyes stared straight at him.

In her amber left eye, a faint blue light surged steadily and continuously, like a trickling stream.

"...The true core," Liguang's voice was very soft.

Fang Qi looked at the flowing blue light in her left eye.

That was the power that had gradually awakened after she got closer to this "birthplace."

...A reassuring, deep blue.

Liguang lowered her eyes again, continuing to search Gu Xi.

"Liguang's core tells Liguang that other than the police officer right in front of us..."

Her fingers slipped into the side pocket of Gu Xi's trousers.

"There is no one else around."

Fang Qi pursed his lips.

...No one?

Since even the true core hadn't scanned anyone, there really must be no one else...?

He let out a small sigh of relief.

But before his tense shoulders could fully relax...

"However, Master."

Liguang's voice suddenly took on a subtle tone.

"There is one thing that's very strange."

Fang Qi's heart instantly leaped into his throat again.

"...What's strange?"

He asked immediately, his voice subconsciously lowering a few pitches.

The silver-haired girl finally stopped what she was doing.

She sat on her knees, staring blankly at the beautiful police officer in front of her... who was gritting her teeth with red-rimmed eyes.

"It's really strange."

She murmured, her voice soft.

"Liguang's 'true core'..."

The faint blue light in her amber left eye suddenly flashed.

"Can indeed detect the location of this police officer."

"But..."

The crimson pupil in her right eye suddenly flickered!

A scarlet light flared up, dyeing half of her face in a bloody hue.

"Liguang's Crimson Eye cannot detect this police officer's signal at all."

Her heterochromatic eyes narrowed slightly, staring unblinkingly at Gu Xi.

"Even though she is right in front of Liguang right now, being looked at by Liguang..."

Her finger gently tapped Gu Xi's limply hanging wrist.

"Liguang's Crimson Eye is telling Liguang..."

She turned her head slightly, looking at Fang Qi.

The crimson and deep blue flashed together, her gaze eerie:

"She. Does. Not. Exist."

Fang Qi: "..."

Wife, please don't do this.

...It's a bit scary!