There are many geniuses in this world.

Lin Xiaoyou let out an incredibly shrill, miserable wail!

It felt like the entire building could hear that scream!

And amidst this scream, Fang Qi let out a long breath of stale air!

...So satisfying!!!!

Well done, wifey!!!

The noise outside the door finally stopped.

The living room fell quiet.

"Sob..."

Only Lin Xiaoyou's weeping remained.

The sound was faint and broken, occasionally accompanied by sharp intakes of breath.

Then came the sound of footsteps.

"Knock, knock."

The bedroom door was knocked.

"Master!"

Liguang's voice came from outside the door, crisp and cheerful, full of absolute satisfaction!

She was clearly in a great mood!

"It is all over, Master!"

"You can come out now~"

Fang Qi immediately pulled the door open and walked out, unable to wait!

Then he saw, in the living room...

Lin Xiaoyou was standing by the sofa.

No...

It would be more accurate to say she was leaning against the sofa.

This genius young lady was currently almost completely sprawled over the backrest of the sofa!

She was still wearing that short skirt today, barely covering the area that had just taken a beating.

That area seemed to be a whole size larger than before?

It even looked a bit disproportionate!

Fang Qi took one look and suddenly understood.

Oh...

No wonder Liguang had told him to stay in the room.

The scene just now was definitely too prone to accidental exposure; there was no way Liguang would let him watch...

He could watch a murder, but she definitely would not allow him to see a scene like this!

But just hearing the sounds was satisfying enough!

Especially...

Seeing Lin Xiaoyou like this now!

At this moment, Lin Xiaoyou was gritting her teeth, her little round face full of grievance!

Her eye sockets and the tip of her nose were red, and her lips were bitten somewhat red by herself!

And her hands were trembling as she clutched her behind!

Meanwhile, the silver-haired girl stood prettily by her side, still wearing that fluffy white pajama set.

But compared to the disheveled Lin Xiaoyou, Liguang was impeccably dressed, without a single wrinkle on her clothes.

A smile hooked the corners of her mouth, looking completely at ease, as if even her breathing exuded joy!

Lin Xiaoyou's almond eyes were glaring right at Liguang!

The moment she saw Fang Qi come out of the bedroom, they immediately lit up!

"Senior! Senior!"

Her voice carried a nasal tone from having just cried as she called out pitifully.

"Your Liguang is too violent! Way too violent!"

She clutched her butt with one hand and pointed at the silver-haired girl standing next to Fang Qi with the other!

Her finger was trembling!

"How could you indulge her in hitting people! How could you!"

"I came over with good intentions to hang out with you, but the moment I walked in the door, she dragged me over...!"

She complained tearfully!

"She hit me so hard! Showing absolutely no mercy!"

"Senior, you did not even stop her! You actually stayed in your room and did not come out! Are you just going to watch your AI companion bully people like this!"

Fang Qi remained expressionless.

Looking at the round-faced girl in front of him, who was clutching her butt and could not even stand up straight, complaining to him...

He felt absolutely no sympathy in his heart.

He only wanted to laugh!

You have the nerve to complain?

You should just be thankful that only your butt got busted and you still have your smart head, instead of turning into a plate of braised Xiaoyou head!

Fang Qi ignored her and plopped down right in the middle of the sofa!

He raised his chin, looking down disdainfully at the teary-eyed round-faced girl still clutching her butt.

"Xiaoyou..."

He spoke slowly, delivering a soul-searching question:

"Do you know why you got beaten?"

The silver-haired girl stood quietly by the sofa.

She stood on Fang Qi's right side, her hands folded in front of her lower abdomen, having returned to her docile demeanor.

That faint smile on her lips, no matter how you looked at it, exuded a sense of relief like she was finally satisfied!

Even the cowlick on top of her head was sticking up higher than before!

Lin Xiaoyou glared over fiercely!

Her almond eyes, still bearing tear tracks, were wide open!

But her posture of clutching her butt and standing crookedly really lacked any imposing presence...

"...Hmph!"

She snorted heavily, gritting her teeth.

"Of, course, I, know!"

Her voice carried the nasal tone of recent crying.

But she still tried hard to make her voice sound self-righteous!

She even wanted to sit down to talk.

She carefully shuffled over to the single sofa, slowly bending her knees and waist...

And gently sat down.

The next second—

"Aow!!!"

As if she had been electrocuted, her entire body bounced up from the sofa!

"Violence is unacceptable, ahhhh!!!"

She clutched her butt tightly with both hands, tears spurting out again!

Her almond eyes were filled with crystal-clear watery light, and her ponytail swung high because of her body's sudden bounce!

"Woo—!"

She bit her lip, standing in front of the sofa, her two legs trembling slightly, her white canvas shoes rubbing back and forth on the floor!

She looked completely and utterly pathetic.

...So satisfying!!

Fang Qi could not keep the corners of his mouth down anymore!

"You really know?"

He tilted his head and looked at her:

"Then why don't you tell us?"

Saying that, he gave Liguang beside him a look.

The silver-haired girl immediately understood.

She took a slight step forward.

Just one step, neither light nor heavy, her small feet in fluffy slippers stepping on the floor with a soft tap.

Lin Xiaoyou instantly clutched her butt and took a half-step back!

"No, no, no!"

She waved her hands repeatedly, squeezing out a fawning smile on her little round face. Her almond eyes curved into crescents, and with tear tracks still on her face, she started grinning.

"I know! I know!"

"You guys, you guys..."

"Let me catch my breath first!"

She finally stopped clutching her behind, resting her hands on the back of the sofa, though her posture was still a bit stiff.

Fang Qi and Liguang both looked at her quietly.

Lin Xiaoyou took a deep breath and let it out heavily.

The expression on her face was still bitter.

"It really hurts to death, striking so heavily...!"

She muttered.

"Hmm?" Fang Qi slapped the table, "Do not waste time!"

Liguang took another step forward!

"Hey, hey!"

Lin Xiaoyou hurriedly waved her hands!

"I will talk, I will talk!"

"I know, you guys must have..."

"Must have...!"

She tilted her head:

"Had another nightmare, right?"

A very subtle light flashed through her almond eyes.

That was a look that belonged to Lin Xiaoyou.

A genius, shrewd look, as if calculating everything.

But the next second, that playful smile hung on her little round face again!

Even though the corners of her mouth were still twitching a bit.

Fang Qi narrowed his eyes at her.

"Let me guess..."

She extended a finger and tapped her lips...

Then gave another cheeky giggle!

"You absolutely dreamed about... my little computer! Right?"

The playful smile on her small face became more pronounced, as if she were deliberately trying to save face!

"That is why Liguang is so triggered right now, so...!"

The silver-haired girl smiled and took another half-step forward.

The smile on Lin Xiaoyou's face instantly stiffened.

"Don't! Don't, don't!"

"I am talking about serious business! Serious business!"

She quickly took another half-step back, waving her hands desperately in front of her.

"Listen to me first...!"

Her voice even sounded a little anxious!

"I...!"

Then she subconsciously glanced at the security door.

...Hmm?

Fang Qi also glanced at the door.

"Forget it, forget it...!"

Lin Xiaoyou raised her small hands and vigorously rubbed her cheeks, muttering to herself, "Forget about them..."

Oh?

Fang Qi narrowed his eyes at her.

Who? The spies?

Lin Xiaoyou quickly began to explain:

"That... was just a little provocation! That laptop needs my fingerprint to unlock, otherwise it easily triggers a self-destruct program..."

"With Liguang's abilities, she could have cracked that door herself!"

As she spoke, she caught Liguang's reaction from the corner of her eye.

"That little trick couldn't possibly stop her!"

Liguang was still smiling, but the smile on her face had faded slightly.

She must have recalled that previous scene again!

Lin Xiaoyou hurriedly continued explaining:

"There was so much stuff in there, it's impossible for you to finish reading it all in one day..."

"So... hiss!"

Lin Xiaoyou clutched her behind and grimaced, looking like she wanted to rub it but didn't dare to.

But she still looked at Fang Qi and Liguang, continuing:

"So under normal circumstances..."

"None of us should have dreamed!"

"We shouldn't have woken up from a dream, we should have—"

She paused, her almond-shaped eyes looking at Fang Qi, then at Liguang.

"We should have just seen each other tomorrow, right?"

See each other tomorrow...

Fang Qi stared at her in silence.

Did she mean safely making it to the tenth day?

That was it.

But if they hadn't died on the ninth day and had spent a normal, full day in the underground research institute...

Then they indeed should have seen each other on the tenth day.

But in the previous time loop, because of Gu Xi...

They were forced to reset!

They returned to the morning of the ninth day, waking up from a dream.

Lin Xiaoyou had clearly dropped most of her disguise!

She was hinting that she knew those dreams were memories from the previous loop, and she knew that waking up meant resetting!

Heh.

How smart...

Under his intense gaze, Lin Xiaoyou blinked again, and a beaming smile blossomed on her little round face!

"But..."

She tilted her head.

"You still woke up from the dream."

Her ponytail swayed behind her head, and the light in her almond eyes grew sharper.

"You must have seen my little laptop, otherwise, you wouldn't have beaten me so hard!"

"You clearly entered the research institute, yet you still woke up from the dream..."

"This means..."

She looked at Fang Qi and Liguang with a smiling face.

"You ran into trouble in the dream, inside the institute?"

"Someone... broke into the underground research institute?"

She seemed to be muttering to herself, yet also analyzing.

"Who could it be? So hard to guess."

She tilted her head again, this time the corners of her mouth curling up even higher.

"So, Senior..."

Lin Xiaoyou blinked at Fang Qi:

"Among the spies I lured over in the dream..."

She glanced outside the door, her almond eyes narrowing slightly.

Then she looked at Fang Qi with a grin:

"Is there actually someone else who can dream, just like me?"

"How amazing!"

...?

Fang Qi's eyes slowly widened, his pupils slowly contracting!

She knew?!

No...

She guessed it?!

And judging by her tone...

She had guessed it a long time ago?!

She...?!

Wait...!

Fang Qi stared at her little round face, his eyelids twitching!

In the loop before the last, Lin Xiaoyou drove that pink mini-car, weaving madly on the elevated highway!

She had said herself in the secret room back then that she deliberately lured the spies over to push herself!

Therefore, Gu Xi, this accident, appeared in the last loop!

But...

Fang Qi slowly stood up, looking down at Lin Xiaoyou in front of him.

Lin Xiaoyou blinked at him gently again and gave a cheeky laugh.

Beside him, Liguang's crimson eyes suddenly flashed!

Lin Xiaoyou quickly gave Liguang an ingratiating smile, clutching her behind and taking a small half-step back!

Fang Qi remained speechless.

He stared straight at her beaming face.

...Was Gu Xi's appearance really outside the plan?

"...Lin Xiaoyou."

He spoke in a deep voice:

"For the next question, I want to hear the truth. If you tell a single lie..."

He glanced slightly at Liguang.

Liguang's crimson eyes flashed, and she took a gentle half-step forward, smiling.

Lin Xiaoyou immediately shivered, her little round face instantly putting on an apologetic smile:

"Oh my, oh my, ask away, ask away!"

"I came here this time just to tell you the truth!"

She even put her hands on her hips, wearing an expression that said she was totally open and honest!

Except the next second, her face turned bitter, and she clutched her behind, letting out a hiss.

Fang Qi narrowed his eyes, watching her every move...

And finally spoke:

"You've been guessing for a long time that in this world... there are people like you."

"Right?"

You've been guessing for a long time that among the spies, there are also people who can dream, right?

He didn't ask the second sentence out loud.

But he knew Lin Xiaoyou would understand.

Sure enough, Lin Xiaoyou blinked again, and that cheeky smile returned to her little round face!

"Senior, do you know?"

Her tone was very brisk!

"Ever since my father's death, I no longer felt... that I was a special person."

"I've always felt that in this world..."

She smiled as if she didn't have a care in the world, yet her eyes stared straight at Fang Qi!

"There is nothing that only I can do."

"There are many, many geniuses in this world!"

"As for me, I don't think I'm special at all."

"So..."

She smiled even brighter!

"If I can dream, then there must be others who can too!"

She blinked at Fang Qi:

"What about you, Senior? Do you think you are a special person?"

"In this world..."

"Is there something that only you can do?"