Be in low spirits

Kong Zhixi listened to the recording for a long time in the office, trying to sort out the matter of leaving the country. She wanted to find the so-called boyfriend, but she felt that Liu Zheqi obviously knew a lot of things but always avoided talking about them, and he also downplayed his own life experience, which made people more suspicious of his motives.

Although Li Li did not ask, he looked at her from time to time. Logically, she should have a lot of questions to ask. Moreover...her memory might be degenerating at this moment, and she might be trapped in this world and never get out. However, in her world, she never remembered who he was, which made him very frustrated, even though they lived under the same roof.

After returning home in the evening and having dinner, Li Li sat on the sofa with a cup of hot water. Kong Zhixi finished her bath absentmindedly, wiped her wet hair, looked at herself in the mirror, and thought about Liu Zheqi's expression when he spoke during the day. When she came out, the cup of hot water in Li Li's hand had turned into warm water.

He waved to Kong Zhixi, motioning her to sit on the sofa.

"Want to talk about the case now?" Kong Zhixi hung the towel on her shoulders. She looked at the glass of water on the table, stood up, opened the wine cabinet, and poured herself a glass of red wine, thinking that the heroines in TV dramas seemed to be like this.

Li Li stared at her as she put the glass of red wine on the coffee table. The water on her hair dripped onto the towel on her shoulders from time to time. He moved the red wine away from her and said, "What do you want to do by drinking so late at night?" There seemed to be fire in his eyes. Kong Zhixi was a little scared and a little guilty. She looked down at her clothes. They were still the same as during the day. There was nothing wrong. She moved her position and said, "In TV dramas... it seems to be like this, hehe."

"Ahem, let's get down to business." Li Li regained his serious look. "Don't you want to tell me what you're worried about?"

Kong Zhixi rolled her eyes. What could she worry about? She just didn't want to report to this dead face after a tiring day. Besides, he said they could talk and when she wanted to talk, he could send her to bed. What was that?

"No."

"So... are you worried about something?" Li Li asked in a different way.

"No. But why do you think that Liu Zheqi, who is so rich, raised Li Jing like that?" She still expressed her doubts.

"So what was your experience like when you left the country?" He still looked as if he was doing something routine.

"Nothing can be found. Her classmates and teachers don't think there is anything abnormal about her." Kong Zhixi's eyes stayed on the glass of red wine. She still felt a little stressed when talking about the case.

"Where is Liu Zheqi? Have you found out anything?" Li Li tilted his head in front of her, blocking her view.

She thought for a few minutes and said, "This Liu Zheqi doesn't seem to know that he has an older brother or younger brother, and Li Jing also has a boyfriend. It is said that this boyfriend and Liu Zheqi had a conflict, but no one knows who this boyfriend is."

The two were silent for a long time. Kong Zhixi said, "If it were me, I would rather choose Liu Zheqi. He's rich, handsome, and we're childhood sweethearts. Don't you think so?" Li Li rolled his eyes and replied sarcastically, "Do you need to choose someone?"

Kong Zhixi felt frustrated and wanted to take a sip of the glass of red wine, but Li Li stopped her calmly and said, "You seem to have a good impression of this Liu Zheqi..." He was a little jealous, and his words were full of sourness.

"Well, he looks gentle and doesn't look like a murderer." Seeing that she couldn't get it, Kong Zhixi had to give up.

"Is the word 'bad guy' written on his face?" Li Li was indeed a little angry.

Now it was Kong Zhixi's turn to be puzzled. She was just putting forward her own hypothesis. It was bad enough that Li Li had been stern with her these past few days, but why was he getting angry at her now?

"You...did you dream that I offended you that day?" She tilted her head and looked at him innocently again.

He hated seeing this expression on her face. It seemed like she was tempting him to recall her memory every time. However, his memory only contained fragments of their marriage registration and some scenes of their life together. He was not sure, but he did have some primitive impulses when facing her. He clearly remembered it, so why couldn't she remember it? Thinking of this, his frustration began again. He was afraid that he would not be able to sleep again tonight.

He slapped Kong Zhixi's gaze away, made a disgusted "tsk" sound, stood up, and wanted to go back to the room to sleep, but accidentally touched the glass of red wine on the coffee table. Kong Zhixi quickly stepped forward to help it up, and the red wine spilled on her clothes and Li Li's legs.

"Ah!" Kong Zhixi looked at the red wine spilled on his legs and thought it was such a waste.

Li Li only noticed the red wine stains on her chest, and immediately his mind was full of thoughts. He shook his head, thinking that he was always calm and self-controlled, so why couldn't he control himself when it came to Kong Zhixi?

Kong Zhixi took the towel from her shoulders, wiped the red wine on the table, and complained, "You're not allowed to drink wine, and now it's all spilled. Well, I have to take a shower again later."

"I'll wash first!" Li Li hurried away. Kong Zhixi looked at him running away and felt puzzled. She muttered, "It's so confusing."

In the early hours of the morning, Li Li still couldn't fall asleep, so he had to move a stool and sit in Kong Zhixi's small cubicle, watching her sleeping. He recalled how she stood in the distance and looked at him when she first came, feeling terrified and helpless.

When he thought of her, it was when she bumped into him. That should be their first physical contact. Then she hugged him and cried and asked him why he came so late. According to his memory, they were married and had some traces of living together. When they first went to see Liu Zheqi, he felt a clear stabbing pain in his heart. He didn't know what it was, but he could clearly know that this person was dangerous.

If that was the case, did that mean that if they had more physical contact, he would be able to recall more memories of them? Thinking of this, he unconsciously wanted to reach out and hold her hand, but she turned over, scaring him back.

In Kong Zhixi's dream, she kept hearing a faceless person saying to her: "What can you do? All these years, all you know is playing games! If only you were a little better than your sister, it would be fine." The person was standing in front of her, looking down at her, blocking all her light and making it difficult for her to breathe.

She did not refute him in the dream. He mentioned her sister, who should be a family member, but she could not remember that face, including her sister. But she could remember the days when she sat in front of the computer playing games.

She felt very depressed, woke up, sat up, and wanted to go out to find a glass of water.

Li Li was a little flustered when he heard the voice, and turned around to leave, but he stumbled and knelt on one knee. Seeing his figure, Kong Zhixi was also startled and asked him, "What are you...doing?" and turned back to turn on the light in her cubicle.

Li Li stood up, fixed his hair, adjusted his breathing, and said calmly, "No... I'm just sitting here to get some fresh air."

Kong Zhixi didn't expose him, nodded, and said, "Oh, blow dry."

"Why...are you getting up?"

"I'll drink some water." She went straight to the kitchen. After drinking the water, she sat on the stool, looking at the scenery outside the window, thinking about the words in the dream, especially the sentence: What can you do? Because of this sentence, she remembered Fu Yan's original sentence: You are the most useless one. She felt like she had forgotten something very important.

Li Li saw that she had also sat down, so he sat on the bay window, facing her, and asked, "What did you remember?"

"I seem to have forgotten something, do you think so?"

"Do you think you remembered it?" Li Li said with some anticipation.

"Do you understand what I am saying?"

"Hmm~" Li Li thought it seemed like she had been asking her this question before.

The two of them sat in the dark in silence for a long time. Then Kong Zhixi broke the silence: "Actually, my name is Haha, not Xixi."