Book 4: Chapter 47: Do You Want to Hear the Truth or a Lie?
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: But you are not denying you want to help FrostNova, right?
He Who Knows Fate: No, I don’t want to help FrostNova. I swear it by my ancestor.
That ancestor in the void frowned. He sensed someone cursing him, but he could not find the source.
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: …Are you a demon?
He Who Knows Fate: How can that be? I already swore by my ancestor. Why do you not believe me?
Queen of Ice and Snow: Please…who in the group does not know you are upset with your ancestor?
He Who Knows Fate: That’s impossible. Absolutely impossible. How can this Chen be upset with my ancestor? That is absolutely slander.
Efreet: Men are liars.
Magus of Flowers: When I see He Who Knows Fate say that, I recall what I say to my fans online: Love you! Muah! Muah! However, the difference is that people believe me, but no one believes He Who Knows Fate.
Solomon: …I feel I’m being targeted.
Umaru-chan: Doctor, are you still unable to let go of Magi Mari?
Solomon: No. I’ve been throwing shade at Merlin. No, that’s not the right way to describe it. I’ve been exposing Merlin’s true identity, but no one believes me.
Lord of the White Night: To think there are people who believe Merlin besides Doctor Roman. This is truly strange.
Magus of Flowers: What a joke! I’m a very popular Internet idol.
Umaru-chan: Aren’t we going off-topic?
He Who Knows Fate: If you want to save FrostNova, get Kal’tsit to do it herself. I’m going to Lungmen for a holiday.
Efreet: But…
He Who Knows Fate: As a fellow human, I’m very sorry.
Efreet: Huh?
He Who Knows Fate: Do you know how much hope I felt and how much regret I have?
He Who Knows Fate: Is it gentle? I exchanged for it with my life.
He Who Knows Fate: Some died at the age of 8; some get buried at 80.
Iron Fist Teacher: Has he…gone crazy?
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: No. From the moment he spoke, I knew he was meme-ing.
[TL Note: The above part is actually a reference to a specific Chinese meme where people compose or sing sorrowful songs to draw attention to a certain popular song-sharing platform in China. Unfortunately, I have no way to name that meme properly in English and can only translate it like this and leave a translation note to explain it after.]
Chen Heng did not see what they chatted about after this. He immediately left the chat group interface.
What a joke! If I saved her when you asked me to save her, wouldn’t I lose face?
“He Who Knows Fate, why do you keep staring at me?” Skadi could not take being stared at.
Chen Heng had been staring at her since the beginning. As Skadi ate the cake, she thought he was in a daze. However, he was still staring at her even after she had already finished two cakes.
“Ah! Nothing. I was just looking at your hair. Your hair is long and nice to look at.”
“Ah! Oh…thanks…do you want to touch it? My hair is quite soft. I am quite confident in my hair.” Shaki touched her hair.
“Can I really?” At first, Chen Heng had just been looking for an excuse. However, he genuinely felt tempted now.
A white-haired, mature woman. Who could resist?
“Sure. After all, we can barely be considered friends now.”
“What do you mean by barely?” Chen Heng asked as he sat on the sofa beside Skadi. Then he extended his sinful hands towards her soft, long, silvery-white hair.
Oh! It is indeed soft. It feels very comfortable to touch, similar to Sirin’s hair. However, Chen Heng felt Skadi’s hair was better, probably due to psychological reasons.
Perhaps this was the psychology of enjoying what one could never obtain.
“Let’s fight tomorrow. Let me see your strength. If you qualify, we can be genuine friends. However, if you are too weak, then never mind.”
“Your way of thinking is very strange,” Chen Heng said to the killer whale lady as he caressed her hair. It did indeed feel great.
“I do not have friends now because all my close friends from the past have died. I do not want the people I treasure to get hurt because of me again.” After eating the cake, the killer whale lady opened a bag of potato chips that Chen Heng had brought over.
“It sounds like being your friend is dangerous.”
“Are you afraid?” Skadi’s hand, which held a potato chip, paused for a moment. Then she recovered to normal.
“No. It is making me want to be your friend even more.”
“You are quite strange.”
“Same here, same here. Skadi, give me your communicator. I’ll enter my number in it. I have something to do tomorrow morning. After I’m done, you can test me to see if I can be your friend.”
“Sure. Take it.” Skadi handed the communicator at the side to Chen Heng.
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The next day:
After Chen Heng ate breakfast with Blue Poison, he sent her to the medical department. Blue Poison’s mission was with the people from the medical department. Then he went straight to Nightingale’s private ward.
When Chen Heng knocked on the door, Shining came out. Look at the time! Shining is already in Nightingale’s private ward. He now suspected Shining had spent the night there.
“It’s He Who Knows Fate! You are here! Liz is preparing mentally. Come in.” Shining immediately invited Chen Heng in upon seeing him.
“Indeed. Being prepared is quite important before eating the secret medicine. However, Nightingale just seems to be in a daze.” Chen Heng pointed to Nightingale, who was holding the small bottle containing the medicinal pill.
“To say it in a nicer way, isn’t it just mental preparation? Furthermore, being in a daze like this might be the best mental preparation for Liz.”
“…” Chen Heng found himself unable to rebut.
“Alright. Since you are here, it is time to start the treatment. Liz, have you made up your mind? It is not too late to change your mind. Trust me. Those are not pleasant memories.” Shining solemnly verified Nightingale’s determination.
“Shining, I’ve already thought it through.”
After hearing Nightingale’s reply, Shining looked at Nightingale with a helpless gaze. However, since she had already decided, Shining could not object any further.
One should decide for oneself. Shining did not want Nightingale to regret this matter in the future.
However, Shining did not feel upset. Instead, she felt gratified that Nightingale had already grown up.
“Then our dear skilled Doctor He Who Knows Fate with a 100 cure rate, is there anything to take note of?”
It seemed that Shining was not in a bad mood; at least she was cheerful enough to joke with Chen Heng.
“Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?”
“What do you mean?” Shining suddenly had a bad feeling.
“The lie is that I have absolute confidence in this medicine. The truth is that this medicine can treat memory loss, but that is all I know.”
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