The wind blew past the two people who sat on the ground while staring at each other.
Li Caiyi could feel time ticking beside her ears, but she couldn't think of anything to say. Except for an overwhelming sense of trepidation, she couldn't feel anything else. Her face was as pale as snow as she witnessed the reality she believed in shattered.
Meanwhile, Meng Renshu carefully studied her expression. Looking at the fear and sorrow on her face, his heart squeezed in pain. He began to question his decision to tell her about this.
However, Li Caiyi wasn't stupid. Even if he tried to evade her, she would still think something was off. Unsure of what to say, he didn't speak a word and only stared at the girls in front of him.
They didn't know how much time had passed. In the end, it was Meng Renshu who broke the silence first.
"Xiaoyi, are you okay?"
Li Caiyi tried her best to force a smile before saying, "What you said before, you are joking around, right? Is this another one of your crazy theories again?"
Meng Renshu's eyes dimmed hearing her frail voice. Like the glass on the verge of breaking, she tried hard to deny his words. He cast a gloomy look her way before saying, "Do I look like I was kidding?"
"But it doesn't make sense. How can something like that—"
"In my previous life…." Meng Renshu cut her words in the middle, and she flinched hearing his following sentence, "...I intended to give you that flower. After it bloomed fully, I planned to give it to you, but it was gone when I wasn't looking. But I make sure everything is safe this time. I'm glad I can give it to you in this timeline."
Li Caiyi could feel the blood rushing from all over her body to her heart, pumping it several times faster than usual. She could hear what he said, but whether she understood it or not was arguable.
'Did I just hear it right? No, what is he talking about in the first place?'
Meng Renshu noticed that Li Caiyi was frozen in her place. Her eyes widened without blinking, and she murmured something in a low voice. She looked shaken, and a pang of guilt hit Meng Renshu's heart.
He wanted to approach her, but he knew she wouldn't like that, so he restrained himself. "Xiaoyi, you don't have to pretend anymore. I know you are also like me. You have memories of our previous life."
"Shut up."
Li Caiyi said that unconsciously, but it was the only words she could think to describe what she felt right now. Even if she wanted him to stop explaining, her brain had already thought about the worst possible scenario.
Li Caiyi slapped herself a few times with her hands, trying to chase away the anxiety she felt.
'Get a hold of yourself, Li Caiyi. Even if he remembers, so what? He has no control over your life anymore. There is nothing to fear!'
"Xiaoyi!"
Before she could stop herself, someone had already stopped her from abusing herself.
When she opened her eyes, Meng Renshu crouched down in front of her, looking at her worriedly. His hands were holding her wrists firmly, holding them in place.
"Why are you slapping yourself? Stop that!"
Li Caiyi's gaze fell on his hands which were on hers. If he did this before he said those things, she probably wouldn't think much of it. But after she knew he had regained his memory, his touch made her skin crawl.
She whisked her hand away from him roughly before rising to her feet and glaring down at him vigilantly. "Don't touch me."
Saying Meng Renshu was shocked was an understatement. He could only stare dumbly at Li Caiyi while she looked at him like he was an eyesore.
"I guess this is good too. Now I don't have to feel bad for treating you unjustly. Now that we both have regained our memories let's stay away from each other. The reason for that, you should know it better than anyone else, right?" Li Caiyi's eyes narrowed down dangerously.
"Xiaoyi, what are—"
"Please don't talk to me anymore either. After everything that happened, I believe there is no reason for us to act like we are close childhood friends anymore."
"Wait a minute!" Meng Renshu coughed a few times, making his body sway, and he fell on his butt again.
If it was still the previous Meng Renshu, whom she believed was innocent and had no recollection of what happened in the past, she probably would still be willing to help him. But she couldn't feel the slightest sympathy for him now.
She felt her heart had turned completely cold when she looked at the teen Meng Renshu, whose visage overlapped with his adult version.
The memories of his cold words and treatments returned to her all at once, chilling her body to the bone.
"Don't force yourself and just go back to your bed. I hope this will be the last time we will talk to each other again."
Li Caiyi had no patience to deal with him anymore. She walked past Meng Renshu hastily and was about to leave the balcony when some figures appeared from beyond the door.
"What is happening here?"
Filled with bewilderment, Li Chunhua voiced out her confusion. Meanwhile, Li Junjie ran past Li Caiyi towards the sitting Meng Renshu.
"Why are you sitting on the cold floor when you are sick? Get up, quickly." He said calmly, but even he was actually puzzled by this situation. From the corner of his eyes, he stole a glance at his sister.
Li Caiyi's face wasn't good at all when they arrived. The fact that she intended to leave Meng Renshu, who was sick on the floor, was strange too. Although she and Meng Renshu didn't have the best relationship, he knew his sister wasn't that heartless either.
Aside from looking paler than usual, Meng Renshu's condition seemed weird too. Li Junjie couldn't guess what happened to make his friend look this lifeless.
"You came at the right time. I suddenly remember I have something to do, so I'll leave him in your care."
"What happ— Xiaoyi, wait!"
Before Li Chunhua could finish her words, Li Caiyi had run past her and barged out of the room. She turned a deaf ear to her sister's call and left the Meng family's house.
Her heart beat furiously, and it felt like the oxygen became thinner around her because she had difficulty breathing.
Li Caiyi couldn't wait to leave this suffocating place. Anywhere near Meng Renshu was a place she least wanted to be then.
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