"Who are you?" Mu An Xiao asked.
Feng Qi Shi's heart skipped a beat at Mu An Xiao's blunt question. He turned to look at her, but...
Mu An Xiao, not noticing Feng Qi Shi's gaze, continued to stare at the masked man. "I asked you, who are you?"
The masked man slowly shifted his gaze to Mu An Xiao's face. "Who am I?" he asked, pointing to himself.
Mu An Xiao frowned. "I'm asking you who you are, why are you asking me?"
Two questions.
The masked man clearly couldn't answer either.
The first: was there anyone on the bed?
In the masked man's eyes, there was no one on the bed. Feng Qi Shi's question made him feel like Feng Qi Shi was toying with him.
The second: who are you?
Before they arrived, the masked man had never considered this question. As soon as Mu An Xiao asked it, he suddenly found himself unable to answer.
"You can't answer?" Mu An Xiao asked, about to reach out.
"Who am I? Do you know who I am?" the masked man countered.
Mu An Xiao paused her movement, narrowing her eyes at the masked man. "Take off the mask, and I'll know who you are," she said, beginning to observe his eyes.
The masked man... He slowly raised his hand and grabbed a corner of the mask. "I'm very ugly."
Mu An Xiao...
Feng Qi Shi glanced at Mu An Xiao, feeling the atmosphere suddenly become tense.
Seeing Mu An Xiao ignoring him, the masked man repeated, "I'm very ugly. Don't regret it when you see me."
Ugly?
In Mu An Xiao's eyes, people looked much the same; there was no distinction between beauty and ugliness, unless they were people she disliked. Regardless of how such a person looked, Mu An Xiao would describe them as ugly.
Right now, she didn't care about the masked man's words. She just wanted to know if he... was Lin Yan.
"I won't regret it," she said.
The masked man's eyes narrowed. "You still think..."
"Stop the nonsense, hurry up," Mu An Xiao interrupted.
Startled by Mu An Xiao's sudden outburst, the masked man said, "Alright, I'll take it off."
Similarly, Feng Qi Shi believed this masked man was Lin Yan, but that Lin Yan had forgotten everything!
Feng Qi Shi...
Chen and Piao watched silently, without a word or thought.
In the next moment.
As the masked man removed his mask, Mu An Xiao exclaimed, "It really is you."
That's right, the masked man was Lin Yan!
"You know me?"
"You don't remember who I am?" Mu An Xiao pointed to herself, intending to test if Lin Yan still had any memory of her.
Lin Yan... He blinked at Mu An Xiao. "I don't know you."
"Then what about me?" Feng Qi Shi asked, pointing to himself.
..... Lin Yan shifted his gaze to Feng Qi Shi's face. "Who are you?"
At this moment, Mu An Xiao and Feng Qi Shi were stunned.
However, Mu An Xiao was relatively fine, but Feng Qi Shi's heart was already on the verge of collapse.
Before leaving, he was full of confidence in his spiritual arts, even eagerly anticipating using them to awaken Lin Yan.
Who knew that upon their return, Lin Yan would be dead.
Dead, dead, and he had forgotten him.
Thinking of this, Feng Qi Shi dejectedly lowered his head.
From the moment Feng Qi Shi had led them to the dilapidated temple without thinking, Mu An Xiao had realized Feng Qi Shi's sole intention was to prove his spiritual arts were faultless.
Seeing Feng Qi Shi's dejected state now, she said, "Everyone fails sometimes. As long as he's still here, he's not dead." She looked at Lin Yan.
"What's wrong with him?" Lin Yan asked, looking at Feng Qi Shi with confusion.
Feng Qi Shi slightly raised his head and looked at Lin Yan. "Do you know how long you've been here?"
Feng Qi Shi knew that if he asked when Lin Yan had come out, he would surely be bewildered, so Feng Qi Shi asked it this way.
Mu An Xiao... She understood Feng Qi Shi's desire to verify, and this time she wouldn't discourage him.
"I don't know," Lin Yan replied.
"You..." Feng Qi Shi, knowing he couldn't overstimulate Lin Yan, calmed his tone and said, "Your name is Lin Yan."
"Lin Yan?"
"Yes, your name is Lin Yan."
"Lin Yan?" Lin Yan repeated his name, looking around. "My name is Lin Yan."
Lin Yan's current demeanor was like that of a nameless child who had just been given a name.
Then, he just kept repeating his name.
In Mu An Xiao's eyes, it was quite speechless.
But Feng Qi Shi saw it as an opportunity!
"Yes, your name is Lin Yan."
After Lin Yan repeated his name three more times, he looked at the bed and asked, "Why did you have me look at the bed?"
"There's you on it."
"I'm right here, how..."
Feng Qi Shi interrupted, "Lie down and you'll know."
Lin Yan's eyes narrowed. "Idiot, do you think I'll listen to you?"
Feng Qi Shi... He thought that by using a coaxing tone, Lin Yan would be obedient, but he hadn't expected to be seen as an idiot by Lin Yan.
Mu An Xiao... She continued to observe Lin Yan's behavior.
"This is a place I've guarded for thousands of years. You all leave, otherwise," he raised his hands, waving them casually, and the wind arrived, "I will subdue you with wind."
Feng Qi Shi... He looked at Lin Yan with disbelief, then glanced down at the body lying peacefully on the bed, his heart sinking.
At this moment, Mu An Xiao could no longer understand Lin Yan.
"Let's go!" she said, reaching out to grab Feng Qi Shi's arm.
Feng Qi Shi stiffened. "I don't..."
"Do you want to be blown to death?" Mu An Xiao interrupted, giving Feng Qi Shi a meaningful look.
Feng Qi Shi looked down at Mu An Xiao, frowned, and then cooperated.
A few minutes later.
The four of them stood outside the mansion.
Piao put his hands on his hips and said, "This is my home, and it's quite awkward to be kicked out." He glanced at Mu An Xiao.
"He's not dead," Mu An Xiao said.
"Really?" Feng Qi Shi was excited.
Mu An Xiao nodded. "If he were dead, he would see his body. If he's not dead, perhaps he can't see it."
"Why 'perhaps'?" Chen asked.
"Because that's my guess," Mu An Xiao replied, tilting her head to look at the darkening sky. "It's dark again."
"Let's go back to the dilapidated temple," Feng Qi Shi suggested.
Piao expressed his displeasure. "Why go to that dilapidated temple?"
"That dilapidated temple is Lin Yan's territory. He occupies yours, you occupy his," Feng Qi Shi spread his hands. "It's even."
Piao considered Feng Qi Shi's words and agreed, "You're right."
And so, they returned to the dilapidated temple.
Inside the mansion.
Lin Yan floated above the rooftop, looking down at the figures shuttling back and forth outside the mansion. He said coldly, "This is not a place you can enter. Scram!" As he spoke, he waved his arms, and a strong wind gusted below.