Chapter 15 I Think I've Forgotten Something

"I always feel like I've forgotten something."

Today was Mu Chen's first visit to the mountain where Mingmei lived. When Mu Chen left, Mingmei didn't care whether her actions would arouse the suspicion of the NPCs and insisted on seeing him off.

Walking beside Mu Chen, Mingmei suddenly said this.

"Seeing you, I always feel like I have something important to tell you."

"Is that so?"

Hearing Mingmei's words, Mu Chen suddenly stopped and turned to look at her.

It wasn't because they knew each other in reality or that she was hinting at something. From Mingmei's expression, the way she was pondering and confused made Mu Chen's heart skip a beat.

It seemed Mingmei really remembered something!

He looked at Mingmei, only to see her suddenly raising her small face, staring at him seriously, and saying, "Yeah, I always feel like I have something to say to you, but I can't remember."

Gui Gui, who had originally planned to confess after Mu Chen left, saw Mingmei say this and then looked at Mu Chen's trembling, flickering eyes, and instantly fell silent.

Mu Chen chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't remember. I'll come again tomorrow, and you can tell me when you remember."

[WHAT THE HECK!!!]

Gui Gui thought Mu Chen would confess something himself, but now it was getting anxious. What was wrong with Mu Chen?

Its host didn't know, but it knew what was going on with Mingmei!

Why was he still acting like he wasn't in a hurry?

Wasn't he the one who was being forgotten?

Even Xie Chen, who was watching all of this, couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Um… wait a moment." Seeing Mu Chen about to leave, Mingmei frowned and subconsciously grabbed Mu Chen's sleeve, looking at him with a hint of panic, as if he would never return once he left.

She asked, "Tomorrow, will you really come tomorrow?"

"Yes."

Mu Chen nodded, but Xie Chen in his mind couldn't help but mock him for being timid.

[She'll forget about you tomorrow! When you come knocking, she might treat you like a stranger!]

[...]

Mu Chen ignored Xie Chen's mockery, gave Mingmei a reassuring look, and said, "I'll come back to find you tomorrow."

After he said this confidently, he looked up at the bright moon overhead, then lowered his head to look at Mingmei, and said, "It's getting late. Go back and rest early. A new day will bring a new beginning."

With that, he reached out and touched the top of Mingmei's head. He hadn't had much interaction with the young Mingmei.

He began to interact with her more when she was fourteen.

Having the opportunity to reach out and touch Mingmei's small head, his slightly depressed and calm mood once again improved.

This was just a game, and he and Mingmei would have a long future together…

[Gui Gui, why… do I want to cry right now?]

Mingmei stood there, watching Mu Chen's departing figure. The shadow cast by the moonlight grew longer and longer. Seeing his lonely figure, Mingmei felt a pang in her nose.

She felt a little sad.

[Because you've done something to wrong him.]

Mingmei: ??

What did Gui Gui mean by that?

Under Mingmei's puzzled gaze, Gui Gui repeated the words it had said to her countless times before.

Compared to the many times before, when Mingmei had listened silently with a blank face, then secretly tried to find a solution, only to have all her efforts come to naught due to forgetting, without even feeling frustrated, this time, she directly stood there and cried.

She cried like a real child, attracting Mei Jiu and Mei Shi. Before Mei Shi could ask what was going on, Mei Jiu had already rushed forward impulsively and said, "Is someone bullying you? Tell me! I'll help you get even!"

"Xiao Jiu!" Mei Shi immediately stopped Mei Jiu's fiery temper. Mingmei buried herself in Mei Shi's arms, crying incessantly, and said it wasn't Mu Chen's fault, leaving them completely bewildered.

"Then what are you crying about? Can Meimei tell Mother?"

"I…" The negative emotions that Mingmei had always experienced because of Mu Chen and then forgotten suddenly exploded. Crying too hard, she hiccupped and said, "I'm afraid that one day I'll suddenly forget all of you again."

Mei Shi: "…"

Was this what children's wild imaginations were like?

Whether it was because Mingmei's crying was too contagious, or because Mei Jiu was frightened by her words, Mei Jiu also burst into tears, crying and shouting that she would never forget Mingmei.

"If I forget Sister, how will I live? I can't live without Sister!"

No one knew where Mei Jiu had learned those words, but her crying lines instantly made Mingmei's tears stop.

Mingmei: =.=

These words, why do they sound so weird?

…

"Don't think I'll forgive you just because you compensated me with two bags of spirit stones!"

It wasn't until it was dark that Lu Xiaoyao was released. She didn't care about her immortal cultivator image and stuffed the spirit stones Julian gave her as compensation into her sleeves while turning her head away from him.

Dog man!

"Alright, I didn't mean to…" Julian turned to look at the empty street, grabbed Lu Xiaoyao, and started walking elsewhere, saying seriously, "Xiaoyao, your brother Lu Gui, is not reliable."

"Huh?" Lu Xiaoyao said unhappily, "Even if he's unreliable, are you any better? You put me in there as soon as we arrived!"

"I didn't mean to."

Julian pulled Lu Xiaoyao into a small courtyard and raised his hand to create a soundproof barrier before saying, "There is a Zerg-modified insectoid aberration in this city. You saw it today too."

"Yeah." Lu Xiaoyao shook off Julian's hand, glared at him, and didn't say anything else.

"Actually, there are quite a few rogue cultivators in Linjing City, and many players as well."

"Oh? Really? I today…" Lu Xiaoyao suddenly realized that she didn't necessarily recognize all the players, so she swallowed the sentence "Why didn't I see any today" back down.

"The players in Linjing City have a small organization that holds regular gatherings to share recent news." Julian said, then added, "I heard from a player from your school that he once invited Lu Gui, but was rejected."

"Ah… my brother is just cautious. Even in the game, if someone he doesn't know invites him to act together, he'll definitely hesitate first. That's how I am too~"

Still not believing that Lu Gui had a problem, Lu Xiaoyao even tried to defend Lu Gui. As a result, she heard Julian say, "After that, the player who invited your brother suddenly died and was eliminated from the game."

"Huh?" Lu Xiaoyao glared at Julian and said, "You don't suspect my brother did it, do you? What if it was an accident?"

"If it was an accident, why did several players who knew your brother die afterwards?"