Chapter 105
They stayed in this time rewind for quite some time before that intense white light finally appeared.
When they were about to brought back to the ‘present time’, Lin Yi heard a ‘click’.
The closed door opened, revealing a crack half the width of a person.
The dim light in the living room was reflected on the face of the young man standing behind the door. From Lin Yi’s angle, the young man’s brows and eyes gleamed coldly under the light.
Lin Yi was very familiar with with this expression.
Reflected on a mirror, Lin Yi would sometime catch ‘It’ looking at him with these somewhat hateful eyes.
In the blink of an eye, this scene disappeared. After the white light faded, they were taken back to the hotel room.
“You…”
Qin Zhou’s somewhat complicated sounding utterance came from above his head.
Lin Yi made to get up but after moving a bit, he remembered that he had tied himself up before entering the time rewind.
Looking up, Lin Yi saw Qin Zhou’s eyes twitch upwards. He probably knew why Lin Yi had tied himself up. His brows were slightly raised and his eyes were curved, as if he were smiling.
“Do you want me to help?” Qin Zhou asked him.
Lin Yi was afraid that “It” would hurt Qin Zhou if he appeared suddenly so he’d tied himself very tightly. To be honest, if Qin Zhou doesn’t help, he won’t be getting free for a while.
That was what Lin Yi originally thought. He tied himself up tight and Qin Zhou could untie him after the two of them came out of the time rewind.
But for some reason, now that Qin Zhou was offering to help untie the rope, Lin Yi kept feeling something strange.
Coincidentally, Lin Yi felt a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart at this moment. And so, he simply studied intently this strange feeling to distract himself from the anxiety in his heart.
Lin Yi thought for a while, then looked up at Qin Zhou. He thought that Qin Zhou must be the cause.
“Senior.” Lin Yi presented his tightly bound hands under Qin Zhou’s eyes. He then lowered his arms after this feint. “I see. So this is what you like”
Qin Zhou glanced at him, seeing the red marks on his wrists made by the tight rope, his jaw suddenly tightened, as if a feather was scratching his heart. “And what is ‘this’ exactly?”
He asked knowing the answer full well.
Of course, Lin Yi knew that Qin Zhou was doing it on purpose. But the drums of war had already been sounded and the flames of battle were imminent. He couldn’t lose in this confrontation, otherwise he would embarrass the Lin Family name.
With this in mind, Lin Yi gently pursed his thin lips into a line. He then parted his lips and said with a straight face, “I can use this for my next self-declaration.”
Qin Zhou’s lips curled up into a slight curve. There was a hint of playfulness in his tone. “Little genius, do you know what you’re saying?”
Lin Yi said, “I know. Does Senior know?”
Qin Zhou: “What do you think? Do I know?”
Lin Yi pretended to be calm and said, “Then we’ll have to speed up the process.”
Qin Zhou was deliberately teasing him just now but he didn’t quite understand what process Lin Yi meant. “What process?”
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Qin Zhou was curious, “Your cousin taught you this?”
“I learned from observation.” Lin Yi added, “It’s very simple.”
“Well, you are a little genius, after all.” Qin Zhou affirmed Lin Yi and then said, “Hold hands and hug before doing it. Do you know what it means?”
“I know.” Lin Yi nodded, “It’s about being in a relationship.”
Qin Zhou’s smile gradually subsided. This wasn’t a topic to be taken lightly. “Lin Yi, being in a relationship is only for when two people like each other.”
Truth be told, Lin Yi wasn’t as calm as he seemed, he hasn’t been for quite some time already. He didn’t know how this topic reached this point, but he persisted on maintaining his composure on the surface.
Nodding, he expressed approval of Qin Zhou’s words.
Being in a relationship truly is about two people liking each other.
Qin Zhou was silent for a moment. He then asked in a low voice, “You’ve noticed it, haven’t you?”
Lin Yi: “What?”
Qin Zhou said, “I like you.”
The atmosphere suddenly changed. It was still a little hot but the air seemed to turn sticky, something indescribable quietly dispersed throughout the room.
Lin Yi reckoned that even if he denied it this time, Qin Zhou wouldn’t believe him. And so, he simply gave an ‘en’.
Qin Zhou said nothing more. Lin Yi saw Qin Zhou’s Adam’s apple bob slightly. He didn’t know what to say. He lowered his head to think for a while, not daring to look up at Qin Zhou. Instead, he raised his arms again and presented his bound wrist before Qin Zhou. “Senior, if you want to ask me if I like you too…help me untie this first.”
Several seconds after, Lin Yi felt the other’s warm touch on his wrists.
Qin Zhou’s movements were light, but when his fingers touched his skin, Lin Yi felt his skin go burning hot.
Soon, Qin Zhou released the restraint around his wrists.
Lin Yi withdrew his hands, rubbing his wrists. He still didn’t dare to look at Qin Zhou, but said while trying to restore blood circulation into his hands, “…Senior is very good.”
Maybe because the current atmosphere was embarrassingly ambiguous, these words made Lin Yi’s ears go a little red. He paused for a moment. After calming down, he listened to Qin Zhou’s breathing coming from above his head, and then continued on, “Being with Senior also gives me a sense of security. Senior knows a lot and I can ask you anything. You even gave me your account and password to log in to the campus forum.”
“Little genius.” Qin Zhou called Lin Yi, interrupting Lin Yi’s ramblings. Now he really wanted to know Lin Yi’s answer and he wanted the most direct one. “So, do you have feelings for me?”
Lin Yi paused. “I don’t know.”
He clearly heard Qin Zhou’s breathing stagnate for a moment, so he raised his head and saw Qin Zhou’s slightly disappointed face.
“Okay.” Qin Zhou said, “I see.”
The brows that were raised just now, drooped. Maybe Qin Zhou didn’t know it but the disappointment fell from his brows and covered his entire face.
“Are you hungry?” Qin Zhou asked him, “I’ll get you something to…”
“Senior.” Communication was key. Lin Yi also interrupted Qin Zhou, “I think you seem to have misunderstood something.”
Qin Zhou looked at him. “What could I have misunderstood?”
Lin Yi hurriedly said, “I’m not rejecting you nor do I mean to lead you on. What I mean is…”
“When I see Senior, I feel a tickle in my heart.” Lin Yi scratched his head. “But it doesn’t tickle all the time, so I’m not sure…”
“It’s…then what…Senior, I don’t know what it’s like to like someone…” He felt that the more he talked, the more confused he was. He secretly regretted it. If he knew earlier this was what it would lead to, he wouldn’t have acted so brave. He blamed his damned competitive nature, his stubbornness to win and his hatred for losing.
Qin Zhou didn’t speak for a long time. Lin Yi had to look squarely at Qin Zhou, trying to explain himself clearly.
To his surprise, he was met with Qin Zhou’s curved eyes.
Qin Zhou was smiling.
Qin Zhou actually understood what he was saying.
Lin Yi suddenly thought of his cousin’s warning.
City people are cunning and wily. The slightest bit of carelessness and you’ll find even your bones picked clean.
At this moment, Lin Yi realized that he had taken that warning for granted.
Thinking how he’d been fumbling all over his explanation, Lin Yi grew a little angry. Qin Zhou clearly understood but just wanted to see him make a fool of himself.
Looking back at the smiling Qin Zhou, Lin Yi could feel his brain going hot. He abruptly got up.
——
For the time being, Qin Zhou didn’t extend their stay at the hotel. Tonight, they were going to go investigating in a time rewind once again.
So far, the only time rewinds known to have the appearance of the 170 Shunxi were the ‘cat’ and ‘press release’ time rewinds. However, both of these were in Cen Qian’s apartment.
It was still daytime. There was still time before nightfall, when they can enter the time rewinds.
“Let’s go to the news agency first.” Qin Zhou said.
Lin Yi nodded his and gave an “en-en”.
The hotel wasn’t far from the news agency building, taking only about ten minutes to walk there.
When they arrived, Qin Zhou didn’t immediately head up. He looked back at Lin Yi: “…You don’t have to cover your mouth all the time.”
Lin Yi was aggrieved, “Senior, it’s swollen.”
Qin Zhou: “Let me see.”
Lin Yi worriedly let his hand fall away. He had just taken a look in the mirror and he was sure that his lips were still a little swollen.
Thinking about it, two grown men, lonely and unattached, in the same room and in such an atmosphere, that they would end up kissing each other was reasonable. They were grown and mature adults, after all.
The miserable thing was, it wasn’t even the result of a proper kiss.
When their lips knocked together, Lin Yi’s lip got a cut and bled.
It was hard for Lin Yi to say anything about it though. After all, he realized immediately after that he’d been tricked. His whole head had heated up.
“Does it hurt?” Qin Zhou pressed his fingers lightly against his lips.
Lin Yi shook his head.
It didn’t hurt. It was just a little embarrassing.
Qin Zhou still wanted to say something but Lin Yi saw someone walking behind Qin Zhou, and quickly took a couple steps back.
It was Ren Li coming over.
“Ren Li Ge.” Too embarrassed to let Ren Li see anything, Lin Yi covered his mouth and greeted Ren Li. “Good morning.”
“Good morning.” Ren Li replied, “What’s wrong with your mouth?”
Lin Yi hurriedly said, “I fell and knocked it against something.”
Ren Li has always had the face of an ice cube, with neither belief or disbelief evident his face, he turned to look at Qin Zhou. “President.”
The two of them and Ren Li haven’t seen each other for two days and so they haven’t had a chance to exchange information.
Ren Li first briefly recounted what had happened in the time rewind he’d gone to the night before yesterday, the one that resulted in Feng Wan’s death. “One of the Rules of Death must be talking with Shunxi.”
Lin Yi was secretly afraid after hearing this. He’d gone back to a time rewind where he’d found himself in Cen Qian’s burning apartment. If he had opened his mouth to talk to Cen Qian at that time, he would have violated a Rule of Death.
After Ren Li finished speaking, he waited for Qin Zhou to share what clues he’d found.
Qin Zhou glanced at Lin Yi and then said, “The main plot has been found.”
In the version that Qin Zhou told Ren Li, Qin Zhou concealed the matter of Lin Yi’s split personality. He also didn’t tell Ren Li for now that the 4-4 Monster was in Lin Yi’s body.
Instead, he relayed what the 4-4 Monster had told him. He told him about Lin Yi bypassing the closed time loop and finally, he told him about Yuan Yuan.
Ren Li asked after listening, “President, are you sure?”
Qin Zhou: “You think there is still a problem?”
Ren Li said, “Yes.”
Lin Yi and Qin Zhou looked at Ren Li, and Ren Li said, “There are two 182 Shunxis, one is Cen Qian, the other is Lin Yi and the 170 Shunxi is most likely Yuan Yuan. But there is one more person unaccounted for.”
Qin Zhou frowned slightly.
Lin Yi paused, he knew who Ren Li was talking about.
Ever since they entered the world of 4-4 Rule World, someone has been submitting leads about Shunxi to the news agency.
Later, the editor-in-chief found out that the IP address of the anonymous contributor was on Jianshe Road, which meant it was somewhere near Cen Qian’s apartment.
Lin Yi’s heart beat a little faster.
Is it mom?
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