Past Stories, the Prisoner Plan

Ying Gou seemed somewhat dejected.

It was as if he had just caught sight of a glimmer of hope, only for it to be shattered in an instant.

I had always thought Ying Gou's heartache was about recovering his original body.

Yet he had long since recovered it and fused with it perfectly.

I never expected him to be hiding another secret, one that was actually connected to me.

He had followed me to get an answer, yet I did not even know what answer he sought. And despite following me all this time, he had never mentioned it or asked about it.

"What answer are you looking for?"

I could not help asking. He looked at me. "You've already forgotten. Even if I told you before you recovered all your memories, it would be useless."

"Then do you believe she really knows the answer?" I asked Ying Gou. For some reason, I felt nervous. I was afraid that he would leave me because of that woman's words and go seek the answer he wanted from her.

To my surprise, Ying Gou shook his head. "I don't believe her. No one besides you could know this answer. I'm just curious how she knew about it. Do you think she might be able to read people's minds?"

I thought about it and nodded slightly. There truly were people who could know what others were thinking. This world had always contained people who existed like bugs in a game. Take Ying Gou, for instance—if someone like him did not wish to die, it would be very difficult for anyone to take his life.

He was the Ancestor of Zombies. As long as heaven and earth endured, he would not die.

I just had not expected him to grow a heart again.

That