"I'd like to skip that question. Go straight to your third."
Director Wang's ability to lay plans was second to none. She seemed to know exactly what Ji Li was thinking and what he wanted most, so she gave that answer with complete confidence.
Ji Li said nothing else and followed her lead, asking his third question:
"Did you know Yu Guo before?"
For some reason, the smile on Director Wang's face froze. The light in her eyes suddenly went out for an instant, and a strange emotion crept into her expression.
Something wasn't right...
Ji Li's third question had caught her off guard. It was nothing like the one she had anticipated.
After a moment, she shook her head and answered bluntly:
"No."
Ji Li remembered how Director Wang had displayed confusion, deep thought, and recollection when asked about A Lian. That suggested A Lian might exist somewhere in her lost memories, beyond her reach.
But when asked about Yu Guo, her response was entirely different: nothing but unwavering unfamiliarity.
Ji Li's gaze remained unchanged, as still as a deep well, but waves surged through his heart.
Yu Guo and A Lian, those two linked identities—Director Wang had no memory whatsoever of the former, yet retained a faint impression of the latter?
This sharply contradicted his earlier deductions.
Yu Guo should have been far more likely than A Lian to be among the staff members from 2014, yet Director Wang had no memory of him at all?
Something was wrong. The logic had become tangled.
A Lian had been an employee of Tiannan Academy. There could be no mistake about that, so it was natural for Director Wang to remember her.
Yu Guo had most likely been one of the former staff members. Director Wang should have remembered him