Go to Hell, You Lousy Driver!

Luo Qiu knew.

In life, it was inevitable that one would run into all kinds of awkward situations. Even among close relatives, there were times when things became especially embarrassing.

He was observant, so it was easy for him to tell from Ren Ziling's expression what she was thinking.

The excessive male hormones that ran rampant during adolescence, the sexual deviations caused by exposure to the vast amount of filthy information in society, and the psychological longing for older women brought about by a lack of maternal love since childhood... and so on.

But based on what Luo Qiu knew of Ren Ziling, all those thoughts would ultimately lead to one conclusion.

"It's my fault... I didn't even notice these things." Ren Ziling took a deep breath. "Let me have some quiet time to think."

Ren Ziling suddenly closed the bedroom door.

The two of them were separated by a single door as time slowly passed.

When the door opened again, Ren Ziling wore a solemn expression as she looked at Luo Qiu. "Luo Qiu, I think we need to have a serious talk. Listen, this isn't anything to be ashamed of for a man. We need to look at this issue optimistically."

I knew it would be like this.

Luo Qiu felt an urge to cover his face. In the end, all the things he wanted to say condensed into two words, which he quietly uttered, "Go to sleep."

"What..."

Ren Ziling suddenly felt intensely drowsy, her eyelids growing so heavy that she could no longer keep them open. In the blink of an eye, she leaned against the door, slowly slid down to the floor, and fell asleep.

Luo Qiu pointed a finger, and Ren Ziling's body floated up from the floor before drifting back onto the bed. He looked somewhat troubled at Ren Ziling, who had entered a deep sleep.

Luo Qiu shook his head. The space beside him suddenly warped slightly, and in the next second, a doll with an exquisitely beautiful face stepped out of the distortion.

"Master, you called for You Ye. Is something the matter?"

Luo Qiu said, "You Ye, you should be able to hypnotize her and make her forget a few fragments of her memories, right?"

You Ye looked around the room before nodding. "I can. However, if humans suddenly have a blank spot in their memories, they'll become suspicious. It would be best to fill the gap with something fabricated."

Luo Qiu thought for a moment. "Then how about this: 'I came home and didn't see Luo Qiu, but I was too tired to take a shower, so I went straight to bed and fell asleep.'"

"Understood."

You Ye walked over to Ren Ziling, placed a hand on her forehead, then lowered her head and whispered something into her ear.

A short while later, You Ye straightened up. "Master, after she wakes up tomorrow, she'll only remember what you just said."

Luo Qiu secretly sighed with relief. "Mm... thanks for the effort. You can go back now."

Upon hearing the order, You Ye did not linger. She left through the same place she had entered and disappeared without a trace.

Luo Qiu glanced at Ren Ziling twice more, then casually flicked the blanket into the air and draped it over her before gently closing the door and returning to his own room.

He was not especially sleepy. Luo Qiu turned on the computer and logged into his Zhihu account. He found that the question he had posted already had two answers.

The first read: "Are these really the only characters? Do you have a full image or something? Ancient scripts often contain similarly shaped characters, so without more references, it's difficult to determine what kind of script this is."

The second read: "It could be Coptic. It was a later development of the ancient Egyptian language. However, I'm not entirely certain. It would be best to have more references."

Luo Qiu thought for a moment, then cropped several more characters from the original photograph. This time, he selected a section resembling part of a sentence—the most complete and clearest sentence that could be found in the photograph.

After posting it, Luo Qiu waited for a while. When no one replied, he shut down the computer and lay on the bed with his phone. Thinking about the answer suggesting it might be Coptic, he began searching on his phone.

"Third century AD... large numbers of Greek texts were transcribed in Coptic, especially Christian scriptures... What the hell?"

Luo Qiu suddenly felt sleepy. As he continued reading, he did not think much more about it and soon fell asleep.

When he woke up the next day, he heard sounds coming from the kitchen.

He found Ren Ziling in exceptionally high spirits as she prepared breakfast in the kitchen. There was toast, fried eggs, slices of ham, and a salad of cherry tomatoes to round out the meal nutritionally.

It's probably been quite a long time since I last ate breakfast made by Ren Ziling.

"Luo Qiu? You're awake!" Ren Ziling emerged from the kitchen wearing an apron, two glasses of milk in her hands. "I don't know why, but I'm especially energetic today. I woke up early on a whim! Come and try my cooking!"

"...What cooking skills are needed for toast and fried eggs?"

Ren Ziling rolled her eyes and tapped Luo Qiu on the forehead. "Stop talking nonsense. Are you eating or not?"

Luo Qiu shrugged and began spreading butter on the toast.

Ren Ziling also bit into her bread, waiting for Luo Qiu to ask before saying, "Hey, kid, have you been up to something bad lately? I feel like you've been coming home late at night. Aren't you usually home early, a shut-in as antisocial as someone destined to stay single forever?"

Luo Qiu had long since grown used to this woman's "verbal abuse," so he did not feel much of anything. He had also prepared his excuse in advance. "I've been working part-time recently. Unless something comes up, I'll probably be coming home later at night."

"But didn't you say you were traveling the last two times?" Ren Ziling was clearly not someone who could be fooled casually.

Luo Qiu brushed her off. "Working part-time."

"..."

Ren Ziling's phone rang just then. She had no choice but to stop talking. After answering it, her expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly began getting ready. "We'll put this matter aside for now. Something came up at the newspaper office, and I have to rush out."

Luo Qiu had always admired Ren Ziling's decisive nature.

For example, she was now rushing into the room to change clothes, combing her hair as she walked, hopping as she put on her shoes to grab her keys, dashing out the door like the wind, then rushing back in, snatching the buttered slice of bread Luo Qiu had been about to eat, biting down on it, and rushing back out.

"I'll have a proper talk with you about the part-time job later!"

As she closed the door again, she still remembered to remind him.

Luo Qiu sighed. He could finally eat breakfast in peace. He bit into his bread and planned to watch the morning news, but then he spotted a document envelope beside the TV cabinet.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Hello! Is this Luo Qiu? Did you happen to see a document envelope with a circle drawn on it?"

"It's on the TV cabinet."

"Great! Come on, my darling, listen. Could you take these documents to my company for me? I'm on my way somewhere and can't turn back! Damn it!! Does the person in front even know how to drive?!"

Amid the ear-piercing blare of a horn, Ren Ziling continued, "Good boy! After you deliver them, Mommy will introduce you to a girlfriend another day... Hello? Hello? You little brat, did you hang up on me?! Screw you! Does the person in front even know how to drive?! You'll regret angering me! Go to hell, you lousy driver!!!"

Ren Ziling slammed down on the accelerator, and the dark-red MINI Clubman sped away down the highway.