I paused, then put a bite of rice in my mouth. Had I known him before I lost my memory?
As I wondered, I turned to look at Mo Buyan. He was staring at me, his face alight with joy and excitement, and blurted out a name.
"Fang Yuxuan!"
"Pfft!"
The mouthful of rice I'd chewed up sprayed all over Mo Buyan. Not a bit of it went to waste, and he ended up looking thoroughly miserable.
No... now wasn't the time to think about that!
"Who? Who came back?!"
"..."
Mo Buyan expressionlessly wiped the rice grains off his face.
"Buyan, wasting food is shameful..."
"I asked who came back! Did I hear you wrong?"
"You're not stuttering anymore?"
"That's not the point!!!!"
I leaped to my feet. Little White looked utterly baffled... God only knew why I could read a baffled expression on a wolf's face.
In any case, I grabbed Mo Buyan by the collar and stared into his eyes.
"Who! Who came back?"
"F-Fang Yuxuan... the Empress!"
"How could that be... she isn't..."
I was about to say, Isn't she me?
But I didn't. It wasn't because I doubted who I was. I doubted... where Mo Buyan had gotten this news.
"She isn't what?"
Mo Buyan stared at me blankly as he wiped the rice off his face. He looked ridiculously funny.
But I wasn't in the mood to laugh. I let go, jostling my wound. Pain made me clutch my left arm as I staggered back to the wheelchair.
Perhaps sensing my turmoil, Little White came over and sat beside me, resting its head on the armrest. I reached out to stroke its head as I looked at Mo Buyan.
"What, exactly, happened?"
As I gradually calmed down, my stutter returned. The truth was, I