I hadn't expected that at all. I failed to keep my expression in check, and shock showed on my face.
October smiled. "Don't be nervous. I mean no harm."
His tone and manner really did seem harmless, but I still grew wary.
I was rarely seen by people or ghosts in dreams. When I was seen, things usually turned bad. Besides, when I possessed Wang Mingli last time, he hadn't seen me. Either something had changed, or he was such a good actor that he'd fooled me before.
My wary expression prompted October to hold out both hands in a gesture of surrender. It still didn't put me at ease.
Even if a ghost raised both empty hands, that didn't mean he wasn't a threat.
October didn't explain further. He simply held the pose and said, "You're strange. You weren't in my memories before. Can you travel through time?"
I didn't answer. I just stared at October in silence.
"Can you take other people with you when you travel through time?" October asked again.
I frowned, unsure what game he was playing.
October said helplessly, "I mean no harm. I'm not trying to do anything to you." His gaze shifted and settled behind me. "Are you that woman's guardian spirit?"
Of course not.
But his words made it clear that October could tell I'd followed Li Shuangbai here.
October gazed at the hospital room for a while. "They're pitiful. No one can save them. You must have sensed that too, which is why you haven't done anything." He looked back at me. "This world is changing. A lot of things have changed. There are things we used to be able to do that we can't anymore."
He sighed mournfully.
He sounded as though he were trying to get close to