Aunt Zhou's reaction greatly exceeded Zhang Yuanqing's expectations, even sending a chill down his spine.
Zhang Yuanqing carefully sensed her emotions and confirmed that Aunt Zhou's confusion was genuine. She truly knew nothing about this.
Did Aunt Zhou not remember Brother Bing ever going missing, or had the person who filed the report not been Brother Bing's family? The ones who discovered Brother Bing's disappearance and promptly called the police had to be close relatives. And since the report had been filed with the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau, it should have been Uncle Lei and Aunt Zhou.
Zhang Yuanqing was more inclined to believe that after Brother Bing returned, he had used a Spirit Realm Walker's methods to erase that period of memory from his parents.
Hmm, Spirit Realm Walker skills did not include methods for erasing memories, but among skills of the mental domain, there were quite a few that could make people forget a period of memory—for example, a Musician's hypnosis or a Bewitching Demon's bewitchment.
As for the Illusionist and Night Wanderer, the most powerful classes in the mental domain, they actually lacked similar methods.
A Bewitching Demon's bewitchment could only distort cognition upon reaching the Saint stage. Given Brother Bing's level back then, the only method he could have used was hypnosis. Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts raced.
"Yuanzi, what exactly did you mean just now?" Concerned about her son's situation, Aunt Zhou pressed him.
"It's nothing, Aunt Zhou. You're tired. Get some sleep first." Zhang Yuanqing reached out, held his hand before her eyes, and snapped his fingers.
Aunt Zhou's gaze abruptly turned vacant.
Zhang Yuanqing helped her sit on the sofa and cleared away the grief and pent-up anguish weighing on her heart. Aunt Zhou fell into a deep sleep.
"Aunt, come to Brother Bing's