After Chi Li woke up, Si Jinyan didn't feel at all grounded.
Regarding his approach, Chi Li was no longer angry, no longer obviously repulsive, but rarely silent, quietly looking and scrutinizing.
Chi Li's changes made the hole in Si Jinyan's chest bigger and bigger, and something was slowly disappearing from it, making him even more uneasy.
Chi Li also felt that Si Jinyan was deliberately keeping a distance.
Maybe she was giving him enough space, but no matter what, Chi Li really needed time to sort out some thoughts.
When he saw Si Jinyan, he would think of Jin lying in a pool of blood. What followed was the death of his fathers, and the dull and oppressive pain swept over him again.
Chi Li feels that the most cruel thing about this "memory" is probably its authenticity. He experienced the pain again decades later, and it was heartbreaking.
This may be one of the reasons why Chi Li questioned its authenticity again and again after waking up.
He doubted whether he had actually experienced these memories.
After waking up from the "dream", there are too many things that Chi Li needs to sort out again.
His uncle has passed away, and his fathers are dead. He can only seek proof from the current emperor Luolan. His fathers' past, as "heroes", why can't historical records and Starnet find even a shred of information about their past.
And Si Jinyan...
After Chi Li woke up, he recalled the scene of Si Jinyan cutting his heart and removing his scales. He didn't know why such a perspective remained in his memory. He had already passed out at the time, but he saw the scene of Si Jinyan cutting his heart and removing his scales in his dream.
He should have been unaware of this matter. From his perspective, when he woke up again, he had a Scale in his hand, which he regarded as a gift from Jinshuo. Scale had a battleship pattern engraved on it. He liked it very much. It was the battleship they originally put together together. The physical battleship model was placed in Chi Li's study at that time.
This Scale has been lost in the subsequent travels.
The black scale that Si Jinyan took off was obviously not easy. Si Jinyan insisted on giving it to him...Chi Li touched his chest, where his heart was. He often felt sore and swollen in the past few days.
Chi Li guessed that maybe it was due to the influence of Jin that the moment Scale got close to it, it was affected by strong emotions, so it retained Jin's emotions and left the scene of the last moment?
Chi Li met Bai Qi again.
Regarding Chi Li's doubts about the authenticity of the dream, Bai Qi just said, "I have not made any changes. I do not have the ability to know your past or tamper with your past. I don't even know what you have experienced now. This ability is not that strong. Only you know those things that only exist in your mind, and I just help you peel off the layer of fog that is added to them."
Bai Qi's words are not unreasonable. There are very few people who know Chi Li's past, and Bai Qi is even less likely to know, so there is no way to "guide" his past on this basis.
Secondly, what puzzled Chi Li was that Si Jinyan did not recognize him. Regarding this point, Chi Li found Lu Jiu and asked Si Jinyan about his childhood.
Lu Jiu was a little surprised that Chi Li would ask this. When Si Jinyan became famous, they had already created a "glorious" past for Si Jinyan, including Si Jinyan's life experience, achievements, family background...
Chi Li saw Lu Jiu's hesitation. "If you want to lie to me, then stop talking."
Lu Jiu: "No, I didn't intend to lie to you." Lu Jiu wanted to come up with the official rhetoric, but Si Jinyan just said not long ago that if Chi Li wants to know anything about him, he can just say it, there is no need to hide it.
Moreover, Si Jinyan's identity has long been known to Chi Li, and there is really nothing else to hide. Compared to telling Si Jinyan's fabricated past, Lu Jiu was even more surprised that Chi Li would ask about it!
Lu Jiu paused for a moment. "You want to know what happened to Si Jinyan when he was a child, but I actually don't know the specifics. When I met him, he was already, um... already 15 years old."
"At that time, Si Jinyan was quieter, less talkative, and more... indifferent than now." Lu Jiu still remembers when he met Si Jinyan, his appearance that was inconsistent with his age, his gloomy and withdrawn personality,
Chi Li's heart beat fast, "What else?"
Lu Jiu was also pulled into the memory. "Basically he lay in bed, didn't move around often, and rarely talked. He stayed in the room alone, except for necessary experiments. You know, his identity is very special, and it is not a secret to us. We appeared next to him because of this. However, I was very impressed by him for those experiments. He had an overly calm calmness, more like he was numb..."
"... Later I found out that there was something wrong with his legs, but it was mainly because of the fish tail. He couldn't control the fish tail freely at that time, or in other words, because of some defect, he was more accustomed to using the fish tail to move, and the human legs restricted him..."
Chi Li's breathing was suffocating, and his heart was beating fast. Lu Jiu's description and some scenes in his memory were connected again.
Chi Li had a rough guess in his mind. Those who took away Si Jinyan might be people from the empire, and the experiments on Si Jinyan might be one of their purposes. Si Jinyan, however, had no idea about this. Si Jinyan also forgot his past experiences for unknown reasons.
Lu Jiu said some more intermittently, and when he left, he caught the inexplicable loneliness in Chi Li's eyes.
After leaving, Lu Jiu still wondered why Chi Li suddenly mentioned these things. However, it would be good if Chi Li could have some sympathy for Si Jinyan through these tragic past events.
Due to emotions and reasons, Lu Jiu also doesn't want to see Si Jinyan suffer anymore.
However, if this really works, then Si Jinyan should kowtow to him and say thank you...
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Chi Li realized that it had been a while since he saw Si Jinyan. Three days after meeting Lu Jiu, Si Jinyan did not come back during this period.
The butler knocked on the door to remind him to eat. Chi Li opened it and asked, "Where is Si Jinyan?"
The housekeeper was stunned and immediately said, "Sir, he went to the base and has not been back for a few days. I don't know when he will come back, but I remind you to have a good rest and eat on time."
Chi Li frowned.
The next day, Si Jinyan still didn't reply. The housekeeper called, but rarely got through.
Chi Li felt something was wrong, so he called Lu Jiu again, but was unable to contact him.
Chi Li frowned slightly, and after a moment, Lu Jiu called back.
Hearing this, Lu Jiu didn't say much, and just said, "If you want to find Si Jinyan, just come directly."
When they arrived at the base, Chi Li was keenly aware that something was wrong. The place was deserted and tense, and the staff who occasionally passed by were in a hurry and frowned...
Not only that, Si Jinyan has not been seen since he came in. If Si Jinyan knew that he was coming, he would never have failed to show up for so long.
Chi Li was led inside by the staff. The deeper he went, the more his heart dropped for no reason.
In front of a security door, Chi Li met Lu Jiu.
Lu Jiu: "Want to see Si Jinyan?"
Chi Li's intuition moved slightly, and his nerves, which had been on the verge of danger for a long time, were already tense. Before he could answer, Lu Jiu had already opened the safety door.
Si Jinyan is trapped in iron chains, just like what Chi Li saw when he stole Si Jinyan's video for the first time. Si Jinyan, who has a human body and a fish tail, is imprisoned in a huge translucent laboratory.