"Relax, Nana. Now try to remember what you saw back then."
Lu Yi faced Nana, his left hand hovering over her forehead while his right summoned his Wand.
The others gathered around. Like Xiao Hongchen, they had no idea what Lu Yi intended to do, but they all watched the pair in the corner in silence.
Nana was nervous, but she steadied herself. After taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and recalled the unforgettable scene that had kept her living in fear all these years.
Lu Yi raised his Wand and touched its tip gently to Nana's temple. Her brows drew together.
For some reason, Nana felt a sudden distance from the memory etched deep in her heart.
She knew it was something she had experienced herself, yet it felt as though she were watching the past of someone wholly unrelated to her.
To the onlookers, however, Lu Yi seemed to draw something out of Nana's mind.
It was only a faint, almost imperceptible strand of interwoven, glowing threads, but the sight left their mouths hanging open.
Xiao Hongchen was dumbfounded. He had no idea what Lu Yi was doing, but it looked as though Lu Yi was pulling out Nana's brain. Standing so close, he hardly dared to breathe.
As the memory came free, Nana's frown eased, and her whole body relaxed.
Lu Yi guided the fragile strand of light into a metal basin supported by a stone pedestal, then stirred it gently with his Wand.
At Lu Yi's touch, the interwoven, glowing threads dissolved at once. Like water and rolling clouds all at once, they flowed throughout the metal basin.
With the memory prepared, Lu Yi softly told Nana she could open her eyes. Then he turned to Xiao Hongchen.
"Put your face in, and you'll