The voice in Ji Yanzhi's heart spiraled upward, then plunged straight down from its highest point. Yet he still had to pretend he had heard nothing and forcibly suppress his emotions.
"Since you say there is, is the reason you can't tell me that you're worried I won't believe you, or that this is something I mustn't know at all?"
Ji Ting thought for a moment. "Both."
Ji Yanzhi fell silent for two or three seconds. "My reasons are the same as yours, but..."
"Oh." Ji Ting suddenly nodded.
Ji Yanzhi paused. "Why are you nodding?"
"Hmm?" Ji Ting blinked. "I'm nodding to show I understand. Since your reasons are the same as mine, and I can't tell you, I can't demand that you tell me either."
Ji Yanzhi's thin lips parted, and then he gave a helpless laugh. "But I hadn't gotten to the next part yet. I said 'but.' Didn't you hear me?"
Did he?
Ji Ting's gaze flickered slightly. Seeing this, Ji Yanzhi frowned. "You seem distracted. Are you thinking about something else?"
"No." Ji Ting lowered his eyes slightly. "Then go ahead with what comes after 'but.' I'll pay attention."
Ji Yanzhi watched him for a while, then sat down beside the bed. "Ji Ear, do you believe that a special connection can form between people, one that scientific theories can't explain?"
Ji Ting gave it serious thought. "Throughout human history, things that scientific theories currently can't explain eventually gain one or more theoretical explanations as time passes and technology advances."
Ji Yanzhi regretted it. He should never have brought up science. He was practically trying to teach a master his own craft.
"Then let me put it another way. Do you believe in a sixth sense?"
"Yes, because neuroscience can already explain some of its