After Xiao Yan finished speaking, Stone Chamber was so quiet that only the soft crackling sound of Zhu Huo was left.
Gu Xun'er stood there, staring at Xiao Yan with his red-gold eyes. There were too many things in those eyes.
Shock, pain, confusion, and a spreading chill that she didn't want to admit.
Her fingertips trembled slightly, and she clenched the fists in her sleeves, her nails almost digging into her palms.
But there was no expression on her face, like a statue frozen in ice. Only the two clusters of soul flames in her eyes were swaying silently.
Xiao Yan's eyes are still empty.
Under hypnosis, his soul seemed to have been stripped of all disguises and spread naked in front of Gu Xun'er.
His lips moved, as if he was still struggling, and the eyes under his eyelids moved violently, as if something was desperately trying to prevent him from saying the next word.
But Gu Xun'er's soul power was like an invisible mountain, overwhelming him and unable to resist.
He felt like a book being forcibly opened, and every page was exposed to the eyes of others. The secrets that had been buried for more than ten years, and the truths that he did not even dare to tell in his dreams, were being read page by page at this moment.
"Where... are you from?"
Gu Xun'er's voice is trembling.
This question almost exhausted all my strength.
Her heart was beating like a drum in her chest, and every beat made her eardrums hurt.
She was suddenly afraid of hearing the answer, but she had no way out.
Xiao Yan's throat rolled.
His whole body began to tremble violently, and the veins on his forehead popped out, as if he was using up his last instinct to resist speaking the truth.
After a few breaths, his lips finally relaxed.
"Blue Star."
These two words were like two ice beads hitting the ground of Stone Chamber, crisp, cold, and unambiguous.
Gu Xun'er's body shook a bit.
Blue Star, where is that place?
There is no such name on the Dou Qi Continent's territory, there is no such name in ancient records, and there is no such name in anything she knows.
But Xiao Yan said it out, and he said it out under the pressure of soul suppression.
What does this mean?
It meant that this was true. It meant that the person standing in front of her, the person she had known for more than ten years and thought she had seen through, had a soul that was completely unfamiliar to her hidden in his body.
Fan Tian leaned against the wall, folded his hands on his chest, and said solemnly, "Gu Xun'er, actually, the matter is not that serious."
Gu Xun'er ignored him. Her soul power was still firmly locked on Xiao Yan, and continued to ask, "Where is the original Xiao Yan? Where did his soul go?"
Xiao Yan's eyebrows suddenly tightened, and a look of pain appeared on his face.
His lips were trembling, and a tear leaked from the corner of his eye.
The tear slid down his sweaty cheek, dripped on the stone floor, and broke into finer splashes.
Gu Xun'er Looking at those tears, my heart suddenly hurt as if someone was holding me in a hand.
"I don't know, when I regained consciousness, I was still in swaddling clothes."
Xiao Yan's voice was intermittent, as if it was forcibly pulled up from a very deep place, "I am him, he is me, I just come from another world."
Gu Xun'er closed his eyes.
In the darkness, memories came flooding back like a tide.
She remembered a rainy night many, many years ago.
Not long after she was sent to the Xiao Clan, she was unfamiliar with the place and she secretly hid under the quilt and cried at night.
It was Xiao Yan who climbed over the wall and came in, soaked to the skin, holding a piece of pastry wrapped in oil paper in his hand, stuffed it to her with a smile, and said, "Xun'er sister, don't cry, I will protect you from now on."
How old was he at that time? Four? Five?
How could a four- or five-year-old child be so considerate?
She only felt warm at that time, but now looking back, was it the innocence of a child or the calculation of an adult behind that warmth?
So that's it.
So that's it.
These four words were rolled over and over in her heart, and every time they were rolled over, there was an extra bloodstain.
"How old were you in your original world?"
"Twenty-five!"
The air seemed to freeze, and there was only the trembling voice of Gu Xun'er.
Fan Tian didn't dare to interrupt, even breathing a little more carefully.
He secretly glanced at Gu Xun'er's side face and saw her eyelashes trembling slightly, like butterfly wings struggling in a storm.
He suddenly felt regretful and regretted exposing this matter.
But the words have been spoken, and it's hard to take them back.
Gu Xun'er opened his eyes, and in the red-gold pupils, the two soul flames slowly dissipated.
The hypnosis is lifted.
Xiao Yan's body suddenly softened and he fell to the ground, gasping for air.
His clothes were soaked with cold sweat, the veins on his forehead had not completely subsided, and his whole body looked as miserable as if he had just been fished out of the water.
He raised his head and saw Gu Xun'er looking down at him. His beautiful face was expressionless, but his eyes were like a thick layer of ice.
"Xun'er..." His voice was hoarse and he stretched out his hand to grab the hem of her clothes.
Gu Xun'er took a step back.
Xiao Yan's hand hung in the air and froze.
His fingers curled up slightly, as if trying to grab something, but all they touched was the cold air.
At that moment, he suddenly felt that this Stone Chamber was so big, it was so big that it made him panic, and it was so big that he felt that the whole world was moving away from him.
"So you did it on purpose from the beginning."
Gu Xun'er's voice was very flat, so flat that it made people panic, "Come in over the wall, warm me up Meridians, say those words... It's all an adult's calculation. Because you realize that I am special? What do you want from me?"
"No!" Xiao Yan stood up on the ground, his legs were still trembling, but his voice suddenly rose, "Xun'er, I admit, I... I do carry the memories of my previous life, but my love for you is true!"
He took a breath, his eyes were red, and he stared into Gu Xun'er's eyes and said word by word, "I have absolutely no ill intentions towards you!"
Gu Xun'er's expression finally had a trace of Wave.
A thin crack opened on the ice, but it was sealed again by a thicker chill.
"I admit that I lied to you. But I am not seizing the body. I am Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan is me!"
Stone Chamber was quiet for a long time.
Fan Tian was watching this scene from the side with his brows furrowed.
He suddenly spoke with a much colder tone, "Gu Xun'er, do you know that the Dou Qi Continent we are in is just one of many worlds. I heard that after reaching Dou Di, you can break the void and go to other worlds!"
Gu Xun'er didn't look back at him. She just stared at Xiao Yan.
"What was your... name before?"
Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "Even if I tell you, you don't recognize me. I've almost forgotten what happened before."
"Say."
He was silent for a moment and whispered, "Potato."
"Potato?"
Gu Xun'er said the name in his mouth again, as if he was tasting something he had never touched before.
She suddenly felt ridiculous, so ridiculous that she wanted to laugh.
She had known Brother Xiao Yan for more than ten years, that talented and high-spirited young man, who was more dazzling than anyone else in her heart. His former name was actually Potato.
An indescribable emotion suddenly welled up in her heart, as if something was broken or something was being put back together.
Then she suddenly asked, "Are there any of your accomplices in this world?"
Xiao Yan's eyes darkened.
Accomplice?
These two words were like two knives piercing his heart.
"Xun'er," his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible, "When you use the word accomplice, do you think of me as a thief?"
Gu Xun'er's eyelashes trembled, but she didn't answer.
But Fan Tian was actually nervous and had a little sweat on his head!