Meng Po stood beside Xie Yujiao the entire time, watching her without a word. Her gaze was complicated, unlike that of an ordinary friend.
Xie Yujiao, too, kept her head lowered, staring silently at the two bottles of tea in her hands.
Just then, Xiao Qi's transmitted voice broke into Xie Yujiao's mind:
"Xie Yujiao, drink the red tea and become You Si."
"Wha..." Xie Yujiao froze. "You're... Xiao Qi?"
"That's right. I'm here to relay Sage's plan."
Xie Yujiao frowned slightly. She had little contact with Sage. Although she knew Sage was Du Yu, she had never known how she should approach him.
"What... is Sage's plan?"
Xiao Qi took a deep breath and said, "In our timeline, as the Meng Po Soup gradually lost its effect, A'jiao slowly remembered her past. But whether because of a side effect or something else, when A'jiao became You Si, she also forgot everything about being A'jiao. Now, Sage wants you to regain your memories using the Scientific Method. If you can be both A'jiao and You Si, you could play an enormous role in this battle. Those were Sage's exact words."
After speaking, Xiao Qi stared motionlessly at Xie Yujiao, hoping she had not detected the lie in what she had just said.
Xie Yujiao's eyes shifted slightly at those words, her bright gaze seemingly pondering something.
"Sage said that?" Xie Yujiao asked dubiously.
"That's right."
Xie Yujiao only knew that Sage was Du Yu. She did not know that the one who had just told A-Xiang to give up on Xie Yujiao was also Sage.
"If Sage said that, it means Du Yu would think the same." Xie Yujiao nodded. "In that case, I've decided. I'm going to find myself again in this war."
Watching the screen, Sage visibly relaxed