Song Qi tried hard to sit up, but he still couldn't manage it.
Seeing what he wanted, Shen Moxi hurried forward to help him up and placed a pillow behind his back.
"Your mom and dad said you were injured and unconscious, and the hospital determined you might never wake up, so they brought me here for a luck-changing marriage. Haha, who would've thought it would actually wake you up?" Shen Moxi looked at him with a laugh.
Mom and dad? Hospital? What was this young girl talking about? Song Qi looked at the grinning girl and asked in confusion, "Who are 'mom and dad'? And who is 'hospital'?"
"Uh..." Oh my goodness, did this handsome guy knock himself stupid? Damn, am I really this unlucky?
"You don't know who your mom and dad are? The parents who gave birth to you and raised you?"
"My father and mother gave birth to me and raised me. Of course I know who they are. It's just been a very, very long time since I last saw them. They left this continent long ago." Song Qi shook his head. He couldn't understand what this girl was saying at all, nor did he know which continent's language this was. It was far too difficult to understand.
"Father and mother? Left this continent?" Shen Moxi caught those two key phrases. People in this era used "Ma and Pa" or "Mom and Dad," but not "Father and Mother." And what did he mean by leaving this continent?
A possibility instantly flashed through her mind, but wasn't that too far-fetched? It was one thing for her to transmigrate, but an ancient person had transmigrated here too? Damn, space-time rift, have you sprung a leak?
At that thought, Shen Moxi grew a little nervous as she looked at him.
"Ahem, um, can I ask if you still remember your name? Where are you from?"
"I... my name is Mo Chen. I'm from the Xuanyuan Kingdom on the Mingze Continent."
"Mo... Mo Chen, Mingze Continent? Xuanyuan Kingdom?" Shen Moxi looked at the man before her, her heart surging. Oh, my great-uncle and dear mother, it really is true!
"Miss, where is this? Judging by your clothes, you don't seem to be from the Xuanyuan Kingdom." Song Qi frowned.
"Uh... just hear me out slowly, and please don't get worked up." Shen Moxi had no idea what sort of person this ancient transmigrator had been. What if he knew martial arts and snapped her neck when he got agitated?
She thought for a moment and organized her words. "Well, we're the Huaxia people, and this country is called Hua Country. Hua Country is enormous and consists of many ethnic groups. It's divided into provinces, cities, districts, and so on. Right now, you're in one of its little villages, called Shanghe Village."
"The Huaxia people? Hua Country? Which continent is that on? Why haven't I heard of it?" Song Qi lowered his head and frowned in thought.
Shen Moxi scratched her head. "Um... you definitely haven't heard of this place, because it's no longer the place where you lived. This is another space-time. You transmigrated here."
Song Qi abruptly raised his head to look at her. "Another space-time? Transmigrated?" Then he reached out and grabbed her arm. "Sorry for the trouble, miss, but please bring me a bronze mirror."
Shen Moxi knew what he wanted to see and nodded. "We don't use outdated things like bronze mirrors anymore. Mirrors nowadays are made of glass. You can see people very clearly in them."
With that, she went to the cabinet by the door, picked up the mirror sitting on it, and handed it to him. "Here, take a look."
Song Qi hurriedly took the mirror. When he saw the person inside it, he froze. He closed his eyes, then opened them and looked again. The person in the mirror truly didn't look like his original self.
This is me? Where did my body go? Did I possess someone? But I didn't possess anyone! Wasn't I...
Song Qi put down the mirror and looked at Shen Moxi. "Miss, you saved me. Those 'mom and dad' you mentioned earlier-does that mean you know who I am?"
"I know this body's original owner. Well, not me. This body of mine used to be very familiar with him." Shen Moxi nodded.
"Aren't you afraid of me like this? I've possessed someone else's body, just like a demon or ghost, yet a young girl like you is so calm?" Song Qi looked at her in confusion.
"What's there to be afraid of? To tell you the truth, we're fellow sufferers, kindred spirits." Shen Moxi leaned closer and winked mysteriously. "Because I transmigrated and was reborn too."
"What? You..." Song Qi looked at the girl before him in astonishment, but her serious gaze didn't look like she was joking.
Shen Moxi sighed. "I'm telling the truth. But I didn't transmigrate here from ancient times. I came from the modern era, thousands of years after your time. In other words, it's several decades more advanced than the era you're in now."
Song Qi accepted it readily enough. Since they were both the same, neither needed to worry about the other exposing them.
"Since we're kindred spirits, I'll have to trouble you to look after me for now, miss. Sorry for the trouble." Song Qi cupped his hands in a salute.
"No need to be so polite. I only just got here too, and I don't know much of anything. I woke up just a little earlier than you did. It's only because I inherited the original owner's memories that I know a little more." Shen Moxi waved her hand, then remembered something and looked at him in puzzlement. "Didn't you inherit this body's previous memories?"
Song Qi shook his head. "No. I took my own pulse just now and discovered that this person suffered a blow to the head. It was quite serious. He probably lost his memory then, and I happened to arrive afterward, so I didn't inherit his previous memories."
"Ah, that makes things difficult. I don't know what the original owner's family situation was either, so I can't explain it to you in detail. Why don't you just say you have amnesia? That'll make things easier. Whenever you don't recognize someone or don't know something, just say you lost your memory. Start learning slowly. I'll teach you." Shen Moxi patted her chest.
"That... will do. I'll be troubling you for a long time to come, miss. From now on, then, my name will be Song Qi. I still don't know your name."
"My name is Shen Moxi, the same as the original owner's. Right now, I'm your wife in name. I came here for a luck-changing marriage. 'Wife' means what you would call your spouse. But we only have a marriage contract. Since you hadn't woken up, we didn't go get photographed for a marriage certificate."
Then Shen Moxi looked at him and said seriously, "In our world, everyone practices monogamy. We don't have what you ancient people call three wives and four concubines. Unless you divorce, you can't marry again. Divorce means the same thing as an amicable separation where you're from."
Song Qi nodded. "Not all men where we come from have three wives and four concubines either. Only men in the mortal world do that. We're immortal cultivators, and we only have one Dao companion in our lifetime, unless that companion passes away."
At that, Shen Moxi stared at him with wide eyes. "Damn, you're an immortal cultivator? An immortal? Aren't immortals all really powerful? Then how did you die?"
Song Qi: ... Young lady, is it really all right to ask me how I died so bluntly?
"Once we cultivators reach a certain realm, we can ascend to the immortal realm and live forever. During my ascension, someone plotted against me, and I fell into blazing fire. I don't know what happened after that. When I woke up, I was here." As he said this, a cold gleam flashed through Song Qi's eyes.
"Oh, I see. I used to see people like you on TV all the time, with all sorts of schemes and plots. Ah, you ancient people really have it rough." Shen Moxi looked at him regretfully. An immortal! Damn, I actually met an immortal who only existed in legends.
"TV? What is that?" Song Qi looked at her.
"TV is... even if I explained it, you wouldn't be able to picture it. Once I have money, I'll buy one and show you. Then you'll understand." Shen Moxi couldn't think of how to explain it to him.
"All right..." Before he could finish, voices came from outside.
Shen Moxi pricked up her ears and listened. "That should be your mom and dad coming back."
Song Qi nodded, feeling a little nervous. After all, he was no longer the original owner and knew nothing about anything. He looked at Shen Moxi. "Then what should I do now?"
"Just lie down and rest. You only just woke up, and your body hasn't fully recovered yet. We'll talk about everything else once you're better." Shen Moxi helped him lie down.