Chapter 10: The Most Peaceful Time
“Sigh…”
Liu Haoyu sighed, gently took her wrist, and frowned slightly.
“Don’t you know that playing with fire leads to bedwetting?”
Although his voice was somewhat stern, his actions were very gentle.
As if treating her as a fragile item.
He took a talisman from his backpack, burned it to ashes, and then poured the ashes into Qin Liu’s palm.
The stinging sensation from the ghost fire gradually disappeared with the help of these ashes.
Even the scorched marks on her palm began to fade.
“How is it?”
Liu Haoyu asked, stroking Qin Liu’s hand.
“It shouldn’t hurt too much now, right?”
“Mmm…” Qin Liu nodded. “It’s just a little cold, not very painful.”
“It’s supposed to be cold.”
Liu Haoyu withdrew his hand and suddenly flicked her forehead with his finger.
“Ghost fire is not something to be trifled with. Consider this a lesson learned.”
“Ouch!”
Being flicked like that still hurt a bit. Qin Liu hugged her head and muttered softly.
“I was just curious…”
“Forget it, I’ll get straight to the point and ask you a question.”
Liu Haoyu pulled up the quilt, covering Qin Liu’s body.
“Did you steal my memories?”
Qin Liu, who had been playfully smiling, became serious upon hearing this.
She pulled up the quilt to cover the lower half of her face, her cheeks flushed, and she remained silent.
“Tell me, what did you see?”
“This… that…” Qin Liu’s gaze drifted, and after stuttering for a while, she lowered her head and said, “I really didn’t see anything…”
With the identity of a穿越者 (transmigrator/time traveler), Qin Liu’s spiritual sight ability was already terrifyingly strong.
Thus, she could directly obtain the memories of the man in front of her.
Even if they were just fragments, she had seen quite a few things.
For instance, she saw the man in front of her entering a haunted house that looked very much like this one, and encountering a blurred, chilling red shadow.
Although she didn’t know who the other party was, she was certain that this fierce ghost in red was not to be trifled with.
She also saw the man clasped his hands together, praying to a pair of red embroidered shoes.
Well, that was indeed a bit too much like a shrimp head!
Qin Liu instinctively shifted backward.
Besides these things, what she saw most were the man’s growth experiences and his time learning the Ghost Exorcism Technique.
This was also why she could suddenly control ghost fire.
“You really didn’t see anything?”
“Really not!”
Seeing Qin Liu’s repeated affirmations, Liu Haoyu decided to let it go.
However, after calming down and thinking carefully, it seemed that even if the other party saw his memories, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.
After all, he was thick-skinned, and it wasn’t him who would be embarrassed.
“Next time you want to play with these things, make sure it’s safe, and if you don’t understand anything, ask me…”
Before Liu Haoyu could finish, Qin Liu suddenly asked.
“How long will you be staying here?”
The little girl’s eyes held a trace of anticipation.
Compared to sitting alone in this room where the sun never shone, having another person, even if they did nothing but chat and brag, was an extremely happy and satisfying thing for her at the moment.
However, upon hearing Qin Liu’s words, Liu Haoyu paused and looked at the black book in front of him.
After a moment of thought, the book gave its answer.
“Originally, the scheduled time was one week, but currently, due to Qin Liu, your anchor at this time node seems to have stabilized considerably, so you can stay a bit longer, but it should not exceed one month.”
“A month?” Liu Haoyu was stunned. He then asked with concern, “A month… what does Qin Liu say?”
“Currently, your time is flowing backward, so even if you return, you will return to the moment it started flowing backward. To others, you just closed your eyes and opened them again, so Qin Liu will be fine.”
“The problem is on this side…”
The black book’s gaze shifted to Qin Liu not far away.
This little one had been trying to read Liu Haoyu’s memories. Fortunately, Liu Haoyu had just enlightened her, otherwise, within a few days, she would probably even figure out what color underwear Liu Haoyu was wearing.
But because of this, the black book was uncertain about what variables the future would bring after Qin Liu read Liu Haoyu’s memories. After all, she was from the 1980s, and Liu Haoyu was from the 21st century.
These two eras were vastly different. Even the black book could not guarantee what consequences would arise if Qin Liu read Liu Haoyu’s memories.
However… the black book looked at the little loli, who was still pretending to know nothing and appeared very cute, and scratched its head.
Forget it, it was best not to interfere too much with Liu Haoyu’s choices.
“Is there a problem?”
Seeing the black book’s slightly solemn tone, Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but show a little worry in his eyes.
However, the latter shook his head and said.
“It’s nothing, consider it me being overly worried. You can be brave… Of course, don’t do anything hanky-panky; the current Qin Liu is truly underage.”
Liu Haoyu covered his forehead, his face full of helplessness.
“Then why are you worried about this thing?!”
“Hey~” Qin Liu’s voice chimed in. “Why are you talking to yourself? Are you talking to someone?”
Qin Liu could see Liu Haoyu, but she couldn’t see the black book.
This was also because Liu Haoyu was the only one whose time was flowing backward.
The black book did not belong to this era. It wasn’t even a spiritual body; it was just a projection that Liu Haoyu could see.
“It’s nothing,” Liu Haoyu shook his head and said, “I can stay here for at most a month.”
“A month…”
Hearing this answer, Qin Liu’s voice held a hint of melancholy. She lowered her head, seeming a little reluctant to part with the somewhat shrimp-headed man in front of her.
But having lived two lives, she was very mature and naturally wouldn’t force him to stay. She just smiled and said.
“Then I’ll be counting on your care for this month.”
Qin Liu extended her fair and tender little hand, and Liu Haoyu, seeing this, extended his large hand and gently held hers.
The two hands, one large and one small, clasped together at that moment.
More memories began to flood into Qin Liu’s mind.
However, a faint smile remained on her face as she suppressed the feeling of reluctance in her heart.
“Go to sleep first, and save some energy for tonight’s operation.”
“Mhmm, mhmm.”
Upon hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, Qin Liu lay back down under the covers and slowly closed her eyes.
Since arriving in this world, this was perhaps one of the few times she had slept so peacefully.
