Chapter 10: Forgetfulness and a Chest Pillow
I learned from Lily that there would be a summer camp during the summer vacation, which involved a trip to a small island in the south. From this aspect, the trip was more about leisure than study, essentially a welfare trip organized by the school.
However, not everyone could participate, and there was a threshold to obtain a “ticket” for the trip. Regarding this, Teacher Lily had already mentioned earlier, “The prerequisite is to pass the final exam.”
But no one seemed to care. In reality, after hearing about this activity in advance, the classmates in the class were completely in an uproar. Everyone was discussing what to do and what to bring, as well as issues like swimsuits. They hadn’t even considered the seemingly simple condition of “passing the final exam.”
In fact, ten minutes ago, I was also fantasizing about the wonders of a southern vacation, just like them.
Now, I had completely calmed down.
Should I say that the reality before my eyes was like a basin of cold water poured on me, forcibly pulling me out of a sweet dream.
Because I discovered something very fatal.
That is, a part of my “knowledge” had disappeared.
No, it wasn’t that I had forgotten it; it had vanished out of thin air.
Just now, when solving a problem on the blackboard, I had seen that problem before and solved it once, but I had “forgotten” the answer.
I initially thought it was just an isolated case, but I had just discovered a shocking fact: this was not an “isolated case.”
It was just “one of them.”
That’s right, I had forgotten a lot of knowledge.
All the problems and content I had seen, learned, and memorized were “forgotten” by me.
More accurately, they were “taken away.”
I had some clues as to what was going on.
When I died before, Ba’s words echoed in my mind again.
“I’ll tell you in advance, splitting your soul will make you forget a period of memory; this is somewhat of a side effect.”
At that time, the Loli Yama King split off a part of my soul to save Kuuga. I agreed and accepted it on the spot.
Then Ba also said that she would only target the memories from my past lives that lingered in my mind, so I didn’t realize I had forgotten anything important after waking up, thus avoiding that cliché aphasia plot.
But what if the part of the soul that carried my past life memories wasn’t enough?
Then other parts would have to be split off. And Ba, who promised not to let me lose my memory, naturally wouldn’t touch my “life experiences,” so she could only tackle it from the aspect of “knowledge.” But she couldn’t take away my “common sense,” so she could only find the “useless parts.” That is, the “exam knowledge” accumulated from China’s high school cramming education. I could easily deduce such a conclusion.
Honestly, I also felt that this knowledge would be useless after I learned it. After all, I was still a student, and this knowledge was necessary before graduation.
It was already mid-June, and the end of the month was approaching.
After the last summer vacation of my second year of high school, I would enter the crucial third year of high school life. Our school was a private school with a very high college admission rate. Many students in my grade were preparing for the college entrance examination or studying abroad, making plans for their future (except for the oddballs in our class, I had never seen these guys worry about their future).
I still wanted to go to college. Teacher Xiaozhen also said that if I didn’t have a clear goal, I might as well extend my student life and then search for what I wanted to do.
But with my knowledge almost dug out and completely devastated, perhaps only at the level of upper elementary school, how could I still take the college entrance exam?
It’s not that I regret it. I have never regretted splitting my soul to save Kuuga from beginning to end. It’s just that realizing this at this point in time was a huge blow.
The college entrance examination was fine. After all, there was still a year left. I could start desperately catching up on that knowledge now.
Moreover, I had become a zombie and could study day and night, so my efficiency was much higher than before.
But there was still something that seemed almost impossible to solve.
The final exams were coming up soon! ! !
Today was June 20th, and the exams would be in a week.
To be more precise, the final exams would be held next Saturday and Sunday. After the two-day final exams, the long summer vacation would begin on July 3rd.
No, if it were just an ordinary final exam, I wouldn’t be so despairing. After all, no one at home would criticize or educate me for failing the exam. At most, my mom would nag me for a bit.
There was also the sacrifice of about a quarter of my summer vacation to participate in Teacher Xiaozhen’s summer remedial classes, but that was no big deal. I had participated last year, and it was quite interesting to come to school during the summer vacation.
But this summer vacation was different.
If I failed the final exam, I wouldn’t be able to go on vacation with everyone! ! !
The southern island, the beach, the sunshine, swimming, Lianbing’s swimsuit appearance… all of it would be gone!
With only eleven days left until the final exams, catching up on all junior high and high school knowledge within eleven days was impossible, even without sleeping!
I almost desperately buried my head in my desk, still a little resentful that Ba had split my “knowledge” without asking me. If I had known this earlier, I would have rather forgotten some useless memories.
At the same time, I blamed myself for realizing it too late. Why did I only realize it now? I was so stupid.
Perhaps it was because I had become a zombie, which had impaired my thinking ability and slowed my reactions, leading me to only realize this now.
This was terrible. I felt like crying. It couldn’t be, right? It’s just about not seeing swimsuits.
Just swimsuits.
I might as well cry.
I didn’t even have an appetite for food (there wasn’t much left anyway, as Li Nai had eaten most of it). I sat blankly in my seat like a salted fish that had lost its dream, gazing at the ceiling of the classroom.
After an unknown period, Xue Qing, who was in front of me, turned around. Seeing my dazed expression, she tilted her head in confusion, then gently stroked my cheek with her hands and asked,
“What’s wrong, Juncheng?”
“Ah…”
I had no idea how to answer. I also thought that if I couldn’t go, Xue Qing might not go either, which made it even harder to speak.
“Hehehe, are you tired from class? Let your girlfriend comfort you.”
The voice came from behind, as expected. Immediately after, hands reached out from both sides of my head, clasped together in front of me, and then pulled my mouth back.
Because it was so sudden, I didn’t even have time to close my mouth. I even accidentally sprayed saliva onto those smooth, jade-like hands.
These hands didn’t pull away despite being splashed with my saliva. Instead, they continued to pull me back. My body tilted together with the chair and leaned against the desk behind me, stopping only when the back of my head, near the top, touched something soft.
“How is it? Doesn’t this help you relax more?”
Her smiling face entered my vision. Her long hair hung down like a curtain, blocking my sight. But since I now had night vision, I could clearly see her face.
Her face was very close to mine. From this unusual angle, I could only see her face tilted.
“Relax your neck, lie down. This is a special benefit for you~”
What benefit? Well, supporting my neck like this was indeed tiring. I decided to follow her words and lie down.
Then the back of my head hit the world’s best “pillow.”
I wondered why her face was so close. It turned out that Lianbing had placed her chest on the desk, using it as a pillow for the back of my head.
Woo, this chest pillow was so soft that I felt my worries flying away.
At this moment, I felt something pressing down on me too.
It wasn’t particularly heavy and was also soft. I instinctively hugged this thing and asked,
“Xue Qing?”
It was indeed Xue Qing. Was she here to be my “blanket”?
Seeing my dejected look, they immediately came to comfort me and relieve my stress with their bodies.
I was so fortunate that these two were acting as my bedding. It was too extravagant.
Seeing my dejected look, they immediately came to comfort me and relax my spirit with their bodies.
Ah, but this was in the classroom. Was it really okay to act like this?
Lianbing saw through my thoughts at once. While licking the saliva on her hand with her tongue, she said,
“Hehehe, unnecessary shyness. This is physical education class, and everyone else has already gone out. Moreover, physical education class is like free time for our class, and very few people actually attend class seriously. So you don’t have to worry about being called out, Chengjun.”
Ah, speaking of which, there were indeed very few people who attended physical education class every time. The teacher was too lazy to take attendance. I also used to go to Juncheng Pavilion to read manga during physical education class and was too lazy to do anything else.
But to make such bold moves in the classroom, Lianbing and Xue Qing were genuinely concerned about me.
“So, Chengjun, you can rest well. I’ll be watching you.”
As she spoke, Lianbing placed a pill, only one-fifth the size of the original, into my mouth.
I had already taken an anti-infection pill today. If I took another one, it would be an overdose, and I would fall asleep.
Perhaps Lianbing wanted me to sleep. Even if zombies didn’t physiologically need sleep, their minds still needed rest.
So, I accepted her kindness, cast my worries aside, and went to sleep.
Speaking of which, sleep… it had been a long time.
