Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1170 Another Answer to the Hypothesis

Xia Shou hesitated for a few seconds, organized his thoughts, and then explained:

"If feelings are based on memories, then if she forgets me, it means her feelings for me have disappeared. Even if I tell her about my past experiences, I cannot create new feelings out of thin air."

If memories are not the root of feelings between two people, then there is no need to care about those lost memories.

In that case, from any perspective, there's no need to tell the other person about the past.

Even if one wanted to go back to the past, all one needed to do was create new memories.

"What if you can't go back? After all, they don't recognize you anymore, and they have new people in their lives," Mo Ying asked casually.

“Unless it’s due to societal moral constraints that prevent the other person from doing so, it only means that you’re not missing the person as a person, but rather the person you imagine in your memory. The amnesiac woman standing in front of you is no longer the same person she used to be,” Xia Shou replied.

"Creating new memories? That's an interesting way to put it." Shangguan Yan smiled.

“However, I’m not really sure how much memory affects the self. Although memory doesn’t represent the self, it’s certainly not completely unrelated,” Xia Shou added.

As he said this, Xia Shou thought of the events that happened in the book, Sister Yan, and even earlier, Xiao Yue, who grew up in the book.

These experiences were all real to him.

All I can say is that the person who designed this scenario had an extremely peculiar way of thinking. Xia Shou thought about it over and over again and could only barely come to this conclusion that he could convince himself.

But in reality, he wasn't sure either.

Is the minister Sister Yan?

No, that only happened in the book. The minister doesn't remember it at all, but she is indeed Sister Yan because they are so similar.

It can be said that Sister Yan is a potential state that the Minister may be hiding, or the Minister is just a kind of existence. The essence of each person's soul is like a seed, blooming into different flowers depending on the circumstances.

Seeds can grow into witches of the Control Bureau, and they can also grow into alluring, wicked girls next door.

Xia Shou suddenly realized the deeper meaning of what the Death Notebook had said to him that day: everyone has a deep essence, a primal possibility that is worthy of being called a soul.

Just as I now have such complex feelings for the minister who has forgotten everything, do the people in Moyu Si feel the same way about me?

Xia Shou looked up at Shangguan Yan, feigning nonchalance, and casually asked, "Minister, what do you think of this situation? If you had amnesia, and someone suddenly appeared and told you that he was your ex-boyfriend, what would you do?"

Shangguan Yan glanced sideways and chuckled: "That depends on the specific situation. I've actually encountered people like that before, but when I exposed their lies, they all ended up in bad shape."

But if there really is such a person, it depends on my mood.

After all, people change. Xia, your argument just now was just a discussion about the definition of the individual self, but in reality, it is much more complicated than that.

The same person can do different things in different environments. In the archives of the Bureau of Control, there are tens of thousands, if not thousands, of cases of people whose personalities changed drastically after losing their memory.

Perhaps their essence has not changed, but their social image and personality as perceived by others have completely changed, and this is precisely the label that everyone values ​​most.

Just as no one judges a baby's morality, even if the baby's future potential is determined at birth, if I were to lose my memory, I might become a completely different person with a completely different personality and preferences, and naturally, I would no longer be able to accept the person I knew before.

After explaining the answer to the first hypothesis, Shangguan Yan also shared his thoughts on the second hypothesis.

"But if the other person has amnesia and I don't, I'm afraid I won't let him go easily. I like things that I can control."

"It's really pitiful for any man to be favored by a minister," Kehen remarked.

“I’ve noticed that our department is quite conservative; our daily lives are pretty ordinary,” Mo Ying said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wengao's eyes lit up: "Are the daily lives of other departments different from ours? Are there very few departments that work overtime as much as we do?"

Mo Ying was taken aback, and it took her a moment to realize what she meant: "No, no, no, I wasn't talking about work, I was talking about my personal life."

"Private life? Aren't everyone's private lives pretty much the same?" Li Ming ate his snacks, curiously anticipating what would follow.

Mo Ying smiled slightly, took a sip of wine, and said meaningfully, "Some of the content is not suitable for minors to hear, but Xiao Bai and Wu Lang should know about it, right? The situation of ordinary finishing staff in other departments."

"What do you mean?" Baihe didn't seem to understand what Moying meant either.

Mo Ying raised an eyebrow: "In terms of men's and women's private lives, the staff in other departments are under a lot of mental pressure. Although they have meals together on weekdays, it is always difficult to relieve their physiological needs."

In fact, they should all be very popular people in society, but most of them are unwilling to maintain a long-term relationship due to their profession, whether by choice or by force.

So there are a lot of one-night stands, and their private lives are all very messy, but I see that everyone in our department is very honest.

Xia Shou exclaimed in surprise: "No way! I think everyone in the other departments is a decent person!"

"There are quite a few serious people, but there are also a lot of unserious ones. On the contrary, because this way of relieving stress is so common, everyone takes it for granted, like eating and drinking, and no one will actively mention or discuss it."

Besides, it's not exactly something to be proud of, and everyone's pretty much the same, so people just avoid talking about it.

Shangguan Yan smiled slightly: "I thought you wouldn't notice such a trivial matter, Mo Ying. That kind of venting is too low-level, whether you look at it from the perspective of desire or from the perspective of ordinary people. It's not even as good as Wu Lang."

Goro pursed his lips and muttered a rebuttal: "Actually, I think gambling is really a science and an art."

Mo Ying and Shangguan Yan exchanged a glance: "We just find it very interesting. In the past, when I assisted other departments, I couldn't stand those mentally fragile guys, but because I could understand them, I didn't say anything."

In comparison, the younger colleagues in our department are much more endearing.

Forget about Xiaobai, since she has absolutely no interest in romance. But Xia probably doesn't have any strong life goals, right? You must have received a lot of emails from fans, haven't you? Never been tempted by any of them?

"Huh? There are so many emails, I hardly see any of them."

"Haha, really? Perhaps you can find an opportunity to take a look. This is an essential part of the process for any elite finisher," Mo Ying said meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)