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Seeing this, Xia Zhifei quickly put down his breakfast and poured her a glass of warm water. "It's my fault, I didn't think to pour you a glass of water first."

Lu Zhao, who had only taken a sip, was so startled by her words that he choked on his water, coughing several times with his neck turning red, before calming down a bit under the young lady's flustered attempts to soothe him.

Is this still the same Xia Zhifei with her spoiled princess temper? Could it be that she's been replaced by someone else?

While taking a sip of water, she cautiously glanced at Miss Xia, who was smiling at her, and her hesitation grew.

This isn't something that's been exposed; it's just the calm before the storm.

After struggling to finish a large glass of warm water, she coughed lightly twice and said, "Um, Xiao Fei..."

Apologize now while you still have a chance to live!

Lu Zhao took a deep breath and shouted loudly at her:

"sorry!"

"sorry!"

Two voices rang out from the ward at the same time, which made Lu Zhao pause for a moment. What had she just heard?

Did Xia Zhifei apologize to her?

What happened while she was unconscious?

Xia Zhifei was also taken aback for a moment, but then quickly said, "I'm sorry, A-Zhao! It's my fault for not realizing the seriousness of your condition in time. Don't worry, just rest and recover until you regain your memory. I will take good care of you!"

what?

Lu Zhao blinked, trying hard to process the information in her two short sentences.

So, Xia Zhifei felt that he had been hiding the truth about her amnesia from her, which was why he was being so nice to her now?

Seeing the other party's sincere and cautious attitude, Lu Zhao finally confirmed that Xia Zhifei showed no signs of wanting to lash out this time.

Realizing this, she breathed a sigh of relief, but upon closer reflection, she realized that her so-called amnesia was nothing more than a fabrication. In the end, she had still deceived Xia Zhifei and made him feel so guilty towards her.

Feeling uneasy, she said, "Xiao Fei, I know my situation, you don't need to be like this..."

Xia Zhifei's guilt stemmed from the original owner of the body, not from her.

The more care she received that wasn't hers, the more guilty she felt. Even though she was the one lying, she was the one who had to apologize.

This is unfair to the original owner of the body who has disappeared, and to her friends.

"No, Ah Zhao, you should rest and recover. Amnesia is a curable disease. With modern medicine being so advanced, I'm sure I can find a way to cure it!" Xia Zhifei didn't understand her thoughts and assumed that she wanted to bear it all by herself, so she hurriedly comforted her.

Little did she know that the more she comforted him and the better her attitude was, the more uneasy and guilty Lu Zhao felt.

"..." Silently clenching his fists, Lu Zhao's face grew even paler, but he still showed a smile as before. "Okay, then I want to rest for a while longer, okay?"

Xia Zhifei nodded vigorously, "Yes! You can rest for as long as you want, I'll stay by your side!"

He huddled under the covers, thought for a moment, then turned his back to her and silently closed his eyes.

It wouldn't be good to rashly refuse the kindness, as that would only make Xia Zhifei feel uncomfortable, thinking that Lu Zhao was angry with her for doing that.

Although saying it out loud would feel incredibly childish, that's what she thought anyway—

It would be better if she could bear all of this alone.

……

Si Ling casually brushed off non-existent dust from her hands, glanced back at Li Manqiu who was still directing the moving company, and smiled slightly. "It's truly an honor that Captain Li skipped work to help me move."

Li Manqiu glanced at her coldly, then had a mover carry a box into the villa's storage room before walking over, looking at the villa in front of her, and asking in a cold voice, "Does anyone live here alone?"

"Otherwise what?" Si Ling raised an eyebrow. "How about Captain Li comes with me?"

Faced with her blatant flirting, Li Manqiu merely snorted and said, "No need. If the captain of the second team were to..."

She paused, her gaze involuntarily drifting to the villa next door, before continuing, "In short, Miss Si, this is the last time I'll help you."

“I am very grateful,” Si Ling said in a good mood, her gaze drifting towards the villa. “Speaking of which, none of that family has come out since this morning.”

Li Manqiu frowned, puzzled. "You mean..."

"They probably went out on something." She changed the subject, clearly implying something but refusing to say it explicitly.

Having not seen such a perverse person in a long time, Li Manqiu gritted her teeth in displeasure. She then remembered that her teammates had reported to her today that only Song Lingge and Messiah from Team One had arrived, while Lu Zhao and the others had not.

What happened again?

She clenched her fist, then calmly released it, raising her voice, "It has nothing to do with me."

"That sounds good. How about we grab something to eat together for lunch? It'll be my way of repaying Captain Li for helping me move."

Li Manqiu was silent for a while before saying, "No need, I have something to do later. I have to go back after I finish moving."

"Okay, then I won't keep you any longer." Si Ling nodded seriously, showing no intention of trying to persuade her further.

A vein bulged on Li Manqiu's forehead. This guy had no intention of keeping her here at all, did he?

"Don't misunderstand," the nasty woman waved her hand and explained with a smile, "I just had something to do earlier. Captain Li, could you please keep an eye on things here again?"

She looked at the other person suspiciously, then nodded.

Chapter Thirty-Five: They Came Directly to Their Door

Lu Zhao was having another dream.

This time, however, she finally remembered what happened in her dream after she woke up, but... dreaming of being intimate with a woman she had only met a few times was really not something worth remembering!

He opened his eyes with a black line on his forehead and sat up, only to hear Xia Zhifei say beside him, "You're awake? Do you want some breakfast?"

Lu Zhao remained silent, wanting her not to treat him so carefully, but the words vanished instantly in Xia Zhifei's concerned gaze.

That's it.

She silently said to herself before nodding and saying, "I'll do it myself."

As he spoke, he prepared to take the lunchbox from her hand, but Lu Zhao froze in place again after only half of his hand was outstretched.

The aches and pains in her body... seem less noticeable?

Unconvinced, she shifted her waist, her brows furrowing even more. Was the Spirit Race's recovery ability too strong? Yesterday's severe injury didn't hurt at all now? The soreness in her muscles had also completely disappeared, and the little bit left was completely within an acceptable range.

Seeing that she suddenly stopped moving, Xia Zhifei nervously approached her and asked, "A-Zhao, are you alright?"

She thought for a moment before speaking seriously, "I think I can be discharged from the hospital."

Then, naturally, chaos ensued. The young lady looked incredulous, but unable to resist her strong insistence, she had no choice but to ask the hospital to give her another full-body checkup.

The examination revealed that Lu Zhao's wounds had mostly healed, except for a lingering bruise on the back of his head; otherwise, he was as healthy and robust as an ox.

Even the young lady was left questioning her existence by this whole affair. Even if he was a spirit, he was still within the realm of humans. But Lu Zhao's overly incredible recovery ability gave her the illusion that his spiritual energy had mutated into a healing ability.

As a result, the newly appointed caregiver was forced to resign again. However, she was still worried and insisted on giving Lu Zhao a day off so that she could rest at home.

"Let me make this clear first, stay home and don't wander around. I'm going back to the bureau to catch up on the documents and reports I've missed these past few days. Call me if you need anything." After giving her numerous instructions, Xia Zhifei finally felt relieved and left, leaving Lu Zhao alone on the sofa watching TV in boredom.

In any case, the idea of ​​a wound being completely healed in a day... no, half a day is too fantastical. She stared blankly at the TV for a long time, remembering that before she woke up that morning, her body was still sore and weak, but after waking up, it was as if her Ren and Du meridians had been suddenly opened, and she felt relaxed all over.

So, is the key to that dream?

The thought of that dream made her frown involuntarily, not because the dream itself was bad, but because of the person in the dream…

"Ding-dong!" The doorbell rang.

Lu Zhao finally managed to put the memory of his dream out of his mind and blurted out, "Did you forget anything?"

then……

Then, when she saw the person standing at the door, she was completely dumbfounded.

"Miss Si?" She hurriedly let go of the doorknob, awkwardly putting her hands behind her back and forcing a smile. "What are you doing here?"

The person standing before her was Si Ling, the same person she had dreamt of.

"Captain Lu, so you live here too?" Si Ling's eyes widened slightly, a hint of surprise flashing across her delicate and beautiful face.

and also?

Lu Zhao caught the key word and was about to carefully observe the other person's expression when he inexplicably recalled the scene in his dream. He quickly turned his head away, coughed lightly, and asked, "Do you live in this neighborhood?"

“Yes,” Si Ling nodded with a smile, “I just moved here, to the villa right next to yours.”

Good heavens, the person I had a crush on in my dream has turned out to be my neighbor?

Even novels wouldn't dare to write something like this!

She nervously clutched the back of her clothes. "So you came here because..."

"I just moved today, but the water pipes seem to be broken. It will take some time to fix them, so I'd like to ask my neighbor to fetch some water so it'll be easier to clean," Si Ling explained with a smile.

Lu Zhao then noticed that there was a bucket of water behind the other person.

Seeing the troubled look on her face, Si Ling couldn't help but ask, "Is it inconvenient? Then I can go to the nearby water station to get some water."

She knew where the water dispenser was, probably near another gate of the complex, about a fifteen-minute walk from there.

This seemingly frail girl carried such a large bucket of water all by herself for so long...

Lu Zhao smiled helplessly and made way for her to come in, "It's alright, no need to go to such lengths."

"Thank you, Captain Lu!" Si Ling bowed slightly to her rather reservedly before carrying the bucket in.

Hmm... there's really no need to be prejudiced against someone because of a dream. At least in reality, this Miss Si is quite reasonable.

Seeing their attitude, Lu Zhao felt really embarrassed. Out of a strange sense of compensation, she kindly took the bucket from Si Ling and said, "Why don't you go inside and sit for a while? I'll get you some water."

"Ah, okay, thank you Captain Lu."

"When I'm not on a mission, you don't need to call me Captain Lu. Just call me by my name, Lu Zhao." Lu Zhao smiled warmly, picked up the bucket, and ran into the toilet.

That's why she didn't see the deep, mysterious smile that flickered in the clear, bright eyes of the woman she had initially thought was a gentle and polite innocent girl the moment she entered the restroom.

“Lu Zhao…”

She whispered the name almost in a breath, feeling the warmth of her tongue gliding across her palate. She raised an eyebrow and walked toward the restroom.

"That bucket will be very heavy when it's full of water, let me do it." Her voice became incredibly kind again.

Lu Zhao then lifted the bucket with some difficulty, his gaze moving from bottom to top until it rested on Si Ling's thin arm. He said gently, "You probably can't lift it, let me do it."

Si Ling blinked in surprise, "But this is really too much trouble for you."