"Are you Shen Xi?" Nurse Zhang asked hesitantly.

"She is," Cheng Fei said, pointing to the side.

The aloof girl with long, dark hair remained expressionless as Nurse Zhang scrutinized her.

After verifying their identities, the two were led by Nurse Zhang to the archives room of the rehabilitation center, where they were handed over to the archives administrator and then left.

"Medical records from ten years ago? Then fill out a request to access them." The administrator looked surprised and handed the two a form.

"Wait there for a moment." After confirming the application, the administrator gestured to the rest area and disappeared into the depths of the archives.

"Well, Ms. Shen, did you remember anything after walking around?" Cheng Fei asked the girl in front of him.

Shen Xi frowned slightly, "I've forgotten everything you told me."

"That shouldn't be the case, right? Isn't that how it is in movies? When you revisit a place, you suddenly remember everything you had forgotten." The boy rubbed his chin.

"If I said it and forgot it, I forgot it. If I remembered it, I wouldn't have forgotten it," the girl said coldly.

"That makes sense." The boy nodded seriously, giving up on dwelling on the question.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the archivist reappeared with a brown paper bag and looked at the two of them, saying, "Pay fifty for photocopies of medical records."

Cheng Fei and Shen Xi exchanged a glance.

……

After obtaining the photocopies of the medical records, the two left the archives room, looking at them as they walked.

"Present medical history: The patient has a clear memory of his life experiences since he was a child. After learning to read, he often experiences visual hallucinations and verbal hallucinations, accompanied by compulsive behaviors..." Cheng Fei read aloud as he looked at the book.

740. Regarding the girl's illness at the time.

“Subjective visual disturbances, command hallucinations, delusional interpretations, accompanied by anxiety…” Cheng Fei looked up, “Professor Shen, it seems you have more than just hyperthymesia?”

"I don't know." Shen Xi glanced at the medical record in the boy's hand, her face expressionless.

Cheng Fei flipped through the medical record, smacked his lips, and said, "But it doesn't say what kind of hallucination you saw. Maybe the doctor didn't take it seriously. Do you really not remember? Can you try to recall? Maybe there's some information about the Celestials."

“If I said I don’t remember, then I don’t remember. What exactly does Cheng Feiyu want?” Shen Xi glared at him, a little impatient.

"Don't get excited, it was just a casual remark." The boy quickly raised his hand and continued to flip through the medical record. Unfortunately, it only contained the description written by the doctor at the time, mostly in professional terms, and did not record much about the girl's specific symptoms.

"Teacher Shen, why don't we go find this doctor?" Cheng Fei thought for a moment.

"Whatever." The girl said indifferently.

So Cheng Fei took Shen Xi back to the inpatient department and found Nurse Zhang, who had received them, and asked to see the doctor.

"Dr. Han has been transferred to another hospital and is no longer in Academy City. But is there anything you need to see him for?" Nurse Zhang looked at the medical record with suspicion.

"I just want to know the specifics of Shen Xi's illness when she was a child," the boy said with a smile.

“It’s been ten years. Doctors would hardly remember such a thing. As long as she’s healthy now, that’s all that matters.” Nurse Zhang shook her head and looked at Shen Xi. “Can you still see those symbols now?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Fei and Shen Xi were both stunned.

"A symbol? How do you know what happened to her at the time?" the boy asked calmly.

"Of course I know. When I first came here for my internship, she stayed with us on and off several times. She was the youngest and had the most serious illness. I never expected her to grow into such a beautiful young woman." Nurse Zhang looked the cool and aloof girl up and down and smiled with satisfaction.

"What kind of hallucinations is she having? What are the symbols? Can you talk to us about it?" Cheng Fei quickly asked.

“I don’t remember the specifics, but back then…” Nurse Zhang looked at the girl, her face showing recollection, “I remember you would draw your hallucinations on the wall. Once, I left a pen in the ward, and after not looking at you all night, you quickly drew a whole wall full of symbols. Later, I gave you a small blackboard, and you would write and talk at the same time, like a little teacher. It was quite interesting.”

Shen Xi frowned as she listened.

"Are the things she drew still there?" Cheng Fei stared at the other person.

“They’re definitely gone.” Nurse Zhang shook her head.

……

After some time, Cheng Fei and Shen Xi left the rehabilitation center and returned to their car.

"Your Majesty, I never imagined you had such a wonderful childhood. How come you've forgotten it all now?" The boy smacked his lips.

According to Nurse Zhang, the girl even tried to explain what she had drawn to the doctors and nurses, but no one could understand what she was saying. She seemed to be talking nonsense and was difficult to communicate with.

"I don't know." Shen Xi took a deep breath, her eyes narrowed as she stared at the void not far away.

"Could it be that the medicine they gave you made you stupid?" Cheng Fei rubbed his chin.

According to the medical records, the girl's condition gradually disappeared after continuous medication.

Shen Xi hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Whatever, at least I got something today." The boy nodded to himself, stepped on the gas, and drove onto the road.

Shen Xi's eyes flickered, and she clenched her fists in silence.

"Sweetie, no matter what, you are you. We're just investigating, don't overthink it." The boy glanced at her, his tone nonchalant.

The girl turned her head to look at the boy's nonchalant profile, then turned her head back to the window. "I understand."

On the way back to Guang'an Street, Cheng Fei's phone suddenly rang. The young man glanced at it and saw that it was Nurse Zhang calling, so he answered on speakerphone.

"By the way, Shen Xi's mother used to record videos of her frequently, and she recorded quite a few. Instead of coming to the hospital to ask, why don't you go and check if the videos are still there?"

The two people in the car exchanged a sharp look.

"Understood, thank you Nurse Zhang."

After Cheng Fei finished speaking, he hung up the phone and slowed down the car. "Teacher Shen, where do you think the recording might be?"

Shen Xi hesitated for a moment, "It should be in the study or bedroom."

"Is it convenient for me to go to your house now?" the boy asked, glancing sideways.

"Hmm." The girl took a deep breath.

……

The Panamera turned around and soon arrived at the unassuming, quiet residential building on Qingjiang Road.

The two arrived on the fifth floor, and Shen Xi opened the door.

The living room was still neatly arranged, spacious and simple, and empty.

"Where's Aunt Tao?" Cheng Fei thought of Shen Xi's housekeeper.

"It might not be there. Let's go find something." Shen Xi walked in on her own and headed straight for the second floor.

The boy quickly followed.

"You find the study, I'll find the bedroom." Shen Xi opened a door for the boy.

"Would it be inappropriate for me to rummage through things?" Cheng Fei couldn't help but worry.

If Shen Zheng happens to return, the situation will be very awkward.

"Just don't mess it up." The girl glanced at him and walked to the other side.

"Alright then." Cheng Fei had no choice but to nod, walk into the study where he had gotten Lin Wanqing's phone last time, look around first, open the desk drawer, and start rummaging through it.

The two had found nothing by the time it was almost dark when Aunt Tao returned and found them on the second floor.

"Oh dear, Xiao Xi, and Cheng Fei too?" The middle-aged woman paused for a moment upon seeing the two, then quickly said, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you?"

"We're looking for something. When will my father be back?" Shen Xi asked the other person expressionlessly.

"They said there's no need to cook dinner, we should work overtime."

"Okay, don't worry about us." Shen Xi turned and left, continuing her search.

After a while, Aunt Tao wiped her apron and came upstairs. "What are you looking for? Would you like me to take a look?"

The two exchanged a glance, and Shen Xi spoke first, "When I was hospitalized as a child, did my mother mention the video she took of me?"

"Video? What kind of video?" Aunt Tao asked, somewhat bewildered.

"It's probably some memory cards or something; there should be quite a few," Cheng Fei gestured.

He clearly remembered that Lin Wanqing's phone did not contain any related content, so it was likely that the photos were taken with specialized equipment. Considering the amount of data and the storage capabilities at the time, it would probably have been stored on many cards.

"Memory card? Don't worry, let me think about it..." Aunt Tao fell into deep thought.

Just when the two had given up hope, the middle-aged woman suddenly had a bright idea. "I remember now, she gave me some special DVDs to keep. Could they be the videos you're looking for?"

"Where?" Cheng Fei asked quickly.

Soon, Aunt Tao brought out a dusty box from the storage room and placed it in front of the two of them. "These are all."

Shen Xi opened the box, inside which was a stack of neatly arranged CDs, each in a transparent plastic case.

Cheng Fei picked up a few medical records and found that they had date labels on them, which roughly matched the time when the girl was hospitalized.

"Blu-ray disc...Teacher Shen, I only have one question now." The boy looked at the text on the disc and thought for a moment.

"What?" Shen Xi asked, puzzled.

Do you have a Blu-ray player at home?

……

741. Teacher Shen's Little Classroom

It was almost 9 p.m. when the two returned to the 36th floor of their upscale apartment on Guang'an Street.

"Welcome home, both of you~" Nagasaki Asuna stood in the entryway with her hands behind her back and smiled. When she saw what Cheng Fei was carrying, she tilted her head curiously and asked, "Eh, what's this?"

"Teacher Shen and I got the latest DVDs, shall we watch them together?" The boy held up his newly bought Blu-ray player with great seriousness, as if he was about to put on a movie.

"Shut up and go inside." Shen Xi, holding the box containing the Blu-ray discs, kicked him from behind.

"By the way, you two haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll go heat up the food." Nagasaki Asuna helped take the food and then ran to the table to put the food into the microwave one by one.

"Nana, you haven't eaten either?" Cheng Fei put his hands in his pockets and followed to check.

"No, it's because you two said you'd be back soon, so we thought it would be better to eat together?" Nagasaki Asuna turned around and smiled sweetly.

"Idiot." The young man gently patted the back of her head.

"Pretentious vixen." Shen Xi placed the box on the sofa expressionlessly.

"So you two had some good things to do today?" Nagasaki Asuna seized the opportunity to rub her face against the boy's palm, her eyes darting around.

"We've learned a lot. There's evidence that Teacher Shen is the way she is now because she was mentally impaired by treatment she received in the hospital when she was a child," Cheng Fei said seriously.

"Eh, is this considered stupid?" Nagasaki Asuna hesitated.

"If you keep spreading rumors over there, you might as well die." Shen Xi walked over and lightly gritted her teeth, giving the boy a blow.

Next, the three of them filled their stomachs and exchanged information.

"Oh~ so now we'll see what's on these discs!" Nagasaki Asuna suddenly realized.

“That’s right.” Cheng Fei bent over the TV cabinet, set up the Blu-ray player, picked out the earliest-date disc, inserted it, and pressed play. “It’s started.”

The three of them sat in front of the television, holding their breath.

With a brief hum from the Blu-ray player, footage shot with some kind of handheld device appeared on the screen.

The location was a private hospital room on a bright, sunny day. A little girl with delicate features and an empty expression was wearing a hospital gown and sitting next to a small whiteboard. The whiteboard was covered with dense drawings in markers, which looked like a child's whimsical doodles, as well as distorted symbols and formulas. Just one glance at it was enough to make one dizzy.

"Xiao Xi, tell me again, what does this mean?" Lin Wanqing's gentle voice came from off-camera.

"This is... wrong, it's just... a toy, the real one is even smaller, inside... like a rubber band, it will split into two when you pull it... it will only separate when you bend it hard, grab it with a magnet... it's a very, very small needle, nobody can see it, use it to prick, see? They all get pricked..." The little girl pointed to the whiteboard, speaking haltingly in a flat tone, her pure, dark eyes unblinking, as if earnestly explaining some kind of truth.

"I still don't understand. Xiaoxi, can you tell me what this is? A sun?" Lin Wanqing pointed to the symbol drawn on the whiteboard.

The little girl looked at it and fell silent for a moment. "It's...bubbles...these thorns are its...things."

"And what does the bubble mean?" Lin Wanqing asked.

“Bubbles are… these…” The little girl wrote on the blank whiteboard, directly covering other symbols, her tender little hands drawing a long string of unrecognizable content.

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