Chen Yuchen and Tong Xi stayed for only half an hour before leaving, as they came under the guise of discussing cooperation, making it inconvenient to stay longer.

For the past two years, to protect Tong Xi and facilitate their secret activities, Chen Yuchen and Yan Yan have maintained a simple cooperative relationship openly and seldom meet in private, so to others, they still appear only as partners.

After they left, Yun Qiqi remained seated in the reception room, her mind swirling with the words they had just spoken.

Regarding her memory loss, she had been suspicious for some time, but Chen Yuchen’s words further confirmed her previous conjectures.

If the truth is as they say, then why does she instinctively reject the experimental facility and Doctor, yet feel indifferent about Gu Yixuan, who also examines her?

It all makes perfect sense.

She had always thought it was the pain of lying on the surgery table that caused her to resent that laboratory, even convincing herself of this for a long time, but now thinking about it, she feels that’s not the case.

At least Shi Yunshen and others, who also endured pain, didn’t resent being confined in the lab, merely finding it boring—such is the norm for most kids.

So could it be that she’s known something for a long time and has been trying to resist and flee from there?

Yun Qiqi sat on the sofa, trying to search for those scattered fragments of truth within her memory.

However, the moment she tried to recall, her mind felt a stabbing pain.

"Tss..."

She instinctively leaned back, her face instantly turning pale, as if she had just gone through life and death in a few seconds, cold sweat appearing on her forehead.

Yan Yan had initially intended to show her documents about the lab but was startled to see her like this and quickly pulled her into his embrace.

Watching the young girl trembling in pain, his heart ached for her, gently patting her back.

"There, relax, don’t think about those things."

He noticed that she was trying to remember, as she had been the same way when she lost her memory two years ago.

Each time felt worse than death.

Because of this, Yan Yan had never considered forcing her to regain her memory.

After soothing her for a few minutes, Yun Qiqi finally calmed down, opened her eyes, and lay in his arms with a vacant look, her mind blank.

After a while, she nuzzled against his chest, inhaling his reassuring scent.

Softly said, "I can’t remember anything."

"It’s okay."

Yan Yan’s voice was unusually gentle as he leaned down to kiss her forehead soothingly and then held her close.

He said, "Do you want to sleep in my resting room?"

Yun Qiqi indeed felt tired, her brain feeling drained. She softly responded, "Okay."

Then, he cradled her horizontally and strode out of the reception room.

Yan Yan couldn’t care less about how the employees viewed him, carrying the young girl directly into the private elevator heading to the top-floor resting room.

Yun Qiqi lay on the luxurious soft bed in the resting room, but she still couldn’t sleep.

She was thinking about the intense pain from earlier and the fleeting images in her mind that she didn’t manage to catch.

By now, she’s almost certain that her memory has been erased by someone.

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Meanwhile, Chu Yibai, completely pushed to the back of Yun Qiqi’s mind, had just left the booth and returned to his apartment.

All he could think about on the way was the scene in the booth where Yan Yan kissed Yun Qiqi.