Mist

Chapter 46: Who Am I

One self, two memories.
There must be a relationship between this.

Wang Xiaoqian’s information hadn’t been closed yet.

Song Qinglan scrolled through, “Advisor Ji, look at this.”

This document had more information about Wang Xiaoqian and it included her reason for resignation — Mild schizophrenia.
Ji Yushi was surprised. How could such a smart and wise Chief Wang get something like that?
Without waiting for him to think, the information on Chief Wang’s research project from when she was still working also drew his attention: Investigating timelines, the emergence of the bubble world.

Bubble world.

In the concept of a time anchor, the cycles one after another are the so-called time bubble.
It goes beyond the normal timeline, forming a world of its own, and if it was put into use, it would cause a serious time paradox.

Research into time anchors was strictly prohibited, but Chief Wang had conducted this research.
Ji Yushi’s line of sight fell back onto the word ‘schizophrenia’. A thought suddenly appeared in his mind: parallel world, bubble, schizophrenia….There seemed to be a light at the end of all this mist.

Amidst uncertain doubts, he heard Song Qinglan say, “Do you think Chief Wang also has double memories?”
Ji Yushi: “….I don’t know.”

Song Qinglan rubbed his temples and spoke in a low voice, “We might have to look for her. What do you think?”

*

Song Qinglan made a few calls and contacted many people before finally finding Chief Wang’s whereabouts.
It was a nursing home in Jiang City. It meant that they had to return to Jiang City.

Having determined their next steps, it was now late at night.
Ji Yushi found Song Qinglan a new set of toiletries and prepared the guest room for him to stay in. This place was close to the school so Ji Minyue would occasionally stay overnight and use the guest room.

Song Qinglan entered the bathroom.
In the clean bathroom cabinet, there was only one toothbrush, one cup and one set of towels.
He couldn’t help but wonder, did Ji Yushi not let his partner stay overnight?

He didn’t know how the new partner was.
Ji Yushi was rather cold and aloof and liked to hold grudges. He seemed like the type who wouldn’t hesitate to cut off relations if anything happened.

Song Qinglan washed his face with cold water. He was clearly lacking sleep, but he was still wide awake because of that cup of coffee. The sequelae of suddenly gaining another set of memories was still affecting him and his head hurt. He inadvertently noticed a basket of dirty laundry on the side.
When one enters another’s living quarters, it was inevitable that they would see traces of that other person’s life.
There weren’t many things in that straw basket, only a set of clothes which had not had the chance to be washed along with a faintly exposed black fabric.
It was a pair of black underwear.

Suddenly, Song Qinglan’s heart pounded heavily.
Probably because he had entered the other party’s private space and he had caught sight of the other party’s personal belongings, he couldn’t help but recall the pale and slender waist he saw in the Tianqiong training room before they set off on their mission.

Song Qinglan gritted his teeth and waved away those memories. He washed his face again with cold water.
The feeling he had after hearing Ji Yushi’s talk about his love life earlier returned. He felt a little irritable.

Song Qinglan could faintly sense that something was going out of control, but he couldn’t put a finger on it.
Travelling thousands of miles from one city to another, was it just to help Ji Yushi clear up his thoughts and along the way figure out whether they were in a parallel world?
If it wasn’t, what else did he want?