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"I don't want to forget him either," Xiao Qi said with a distressed expression. "But something is wrong with my body now. Whenever I mention him, I lose control of myself. When he gets close to me, or treats me very gently, I lose control even more. He seems to have become a kind of spell cast on me. For example, sometimes I suddenly move closer to him, and other times I suddenly pull away from him. It's as if he has hacked into my central nervous system, and my consciousness is no longer my own. Anyway, I just completely lose control of myself."

Hearing this, Benson understood immediately. Wasn't this feeling simply falling in love with Yichen?

What you love, you love; even with amnesia, you still love each other.

These two really had it tough. Separated for five years, both losing their memories upon reuniting, yet fortunately falling in love with each other all over again. I reckon they'll have a happy ending very soon.

Benson replied with a serious expression, "This symptom of yours is actually quite common. As long as you properly dive into a relationship, all those symptoms you mentioned will completely vanish."

A relationship?

Xiao Qi was confused for three seconds before she realized what he was hinting at.

"Dr. Benson, my body is acting up, yet you're still making fun of me. Do you not believe a word I say?"

"I do believe you, but I'm not making fun of you," Benson said, guiding her step by step. "In my view, your current symptoms are crystal clear. It boils down to five words: you're in love with Yichen."

Upon hearing those final five words, Xiao Qi's heart suddenly accelerated, and her face flushed crimson.

She immediately retorted, "I—I certainly do not like him! How could I possibly fall for someone who is so ice-cold? There's no way that's possible."

"If you don't like him, then why did you help him cover up his amnesia?" Benson asked, cutting straight to the core. "If you don't like him, why were you so furious because of his affairs? If you don't like him, why do you experience all these symptoms around him?"

"I—I helped him cover it up because I'm just like Uncle Lei Feng, taking joy in helping others, and besides, I had my own motives," Xiao Qi said with a guilty conscience. "He made me angry, so of course I had to be furious. I have these symptoms precisely because I need to forget him!"

"..."

Benson felt like he was talking to a brick wall. Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Qi chimed in again.

"To me, he is essentially a virus right now, which is why I need to purge this virus immediately."

"But you have already been infected by this virus and can no longer purge it," Benson said insightfully. "Since you now fancy Yichen, whenever you look at anyone else in the future, you will imagine you are looking at him. Even when he isn't by your side, you'll experience hallucinations that he is there. Have you had any similar symptoms lately?"

"Of course not!" Xiao Qi's conscience was clear now; she had never experienced anything of the sort.

"That simply means you lack a sense of security. Once you realize that the person you love also loves you, you will no longer lose control. You'll understand that all of this is what you deserve, and that everything about you is entirely accepted by him. Understand?"

"I don't understand."

Benson: "..."

If she were standing right in front of him, Benson would undoubtedly have knocked her on the head.

After all this talking, it was all complete nonsense to Xiao Qi. Too lazy to continue, he simply muttered that he was hanging up the phone.

She walked apathetically back to her workstation.

***

Anna called Li Cheng to ask how his investigation into Ye Xiyang was progressing.

On the other end, Li Cheng started by serving her some juicy gossip. "Miss Qiao, a few days ago, Miss Ye went to the Lin residence to see President Lin's father. As for what was discussed, I'm not entirely sure, but I heard President Lin's father gave her a card, and she only left after taking it."

"She must have gone to tell President Lin's father about Yichen, which is why his father gave her the card. Still, I never expected her to be the type to covet wealth and vanity."

Anna didn't waste any mental energy pondering what Ye Xiyang had said to Lin Baisen, but the fact that she accepted a card made Anna quite pleased.

The more vain and greedy Ye Xiyang turned out to be, the more advantageous it would be for her.

"As for Ye Xiyang herself," Li Cheng said, holding the light blue gemstone in his hand, "I found out that she went to the United States five years ago, followed shortly by her parents. Later, they all got into a car accident. Ye Xiyang returned alone, so her parents must have perished in that crash. Nowadays, she runs a restaurant with her aunt." He paused. "However, there's something rather strange. Ever since that car accident, there are no digital records of Ye Xiyang anywhere. It's as if those five years vanished into thin air. Therefore, I suspect she's hiding some secret from those five years."

"If there are no digital records, then investigate through human means," Anna said darkly. "You must find another way to continue the investigation."

"I'm aware of that, Miss Qiao. The piece of gossip I just told you can be used to make President Lin detest her by framing it as Ye Xiyang trying to extort money."

A hint was all it took; Anna understood implicitly.

Li Cheng hung up the phone and gazed at the sparkling blue gemstone. He had picked it up at the art exhibition. Only Ye Xiyang and President Lin had entered that studio, so this item unquestionably belonged to Ye Xiyang.

President Lin certainly wouldn't carry something like this around with him casually.

How could an ordinary person possibly possess such a blue gemstone? Therefore, Ye Xiyang definitely harbored a secret.

Ye Xiyang, now that President Lin has lost his memory of you, let's see how much longer you can keep your secrets hidden.

***

Although Xiao Qi felt that Benson's words were sheer nonsense, they still managed to affect her mood.

She pondered the matter herself.

A lack of a sense of security.

Her superpowers had become uncontrollable ever since Lin Yichen forgot about her, and only after that did they start acting up.

In the past, she knew Lin Yichen loved her one hundred percent, which gave her a strong sense of security.

And now that he had forgotten her, she lacked that security?

Xiao Qi grew somewhat restless.

She did harbor a tiny bit of affection for Lin Yichen, but this ice-cold Lin Yichen...

Let's run an experiment.

She picked up a pen and wrote the character "Chen" in her notebook. As she wrote, before she knew it, the page was completely filled with the character.

Looking at the character "Chen," she unconsciously began writing the character "Xi" beside it.

"Chenxi" (Morning Sunlight)

Combined, these two characters meant sunlight.

Morning sunlight symbolized warmth and brightness.

Lin Yichen must have lost his mother from a young age, which explained why he was such a cold person.

What an ice-cold person lacked most was sunlight.

Ye Xiyang was his sunlight.

So Ye Xiyang and him really were a match made in heaven.

Xiao Qi sighed, tracing the character "Chen" with the pad of her thumb, and began counting stroke by stroke.

"He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not..."

"Who are you in love with?"

Hearing the voice, Xiao Qi instantly slammed her notebook shut.

"Nothing! You misheard just now; I was reciting the names of perfumes."

Yiyang lowered his gaze to look at her guilty expression and teased deliberately, "Loafing on the job and caught red-handed by your boss. Prepare to..."

"If you dock my salary again, I'm going to be eating dirt."

"..."

"Then write a self-criticism report."

Xiao Qi put on a wronged expression. "Look at this face full of sorrow—please spare me this once!"

How could Yiyang ever truly make things difficult for her? He asked with concern, "What on earth is wrong with you? Surely you aren't still mad at my brother, are you?"

"Sigh, you wouldn't understand even if I told you," Xiao Qi suddenly pointed at herself. "Yiyang, do I look like the kind of person who has a crush on your brother?"

"It's glaringly obvious, isn't it?" Yiyang suddenly thought of something. "Wait a minute. If you don't like my brother, then why did you agree to be his girlfriend?"

"That was my letter..."

"What?"

"My optical illusion," Xiao Qi said, her eyes darting around guiltily as she dared not meet his gaze. "I told you ages ago that my being his girlfriend is just an act! Besides, I—I don't even like him."

Even if she did like him, it was only that capitalistic Lin Yichen, and even then, only by the tiniest fraction.

"Is what you're saying true? You really don't like him?"

Xiao Qi nodded.

"Xiyang, you're being too unprincipled. You're only saying you don't like my brother now? I honestly thought you fancied him the whole time!" Yiyang looked utterly heartbroken, but then his expression shifted to one of delight. "Still, it's a good thing you said it. Otherwise, I might never have realized my own feelings."

"What are you talking about?"

Realizing what he had just blurted out, Yiyang immediately averted his gaze. "Nothing. No goofing off during work hours, or you really will have to write that self-criticism report."

With that, he strode quickly into his office.

Xiao Qi thought he was acting rather bizarre, but then, remembering her own predicament, her spirit wilted.

Superpower, please go easy on Lin Yichen! Otherwise, you're going to be the death of me.

Xiao Qi got up to go to the restroom, walking as though her legs could barely support her.

"Ye Xiyang!"

Hearing the voice, Xiao Qi instinctively wanted to run, but the back of her collar was grabbed. "What are you running for? Did you do something shameful?"

"..."

Xiao Qi instinctively checked her hands; her superpower was not acting up.

Then she thought about it...

Oh right, why was she running? She hadn't done anything to wrong him.

She swatted away the hand at the back of her neck and raised an eyebrow. "President Lin said it's shameful, so how could anyone speak of it out loud? Or is President Lin not human?"

"..."

Yiyang chuckled. "Off to the restroom?"

Stating the obvious!

Xiao Qi glanced at him and suddenly noticed that although there was a faint smile on his face and his usual air of haughty detachment, there also seemed to be a hint of composure and lingering melancholy.

He didn't look particularly happy. Recalling the scene in his office a few hours ago, he had seemed rather cheerful then, hadn't she?

Why now...

Could it be that he was unhappy because she hadn't accepted his gift?

Xiao Qi immediately brushed away what she considered to be redundant thoughts.

Why bother wondering whether he's happy or not? I've got enough worries of my own.

"I'm going to the restroom," she said, turning on her heel.

The back of her collar was grabbed again. "What are you doing now?"

Looking at Xiao Qi's defiant little expression, the stifled gloom in Yiyang's chest suddenly dissipated a little.

"Xiyang, tell me..." Yiyang feigned deep thought. "Don't people say courtesy demands reciprocity?"

"Huh?" Xiao Qi looked blankly at him, then nodded reflexively.

"Didn't I buy you an outfit? So shouldn't you buy me one in return?"

"What?" Xiao Qi stared at him as if she had seen a ghost. "You want me to buy clothes for you?"

Yiyang nodded earnestly. "Didn't you just agree with what I said about reciprocity?"

"..."

Xiao Qi was utterly mortified. The man had set a trap for her!

With a forced, plastic smile, she said:

"President Lin, you are a great CEO. Having an employee buy clothes for you—doesn't that detract from your prestigious status as president?!"

More importantly, if she bought clothes for a major CEO, would she go bankrupt? ==