In this cyberpunk era, why are you still playing the traditional villain?

Chapter 248 Are you trying to sow discord between us siblings?!

"Ha, she's finally awake."

Upon hearing the news, Xu Shi smiled and sighed, bid farewell to Pan Cheng, and followed Xia Ke'an, the little messenger, to her residence.

Xie Qingyan was also there—since she was a doctor, she took the initiative to take care of her.

Shen Qin sat quietly on the bed, still looking pale and sickly, but her eyes seemed vacant.

"How are you feeling?"

After testing her various physical data, Xie Qingyan removed her stethoscope and asked calmly.

"Um……"

Shen Qin's reply was somewhat wooden, "You are... Xie Qingyan, right?"

"Well, it's me."

The dog woman nodded and smiled at her.

She had seen the test report, and Miss Shen Qin's body was fine—to be honest, with her abnormal self-healing ability, as long as it wasn't an instant kill, there was absolutely no need to worry about her having any problems in this regard.

The problem lies with her mental state; the loss of too many memories will undoubtedly have an impact on her. Now that she has just awakened, she will naturally try every means to piece together the remaining fragments.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be so calm, without even a trace of hostility—although for her, Xu Shi was her only enemy in the past, there's a saying that hatred extends to everything connected to the house, so she wouldn't have any good feelings towards the people around Xu Shi either.

But what's the situation now is hard to say.

"what……"

Shen Qin was indeed trying very hard to recall, but she quickly became distressed, "My head hurts so much..."

"Don't worry, take your time."

Xie Qingyan quickly comforted her, "Just tell me whatever you can remember, and I'll help you organize it."

She was unusually gentle, after all, the two of them had gone through thick and thin together.

To be honest, if it weren't for Shen Qin, they would have all perished at the hands of the fish—no matter how good Xu Shi's plan was, someone still had to carry it out.

In a sense, this could be considered a life-saving grace... This was partly the reason she was so patient.

"I... I can remember you, Xia Wuyou, Xia Ke'an, Jiang Chengcheng..."

Shen Qin nodded, then murmured a few names that were relatively clear, "And..."

Just as she was about to speak, Xu Shi pushed the door open and walked in.

It was obvious to the naked eye that Shen Qin's eyes lit up the moment she saw him.

Her eyes are shining!

The next second, she jumped off the bed like a puppy and pounced into Xu Shi's arms.

"elder brother!"

Miss Shen Qin smiled sweetly from the bottom of her heart, hugging him tightly and refusing to let go, "Brother, you're finally here. Xiao Qin has been waiting for you for so long, I thought you didn't want me anymore..."

"..."

Upon seeing this, Xia Ke'an and Xie Qingyan exchanged a glance, and a helpless smile appeared on their faces simultaneously.

Well, how to say it?

It's not exactly surprising that Xu Shi was hugged and acted cute by a pretty girl, especially since everyone knew this would happen beforehand. To be honest, Xu Shi probably decided to keep Shen Qin by his side and train her slowly for this day, right?

But even so, when that day actually arrived, no matter how much they had mentally prepared themselves, they still couldn't help but want to complain.

Is it because this scoundrel is too capable? It might be okay if it were someone else, but he can even turn an enemy like Shen Qin, with whom he has a blood feud, into an ally... Wow, you're really something.

"how could be?"

Xu Shi accepted it calmly, gently patting her head as he withdrew his hand. "I'm here now, aren't I? What were you two talking about just now?"

Just as Miss Shen Qin truly treated him like a brother, he also treated her like a sister without any guilt.

If you didn't know, who would guess they were enemies before? They're the perfect example of brotherly love and sisterly respect.

"She was talking about her memories."

The woman secretly rolled her eyes and couldn't help but interject, breaking the friendly atmosphere.

"right?"

Xu Shi nodded slightly and pulled Shen Qin back to sit on the edge of the bed. "How are you feeling? How much have you remembered?"

The exact same question was asked to a different person, and Shen Qin's attitude was clearly different.

"Hmm... I was just thinking about you, brother..."

She no longer had that blank expression; instead, she blushed as she spoke, "Xiao Qin can think of quite a lot, like how you feel about me, brother... um... there are other people here, so I won't say anymore."

It was clear that she had not forgotten what Xu Shi had done to her before, but even thinking about it, she no longer felt the same resistance and resentment as before; she only felt shy.

"Alright alright."

Xu Shi smiled indulgently; as long as the goal was achieved, that was enough.

To be honest, the fact that Miss Shen Qin turned out this way was basically within his expectations—when she said "okay" inside the Sea God's body, it was all destined.

Because this means that she has voluntarily given up the last remaining shred of resistance.

Even if she hadn't been hit by the Poseidon explosion, she would have completely forgotten everything about Shen He.

From then on, the only "brother" in her memory was Xu Shi. The faint "unity of purpose" aura emanating from that scoundrel would attract her unconsciously, like catnip.

Under such circumstances, even the most unpleasant memories of the past will be filtered through a lens of happiness.

She might even complete the entire process herself, because "entropy of evil thoughts" has this effect. Once the seed in one's heart takes root and sprouts, those affected will unconsciously submit to Xu Shi, the source of this ability. Even if he doesn't say it, they will fill in the blanks in their own minds to justify certain things.

Therefore, rather than saying that Miss Shen Qin is piecing together fragments of amnesia, it's more accurate to say that she's like a computer that has been completely reinstalled and has a new system installed, undergoing self-adjustment and configuration after restarting.

■■, Start!

And the completely altered memories, of course, no longer caused her any resistance—even her self-reference had changed to the affectionate term "Xiao Qin," which was the best proof of that.

However, she was genuinely shy, after all, she remembered something very important: she and Xu Shi were not biological siblings.

That's great! I'm even happier!

It's still a bit weird... Xu Shi is also a little unaccustomed to it, Miss Shen Qin isn't showing her teeth anymore.

This gave him a rare moment of reflection.

But in those few seconds, he was more concerned about getting a good younger sister like Shen Qin who was both obedient and capable.

Otherwise, what was the point of doing all that before? Right?

As he spoke, a feeling of fullness began to spread through his body, and when he looked down, marks gradually appeared on Shen Qin's body.

"Evil thoughts increase entropy," and the closed loop is complete.

Compared to other people's marks, Miss Shen Qin's were quite obvious, because they were on her neck.

From a distance, it looks like a necklace, encircled by trimmed thorns, with not-so-sharp thorns growing around it, and a star adorning the area above the collarbone.

There is a blank space in the center of the star, which at first glance looks like a padlock.

Shen Qin naturally noticed this, but she didn't care at all; right now, all she cared about was her brother.

"Brother, please don't go. Stay with me a little longer... okay?"

She asked cautiously, as if she would disappear in a moment if she let go.

"it is good."

Xu Shi did not refuse, and could only say that his good sister, who was in such a good mood, was certainly worth doing this for.

"You're not afraid of your bad brother, are you?"

Xie Qingyan teased from the side, "Have you forgotten what he did to you?"

"I haven't forgotten. But my brother isn't a bad person. Even if he did something to me, it must have been my own fault."

Shen Qin shook her head, but her gaze towards the scheming woman turned dangerous. "Are you trying to sow discord between us siblings, Miss Xie?"

Xie Qingyan pursed her lips and remained silent. Since she had already gone this far, she might as well choose to comply.

However, her question was also a test—Shen Qin had indeed been completely reborn, but the traces of the past had simply disappeared from her mind. If she were to discover something related to the past, her fiancée would be very curious whether she could maintain her current state.

Now it seems the answer is yes. Even if you showed her the record of Xu Shi personally blowing Shen He's head off in front of her, she would probably still think it was a deliberate attempt to sow discord...

"No, our Xiaoqin is very well-behaved, right?"

Xu Shi understood perfectly and was quite satisfied with his younger sister's current state. "But you can't call her that, you should call her sister-in-law."

"I don't want it."

Shen Qin pouted and shook her head, "They're all bad women, hmph."

She said "they," which proves that not only Xie Qingyan, but also Xia Wuyou and Jiang Chengcheng were included... Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem appropriate to say that she has no hostility towards the other girls.

However, this is not the hostility of an enemy, but the hostility of a love rival.

Bad women, stay away from my brother!

However, she didn't blame Xu Shi. Her brother was always right... This also shows just how domineering Xu Shi's abilities have become.

Seeing this, Xu Shi almost laughed, feeling like he'd stepped into some weird anime scene again, where a stepsister watches her brother being all lovey-dovey with a wicked woman, and she's secretly jealous...

"You guys go out first, I'll stay with her alone for a while."

Xie Qingyan rolled her eyes at him. "You say you don't get bored with the old and crave the new? Enough already, you dog of a man."

However, she didn't say anything, just gestured to Xia Ke'an and prepared to leave.

As soon as she stood up, she suddenly stumbled and fell forward uncontrollably.

If Xu Shi hadn't been quick-witted and agile, she probably would have been knocked out.

"what happened to you?"

Xu Shi hurriedly asked.