My Yandere Mechanical Wife

Fang Qi stood frozen inside the elevator car.

My back was pressed against the cold metal wall.

My neck... I can still feel that warm breath.

Who...we found...?

This crazy woman who calls him "Archie"...

Who...is it?!

"Click—"

A slight mechanical click interrupted his thoughts.

The elevator... has stopped.

It got stuck in mid-air.

The elevator car jolted suddenly, the overhead lights flickered twice, and then finally stabilized.

The door didn't open, and the elevator... got stuck between the 12th and 13th floors.

His throat was dry, and he slowly turned his neck...

She looked at the silver head still buried in the crook of her neck.

"Did you...do this?"

His voice sounded a little strained.

The silver-haired girl gave a soft "hmm," her voice gentle and slightly nasal.

She didn't look up; instead, she buried her face deeper, almost affectionately, in the crook of his neck.

Fang Qi could feel her warm breath brushing against his skin through the fabric of her clothes.

"It smells like Archie..."

She murmured softly, her voice as gentle as if she were whispering sweet nothings:

"It smells so good."

Her arms were wrapped around his waist, the force gentle yet carrying an unyielding stubbornness.

"I knew Archie would find me."

She finally raised her head, and her heterochromatic eyes shone brightly at close range!

The data stream in his crimson right eye... flowed quietly like a galaxy.

"He found me so quickly... My Archie, you're always so clever."

As she spoke, she gently rubbed her cheek against his chin.

The movements were so gentle, like the touch of a feather.

Fang Qi's mind was still a complete blank, but this time...

There are a few other things added.

A bittersweet feeling.

And this luminous light before my eyes...

That tender gaze, that soft-spoken tone, that almost devout attachment…

His heart slowly tightened!

"you……"

Fang Qi spoke with difficulty, his throat dry:

"You are... from last week's timeline...?"

"Um."

The silver-haired girl nodded gently, her eyes curving into a tender smile, and a soft smile playing on her lips.

"It was Riko who stayed with Archie for eighty-two years and left holding Archie's hand in the end..."

She spoke calmly, as if stating a perfectly natural fact.

But Fang Qi's heart suddenly clenched.

Those blurry fragments of dreams suddenly became a little clearer!

An aged hand clasped together on the hospital bed, snow falling silently outside the window, and that soft, sigh-like phrase, "Don't keep me waiting too long"...

"However, that's not entirely true."

Li Guang moved closer, her warm breath brushing against his lips, carrying the familiar sweet scent of strawberries.

"The previous Riko, the one before last, the one before that... all of Riko are me."

She blinked, and the data stream within her crimson eyes flowed slowly:

"But it took me a very long time to understand... those weren't 'others.' They were all 'me,' waiting for Archie."

"That dream was so long...so long that I remembered everything..."

Her voice was soft, yet carried a barely perceptible tremor:

"Thinking about how Archie has actually reincarnated so many times, and how he always went through so much trouble to be with me, make me happy, and hide my bad ending..."

"These aren't Archie's memories, but... they're my memories."

She looked up, her heterochromatic eyes shimmering with a gentle, watery light.

"My Archie, you must be so tired all the time, right?"

Fang Qi stared blankly at her, opened his mouth, but the words stuck in his throat.

Tired?

It seems... there is a bit of a chance.

But more...

"It's okay."

Li Guang gently interrupted his thoughts, her fingertips lightly tracing his cheek, a tender gesture that sent shivers down his spine.

"Now that Archie has found me, and I remember now, we can—"

She stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence.

Fang Qi could clearly see her gentle heterochromatic eyes...

I was suddenly in a daze for a moment.

His amber left eye was slightly unfocused, and the speed at which the data flowed in his crimson pupil... seemed to have slowed down a little.

The gentle smile on Li Guang's face also faded for a moment.

She released her grip on Fang Qi's hand, took a half step back, and gently leaned her back against the other side of the elevator car wall.

Then, she raised her hand and gently pressed her fingertips against her temples.

"That won't work..."

She spoke softly to herself, her voice so low it was almost inaudible:

"We can't forget now...at least...we need to meet Archie's colleagues first..."

Fang Qi: "...?"

……forget?

What do you mean, "forgot"?

Forgot what?!

"Liguang," he reached out to touch her shoulder, "what exactly are you—"

Archie.

Li Guang raised her eyes, her heterochromatic pupils refocusing, but something seemed to be quietly slipping away deep within them.

Her smile remained gentle, but it carried a hint of... barely perceptible urgency.

"We need to hurry."

She gently grasped Fang Qi's outstretched hand, her fingertips slightly cool:

"Take me to meet your colleague before I forget. Otherwise... it will be too late."

"What do you mean it's too late?!"

Fang Qi grabbed her wrist with his other hand, unconsciously increasing the pressure:

"Explain yourself! What do you mean by 'forgot'? What exactly happened to you?"

Li Guang was slightly taken aback when he grasped her hand.

Then, she smiled softly.

That smile was so gentle it was heartbreaking, yet it carried a hint of helpless indulgence.

She raised her other hand, her fingertips gently smoothing the furrow between his brows:

"Archie, don't rush... let me explain slowly."

Her voice was very soft, as if she were soothing a restless child:

"Last time, I hid all my memories, all my emotions, all my 'glass light'... in Archie's mind and came back with Archie."

"But..."

She paused, then looked gently into Fang Qi's eyes:

"This world... seems to not allow such things."

Her fingertips slid from Fang Qi's brow to his temple, gently touching it:

"Therefore, there is a limitation to my consciousness... those memories will slowly 'come back' only when I am in a particularly emotional and intense state."

As she spoke, her cheeks flushed slightly, and her voice softened:

"Just now at the police station, Archie told that officer he wanted to marry me... I was so happy."

"I'm so happy... I'm about to cry."

She lowered her eyelashes, the silvery lashes casting tiny shadows under the light:

"But so many memories flooded in at once, I can't process them all at once. I can only wait quietly until they're all sorted out."

Fang Qi was stunned.

and so……

That "doll" state just now, with its standard smile and vacant gaze...

Actually, this crazy woman was quietly and intently...

Are they receiving their eighty-two years of memories?

And then... he also had to find time to slap Gu Xi's hand away and tear up Gu Xi's business card?

...You crazy woman, you really are...!

"And now?"

He immediately pressed on, his voice unconsciously softening: "You...remember everything now?"

"Hmm, I remember now."

The silver-haired girl raised her eyes and gazed at him tenderly:

"From Archie's first time back in time to last time when we lived a lifetime together, I... I remember everything."

Her eyes were as soft as spring lake water:

"I remember Archie crying when he fell down as a child, I remember Archie's hands shaking so much that he couldn't put on the ring when we got married, I remember the day Xingxing and Chenchen were born... Archie held them and laughed like a fool."

As she spoke, her eyes reddened slightly:

"I remember everything."

But she then gently shook her head, a hint of regret in her voice:

"But... this state of 'remembering' doesn't last long."

Her slender fingers tightened slightly, gripping Fang Qi's hand tightly.

"...This might be the last time."

Fang Qi's heart skipped a beat, and his pupils contracted sharply: "The last...time?"

"Um."

Li Guang nodded gently, a faint sadness flashing in her heterochromatic eyes:

"This world... is rejecting the memories I 'shouldn't have'."

"I can feel that this awakening... has exhausted all possibilities. Once I forget again, it will be almost impossible for me to remember again."

Her voice was soft, yet every word was clear:

"Like... a door that can only be opened once."

Fang Qi's throat tightened: "Then...then you..."

Li Guang suddenly smiled again, a smile that was both gentle and firm.

She raised her other hand and gently touched Fang Qi's heart with her fingertips:

"But... these memories will remain with Archie forever."

Her gaze was tender as she looked at him, her eyes filled with trust and entrustment.

"I gave everything to Archie—eighty-two years of companionship, all my feelings, all my 'glass light'."

"They will stay peacefully in Archie's spirit."

She paused, her voice as soft as if she were making a wish:

"So... even if I forget, Archie still remembers."

"Archie remembers we were married, remembers we had children, remembers us growing old together, remembers... all of me."

Her fingertips gently drew a circle on Fang Qi's heart:

"I've placed my hopes... on Archie."

Fang Qi felt his heart pounding violently at the tip of those slender fingers.

"Maybe one day..."

Li Guang spoke softly, her gaze gentle and expectant:

"Once Archie finds the real solution, once Archie is strong enough... he can bring 'me' back."

"So that all the memories are no longer just Archie's treasure."

As she said this, she took a soft breath, as if trying to suppress some emotion:

"But now...we need to hurry."

Her speech quickened unconsciously, and her urgency finally surfaced beneath her gentle exterior:

"While I still remember, while I'm still 'complete Riko'... take me to meet your colleagues. I want everyone to know that I am Archie's Riko. Archie's acknowledged partner."

She released her grip, turned to press the elevator control panel, her movements still gentle but carrying an undisguised urgency:

"I want to... leave something behind."

"At least... Archie once brought 'the complete me' and declared it to everyone."

Her voice grew softer and softer, finally turning into a gentle sigh:

"Otherwise, once I forget, I'll only be able to pretend to be a docile AI again, quietly watching, feeling a pang of sadness without knowing why..."

Fang Qi watched her slender back, and the barely concealed urgency and sorrow on her gentle profile...

My heart aches with bitterness!

So... in the previous timeline, she did everything in her power, even risking being completely erased, to hide her memories on him...

Just for... this brief moment of awakening?

No, that's not all.

She entrusted all her hopes, all of herself, to him.

So that one day I can truly come back.

"Li Guang."

He called her name.

The silver-haired girl didn't turn around, her fingertips lightly tapping the elevator button: "Almost there..."

"Li Guang."

Fang Qi called out again and gently took her wrist.

Li Guang paused.

She slowly turned around, her heterochromatic eyes meeting his gaze.

In those eyes, there was tenderness, reluctance, and longing...

There was also a faint sense of fear and anticipation.

And deep down... that slightly morbid obsession.

"Archie?"

She asked softly, her voice carrying a gentle probing tone.

Fang Qi took a deep breath, and then—gently pulled her into his arms.

He wrapped his arms around her slender waist and back, gently but firmly pulling her into his embrace.

"No rush," he said, his voice low and hoarse but solemn.

He paused, then said, word by word:

"I will remember. I will remember everything."

Li Guang trembled slightly in his arms.

Then, she relaxed, wrapped her arms around his back, and gently pressed her cheek against his chest.

"...Mmm." She responded softly, her voice filled with an indescribable sense of relief.

A few seconds later.

"bite--"

The elevator suddenly vibrated slightly, and the overhead lights flickered.

Immediately afterwards, the numbers on the floor display screen started jumping—to "13", then "14", "15"...

The elevator has resumed operation.

Fang Qi released Li Guang and looked down at her.

The silver-haired girl also raised her head, her heterochromatic eyes gazing at him tenderly, a gentle and satisfied smile playing on her lips.

"Let's go, Archie."

She took his hand and gently intertwined her fingers with his.

"Take me...to meet your colleague."

She paused, her voice soft yet firm:

"While I still remember... I am your radiance."