On the Ark.

Although he didn't really believe it, Lin Ye outwardly showed a grateful expression and then cooperated by talking to Chen for almost half an hour. Only when Chen confirmed that Lin Ye had no memory of his past did he reluctantly end the conversation.

"Think about it carefully these next few days. Call me when you have an idea. Even a small clue will make the investigation easier."

Lin Ye nodded: "I understand."

"Then I'll be going now. You should get some rest." Chen packed her things and turned to leave. Just as she was about to walk out of the ward, Lin Ye suddenly remembered something and said...

"By the way, about the attack that night..."

Chen turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

Lin Ye hesitated for a moment, then said, "It seems that the other party knows that your Guard Bureau is engaged in disaster relief and has no way to stop them, which is why they are so unscrupulous."

Chen's brows furrowed tightly.

Chapter 463 Don't be sad, Mostima is just that kind of person.

This was probably the longest Lin Ye had spent in the hospital since arriving in this world. The severity of his injuries was one reason, and another was that the Guard Bureau had covered all his hospital fees. Perhaps out of remorse, the Guard Bureau had the hospital perform every possible examination on Lin Ye, even taking him to the ultrasound room. This series of examinations made Lin Ye feel like he was going to get sick even if he wasn't, especially the doctor in charge of the colonoscopy, whose smile resembled Voldemort's; just thinking about that smile made his lower body ache.

Finally, after his repeated protests, the hospital allowed him to be discharged.

On his last afternoon before being discharged from the hospital, Lin Ye unexpectedly encountered Penguin Logistics members who came to visit him—Exusiai and Texas.

"Is it okay to put the fruit platter here?" Texas placed the fruit platter on Lin Ye's bedside table.

"Yes, it'll be fine to leave it there," Lin Ye said with a smile. "I didn't expect you guys to come. If you had come any later, I would have..."

"what happened?"

Lin Ye shrugged and said, "I'm being discharged from the hospital."

"Really? Why not stay a little longer? It's the government's money anyway." Texas said, taking a banana from the fruit plate and peeling and eating it herself.

...So you ate it yourself.

“We’ve come here mainly for two things,” Texas said.

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly, thinking to himself, "How come you also have two things to do?"

“The first thing is about the warships,” Texas said slowly. “According to our boss, he’s not opposed to your proposal, but it’s far from enough. You need to provide him with samples of the medicine that he can trust before he’ll be willing to pay for it. His exact words were, ‘Trying to get something for nothing is useless to me.’”

Lin Ye had almost forgotten why Kal'tsit had sent him to Lungmen. Luckily, Texas had mentioned it, otherwise he wouldn't know how to explain it to Kal'tsit when she asked him about it back home. Although he was already in this situation, Kal'tsit probably wouldn't say much.

"I understand." Lin Ye nodded and said, "I will pass on your boss's words to Doctor Kal'tsit. So, what is the second thing?"

Texas didn't speak immediately, but glanced at Exusiai sitting on the other side and said, "You can say it now."

Lin Ye looked at Exusiai with some curiosity. Exusiai seemed to be in a very good mood today, with a lollipop in her mouth, humming a song since entering the room, and even the halo on her forehead seemed brighter than before. When Texas steered the conversation towards her, she took the lollipop out of her mouth, waved it in front of Lin Ye, and then said with a smile, "My dear guest, we'll be colleagues for a while now."

"Colleague?" Lin Ye was even more surprised. "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing much. I'll be working at Rhodes Island for a while soon anyway," Exusiai hummed. "So I came to see you this time to remind you to take me with you when you return to the island. The recommendation letter and stuff, the boss has already written it. I just need to give it to Ms. Kal'tsit. After that, I'll be a full-fledged... well, not exactly a full-fledged, at least a nominal operator at Rhodes Island, since I haven't left Penguin Logistics."

"Is that so?" Lin Ye nodded, but was still somewhat puzzled. "But why did you suddenly decide to go to Rhodes Island?"

“Of course it’s because…” Exusiai was about to speak when she caught a glimpse of the competitor Lin Ye had placed by the bedside, and immediately lost interest. “Never mind, I don’t want to tell you.”

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly, thinking to himself, "This change of expression is too fast, isn't it?"

Texas, standing to the side, calmly explained: "It's because of Mostima. Mostima said she wants to join Rhodes Island."

Exusiai stared wide-eyed at Texas: "Texas, why did you have to say that?!"

"Because I feel it would be interesting to say it out loud."

"Oh dear, how could this happen..."

Lin Ye was somewhat surprised by the conversation between Exusiai and Texas. He hadn't expected that Exusiai wanted to join Rhodes Island because of Mostima. But Mostima wanted to join the island because of his introduction, so in that sense, Exusiai also joined the island because of him, right?

I wonder if I can ask Zilan for some bonus or something, after all, he has done his best for the personnel department.

By the way, speaking of Mostima...

Lin Ye suddenly remembered something and asked Exusiai, "Do you know where Mostima went?"

Exusiai, who was complaining to Texas, suddenly paused, "Huh? You didn't know?"

"Yes," Lin Ye said with a wry smile, "I haven't seen her since I woke up. She doesn't answer her phone. It's like she vanished into thin air."

Exusiai's eyes gradually brightened.

"Really?!" Exusiai slapped her hands on Lin Ye's hospital bed, then stood up, staring intently at Lin Ye. "Are you telling the truth? Didn't Mostima tell you she was gone?"

"No, no." Lin Ye looked at Exusiai suspiciously. "Is it just my imagination? You seem quite happy."

"No, how could that be!" Exusiai's face was practically beaming with joy. She sat back down in her chair, arms crossed, as if she wanted to hum a tune, but then realized that her behavior was too immature. So she coughed twice and said calmly, "I'm not excited. I just knew this would happen."

"What?"

“I’m talking about Mostima,” Exusiai said, shrugging with feigned helplessness, “that’s just the kind of person she is. She seems nice to everyone, but in reality, only those she acknowledges can truly enter her heart. That’s her flaw. I’ve mentioned it to her before; it’s easy for people to misunderstand, but…”

Before she could finish speaking, Eyjafjalla's voice rang out from outside the ward: "Senior! The doctor wants you to go to the front desk to complete the discharge procedures."

"Oh, oh, oh." Lin Ye immediately rolled off the bed. "Sorry, sorry, I can't listen to you anymore, I need to go pay the bill first."

"It's alright, it's alright." Exusiai waved her hand and said, "Go pay first, I'll wait for you here, I'll talk to you when you come back, no rush."

"Uh, okay, I'll go now." Lin Ye hurriedly left the ward.

Texas looked at Exusiai, whose face was full of smugness, and couldn't help but shake her head: "You, really... Hmm? Is that Lin Ye's wallet? Did he go to pay the bill without taking his wallet?"

Exusiai noticed the wallet next to the pillow, and in a great mood, she immediately stood up: "I'll go and deliver the wallet to Dr. Lin."

"Can't he just come back and get it himself?"

"Why bother? Dr. Lin Ye has already been hurt by a cold-hearted angel. Now he needs to see what a warm angel is like." Exusiai said with a smile as she picked up Lin Ye's wallet.

When the wallet was picked up, the photo inside fell out and landed right in front of Exusiai.

Exusiai looked down.

The bright smile gradually disappeared.

Chapter 464 Froststar's Three Things (4K)

Lin Ye felt that women's minds were really hard to understand.

Take Exusiai for example. She was chatting happily with Lin Ye, all smiles and full of energy. But after Lin Ye finished the discharge procedures, she suddenly changed. Her expression changed faster than the weather in Lungmen. However, since it wasn't the first time he'd encountered this, Lin Ye wisely kept quiet, thinking she'd be fine in a couple of days.

But it turned out he was overthinking it. The next day, on the way back to Rhodes Island, Exusiai, who was riding in the same car as Lin Ye, still had a terrifyingly dark expression, seemingly transformed from a vibrant young woman into an ice queen. Sitting next to her, one could feel a chill, and whether it was just his imagination or not, when Lin Ye glanced at Exusiai, he seemed to sense a faint—killing intent—in her eyes?

Hmm...it should just be his imagination. Lin Ye didn't think he had offended Exusiai; at least, he couldn't recall anything like it. However, recalling the meaningful look Texas gave him before they left through the back door, Lin Ye couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He thought Texas probably knew the inside story, and he should have asked her instead.

If we knew the reason, we wouldn't be in this awkward situation now.

This time, he wasn't sitting in the front passenger seat, but in the last row of three seats. Eyjafjalla was on his left, and Exusiai on his right. Logically, this should have been the best spot, since there were only two girls in the entire car, Eyjafjalla and Exusiai, with Lin Ye sandwiched between them. In his previous life, it would have been the kind of seat everyone envied during school field trips, but countless experiences had taught Lin Ye that ideals and reality were ultimately different.

Eyjafjalla is the type who gets sleepy as soon as she gets in a car. According to her, because she doesn't have much time to rest while doing research, the journey is a precious rest period that she won't waste. As a result, although it's a three-seater, it feels like a two-seater to Lin Ye. Actually, he also wanted to fall asleep like Eyjafjalla.

However... the halo above Exusiai's head was so bright that it kept him from sleeping.

Having no other option, Lin Ye tried to communicate with Exusiai to see where the problem lay.

"Um..." Lin Ye turned to look at Exusiai, forcing a smile, "Is this your first time visiting Rhodes Island?"

Exusiai glanced at Lin Ye, said nothing, and opened her backpack, rummaging through it.

Lin Ye thought Exusiai was going to give him something, so he waited a while. Sure enough, he saw Exusiai take out an eye mask, and he was overjoyed. He thought to himself, "As expected of Exusiai, she already guessed that my aura might keep the people around her awake, so she always keeps an eye mask handy. Such a thoughtful and gentle girl is really rare these days!"

As he was thinking this, Lin Ye subconsciously reached out his hand, wanting to take the blindfold from Exusiai's hand.

However, Exusiai didn't even glance at him, and simply put the blindfold on her own head.

Lin Ye: "..."

Exusiai's actions forced Lin Ye to swallow back the "thank you" that was already on the tip of his tongue.

This wasn't originally prepared for him.

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly. He wondered if Exusiai had seen his outstretched hand. If she had, it would have been incredibly awkward. But then again, after this incident, Lin Ye was certain Exusiai did have a problem with him, and a significant one at that. After all, Exusiai had completely changed; she could almost be called "Cannot-Angel" now.

But Lin Ye didn't know what he had done to offend this angel lady. He didn't seem to have done anything heinous.

Lin Ye began to ponder. It seemed Exusiai had a similar sudden change of expression a while back, apparently because he had mentioned Mostima. Could this be because of Mostima again? But that didn't make sense. He hadn't said anything to Exusiai this time, and there wasn't anything to say. He'd only been kissed by Mostima while unconscious, and Exusiai didn't even know about it. The only one who knew was Ranger. Surely Ranger wouldn't tell Exusiai something like that for no reason?

As he pondered this, he inexplicably took out his wallet, then secretly glanced at it to make sure Exusiai was still wearing her eyepatch before slowly opening it. The photo of Mostima kissing him was still safely tucked away in the wallet's inner pocket, which brought him a slight sense of relief.

This photo must be kept safe; no one else should ever see it...

Ok?

Lin Ye's brows furrowed slightly.

Why can't other people see? It's not like it's anything shameful. It's just being kissed by another woman, right? And it was just her expressing gratitude. This kind of thing was very common in my past life… at least in the West. So it's not a big deal at all, especially since it was kissed by such a beautiful girl like Mostima. From any perspective, he's the one who benefited… Hmm? Mostima's tongue is blue! So beautiful…

pat.

Lin Ye closed his wallet.

He didn't know why, but at this moment, a strange sense of guilt seemed to be echoing in his heart.

The more he looked, the more guilty he felt; the more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt. He couldn't even find a reason to feel guilty. Was this the tragedy of being a virgin? After being kissed by a pretty girl, his heart would pound uncontrollably. If the man were still that kind of innocent young boy, he'd probably already thought about what to name their future children. But Lin Ye didn't consider himself that kind of innocent young virgin. You see, he was… sigh, what should he name his child? A boy's name should be something masculine, and a girl's name should be…

Damn, why am I thinking about these nonsensical questions again?

Lin Ye propped his forehead up, laughing and shaking his head, but then he froze.

Because he saw that Exusiai, standing to the side, had somehow lifted half of her eyepatch with a finger, and was staring at him with her emotionless eye. Oh, it couldn't be said to be emotionless, because Lin Ye could definitely feel a pulsating killing intent within it.

So he slowly stopped smiling, looked away, coughed lightly twice, and then looked ahead as if nothing had happened, but his back had subconsciously straightened to its straightest position.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind.

That's so embarrassing!

……

In Ursus, an abandoned village, snowflakes are falling one by one.

This was quite unusual, as winter was long over and summer was only a month or two away. Even in a northern country like Ursus, snowfall was a rare occurrence at this time of year.

The woman lying in the ruins slowly opened her eyes, watching the snowflakes, like goose feathers, fall from the sky onto her face. She closed her eyes slightly, felt the familiar coolness, and then slowly opened them again.

"Big...Big Sister," a slightly stuttering male voice sounded in the woman's ear, "Are you awake?"