You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Of course, it can't be called a rumor," Zhou Qi repeated Xiao Yao's inner thoughts: "Anyway, my family should arrange for me to transfer to another school."

Xiao Yao showed an expression of surprise and regret, and told the other party to keep in touch even after going to a new school, and to tell him in time if he encountered any difficulties.

Then Zhou Qi asked Xiao Yao "what happened in the class after I left", and Xiao Yao told him about the deeds of the new head teacher Song Haijian, and mentioned that he died in a car accident, but he did not mention anything related to the hall.

Zhou Qi was surprised, but did not ask further about Song Haijian.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two people was becoming more and more harmonious and warm, Xiao Yao thought that it was time to get down to business.

But Zhou Qi was a little too excited - because she began to recall the past between the two of them.

She first talked about Xiao Yao's guitar performance of "Those Flowers" at the art performance during the military training at the beginning of the first year of high school. When she mentioned Xiao Yao at that time, she was amazed and her eyes lit up.

"Very cute," Zhou Qi commented.

"Is it that cute?" Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed.

In fact, he didn't quite believe what Zhou Qi said at this moment, thinking that it was inevitably exaggerated, but he liked to listen to it.

Then, Zhou Qi mentioned the time when the two of them took a walk together in Lu Xun Park shortly after school started.

In fact, it was not a date, but just a class activity. Xiao Yao had already forgotten the specific reason for the activity.

However, the two of them did use their free time to go for a walk, and Xiao Yao also treated her to something to eat - she has forgotten what they ate.

"When I'm discharged from the hospital, I'll treat you to this meal again," Zhou Qi said.

"Oh, sure." Xiao Yao agreed without thinking too much, "But Lu Xun Park is really boring. There's nothing fun to do there. It's not as good as the War Park - there are no animals and no boating."

"Ah, it's a park, that's what it is." Zhou Qi was stunned for a moment, not understanding whether Xiao Yao meant something, but she didn't mind and just continued to recall the "happy times in the past."

The more Xiao Yao listened, the more he felt that it was not right. He felt that no matter how he listened to it, it was like a prelude to "I can't repay you for saving my life, so I have no choice but to marry you." Of course, he couldn't be 100% sure. After all, this was one of the three major illusions of men. Moreover, even if Zhou Qi really meant this, since the other party didn't make it clear, it would be difficult for him to refuse directly.

The young man lowered his head and thought for a while, then prepared his words: "By the way, Zhou Qi, I have good news for you - I have pursued Yu Luying."

"Ah?" Zhou Qi made a surprised expression.

"Didn't she tell you just now?" Xiao Yao asked Zhou Qi.

"No," Zhou Qi said, "I did ask her, but she didn't say yes or no, she just changed the subject, so I thought she hadn't decided yet."

"Well, actually, the relationship has been officially confirmed," Xiao Yao told Zhou Qi: "Yu Luying is relatively low-key."

Xiao Yao didn't particularly mind the fact that Yu Luying didn't dare to recognize him in front of others, because he knew what she was worried about.

Sure enough, Zhou Qi asked, "What about that girl from No. 7 Middle School? The one I met in Forest Park. Did you two stop dating?"

"Ha!" Xiao Yao said nonsense: "After you messed things up, they blocked me when they got back."

Zhou Qi's face turned pale.

"I was just kidding." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Don't ask about our relationship."

"Okay," Zhou Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a hint of disappointment in his tone, "No matter what, congratulations to you and Yu Luying."

Seeing that the conversation had already started, Xiao Yao quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Qi, I have something else I want to ask you."

"I know what you want to ask," Zhou Qi sighed, "If it were you, I would tell you - but I have a small request."

"What request?" Xiao Yao asked.

Zhou Qi's request was to let him lean on Xiao Yao's shoulder.

This request made Xiao Yao begin to doubt whether Zhou Qi had really recovered from the mental impact brought by the temple.

Wow, everyone is really Zhao Xiaomei, right?

Fortunately, seeing Xiao Yao looking embarrassed, Zhou Qi finally gave up insisting.

"When I walked in, you said to the window, 'They are coming'. Who are they?" Xiao Yao asked the first question.

"Shadow." Zhou Qi said calmly.

"Where do we come from? Where are we going?" Xiao Yao asked these two ultimate philosophical questions.

"Xiao Yao, when you stare at yourself in the mirror," Zhou Qi looked out the window again, "Have you ever thought that the person in the mirror is also staring at you?"

"What do you mean...?" Xiao Yao frowned slightly.

"Teacher Yao's shadow told me," Zhou Qi turned back and looked at Xiao Yao calmly, "As long as you continue to increase your strength and expand your territory, there is no fixed rule as to who is the shape and who is the shadow on the two sides of the mirror."

"Expand the territory?" Xiao Yao took in a lot of information at once: "Who is the form and who is the shadow?"

"Was it Zhuang Zhou who dreamed of the butterfly, or was it the butterfly who dreamed of Zhuang Zhou?" Zhou Qi prompted him.

"I think I understand," Xiao Yao nodded and said, "You mean, the shadow world invaded the human world?"

"It's not impossible for you to understand it this way," Zhou Qi replied.

This possibility made Xiao Yao shudder.

"Has the invasion begun?" Xiao Yao asked Zhou Qi.

"I don't know," Zhou Qi shook his head, "Teacher Yao's hall has been destroyed, but I can vaguely feel that it is just one of the three thousand small worlds."

"So," Xiao Yao stared into Zhou Qi's eyes, "How did you get to Teacher Yao's hall? Can you tell me now?"

"You know, Xiao Yao, I was infatuated with Teacher Yao at that time, but Teacher Yao always avoided me." When Zhou Qi said this, his expression was frank, without any shame at all.

"Ah, that's probably the case." Xiao Yao responded.

"One day, when I was wandering outside Teacher Yao's office again, 'Teacher Yao' appeared and invited me to follow him. So I followed him into the mirror and entered Teacher Yao's 'hall'."

"Is it that simple?" Xiao Yao was a little surprised.

"It's that simple," Zhou Qi said.

"He just appeared in real life in broad daylight?" Xiao Yao was a little unconvinced.

"That's right." Zhou Qi answered affirmatively.

"Do you know he is a fake?" Xiao Yao asked Zhou Qi.

"Who? Him?" Zhou Qi smiled: "Before I entered the mirror, I didn't know; after I entered the mirror, I 'believed' that he was the real Teacher Yao."

"You mean, you were brainwashed by hypnosis." Xiao Yao guessed.

"Hmm~" Zhou Qi made a negative sound through his nose: "I chose to go to Xin of my own accord."

Chapter 200 Don’t Talk to Strangers

2023-05-21

"You mean, you were brainwashed by hypnosis." Xiao Yao guessed.

"Hmm~" Zhou Qi made a negative sound through his nose: "I voluntarily chose to 'believe'."

Xiao Yao was a little confused and wanted to ask Zhou Qi what he meant, but then he changed his mind and felt that he actually understood.

People always believe what they "want" to believe, whether it is religious beliefs, political positions and historical views, or people and things in life.

"Ah, I think I understand." Xiao Yao nodded.

"At that time, I felt that I was free and happy in the movie world, and that life in the real world where I had to pretend all day long was boring," Zhou Qi told Xiao Yao.

"Ah," Xiao Yao agreed, "Actually, I can kind of understand why you think that way."

"Is there anything else you want to know?" Zhou Qi asked Xiao Yao.

"What's going on with Qiangui?" Xiao Yao has been puzzled by this question for a long time: "Why is the entrance to Teacher Yao's Hall in Qiangui? Shouldn't it be in the school?"

"There can be more than one entrance to the palace, there can be many, and the space in the palace does not have to be continuous," Zhou Qi explained to Xiao Yao: "Did I just say that as long as you continue to expand your territory, the inside and outside of the mirror can be interchanged sooner or later.

"The reason why I appeared in Qiangui KTV was to follow the instructions of 'that' teacher Yao and to mark out a place for his temple."

"Encirclement." Xiao Yao hit his chin with his fist and repeated the word.

"As long as we find a place with the right atmosphere, we can establish a 'micro-continuous' spatial connection with the palace," Zhou Qi explained.

"Micro-continuous." Xiao Yao's eyes began to turn into the shape of "@@", and he became more and more confused the more he listened.

"Increasing the number of members in the hall can also increase the efficiency of expansion." Zhou Qi didn't care how much Xiao Yao understood and continued to talk: "So, in fact, Yu Luying and Xiong Ji also expanded a new territory for Teacher Yao."

"Wait a minute, let me check it out." Xiao Yao raised his right palm and said, "Does that mean that there may be multiple owners of the palace?"

"Of course it's possible." Zhou Qi nodded.

"Then...is Xiong Ji's Great Pyramid still there?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Of course, all of this was eventually destroyed along with Teacher Yao's shadow, and everything was reset to zero." Zhou Qi told Xiao Yao: "No matter what, there will always be a Master in the Hall."

"Who is the Master of 'The Hall of Everyone'?" Xiao Yao asked Zhou Qi.

"The hall of everyone?" Zhou Qi asked.

Xiao Yao and Zhou Qi introduced the entrance under the bridge, where they went every day to exercise their skills.

"Is there such a place?" Zhou Qi muttered to himself, "'The Hall of Everyone'? Sorry, I don't understand this. I don't know much."

"I understand..." Xiao Yao said: "So, so..."

My brain was stuck for a while, and I couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time.

Zhou Qi was not in a hurry either. He just looked at Xiao Yao and waited.

"So why did Teacher Yao's shadow suddenly appear at the door of the office in reality?" Xiao Yao finally figured it out: "Or, why is it 'Teacher Yao'?"

"Teacher Yao mentioned to me that he was not alone, but had a 'partner'," Zhou Qi told Xiao Yao, "It was that 'partner' who awakened and strengthened him. These were also taught to Teacher Yao by that 'partner'."

"The partner you are talking about, is it a human or something else?" Xiao Yao asked, "Have you seen him?"

Zhou Qi shook his head and said, "I have never seen him. 'Teacher Yao' also seemed to intentionally avoid mentioning him, and only referred to him as 'the white guy' in a few words."

"The white thing?" Xiao Yao was stunned.

"He seemed to particularly like the color white," Zhou Qi recalled. "'Teacher Yao' said he was pretentious and his whiteness was blinding, which was very annoying."

"The person wearing white clothes? Or armor?" Xiao Yao asked.

"This... I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so how can I answer you?" Zhou Qi smiled bitterly.

"Then, one last question." Xiao Yao's butt was aching after sitting for so long, so he stood up and asked, "Why did 'Teacher Yao' steal Yu Luying's underwear? Was it just because of the instinct of desire that had nowhere to go?"

Zhou Qi frowned. "He claimed that he wanted to have an evidence to prove the possibility of the inner and outer worlds being interchanged, but I think... I always feel that the main reason is the one you mentioned."

As he said this, a girl in a royal blue dress just happened to walk in from the door of the ward, holding a plastic bag in her hand. In the bag were three disposable lunch boxes stacked together.

Her expression didn't look very happy.

"Why did you buy mine?" Xiao Yao took the lunch box and weighed it: "Zhou Qi hasn't eaten yet, right?"

"When you and your uncle went to attack the police, Zhou Qi had already eaten the sick meal." Yu Luying told Xiao Yao coldly.

"Attacking police officers?" Zhou Qi was a little surprised.

While Xiao Yao was having dinner, the three of them chatted for a while.

"When I came up just now, I saw a middle-aged couple arguing in the corridor, and the noise was really loud," Yu Luying said, "It's really unethical to make a lot of noise in the hospital - by the way, Zhou Qi, where are your parents?"

"Well," Zhou Qi said casually, "My mom is with me in the morning. She went back home in the afternoon because something happened. I'm an adult now, and I don't have anything to do now. I don't need 24-hour care."

"Oh~" said Yu Luying.

"Besides, I have a lot of people coming and going here," Zhou Qi said with a smile, "Just before Sister Liang came, the nurse complained to me, saying why I have visitors every two days, it's as busy as a vegetable market, it's not conducive to rest."

Yu Luying was a little surprised: "Besides us and that female police officer, who else came to see you?"

Zhou Qi hesitated for a moment: "Zhao Xiaomei, Ouyang Qianqian, Teacher Yao has been here, and there are others you don't know."

"Zhao Xiaomei?" Xiao Yao's voice was unconsciously a little loud: "No, does Zhao Xiaomei know you?"

"I know her, sort of," Zhou Qi said, "We're just acquaintances, so I was quite surprised that she came to see me."

"Ouyang..." Yu Luying chewed on the surname silently.

"And Teacher Yao," Xiao Yao rubbed his palms on his thighs twice: "Has your teacher Yao regained consciousness now?"

"No," Zhou Qi said sadly, "Kang Qianshui brought him here."

"Why would Master's wife do this?" Xiao Yao was a little confused.

"Because Teacher Yao told her that he wanted to come." Zhou Qi said: "Although he has degenerated into a mess, he still has the ability to speak."

Xiao Yao looked at Yu Luying and said, "Since you want to, then wanting means desire."

Neither Zhou Qi nor Yu Luying understood what Xiao Yao wanted to say.