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The night was deep, and Nie Qiuyuan held me close, beginning to recount the events that had transpired since our separation in a calm tone.
"Two years ago, one morning, I woke up in a forest, severely injured and unable to move. It was there that I met Hua Qing, who saved me by using his internal energy to prolong my life and brought me back to the secluded mountains of Thunder Sect."
"I lay there for an entire month before I could barely get up. My injuries were primarily due to excessive blood loss and exhaustion. This wasn't ordinary fatigue; it felt as if I had recklessly overused my internal power, nearly draining my body completely. Hua Qing also sought the help of a renowned doctor from the martial world, but they all deemed my recovery nearly impossible. However, Hua Qing did not give up and continuously used his internal energy to help restore my vitality."
"After returning to the mountains, I met the leader of Thunder Sect, Shen Huizhi. The leader, along with Hua Qing, used their powers to heal my wounds in an attempt to save my life. Strangely enough, after a month, my vitality suddenly surged at an incredible speed, and my body began to recover rapidly. What was initially thought to be a hopeless injury surprisingly healed in less than half a year."
I was astonished upon hearing this because Ren Pingsheng had once told me that he had sustained injuries similar in severity. Yet Ren Pingsheng had disappeared for a year and a half and then traveled with me for nearly six months; by the time we parted ways, his injuries had not healed. Why had Qiu's wounds healed so quickly?
"I’m not quite sure why this happened either. Initially, I thought it might be due to my memory loss, but now I realize that's not the case because even now, I still don't understand why I recovered so quickly. I've been injured before but never this severely. My wounds healed just like any normal person’s would; I have no idea why this time felt almost miraculous."
"The only problem is that when I woke up, I didn't know who I was or what had happened to me."
"When I was found, I was almost completely undressed and had nothing on me that could prove my identity. When I regained consciousness, there was only one thing left in my mind: the shadow of a person."
"It was a woman. She had a very unique appearance—her features were exquisite, yet her demeanor was strikingly heroic. Her hair was short, and her clothing was quite peculiar, unlike anyone else in this world. I guessed that this woman must have been very important to me because she was the only one I could remember. Moreover, whenever her shadow appeared before me, my heart would fill with an unusual feeling; I longed to touch her, to speak with her, even to hold her in my arms. I suspected her name must be Ye Zhenzhen."
Nie Qiuyuan raised his left hand and gently turned the wedding ring on his ring finger.
"This is the only item left on me. Normally, men shouldn't wear such things. Since I'm wearing it, it must be significant. So when I took it off to examine it closely, I discovered that the words 'Ye Zhenzhen' were engraved on it."
"This should be a name—a woman's name. So I thought this must be the name of the woman who lingered in my mind. With every breath and every heartbeat of mine, it told me that I needed to find her. If I couldn't find her, then the void in my heart would never be filled, and my life would lose its meaning. That was how I felt after losing my memory."
His words were sincere and somewhat clichéd but deeply moving. I had seen similar amnesia plots in movies countless times where the amnesiac could only remember one person. Initially, I thought such scenarios were unrealistic and didn't align with how the human brain worked; yet here it was happening for real. And when such an event occurred in my own life, instead of feeling overwhelmed by disbelief, I found myself incredibly touched!
Just think about it—my idol forgot everything but remembered me! He even remembered my true self… Oh my gosh!
In truth, when Qiu lost his memory of me, I wasn't worried about that aspect at all; what concerned me was whether he might fall for someone else due to his memory loss. Memories would surely return because throughout history in stories involving amnesia, those who lost their memories eventually regained them—100% of the time! And as practice has shown, Qiu did regain his memories; he belonged firmly in that 100% category.
The only difference was that according to the script, he should have been struck by a bolt of lightning upon seeing me, suddenly remembering everything, and then holding me tightly while crying. But my idol truly was unconventional; he had already recovered even before seeing me!
His fingers gently brushed against my face.
"Zhenzhen, from the moment we met today, what you said to me made my heart feel sweet. You really understand me so well. Given my personality, I would never be willing to let my memories fade away; I would do everything I could to retrieve them. Zhenzhen, you were absolutely right; that's exactly what I did."
"It's truly amazing. Unless you experience it yourself, you'll never believe that feeling. The moment I saw you, all my memories flooded back into my mind like a torrent; it was an incredible sensation."
"Huh? Was this today?" Now I was genuinely puzzled. If he had seen me today and remembered so much, experiencing such a huge shock, yet showed no change on the surface, then his acting skills were truly extraordinary.
Qiu shook her head lightly.
"Before this. In Chang'an. I went to find you, and the moment I saw you, everything came rushing back."
"What?!"
This time, I was really angry.
"Nie Qiuyuan, you went to Chang'an, saw me, remembered me, but didn't come to see me?! What does that mean?!"
I truly couldn't understand.
My idol quickly held down my agitation and began to soothe me.
"Zhenzhen, how could I be like that? Let me explain slowly..."
"I spent half a year recovering here, and gradually my body healed. I discovered that there were significant differences between the Thunder Sect and the Earthfire Sect, with constant friction between them. Most of the people from the Thunder Sect are quite straightforward and lack ulterior motives, so I started helping them as much as I could to resist the Earthfire Sect. As time went on, I found that it wasn't difficult at all; gradually, I helped them gain the upper hand in their confrontation."
"I discovered that even without my memories, my body retained many instincts, such as martial arts and ways of thinking. In a battle, my body could act before my mind had time to process. Whenever I arrived at a new location, my mind instinctively determined the layout, analyzed advantageous positions, and mapped out all possible escape routes in case of sudden crises, even when it was unnecessary."
"Thus, my abilities proved invaluable here. Gradually, they began to trust me and entrusted me with important tasks. Of course, I never let them down. I did this partly to repay their kindness and partly to gain some initiative for myself. I needed some control and freedom here because I had to find the woman from my memories; I had to find you."
"Before long, I could freely enter the secret merchant convoy of the Thunder Sect and communicate with the outside world, allowing me to move about freely. Each time I ventured out with the convoy, I would also try to gather information about a woman named Ye Zhenzhen. My intuition told me that I must be a dangerous person; losing my memory was very disadvantageous for me. Therefore, every time I went out, I would disguise myself and never revealed my true identity. Yet my intuition also told me that the woman I was searching for was very special, making it quite difficult to find her."
"Indeed, despite exhausting various means, I could not locate any woman named Ye Zhenzhen who resembled me. Looking back now, it seems rather amusing because the name I remembered was not from this world at all, and aside from me, no one in this world knew your name was Ye Zhenzhen."
"So, I changed my approach and began searching from myself. The place where I awakened was where Hua Qing found me. Hua Qing helped me recall in detail; we even visited the site together. It was about fifty miles south of Luoyang City. From the nature of my injuries, it was evident that they were quite unusual—definitely not typical injuries from a brawl or caused by ordinary people or events. Thus, I started my investigation in Luoyang City, looking into major incidents that occurred during the time I was unconscious."
"My method of investigation involved secretly obtaining information from the Official Authorities. If there were significant events, no one would have more comprehensive knowledge than them. The information I gathered from the Official Authorities indicated that during that time, the garrison in Luoyang City had been mobilized using military orders for a large-scale search operation in the Baiyun Mountain Area."
"I thought that if I could understand the purpose of the search operation, perhaps I could find clues related to my injuries. However, despite employing various methods, I could not uncover their true objective for searching the mountains; none of the soldiers involved knew why they were conducting the search. Their orders were simply to bring back any living persons or corpses they could find."
"From this order, I couldn't discern whether they were friends or foes regarding me. So, I shifted my investigation to determine who had used a military token to summon soldiers for the search operation. This was easily clarified; the answer was Deputy Minister of the Dali Temple Nie Qiuyuan and a female official from Dali Temple named Ye Liuhui."
"I had no recollection of Nie Qiuyuan's name at all, but Ye Liuhui piqued my interest greatly. She was a rare and special female official from Dali Temple, and her surname was Ye."
"I felt as though my fate was closely tied to Dali Temple; thus, I decided to go to Chang'an and visit Dali Temple to see this official named Ye Liuhui and investigate what connection I had with Dali Temple." (To be continued)
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