Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Bai Yan No Longer Hides

"It hurt... a lot." Xiao Jinsheng sobbed.

Even though her fragmented memories weren’t fully recalled,

the image of Li’s body covered in gaping, bloody wounds cut through her heart with a gnawing pain.

Facing Xiao Jinsheng’s tear-filled eyes, Li gently removed her hand from his mask and reassured her, "It doesn’t hurt anymore."

Li’s comforting words only made the ache in Xiao Jinsheng’s chest intensify.

Even with incomplete memories, in those fifteen days of fleeing, what she remembered struck her deeply—

Li’s body, completely devoid of unbroken skin, covered in claw marks, yet he still protected her diligently.

All she had were some dirt stains and exhaustion, not a single injury.

"I’m sorry..." Xiao Jinsheng choked out, voice trembling.

She thought, if only she had the ability to fight, Li wouldn’t have suffered such grievous wounds.

"I’m sorry." Li, filled with regret and lingering fear, spoke up.

Their apologies overlapped in unison, both freezing at the other’s words.

Li spoke in a remorseful tone, "I shouldn’t have left without waiting for you. If I had waited outside the shelter for a few more days, maybe... maybe they wouldn’t have tampered with your memories."

"I—" Xiao Jinsheng closed her eyes and raised a hand to rub her temples as fractured glimpses of memory flashed through her mind again.

"Jinsheng, wake up." A woman’s voice sounded softly in her ear.

Shao Jinsheng struggled to open her eyes and saw Bai Yan’s smiling face.

"Sister Bai?" Xiao Jinsheng asked in confusion.

Bai Yan raised a hand, waving it in front of Jinsheng’s eyes, before glancing at the incoming notification from the Star Map, sent by the shelter’s robot guardians.

"Jinsheng, don’t forget, fifteen days ago you returned to the terminal shelter ten minutes

gaze toward Bai

even when closed, routinely verify whether all personnel

days ago, while she was still outside, the gates had shut

if the

shelter wouldn’t have closed the gates like that. Did you..." Xiao Jinsheng’s suspicious stare

her interrogation, Bai Yan

Xiao Jinsheng. "Yes, I was the one who tricked the robots

lurking,"

any grudges against you, do I? I even brought you back

Yan said coldly. "You think I couldn’t find the shelter on my own?

Jinsheng was shaken to her

and caring Bai Yan, whom she thought of so highly, could suddenly seem like someone

edge. "You need to agree that you returned to the shelter fifteen days ago,

Picking up a stone from the ground, she

of the approaching shelter robot echoed nearby as

target. A transparent barrier materialized, effortlessly

as she watched Xiao Jinsheng’s panic-stricken escape. A sinister smirk

Memory replacement program

[System: Memory replacement successful.]

fifteen days. The functionality has been

editing cooldown

cooldown? Totally worth it," Bai Yan murmured, her grin widening as her eyes followed Xiao Jinsheng’s

never planned on letting Xiao Jinsheng

terminal shelter not sounded emergency alarms at her absence—cross-checking the Star Map for proof

out, commanding Bai Yan to ensure her safety, she would have killed Xiao

doing lying out here?" The shelter robot hurried toward them, rousing

meeting the robot’s hardened optics. "Carrot Head?" she murmured

Why did you leave the shelter?" the robot

bulletin. Thought we still had until six in the evening... Just snuck out,

even survive fifteen days out here? The Mist was so thick during that

guess I was

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