Crystal's POV:

My heart sank. I made this wooden whistle by copying the one Rufus had made for me in the past. Rufus now scrutinized the whistle carefully. Did it shake loose some memory of his?

Laura and I glanced at each other at the same time and guessed each other's thoughts. She was also afraid that Rufus would remember something.

After studying the whistle for a long time, Rufus turned to me and asked, "Did you make this yourself?" Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Of course," I replied firmly.

I was a little flustered and didn't know what was running through his mind.

My own mind was thoroughly muddled up. But whatever.

felt that the wooden whistle looked familiar, he wouldn't remember anything if I continued to

too. However, it was a slim possibility. Rufus' original intention for carving this whistle was to make it convenient for me to communicate with Rin. He didn't really share a good relationship with her, so he had no

my veins and I

commented with a faint

habit as me."

had remembered anything from the past. From the corner of my eye, I spotted Laura winking at me anxiously. This left me even more

the whistle to me. He pointed to a small cross on its inner side and said, "When I was a child, I attended a woodwork class for a while. I liked to leave a subtle mark on all my creations. The position and shape of

Laura's helpless expression,

coincidence?" Rufus gazed at

and my stomach plunged to the ground. I had just copied his work and had assumed this tiny mark was also a necessary part of the whistle, so I kept it. How would I know it was actually Rufus' signature? How could I possibly explain this to

me?" Rufus didn't

to come to a grinding halt and I couldn't cook up any sensible reason. I couldn't claim that this was just a coincidence. No one would believe that. My copy was so accurate that even the position and shape of his signature were perfectly identical. There was

my mask obscured my face and Rufus couldn't see my

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