Sakura Mizugan's warning weighed heavily on that period of time.
He only warned her once, and that was enough: the time left for her to recover was only a short period of time, so whenever Qiao Yuansi deteriorated, she felt like she would be killed by him at any time.
When her condition worsened, her desire to survive was extremely strong, so she begged, cursed, lied, coaxed, and cried in every possible way. As long as she could escape, she would not look ugly and could say anything. As for trying to call the police for help,
Or taking the opportunity to escape from home, she naturally did not do less - but when facing a determined evolver, all the methods she could use were like foam hitting the rocks, and she still failed to shake the opponent in the slightest.
.
But when Qiao Yuansi was in a stable and sober state, she looked completely different.
There was always one of her eyes or steps that was closely following Ying Shui An; sometimes even if he just got up to take a sip of water, she would follow him to the kitchen, as if if one of her missed him, Ying Shui An would escape from her.
Her life was slipping away. She couldn't explain why, but compared to being killed by him, she was more afraid of being left alone at home, with her face gradually deformed.
During this period of time, her intelligence has not been damaged; it can even be said that she has become smarter in some places. For example, Qiao Yuansi quickly realized the difference between her behavior in the two states, so when she deteriorated
, she began to deliberately follow Ying Shuigan, saying that she was scared and sad, so as to relax his vigilance and then find a chance to escape - the first time she did this, he almost got killed
Got it.
Qiao Yuansi would never forget that scene for the rest of her life: one day she finally found a chance to sneak out of the house and started the car in fear. When she hurriedly reversed the car out of the garage, she raised her eyes and saw Sakura in the rearview mirror.
waterfront.
He folded his arms and stood at the back of the car, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
The second their eyes met in the mirror, Qiao Yuansi gritted his teeth and stepped on the accelerator. When the car retreated sharply, it seemed as if it hit a rocky mountain wall with great force - she was hit by the impact.
He was so shocked that he jumped forward and hit his forehead on the steering wheel.
She raised her head dizzily and looked back, just in time to see Sakura Mizugan retracting one foot from the deformed trunk of the car. He slowly walked around to the driver's seat, and she suddenly remembered that the car was unlocked.
But it was too late, so I had to watch him open the car door.
Ying Shui'an bent down, his eyes seemed to hide the sea under the cloudy sky. There was no emotion or anger on his face, and his tone just said a matter of course: "Go back with me."
As he finished speaking, a lock of hair fell down from his cheek, swaying in the wind, just like it did when the two first met on the seaside highway a few days ago.
Qiao Yuansi looked at him blankly, and in the waves of coolness, he realized that he had once again woken up a little bit from the deteriorating state. Obviously, his mind was still continuous, but often when her mind slipped towards the shape-shifter, she would not be able to connect a little bit.
You won't notice it until you are triggered by a certain opportunity, and you will suddenly come to your senses and realize what you just did.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Ying Shui'an sighed.
"...I will try other methods again," when he thought Qiao Yuansi would not listen to him, he looked a little tired and softer than before. "You still have time."
When he took her home, Qiao Yuansi kept silently wiping the tears on her face. When the two entered the door, she whispered: "I had a thrush at home when I was a child... I named her Manmiao."
Ying Shui'an suddenly turned her head and relaxed her brows.
It is precisely because of this sentence that the injured bird in the cardboard box in the living room was named Manmei even though it was suspected to be a male bird. Sakura Mizugan asked her to say a few words to Manmiao every day, giving
It was cleaned and fed; Qiao Yuansi gradually became less reluctant, and sometimes would gently stroke its warm and smooth back feathers with his fingertips before leaving.
All the mirrors were put away by Sakura Mizugan. Everything could fit into such a small ring. It was like a prop in a science fiction novel. Without the mirror, she could only touch her face with her hands sometimes; it felt like
It's quite normal, the nose is still in the center and there is no extra hole on the forehead.
Sometimes she felt that her home had become a special rehabilitation center, filled with many training courses every day, and Sakura Mizugan was her doctor. If her movements were rough when she was treating Mei Miao, he would treat her
Give her the exact same stroke on her arm and ask her, "Does this hurt you?"; if she can't understand a passage in the book, she can't even think about moving it - even if she analyzes, disassembles and reorganizes word by word, she can't understand it.
You must understand it before you can get up to drink water and move around.
"Why do you want to help me?" She asked once after the two of them finished training.
"Anyway, I'm going to spend fourteen months here," Ying Shuigan said without raising his head as he didn't know he was flipping something. "What else can I do? I spank the child on a rainy day, so I just put too much salt in it."
"
Qiao Yuanji burst into laughter, but this little smile quickly gave up the corner of her mouth. Her recent state has become more and more stable. Needless to say, Sakura Mizugan can feel this herself - "Qiao Yuanji" finally
She returned to Qiao Yuansi's body, firmly nailing the latter's shape. However, as she got better, another layer of shadow gripped her heart more and more deeply.
She has put in so much effort and tried her best to keep herself unchanged, and now she is finally succeeding; but, what happens after she succeeds? This place has irreversibly become a world of shapeshifters, and she is alone in the world.
How long can she maintain the status quo living among a sea of shapeshifters? How long will it take for her to suffer the same attack again?
She had never put her fears and worries into words, and Sakura Mizugan had never expressed a similar meaning, so she didn't know if he had thought of the same thing. No, or for him, he didn't feel it.
That is something worth worrying about: because he has said more than once that he will not stay here forever, and naturally he will not think about the future. In fourteen months, he will leave this world; maybe
After a few weeks, he will leave his home.
There is only such a person in the world, and he only exists for such a short period of time.
"There have been more and more evolved people appearing in this world recently," another sign of her improvement is that the scope of the chat between the two has become wider and wider, especially topics related to evolved people often come up.
Sakura Mizugan continued to fiddle with the small box-like thing in his hand, while saying: "I heard that some evolvers were not careful, and ended up being infected and deformed. After deformation, their evolutionary abilities were not retained. Look.
I’m going to live here my whole life.”
"Eh?" Qiao Yuansi couldn't help being surprised, "You evolvers are so powerful, how did you get infected?"
Even though Ying Shuigan didn't leave the house, he somehow always managed to get news about other evolvers. He coughed, suddenly looking a little embarrassed, and said vaguely: "Anyway, I was fooled. Who knows the details?
Well...his companion also spoke vaguely, maybe he was doing something unspeakable at that time."
Qiao Yuansi stopped asking. She lowered her head and quietly changed the subject: "What is this on your hand?"
"Oh, it's your photo."
Qiao Yuansi suddenly raised his head. "Ah?"
Sakura Mizugan glanced at her from the end of his eyes, as if he wanted to laugh a little, but also as if he wanted to remain serious: "Yes, I took the photo. I won't stay here forever, and you can't become
The evolver leaves. After you fully recover, you may be targeted by the shapeshifters again... I have considered this issue, so I have made preparations for you. With this, they should believe that you are one of them in the future.
Member."
Qiao Yuansi stared at him blankly for two seconds and suddenly realized: "When did you—did you secretly take a photo of my face when it was deformed?"
"Secretly is a bit unpleasant to hear," he muttered. "When you transformed, you were always fair and did not avoid me."
He had long thought about what he would do in the future... This hidden worry was actually solved like this. Qiao Yuansi was stunned, wondering whether he should ask to see the photo. She was not afraid of seeing her deformed face, but she was afraid
The future that the photo represents: After Sakura Mizugan left, she carried this memory alone all her life, a future in which she was cautious, silent and isolated among the shape-shifters, barely surviving.
"You don't even have a personal computer yet, so no one will think that this photo has been photoshopped, which is very convenient." Sakura Mizugan said unintelligible terms while pulling out a few photos from the box and handing them to her.
Look and say: "I combined the photo of your facial deformation with some landscape photos. You can say that you took the photo when you were traveling. You can send it to a friend or put it in the office..."
Is that what she looks like?
After just one glance, Qiao Yuansi shuddered and felt sick to her stomach. She quickly put the stack of photos on the coffee table. She really couldn't imagine that the person in the photos was actually herself - she felt that tonight was inevitable
I'm going to have some nightmares.
"Are you leaving soon?" She regained her composure and asked as calmly as possible.
"Yes," Sakura Mizugan said only two words briefly, and then continued. "In fact, as long as you are quiet and low-key, it is easy to survive in this world. People like us are very sensitive to this kind of world.
"It's a pity that there are not many such worlds..."
Qiao Yuansi looked at him carefully for a few times, taking a closer look at his hair, brows, lips, jaw and Adam's apple, and then said: "Then... when will you leave?"
"It's time for you to go back to school the day after tomorrow," Sakura Mizugan lowered her eyes and said softly, "I will leave on that day."
