Chapter 340 - Awake (2/2)
”When did you - What are you doing here?” Doctor Lou asked with a pout, still holding his back.
”I live here, remember.” Qi Yin glumly reminded.
”I remember.” Doctor Lou responded, narrowing his eyes at her, ”What I mean is shouldn't you have gone back into isolation?... It's bad to be wandering around in your condition.”
”Same goes for you, so you're not one to offer anyone advice...” She retorted with a mocking smile.
”Hmph!”, Doctor Lou went, shifting in his position to stretch his stiff legs out as he continued his stretching exercises, ”You and I are different...”
Qi Yin scoffed, ”Of course.”
Doctor Lou realizing he had made an error, stopped and turned to her, ”I didn't mean it that way. I just meant that you should watch your health. Unlike you, I don't have any responsibilities hanging on my neck so I have plenty of time to rest every day. It's not too late for you to reconsider your life choices~ I can show you the ropes!” He finished with a brilliant smile.
Qi Yintscrutinized him with a blank expression for a while, making Doctor Lou feel uneasy and he averted his gaze to the flowers on the ground with a little pout. Finally, she sighed and asked, ”How is your hand?”
”Huh?” Doctor Lou went, blinking up at her in confusion.
”Your hand?” She repeated with knit eyebrows.
”Oh! Oh - Perfectly fine!” Doctor Lou swiftly responded, raising both hands up high above his head and flipping them over with a playful smile so she could see, ”But nothing was wrong with them in the first place~”
”Alright then.” Qi Yin simply said and turned to leave.
Apparently taken aback, Doctor Lou exclaimed, ”That's all?” With wide eyes.
Qi Yin stopped and turned back to him with a raised eyebrow, ”Is there something else we need to address?”
Doctor Lou blinked at her for a second and then shook his head, ”Nope! Nothing at all! All's perfectly fine. Good.” He finished with a resolute nod, pulling on his long beard.
Qi Yin scrutinized him for a bit and then said, ”Since I've confirmed that you have unfortunately not gotten yourself killed yet, I'll be leaving then.”
Doctor Lou nodded, waving her away, ”You go live long too~” And with no more words, his sister disappeared down the pathway and Doctor Lou promptly let out a sigh of relief.
He was surprised that his sister had no words of reproach for him, not even questions. There was no way she would not have heard about what he was doing... It felt really odd that she had nothing to say. Her silence made him curious, but it was best not to go looking for trouble. If she said nothing, then he would have nothing to say either.
He glanced about the crystal cave room again and then let out a sigh, massaging his aching head. Things and well, people did not always go according to expectations.
Take this current situation, for example, he had thought the whole thing through from start to finish. But yet, troubles keep sprouting up left and right, complicating things. Even after he had taken such careful notes from that bizarre experience with whatever that Jun Kai thing was, things still got messed up.
He was still not exactly certain how it was possible for Jun Kai to have been here all those many years back, long before he could have come into existence.
While Doctor Lou knew a great deal more than most - if not all people, at least those still alive, there were still a few minor things here and there that eluded him but then again, elusions were necessary to keep things interesting. After all, what's the fun in knowing everything about everything?
Although he did have a working theory, he had been too ”busy” to bother about the logistics of how Jun Kai - or at least the person he now knew to be Jun Kai, had been able to show up to him in the past.
Doctor Lou scanned the empty cave room again and sighed, ”I really should have asked better questions...”