After completing the discharge procedures and packing their luggage, dusk was falling.

The three of them walked out of the rehabilitation center. Li Yunmo said, “Brother Chan, stay at my place tonight. You sleep on the bed, I’ll sleep on the sofa. I have so much to say to you after all these years.”

When he said this, Li Weiyi stood on the other side of Zhang Jingchan, acting as if she hadn’t heard anything. She kicked a pebble by the roadside, then kicked it again, swaying slightly.

Zhang Jingchan’s gaze stuck to her, the corner of his mouth twitching as he replied, “No need. Someone’s place has two beds.”

During their earlier casual conversation, the three had all mentioned their recent situations.

Li Yunmo was stunned for a moment before realizing how superfluous he was. However, he wasn’t angry at all. He laughed heartily, patted Zhang Jingchan on the shoulder, and said in what he thought was a low voice, “Brother Chan, take it easy, ah.”

Zhang Jingchan made no sound.

Li Weiyi snapped, “Stop talking nonsense!”

Li Yunmo cheerfully drove off first. Li Weiyi led Zhang Jingchan to her car. He tossed the luggage bag into the back seat and raised his eyebrows, “You can drive now?”

Li Weiyi proudly lifted her chin, “Sit in the passenger seat and let me show you my driving skills.”

Her confident technique was indeed quite good—she drove both steadily and quickly. On the road, she couldn’t help but boast, “When we travel back through time again, I’ll drive a Ferrari for you and let you enjoy genuine girlfriend treatment.”

Zhang Jingchan’s right hand patted his knee twice as he asked, “Then what exactly is genuine boyfriend treatment?”

Li Weiyi fell silent.

She said very earnestly, “I suggest you rest properly. Eight years as a vegetative patient—you can barely walk steadily. Don’t let your thoughts wander or set your sights too high.”

Zhang Jingchan smiled slightly without speaking.

Forty minutes later, the two arrived downstairs at Li Weiyi’s home.

After entering, Li Weiyi said, “You’ve never lived in such a small place, have you? I don’t have the means to buy a large house. My apologies, President Zhang.” She led him into the guest bedroom and set down the luggage. Zhang Jingchan looked around and said, “When I lived with my mother, I even stayed in a ten-square-meter basement. With you? Even a dog kennel would be fine.”

Li Weiyi quickly glanced at the unmade bedding on the master bedroom bed and angrily retorted, “Your home is the dog kennel!” She hurried to the living room and quickly closed the master bedroom door. Zhang Jingchan smiled faintly and followed behind her.

Knowing he loved drinking tea, Li Weiyi brewed a large jar for him. When had the refined and noble Zhang Jingchan of every lifetime ever drunk tea so crudely? But he picked up that large tea jar and drank slowly and unhurriedly.

Li Weiyi leaned over to ask, “Is this tea good? I snagged it from my dad.”

Zhang Jingchan swallowed the astringent taste on his tongue and nodded, “Not bad.”

Li Weiyi smiled with her eyes narrowed.

Outside the window, the night was thick with darkness. Inside, the room was filled with clean, soft white light. Zhang Jingchan’s back was slightly hunched as he slowly drank his tea. Li Weiyi rested her head against the sofa, feeling that this moment was incomparably tranquil and peaceful.

After a while, he set down the tea jar and also leaned back, turning his head to look at her.

Li Weiyi opened her large eyes wide, her gaze innocent and clear.

Zhang Jingchan lightly crossed his left leg over his right, supporting his knee with one hand while placing his other hand on the sofa armrest above her head.

Li Weiyi’s breathing quickened somewhat.

But he didn’t rush to embrace her. Instead, he played with a strand of her long hair with his fingers and asked, “Why did you grow your hair long this time?”

“Wanted to try if this looks good or not.”

“Everything looks good on you.”

Li Weiyi suppressed a smile, but then remembered serious matters. She sighed and said, “I was thinking today—are we making things worse and worse? This time even your mother and Uncle Li…”

Zhang Jingchan’s hand slid from the tip of her hair and pinched her cheek, “Don’t overthink it. It’s always darkest before dawn. The first time, we naively thought that as long as my father changed his mind, we could save Fu Ming. Now we’ve even rooted out three moles—we’re only one step away from catching the big rat. And your sister is living happily now, Fu Ming’s debt is settled, and thousands upon thousands of people don’t have to suffer because of Fu Ming. Everything is getting better and better. I think with one more time travel, we can turn the tide and settle everything once and for all.”

Li Weiyi nodded and sighed, “What a pity about that voice recorder! Even if we travel back through time, it’ll already be September—that recorder can never be recovered.”

“It doesn’t matter anymore,” Zhang Jingchan said. “When we travel back, it’ll be the morning of September 11th. At that time, my father and Uncle Li will still be alive, and they’ll still have the evidence in their hands. We’ll have them immediately submit it to the police to investigate the big rat behind everything. If they want to set fires, we’ll have Ding Chenmo lie in wait to catch them red-handed. Not one of them will escape.”

A fierce glint flashed through his eyes.

Li Weiyi, however, felt her blood boiling and nodded forcefully, “I’ll listen to everything you say!”

He glanced at her, and the cold intent in his eyes instantly dissipated. His body leaned toward her again, his face only a few centimeters from hers, “Everything I say?”

Li Weiyi stood up abruptly and said, “That’s right! Vegetative patient, you haven’t done today’s rehabilitation care yet. The doctor specifically instructed that you need to continue recovery for a while longer.” She ran to his room, rummaged through the luggage for a massage gun, and tossed it to him, “Hurry up, stimulate all your thigh and calf muscles.”

Zhang Jingchan weighed the massage gun in his hand, smiled briefly—though at what, who knew—and began slowly massaging his calf.

Li Weiyi found herself another task to do, “I’ll go find you clothes and a towel. Now that you’re home, take a proper bath.”

When she returned with the clothes, she saw Zhang Jingchan using the massage gun halfheartedly while his eyes kept hooking onto her. Li Weiyi’s face heated up as she said, “Do you even know how to use a massage gun?”

Zhang Jingchan tossed the massage gun aside, “No.”

Li Weiyi looked at him suspiciously. He hadn’t used one in this lifetime—could it be he hadn’t used one in his previous life either?

However, the habits and sense of responsibility of this body were extraordinarily strong. She picked up the massage gun, sat down beside him, and patted her own leg to signal him.

Zhang Jingchan raised his eyebrows and placed one leg on her lap.

Li Weiyi carefully massaged him.

The room quieted down. She focused intently on his body. He stared at her.

After finishing the calf massage, Li Weiyi very naturally held the massage gun and moved toward his thigh. Zhang Jingchan trembled slightly. She even patted his leg, “Don’t move around.”

After massaging like this for a while, Li Weiyi worked single-mindedly, completely driven by habit and instinct. Zhang Jingchan’s face, however, flushed slightly. Unable to endure it any longer, he grabbed her hand, “That’s enough!”

Li Weiyi raised her head and looked at his slightly gloomy expression, then burst out laughing, “You can’t handle this already? These eight years, there’s not a single nook or cranny on your body I haven’t washed or wiped. Can you be a little more composed?”

Although she said this, her face gradually reddened as well. But since she rarely got the upper hand with Zhang Jingchan, she inexplicably felt smug again.

Seeing her looking as if her tail was about to stick up in the air, Zhang Jingchan paused for a moment, then snatched away the offending massage gun from her hand, tossed it aside, and said, “So what you said to Xu Yi was true.”

Li Weiyi: ??

He said calmly, “Seems you’ve observed carefully. And you’re satisfied too.”

Li Weiyi: !!!!!!!