Meng Qing self-deprecatingly laughed: “Glad my brain didn’t leak out.” He walked up the steps and pressed the doorbell.
Yu Yi looked around the room, the gray walls bare and empty. Having nothing to look at, she shifted her gaze to her wrists, where the special police had placed a metal ring on each, telling her she couldn’t leave this room before exiting, leaving her alone.
Yu Yi looked at the metal rings that seemed like silver bracelets. She tried to remove them, but though they weren’t tightly fastened, she couldn’t slide them off. She also tried the door, seeing them easily slide it open with just a hand, but when she imitated their action, the door wouldn’t move even a crack.
She had been in this room for two days. They didn’t let her starve or suffer, bringing meals at intervals and providing water. On the third day, the thin woman she’d seen at Left Hand’s clinic appeared at the door.
Yu Yi wasn’t sure of the exact time, but they had brought six meals, and she had slept twice in between.
The thin woman sat across from Yu Yi, looking at her coldly.
Yu Yi met her gaze, speaking assertively: “I am not the Yu Yi you speak of, and I have not committed any crimes. You cannot detain me here.”
The thin woman leaned forward. She asked: “Then why did you run?”
“I did not run. Master Meng forcibly took me away.”
“Did he also forcibly take you to that underground clinic? Why didn’t you escape when he was having surgery?”
“I said, that place was completely unfamiliar to me. I grew up in the Marquis’s residence and had never lived alone before. Going to so many strange places made me at a loss.”
“Actually, you don’t need to explain much. Everything you’ve done is recorded and documented. It won’t be erased just because you changed the past.”
“That was not my doing,” Yu Yi insisted.
“From a legal perspective, that person is you.”
“But I have no knowledge of everything that Yu Yi has experienced!”
“That’s precisely why I spent two extra days to ensure you are no longer ignorant.” The thin woman spoke while operating her terminal.
