Beauties in Simulation Cross over into Reality

Chapter 70: Chapter 61: I Cannot Forget, I Should Not Forget…

“Since it was so hard to forget, why insist on remembering again.”

Inside their wooden cabin, Xiao Qing sat by the bedside, gazing at her sister who lay upon the bed. Her master’s words echoed in her mind.

Xiao Qing lowered her gaze to the Memory Soul Pill in her palm, her eyes filled with conflict.

“Xiao Qing…”

As Xiao Qing was lost in thought, her sister’s weak voice came from the bed.

“Sister, how are you feeling…?” Xiao Qing quickly put away the Memory Soul Pill and helped her sister sit up, leaning her against the headboard.

“I don’t know…” Bai Ruxue frowned. “I feel like I had a very, very long dream, but I can’t remember anything about it.”

“Xiao Qing…” Bai Ruxue gripped Xiao Qing’s wrist tightly. “Can you tell me what it is I’ve forgotten?”

“Sister… it’s really nothing! We were just cultivating on the mountain together, and then you transformed from a python to a constrictor and slept for many years, that’s all. It’s nothing.” Xiao Qing put on a smile, her fingers clenched tightly.

Bai Ruxue looked at her younger sister’s downcast eyes and asked, “Really?”

“Really…” Xiao Qing raised her head, a tear escaping the corner of her eye. “Sister, everything I said is true.”

“If it’s true, then why are you crying, Xiao Qing?” Bai Ruxue asked gently.

“Eh? Am I?” Xiao Qing quickly raised a hand to wipe the tear from her eye. “It’s because you’re finally awake, Sister. I’m just so happy…”

“Is that so…” Bai Ruxue reached out and gently stroked her sister’s cheek. “It’s all right. I’m back now.”

“Mhm.” Xiao Qing nodded emphatically. “Then, Sister, let me get you something to eat. Some Spirit Flowers and Herbs have started growing on She Mountain recently. I’ll bring them to you to replenish your Spiritual Power.”

“Okay.” Bai Ruxue nodded.

Watching her sister’s retreating back, Bai Ruxue’s delicate brows furrowed. She lowered her head slightly, her small hand twisting the hem of her skirt.

Xiao Qing left the wooden cabin and closed the door. As if all strength had drained from her body, she leaned against the wall, slowly sliding down to the ground. She curled up in the corner, wrapping her arms tightly around herself as tears streamed silently down her face.

For the next two days, Xiao Qing took care of her sister.

Bai Ruxue, for her part, spent most of her time sitting outside the cabin in a daze, staring at the blooming Cyan Dragon Flowers and Purple Sun Grass.

They were clearly just ordinary flowers and herbs, with some medicinal value at most.

But Bai Ruxue always felt that these plants held a different, special meaning for her.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t remember what it was.

“Xiao Qing, I want to go down the mountain for a walk.”

On the seventh day after waking, Bai Ruxue said this to Xiao Qing.

“Eh? You want to go down the mountain, Sister?” Xiao Qing was taken aback for a moment.

“Mhm.” Bai Ruxue nodded. “Didn’t you say there was a village at the foot of the mountain? I want to go see it.”

“Alright…” Xiao Qing nodded, her eyes darting from side to side. “I’ll go with you, then.”

「The next day.」

Xiao Qing led her sister down the mountain and into Shiqiao Village.

Although Shiqiao Village hadn’t changed much on the surface, the people were long gone.

The average life expectancy for commoners in the Qi Kingdom was fifty-three years.

Now, forty-eight years had passed. All the adults from before had passed away.

As for the children from Shiqiao Village forty-eight years ago, the oldest among them was now fifty-six.

But after so many years, how could they possibly remember things from their childhood?

The villagers looked at Bai Ruxue, wondering who this beautiful Fairy was.

As Bai Ruxue walked through the village, looking at every house and every path, a sense of familiarity washed over her.

’It’s as if I lived here for a very long time.’

Bai Ruxue followed her instincts, wandering through the village. Xiao Qing didn’t say a word, simply trailing behind her sister.

Finally, Bai Ruxue stopped in front of a courtyard.

Gazing at the ordinary farmhouse courtyard before her, Bai Ruxue pressed a hand tightly to her chest.

Her chest felt tight. It was as if she was about to find the most important thing to her, but at the same time, it felt so very far away.

Entering the yard, Bai Ruxue gently caressed the stone bench, the old phoenix tree, and the bamboo laundry pole propped up on a branch…

“Xiao Qing, why is this place so familiar to me?” Bai Ruxue asked.

“Sister, it’s because we lived here for a while,” Xiao Qing replied.

“I see.” Bai Ruxue nodded.

“Why don’t you sit for a bit, Sister? Yesterday, I went to Cang Mountain, fifty li away, and hunted a few Moon Grass Rabbits rich in Spiritual Power. I’ll go cook them for you.”

As if afraid her sister would ask more questions, Xiao Qing picked up the game she was carrying and walked into the kitchen.

Watching Xiao Qing bustling about in the kitchen, the sense of déjà vu grew stronger and stronger.

Bai Ruxue walked into the master bedroom.

The master bedroom was empty. There was nothing inside except for some wooden furniture.

No clothes, no bedding.

Bai Ruxue felt that a man must have lived in this room, but she couldn’t remember who he was.

Leaving the master bedroom, Bai Ruxue went to the side room.

The layout of the side room was also simple, containing only a bed, a table, a few chairs, and a dressing table.

Bai Ruxue paced around the room.

A few moments later, as Bai Ruxue turned to leave the room, her sleeve accidentally knocked a box off the dressing table, sending it clattering to the floor.

Bai Ruxue turned her head.

The box had broken open, revealing a wooden Deer God Hairpin.

…

“Sister, it’s time to eat! Sister…”

Out in the courtyard, Xiao Qing carried two dishes out and called to her sister inside the house.

But there was no response for a long time.

Xiao Qing wiped her hands, pushed open the door to the side room, and saw her sister kneeling on the floor, clutching her hands tightly to her chest.

“Sister, what’s wrong? Are you hurt somewhere?”

Xiao Qing hurried to her sister’s side.

“Xiao Qing…” Bai Ruxue looked up, her eyes misty with tears as she gazed at her younger sister. She held the hairpin in her cupped hands. “The hairpin… this hairpin…”

“What’s wrong with the hairpin?” Xiao Qing asked, confused. She only knew that her sister used to love this hairpin very much.

“I… I don’t know…”

Tears streamed from the corners of Bai Ruxue’s eyes, soaking her lashes, tracing paths down her cheeks, and shattering on the floor below.

“This hairpin is mine…”

“Someone gave it to me.”

“But I’ve forgotten who he is.”

“I can’t forget him…”

“I shouldn’t have forgotten him…”

“Xiao Qing.”

Bai Ruxue gripped her sister’s sleeve tightly.

“Why can’t I remember anything? Why!!!”

“Sister… I…” Xiao Qing swallowed hard, her own eyes turning red just like her sister’s.

Bai Ruxue scrambled to her feet, the hem of her skirt brushing against Xiao Qing’s cheek as she ran out of the room.

“Sister!”

Xiao Qing shot to her feet, shouting after her.

“Sister, where are you going!”

“Sister!”