I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling with empty eyes.

Four years of torment took away part of my memory. As memories returned, my mind throbbed like needles in the depths.

"Ayao!"

It was Lu Mingyin.

Her eyes were red, and she looked pitifully at me. "I almost thought you were going to..."

Disappear again.

I curved my lips and showed her a familiar smile. "I'm fine."

Lu Mingyin looked at this smile, as if she had seen a ghost, excitedly said, "You, do you remember?"

I nodded.

She hugged me excitedly, chattering in my ear.

Finally, it all turned into one sentence: "It's good that you're back."

Not long after, Lu Zhao came, and Lu Mingyin understandingly left the room.

I sat up, hesitated for a long time, and said, "Brother."

Lu Zhao sat by the bed and patted my head. "Hmm."

Only now could I confirm that he was Lu Zhao, and I was Yao Yao.

After losing my memory, I once saw a confidential document about to be destroyed in the institute—Lu Mingyin's various data were on it, which meant that Zhang Huai had targeted her before but had to give up.

With a curious mind, I read that document twice.

In the end, I came to a conclusion that because of her father and brother's high status and influence, they were not easy to provoke.

So, when the virus broke out, the first time I met her, I recognized Lu Mingyin as the girl in the document, and I knew she had a highly influential brother.

As long as I could get close to these two people, I could kill those researchers faster.

Of course, I couldn't tell any of this to Lu Zhao.

"...I was deceived into the lab back then, and they experimented on me..."

"Later, when the virus leaked, I took the opportunity to escape."

I murmured, "Brother, I'm scared."

The sound of fabric rubbing against each other sounded, and he gently hugged me.

"It's okay, no one can hurt you anymore."

In this embrace, I had a illusion that everything had truly passed and that no one could hurt me anymore.

After a long time, he asked, "How did you and Dr. Wang end up at the supermarket?"

I froze for a moment, and after a while, I replied, "His son was left at the supermarket, and I went to help him."

Lu Zhao probably wouldn't believe it, but he would convince himself.

Unless he wanted to see the just-returned Yao Yao die in front of him.