The floor-to-ceiling window was half-open, with a breeze gently lifting a corner of the white curtain, bringing in a room full of floral fragrance. Yan Junyu stood at the window, his upper body bare as the doctor scanned him with various instruments.
"How is he?" Xu Qi and Yan Bo asked at the same time.
"The recovery is excellent," the doctor said, recording the data as he spoke. "If he had escaped from the cockpit, he should have suffered severe crush injuries, but now, Junyu's body shows no scars at all, his organs are intact, and even his abilities and mental energy have increased. I must say, if Junyu was really found by that student Zhou, with her medicinal level, it would be impossible to have taken care of him this well. Even if he was given to me, without the repair cabin and high concentration repair liquid, two months would not be nearly enough for a full recovery."
He paused for a moment and added, "Of course, we have based Junyu's initial injuries on the extent of the cockpit damage. But it's also possible that our judgment was wrong, and he was actually not as badly injured." He looked at the silent man who was dressing, asking patiently, "Junyu, do you really not remember what happened in the last two months?"
"I don't remember," Yan Junyu said, his thick brows knitted, as if enduring a headache. He always felt that he had lost a very important memory, so important that it left his chest filled with a vague and missing feeling.
"Zhou Guantong said he was in a coma the entire time, only waking up yesterday. It's normal that he doesn't remember," Yan Bo referenced the interview records, reviewing them repeatedly.
"Impossible," the doctor refuted decisively. "Junyu's muscles are full of vitality, not the state of someone in a coma for two months. This student Zhou's story is full of contradictions. How could she hide a person like Junyu for two months without anyone discovering? Furthermore, she didn't purchase any medicines, how could she treat Junyu's injuries?"
"Isn't she a pharmacologist? Can't she make her own medicines?" Yan Bo raised his eyebrows, countering the question.
"To be frank, with her level, she's not capable of concocting medicine for ability users," the doctor scoffed, shaking his head.
Xu Qi, who had remained silent, finally spoke up, "I'll continue to monitor Zhou Guantong. Her story does have many doubts, but if Junyu wasn't with her, then where was he? Who can explain his sudden disappearance and reappearance? How did he leave the crushed cockpit? And why is he unscathed? If he wasn't injured in the first place, whose blood was it that filled the cockpit?"
Everyone was left speechless by his questions.
Xu Qi took out a cigarette, putting it in his mouth, and said slowly, "It's good that he's back. We will continue to investigate the related personnel."
"Uncle Xu, why did my mech have problems?" Yan Junyu, dressed in his military uniform, sat across from Xu Qi, his eyes sharp like a hawk's. "Although I've lost nearly two months of memory, I clearly remember that my mech completely shut down at the last moment. Was it human error or an accident?"
Xu Qi took a hard drag from his cigarette, saying in a deep voice, "Master Mu said there was nothing wrong with your mech."
Yan Junyu suddenly shook his head and laughed, "That's another doubt. You've been investigating for nearly two months, only finding more and more puzzles, with not even a shred of useful information, right? Although I've lost my memory, I'm sure that that student Zhou has nothing to do with me. At best, she found me on her way back."
"I know that, of course. But the matter has come to an end, and I must submit a related report to the military. If I don't write it like this, then how should I write it? Should I say that in the instant of danger, you broke through the dimensional wall and went to another world, then mysteriously appeared again?" Xu Qi extinguished the cigarette, his face full of helplessness.
This case was probably the most difficult one he had encountered. He still couldn't sort out any clues. After all, he had almost turned the entire Neptune upside down, not missing Zhou Guantong's hometown. But in order to report back to his superiors, he had to quickly provide a plausible explanation.
Yan Junyu closed his eyes to ponder for a moment, ultimately saying firmly, "Uncle Xu, I'll investigate this matter myself. You can go back first. Tell Grandfather that I'm fine, and ask him not to worry." His intuition told him that the lost two months of memory were very important, and he had to find them back.
Xu Qi nodded in agreement, giving some more instructions before hurrying to take his leave.
Seeing his childhood friend half-lying on the sofa, seemingly dozing, with a solemn expression on his face, Yan Bo tried to lighten the mood. "While you were missing for two months, a lot happened in school. You wouldn't believe it, but the eldest son of the Ouyang family turned out to be an ability user, and he recently signed up for the martial arts tournament."
"Huh?" Yan Junyu suddenly opened his eyes, negating the claim. "He couldn't be an ability user."
"This time you're mistaken, he really is," Yan Bo said with a laugh, shaking his head. "Our people followed him into the Great Morona Forest and found him using his abilities to fight the frenzied beasts. His level is about three or four, dual wind and fire series."
"Is that so?" Yan Junyu's gaze was unfocused. "An ability user at level three or four, for his age, isn't weak. Why didn't he report it before?"
"His stepmother is not one to be trifled with. If he didn't keep it hidden, he probably wouldn't have survived to this day," Yan Bo opened his smartbrain, saying with a grin. "Look, these are the tough words he's thrown online, saying he wants to kill Ouyang Duanhua and telling him to clean his neck and wait."
Yan Junyu also opened his smartbrain, pulling up the official forum of the martial arts tournament, shaking his head as he read. "He won't win. Two months ago, Ouyang Duanhua was already a peak level five ability user. He's probably broken through to level six now. With Ouyang Duanhua's strength, he can be considered a genius even in the Imperial Star." As he finished speaking, a strong feeling of disgust suddenly surged in his heart.
Ouyang family's brothers' feud was not the first time he had heard about it. His impression of the two of them was very indifferent, he never took it to heart. But now, at the mention of Ouyang Duanhua, he couldn't help but frown, feeling as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly.
"That's true," Yan Bo didn't notice anything unusual, agreeing with a laugh. "Ouyang Ye is so loud, arrogant to the extreme, while Ouyang Duanhua hasn't said a word in response, just working hard to train. Just looking at this, Ouyang Duanhua surpasses Ouyang Ye in many ways. Our investigators got the information long ago that Ouyang Tao spent a fortune to buy a high-purity gene enhancement liquid, which he has already injected into Ouyang Duanhua. If nothing unexpected happens, Ouyang Duanhua should now be stabilized at the initial level six, easily overpowering Ouyang Ye like cutting a melon."
Yan Junyu was silent for a moment before saying coldly, "Both are sons, one ignored, the other carefully cultivated, Ouyang Tao this person..." He waved his hand, as if he didn't want to discuss the Ouyang family.
Yan Bo immediately changed the subject, "Speaking of which, Ouyang Ye's current boyfriend, Qi Ze, who was once your admirer, do you remember him? He sent flowers almost every day, even after suffering a serious injury recently, he didn't forget to have the courier deliver them to the hospital. He's clearly trying to have his cake and eat it too, and Ouyang Ye actually put up with it, even dumping all his lovers for him, as if he's ready to spend the rest of his life with him. A carbon-based person can capture the heart of the Ouyang family's eldest son, his skills are impressive enough. Li Yu came to the school many times over this matter, initially strongly opposing it, but later he didn't bother to ask anymore."
Yan Junyu was stunned for a moment, then began to recall Qi Ze's appearance, but his mind was only filled with white fog, and when he tried to think deeper, his head started splitting. He suppressed the groan that was about to burst from his throat, asking word by word, "Where are the flowers?"
"What flowers?" Yan Bo's expression was confused.
"You said he sends flowers every day," Yan Junyu opened his mouth through gritted teeth.
"Oh, I'll go ask the nurse," Yan Bo turned and left, coming back a moment later and shaking his head. "He didn't send any today, looks like he's given up on you."
Yan Junyu's heart was suddenly seized by an indescribable emotion, not painful, but extremely stifling. He didn't understand why, he could only attribute it to the aftermath of his injuries. He had long rejected Qi Ze, and now, he couldn't even remember what the other person looked like. Who he was with had nothing to do with him, right?
"Hmm," he responded with unclear meaning, suddenly remembering something, asking, "You said he suffered a serious injury recently?"
"Yes, beaten by Ouyang Duanhua, it was for a guqin..." Yan Bo recounted the incident, sighing. "The Human Rights Organization has already sued Ouyang Duanhua, but the verdict has not come down, dragging on for a few years and it will be forgotten. You know, ability users are the privileged class, ordinary people can't afford to provoke them, let alone Ouyang Duanhua, the young patriarch of the Ouyang family, he's as good as having the sky in the palm of his hand on Neptune."
Yan Junyu didn't say anything more, but his disgust for Ouyang Duanhua slowly fermented.
Meanwhile, Ouyang Ye was having a heated argument on the forum. Others cursed him for being shameless, he replied with "you know nothing about power," as juvenile as possible, attracting as much hate as possible, turning the entire forum upside down with his one-man force, cursing Ouyang Duanhua's fans to the point of them being drenched in dog blood.
"Let him bark, the second young master will naturally teach him how to behave on the ring," a rational fan mocked.
"Looking forward to the slap in the face! I can almost hear the patting sounds," the replies piled up to thousands of stories.
Ouyang Ye's psychological quality was very strong, he savored every single story, then leisurely closed the interface, confirming, "Young Master Qi, I won't lose to that scum Ouyang Duanhua, right?"
Qi Ze was using his divine sense and spiritual eyes to examine the raw materials he had bought online, saying absentmindedly, "You won't."
Ouyang Ye was reassured and opened the forum again, causing a stir. Anyway, with Young Master Qi to catch him, what did he have to fear. After insulting everyone, he felt refreshed, taking out the Wind Forest and Fire Sea to slowly polish it, the gentle action and the obsessed expression as if he was a pervert suffering from a fetish.
Qi Ze glanced at him when he had the chance, thinking it was unpleasant to the eyes, and had to quickly avert his gaze.