Liang Shi squatted down and asked her, "Did someone hit you?"
She didn't speak, she just smiled.
Then the door to the room opened, and Mrs. Qi, wearing a jade bracelet, walked in. She was still wearing a light blue cheongsam, and she was holding the hand of a little girl.
Mrs. Qi called her, "Jiaojiao."
Mrs. Qi made Jiao Jiao lie on the bed, and then made the little girl stand there and watch.
Mrs. Qi raised her hand and pinched Jiao Jiao, asking her, "Will you be obedient?"
Jiaojiao cried and said, "Be good... Mommy, please don't hit me..."
Mrs. Qi smiled coldly, "Why did you have to complain to your father? He doesn't want you anymore."
Jiaojiao could only cry.
Mrs. Qi looked at the little girl standing on the ground and said, "Don't look at me, you were also sent by your mother."
Mrs. Qi touched her hair. "I just said that our Jiaojiao needed a companion, so she sent you here."
The little girl cowered.
Mrs. Qi said, "Your mother told me to discipline you however I like."
Mrs. Qi then walked over, and the little girl backed away step by step, showing a terrified expression.
Mrs. Qi asked with a smile, "Where should we hit first?"
Suddenly, she kicked the little girl in the stomach.
Liang Shi watched in horror and cried out, "No!"
She reached out to stop her, but her body was ethereal, passing through the dim dust.
The lights suddenly turned on.
Liang Shi suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hand to touch his forehead, and found it covered in cold sweat.
Was that the original owner's childhood just now?
Does Qiu Zimin hate the original owner of this body that much?
He's just a child, what deep-seated hatred could he possibly have?
Liang Shi was still shaken when Xu Qingzhu asked, "Did you have a nightmare?"
She nodded. "A little."
The two returned early tonight, and since they had both fallen into the water, they went to bed early.
There was still a blanket separating them.
Xu Qingzhu woke up after a while and went to the bathroom, only to find that Liang Shi was having a nightmare.
She then turned on the light and woke Liang Shi up.
Liang Shi clutched her rapidly beating heart as Xu Qingzhu handed her a glass of warm water. "Are you alright?"
Liang Shi nodded, "It's alright."
That feeling just now was so real, so real, as if she had experienced it herself.
As a result, neither of them could sleep.
Xu Qingzhu sat there and turned on her computer, while Liang Shi was bored.
After spacing out for a while, Liang Shi suggested, "Let's watch a movie."
Xu Qingzhu was working on a proposal while wearing glasses. Hearing this, she glanced at her and, seeing that she was still a little scared, nodded. "Shall we go downstairs?"
"It'll be fine in the bedroom. I had the housekeeper fix the projector." Liang Shi said, turning on the projector and then getting out of bed to rummage through the drawers.
She also had the housekeeper buy some CDs.
The one placed at the very top is a yuri drama – "The Handmaiden".
Liang Shi glanced at it; the keywords were homosexuality and suspense.
Someone recommended this movie to her when she was still in that world, and she always said she wanted to watch it, but she kept putting it off.
Finding this quite novel, he asked Xu Qingzhu, "Is this okay?"
Xu Qingzhu is practically a cinematic wasteland.
She didn't watch movies much to begin with, so she listened to Liang Shi completely at this moment.
Liang Shi put the DVD into the drive and then went to bed.
Chapter 29
DVDs are usually uncut versions.
As a professional in the field, Liang Shi has always enjoyed watching DVDs.
After all, in order to pass censorship, the platform might compress a 50-minute video into half an hour.
If it's just cutting some erotic scenes, that's fine, but sometimes it involves blood/violence and other elements, cutting the storyline into tiny fragments.
Liang Shi once made a film that was condensed from nearly two hours to one and a half hours.
Audiences were greatly disappointed after entering the theater, saying that apart from Liang Shi's commendable acting, the plot was utter garbage.
They would watch the movie in the theater while simultaneously taking out their phones to hurl insults.
But Liang Shi had actually seen the finished product, and while he wouldn't call it an 8 out of 10, it was at least a passing grade of 6.
The last movie received a rating of 3.6.
This became the worst performance in Liang Shi's acting career.
After she got into bed, she first turned off the lights in the room, and then adjusted the bedside lamp to a suitable brightness, enough for them to see the projection clearly without hurting their eyes.
Meanwhile, Xu Qingzhu was still busy. Her slender fingers flew across the keyboard, and lines of text appeared on the screen one after another, representing the design department's proposals.
Although she returned a little earlier than him, she was still working overtime.
Liang Shi paused the movie after it had just finished showing a scene, sat there playing on his phone, and didn't disturb her.
Xu Qingzhu heard a sound from inside the house, followed by silence. She glanced up briefly, then asked without looking closely, "Is it stuck? Is the internet in the house bad?"
"No," Liang Shi said, "I'll wait until you're done with your work."
Xu Qingzhu paused in her typing, and looked over apologetically. "Excuse me, could you wait three more minutes? I'll finish this proposal."
"Okay," Liang Shi said, "Take your time, there's no rush."
Actually, she didn't necessarily want to watch a movie.
The main purpose was to complete that passive task.
Although she had made plans with Xu Qingzhu to go out for dinner and a movie the next day, she was afraid that something might happen to Xu Qingzhu at the last minute, which would cause her mission to be delayed.
Since a suitable opportunity has presented itself, why not take it?
While waiting for Xu Qingzhu to finish up, Liang Shi got out of bed and asked, "Would you like some milk?"
Xu Qingzhu paused her typing and looked up at her.
His gaze was filled with a deep inquiry, which made Liang Shi wonder if he had done something wrong.
"Why are you suddenly looking at me like that?" Liang Shi tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "It's kind of scary."
"It's nothing." Xu Qingzhu pressed her temples, her expression changing naturally, and said casually, "I just thought of a new idea, and my brain suddenly short-circuited for a moment."
"Okay." Liang Shi, realizing he had disturbed her work, awkwardly touched the tip of his nose and cautiously asked, "Do you need some milk?"
Xu Qingzhu returned to work mode, saying, "Yes, no sugar, thank you."
But after saying that, he asked Liang Shi, "Are you sure you want it too?"
"Hmm," Liang Shi said, "Drinking a glass of milk before bed can help you sleep."
Her nightmare was incoherent and even felt like she was actually experiencing it.
The last kick Mrs. Qi delivered felt like it had really hit her, causing her excruciating pain as if her internal organs were being squeezed together, and she felt so wronged that she wanted to cry.
Liang Shi was afraid that if he fell into a dream later, he would still have the same things, so he thought that drinking a glass of milk would help.
Before she left, Xu Qingzhu said, "The milk is in the cabinet at the very end of the kitchen."
"good."
After Liang Shi left, Xu Qingzhu stared at the doorway, lost in thought.
Liang Shi actually wanted to drink milk?
Has she really lost her memory?
The reason the milk was placed on the edge of the table was because Liang Shi was allergic to milk.
She gets a rash every time she drinks milk.
Even the sight of a milk carton can make him irritable.
But today, it was Liang Shi who took the initiative to suggest drinking milk.
Even if someone loses their memory, will their lifestyle habits change?
Is that still Liang Shi's body?
Did the other person transform into Liang Shi through advanced cosmetic surgery, or did they use some other method?
Xu Qingzhu couldn't understand it.
She had compared answers with Zhao Xuning and said that this was Liang Shi.
It's very likely just simple amnesia.
But neither of them really believed the answer.
Xu Qingzhu had been secretly observing her for quite some time. Just as Zhao Xuning said, it didn't matter whether she was Liang Shi or not, as long as she performed well.
Indeed, her performance during this period has been remarkable.