"Me?"
Takasugi Toshihiko was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head in denial: "Impossible! Right now, I can't wait to see that look of despair on your face!"
"Are you really so sure?"
Lin Yi said with a smile, "I am your subconscious… There are many things you haven't noticed, but I have taken the liberty of noticing them for you."
"What have you noticed?"
Takasugi Toshihiko frowned and asked.
"That girl, do you ever feel like you've met somewhere before?" Lin Yi asked.
"…"
Takasugi Toshihiko was silent, not answering immediately.
Lin Yi smiled and said, "Even if you don't say it, I know how you feel… you often have this feeling, right?"
"She is the daughter of the person who killed my mother."
Takasugi Toshihiko clenched his fists tightly, full of anger.
"Then why are you so concerned about that drink?" Lin Yi asked, gently guiding him.
"What drink?" Takasugi Toshihiko asked.
"It's just…"
Suddenly, Lin Yi's voice cut out, as if the audio in the video was damaged. The image was still playing, but there was no sound.
"What are you talking about?"
Takasugi Toshihiko pressed.
However, in the blink of an eye, Lin Yi had disappeared.
"Hey? Hey?"
Takasugi Toshihiko shouted a few times, but there was no response.
Anxious for the answer, he eagerly picked up another syringe, inserted it into his vein, and slowly pushed the plunger.
The feeling of excitement flooded his nerves again. His consciousness blurred, and it took a while for his attention to refocus.
Lin Yi was already sitting in front of him again.
He reminded, "The amount you injected today has exceeded your usual dose…"
"Enough with the nonsense."
Takasugi Toshihiko trembled as he pulled the syringe out of his arm. His face was already turning pale, but he forced himself to say, "Just now… what were you saying about the drink?"
"Lemon tea… that girl likes lemon tea very much." Lin Yi spread his hands and said, "Whenever she drinks lemon tea, you seem very concerned."
"Of course, I'm concerned!"
Takasugi Toshihiko snorted and said, "Because I plan to kill her… Of course, I need to know what drink she has every time, so it's easier to tamper with it."
"Is that really the case?"
Lin Yi asked with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "What you say doesn't match what you think."
"I know what I'm thinking better than you do!"
Takasugi Toshihiko's emotions were somewhat agitated. He shouted at Lin Yi, "You're just a figment of my imagination! Don't lecture me!"
"You're getting agitated…" Lin Yi reminded, "Why are you getting agitated? Because you're starting to touch on things you were previously aware of, but deliberately chose not to pay attention to."
"When you were very young, you often gave a girl lemon tea… Don't you remember this?"
Lin Yi's words seemed to trigger Takasugi Toshihiko's memory, instantly taking him back to that past.
However, that was a matter from elementary school. The memory was too distant, so distant that he didn't even know the little girl's name or what she looked like.
"Indeed… there was such a girl."
Takasugi Toshihiko covered his forehead, his whole body swaying, obviously the effects of the drug were beginning to take effect: "But… I don't have much of an impression anymore…"
"Do you still remember… what she looked like? What… was her name?"
Lin Yi said with a smile, "It seems you've forgotten almost everything… Do you need me to help you remember?"
"Hmm…"
Takasugi Toshihiko leaned back and said on the sofa: "No way… they can't be the same person. She just simply likes to drink lemon tea."
"Is that so… you'll know later."
Lin Yi got up and sat down next to Takasugi Toshihiko.
He took a piece of paper, covered the syringe of drugs, and then picked it up.
Holding Takasugi Toshihiko's left hand, he pierced the same vein and slowly pushed the plunger.
Lin Yi watched Takasugi Toshihiko while slowly saying, "Do you remember? The appearance of that girl… She had hair just reaching her neck, delicate features, and always liked to cry alone…"
"And you always appeared by her side when she was crying, comforting her while handing her warm lemon tea."
"I… I remember… I remember."
Takasugi Toshihiko looked at the ceiling with a pale face, his pupils began to dilate and contract irregularly.
"Her name was Sayuri… That's what everyone called her."
Takasugi Toshihiko's breathing quickened, and he was sweating all over. He couldn't say a word.
"You once asked her why she often cried alone, right?"
Lin Yi said slowly, "She said… her father was a policeman who often worked outside and didn't come home much. She was very afraid of going home…"
"I think you understand very well now. They are the same person…"
Takasugi Toshihiko suddenly burst into tears, saying, "Yes… so they were the same person… and I even wanted to kill her. Who told her to be that police officer's daughter?"
"Even if I knew… I would still kill her. If I don't kill her, how can I avenge my mother?"
Takasugi Toshihiko said through gritted teeth.
Looks like this guy is a ruthless person.
Lin Yi muttered to himself, saying, "Actually, you don't need to take revenge. You have other choices."
"What choices?"
"For example… going back to the past. If you go back to the past, you can change the past, and then on that day, tell your mother not to go out…"
"Can people go back to the past?"
"Of course, why not?"
As Lin Yi spoke, he pulled out the syringe and grabbed a new one, saying, "Now, I'll let you go back to the past… Relax, focus your attention, and think carefully about what happened that day."
He inserted the needle into his vein again, slowly pushing the plunger, and said, "What was the weather like then, what was the surrounding environment like, what were you and your mother talking about…"
Following Lin Yi's words, Takasugi Toshihiko slowly entered the state.
He remembered that it was afternoon, the setting sun had just fallen, and his mother had just picked him up from school to go home.
And he was telling his mother about that girl…
Suddenly, the hazy scene became clear, and the images in his memory became vivid.
Takasugi Toshihiko stared blankly at his surroundings, then looked at himself, and found that he had become smaller.
"Koyan! Over here!"
Takasugi Toshihiko heard someone calling him, and when he looked into the distance, it was his mother waving at him.
He immediately realized that he had really returned to the past, and he couldn't help but run towards his mother.
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