# 1518
Chapter 1518
"External form sketch?" Lin Qiye was stunned. "There's such a thing?"
"Yeah, I saved it on my phone. Let me show you."
Chen Han pulled out his phone, opened a photo, and handed it to Lin Qiye. The latter's expression immediately turned bizarre.
If Chen Han hadn't thoughtfully oriented the photo correctly before handing it over, Lin Qiye wouldn't have been able to tell that the thing in front of him, which looked like a giant fly—with messy lines scribbled together—was anything like that monster from that day. It wasn't that they were dissimilar; they were absolutely unrelated.
"You're sure the people at headquarters can actually recognize this thing?" Lin Qiye couldn't help but吐槽. "These few crooked lines are way too abstract."
Chen Han smiled awkwardly. "My painting skills aren't great... this is already my limit."
"Forget it, I'll draw one and send it over later. Though I'm not much better than you, at least it'll show the outline." Lin Qiye sighed.
Lin Qiye said goodbye to everyone and returned to the temporary residence, where Cao Yuan was sitting alone on the sofa watching TV.
"Where's Qingyu?"
"Jiang Er is pushing him, sunbathing in the backyard."
"Did Doctor Li's medicine arrive?"
"它 came last night. He took a few pills, but it doesn't seem to have any effect... If he continues for a while, maybe it'll work." Cao Yuan sighed. "Seven Nights, I don't think this is sustainable."
"What do you mean?"
"Although we're keeping him company, Qingyu has been a bit depressed lately. This morning, Jiang Er secretly told me that last night he got up again and tried to use 【唯一正解】, and ended up with a headache all night."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye sighed helplessly.
He had already anticipated this reaction from An Qingyu. After all, An Qingyu was the vice-captain of 【夜幕】. Now that he had lost his legs and couldn't use Forbidden Ruins, he was undoubtedly extremely resentful.
This man, who appeared gentle and soft on the surface, was actually very stubborn with himself. He wouldn't accept such an absurd and cruel reality.
Lin Qiye walked to the backyard door and glanced inside. An Qingyu's expression had become noticeably more haggard than yesterday.
"So what do you suggest we do?"
"Maybe... we could shift his focus?" Cao Yuan ventured tentatively. "He stays in this small house every day, so of course he can't escape the shadows of his aftereffects. If we could redirect his attention from his aftereffects to something else, maybe his mindset and physical condition would improve."
"You make a good point."
Lin Qiye pondered deeply. "What if we take him to stay at the Shangjing garrison for a while? It'll be very lively there soon, so it should be able to draw his attention."
Before Cao Yuan could respond, Lin Qiye rejected his own idea. "No, Fang Mo and the others are forming a new squad, which will definitely trigger his memories. That would only add pressure... We should avoid anything related to Night Watch, Great Xia, or the Mist.
Let me think about this carefully..."
Lin Qiye wandered around for a long time but couldn't come up with anything that could both capture An Qingyu's attention and bring him joy while relieving his inner pressure.
Cao Yuan had no better suggestions either. Helplessly, Lin Qiye could only sink his consciousness into the Asylum of the Gods to seek some inspiration.
"A Zhu."
Lin Qiye walked through the corridor and patted A Zhu, who was crouching sneakily in the kitchen.
A Zhu was startled and almost cried out. She quickly covered her mouth with one hand while hiding the remaining half of a crispy pastry behind her back, still chewing rapidly.
"It's the director..." A Zhu mumbled, then swallowed hard. "What's the matter?"
"What are you doing?"
"I... I was just inspecting the kitchen hygiene."
"..." Lin Qiye stared at the pastry crumbs at the corner of her mouth but didn't expose her directly. Instead, he asked, "Where's Li Yifei?"
"Manager Li? He's inspecting the nurse's dormitory. I'll, I'll go get him for you!" A Zhu darted out of the kitchen, shoving the remaining half pastry into her mouth, and vanished in a flash.
Shortly after, Li Yifei walked over briskly.
"Seven Nights, what's up?"
"Nothing major, just came to chat with you."
"Hehe, that's rare... Wait, let me have someone bring some chairs and a table. Let's chat in the courtyard. By the way, we tried making some walnut pastries this morning, and there's plenty left." Li Yifei walked into the kitchen and fished around in a cabinet. He paused, suspicious, then pulled out his hand and stared at the remaining half of a walnut pastry—with a string of tiny tooth marks clearly visible.
"Damn it, which little thief stole my walnut pastries again? If I find out, I'll break their legs!"
"No worries, I already ate before coming." Lin Qiye waved dismissively. "By the way, how did you get into making walnut pastries?"
"I was just bored, you know... When it was my birthday last time, didn't I make a cake? I figured I had some talent in cooking, so I tried it out with them in the kitchen. And look, I actually pulled it off!"
Li Yifei put his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Seven Nights, you absolutely have to try it next time. These walnut pastries taste amazing."
Listening to Li Yifei's chattering, something suddenly flashed through Lin Qiye's mind.
"What did you just say?"
"? I said, the walnut pastries taste great."
"The sentence before that."
"Oh, I have some talent in cooking!"
"...The one before that!"
"I... was bored, then I made a cake for my birthday... What's there to repeat?"
"Birthday..." Lin Qiye murmured the two words, as if having thought of something. His eyes lit up instantly!
He grabbed Li Yifei's shoulders, startling the latter.
"What's wrong?"
"Li Yifei." Lin Qiye looked into his eyes and spoke seriously, "Do you... still remember what I promised you?"
...
"Going to school?!"
Hearing these three words, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er all froze simultaneously.
"That's right." Lin Qiye nodded slightly. "Come to think of it, Qingyu and I didn't even finish high school before forming our squad. I was thinking, now that Great Xia's situation has stabilized and we have vacation time, instead of wasting our days here doing nothing, why not go to school and experience it properly?"
Seeing Lin Qiye's gaze, Cao Yuan seemed to guess his intention and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes... That's a great idea."
"But... but we're already twenty-three. How can we go back to high school?" An Qingyu couldn't help but interject.
"Who said anything about high school?"
Lin Qiye leaned back in his chair unhurriedly, a smile playing on his lips. "We're... going to Shangjing University."