My Demon Queen

Chapter 177: Only when you find it can you be yours

Ye An stared at Mo Qingcheng who was sitting quietly under the tree. Unconsciously, the green figure in his mind that had been under the big tree in the courtyard slowly merged with the figure of Mo Qingcheng in front of him.

"How can it be?"

Ye An opened his lips slightly and murmured to himself in a trembling voice. His eyes were wide open with disbelief in them. He stared at Mo Qingcheng blankly, as if he was frozen in time.

Mo Qingcheng noticed Ye An's fiery gaze, frowned slightly, turned her head to look at Ye An, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.

"Aren't you going to build a house? Why are you looking at me?"

Ye An came back to his senses, scratched his head awkwardly, a silly smile appeared on his face, and said.

"Uh... you look good."

Mo Qingcheng snorted lightly, closed his eyes, and said with a somewhat cold expression.

"Well, then go ahead and do it."

"No...I'm the only one here? You won't help?"

Ye An widened his eyes, spread his hands, and said helplessly.

Mo Qingcheng opened her eyes slightly, glanced at Ye An lightly, and spoke slowly and calmly with her red lips slightly opened.

"It was you who wanted to build a small courtyard. I didn't say anything about building one. So, if it wasn't just you, who else could it be?"

"No...you won't help at all? Then I'll build it, and you don't have to live there."

Ye An put his hands on his hips, his face flushed with anger, and shouted loudly in dissatisfaction.

"Do you have that ability?"

Mo Qingcheng glanced at Ye An with disdain, and the corners of her mouth raised, revealing an imperceptible smile of contempt.

Ye An was so angry that he couldn't speak. He stared at Mo Qingcheng silently, his chest heaving violently with anger, and a look of exasperation appeared on his face.

"Humph……"

Ye An clenched his teeth, trying hard to suppress the waves in his heart. He snorted heavily at Mo Qingcheng, then angrily flicked his sleeves and strode towards the lush woods not far away.

Mo Qingcheng still had her eyes closed, like a tranquil statue, but her spiritual consciousness was like an invisible thread, firmly locking onto Ye An's every move. She was secretly curious about what Ye An would do next.

Walking into the woods, Ye An stood in front of a sturdy tree with a hint of hesitation in his eyes, and communicated with Ye Quan in his mind.

"Ye Quan, it's not illegal to cut down trees here, right?"

Ye An frowned slightly and placed one hand lightly on the tree trunk.

"Oh, the awareness that everyone has a responsibility to protect the environment has been brought here."

Ye Quan said with a somewhat teasing tone.

"Oh, it's because I live in the northwest. Trees are rare in my area."

Ye An shook his head helplessly, stroking the rough bark of the tree with his hands, a trace of regret in his eyes.

"Tsk, don't worry, there are more trees in this world than you can imagine." Ye Quan said easily.

"To be honest, I haven't seen much of this world."

Ye An raised his head and looked past the trees in front of him to the undulating outlines of the mountains in the distance. The mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, like a dream, and like a magnificent painting.

Ye An's eyes were full of longing, his mouth slightly opened, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Didn't Mo Qingcheng take you to see thousands of mountains and rivers? Didn't you refuse to go and insist on building a house?"

Ye Quan crossed his arms across his chest in his consciousness, with a look of confusion and puzzlement on his face.

"I really want to go, but I don't know why, there has always been a small yard in my mind, and there is also a tree. There is a green figure under the tree. It keeps appearing in my mind. I thought it was Mo Qingcheng, but no matter how I look at it, I don't think it's her. So, I want to build a small yard here to see if I can make the green figure in my mind clearer."

Ye An lowered his head, staring at the ground, his fingers slowly moving across the tree trunk, his voice low and full of confusion.

When Ye Quan heard this, the teasing look on his face instantly disappeared and he stopped teasing Ye An, because he knew clearly where the courtyard was and who that figure was. However, like Mo Qingcheng, Ye Quan tacitly chose to remain silent.

"Ye Quan, do you know who that green figure is? But you won't tell me, right?"

Ye An hadn't heard Ye Quan's teasing for a long time, and he immediately understood what was going on and said to Ye Quan.

There was a trace of confusion in his eyes, and his hands unconsciously clenched into fists.

"Stupid and silly, impulsive and irritable, smart and sharp, Ye An, which one is you?"

Ye Quan asked in his consciousness space, his expression was serious and his eyes were fixed on Ye An.

"They are all me, and they are all... not me."

Ye An blurted out this sentence without thinking, his face was full of confusion and he looked a little lost.

"It's weird, isn't it, Ye Quan? I always feel like I've forgotten something. Sometimes I feel like I'm not myself, like I've experienced everything. But I'm only seventeen years old. I didn't even take the college entrance examination before I came to this world. But I feel like I've experienced the college entrance examination, college graduation, work, my parents' death, and time travel. Why do you think this is the case?"

Ye An raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment, and there was a hint of trembling in his voice.

Ye Quan really couldn't answer Ye An's question.

Because he is in this illusion, Ye An's memory is gradually and regularly fading to a specific time period.

You must know that all of Ye An’s memories now are created by illusions and are not real memories at all.

Because of this, those lost memories can only be intact and truly belong to Ye An if Ye An relies on his own efforts to find them back.

This is precisely the key reason why neither Mo Qingcheng nor Ye Quan took the initiative to help Ye An mention the past.

"You need to find all the answers by yourself, just like now, you have to build the small courtyard in your mind to find the figure you want to see clearly in your heart. What you find yourself belongs to you." Ye Quan said.

"That's true. Well, if no one helps me, I'll be sorry for you, my good brother, my good golden finger, my good grandfather."

After Ye An finished speaking, he looked at Ye Quan with a sly smile in his consciousness.

Ye Quan looked at Ye An speechlessly, then rolled his eyes at Ye An.

"Hey, don't be so stingy. You see, I don't know anything now, and you don't teach me. Mo Qingcheng even says she is half my master, but she doesn't teach me either, so... come on, come on." Ye An looked at Ye Quan with a flattering look.

"Huh... so disgusting, get rid of that face of yours." Ye Quan looked at Ye An with disdain.

"No, no, just help me!" Ye An continued to act coquettishly towards Ye Quan, blinking his eyes.

Ye Quan felt that Ye An was an eyesore and drove Ye An out of his consciousness with disgust, then said.

"As long as you don't disgust me, I will help you..."