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Chapter 100 Amnesia

"Judging from the title, it seems that I don't need to take any action; this love curse will dissipate on its own."

Xia Xue used the Spiritual Eye Technique, which is paired with her Gu technique, to examine the situation carefully and discovered another clue.

"So, these love potions are from a very ancient era and are nearing the end of their lifespan. No wonder."

Their lifespan ranges from two or three months to a year.

No one needs to remove it; the love curse on Lin Qian's body will naturally dissipate after her death.

"But is the side effect losing nearly eight years of memories?"

This side effect is already very mild.

"The man's backlash was..."

Based on the deduction of the theory of Gu magic, it is easy to conclude.

Xia Xue scoffed.

"Infatuated with the female lead, obsessive and foolish, unable to extricate himself?"

It's true what they say, fortunes really do change.

Lin Qian stood up angrily. Worried that He Ming would get impatient, she left him with the words, "You just wait," and then ran away quickly.

Chu Mian greeted Lin Qian's bodyguard before walking over to Xia Xue and asking curiously, "You noticed?"

Xia Xue said with certainty, "It is indeed a Xuanmen technique; I've been afflicted with a love curse."

After hearing this, Chu Mian blinked, her face full of curiosity.

"The love curse, is it the love curse I know? The kind that makes you lose control of yourself and fall madly in love?"

Seeing Xia Xue nod with a smile, Chu Mian stroked his chin and pondered, "To be honest, these symptoms really do resemble those of a love curse."

Chu Mian then asked with concern, "Then, can you remove this love potion?"

Xia Xue smiled and nodded.

"I have some knowledge of Gu magic."

Chu Mian rolled her eyes.

"Knowing a little is the same as being an expert"—everyone knows that joke.

"Then what are we waiting for? Remove the curse!"

Xia Xue pondered for a moment and said, "Removing the Gu is easy, but there are some side effects that need to be explained in advance."

Upon hearing this, Chu Mian exclaimed in surprise.

"What? Amnesia? Eight years of memories?"

Xia Xue nodded.

"The theory is as stated, but the actual implementation may differ."

Chu Mian paced back and forth a few steps.

"In other words, once the curse is lifted, Lin Qian's memories will revert to when she was eighteen, a full eight years of blankness."

Chu Mian sighed.

"I'll talk to Mr. Pei first and hear the guardian's opinion."

Xia Xue shrugged indifferently.

Anyway, even if she didn't intervene, things wouldn't have turned out too badly.

Xia Xue walked to the side and looked at the children playing in the children's park.

His gaze swept over He Tingzhou, intentionally or unintentionally.

When will he make his move?

You're not going to refrain from taking action just because I'm involved, are you?

"If that's the case, we'll need to use some methods."

If it goes wrong... then so be it.

"Anyway, the worst-case scenario is within my expectations."

If all else fails, we can just flip the table.

"I hope the leader of a thousand faces will not disappoint me."

Xia Xue withdrew her gaze from He Tingzhou and looked at Chu Mian who was walking over.

"Mr. Pei agreed. He asked me to convey his gratitude, and he will have a gift sent to Jingyuan."

Xia Xue didn't care about the thank-you gift; she simply turned her head to look at Lin Qian, who was walking back with a happy expression.

"We only met once, and the other person didn't give us a single kind look, speaking rudely the whole time, yet we're still so happy. Love potion, it's truly evil."

Xia Xue formed a mudra with her hands and gently touched it.

A beam of white light entered Lin Qian's body.

"The Release Mantra!"

This is the gentlest incantation for dispelling Gu worms in the secret tradition of Gu magic.

The effect is similar to the natural death of a parasitic worm.

As the white light entered Lin Qian's heart, Lin Qian felt a dizziness and her consciousness fell into chaos. A strange worm that looked like a strand of hair detached from Lin Qian's scalp and drifted away like a dandelion in the wind. When it passed by Xia Xue, it lingered for a while, spun in the air, and transmitted a feeling of gratitude from its spiritual consciousness before disappearing leisurely.

"You are free. I hope that in the last two or three months, you can live for yourselves."

These extraordinary things are invisible to ordinary people, so Chu Mian only saw Xia Xue sigh after receiving the confirmation, then her hands moved in a series of afterimages before she put two fingers together and pointed at Lin Qian from afar. Then, Lin Qian's body went limp and she fell to the ground.

Chu Mian swallowed and asked nervously, "Is that... all done?"

Xia Xue turned her gaze away from the direction where the love potion had disappeared, stretched, and yawned.

"I'm tired, let's go back."

……

The police station next to the children's park.

Lin Qian loudly protested to the police officer:

"I've never seen anything like this before. I've only ever heard of people randomly claiming children as their parents, but I've never heard of someone randomly claiming a mother. Officer, this little brat keeps pestering me to call him 'Mom,' and no matter how much I deny it, he won't listen. You guys really need to discipline this brat. By the way, have you called his parents yet? Hmph, for every bratty kid, there's a bratty parent. I want to see what kind of parents raised such a bratty child."

Wearing a little suit and looking like a little adult, Fei Junyan looked at the police officer with a helpless expression:

"She really is my mother. She was a bit abnormal before, and now she seems to have become even more abnormal."

As the police checked the household registration information, they looked at Lin Qian, who was standing there confidently, and then glanced at Pei Junyan, who seemed like a little adult. For the first time, they realized that adults were less sensible than children.

"Has the child's father arrived?"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Pei Yanchuan, dressed in a custom-made black suit, walked steadily into the police station with a large group of people including bodyguards, assistants, and lawyers.

"Officer, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Lin Qian looked at Pei Yanchuan, her eyes wide with shock, staring at him in disbelief.

"You, you are Pei Yanchuan? How did you get so old? My God, what bad thing did you do yesterday? Is this retribution? Haha."

It looked like a "well" character appeared on Pei Yanchuan's forehead.

Without even glancing at Lin Qian, he grabbed Pei Junyan and prepared to leave.

Lin Qian, with her hands behind her back, playfully approached Pei Yanchuan, sizing him up as she clicked her tongue in amazement, "Look at you dressed like a proper gentleman, what are you up to? Are you working part-time as a tutor? Is this little brat your employer's child? Tsk tsk, this brat, he's a rich kid, isn't he?"

Pei Junyan looked up at Pei Yanchuan with a helpless expression and said, "Dad, Mom seems to be getting sicker."

Pei Yanchuan picked up Pei Junyan and, suppressing his turbulent emotions, said slowly and firmly in a calm tone, "Mom will get better." Then he strode out of the police station without looking back.

Lin Qian was about to chase after them when she caught a glimpse of something surprising out of the corner of her eye. She froze on the spot, turned to look at the clock on the wall, and said in a daze, "2025, eight years later?! I've time-traveled?"

Family members, does anyone understand?

"I woke up to find myself transported to eight years in the future."

Thinking about what just happened, it's clear now.

Lin Qian looked miserable.

"And, it seems, I also married my arch-nemesis and had a six-year-old son."

Lin Qian clutched her hair with both hands, wailing in despair, "Oh my god, what happened?"