Chapter 419: Lyca the Alien

Lyca sat in front of Shen Qui, listening. Her face was blank, her appetite when she woke up just vanished out of thin air. Just hearing Ken Xu's name was making her feel down.

"So I told him to put it on the contract," Shen Qui said. "I didn't commit to anything."

Lyca nodded in response. Right now, she had no other choice but to work with them. Actually, she was planning to sell them the formula and never worked with them again. However, she also knew that this would be close to impossible at this point.

Xu Ke is clearly trying to get close to her again.

"What do you think?"

Lyca lifted her head and looked at Shen Qui. At the end of the day, Shen Qui would always ask her opinions about things like this. While she would always tell him to do whatever want, this time, Lyca did something crazy. "I need to tell you something."

"Hm?"

Lyca frowned. She opened her mouth and closed it, saying nothing. She couldn't speak! No… the truth is she didn't know where to start. "I— I am an alien." Lyca facepalmed. The silence that followed her words made her tense. She gave a wry smile and looked at her husband. "I'm serious."

She knew that telling him where she came from was inevitable.

"I know," he pursed his lips and stared at her. Then he smiled. "Only an alien would be as beautiful as you."

"…" Lyca was speechless. Was he joking? "I'm serious. Technically… I am an alien since I am not from this world."

Shen Qui nodded, urging her to continue. There was still a slight smile on his face, and she hated that she didn't know what it means. Was he making fun of her? Did he think she was… crazy? Slowly, she started telling him about the world that she said she dreamed of.

The magic, the assassins, the royalties, her family, and... Xu Ke.

"It wasn't a dream. It was like a past life. Now I don't know why I remembered my past life, but it was there. The memories… " All this time, Lyca didn't peel her gaze away from Shen Qui's reaction. He, too, was staring at her, listening carefully.

"So the Internal Energy?"

"It was something that people who couldn't learn magic practiced like knights and mercenaries in my world practice that cultivation. This would make their body stronger, they heal faster, and their body becomes lighter. However, In that world, they can channel it outside of their body.

"Like the electricity? The one that we did for Grandfather Huang's cure?"

She nodded. Shen Qui was too calm about this. He wasn't thinking that she had gone crazy from sleeping too much, right?

"That explains the expertise in martial arts and weapons?" he continued asking, and she nodded once again.

"The poison too?" he asked.

"Yes. Everything that I learned in the past… I tried to recreate it in this world. The strange footwork that would make it look like I would vanish, the knife skills, my martial arts, my speed, and my internal strength. Everything."

Shen Qui pursed his lips in response.

"Are you— Do you need some time to process this?" Lyca asked hesitantly. The fact that he didn't answer for a few seconds made her heart skip a beat. She was actually nervous? Lyca mocked herself inwardly. In front of guns and people who wanted to kill her, she never felt scared. However, in front of Shen Qui's gaze, Lyca felt naked, exposed. Her heart started racing, drumming against her chest. She wondered if her face was losing all its colors too.

"You— So you and this Xu Ke were lovers?" Shen Qui asked.

Lyca nodded in response. Apparently, he was thinking about her ex-boyfriend?

"And you love him?"

"…" Did he hear what she just said about her magical world? "I don't know." She lowered her head. There should be a borderline between loving and thinking that you own something. And she didn't know which side of this border, her feelings for Xu Ke stood.

But then again, the fact that she was doubting her emotions was saying something about their relationship.

Once again, Shen Qui turned quiet. He just stared at her, like he was reading some important documents. Lyca almost couldn't take it.

She wanted to ask. She wanted to know what he thought about all this.

But half of her knew that it wasn't easy for ordinary people to believe her story. At most, he would think that she dreamed all this, or worse… he would think she was crazy.

"I believe you."

It was as if the word echoed in Lyca's head. Over and over and over again. Relief flashed in her face. Then she stilled. "Why?" she asked. Funny how earlier, she wanted him to believe her, but now, she was asking why.

"Because… you said it." Shen Qui said seriously. If Lyca said that she could heal a dying person, he would believe it too. Hell, if she would say that she could fly, he wouldn't hesitate and asked her to teach him how to fly too.

"Re— Really?" she asked, confused. He nodded in response.

"We are together now." Shen Qui said. Who cares about the past? Who cares about her past? There is no reason for him to care about a past life. In fact, he was thankful for her honesty. He knew that talking about these things was difficult for someone like Lyca. "So… I assumed Ken Xu is this Xu Ke?" he asked without any hesitation. He wondered why someone like Dr. Xu would see him personally.

Now, Shen Qui already knew the answer to the question in his mind. Ken Xu wanted to meet Lyca's husband.

"I think so,' Lyca nodded, and she started telling him about the man that she met in the cave. She then told him her suspicion that Xu Ke was the one behind Mr. Park and the one behind the ambush.

He must have wanted proof that she was the woman from his past. He set up an ambush hoping that she would use some peculiar method to defend herself— just like her previous self. And she did.

Lyca did it to protect the people that she loved.

Xu Ke was cunning enough to use her loved ones again. He knew Lyca too well.