Ji Xiuran sat face to face with Si Yehan with a chessboard in between them.
"How's the tea, Lord Asura?" Ji Xiuran asked him with a light chuckle.
"It's good," Si Yehan replied aloofly.
Ji Xiuran pushed the tea aside and used his right hand to pick up a chess piece from the chessboard in front of him. "Lord Asura, our game hasn't finished yet."
Ji Xiuran's right hand gently placed the chess piece down.
Si Yehan didn't say anything and started playing with Ji Xiuran.
"Other people have mentioned that Lord Asura is extremely learned, so I have a matter to ask Lord Asura," Ji Xiuran said.
Si Yehan glanced at him. "With your knowledge, you shouldn't need to ask other people anything, Emperor Ji."
Ji Xiuran didn't respond outright and started saying, "If a person's memories are completely erased and replaced by someone else's memories, then is that person considered to have died since she's living with another person's memories and living for other people?"
Si Yehan's expressionless gaze landed on Ji Xiuran.
"This type of living' where you linger in this world without your dignity, dead but not truly dead. You don't know your name and everything that originally belonged to you has turned into smoke and mirrors. You have no choice but to accept everything that belongs to someone else. It sounds rather cruel, no...? But what if this cruelty was bestowed upon her by her most intimate, trusted lover? Isn't that crueler?" Ji Xiuran's smile deepened as he looked at Si Yehan.
"Emperor Ji, your philosophy is growing more superb. However, whether it's cruel or not, it's someone else's business. Minding your own business is more important than anything," Si Yehan said indifferently. Then he raised his chess piece and captured one of Ji Xiuran's chess pieces.
"Heh... I've always heard that Lord Asura is rather talented in martial arts. I've wanted to exchange notes with you for a long time. There's no time like the present, so how about we have a go?" Ji Xiuran smiled detachedly.
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