The White Moonlight Omega Has Amnesia and Always Tries to Seduce Me - Chapter 78

To judge a relationship solely based on an old photograph is somewhat absurd, as the picture itself is merely a snapshot and doesn’t tell much.

However, the two people in the photo were not behaving intimately; they looked more like tourists who had coincidentally wandered into the frame while Gu Qing was having her picture taken.

Qin Huai studied the photo intently, then let out a deep sigh, “What should we do?”

Shen Zhi also frowned, “It’s alright, we still have the videos. Let’s watch the videos again.”

That was all they could do. Qin Huai closed the photo folder. Her eyes felt strained from staring at the screen for so long. She lowered her head and rubbed the bridge of her nose, her thoughts a mess, completely unable to sort them out.

Perhaps prolonged close contact made it impossible to hide secrets from each other. Shen Zhi looked at the Omega’s frail back, wanting to comfort her but unsure what to say.

No child can easily accept that their parents didn’t love each other yet still had them. Even Qin Huai was no exception.

Shen Zhi knelt down slightly and placed a hand on her back, gently stroking it.

“I’m fine,” Qin Huai held her hand to her forehead, her voice sounding dry. After saying this, she quickly realized her distress and cleared her throat. When she spoke again, her voice had returned to normal, “Let’s watch the video.”

“Okay,” Shen Zhi agreed.

But this time was different from before. Qin Huai had been in charge earlier; now, the Alpha took the lead.

Shen Zhi pulled a stool next to Qin Huai. As her palm rested on the mouse, she said with concern, “If you don’t want to watch anymore, just say stop.”

Qin Huai sat in the chair, her face lowered. Hearing Shen Zhi’s words, she looked up, the earlier gloominess in her eyes gone, “Just click it.”

Shen Zhi nodded.

There were far fewer videos than photos, only three segments, but each was ten minutes long. One of them included the segment that Qin Huai had accidentally seen at her grandparents’ house when she was little.

Qin Huai first spotted this segment. She scraped her toes against the floor, pulled her chair closer to the desk, and pointed at the screen, saying, “Open this one.”

Shen Zhi did as she was told and clicked on that video.

Frankly speaking, most of Qin Huai’s misunderstanding of Gu Qing when she was a child stemmed from this video. A child didn’t understand and only remembered being locked out by her grandparents and crying loudly because she had watched this segment.

Now, opening this video and seeing the entire clip, the blurry image in her memory suddenly solidified.

This video was not simply about Gu Qing sitting on the balcony railing; it was about the time she attempted suicide.

It was in the afternoon. The sun was blazing outside the window, and cicadas were shrieking, as if using their last breath to make their presence felt. Gu Qing, with her long hair draped over her shoulders and wearing a white dress, walked barefoot through the living room onto the balcony.

The room was tidy, and there were no other distracting noises.

The video was shot facing the balcony, only capturing Gu Qing’s back. Her long hair reached her waist, the strands smooth and glistening in the sunlight. She paused by the balcony railing, leaned on it with both hands, and tilted her chin up toward the ray of sunshine.

Summer used to be her favorite season; the sun was intense, the plants lush, full of life. Now, she only felt dead silence, especially in the afternoon.

Gu Qing held onto the railing, which was hot from the sun, and cautiously sat down on it.

Qin Huai stared intensely at the computer screen. Clenching her clothing out of nervousness, she bit her lip, not blinking once.

She couldn’t see Gu Qing’s expression, only her frail back, but judging just from her posture, she was certain that Gu Qing’s situation was very bad.

If only someone could call out “Gu Qing” from behind.

As Qin Huai thought this, Gu Qing turned her head, but not because someone had called her; it was due to a child’s cry.

The Gu Qing in the video was completely different from the one in the photo. She was so thin she was almost emaciated; clear bones were visible beneath her skin. When she looked behind her, her eyes were slightly curved, and her entire eye sockets looked sunken.

Yet, her voice was very gentle toward the crying sound, “Baby, I’m sorry.”

Outside the screen, Qin Huai’s eyes welled up, and she tightly wrung her clothes.

“Mommy really wants to watch you grow up, but Mommy can’t hold on anymore.”

The child’s crying in the video grew louder, and outside the screen, Qin Huai’s tears fell, hitting the keyboard.

“Mommy will always love you.”

Despite the screen separating them, Gu Qing’s eyes looked straight ahead, as if she were speaking directly to the current Qin Huai.

As she finished speaking, the thin figure sitting on the balcony railing plummeted straight down, like the most brilliant fireworks in the night sky, jumping down amidst the magnified wails of the child.

Outside the screen, the moment Gu Qing jumped, Qin Huai stood up and cried out, “Mommy!”

However, nothing could be stopped. The spot where Gu Qing had been sitting in the video was now empty, and the cicadas continued to shriek relentlessly.

Qin Huai’s legs gave way, no longer able to support her, and she collapsed onto the floor, her sobs mixing with the sound of the baby’s crying in the video.

She was very sad, not only because Gu Qing had confessed her love for her, but more so because of the pity and regret.

She was Gu Qing, one of the main researchers of the first generation of inhibitors. Her future should have been full of infinite possibilities. How could she choose to end her life in such a way in the prime of her years?

Shen Zhi knew there was nothing she could do at this moment but stay with her and listen to her vent her emotions.

After about five minutes, the sound of her crying gradually diminished.

Shen Zhi watched the Omega wipe away her tears. Although her nose was red from crying, she still held onto the chair and stood up, “It’s okay. Let’s watch the next video.”

Shen Zhi supported her shoulder and said with concern, “How about we watch the other two tomorrow?”

“No,” Qin Huai immediately refused, “I can’t wait.”

One day of delay means one more day Qin Zhijing is free and unpunished, and one more day those who died unjustly cannot rest in peace. This was not the time for her to cry; it was time to find evidence of Qin Zhijing’s crimes.

Only by putting him behind bars and making him receive the punishment he deserved would things be right.

Qin Huai composed herself and clicked on the other two videos. One was a record of Gu Qing’s experiments, and the other was a recording from her maternal grandmother.

Qin Huai opened the one detailing Gu Qing’s experiments. This time, Gu Qing looked different from her earlier lifeless state. Although her eyes showed fatigue, the anxiety beneath her gaze could not be hidden. She was wearing a lab coat, holding a syringe like object, and began to speak to the camera.

“The third inhibitor experiment begins. Experiment subject: Gu Qing.”

As the Omega’s voice fell in the video, a sharp steel needle stabbed straight into her forearm. The liquid was injected, and sweat began to bead on Gu Qing’s forehead.

“Is Auntie using herself as a test subject?” Shen Zhi asked, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Qin Huai nodded. As a fellow researcher, she understood everything. The technology wasn’t advanced at that time, and only humans possessed pheromones; small animals were useless. Everything Gu Qing did started from scratch, unlike the present where they only modified existing formulas.

After about five minutes, a blush appeared on the Omega’s face in the video, and her voice was a little husky, “Compared to the previous two times, the bones in my body don’t ache, and I haven’t developed a rash, but the amnesia phenomenon still exists.”

The Omega’s sentence was unfinished when the video abruptly cut off, and the room fell silent.

Shen Zhi spoke first, “So, your amnesia is similar to Auntie’s condition?”

Qin Huai shook her head, feeling utterly confused, “I don’t know.”

“Forget it, I’ll call my mom,” Shen Zhi said.

Qin Huai initially nodded, but then grabbed Shen Zhi’s arm before she could dial, shaking her head, “Not yet. Let’s watch the last video first.”

Shen Zhi hesitated for a moment but finally agreed.

The last video was recorded by Qin Huai’s maternal grandmother. She was sitting on the dilapidated balcony of her home, surrounded by flowers and plants, smiling elegantly into the camera, “Huai Huai, long time no see.”

“I don’t know when you will see this video, nor what circumstances you are in when you see it. But I feel you have the right, as an adult, to know these things.”

“Your mother, Gu Qing, was a brilliant researcher. The inhibitor she developed saved many Omegas from the torment of the heat cycle. So, if you must hate, hate me, don’t blame her, because she truly loved you.”

“You must be asking me, how did she love you? Was it only because of the last sentence in the suicide video? Actually, no. Even before you were born, your mother told me to raise you by my side after you were born. She didn’t want your father’s issues to affect you, and she pleaded with me not to tell you about these videos.”

“I don’t know if telling you these things is good or bad, but seeing you grow up relatively healthy, I have to admit it was good. If I had told you the truth about your mother’s death when you were very young, you definitely wouldn’t have been able to handle it.”

“Your mother died by suicide, but it wasn’t because of you; it was because of your father. Your mother developed a sequela from her research heat cycle amnesia. Simply put, she would lose her memory during her heat cycle and seek out an Alpha with high pheromone compatibility to get through it. Normally, she would lock herself in her room or the lab during this time, but that time, your father accidentally intruded, and then you came along.”

“Gu Qing had always been passionate about life. She couldn’t accept that her loved one wasn’t the person she desired, but because of the child, she chose to compromise. She married Qin Zhijing, but during her pregnancy, she discovered that the intrusion during her heat cycle wasn’t an accident by Qin Zhijing; he had known about it and deliberately planned to enter. Your mother was distraught and thought about divorcing him, but that man actually imprisoned her.”

At this point, the old woman’s voice choked up, and she couldn’t look directly at the camera, but she ultimately controlled her emotions and said, “Huai Huai, Grandma apologizes to you. Over these years, I am truly sorry.”

Qin Huai stared at the white-haired elderly woman on the screen, suddenly remembering the doll her grandmother had asked for when she left her grandparents’ house.

Her grandmother gave it to her because she was also a mother who didn’t want her child to be misunderstood for so long.

Her grandmother took it away because this memory was too painful. If she knew the truth, she would surely carry it in her heart for the rest of her life.

And that lifetime would inevitably be devoid of true happiness.