For the first time, they dreamt simultaneously.
In split memory visions:
• Yu Zhen saw Lian Xuan standing amid burning constellations.• Lian Xuan saw Yu Zhen dissolving into starlight.
Both woke gasping.
They found each other in the penthouse corridor barefoot, shaken, confirming the shared dream without speaking it aloud.
That night, Lian Xuan admitted:
"I don't think this is our first life together."
Yu Zhen answered softly:
"It isn't."
No further explanation was needed.
Memory Fragment 4 stabilized completely.
[DIVINE MEMORY ACCESS — PARTIAL]
A year after the dock masscare, Lian Xuan hosted a peace gathering among syndicates.
Yu Zhen remained hidden above, watching through one-way glass.
An assassination attempt unfolded mid-toast — a sniper bullet targeting Lian Xuan.
Yu Zhen screamed the warning.
Lian Xuan twisted at the last second—taking the bullet in the shoulder instead of the heart.
Yu Zhen ran through gunfire to reach him, hands blood-slicked as he pressed gauze to the wound.
"I told you I won't lose you again," Yu Zhen whispered.
Lian Xuan, pale but smirking faintly, answered:
"Then stop standing where bullets can reach you."
Sirens wailed distantly.
Together they stood amid flashing lights, hands locked — survival welded to trust.
Memory Fragment 4 glowed once more.
[FRAGMENT 4: SOLIDIFIED] [AFFINITY: IMMUTABLE]