589 Risking It All (1/2)
Xiu propped her elbow and leaned against the window as she closed her eyes. The wheels in her brain were running as she desperately tried to remember. There was something threatening to spill out but at the same time, she wasn't able to grasp it at all. She could tell that Investigator Yan and those access cards sounded really familiar.
But it was definitely not the part of her own memory. Then it meant this familiar feeling was because of Destiny's memories. But up until now, she couldn't make much sense of those broken fragments that she recovered. And it was stressing her out. She was getting impatient because of all those missing puzzle pieces.
”Stress kills brain cells.”
Xiu's eyes snapped open as she turned her head slightly to look at Gigi who was still driving with her utmost attention. She was on the verge of breaking the speed limit. But her driving had been so smooth that Xiu didn't even realize how fast they were going.
”I'm not stressing,” Xiu replied softly as she lowered her eyes. ”I was just trying to remember something important.”
”Either way, you're straining your brain cells. That can be harmful in the long run.”
Xiu rubbed her forehead saying, ”I need to strain my brain cells to recall something urgently. How else will I be able to?”
”A study found that chronic stress has a negative impact on what is known as spatial memory, or the ability to recall information.” Gigi's voice was smooth and calm as she went on, ”Stress had been shown to impede memory retrieval. The more you're stress over remembering something, the more you won't be able to recall it. Because it's proven already that stress can hurt our memory just as it has the ability to change our brain structure and cause mental illnesses.”
Xiu was quiet for a while because she couldn't retort after listening to her. How could she? Who would know better than her know about how stress was able to give birth to mental illnesses? She had gone through it first hand. But her words made her curious about something...
”You sound really confident in your words.”
”Just as Investigator Yan's alias is being a renowned archaeologist, I'm a psychologist as well.” Seeing Xiu's raised brows she added, ”It makes our job easy.”
Xiu thought about it before nodding as she said, ”It's just like instead of assuming a fake identity, you already have a second perfect cover to walk around without any difficulty.” Gigi gave a silent agreement. Xiu stared at the side of her face for a minute before asking, ”Since you're experienced, I want to consult something.”
”Please, go ahead.”