I can rewind time to prevent death

The three who returned home late at night took turns taking showers, and aside from Xiang Er who, as always, stood by the window gazing at the night view, Yan Junze and Ku Zai began a snoring competition.

The snoring rose and fell in waves; both men were just too exhausted, and Xiang Er noticed that they hadn't even turned over once throughout the night.

In the following days, nobody left the residential complex again.

Yan Junze brought both Back-faced Woman and Ke'er back within the node reduction, and he either got up to eat or went back to sleep in his bedroom, resting for several days until he finally felt like he had fully recovered.

Of course, Ku Zai was much less resilient, suffering from body aches and a decreased immunity, which led to him catching a cold soon after.

Xiang Er took on the responsibility of looking after him.

Yan Junze's mother, Li Man, even went to the trouble of making ginger soup, instructing everyone to drink it daily to dispel the chill from their bodies.

This morning, Yan Junze finally woke up at a normal time.

By then, Xiang Er had already gone out to buy groceries with Li Man. After getting up, he glanced at Ku Zai, who was just beginning to feel better from his cold, still sleeping soundly at the moment.

Yan Junze drew the curtains slightly, darkening the bedroom to a sleep-friendly state, and tiptoed out.

He took a chair with a backrest and entered the bathroom, shut the door, turned on all the lights, including the heating lamp.

Yan Junze began filling the sink with water, continuously testing and adjusting the temperature.

During this process, he released both Ke'er and Back-faced Woman from the Lockdown.

In fact, judging from previous experiences, after Yan Junze had locked down Ugly Girl, her substantial power allowed her to appear forcefully without his permission.

That time on the streets of Tianyi District, Ugly Girl's sudden appearance had even startled Yan Junze.

The power of Back-faced Woman now was not much less than that of Ugly Girl before her merger with the perfect female corpse, so if she wanted, she could also break free from the Lockdown and appear forcibly.

Upon finding herself in the bathroom, the Back-faced Woman paused, then heard Ke'er utter a curious "Huh" and quickly scuttle over to the sink where Yan Junze was working, tilting her head and watching him with blinking eyes.

Ke'er knew that Yan Junze was about to wash his hair.

Yan Junze didn't speak, he took out two clean towels, shampoo, soaked one towel in the water, and then folded the other neatly, putting it aside to dry his hair later.

Then he grabbed the only plastic stool in the bathroom, tilted the chair with a backrest that he'd brought in onto the stool, and prepared an empty plastic basin to catch the water beneath.

Washing his hair had turned into a full ceremony.

Seeing his serious preparations, Ke'er became even more excited at the prospect.

To be honest, it had been a long time since she had seen Yan Junze wash his hair. It felt like this time, Yan Junze was genuinely preparing to wash his hair properly, just for her to enjoy the spectacle.

While thinking this, Ke'er began climbing up Yan Junze's pant leg with her hands and feet, eager to get onto his back for the best viewing angle.

But the next second, Yan Junze caught her dark little hand, laughing, "What are you up to?"

Ke'er, taken aback, tilted her head to look at him.

"I'm getting ready to wash my hair, but did I say I'd let you watch?" Yan Junze smiled cheerfully.

"Eh?" Ke'er was even more puzzled.

Yan Junze picked her up with a laugh, "Because... today you're the star, I'm washing your hair."

A brief silence fell in the bathroom.

But the next second, Ke'er's excited shrieking suddenly erupted.

"Yayayayayaya..."

The Back-faced Woman stood still for a moment, then took a couple of steps forward, curiously watching the scene unfold.

As a spirit, she couldn't wash Ke'er's hair clean anyway; only a human who understood how to control and disrupt the spirit magnetic fields could possibly do so.

"Starting from now, don't move, just stay still and quiet," Yan Junze laughed.

Ke'er, who was flailing excitedly in his arms, nodded her head and lay down quietly in his embrace, no longer making a fuss.

Yan Junze laid her down on the tilted backrest chair. Since a spirit's weight was negligible, he wasn't worried that the chair would slip.

As she lay down, Ke'er's head was directly above the empty plastic basin, her dirty hair sprawling through the air, most of it clumped together in sticky masses.

Yan Junze picked up a rinse cup, smiling as he advised, "Close your eyes tight, be careful not to let water get in them."

That advice was actually superfluous, because even if Ke'er kept her eyes open, the water wouldn't really enter her eyes while her hair was being washed.

But Yan Junze believed that all the necessary motions and steps should be observed throughout the hair-washing process, rather than doing a halfhearted job.

Upon hearing his words, Ke'er quickly closed her eyes, a sweet smile curving on her lips.

Warm water poured out of the cup, flowing into Ke'er's hair, but the next second, it simply passed through her hair and dropped into the plastic basin on the floor, not a single drop clinging to her hair.

Yan Junze did not hesitate, he activated his Semi-Spirit Body, only partially, just enough to be able to control the surrounding magnetic field.

Back when he completed the task "The Brother Sleeping on the Bunk Above," he had already gained a preliminary understanding of how to manipulate the spirit magnetic fields, using the ability to change spirit magnetic fields to help solve the "problems" during that mission.

In deploying this technique, Yan Junze's transformation into a Semi-Spirit Body didn't have to be complete, as long as he could sense and control the nearby magnetic field, he could accomplish it.