Her eyes welled up with tears almost the instant she saw his face clearly.

Then, like a cannonball, she rushed into his arms, wrapping her arms tightly around him, desperately inhaling his familiar scent, and said in a hoarse voice, "Cangcang, I missed you so much..."

A year may seem short, but to her, it felt like ten years had passed.

She didn't get a single good night's sleep that year.

Almost every dream I have every night is related to Ao Cang having an accident or dying.

She had read the original book and knew that he was just a supporting character, a plot device.

Without the protagonist's halo, he could lose his life at any moment.

Thankfully, seeing him unharmed, she finally felt relieved.

He only calls Qiao Mei "Cangcang" when she is around.

When that woman, whose identity was unknown, occupied this body before, she always called him by his fake name, "Cang Ao".

So the moment Ao Cang heard the word "Cang Cang," all the grievances he had accumulated for so long surged into his eyes like a flood after the dam was opened.

He hugged her tightly, resting his chin on her shoulder, his voice trembling slightly and hoarse: "Me too, An'an, I knew you would come back."

Others may not know what kind of person she is, but he certainly does.

Since she had promised him that she would not abandon him, she would definitely keep that vow.

I never expected there would be so many twists and turns along the way.

After Ao Cang filled the emptiness in Qiao Mei's heart, she looked at the obvious dark circles under his eyes and his somewhat disheveled appearance, and asked with heartache, "Didn't you sleep all night?"

Ao Cang nodded: "Yes, I can smell your scent. I was afraid you would only come back for a short while, and I was also afraid that you wouldn't see me the first thing after you woke up, so I haven't been sleeping."

Seeing that Qiao Mei still had the energy to be affectionate with Ao Cang, the doctor standing to the side breathed a sigh of relief and went out to call for help.

When the doctor came to re-examine Qiao Mei, Shang Duojin and the others also came over.

Noticing that Ao Cang was not in the same low spirits as he had been throughout the previous year, Shu Qingqing keenly sensed something was amiss.

So he called Ao Cang out and asked him what exactly happened.

"Has Qiaoqiao come back?"

Although the idea of ​​a soul being swapped is absurd, Shu Qingqing felt that the idea of ​​a person suddenly undergoing a drastic personality change was even more outrageous.

She preferred to believe that Qiao Mei had been possessed rather than that she had truly changed her personality.

Ao Cang nodded: "Yes, An'an is back. She has remembered those forgotten memories."

Qiao Mei is not from this world, and for now, she cannot let others know that.

He sensed the probing in Shu Qingqing's words, so he pretended not to understand and brushed it off.

Shu Qingqing herself knew that possession was a very strange thing, so when she saw that Ao Cang did not understand her meaning, she did not continue to ask.

Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief and entered the ward with slightly red eyes.

Afterwards, he hugged Qiao Mei and cried for a long time.

Shang Duojin was stunned. He remembered that Qiao Mei and Shu Qingqing's relationship had deteriorated significantly during this year.

He thought he would see Qiao Mei push Shu Qingqing away in disgust, but to his surprise, Qiao Mei simply patted her back, appearing to be in a very good mood.

No matter how you look at it, it seems to be Qiao Mei, whom he knew before.

So he cautiously called out, "Sister Qiao?"

Qiao Mei looked over instantly and called out that familiar address: "Boss Shang, long time no see."

Shang Duojin was instantly moved to tears. He awkwardly walked to Qiao Mei's bedside and launched into a long string of bad things about the "she" from before.

Xu Hui and Li Chonghua were still outside listening to the doctor's diagnosis. After confirming that Qiao Mei was indeed alright, Xu Hui went inside and saw Shang Duojin and Shu Qingqing surrounding Qiao Mei, talking to each other.

When Qiao Mei turned her gaze over, she respectfully called her "Mother".

She then realized that her daughter, who had become rebellious again within the past year, had returned to normal, and her eyes were a little red.

"Hey, this is your younger brother, Li Wuyou. Do you want to hold him?"

Qiao Mei almost forgot that a year had passed and Xu Huihuai had given birth to her child.

He nodded and reached out to take the baby, who was still in swaddling clothes.

The baby looked only a month old, with a wrinkled face, like a monkey, and it was impossible to tell whether it was beautiful or ugly.

But looking at him, Qiao Mei couldn't help but feel a strange stirring in her heart.

With this child, she now has another family member in the world of the book.

After that, he became her younger brother, and she would have the opportunity to make up for the regrets she couldn't make up for in the modern world through him.

Thinking of this, Qiao Mei's gaze softened considerably, and she asked Xu Hui if he had a nickname.

Xu Hui looked at her with affection and nodded: "Yes, her name is Pingping, she'll be your pair."

Peace and safety are the best blessings and hopes that Hsu Hui, as a mother, has for her two children.

“Pingping…” Qiao Mei reached out and poked the baby’s soft cheek, revealing a gentle smile, “I’m your older sister, An’an.”

The baby boy was amused by Qiao Mei and started to laugh silly.

The atmosphere in the ward was harmonious.

Xu Wenfeng is not in good health. He stayed up too late yesterday, which caused some of his old ailments to relapse. He is now in the ward for recuperation.

Qiao Mei only had a chance to see him after she had packed her things for discharge from the hospital.

Throughout the year, all of Qiao Mei's significant changes were assumed by everyone to be due to amnesia.

Therefore, after learning that Qiao Mei had regained her memory, Xu Wenfeng did not hold her previous immature behavior against her.

Instead, I told her to be more careful next time.

The head is not like any other part of the body; if it gets really damaged, that would be a real problem.

"Thank you for your concern, Grandpa. How are you? Is it serious?"

Xu Wenfeng shook his head: "It's not serious. The doctor said you can be discharged after a week of rest. Compared to that, has He Yu come to see you? He feels it's all his fault that you got injured. See if it's convenient for you to go and talk to him and help him stop blaming himself."

If he hadn't mentioned it, Qiao Mei would have forgotten that Xu Heyu was also in the hospital.

After thinking about it, she realized that she hadn't seen him when she woke up.

After we went outside, we asked Ao Cang and Shu Qingqing if they knew where Xu Heyu was.

Shu Qingqing unwrapped a lollipop and put it in her mouth. She noticed Shang Duojin staring at her, so she impatiently tossed him one as well. Then she said to Qiao Mei, "I saw him this morning, but I don't know where he is now. Why don't you call him on your personal terminal?"

Qiao Mei nodded, and while waiting for Xu Heyu to connect, she keenly noticed the unusual interaction between Shu Qingqing and Shang Duojin. Remembering the things Shu Qingqing hadn't finished before being forced to leave this world, she asked:

"By the way, how's your investigation into Wan Shishi going?"