Chapter 34 Explanation

The remaining people in the corridor subtly focused their gazes on the direction where Jiang Yunting had disappeared, before slowly shifting them back to Jiang Yining.

That perfectly natural "Sister" was like a resounding slap in the face, striking Jiang's mother's script about her "lost sister" with a vengeance.

The main theme is a rebellious attitude of "you make up your own stories, I'll admit defeat if I believe them."

Once inside Jiang Yining's spacious suite, the atmosphere finally relaxed a bit. Xiao Xiao and Shen Nian'an curiously looked around the room, but their gazes kept drifting towards Jiang Yining and Xie Shiyan, who was sitting right next to her.

Xie Shiyan felt completely at ease, as if he were back home. He looked around, his gaze landing on the suitcase in the corner, and asked softly, "Ningning, are you tired? Do you want to go wash up first?"

Before he finished speaking, he had already walked straight over and opened Jiang Yining's suitcase with great familiarity, pulling out a set of soft cotton loungewear and a set of toiletries packed in a sealed bag from a pile of clothes.

He even casually spread his pajamas on the bed and neatly arranged his toiletries at the bathroom door. This smooth and attentive action left Xiao Xiao and Shen Nian'an speechless, and even Lu Jingshen and Zhou Yanzhe showed expressions of surprise.

"No rush." ​​Jiang Yining watched Xie Shiyan's busy figure, a warm feeling welling up in her heart. She took a deep breath, turned to the crowd, and glanced at the faces filled with concern and doubt.

"Aren't you all... curious? Curious as to why... I'm still here?"

Her words made Xie Shiyan abruptly stop tidying his pajamas. He turned around abruptly, his deep eyes locking onto her, filled with intense tension and a hint of barely perceptible fear.

He feared it was all just a beautiful illusion, that she would disappear in the next second. Xiao Xiao and Shen Nian'an also held their breath and subconsciously moved closer together.

Jiang Yining reached out and gently grasped Xie Shiyan's slightly cool hand, her fingertips conveying a comforting strength. Meeting his anxious gaze, her voice rang out clearly and calmly, as if she were telling someone else's story:

"To be honest, I don't know what happened myself. I only remember the car accident eight years ago. It was very painful and dark. Then, I didn't know anything else. When I regained consciousness and opened my eyes, I found myself lying in the attic of a strange flower shop, and I had become a flower shop girl also named 'Jiang Yining'. She was an orphan and lived alone in H City."

She paused, looking at the undisguised shock in everyone's eyes.

“I know this sounds absurd, like a fantasy. Not to mention you, even I, my parents, and my brother find it unbelievable, like a dream.”

“We…we have actually considered this possibility,” Shen Nian’an said softly, her gaze falling on Jiang Yining with a complex expression, “the rebirth of the soul…or rather, consciousness. But…”

She hesitated for a moment, then pointed to Jiang Yining's face and ears, "You look exactly the same as before, even the little mole behind your ear. Can... you explain that?"

Jiang Yining raised her hand and gently touched the familiar little mole behind her right earlobe, which was one of her biggest sources of confusion.

“That’s the strangest thing. When I first ‘woke up,’ the owner of this body only looked about six or seven parts like me. But…” Her voice took on a hint of uncertainty and mystery, “slowly, I felt… this body seemed to… be becoming me. Not only did the appearance become more and more like me, but even the scar on my shoulder from falling down a tree when I was a kid…”

As she spoke, she gently pulled up the wide sleeves of her dress, revealing a faint but clearly visible old scar below her left shoulder blade.

"And the butterfly birthmark on her thigh has reappeared exactly as it was." Everyone present was very familiar with this scar. It was from when she was in junior high school, during a field trip with her friends. Jiang Yining insisted on climbing an old locust tree to pick fruit, but she lost her footing and fell, leaving this mark. At the time, Xie Shiyan felt extremely guilty and was severely reprimanded by his mother.

Xie Shiyan's gaze was fixed on the scar. He reached out, his fingertips trembling almost imperceptibly, and gently stroked the familiar bump.

The realistic touch, the exact location and shape of the imprint—this was his Ningning. He had confirmed it was her at the club.

"Whether it's science or a miracle behind it,"

Xie Shiyan's voice was deep and powerful, carrying an undeniable decisiveness. He raised his head, his sharp gaze sweeping over everyone in the room.

"Ningning is back, that's a fact. This matter ends here."

He emphasized, "Every word you hear in this room today, keep it to yourself. To everyone else, just tell them the version Aunt Pei just gave—Ningning is the youngest of the Jiang family's twin daughters who were separated years ago. She was just found and, because she misses her older sister, she changed her name to Jiang Yining. Understand?"