Chapter 27: I Took Off My Brother's Green Hat

(Let me clarify, this isn't the end. I'm just setting the stage for the next world. Please don't overthink it. When I logged into my account today, I thought something terrible had happened, hahaha.)

Upon hearing this, Ji Shu pouted and couldn't help but cry out in grievance: "Everyone has lost weight."

"Uncle, we were so scared." Ji Shu felt relieved as her uncle hugged her.

She didn't know what she had been panicking about before.

I'm just terrified that I'll never see my uncle again.

Ji Huaijin felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

That kid was really scared to death. Some things are better left forgotten.

As long as everyone is alright.

"Let's eat. I'll take Dad's food over first. After you finish eating, take Shushu to see Dad." Ji Huaijin placed the lunchbox on the table.

Everyone has been very worried about you lately.

It contains stewed pork ribs, which are very tender.

Ji Huaizhi sat down, put his little niece down, nodded, and asked, "How is Dad now? The caregiver brought him over this morning, but he seemed to be having some difficulty speaking."

“It’s normal for him to talk like this now. He didn’t miss the golden time. The treatment was very timely. He just needs to recover well after the surgery.” Ji Huaijin gestured for his daughter to chat with her brother.

Ji Huaizhi nodded: "Then I'll go take a look in a bit."

Ji Huaijin smiled and closed the door behind him as he left.

"Uncle, were you faking it before?" Ji Shu asked immediately after her father left.

Ji Huaizhi: "......"

"Because you used to fake being sick all the time to avoid going to class," Ji Shu said innocently.

While watching her uncle eat, Ji Shu touched Ji Huaizhi's left cheek with her small hand.

The left side of his face had scabs, covering a rather large area, while his right side was clean and clear: "Uncle, you must have been in a lot of pain back then."

"I forgot."

“Even if you forget, it still hurts. The wound is still there.” Ji Shu’s eyes showed worry.

Ji Huaizhi put down his chopsticks: "Shushu, right? Look me in the eyes."

Ji Shu obediently looked into her uncle's eyes, then suddenly her expression became lifeless.

Ji Huaizhi's pupils were red, and he saw what had happened in Ji Shu's lifeless eyes:

Ji's mother broke down in tears, while Ji Huaijin squatted helplessly at the hospital entrance, smoking, with many cigarette butts in front of him. Then Ji Shu saw her grandfather lying weakly in a hospital bed, in a wheelchair.

The scene suddenly flashed, and he saw himself taking care of the little girl in front of him.

I always have a purpose in whatever I do.

Then he saw himself cast a talisman behind Ji Shu, judging from the gesture, it should be a peace talisman. Then he saw her birth mother push her onto the road, and he saved her.

The scene from that time was reenacted.

I saw the rune on my forehead appear and then disappear.

Ji Huaizhi withdrew his hand, and Ji Shu, after regaining her senses, looked puzzled: "Why did I feel like I was falling asleep just now?"

"Are you sleepy?" Ji Huaizhi took a sip of pork rib soup.

Ji Shu shook her head: "I'm not sleepy."

After that, she sat quietly next to Ji Huaizhi and told him about what had happened recently.

Ji Huaizhi read her memories and understood everything that had happened before, but he had no recollection of their previous life.

When I went to Ji's father's ward, I heard Ji's mother's voice: "Your father is much better now. The doctor said he can be discharged."

"Okay, then Dad and Huaizhi will handle the discharge procedures together when it's time." Ji Huaijin was packing his father's things.

They all lost weight during this period.

Mrs. Ji nodded: "I don't know what's wrong with Huaizhi this time. The doctors can't figure it out either."

Ji Huaijin: "I've been to several hospitals, and they all said that Huaizhi is fine and very healthy."

After finishing his meal, Mr. Ji asked the caregiver to cover his legs with a blanket: "It's good that you're alright. After going through this, I just feel that it's good enough that our family is safe and healthy."

"Grandpa and Grandma," Ji Shu called out.

Ji Huaizhi followed behind: "Mom and Dad, brother."

"You've come over? Your brother, why didn't he bring his food to this ward so you and your dad could eat together?" Mrs. Ji complained.

Ji Shu: "Grandpa, are you feeling better?"

"I'm much better." Father Ji nodded, looking up at his youngest son: "He still looks energetic."

Ji Huaizhi nodded and sat directly on the hospital bed that his elder brother had just prepared: "I'm alright, it's just that I haven't been sleeping much lately, probably because I slept too long before."

Ji Huaijin sensed something was off about him: "You remembered?"

Ji's mother stood up, and everyone looked at her in surprise.

Ji Huaizhi looked them over and nodded: "They must have been frightened by the big truck, you know what it's called?"

"Intermittent amnesia, but I remember everything now. I must have been traumatized by sleeping for so long before."

Ji's mother wanted to touch Ji Huaizhi's head: "My son."

Ji Huai stepped back: "Mom, please don't do this, I'm scared."

That cheeky grin instantly brought back their old vibes: "You little brat, you scared me to death!"

Ji Huaizhi pointed at her hand: "Don't hit me, or I'll die right here!"

Ji's mother was truly intimidated by him, and then she slapped his fingers away: "You think you can take advantage of me? Get lost!"

Ji Huaijin was also pleased: "When did you think of that?"

"I remembered it just now, when I was holding Shushu." Ji Huaizhi lay half-paralyzed on the hospital bed.

The abrasions on my arm have scabbed over with a thick layer of scabs.

The scab on the left side of my face is thinner, but it still looks terrible.

"Then I'll be my uncle's lucky star."

"Hmph, you're a little sycophant." Ji Huaizhi sneered.

"Was that woman also killed? Is the driver responsible?" Ji Huaizhi asked his older brother.

Ji Huaijin glanced at his daughter, and seeing her talking to her grandfather, he whispered to Huaizhi:

"She wasn't killed. Although the driver's cargo was very heavy, she was fortunately rescued quickly. There will definitely be aftereffects. I heard from the police station that her neck and cervical spine were injured, and she won't have an easy time in the future."

He said with a strange look in his eyes, "And, she was diagnosed with that disease."

Ji Huaizhi listened intently: "Which illness?"

Ji Huaijin didn't know whether he should say it or not, but then he thought that his younger brother was not young anymore and could be engaged in sex education.

"Infectious diseases are AIDS and syphilis."

"The fish that steals fish won't always be so lucky; it will always run into a sick cat."

"People must keep themselves clean and honest, otherwise one day it will backfire on them."

Ji Huaizhi looked at his elder brother with an inscrutable expression.

Ji Huaijin suddenly understood his gaze: "I had a check-up when I divorced her, and I went for another check-up when the police told me. I'm fine."

"She probably contracted it after marriage."

After a moment of silence, Ji Huaizhi said, "This has an incubation period."

Ji Huaijin felt awkward for a moment: "Then I'll go for another check-up in six months?"

"You're alright." Ji Huaizhi stopped teasing him: "Then now that she's in an accident, isn't the driver the unlucky one?"

Ji Huaijin: "It's true that he was unlucky, but he had insurance so he wasn't primarily responsible. Plus, his goods weren't overweight or oversized, so it was just humanitarian compensation."

"So the result is not bad."

Ji Huaizhi nodded.