Chapter 39

Jiang Jiang took a deep breath. She knew her brother's temper too well. "Jiang Hai, Xiaobai has a job, she's capable, and she earns money. She will give all her earnings to me. As for the rest, she just... just lost her memory..."

"Amnesia?" Jiang Hai sneered, his voice full of sarcasm. "Do you really think this is a TV drama? A car accident caused amnesia? With someone of unknown identity right next to you, she must be up to something bad! You can't trust her!"

He thought of how Xiaobai obeyed his sister's orders just now, and he felt annoyed. "Sister, you have never been so kind before!"

Jiang Jiang's face darkened completely. "What could I possibly want her to cheat me for? I have no money, no power, nothing. I only have this second-hand house. What's so special about it? You're the only one who would overthink it! And! You don't understand her. You're not allowed to say that about her!"

"Who said she didn't have bad intentions? She's just after you..." Jiang Hai paused for a moment, then suddenly became excited, his voice distorted. "You never spoke to me like this before, and now you're being mean to me because of her?"

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly turned red, like an enraged little animal. "What kind of magic potion did she give you? Did she put a spell on you? She even scolded your dearest brother!"

"Jiang Hai! You are in college and an adult now, can you be more mature?" Jiang Jiang felt like he was about to get overwhelmed!

She was kidnapped by Lin Yue today and went to the police station to take a long statement. Because she was absent from work for most of the day, her salary was deducted and she had to give a leave note. When she met Xiaoan, she had to counsel him.

She was so busy that she just returned home now. She was tired after a day and wanted to have a good rest, but she encountered Jiang Hai making trouble here.

Jiang Jiang took a deep breath. She pressed her solar plexus, trying to suppress the headache. Her voice was very low but every word was clear. "If you came here just to say this, then you can go." She really didn't have time to deal with it.

These words were like a basin of cold water poured on Jiang Hai's head.

He looked at his sister in disbelief. From childhood to adulthood, Jiang Jiang had never said such harsh words to him.

Even when he injured a classmate as a child and had to pay huge medical bills, Jiang Jiang never blamed him. Instead, he took the blame on himself and helped him bear the anger of his parents.

"Okay, I'll go." Jiang Hai's voice suddenly calmed down, but this calmness was more terrifying than the roar.

He turned and rushed into the living room, grabbed his coat from the sofa, and rushed out without even putting on his shoes.

"Bang!"

The sound of the door slamming shut startled Xiaobai in the kitchen.

She walked out and looked at Jiang Jiang standing on the balcony in confusion, "Jiang Jiang..."

Jiang Jiang forced a smile, stood on tiptoe and touched Xiaobai's head, "It's okay, he had something to do, so he left first."

Xiaobai blinked, a hint of worry flashed in his eyes, but he soon smiled, as if he believed Jiang Jiang's words.

She scratched her head embarrassedly, "Jiang Jiang, today, I accidentally burnt the dish..."

She spoke more and more quietly, and her head dropped.

Jiang Jiang looked past Xiaobai and saw the black vegetables on the plate on the kitchen chopping board. He couldn't help laughing, "Ah, why are you so careless today?"

Xiaobai keenly noticed Jiang Jiang's red eyes, but she didn't ask anything. She just hugged Jiang Jiang gently and buried her face in her shoulder. "I'm sorry, I was distracted today and accidentally burnt the food!"

Jiang Jiang felt the warm body temperature of the person in his arms, and suddenly felt his nose sore.

Xiaobai had a faint smell of oil smoke and her unique scent of sun-dried cotton, which made people feel inexplicably at ease.

"It's okay!" Jiang Jiang rubbed Xiaobai's hair, "Let's order takeout. It's not bad to order takeout once in a while!"

*

Jiang Hai did not contact Jiang Jiang for the next few days.

Jiang Jiang knew his brother's stubborn character and did not take the initiative to look for him. He was just a little worried about whether Jiang Hai had found a suitable place to live.

Until Friday night, she worked overtime until after nine o'clock. As soon as she walked out of the company building, a gust of wind suddenly blew, making Jiang Jiang shiver.

The weather, which is usually over 30 degrees Celsius, suddenly became cloudy and the temperature dropped. The sky was dark, as if a heavy rain was about to fall in the next second.

Jiang Jiang hugged himself tightly with his arms and was about to walk towards the subway station when he suddenly saw a familiar figure standing under a street light not far away.

Jiang Hai leaned against the lamppost, a cigarette in his hand, the flickering flame was particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

"Put out the cigarette!" Jiang Jiang yelled.

Jiang Hai subconsciously and obediently put out the cigarette quickly and threw it into the trash can.

"You don't learn the good things, but only the bad ones!" Jiang Jiang glared at Jiang Hai and said, "No more smoking!"

Seeing Jiang Hai still with his head down, Jiang Jiang pursed his lips and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Just passing by." Jiang Hai paused, his eyes drifting away, "I'll take you home."

The brother and sister walked silently in the night, heading towards the subway station.

Jiang Hai hesitated several times before finally speaking, "Sister, I don't object to you finding a girl, but...besides being cute, does that person have any other advantages?"

Although he had only known Xiaobai for a short time, he had his own opinions on people. He believed that a girl like Xiaobai could be protected by someone, but someone as outstanding and perfect as her sister must be accompanied by someone who could protect her! Instead of asking her sister to make so much effort to protect the other person!

Jiang Jiang sighed and was about to answer when his cell phone suddenly rang.

It was a message from Xiaobai, "Are you done? Midnight snack, I'll pick you up!" It was followed by an emoticon of a puppy wagging its tail.

Xiaobai has now learned how to use his mobile phone to write and send messages. Ever since Jiang Jiang gave his previous mobile phone to Xiaobai, Xiaobai has liked to use handwriting input to send messages to Jiang Jiang.

The corners of Jiang Jiang's mouth rose unconsciously. It was easy for him to imagine Xiaobai staring at his phone and writing slowly.

She quickly replied, "No need to pick me up, Jiang Hai is here to take me back!"

After sending the message, she looked up and met her brother's inquiring gaze. "She was worried that I was working too late, so she made some midnight snacks for me."

Jiang Hai snorted coldly. He put his hands in his sweatshirt pockets and kicked the pebbles on the road. "So attentive!"

Jiang Jiang ignored him and continued walking forward.

After getting off the subway and approaching the gate of the residential complex, Jiang Hai suddenly stopped her and said, "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Jiang asked puzzledly.

Jiang Hai pointed forward.

Under the dim street lights, Xiaobai was standing at the gate of the community, holding a thermos in his arms, chatting with the security guard, and looking at the intersection from time to time.

The security guard warmly invited Xiaobai to go into the pavilion and sit down and wait for someone, but Xiaobai was afraid that Jiang Jiang would not be able to see him the first time, so he chose to stand outside.

"Didn't you say I didn't have to come to pick it up?" Jiang Hai frowned.

Jiang Jiang's heart suddenly softened. She ignored Jiang Hai and walked over quickly. "Why are you waiting outside? It's dark now, it's so unsafe!"

Xiaobai only then saw Jiang Jiang, and a bright smile instantly broke out on his face, "I miss Jiang Jiang!"

After she finished speaking, she noticed Jiang Hai and nodded awkwardly, holding up the thermos in her hand. "Hello, this is for you..."

Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Xiaobai had specially left him a midnight snack.

He wanted to refuse, but seeing his sister's warning look, he had to accept it reluctantly.

"No need to leave him alone!" Jiang Jiang said as he pulled Xiaobai, not forgetting to roll his eyes at his younger brother.

Jiang Hai, "..." I feel wronged! I feel so wronged!

Jiang Jiang and Xiaobai said hello to the security guard and were about to go back. Seeing Jiang Hai still standing there holding the thermos, Jiang Jiang sighed.

"Hurry up and catch up!"

Jiang Hai's eyes lit up, but he quickly concealed his excitement and followed with the thermos in his arms.

The three of them returned to the apartment together.

Xiaobai and Jiang Jiang were in the kitchen, heating up dishes and serving rice while discussing something.

Jiang Hai sat on the sofa, observing quietly, and saw his sister chatting with Xiaobai, with a smile on her face.

You're working overtime so late, but you don't feel tired?

Is it because there is someone you like by your side?

"Jiang Jiang, this is yours!" Xiaobai said as he pushed a bowl of specially made light side dishes in front of Jiang Jiang.

Jiang Jiang looked at the spicy dishes and cut watermelon in front of Jiang Hai and curled her lips in dissatisfaction, "I want to eat spicy food, and I also want to eat watermelon!"

"No!" Xiaobai raised a finger and shook it, "You haven't been feeling well lately. You can't eat spicy or cold food! Otherwise, it will hurt!"

Jiang Hai, "..." In the world of three people, it was as if he didn't exist!

After dinner, Xiaobai said that Jiang Jiang was tired after a day, so she asked her to take a shower quickly and she would clean up the dishes.

Jiang Jiang glared at Jiang Hai warningly before changing into clean clothes and going into the bathroom.

Jiang Hai saw that the bathroom door was closed, so he took the opportunity to follow her into the kitchen, pretending to help.

"Hey, how did you and my sister know each other?" he asked casually, wiping the dishes carelessly in his hands.

Xiaobai answered while washing dishes, water droplets splashing on her cheeks, like tiny diamonds under the light, "It was raining heavily that day, and the sky was very dark. She reached out her hand to me like a god..."

Jiang Hai, "???" Are you filming a TV series here?

He thought Xiaobai was fooling him, so he snorted and ignored him.

He glanced across the kitchen and suddenly noticed a note on the refrigerator that detailed the following:

Jiang Jiang will have stomachache around the 15th of every month, so prepare brown sugar ginger tea in advance!

Jiang Jiang doesn’t like bitter melon and sesame!

Jiang Jiang loves caramel pudding the most! The ones made outside are too sweet, so use less sugar!

The handwriting is as neat as a primary school student's copybook, but there are a few traditional Chinese characters mixed in. However, it can be understood based on the context.

"This is...?"

Xiaobai followed his gaze and wiped his hands a little embarrassedly, "I have a bad memory. I was afraid of remembering Jiang Jiang wrongly, so I wrote it all down."

She paused, her voice trailing off. "Jiang Jiang ate cold watermelon earlier and had a stomachache. She couldn't get up from the bed. I was terrified, but I didn't know what to do. I really wanted to feel the pain for Jiang Jiang..."

Jiang Hai was stunned. He remembered that it was already the 18th. No wonder Xiaobai had not allowed Jiang Jiang to eat spicy and cold food before.

He only remembered his sister's birthday, but he really didn't know about her daily life. He didn't even know that his sister was in pain every month. Perhaps it was because he was a boy and didn't pay attention to these things before.

Then think about it from another perspective, if my sister found a boyfriend, would she not pay attention to these things?

Jiang Jiang came out of the shower and went to make the bed and get the quilt.

If Jiang Hai wants to stay today, he will sleep on the sofa, and Xiaobai will sleep in the bedroom with her.

After hearing the news, Xiaobai happily jumped into the bathroom to take a shower.

Back in the living room, Jiang Hai saw a notebook in the corner of the sofa.

He took it without thinking, opened it and stood there in a daze.

It records everything about Jiang Jiang.

"Jiang Jiang worked overtime and didn't come back until almost twelve o'clock. I felt bad for her. I made some midnight snacks but she was too tired to eat much!"

"Jiang Jiang didn't seem very happy, but she came back early. I was very happy, but Jiang Jiang didn't let me go to her company to cause trouble, so I became unhappy again..."

"I made a successful caramel pudding, and Jiang Jiang praised it! I'll make it often from now on!"

"Jiang Jiang had a stomachache and I didn't know what to do. I asked my neighbor and she told me to make some red date and ginger soup, but Jiang Jiang refused to drink it because it was too spicy. I secretly added a lot of brown sugar and she finally drank enough!"

…

Jiang Hai was slightly touched. It was undeniable that having someone who was devoted to him wholeheartedly was really touching.

He continued to read, and every page was filled with Jiang Jiang. Every page recorded every little detail between her and Jiang Jiang, deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Jiang Jiang walked out holding a quilt and saw what Jiang Hai was looking at. She walked over and saw the contents of the notebook and was stunned.

"She has always been like this..." Jiang Hai hesitated to speak.

Jiang Jiang held the notebook, smiled gently as she read it, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

She had occasionally seen Xiaobai lying down and writing something, and she thought that Xiaobai was just learning to write. After all, Xiaobai had lost his memory and was not very good at reading. Unexpectedly...

"Like a fool." There was unconcealable fondness in her voice.

Jiang Hai didn't say anything, but just silently closed the notebook and put it back in its original place.