Su Jin leaned against Lin Caixia's chest; it was soft and comfortable, like a cloud, reminding her of fluffy cream.
That's how she imagined her mother to feel.
Su Jin whispered, "I'm sorry to her. I've forgotten everything. I don't know what I want now."
Lin Caixia patted her lightly, "No one can blame you. It hasn't been easy for you to get to where you are now."
Sensing that she was in a bad mood, Lin Caixia changed the subject, "By the way, do you want to go out to eat? The food here probably isn't very good."
Su Jin's eyes lit up, "It really has no taste at all."
Lin Caixia smiled and said, "Okay, then let's go out to eat."
Lin Caixia got up and opened the door, letting Lin Shi, who was playing on her phone outside, in. She then scolded her, "All you do is look at that phone. Your eyes will go bad sooner or later."
Lin Shi didn't dare to say anything more and put her phone away.
"You and Xiaojin discuss what to eat."
Lin Shi drawled, "Okay."
After closing the ward door, she unceremoniously plopped down on Su Jin's hospital bed, almost accidentally sitting on her lap.
Su Jin silently pulled her legs back. "Luckily, my legs are fine, otherwise you would have suffered secondary injury if you sat down."
What were you two just talking about?
Su Jin pondered for a moment.
Looking up at Lin Shi, he said, "I think this is an opportunity."
"What was the trigger?"
Su Jin licked her dry lips. "The system is gone. I should go find what I want."
Lin Shi was stunned. "But... but wouldn't you die? That system said you've started over many times and died many times. And now that it's leaving, doesn't that mean you don't have a chance to start over?"
Su Jin closed her eyes briefly. "Lin Shi, I understand now. A life lived for a single goal is a meaningless existence."
She would rather die like this, merging into the ruins of the era, than do anything to stay alive.
Lin Shi nodded. "You can actually say such profound things. It seems you really understand."
Su Jin: "..."
Lin Shi then asked her, "So what do you want to do? I remember the company agreement we signed was for five years, right?"
Su Jin murmured, "Five years."
007 said that the longest she ever lived was twenty-eight years.
Su Jin raised her head, making up her mind, "Then let's set a five-year timeframe. If I'm still alive after five years, I'm going to do what I truly want to do."
Five years later, she was not yet thirty years old, and her life was just beginning.
Lin Shi patted her shoulder, "Five years is just a blink of an eye, and I'm also looking forward to that day."
Su Jin told her, "You don't have to be like me. If you want to stay in the entertainment industry back then, then stay. Even if our paths diverge in the future, we can still be friends."
"What about your husband? What will you do then?"
Su Jin shrugged indifferently.
"I have no plans for him in my future life."
"Understood."
...
Su Jin pushed open the ward door and was surprised to see Gu Xingze sitting meekly next to Lin Caixia.
"What's wrong with you?"
Gu Xingze stood up awkwardly, "Wife, I was looking for you..."
Lin Caixia sat silently to the side with a stern face.
His tall frame shrank to Su Jin's side as he asked in a low voice, "Wife, what should I call her?"
Lin Caixia looked unfriendly just now, and kept throwing out questions.
Do you think you're good to her?
What does she like to eat?
Are you planning to have children?
This made Gu Xingze feel nervous, like he was meeting his parents.
Su Jin was confused. "Huh? What do you mean?"
Lin Caixia pushed Su Jin to a place far away from Gu Xingze.
She asked Su Jin seriously, "Tell me the truth, do you like him as a person?"
Su Jin picked at her fingers, "...She probably liked him."
Lin Caixia caught the meaning behind her words, "So, you don't like him as a person right now?"
She frowned, as if dealing with an obvious wrong answer, and she was shocked that the person in front of her could get such a question wrong.
"Xiao Jin... I don't understand why you got married in such a hurry back then."
Su Jin grasped Lin Caixia's arm. "Actually, this marriage isn't entirely without its benefits. I now possess more money than I could ever earn in my entire life; I couldn't have earned this much on my own."
Lin Caixia nodded, "Just know what you want. Don't chase after something as ethereal as love. What you can actually hold in your hand is what's real."
...
During the two days that Gu Xingze stayed by his bedside, he also took the opportunity to help heal his long-suffering right leg.
Today is the day I'm discharged from the hospital.
Su Jin, dressed neatly and fully armed, got into the car.
Gu Xingze followed her to sit in the back seat and noticed that she obviously flinched, which made his heart skip a beat.
"Wife."
"What's wrong?"
He held her hand. "We've got a problem between us. Can we solve it? Don't get rid of me."
Su Jin took a deep breath, not wanting to respond to that.
The problem wasn't with her, so she felt she had no obligation to solve it.
Resolving this marriage is relatively simple and easy.
I arrived home after several hours.
As soon as I opened the door, a furry figure darted over, accompanied by barking.
Bread's little tail wagged so hard it almost flew off. Su Jin squatted down and patted its head. "How come you've grown so fast? You've grown so big in just a few days."
"Hello, sister-in-law." Jiang Heng came out, looking completely drained.
"Thanks a lot."
"It's not hard work, it's just that my life is miserable."
Jiang Heng finally understood that being Gu Xingze's brother was truly unlucky for him.
"Sister-in-law, I want to ask you something."
"What's up?"
He rubbed his hands together and took out his phone. "What does it mean when a girl says this to me? Does it mean she's calling me cute?"
Su Jin craned her neck to look, and the message read: Are you sick? Is your brain full of bubbles?
She looked puzzled. "How did you come to the conclusion that she was praising you as cute? Isn't she trying to insult you?"
Scrolling down, Jiang Heng replied: Thank you. How did you know I like being ignored? I love being ignored; it gives me a thrill of having my enthusiasm trampled on. You must have investigated whether I'm a masochist, right? Thank you for taking such good care of me; I really like you the most.
Su Jin really didn't know what to say this time.
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