Chapter 75, Reasons for Separation
Meeting Jiang Ran's gaze, Qi Yuan rolled his eyes and silently replied, "He's sick."
Jiang Ran: "..." Is it really okay for you to say that about your fiancé?
"Ranran, she's lost her memory." Chu Yuan, observing the interaction between the two little girls, glanced at his mumbling fiancée with a half-smile, "She had a car accident and forgot about me."
What kind of melodramatic plot is this? Jiang Ran twitched his lips: "Si Xu can also treat this?"
Of course Si Xu wouldn't.
After hearing Chu Yuan’s explanation of the purpose, Si Xu directly kicked him out of the laboratory.
"Seventh Brother, can you help her?" Chu Yuan grappled with the laboratory door, refusing to let go. "She doesn't remember me, won't warm my bed, won't even let me hold her hand. It's so hard for me!"
"It can't be cured." Si Xu said seriously, "Or, you can find a brick and hit her with it to see if it works."
"How does this work?"
"I don't know—that's what it says in the book."
Qi Yuan, who was squatting on the side listening to the conversation, felt an inexplicable pain in the back of her head. She wanted to roar: "What kind of books are you reading? You quack!"
Seeing that Chu Yuan trusted this quack doctor so much, she was really worried that Chu Yuan would find a brick to hit her.
Chu Yuan was still persevering in his coquettish behavior: "Seventh Brother..."
Si Xu had a blank expression on his face: "Calling dad is useless."
Chu Yuan: "..."Seventh brother, you have changed. You used to be very cool, but after going out, have you lost your coolness?
…
Jiang Ran and Qi Yuan squatted in a row and watched the two men's show for a while. She felt bored, so she found a topic to chat with the girl next to her.
"Are you really Captain Chu's fiancée?"
Qi Yuan thought for a moment and said, "No—he said we've broken off the engagement."
"So, you were once an engaged couple?"
"I don't think this is likely." Qi Yuan thought seriously, "Although I don't remember what I was like before, as long as I'm not blind, I definitely won't like him."
Jiang Ran: "..." Suddenly I felt so sorry for Captain Chu.
After finally getting Chu Yuan out of the laboratory, Si Xu took off his white coat and asked Jiang Ran to go home.
Chu Yuan followed him relentlessly, holding Qi Yuan, who was trying to escape, with one hand: "Seventh Brother, look at her again. Is she really hopeless?"
Qi Yuan: "...Why do you make it seem like I'm going to die?"
Ignoring her complaints, Chu Yuan persisted: "Seventh Brother, look at her. I think she can still be saved, really."
Si Xu didn't even turn his head: "It's hopeless, don't bother me."
"Seventh Brother~"
Si Xu threatened expressionlessly: "If you scream again, I'll kill you."
Knowing that this man would keep his word, Chu Yuan kept silent.
Si Xu took Jiang Ran's hand and went upstairs without looking back.
…
On the way back, the man kept sighing, which made Qi Yuan, who finally felt a sense of relief, feel a little guilty for some reason.
"Um..." She stretched out a finger and poked Chu Yuan's arm. When the man turned to look at her, she grinned, "I think it's pretty good now, really."
"What's wrong?" Chu Yuan skillfully grabbed her collar and quickened his pace, humming angrily, "Let's go home. I'm hungry."
Qi Yuan was led by him for a few steps and struggled: "Just walk, why are you pulling my collar?"
The man didn't let go: "Don't think I don't know you've been looking for a chance to escape."
Qi Yuan: "I don't have any!"
"Oh? Who was the person who climbed over the balcony and got hung there last night while I was asleep?"
"..." Qi Yuan was not convinced, "That's because you ignored my thoughts and forcibly imprisoned me!"
"Imprisonment?" Chu Yuan smiled sinisterly. "Qi Yuan, it's been almost a year since the end of the world. How can you still be so naive? You're just an ordinary person. Should I let you out to be ravaged by other men?"
Not liking the tone of his voice, Qi Yuan shook off his hand and stopped.
Chu Yuan turned around and looked at her, his face full of confusion: "Why don't you leave?"
He could even ask this question nonchalantly...as if he was going to kick that harmless face twice.
Qi Yuan pursed his lips and didn't answer.
"Are you angry?" Chu Yuan folded his hands in front of him and smiled slowly, "Did I say anything wrong, Qi Yuan?"
Without waiting for the girl to reply, he suddenly raised his hand and stroked her cheek with his slightly cool fingers.
Unlike the temperature of his fingers, there was a gentleness in his eyes that was almost like a sigh.
Qi Yuan, who instinctively wanted to dodge backwards, subconsciously stopped moving and stared at him blankly after meeting his gaze.
"If I'm wrong," Chu Yuan sighed as he stroked the hideous scar on her right cheek, "Tell me, how did you get that scar on your face?"
After being reminded by him, Qi Yuan reflexively covered his right cheek and hid the hideous scar under his palm.
The girl took a few steps back in embarrassment, avoiding the man's fingers.
She didn't answer his question, her eyes averted, she lowered her head, and walked quickly around him.
What was there to say? He was so smart, how could he not figure it out?
——As an ordinary person, this is the only way she can think of to protect herself.
Before the girl could take a few steps, Chu Yuan caught up with her from behind and grabbed her wrist: "Qi Yuan."
The girl's nose felt sore and she muttered, "What?"
"Don't feel inferior." He said softly, "You are beautiful like this."
Beautiful? How could she be beautiful? The scar on her face was terrifying even to her.
"I'm not trying to tease you." Chu Yuan slowed down his voice, no longer as frivolous as before, but more serious. "Not everyone has the courage to burn their boats like you do—you may not remember, but you've always been like this. I used to be attracted by your courage, obsessed with you, unable to extricate myself."
"You..." This person spoke sweet nothings without hesitation. Qi Yuan thought that after spending a few days together, he had already gotten used to it, but he couldn't help but blushing slightly. "Why do you always say such things?"
"You don't like it?" Chu Yuan smiled, "When I said these things to you before, you were very happy."
Qi Yuan's cheeks grew hotter, and he stammered, "You, you... I, I, I don't remember what happened before. I'm not lying, I really don't remember!"
"I know."
You wouldn’t let me bully you like this before - you’re much more well-behaved now.
Chu Yuan pursed his lips, trying not to show too much pride: "I believe you...so, I'm trying my best to find a way to cure you."
"You...you also said that our engagement has been cancelled." Qi Yuan was puzzled. "Chu Yuan, why are you so obsessed with the past?"
Finally asked this question.
I think that after the reunion, without any memory of the past, this question must have troubled her for a long time.
Chu Yuan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why do you think we broke off our engagement?"
"Because... we are not suitable." Why else?
"Qi Yuan, we broke off our engagement because the Chu family has fallen on hard times and your father feels that I am not worthy of you."
"..." Is that so? They broke off their engagement for such a mundane reason?
While the girl was in a daze, Chu Yuan pinched her soft ears and sighed softly: "Your father looked down on the Chu family after its decline and forced you to break off the engagement with me. Do you understand?"
From what he said, it seems that they did not break off their engagement voluntarily. When they broke off the engagement, they were still in love, right?
(End of this chapter)
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