Chapter 74 Remember to Think of Me (Ending Revision)
The corner where Jiang Sui and Ji Jingyu were located was always the default gathering place for everyone.
Every time get out of class ended, Jiang Deyu would automatically come over to chat without being asked.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Jiang Sui has only been gone for two days, and there are so many test papers on the table that they could be sold as scrap. These days, you can't even afford to take a day off." He said, flipping through the blank test papers. "Speaking of which, Jiang Sui did pretty well on the test this time, so why did her dad still give her a day off?"
Xia Fan was confused by what he said, "What does doing well on the exam have to do with taking leave?"
Yu Xiaocheng immediately understood his implied meaning: "Do you think Jiang Sui is like you, getting a beating when you get home after failing a test?"
For some reason, Jiang Deyu felt particularly embarrassed when Yu Xiaocheng said those words. "Class monitor, don't spread rumors. You don't even live in our neighborhood, how do you know I'll get beaten up when I get home?"
"I guess you didn't control your volume when your uncle beat you a few days ago, and the class monitor from several neighborhoods away heard it."
Jiang Deyu: "..."
He was so angry that he shut himself off on the spot.
On the night of the parent-teacher conference, Jiang Deyu waited downstairs at the apartment building because he knew his father would definitely pick up Grandma Ji and come back together.
As soon as he saw Grandma Ji, he would rush up and snatch her bag, then slip into her house under the pretense of escorting her home, and finally go home when his father had to go to sleep.
It would be perfect if we could convince Brother Ji to let him stay for one night.
result!
Man proposes, God disposes!
His father actually came back alone. Standing there was like a lamb entering a tiger's den, courting death.
That night, all the residents of the Nianhuali community heard Jiang Deyu's screams and his father's roars.
Later he found out that Jiang Sui's father had taken over the job of taking over Grandma Ji's job.
Jiang Deyu had planned to seek justice from Jiang Sui the next day, but only Ji Jingyu came downstairs. He learned that Jiang Sui had been picked up by her father the night before.
He, who had been severely beaten, still came to school despite his disability, while Jiang Sui, who had perfectly healthy arms and legs, actually asked for leave.
This is outrageous!
Xia Fan guessed, "I think it's because Sui Sui did well on her exam, and her father rewarded her by letting her go out to play."
"At this hour, they're still going out to play. And Jiang Sui's family is still..." Yu Xiaocheng thought for a moment before choosing her words, "...quite special."
"It's important to balance work and rest. Sui Sui has been studying very hard lately."
After all, she had gone to Jiangcheng to look for Gu Ci last weekend, so Xia Fan could understand.
Jiang Deyu gently nudged Ji Jingyu's shoulder, "Brother Ji, do you know where Jiang Sui went?"
Ji Jingyu didn't even look up, her tone indifferent, "I don't know."
"How could you not know?" Jiang Deyu muttered under his breath. "Jiang Sui tells you about such trivial things as choking on water, so why wouldn't she tell you when she takes several days off in a row?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Jingyu slightly raised her chin, her cold and sharp eyebrows furrowed, and her gaze swept over Jiang Deyu's face, revealing a hint of irritation.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Deyu immediately put his thumb and forefinger together and quickly made a zipping motion, promptly admitting defeat.
“I feel like without Jiang Sui, Brother Ji seems to have lost that warmth and humanity,” Yu Xiaocheng whispered to Xia Fan. “Sitting in front of him always makes me feel a chill down my spine.”
Xia Fan nodded in agreement, "I wonder when Sui Sui will be back."
—
Ji Jingyu subconsciously clenched the pen in her hand.
He genuinely had no idea what Jiang Sui was doing.
That night, Jiang Sui hurriedly knocked on his door.
“My dad is waiting for me at the entrance of the community. I’m going back to Licheng with him.”
"What happened?"
Jiang Sui shook her head. "My dad didn't say."
Perhaps Ji Jingyu's expression was too tense, Jiang Sui couldn't help but reach out and poke his face, and said with a smile: "Relax, maybe my dad misses me and wants me to come home and stay with him for a few days."
Even though there was no one around, Jiang Sui still took a step closer to him and whispered, "Actually, I think my dad is probably feeling down and really needs my comfort."
Jiang Sui guessed that her father must have successfully met her mother today, but her mother ignored him.
"Then I'll go down with you."
"Mm." Jiang Sui tilted her head to look at him, smiling like a beautiful kitten that had gotten its wish. "That's what I meant."
After Ji Jingyu closed the door, Jiang Sui skillfully grabbed his sleeve and followed him downstairs.
Jiang Sui's gaze fell on Ji Jingyu's pale profile.
He looked like he had just taken a shower.
His hair wasn't completely dry, still damp. If you got a little closer, Jiang Sui could smell the moist, refreshing minty scent from the ends of his hair. His soft bangs hung down between his eyebrows and forehead, making his profile look sharp and distinct.
Under the dim light of the hallway, he looked more relaxed and casual than usual, yet strangely alluring.
Jiang Sui sighed, "I've gone from wearing short sleeves to sweaters, when are we finally going to hold hands?"
Ji Jingyu paused, and Jiang Sui almost bumped into his back.
Jiang Sui slowly curled her lips into a smile, gently touched his arm, and teased, "Want to hold hands?"
Ji Jingyu's back tensed even more, and she said with her eyes downcast, "Stop fooling around, walk properly."
Using the height difference of the stairs, Jiang Sui could clearly see that his ears had turned red.
"Oh," Jiang Sui replied perfunctorily, then suddenly moved closer to Ji Jingyu.
Two equally beautiful faces suddenly came too close, almost only half a finger's width apart.
Ji Jingyu seemed startled by Jiang Sui's sudden action and did not dodge immediately.
Jiang Sui's gaze traveled from his thick, beautiful eyelashes and high nose to his slightly parted, pale red lips.
With such a bold and undisguised gaze, Ji Jingyu involuntarily swallowed hard.
After teasing her enough, Jiang Sui slowly straightened up, her smile evident in her eyes. "Remember to miss me. I'll be back soon."
—
Jiang Sui rested at home for a day, and the next morning Jiang Yunzhao took her to a private hospital under the Jiang family's name.
Jiang Sui was somewhat reluctant, "Why do we need another physical exam? Didn't we already have one this year?"
Jiang Yunzhao didn't explain much, but just coaxed her, "You've been studying so hard lately, let's do a little check-up and see if my darling daughter has lost weight."
"Okay." Jiang Sui didn't think much of it and obediently followed the nurse.
As soon as Jiang Sui entered the examination room, the smile on Jiang Yunzhao's face vanished instantly, and his eyes turned cold and deep.
He didn't tell Jiang Sui that the person who examined her this time was Professor Barth, one of the world's most authoritative neurosurgeons, who had just gotten off the plane yesterday.
When Jiang Sui was in a car accident, although Jiang Yunzhao resented Jiang Zhenkai, he always thought it was just a simple accident.
Jiang Sui is, after all, Jiang Zhenkai's granddaughter. Even if Jiang Zhenkai is heartless and insane, he wouldn't lay a hand on Jiang Sui.
Yesterday, he made a special trip to the Jiang family's old house and "invited" the nanny who had briefly taken care of Jiang Sui back to the villa.
Now that Jiang Yunzhao is in charge of the Jiang family, the nanny naturally dared not hide anything and told him everything that happened back then.
It turned out that not long after Jiang Zhenkai took Jiang Sui away, he had her sent to Xunning.
But on the very day of the wedding, he snatched Jiang Sui back from Su Yinian.
Jiang Sui was in a car accident on her way back to Licheng.
Because she kept crying and asking for her mother, the bodyguard driving the car was momentarily distracted, which led to the accident.
To torment Su Yinian, Jiang Zhenkai was a master manipulator of people's hearts.
Jiang Yunzhao couldn't even imagine how heartbroken and how much Su Yinian would hate him if his daughter told him about his remarriage in person.
The brief act of returning Jiang Sui to Su Yinian was merely a warning to her, letting Su Yinian know that he still held her life and death in his hands and could make her wish she were dead at any time.
Jiang Yunzhao guessed that the car accident might have ultimately become an "accomplice" in Jiang Zhenkai's threats and intimidation of Su Yinian.
Because she disobeyed and fantasized about living with Jiang Sui, Jiang Sui suffered serious harm.
If she continues to indulge in wishful thinking and crave a life that is not hers, the consequences will be far beyond what she can bear.
Therefore, when Jiang Sui returned to Xunning and came back to her side, Su Yinian acted so coldly and resisted Jiang Sui's approach.
Clearly, she felt that all of this was Jiang Zhenkai using the same old tricks again, another "test" of whether she would obey him.
Having already learned a painful lesson, Su Yinian dared not and would not repeat the same mistake.
She thought that as long as she showed that she disliked Jiang Sui, Jiang Sui might take the initiative to stay away from her heartless and irresponsible mother.
But she clearly loved Jiang Sui so much...
If Jiang Yunzhao hadn't still retained a sliver of reason, he would have wanted to deal with Jiang Zhenkai immediately.
Ultimately, however, he hated himself the most.
If it weren't for his past incompetence, Su Yinian wouldn't have suffered these hardships, and she would have had a better life.
But the past is the past. Jiang Yunzhao can't turn back time, nor can he erase the pain. The only thing he can do now is to protect Su Yinian and Jiang Sui and prevent them from getting hurt again.
—
"According to the inspection report, no problems were found."
Professor Barthes' words relieved Jiang Yunzhao's anxiety considerably.
"But why would she be missing a part of her memory?"
Jiang Sui has all her memories from childhood to adulthood, but she has forgotten her memories of Xunning.
It was precisely this memory that caused him to discover the truth, otherwise, given how much Jiang Yunzhao valued Jiang Sui, he would have noticed something amiss, and the truth wouldn't have been kept from him for so many years.
“The human brain is amazing.” The professor thought for a moment and proposed a hypothesis: “I think the methods your father used to take her away must not have been very gentle. Being forcibly taken away from her mother, coupled with the car accident that followed, her brain, for the purpose of self-protection, sealed away this memory.”
After a pause, he added, "Of course, these are all just my guesses."
Jiang Yunzhao repeatedly confirmed with him, "So, is it certain that my daughter's health is alright?"
"As things stand at the moment, yes."
Jiang Yunzhao breathed a long sigh of relief.
Since learning the truth, he has been overwhelmed by a deep sense of guilt.
It seems he failed to protect either his wife or his children.
"Perhaps when she experiences a similar situation again, this memory will come back."
Upon hearing the professor's words, Jiang Yunzhao's face darkened.
If this is the only way to restore Jiang Sui's memory, then he hopes that Jiang Sui will never remember it again for the rest of her life.
—
Jiang Yunzhao never intended to hide this from Jiang Sui.
I didn't say anything before because I was worried that Jiang Sui would be scared.
After hearing Jiang Yunzhao's words, Jiang Sui looked shocked and remained silent for a long time.
She needs time to process this.
After a while.
"You mean I met Mom, Brother Ji, and Grandma Ji a long time ago?"
"Um."
"But even if I don't remember, why don't Mom and Brother Ji say anything?"
Su Yinian, Ji Jingyu, and Ji Lanwan all acted as if they were meeting her for the first time.
Were they all just acting to deceive her?
But why?
Jiang Sui couldn't understand it.
“I guess it was your mother who asked them to do this,” Jiang Yunzhao said in a low, husky voice. “She wanted to protect you.”
For Su Yinian, only when Jiang Sui is far away from her can she be safe.
Those short five days together were enough to sustain her through it all.
It's actually a good thing that Jiang Sui doesn't remember.
“No wonder…” Jiang Sui lowered her eyes, her fingers, which had been resting on the windowsill, quietly clenched.
"No wonder what?"
"I suddenly understood a lot of things."
No wonder that when her mother first met her, she didn't ask about her father's situation, but instead asked if Jiang Zhenkai knew about it.
No wonder she always felt that her mother was contradictory. She would say that she didn't welcome her and told her to leave quickly, but she was always good to her and never let her suffer any grievances.
Su Yinian always thought she had hidden it well, but how could a mother's love be hidden!
Su Yinian is the person who loves Jiang Sui the most in this world.
And Ji Jingyu...
So they've known each other for quite some time now.
What was he thinking the moment he saw her at the bottom of the stairs?
Should they rejoice at their reunion, or blame her for remaining silent for so many years?
"Dad," Jiang Sui looked up at Jiang Yunzhao, "send me back to Xunning this afternoon. I miss Mom and Brother Ji."
Jiang Yunzhao can understand missing his mother, but what about missing the woman behind her?
"You really like him that much?"
"Yes."
Jiang Sui nodded almost without thinking, completely unaware of the impact her answer would have on a father who loved his daughter dearly.
"How old are you? Aren't you going to take a closer look?"
Jiang Yunzhao said this with some unease, as he had also fallen for Su Yinian around the same age as Jiang Sui.
"Mom likes it, and I like it too, that's enough."
Jiang Yunzhao was taken aback, then laughed angrily, "So my opinion doesn't matter, huh?"
“No,” Jiang Sui smiled and took Jiang Yunzhao’s arm, shaking it gently. “Because I know you will definitely love everything about him, and Brother Ji is so outstanding, he doesn’t need to love everything about him.”
“Ji Jingyu, he…” Jiang Yunzhao hesitated.
"Um?"
Jiang Yunzhao patted Jiang Sui's hand. "It's nothing. Whatever you want to do, Dad will support you."
If you like Ji Jingyu, so be it. It's not a big deal anyway.
It's not like I'm going to marry him right away.
Jiang Yunzhao comforted himself in this way.
Just as Jiang Yunzhao was mentally preparing himself, he heard his beloved daughter sigh softly beside him.
"What's the matter?"
"I'm thinking things through perfectly well, but even Brother Ji might not agree." Jiang Sui felt a headache coming on when she thought about Ji Jingyu's attitude towards her. "Dad, why did Mom reject you in the first place?"
Jiang Yunzhao: "..."
My little cotton-padded jacket is starting to let in drafts again.
"They think I'm too young and immature, that I have poor grades and no future, and that I'm too rich and unreliable."
Jiang Yunzhao still vividly remembers the reasons Su Yinian gave for rejecting him.
Jiang Sui pondered, "I'm the same age as him, and my grades are steadily improving. Could it be that he thinks I'm too rich? But it's not my fault that I'm rich."
“Yes,” Jiang Yunzhao nodded seriously, “It’s not your fault, it’s my fault.”
Jiang Sui grew up surrounded by love, so she can clearly sense who truly likes her and treats her sincerely.
Ji Jingyu clearly likes her.
But every time she took the initiative to approach, Ji Jingyu would find a way to push her away.
So contradictory was that Jiang Sui couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
"Perhaps he has some concerns."
"What concerns?"
Meeting his daughter's curious gaze, Jiang Yunzhao reached out and gently flicked her forehead. "How would I know? Go ask the person involved yourself."
—
Jiang Yunzhao had already thoroughly investigated Ji Jingyu's background.
That night, he wanted to tell Jiang Sui, but Jiang Sui fell asleep too quickly and probably didn't even hear a word.
Now it seems there's no need to say anything more.
Jiang Yunzhao wasn't sure if Ji Jingyu knew about his background, but if he was truly afraid to accept Jiang Sui because of it, Jiang Yunzhao would actually think more highly of him.
Although I haven't met Ji Jingyu many times, one's eyes don't lie.
His gaze toward Jiang Sui was pure and ardent, devoid of any manipulation or scheming.
This is unlike his "brother" Yu Chen, who was Jiang Sui's so-called "good friend" before, and whose interactions with her were always full of flattery and fawning.
If it weren't for the fact that he could provide Jiang Sui with some emotional value, Jiang Yunzhao would never have allowed such a person to get close to Jiang Sui.
Although both of them were Yu Juncheng's sons, their character was worlds apart.
But it makes sense, how could the children raised by Ji Lanwan and Su Yinian be bad!
Even if Jiang Yunzhao wanted to find fault, he wouldn't know where to start.
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