Chapter 522: Knife in the Heart
He opened his thin lips and uttered three words, which were like three sharp knives tempered with ice, stabbing into Ji Wan's heart.
"Who are you?"
Those three words were like a basin of ice water poured over Ji Wan's head, chilling him from head to toe.
"Who are you?"
Chi Wenyan's voice was calm, even with a hint of weakness that belonged to a patient, but to Ji Wan's ears, it sounded heavier and more ironic than any questioning or roaring.
She was just thinking that when he woke up, she would settle the debt with interest.
Now, he woke up, but with the words "Who are you", all her preparations, all her anger, and all her grievances were blocked in her throat, unable to go up or down, making her heart ache.
Ji Wan bit his lower lip tightly, and a rusty sweet taste filled his mouth.
who is she?
She was the Ji Wan who single-handedly supported the entire Chi Group when he was unconscious, worked for fifteen hours straight, was so tired that she almost fainted, but still gritted her teeth and persevered!
She was the one who was betrayed and hurt by him, but at the last moment, she still dropped everything and rushed to him regardless of everything because of his words "wake up"!
But he actually asked who she was?
"Mr. Chi, please calm down." The attending doctor hurried forward, his voice gentle but with undeniable professionalism. "You just woke up and are still very weak. Your memory may be temporarily confused. This is normal."
"Memory confusion?" Ji Wan turned his head sharply, shooting a sharp gaze at the doctor, "What do you mean?"
The doctor pushed up his glasses and explained, "Mr. Chi suffered a head injury. Although the surgery was successful, it will take time for his brain nerves to recover. At the moment, it seems he may have developed retrograde amnesia, meaning he has forgotten things that happened some time before the injury, and he has even forgotten some people."
Forgot some people.
These five words, like a blunt knife, cut back and forth in Ji Wan's heart.
The assistant was stunned as he listened. He looked at Chi Wenyan, who was still confused on the hospital bed, and then at Ji Wan, whose face was as pale as snow. He was at a loss for a moment.
"Will he remember?" Ji Wan's voice was very dry, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
"It's hard to say," the doctor said with difficulty. "Some people recover quickly, while others may take a long time or even never remember the memory. We will do our best to provide follow-up rehabilitation treatment."
Never remember?
Ji Wan felt a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his limbs were all frozen.
She looked at Chi Wenyan, the man who had made countless promises to her and said he would love her forever. Now he was looking at her with the eyes of a stranger. There was no love or hate in his eyes, only an empty confusion.
How ridiculous, how absurd.
She tried so hard to get an explanation and to put things to rest, but in the end, he simply forgot everything!
Just then, there was a slight commotion outside the ward, and then the assistant's cell phone rang rapidly.
He walked over to the side and picked up the phone. His expression changed drastically: "What? How could it be..."
After hanging up the phone, beads of sweat oozed from the assistant's forehead. He quickly walked over to Ji Wan, his voice changing tone: "Boss Ji, this is bad! I don't know how the news of Boss Chi's amnesia got leaked, and it's now the number one trending search!"
"What did you say?!" Ji Wan's pupils suddenly shrank.
She quickly pulled out her phone, her fingertips turning white from the strain. She opened the news app, and a barrage of headlines instantly flooded into her eyes.
"Chi Wenyan, the president of the Chi Group, lost his memory after waking up?!"
"Shocking news! Chi Wenyan is suspected of having lost his memory due to a car accident!"
"The future of the Chi Group is worrying? The president's amnesia has caused market panic!"
Under every piece of news, there are thousands of comments, speculations, doubts, pessimism...all kinds of voices are rampant.
"It must be that doctor from before." The assistant was frantically spinning around. "He was discussing Mr. Chi's condition with another doctor in the corridor. They were a bit loud, and it seemed like a few visitors were eavesdropping. They must have leaked the information!"
Upon hearing this, the attending physician's face turned very ugly. He opened his mouth, wanting to defend himself, but he didn't know where to start. After all, the news was indeed leaked indirectly from him.
Ji Wan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
Chi Wenyan's amnesia was a huge blow to her personally, leaving her with no way to vent all her emotions.
But the news of Chi Wenyan's amnesia was made public, and for the Chi Group, it was a crisis that was enough to trigger a tsunami!
She could almost imagine how panicked the people in the Chi Group would be at this moment, and how those rivals who were eyeing the situation would take advantage of the opportunity to stir up trouble!
"Mr. Ji, what should we do now? The PR department's phone is about to be blown up, and the board of directors is also..." The assistant's voice was trembling.
Ji Wan raised his hand to stop him from speaking.
She slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the sadness and confusion in her eyes were replaced by a cold determination.
"Why are you panicking?" Her voice was quiet, yet reassuringly calm. "The sky isn't falling."
She turned around and took a last look at Chi Wenyan, who was still looking at her in confusion on the hospital bed. His eyes were like a needle, piercing her heart and making her ache.
But she didn't have time to dwell on the pain.
"Assistant," Ji Wan's voice had returned to its usual calm and decisive tone. "Notify the PR department immediately and hold an emergency online press conference in half an hour. Also, notify all directors that an emergency video conference will be held in an hour."
"I want to see," she said with a cold arc on her lips, her eyes as sharp as a knife, "Who dares to touch the Chi family at this time!"
Chi Wenyan, it doesn’t matter if you forgot who I am.
I will let you, let everyone know who I, Ji Wan, am all over again!
Chi family, as long as I am here, they will not fall.
Half an hour later, the online press conference was held on time.
Facing the cold camera, Ji Wan spoke sharply and clearly, trying to minimize the impact of Chi Wenyan's amnesia.
She calmly explained that Chi Wenyan was in good health and only had temporary memory loss. She was in full charge of all affairs of the group and operations were normal.
However, on the other side of the screen are countless pairs of eyes filled with scrutiny and suspicion.
After the press conference ended, the assistant rushed in almost immediately, his face even uglier than before: "Boss Ji, the press conference was not very successful."
Ji Wan's eyes darkened slightly. She picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip. The scalding liquid couldn't dispel the chill in her heart: "Speak."
"There's a lot of criticism online. They say you're just trying to hold on, that the Chi Group is definitely finished this time." The assistant's voice was choked with sobs. "Some people are even digging up rumors about your previous divorce with President Chi, saying you're trying to seize power."
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