"I'm not thinking about anything else, as long as you're okay."
"What if—and I mean, what if—you got hurt saving me?"
“You saved me when I was at my lowest point five years ago. From that moment on, I made one thing clear in my heart: I would protect you for the rest of my life.”
I will protect her for the rest of my life...
Ye Xinning was momentarily distracted upon hearing this.
Shen Lin noticed her silence and thought she had thought of something bad, so he immediately spoke up, "I'm sorry, I know that my previous marriage made you suffer a lot. I know I'm sorry, and I know you don't want to forgive me. But Ningning, amnesia is not something I can control. If I could do it all over again, I would never go out that day. I would never forget you."
Shen Lin was holding Ye Xinning's hand as he said these words, but Ye Xinning had a very strange feeling in her heart.
"Chen Lin, do you know what's the most devastating thing for me?"
Shen Lin pursed his lips, his face pale. Ye Xinning shouldn't have said anything that would have agitated him at this time.
But it's not her style to leave things unfinished once she's said this much.
"You don't trust me, even if we had a short period of harmony. It's not because you trust me, but because you want to maintain that marriage. In other words, no matter who you marry, you would have made that choice at that moment."
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, Ningning."
Shen Lin kept apologizing, but Ye Xinning just shook her head. "You don't need to apologize to me. Actually, so much time has passed, and I've already let go of that marriage. You don't need to stay stuck in it. After all, people have to move on."
Shen Lin shook his head firmly, "No, it's not about letting go. I know you hate me and resent me for not treating you well."
Shen Lin was too persistent, especially when he got to this point, his emotions became particularly agitated, "Ningning, I know I was wrong, please give me another chance, don't give up on me like this, okay?"
Shen Lin's movements were so large that his wound soon became soaked with blood. Ye Xinning looked down and panicked. "Shen Lin, your wound has reopened! Don't move!"
Shen Lin seemed completely oblivious to the pain, utterly ignoring it. "Ningning, I really know I was wrong. Please give me another chance, okay?"
He kept repeating this sentence over and over again, as if he could keep talking as long as Ye Xinning didn't speak.
Ye Xinning wanted to call a doctor, but Shen Lin wouldn't let go of her hand, so she had no way to walk.
"Ningning."
He kept calling her name, and Ye Xinning was extremely worried. In order to stop Shen Lin from continuing to make trouble, she lowered her voice and said, "Okay, I promise you. Let go of my hand first, and I'll find a doctor to check your injury."
Despite Ye Xinning's words, Shen Lin refused to let go of her hand. A hopeful expression appeared on his face as he asked, "Really? Ningning, you've really agreed to give me a chance?"
"Really." Ye Xinning said this, but what she was thinking was how to appease Shen Lin. Right now, the most important thing was his injury.
After all, Shen Lin was injured because of her, and no matter how much Ye Xinning wanted to ignore it, she couldn't disregard Shen Lin's life or death.
“You’re just making things up without any evidence, Ningning. Say it again, I want to record it.”
Ye Xinning, "..."
Seeing Shen Lin so weak that he could barely speak, Ye Xinning was truly helpless. "Shen Lin, are you risking your life just because of something I said?"
"You said it."
What you meant by that sentence was obvious, and Ye Xinning naturally knew it.
Shen Lin meant that he wanted to record the audio.
She turned on her phone, recorded the conversation, and repeated what she had just said.
He handed it to Shen Lin, "Can I go see a doctor now?"
Seeing this, Shen Lin finally relented and let go of her hand.
Ye Xinning went out and called the doctor, who then re-bandaged Shen Lin.
This time, Ye Xinning came to the courtyard outside the villa and, thinking of Shen Lin, unconsciously lost in thought.
"Why doesn't Second Sister-in-law go upstairs?"
Ye Xinning turned around when she heard the sound.
Gu Shilin had already walked to a spot not far from her. With his hands in his pockets and a calm gaze, he asked, "The doctor has left. Won't you go see your second brother, sister-in-law?"
Even though Ye Xinning had explained her relationship with Shen Lin, Gu Shilin still insisted on calling her "Second Sister-in-law."
Ye Xinning said with some helplessness, "I came out for some fresh air."
"But what my second brother wants to see most is his second sister-in-law."
"I'm not a doctor, so what good is it for him to want to see me? Can I cure him?" Ye Xinning said, half-seriously and half-jokingly, with her arms crossed.
"Second sister-in-law knows what I mean."
Ye Xinning fell silent.
Gu Shilin continued, "I roughly know some things about my second brother and sister-in-law. My second brother's amnesia is not what he thought. He also regrets what he did to my sister-in-law after losing his memory. Why won't my sister-in-law give my second brother a chance?"
"I'm too tired. Maintaining that kind of marriage has exhausted too much of my patience."
"Patience is something that constantly changes with one's state of mind."
Ye Xinning pursed her lips, just as she was about to say something, Gu Shilin spoke again, "Second sister-in-law, you should have seen when my second brother risked everything to save you. Do you still doubt his feelings for you? Perhaps he did do a lot of things to wrong you when he had amnesia, but now he really knows he was wrong."
Ye Xinning was speechless after Gu Shilin's words.
"Second sister-in-law, I'm not saying this to morally blackmail you, but my second brother hasn't had a good life in the past twenty years. I've always thought he was a cold-hearted person, until he brought you into our lives. Then I knew that you had a place in his heart. This is not an easy thing to do. How could you bear to hurt a man like that?"
Gu Shilin said this earnestly, "It was fate that my second brother met you and fell in love with you. Now that fate is still there, why don't you try again, second sister-in-law, give my second brother and yourself a chance."
Gu Shilin left after saying his last words.
Ye Xinning stood there, pursing her lips, her heart filled with a complex mix of emotions she had never felt before, as she thought about what Gu Shilin had said.
She didn't come to her senses until the phone rang.
Ye Xinning took out her phone and paused for a second when she saw who was calling.
When I answered the phone, a man's voice came from the other end.
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