Highly advanced technology is accompanied by environmental pollution and destruction, and large cities experience heavy rainfall throughout the year.
A black sedan was parked in front of the hospital.
Jiang Fei got out of the car with an umbrella and looked at the hospital standing in the misty rain. The white castle-like building looked tall and luxurious.
Unfortunately, Ji Wei probably won't be able to stay here for much longer.
“Miss Jiang,” the woman who had previously examined Jiang Fei in the car lowered her window and handed her a business card, “if you feel unwell, Miss Jiang, you can contact me anytime.”
After all, it was the first subject she officially handled who underwent a memory replacement experiment.
Jiang Fei took the business card, smiled, nodded, and turned to walk into the hospital.
Everyone in the hospital was dressed in exquisite and expensive clothing, expressionless, like a machine that never stops running, calm and cold-blooded.
Jiang Fei went straight into the transparent elevator and pressed the button for the 40th floor.
The elevator was extremely fast, stopping in just a few seconds, and the elevator doors opened with a "ding".
Then, Jiang Fei heard the first commotion in the deathly silent hospital: several hurried footsteps coming from the depths of the corridor.
Jiang Fei looked up and saw a man in a white hospital gown reaching out his hand, groping his way forward.
Jiang Fei looked at the man and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She rarely used the word "beautiful" to describe a man, but the man in front of her was indeed very refined. It had nothing to do with being handsome, but rather a kind of beauty that transcended gender. His face was pale and sickly, and his figure was tall but thin.
Unfortunately, his eyes were empty and unfocused.
And his favorability rating is a huge zero.
Ji Wei.
Hearing the elevator hum, Ji Wei quickly looked up: "Ranran?"
"Ranran, is that you?"
He quickened his pace, but because he was blind and injured, he collapsed to the ground after only a few steps.
Jiang Fei rushed forward and took his arm, asking, "Are you alright? Are you okay?"
"Ranran..." Ji Wei's surprise vanished abruptly. Smelling the unfamiliar fragrance, he reached out and pushed Jiang Fei away. "You're not Ranran!"
"Ji Wei, what are you saying?" Jiang Fei's voice was low, and he reached out to continue supporting her.
"Who are you? Did Ji Yuntian send you?" Ji Wei forced her eyes open, which were completely blind. "What does he want now?"
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Fei feigned ignorance. "Ji Wei, it's me, Jiang Fei. We've known each other since we were ten years old."
"What Jiang Fei? Who knew you when you were ten years old..." Ji Wei didn't finish her sentence before she coughed violently, and her legs twitched slightly from the pain.
Just then, two men in suits walked over from the corner of the corridor and said expressionlessly, "Young Master Ji, this is not a place for you to stay. Mr. Ji wants you to leave as soon as possible."
Ji Wei's face grew increasingly grim: "Who do you think you are..."
"Mr. Ji has already paid your hospital fees for two weeks, which is more than enough. The daily cost here is six figures, which is beyond what Young Master Ji can afford now," the man continued, his voice tinged with sarcasm.
So what if you're born at the top of the pyramid? You can still fall into hell overnight and end up worse off than them.
Ji Wei's expression suddenly turned ashen.
The Ji family was swallowed up by Ji Yuntian, who had always coveted the huge conglomerate. This nominal uncle of his was so cold-blooded.
His parents also died in a bizarre car accident, and he was the only one who survived, but he suffered multiple fractures and went blind.
Overnight, he lost everything.
Falling from the clouds to hell, I lost everything.
“I will take him with me,” Jiang Fei said at the opportune moment.
The man glanced at her, nodded, and walked towards the elevator before leaving.
Jiang Fei looked at Ji Wei, and reached out to help him up again: "Let's leave this place..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ji Wei abruptly threw her aside: "Get out!"
Jiang Fei was caught off guard and was pushed to the ground.
Ji Wei paused for a moment when she heard the sound of someone falling, then quickly said in a hoarse voice, "You think you can impersonate Ranran?"
As she spoke, Ji Wei groped her way to her feet.
He was going to find Ranran; now, all he had left was Ranran.
Jiang Fei watched his stumbling figure and slowly stood up.
Such a prodigy has probably never suffered much hardship since birth.
She slowly followed for two steps: "Are you going to see Miss Lin?"
Ji Wei's steps froze.
Jiang Fei smiled faintly. Dealing with a little blind man was much easier. She took out her phone and dialed Lin Ran's number: "I got Miss Lin's number at the last banquet. I don't know what you want to see her for, but it's still more convenient than you walking around."
That banquet was hosted by Gu Xi, specifically to scan the compatibility between the original owner's body and Lin Ran's body.
Ji Wei frowned slightly, her expression clearly suspicious, and she didn't move.
Jiang Fei pulled his hand and placed the phone in his hand.
Ji Wei tightened her grip and held the phone to her ear.
Jiang Fei looked at him. At this moment, Lin Ran was staying by Gu Xi's side with the original owner's memories and feelings. Ji Wei was afraid that she would be disappointed again.
After what seemed like an eternity, the call was finally connected.
Ji Wei's empty eyes flickered: "Ranran, you are..."
He was interrupted before he could finish speaking. The voice was as low and soft as ever, but the words spoken were completely unfamiliar: "Who are you?"
Ji Wei froze, and after a long while, her lips moved: "Ranran, it's me, Ji Wei..."
"Mr. Ji... Ah!" Lin Ran suddenly exclaimed softly, then her voice tinged with shyness, "Gu Xi, what are you doing?"
"I told you, you can just call me Ah Xi from now on." The man's ambiguous breath came through the receiver clearly.
Ji Wei unconsciously gripped her phone tightly.
He certainly recognized the owner of that voice.
Gu Xi.
The head of the Gu family.
The way he looked at Ranran was full of possessiveness, and he never tried to hide it.
Did Ranran eventually abandon him too?
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ji..." Lin Ran was about to say something more through the receiver.
Ji Wei slammed the phone down, her hand trembling slightly as she held it.
I dare not listen anymore.
This phone call locked the last door in his life.
Even Lin Ran—his fiancée—left him.
This time, he truly had nothing left.
"Are you alright?" someone kept asking in my ear, their voice full of concern.
Ji Wei couldn't hear any of it.
All I could see was darkness, and all I could hear was a jumble of noise.
He didn't know how much time had passed when he felt someone support his wrist, and a woman's voice said softly, "Let's go home first."
Ji Wei followed the people around her in a daze, getting on and off vehicles. She didn't know how long she walked, but her feet sank into a muddy patch. A rotten smell filled the air, and she could hear a noisy commotion in the distance.
This is something you don't find in big cities.
Ji Wei barely came to his senses. Even though he had long since fallen from grace, he had never been to such a place before, let alone walked in such a place.
He spoke, his voice filled with disgust: "Where are you taking me?"
Even if he were blind, he would know that this must be a slum on the outskirts of the city, filthy, dirty, and chaotic.
Jiang Fei remained calm and said, "You can stay here with me for now."
She stopped and walked to a tin-roofed house, verified her fingerprint, and pushed open the door.
Inside the tin shack, the furnishings were exactly the same as she remembered.
Jiang Fei turned her head, and Ji Wei was still standing outside the door, her blindness unable to hide the disgust that emanated from her.
Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow: "It's not like you haven't been here before."
“How could I possibly come to such a…” Ji Wei was about to say “disgusting place”, but she politely swallowed her words and staggered around.
He wants to leave.
He couldn't believe Ranran could be so fickle.
Not long ago, Ranran told him that no matter what he became, she would always stay by his side.
She must have been threatened in some way.
But he had only taken half a step with difficulty when Jiang Fei's calm voice came from behind him: "We got engaged right here, have you forgotten?"
Anyway, Gu Xi has already replaced her memories, and Lin Ran and Ji Wei are indeed engaged, so no one will know the truth no matter what she makes up.
Ji Wei froze, and after a long while, she turned her head with difficulty: "What did you say?"
Jiang Fei took two steps toward him: "When we were ten years old, we got engaged here. Back then, you hated me."
“Impossible…” Ji Wei’s voice stopped abruptly. When he was ten years old, he and Lin Ran were engaged. “What’s your name?” he suddenly asked.
Jiang Fei answered honestly, "Jiang Fei."
Ji Wei was completely frozen.
No wonder it sounds so familiar.
Jiang Fei, a woman who suddenly appeared in Gu Xi's life, led some to speculate that Gu Xi might have settled down.
But he didn't believe it. He could see it clearly: Gu Xi's gaze towards Jiang Fei was devoid of any emotion, while Jiang Fei's feelings for Gu Xi were obvious.
Now, Jiang Fei appears before him and tells him that she and he were once engaged.
But Ranran went to Gu Xi's side...
A terrible thought formed in my mind.
Ji Wei reached out and took two steps toward Jiang Fei.
Jiang Fei watched him approach until his hand touched her arm. Ji Wei stopped and slowly reached for the back of Jiang Fei's neck.
"Ji Wei?" Jiang Fei asked, puzzled.
Ji Wei didn't speak, but when she touched a tiny raised mark on the back of Jiang Fei's neck, her fingertips trembled violently. She pushed Jiang Fei aside and took a half step back herself, staggering violently: "Don't use Ranran's tone, you're not her!"
Everyone who has undergone memory experiments will have a raised mark on the back of their neck.
These are markings that were intentionally left during the experiment.
Jiang Fei has a mark on the back of her neck; what she possesses is Ranran's memory.
Will Ranran... will Ranran also look at Gu Xi with the same adoring gaze that Jiang Fei once had?
Ji Wei's face turned ashen.
Ranran can never go back to his side...
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Fei called out to him.
Ji Wei remained motionless, like a standing corpse.
Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow, guessing that he might know about the memory swap, and finally didn't ask any more questions. She took his arm and walked into the tin shack.
Ji Wei seemed to have lost her soul, letting her pull her along as she sat blankly on the sofa.
Jiang Fei glanced at him, then looked at the dirty water on her body with disgust, and turned to walk into the bathroom.
Ji Wei remained sitting lifelessly on the sofa, her eyes unfocused as she stared straight ahead.
In just a few days, he went from being the young master of the Ji family to being reduced to this filthy slum.
Parents, family, fiancée, eyes, pride—all shattered.
The people around me are just imitations of the slums, imbued with their own memories.
"Heh..." Ji Wei chuckled sarcastically, stood up with difficulty, and groped his way along the wall toward the door. He tripped over the metal tables and chairs several times and almost fell several times. Sticky, warm liquid slid down his calves. Ji Wei remained silent throughout. Finally, he found the iron gate, opened it, and stepped into the muddy, narrow street without realizing it.
He kicked a nearby trash can, and the stray cat howled and scurried away from his legs.
Ji Wei continued walking forward, and after walking for an unknown amount of time, he heard the sound of a car whizzing by.
As Ji Wei listened to those voices, he thought, "He shouldn't be alive either."
He should have died in that car accident with his parents, instead of being blind and disabled, needing to rely on someone he had never taken seriously.
Anyway, no one will be sad for him anymore.
The cars speeding along the road seemed to beckon and bewitch him. Ji Wei put down his hand that was groping for the way ahead, and as if he could see it, he quickly walked towards the center of the road.
The screeching of brakes against the pavement, the honking of horns, and the cursing filled the air.
Ji Wei couldn't see clearly, but he clearly felt an out-of-control car hurtling towards him. He stopped, closed his eyes, and awaited death.
Just then, a scream came from the side.
"Ji Wei!"
His voice was hurried, distorted by worry.
Even though she couldn't see anything, Ji Wei still opened her eyes and turned her head to look in the direction from which the sound came.
At least some people still remember his name.
Before he could react, his wrist was suddenly grabbed, and his body was pulled backward with all his might, falling heavily onto the road.
The out-of-control car sped past them.
Ji Wei collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale.
Jiang Fei sat up, looking at him with a grim expression: "What are you going to do?" Her voice was filled with barely concealed anger.
Ji Wei lay on the ground, her eyes unfocused, her voice cold and gloomy: "None of your business!"
He then stood up.
"Going to die?" Jiang Fei's expression turned slightly cold, and his tone became a bit chilly.
Ji Wei's face darkened: "This has nothing to do with you." "Miss Jiang, you're nothing more than a thief who steals other people's memories!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Wei sensed the person in front of him fall silent. He paused, then gave a sarcastic laugh: "You don't know?"
Jiang Fei remained silent.
Ji Wei was about to say something when his arm was grabbed and Jiang Fei pulled him forward.
"Where are you taking me?" Ji Wei tried to break free from her hand, but for some reason, she couldn't.
"Jiang Fei!"
Jiang Fei turned her head: "Finally remembered my name?"
Ji Wei's expression was gloomy. She pursed her lips and said nothing more, only staggering behind Jiang Fei.
As night falls, neon lights overlap chaotically in the city center, while the continuous rain intertwines slums filled with billboards with skyscrapers covered in holographic images.
Jiang Fei stopped at an intersection and turned to look at Ji Wei: "Do you know where this is?"
Ji Wei's expression grew increasingly grim.
Now that he is blind, he naturally cannot see where he is.
"This is where your parents had the car accident," Jiang Fei said calmly.
Ji Wei's body tensed: "What do you want to do?"
"Do you really think your parents died just because of a car accident?" Jiang Fei interrupted him slowly.
Ji Wei froze.
The car was driven by advanced artificial intelligence, with an accident rate of almost zero, yet it happened to lose control severely that day.
"Do you think your blindness was also an accident?" Jiang Fei asked again.
Ji Wei's expression was almost deathly still.
When he woke up, he clearly realized that his eyes could feel light, but after Ji Yuntian went to the hospital once, the doctor declared that he was blind.
The holographic image overhead was playing an interview with Ji Yuntian, the current head of the Ji family.
Ji Yuntian's arrogant laughter filled his ears.
Ji Wei's originally lifeless expression was gradually replaced by hatred.
At that moment, Jiang Fei released his grip on his arm and took a few steps back.
Ji Wei was taken aback.
“Now you only have me by your side,” Jiang Fei said slowly. “Now, if you walk up to me, I will assume that you want to live.”
Ji Wei felt a moment of confusion, but then her thoughts gradually became clear.
He wanted revenge.
Jiang Fei was his only way out.
Ji Wei's empty eyes darkened, and she slowly but firmly walked toward the direction where Jiang Fei had spoken.
But as he approached, he swayed slightly, and a hand supported him again; it was thin and weak, yet remarkably strong.
It was like helping him leave the hospital, like pulling him back from the brink of death.
Then, the hand casually released him, only hooking his little finger with hers: "Let's go home."
Ji Wei's fingertips stiffened slightly. This time, she didn't refuse. She walked quietly beside Jiang Fei for a while before slowly saying:
Even so, you will never be Ranran.
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