When Jiang Fei woke up again, she was in a laboratory.
It's very familiar.
It was the very room where she and Lin Ran had swapped their memories back.
The Ji family.
The laboratory was empty, with only the cold silver instruments gleaming with a pale blue light, and a deathly silence filled the air.
Jiang Fei slowly stood up, turned her head to look to the side, and saw that the view outside the French windows was pitch black, reflecting her figure.
She stepped off the lab bench, walked barefoot to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at her reflection in the window: a white sterile gown, and... a pair of perfect eyes.
Jiang Fei reached out and gently touched her left eye, looking at the slightly grayish color of her pupils, and murmured after a long while, "I'm back."
My own eyes still look the best to me.
Just then, the system, which hadn't appeared for a long time, suddenly spoke up to remind you: [Host, the three mission targets are still a little short of gaining favor with you...] So, now is not the time to be complacent.
"What's the rush?" Jiang Fei narrowed his eyes, his hand, which was rubbing his left eye, fell onto the French window, tracing the contours of his face, and said lazily, "Can't I enjoy the beautiful scenery with my own eyes for a little longer?"
The system paused for a moment. [In the last world, the host even openly gouged out his heart; in this world, there's only one pair of eyes…]
"What do you know?" Jiang Fei scoffed. "A heart is something that makes no difference to me whether I have it or not. As for eyes, I use them to appreciate beautiful scenery and beautiful women."
【system:……】
Jiang Fei smiled faintly, continuing to look at the reflection in the window, and said nothing more.
After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard outside the laboratory, and then the door was opened from the outside.
Jiang Fei looked at the reflection of the movement in the window; a person who looked like an assistant was standing at the door.
"Miss Jiang, you're awake?"
Jiang Fei lowered her eyes, suppressing her emotions. When she looked up again, her expression had returned to calm. She turned to her assistant, glancing behind him, and asked, "What happened to my eyes? Where is Ji Wei?"
The assistant paused, then simply shook his head: "Mr. Ji said he's busy with something, and that he'll need to wait until you wake up..."
"Where is he?" Jiang Fei interrupted his assistant.
The assistant looked somewhat grave, his eyes showing difficulty: "Ms. Jiang..."
"I'm going to find him." After saying that, Jiang Fei tried to walk past her assistant towards the door. Her pale face and flustered movements prompted her assistant to quickly support her.
"Miss Jiang..."
Jiang Fei looked at him intently, her eyes gleaming.
The assistant met her gaze and finally sighed softly, "I'll take you to see Mr. Ji."
Jiang Fei lowered her head: "Thank you."
Ji Wei's room was very secluded, as if she was deliberately hiding herself.
The assistant escorted Jiang Fei to the door: "Miss Jiang, I think that although Mr. Ji told us not to tell you, he must want to see you."
Jiang Fei remained silent, watching her assistant's figure disappear before slowly pushing open the door.
The room was deathly silent and pale, with only a piece of equipment and a figure sitting on the sofa with his back to her.
The figure wore a snow-white top, seemingly blending into the pale silhouettes around him. Though slender, his features were still delicate, except that his eyes were wrapped in white cloth, with a faint red tinge around the white cloth covering his left eye. He had a lonely and expressionless face.
Hearing footsteps behind her, Ji Wei turned her head: "Assistant Wang, how is she?"
Jiang Fei remained silent and slowly walked up to him.
Ji Wei frowned; "Assistant Wang..."
"If you want to know how I am, why don't you ask me yourself?" Jiang Fei said in a low voice.
Ji Wei panicked for a moment, then hurriedly lowered her head, as if she had been discovered in her current state, looking embarrassed: "Feifei..."
"Why?" Jiang Fei interrupted him, squatting down in front of him.
Ji Wei paused, and after a long while, he said in a hoarse voice, "In a few days, Fei Fei, in a few days when the prosthetic eye has recovered, I will answer you, okay..." As he spoke, he turned his body slightly to the side, as if to avoid her.
“Ji Wei,” Jiang Fei said earnestly as she sat down beside him, “I’ve seen you when you were blind. You were in a much worse state back then than you are now.”
Ji Wei, who had been avoiding her, froze: "I just... didn't want you to see me looking like a useless piece of trash."
Back then, he thought he didn't care about her at all, and he didn't care how she saw him, but now it's different. He doesn't want her to see him as a useless person who can't do anything.
Jiang Fei paused for a moment: "Back then, you didn't even have the Ji family."
Ji Wei's hand trembled. After a long silence, as if she had mustered up her courage, she reached out and touched the woman in front of her. Her hand traced her cheek and landed on her left eye, a familiar touch.
very nice.
She can see again now, with her eyes completely intact.
Ji Wei's fingertips trembled slightly: "These are your eyes."
Jiang Fei said, "So, you switched your eyes back just so you wouldn't owe me anything?"
“No,” Ji Wei said almost immediately, then paused for a few seconds and whispered, “Could we… start over?”
Just like when she took him out of the hospital after he went blind, from that moment on...
Jiang Fei pursed her lips and remained silent.
Seemingly afraid of being rejected, Ji Wei added, "I'm sorry about what happened before, Fei Fei, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have said those things to you, I just..."
His words were hurried and disordered. Jiang Fei looked at him calmly, and after a long while, she imitated him and reached out to touch his cheek.
Ji Wei was stunned, her expression one of utter shock: "Feifei..."
"Are you really sure?" Jiang Fei asked in a low voice.
Ji Wei nodded vigorously.
"You won't regret it?"
"Won't."
Jiang Fei smiled and said, "Okay."
Ji Wei's expression froze, her tone filled with confusion, as if she didn't understand the meaning of her words: "Feifei?"
Jiang Fei continued, "Let's get married."
Ji Wei was completely stunned, then her face lit up with surprise: "Feifei, you mean..."
Jiang Fei repeated, "Let's get married."
Ji Wei was stunned for a long time before she could process what she had just said. Her pale lips trembled slightly. "Feifei, in a few days, your prosthetic eye will be able to see again. Don't feel like you owe me anything, and don't feel guilty..."
“It’s not because of guilt,” Jiang Fei interrupted him.
It was simply the ending she chose for him and for the world.
For her, the outcome is of no consequence.
Ji Wei pursed her lips tightly, and after a long while, the hand that had been stroking her left eye gently moved to her cheek, her fingertips lightly touching her lips. She leaned down to place a kiss on her cheek.
Jiang Fei's body stiffened.
Ji Wei noticed it, and the color drained from her face instantly.
It doesn't matter if she can't accept him yet, as long as... she's by his side.
But the next second, he suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his lips, a soft touch with the sweet fragrance unique to a woman's lips, fleeting like a dragonfly skimming the water.
One, a very quick kiss.
For a fleeting moment, Ji Wei felt that this kiss was merely a reward for her obedience.
Ji Wei froze, vaguely recalling the scene where she had pulled him along as they ran in the light rain, panting and hiding in a corner, before tiptoeing to kiss him.
Ji Wei's favorability rating: 100.
...
The car was heading towards the tin-roofed house.
Jiang Fei lazily watched the scenery rushing past the car window, her eyes half-closed.
The car was assigned by Ji Wei. She only said she was going to the tin shack to pick up some things, so he specially arranged a driver for her, which saved her trouble.
Marriage, of course, cannot happen so quickly.
Ji Wei's prosthetic eye will regain its vision in three days, as the surgery has had a significant impact on his eyes.
After the left eye was transplanted, it could no longer see. As for the right eye, the prosthetic eye dissolved into the eyeball after a year, and its vision could no longer be restored by any other external force.
As for going to the tin shack, she naturally had her own reasons.
It was nearly dusk when we arrived at the tin shack.
However, the metropolis remained as gloomy as ever, no different from usual.
Jiang Fei stood at the door of the tin shack, looking around the entire shack. It was empty, except for a blanket on the sofa that was different from the one she had left, clearly indicating that it had been moved.
Jiang Fei hesitated for a moment, then took off his coat and casually tossed it on the sofa before turning and walking into the kitchen.
In less than half an hour, she came out with two dishes and a soup, and placed them on the dining table, waiting quietly.
When Lin Jiu returned, he saw the back of a woman sitting at the dining table with her back to the door. She was thin but made people feel at ease.
He was stunned for a long time before he finally realized that the person in front of him was real and not a hallucination.
Jiang Fei remained seated, without turning her head: "You're back?"
Her voice was languid, just like it used to be.
Lin Jiu suddenly came to her senses and managed to squeeze out a "hmm" from her throat, which was extremely difficult to utter.
Jiang Fei smiled and said, "It's rare for me to cook today, shall we have dinner together?"
Lin Jiu looked at her figure in surprise and walked forward.
"Sit down." Jiang Fei nodded to the person opposite him.
Lin Jiu sat down hesitantly, hiding her severed left arm under the table, and carefully held the cutlery with only her right hand.
It seems like... a very, very long time since they've sat down to eat together like this, ever since she learned that she was being monitored.
The dinner was eaten very quietly.
Apart from the crisp sound of the bowls and chopsticks clattering together, there were no other sounds, yet Lin Jiu ate with exceptional satisfaction.
He was clearly unaware of hunger or thirst, yet at this moment, he could feel a strange warmth flowing through his chest.
Jiang Fei finished her dinner and put down her chopsticks.
Lin Jiu glanced at her, then put down her hands and got up to clear the dishes into the kitchen.
“No need,” Jiang Fei stopped him. “Lin Jiu, don’t wait here, leave.”
Lin Jiu looked at her, puzzled and confused. After a while, she asked in a low voice, "What?"
“Don’t stay here,” Jiang Fei said again. “Whether you want freedom or to return to the Gu family, it’s up to you.”
As she spoke, she stood up and went to the sofa to get her coat.
Before she could take a few steps, her wrist was grabbed. Lin Jiu kept her head down and said, "Am I... taking up your space? I'll go to the restroom or outside next time..."
“No.” Jiang Fei interrupted him, glancing down at his other severed arm. “Lin Jiu, with your worth, more than one company would want to keep you. They would give you your complete limb…”
After all, it is still the most advanced AI.
“What if I don’t want those things?” Lin Jiu suddenly asked, then murmured repeatedly, “I don’t want those things, I don’t want them…”
What do you want?
"You." Lin Jiu suddenly looked up, his eyes no longer displaying their usual calm and rationality, but instead radiating a human brilliance. After saying this, his expression became even more resolute. "What you told me about liking someone before was wrong, Jiang Fei..."
"I know what liking someone means now, I like..."
"I'm going to marry Ji Wei." Jiang Fei smiled, narrowing her eyes, stopping him from saying the rest.
Lin Jiu sat there blankly, opening her mouth: "...Marriage?"
“Yes,” Jiang Fei nodded gently, “From now on, the only person by my side will be my husband.”
“Sir…” Lin Jiu murmured these words, looking down at her hand that was gripping Jiang Fei’s wrist.
He did not understand human ethics and morality.
For example, he didn't know why she wanted him to leave after they got married.
However, he knew that if others saw him pestering her, they would gossip about her.
Lin Jiu remained silent for a long time before finally letting go of Jiang Fei's hand in despair.
He remained sitting there helplessly, looking down at the leftover food in front of him.
So this was just the last dinner she had with him.
"Take good care of yourself," Jiang Fei said softly, then grabbed her coat and headed for the door.
"Jiang Fei." Lin Jiu's voice suddenly came from behind.
Jiang Fei did not turn around, but stood at the door with her hand on the doorknob, without moving.
Lin Jiu remained silent for a long time.
He sat there for a long time, his hand resting on his chest, initially just a light touch, but later his fingers seemed to want to dig into it.
Even though he doesn't have a pain detection system installed in his body, why is his heart throbbing as if it's about to explode?
Jiang Fei waited for a while, but Lin Jiu didn't say anything. She just waved her hand with her back to him and said, "I'm leaving."
After saying that, he opened the door and went out.
The door slammed shut with a soft bang, but Lin Jiu froze abruptly. After a long pause, she managed to squeeze out a single word from deep in her throat: "It hurts."
Lin Jiu favorability: 100.
Outside the door.
Before Jiang Fei could even feel happy, she was startled by the tall figure leaning against the wall of the tin shack.
Gu Xi, dressed in a sharp suit, leaned against the wall. His light-colored long hair was slightly damp from the drizzle, with a few strands hanging unruly over his forehead. His cold and stern expression darkened slightly, his head was lowered, but his clear blue eyes were fixed on the woman who had just come out of the house.
Since returning home that night, he couldn't stop replaying her words, "This is already very good," in his mind.
He doesn't understand why this is good?
Is it better for them to have no further relationship? Or is it better for her and Ji Wei to live happily ever after?
That night, he waited all night in the car at the alley entrance, but Ji Wei never came out; only the light inside the tin shack remained on.
Until dawn, Ji Wei carried her out of the tin shack and got into the car to go to the Ji family home.
He couldn't even bear to think about what might have happened that night.
Because just thinking about it makes me want to kill Ji Wei.
Today, he finally heard news of her again, and he came here almost without stopping, but what did he hear?
“Mr. Gu.” Jiang Fei’s voice interrupted Gu Xi’s thoughts.
Gu Xi snapped back to reality, looked at the woman in front of him, his thin lips pressed tightly together, and after a long while, he let out a sarcastic laugh: "Getting married?"
He heard clearly what she said to Lin Jiu in the room just now.
Jiang Fei was slightly surprised, then lowered her eyes in a deliberately downcast manner: "Mm."
"That's good." Gu Xi nodded, her face, with its somewhat exotic features, tense and devoid of any emotion. "Congratulations?"
Jiang Fei's eyelashes trembled slightly. "Thank you," she said, and then turned to walk past him and leave.
"Where will the wedding be held?" Gu Xi asked again, "I'll send the gifts over then."
Jiang Fei paused, then shook her head. "No need," she said. "Ji Wei and I will hold it secretly."
This time, she only glanced at the fluctuating favorability rating above his head, smiled faintly to herself, and left without lingering.
Organized in secret? She didn't believe that Gu Xi, with her abilities, wouldn't be able to find out.
She's waiting for him.
Behind her, Gu Xi stared intently at her back.
Her figure remained slender, and he always remembered the feeling of his large hands easily gripping her waist.
But the thought of another person holding her waist and kissing her, or even doing something more intimate...
How can I tolerate this?
It was an unknown amount of time before Gu Xi finally withdrew her gaze and slowly turned to leave, only after Jiang Fei got into the Ji family's car.
However, there was no mention of the Gu family.
In the past, he loved to stand on the top floor of the Gu family's building, looking down at the entire metropolis through the dark clouds outside the window, enjoying the exhilaration of having everything under his feet, and savoring the loneliness of being at the top.
However, he didn't know when it started, but returning to the Gu family only made him feel empty, and even the echo of his footsteps sounded particularly terrifying.
As if by some strange twist of fate, Gu Xi personally drove to the gladiatorial arena of her childhood.
This is the first time I've come back since I climbed out of here.
The place has long lost its former glory, and it is no longer a place where nobles could freely unleash their malice.
This place has become an even more chaotic place than the black market.
This place is home to the city's poorest people, and the arena still houses humans who fight wild beasts.
Those humans, in the process of domestication, tore and bit like wild beasts.
He was once one of them.
Gu Xi stood on the highest level of the arena, looking down at the two sides fighting below. It took her a long time to realize that her hands were already clenched into fists, and her palms were marked with crescent-shaped bloodstains from her fingernails.
Gu Xi looked at the few bloodstains, rolled up her sleeves, and looked at the metal bones embedded in her arm. She felt a surge of anger and... a bloodthirsty beastness rising in her chest.
The two sides are fighting.
Only those who survive deserve to talk about rewards.
Marriage?
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