When Ji Wei's car came to pick up Jiang Fei, it was at ten o'clock the next morning.
The weather remained gloomy. A luxurious black sedan was parked at the alley entrance, and bodyguards in suits held black umbrellas, waiting expressionlessly.
Jiang Fei quietly walked out of the cubicle and immediately saw Lin Jiu busy in the kitchen. Even though she heard Lin Jiu's footsteps, she did not turn around.
“You don’t need to prepare breakfast for me,” Jiang Fei said calmly.
Lin Jiu paused, stood still, and didn't speak or look at her.
Jiang Fei smiled apologetically: "I have to go out today."
This time, Lin Jiu finally moved, but only managed to squeeze out a single "hmm" from her throat.
Jiang Fei paused for a moment: "If..."
She didn't say anything, but stopped talking meaningfully, turned around and walked out.
Lin Jiu remained in the kitchen, staring at the boiling water in front of her.
Yesterday, he didn't hear what Ji Wei and Jiang Fei said, but the day after Ji Wei appeared, he sent someone to pick her up, which meant she was leaving.
Perhaps his "surveillance" mission was about to end, but he knew very well that his unusual behavior was not because the "mission was terminated," but because of... the message that "she was going to find Ji Wei."
"Miss Jiang, Mr. Ji sent us to pick you up." The bodyguard's voice was very calm from outside the door.
Jiang Fei nodded and was about to get into the car when she heard hurried footsteps behind her, and then her wrist was grabbed.
Jiang Fei turned around, then looked at the person who had chased after her with a look of surprise: "Lin Jiu, why did you come out?"
Lin Jiu gripped her wrist tightly, pursed his lips, and lowered his head. The boy's soft hair was wet with rain, making him look just like the puppy he had when they first met.
Jiang Fei glanced at the constantly fluctuating favorability rating above his head and feigned ignorance: "What's wrong?"
Lin Jiu remained silent, still holding her hand.
"Is something wrong?"
Lin Jiu finally looked up and stared at her intently. After a long while, he reached out and touched his chest.
This is where the problem lies.
But he couldn't say it.
Seeing this, Jiang Fei hurriedly stepped forward: "The main line that was connected last time has disconnected again..."
"No." Lin Jiu interrupted her coldly, pulling her hand even tighter, as if afraid she would leave.
Jiang Fei was startled by his tone, then realized what he meant: "You thought I was going to leave?"
"..." Lin Jiu remained silent.
Jiang Fei softened her tone: "Do you want to come with me?"
Lin Jiu's eyelashes trembled, and she stared intently at her, a glint in her eyes for a moment.
Jiang Fei laughed and took his hand in hers, saying, "Then come with me."
After saying that, Lin Jiu's favorability rating was set at 75.
...
The Ji family.
Ji Wei sat in the conference hall filled with a cool, high-tech atmosphere, listening to the expert in front of her explain the operation of memory reverse replacement.
Experts have personally conducted such experiments, and although they caused some minor damage to the human brain, the degree of damage was negligible.
Ji Wei wasn't worried about the experiment; he just felt inexplicably uneasy.
Everything that happened in the tin shack last night felt like a huge rock pressing on his heart, making it hard for him to breathe.
His hand unconsciously moved towards his left eye; this had almost become a habit.
The right thing to do is to go back to the beginning.
He kept telling himself that he hadn't done anything wrong, and that everything should have been this way.
"Mr. Ji, regarding the memory reversal of Miss Lin and Miss Jiang, is it a complete reversal of memories, or just the portion of memories that the two of them previously swapped?" the expert's voice suddenly came.
Ji Wei snapped out of her chaotic thoughts, looked up at the expert, and almost instinctively said, "Naturally, we'll only replace the memories they've previously swapped..."
At this point, Ji Wei's expression changed slightly.
Because when he said those words, what he was thinking was... he couldn't tolerate Jiang Fei not having the memories of what she had done for him.
This shouldn't be happening...
"...I only want Ranran's memories." He blurted out, his voice sounding like he was trying to convince himself, and somewhat flustered.
The expert looked at him, puzzled.
Ji Wei could no longer bear the chaotic atmosphere and quickly stood up. At the same time, a bodyguard walked in from outside: "Mr. Ji, Miss Jiang has arrived."
Ji Wei's eyes flickered slightly, she clenched her fist, turned around and hurriedly walked outside, but stopped when she saw the two people standing at the door, and then her face turned ugly.
Jiang Fei stood in the corridor, still wearing a simple, inexpensive white dress, her expression calm. Beside her stood Lin Jiu, the two of them side by side.
Ji Wei swallowed the emotions churning in her throat: "Take her to the lab, and no unauthorized personnel are allowed in." After saying that, she took the lead and walked forward, but in the end she couldn't help herself and walked directly between Jiang Fei and Lin Jiu, forcefully shoving the two of them who were close to each other.
Jiang Fei glanced at his back and then went with the bodyguard.
Lin Jiu suddenly blocked her way: "You want to..."
Jiang Fei paused for a while, then smiled gently: "Let me return all the debts I didn't even know I owed."
Lin Jiu was stunned.
Jiang Fei winked at him: "I hope you're the first person I see when I come out!"
Lin Jiu was taken aback and looked at him in confusion.
"You have to promise me," Jiang Fei said firmly, her voice gradually softening, "that I'm afraid no one will be there to keep me company then..."
"What?" Lin Jiu asked hesitantly.
Jiang Fei laughed again: "I said, after all, now it's just the two of us relying on each other..."
As she spoke, she blinked pitifully.
Lin Jiu pondered for two seconds, then nodded solemnly: "Okay."
Jiang Fei smiled, narrowed her eyes, and walked past him toward the laboratory.
Lin Jiu turned his head and gazed at her retreating figure.
Her eyes welled up with tears from laughing.
But... they depend on each other for survival.
He likes this word.
Inside the laboratory, two nest-like instruments had already been prepared. Lin Ran lay unconscious in one of the instruments, her expression serene.
Jiang Fei was put into another machine, where several people who looked like assistants injected her with penicillin and anesthetic, and then quietly waited for the effects of the drugs to take hold.
Ji Wei watched from the side the whole time.
However, the more he watched Jiang Fei accept the experiment so readily, the angrier he became.
He thought she would refuse, but she remained calm.
Accept it calmly, submit to it calmly.
"The reagent has taken effect. Prepare for the experiment," the expert said. "After the countdown, connect the two instruments simultaneously. The error must be within 0.01 seconds."
"Ten, nine..." The experts were already counting down.
A hoarse male voice suddenly asked, "Don't you have anything to say?"
Everyone was surprised and turned to look at the side.
Jiang Fei also looked up at Ji Wei in the corner, and their eyes met immediately. At this moment, Ji Wei's delicate eyebrows and eyes were also tinged with gloom.
Jiang Fei was silent for a moment: "In the past, you let your guard down around me and even became close to me, was it just because I have Miss Lin's memories?"
Her eyes were particularly serious when she said this.
Ji Wei's heart sank, but the next second he noticed the gaze of dozens of eyes around him. His hands clenched involuntarily. He was no longer the blind man who had fallen into hell, and he would never allow himself to go back.
"Otherwise what?" Finally, he heard his own question echo in his mind.
The moment she finished speaking, Ji Wei clearly saw the last glimmer of light in Jiang Fei's eyes go out, leaving only darkness.
"I understand," she murmured.
The experts are counting down again.
Her eyes remained open, fixed on him, as if trying to preserve him in her final memory.
Ji Wei stared blankly back into her eyes. At this moment, her gaze was unrestrained, filled with intense emotion that made it hard for him to breathe.
Just as the instrument was about to close, a strong, clear blue light flashed.
Ji Wei clearly saw that a tear rolled down Jiang Fei's right eye, while his left eye was empty, with nothing in it.
She was trapped inside the machine.
Ji Wei took a deep breath and abruptly turned away from the light, but her hand unconsciously went to touch her left eye.
A tear uncontrollably rolled down my left eye.
...
The Gu family.
When Gu Xi returned to the building, it was already afternoon.
The elevator ascended quickly and smoothly. Gu Xi looked down at the city, her impeccably tailored suit even the creases exuding quality, and her deep blue eyes radiating an air of aloofness.
However, this sense of estrangement turned into impatience upon seeing the empty room.
"Where is Miss Lin?" he asked the staff member next to him.
"Ms. Lin said she already told you that she has to go out today," the staff member said hurriedly.
Gu Xi lowered her eyes and habitually rubbed her wrist.
Yes, Lin Ran told him last night that she wanted to go to her parents' house today, and she was unusually gentle with him, so he agreed.
He always agrees to requests that are harmless.
He likes things and people that are obedient.
However, his intuition was frighteningly accurate.
"Ask Mr. and Mrs. Lin if Miss Lin went home today," Gu Xi suddenly turned to the staff member and said.
The staff member nodded hurriedly and turned to leave. At that moment, the staff member responsible for monitoring Lin Jiu's data came out: "Mr. Gu, the monitoring of Lin Jiu's data shows that Ms. Jiang's memory has undergone abnormal changes, but Lin Jiu has not uploaded the data to headquarters."
Jiang Fei's memories?
Gu Xi frowned, then suddenly realized something, her deep blue eyes turning sinister. Could even AI betray us?
He turned and walked outside: "To the Ji family."
...
The memory inversion experiment will be completed at 6 p.m.
The experiment, which lasted a full six hours, did not cause the pain to gradually dissipate over time; instead, the pain increased due to changes in memory.
The blue light grew increasingly dazzling, eventually becoming almost white.
In the last half hour, a low groan came from the machine on the left, as if the woman was in great pain.
Ji Wei, who had been staying in the corner, almost suddenly looked up.
That muffled groan sounded like an illusion.
"How did I suddenly wake up?"
"It's possible that the timing of the penicillin and anesthetic injections was too close to the experimental time, causing a problem with the dosage calculation. Should we continue the experiment?"
"Continue the experiment..."
Ji Wei stared intently at the instrument on the left. He couldn't see Jiang Fei's face clearly, but he could hear her voice becoming increasingly clear.
His fingertips, which were hanging by his sides, trembled slightly uncontrollably.
Once the experiment begins, there is no possibility of stopping it.
There's still half an hour left.
It only took half an hour.
Everything would be back to normal, and he would treat those dark and humiliating days in between as nothing more than a nightmare.
But Jiang Fei's voice kept drilling into his ears.
After an unknown period of time, the instrument suddenly emitted a loud bang, the blue light disappeared, and in its place were sparks flashing continuously on the wires.
"The experiment was a success." As the expert exclaimed "The experiment was a success," Ji Wei's tense body gradually relaxed.
Almost simultaneously, the heavy doors of the laboratory were smashed open from the outside, several bodyguards were knocked to the ground, and Lin Jiu stood at the door with a somewhat gloomy look in his eyes. His left hand had been torn off, revealing the broken wires.
Ever since he first scanned Jiang Fei, he has been able to monitor her emotions. Just now outside the laboratory, he sensed that she was enduring immense pain.
But those people stopped him.
Now, we're finally in.
Ji Wei didn't pay much attention to Lin Jiu, keeping her eyes fixed on the experimental equipment.
The machine slowly opened, revealing two women lying inside. One was still sleeping peacefully, while the other was pale with pain, her lips almost transparent.
"Mr. Ji, Miss Lin now has the correct memories," a staff member's voice rang out.
Ji Wei came to her senses and looked at Lin Ran.
She was still fast asleep, her appearance serene and beautiful.
His fiancée.
In her memory, he was no longer the unfamiliar "Mr. Ji," but... her fiancé.
Ji Wei walked towards her, but the next second, he involuntarily looked to his left.
Jiang Fei had already regained consciousness while she was in the machine. Now she had opened her eyes and looked extremely vulnerable. A layer of sweat on her forehead caused a few strands of her hair to stick to her cheeks.
Ji Wei unconsciously took two steps in that direction.
Lin Jiu had already stepped past her and walked to Jiang Fei's side, saying nothing, just looking at her.
Jiang Fei was still lying there when she met Lin Jiu's gaze. She suddenly smiled faintly and said, "As expected, the first person I saw was you."
Lin Jiu continued to stare at her intently.
Jiang Fei looked down at his arm: "Your arm is broken?"
Lin Jiu moved her lips but didn't speak, though her heart couldn't help but tremble.
Jiang Fei laughed and whispered, "I'm sorry, I deliberately made you agree to 'you' as the first person I saw, so you can't be with the person you really want to be with."
Lin Jiu was stunned, and the anger in her heart resurfaced.
What he truly wanted to spend time with was...
"Help me up," Jiang Fei whispered. "I don't want to stay here anymore."
Lin Jiu stepped forward, gently put his arm around her shoulder, and helped her stand up, supporting her weak body.
He didn't want to stay here either.
Ji Wei, watching the two acting intimately, couldn't help but feel her expression darken.
"Ms. Jiang, how are you feeling?" the expert asked Jiang Fei as he stepped forward.
Jiang Fei habitually looked up, her face still weak, but her gaze immediately fell on Ji Wei not far in front of her, and she paused for a moment.
Ji Wei's heart leaped into her throat.
However, the next second, Jiang Fei smiled apologetically at him: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ji, for occupying your fiancée's memory for so long."
The color drained from Ji Wei's face.
The way she looked at me was calm, devoid of any of the love I used to feel.
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