Pretending to have amnesia
Yun Qique took care of Yun Jinglu all night, and Lan Zhuochi sat beside her and accompanied her all night.
The next day, evening.
Yun Jinglu finally woke up. Yun Qique, who had been worried all night, immediately got up and ran to his bed, but after seeing the face clearly, he hid behind the wooden frame of the bed in fear, only showing his eyes to look at him.
"Girl, please tell me, where am I? Hiss~ My head hurts... What happened?"
Puzzled, he rolled up his sleeves and looked at the wounds on his arms. He sniffed and asked, "Is this the medicine the girl applied to me?"
"Don't you remember me?"
"Should I remember the girl?"
She doesn't speak.
Yun Jinglu apologized, "I'm sorry, I really can't remember anything about you. What is our relationship? You seem very scared of me, but also very worried about me."
"Of course you should remember me, Brother A-lu. I am the sister you brought home. You named me Yunqi Que."
"Who are you?"
Yun Jinglu threw back the quilt and jumped off the bed. He took out a dagger from somewhere and put it against her neck.
"Yunqi Que is the name of my biological sister who was lost for many years, but you said you were my adopted sister and I gave you this name? Impossible!"
After being apart for many days, she once again saw murderous intent in Yun Jinglu's eyes. His fierce gaze fell on her, making people shudder.
Lan Zhuochi was not in the house. Her mediocre kung fu and tactics were no match for Yun Jinglu. Even if she could, she didn't want to accidentally hurt him who was already injured.
"I don't care who sent you to deceive me. If you don't tell the truth, I will kill you!"
Regardless of whether he really lost his memory or not, his tone didn't sound like he was joking.
Fearing that he would actually kill someone, Yun Qique could only reveal what she wanted to steal to prove their relationship.
As long as she didn't tell him that he wanted to kill her, with her ability to make up lies, she could make him listen to her and maybe they could go back to how they were before... It was very possible...
"There is a contract on your chest, written and signed by your own hand. It proves our relationship."
Yun Jinglu did not take away the dagger against her neck. He touched the hidden layer of paper under the folded collar on his chest with one hand. After unfolding it, he read the contents of the contract in a low voice seriously.
"No matter how you look at the contents of this contract, you are more than just my adopted sister. You should be more like my fiancée."
Taking the dagger, he said apologetically: "I didn't hurt you, did I? Look at the date on this. Although I don't know what year or month it is now, my memory stops at three years ago. Ah Que, I'm sorry..."
"You lost your memory, which is understandable. I'm not angry with you. However, now that you've confirmed that I'm your sister, if you hurt me again, I'll be really angry and I won't want you anymore."
"No, no, no... I promise I will never hurt you again."
Changing the subject, Yun Jinglu suddenly stepped forward, hugged her, and said, "You say you don't care about me, but you're still angry, right?"
Yun Qique felt the long-lost warmth in his embrace, and she hugged him back with nostalgia, "I won't get angry with someone who has lost his memory."
"It's not just my rudeness just now. In the past that I've forgotten, did I also do something wrong that made you very angry? Otherwise, if my fiancée truly forgave my mistakes, why would she say out of spite that she was just my sister?"
"This contract has been invalidated, and the name Yunqi Que no longer belongs to me. So, A-Lu, I am no longer your fiancée."
"Why is it invalidated? Why does the name Yunqi Que no longer belong to you? Ah Que, tell me, what happened in the past that I have forgotten?"
He let her go and looked at her helplessly and panicked.
"Qi Que, the name I gave you, no one has the right to take it away from you. The fact that I signed this contract and affixed the Yun family seal is enough to prove how much I love you. It's clear that it's not me who requested the contract be annulled. Is it because I didn't do something right, or did something wrong that annoyed you, that's why I'm annoyed with you?"
She couldn't bring herself to speak out the truth, so she had to make up an excuse. She hesitated several times and even her nonsense had lost its direction.
"You said that if there are any misunderstandings, I will explain them to you, if there are any barriers, we will eliminate them, and if there are any mistakes, I will correct them. In short, as long as the contract is intact, our engagement cannot be annulled."
He seemed to have thought of something, his brows furrowed tightly together, "Or do you mean, you don't want me anymore?"
He tried hard to recall, but he couldn't, and the pain in his head only worsened.
"A Que, I can't remember. I can't remember what I did wrong to make you stop wanting me... My head hurts, the more I think about it, the more it hurts... Can you tell me?"
She felt sorry for his pain, but was also afraid that if he tried hard to recall, he would actually remember something.
"Don't think about it if it hurts. I'll just tell you that once the past is forgotten, it's forgotten. We will have new memories."
Yun Qique helped him sit down on the bed. "You sleep for a while. I'll get someone to check on your amnesia. I'll cure you. Don't worry."
Yun Jinglu held her hand tightly and said, "Please don't leave, okay?"
"I'm not leaving. I'm just going to ask someone to check on your amnesia. Besides, you've been sleeping for so long. It's already evening. You should eat something."
"There's no rush for these. I just want to know quickly. Why did you say the contract is invalid? Why are you angry with me and don't want me anymore?"
"Because, Alu, you want to kill me..."
"Tell me, why did I want to kill you before?"
"Do you believe that what I said about wanting to kill me is true?"
"I don't believe I would kill you, but my heart believes you and what you said. Since you said it, then I must have done it, or there must be some misunderstanding that made you think I wanted to kill you. My heart always believes in you. So, Ah Que, tell me, okay?"
Yun Jinglu put the dagger in her hand, guided her hand to tightly grasp the dagger, and then put it on his neck.
"Brother, what are you doing? Let go, you'll get hurt."
"If you're worried that I'll kill you again after I find out the reason, then put the dagger to my neck. If I dare, kill me without hesitation to protect yourself. If you're still worried, find a piece of thick rope, tie my hands, and then put the dagger to my neck."
He pressed her questions so hard that Yunqique, who was a little confused, had no choice but to try to fool him for now. When she calmed down, she would make up a better version of the story to deceive him.
"You were mean to me just now and wanted to kill me, so I'm angry with you and said those words."
"Do I really have to kill you just because I didn't recognize you just now?"
"Well, that's really all."
When Yun Jinglu hadn't lost her memory, she could see through her thoughts like a mirror. But when Yun Qique lied, all she could think about was diverting his attention.
She hugged her brother and acted coquettishly with him, "Brother, can you give me a new name?"
"Why?"
"My brother told me before he lost his memory that from the moment we signed the contract, he started planning to create a new identity for me."
"Then I can probably guess what it is."
"What?"
"Because you're getting married, you can't use your sister Yunqique's identity, right? When we return to the Western Regions, I'll give you a new and most honorable identity, okay?"
Recalling the marriage between Yun Jinglu and the Crown Prince, she suppressed her sadness and said to her with a smile and a coquettish tone, "I can get a new identity when I return to the Western Regions, but as for a new name, brother, think about it first. Can you give me a nice new name?"
From the moment I saw the truth with my own eyes.
She really didn't want to call Yunqi Que anymore for a moment.
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you want, brother. I'll do whatever you want, as long as you're happy."
As soon as Lan Zhuochi entered the room, he saw Yun Qique and Yun Jinglu hugging each other. He was so jealous that he wanted to rush over and pull them apart. But since Ah Que said she liked him, even though he knew that Yun Jinglu liked her, he had to suppress his jealousy and respect Yun Jinglu as her brother.
"Aque?"
Hearing the sound, Yunqi Que quickly let him go.
Yun Jinglu felt the emptiness as the warmth in his arms was withdrawn, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart. He turned to look at Lan Zhuochi, unable to suppress the anger in his eyes.
"Aque, who is this?"
Lan Zhuochi has many identities, and before she could decide which one to say, she heard Lan Zhuochi speak first.
"Aque is my master."
Yun Jinglu scornfully rebuked, "Master? Then you're a servant. Even if you're a servant, who gives you the guts to call me Ah Que?"
"Lan Zhuochi is not a servant, brother, don't be angry. He is still my master, the master who taught me the art of catching demons."
"Why don't you learn from your brother? Do you want to find an outsider to be your master? Moreover, why are we in the Central Plains? Doesn't Aque like the Western Regions anymore?" Yun Jinglu held her hand, stroked the back of her hand, and expressed his dissatisfaction and grievance to her with his expression.
"Brother, wait until you finish your meal, and then I'll explain your doubts to you slowly, okay? You're injured, so you have to eat well so your body can recover faster."
"Okay, whatever Aque says is what it is."
"Then lie down for a while. I'll prepare dinner for you. Don't run around."
"good."
She came out of Yun Jinglu's room and closed the door for him. Before she had walked far, Lan Zhuochi hugged her into his room and pushed her into the corner.
"In Qi Que's heart, I'm just an outsider to my master."
He pronounced the word "outsider" very heavily, emphasizing it deliberately.
"He has lost his memory."
"So? Now that he's back, Qi Que is going to kick me out and make me an outsider?"
"I didn't mean that. I just told you that you are my master for now. I can't tell my brother that you are the one I like now, right?"
"Why can't you just say I'm the one you like? Qi Que, am I some shady mistress?"
Qi Que guiltily tilted her head to the side, avoiding his aggrieved, questioning gaze, and spoke vaguely, "His memory stopped three years ago. You weren't there when he first woke up. I told him I was his sister, but he thought I was sent by an enemy to kill me. My limited martial arts skills were no match for him. I was afraid of death, so I could only use the contract he carried with him to prove my identity. That contract was actually the marriage certificate I signed with him when I forced him to marry me. Later, with the prince's marriage, I no longer had the name Yun Qi Que, and the contract was no longer invalid. That's when I was able to indulge my feelings and express my feelings to you. I didn't mean to have it both ways, I just hadn't figured out how to make it up so that he could both invalidate the contract in his current memory and conceal his past attempts to kill me. That way, I could reconcile with my brother. He's my only family, and I really want to keep him."
"You forced him to marry you forced him to sign the marriage certificate?"
Lan Zhuochi felt as if struck by lightning, and the hand that was holding her shoulder slowly fell away. "If you hadn't witnessed him trying to kill you, the person you wanted to marry in this life would still be Yun Jinglu."
This was the truth, and Yunqi Que couldn't bear to say it out loud.
"I want to hear the truth, without any flattery."
"yes."
Lan Zhuochi laughed at himself, a bitter smile, mocking his own despicable lies and deceptions. He mocked himself for being immersed in the joy and sweetness of being with her for so long that he had overlooked what he had done.
"Yes, if you hadn't witnessed him trying to kill you, you wouldn't have followed me back to Canghua Mountain, and you wouldn't have fallen in love with me over time. I knew all this from the very beginning. What right do I have to be jealous of you because of this established fact?"
"Achi, you are the other half that I love, so you are the most qualified to be jealous of me."
She pulled him to sit down, told him about her past with her brother, the origin of the contract, and explained to him her complicated feelings towards her brother and her thoughts at the time.
"So, Yun Jinglu is very important to you."
He didn't use a question, but Yun Qique seemed to hear a hint of guilt and regret in his words.
But why...why does he feel this way?
"Yeah. To me, my life comes first, my brother comes second, and you come third."
Afraid that he would get jealous and angry again, Yun Qique hugged him and rubbed his face affectionately, "Don't be angry, brother is family, and you are my sweetheart. We are fundamentally different. If A Lu hadn't picked me up and raised me, I might have died long ago. Brother is very good to me. It was he who dispelled all the fear and anxiety about the unknown after I lost my memory. He will always be special, and he deserves to be ranked second only to my life. I also want to tell you that brother has lost his memory now. Apart from my selfishness, I know better what it feels like to lose my memory, so I have to take care of him."
"If what you saw that day hadn't happened, and he had simply concealed the secret behind your name, Yunqi Que, and his true face and identity, what would you have done?"
"He is Yun Jinglu. With all the time I spent with him in mind, I can forgive him no matter what he lies to me."
Feeling the atmosphere was becoming increasingly strange, Yun Qique placed several light kisses on his lips and cheeks. "Alright, I understand your feelings. If I were you, I'd be even angrier and more irritated than you. But you also need to understand my desire to continue to have a brother-sister relationship. I promise I'll be careful and I'll only like you, okay?"
He nodded, hesitated for a while, and then asked, "Qique, if I told you a huge lie, would you forgive me?"
After careful consideration, Yun Qique replied, "That depends on the lies and deceptions you've created. Lan Zhuochi, I'm not someone who forgives you endlessly just because of love, but as long as it doesn't involve harming my family or my life, I can forgive you. But I'm only forgiving you; whether I still want you is another matter. What lies and deceptions have you woven around me?"
She just said that her only family is Yun Jinglu.
Lan Zhuochi didn't dare to tell the truth. This was the only lie he had hidden from her, but he should have thought about how serious the consequences would be when the secret was leaked.
"Why haven't you spoken yet? Your concealment and deception have hurt my brother, so you don't dare to tell me?"
"I...."
"Looking at your hesitant expression, did I get it right? And why did you hide from me the other day that my brother came to Canghua Mountain to find me? Were you really just afraid that my brother would kill me, or were you afraid that your so-called concealment scam would be exposed and I would return to the Western Regions with Yun Jinglu?"
Yunqi Que was very angry.
Before he could ask any further questions, a loud muffled sound suddenly came from the direction of Yun Jinglu's room. Yun Qique left Lan Zhuochi without hesitation and ran to his room.
When I opened the door, I saw Yun Jinglu lying on the ground, with the kettle fallen on him, and his clothes were wet.
"elder brother!"
"I'm fine. I just got up to drink some water, but I suddenly felt dizzy and couldn't control myself, so I fell down."
Lan Zhuochi helped him lie down on the bed, but Yun Qique didn't give him a good look the whole time.
"I'll go get some more water. Brother, wait for me."
"good."
After Yunqi Que left, Lan Zhuochi tentatively whispered, "Pretending to have amnesia is a low-brow approach."
But to his surprise, Yun Jinglu admitted it directly.
"As long as it's useful. Ah Que only became convinced that I wanted to kill him after he disappeared with you. You're the one behind all this, right? I don't care what you think of Ah Que. She's my fiancée, and you'd better get out of here."
"In her heart, you are just a brother who is treated as a family member."
"So what? Tsk tsk, listen to your weak and powerless words. You should know that based on our past, she will always be mine."
"Are you so confident?"
"I am absolutely confident in the weight I hold in her heart, and you are just a new thing that popped up halfway. Ah Que has had many new things from the Central Plains, but once the novelty wears off, she won't even remember where she left them. Listen, how hurried is Ah Que's footsteps?"
Yun Jinglu sat up provocatively, approached him, and whispered, "She will soon push the door open and come in. Do you dare to expose me? You don't dare. You know she will stand on my side first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yunqi Que hurried over to his bed with a bowl of water and sat down. There was a porcelain spoon in the porcelain bowl of water and a candied fruit at the bottom of the bowl.
He scooped up a spoonful of water, blew on it, and then fed it to her mouth.
Yun Jinglu drank it obediently, rubbed her head, and praised her, "Our Ah Que is so thoughtful. She even put sweet candied fruit in the bowl for brother. But, feeding her with a small spoon will tire Ah Que's hands. Brother, you can do it yourself."
She avoided his hand that was about to take the bowl and scooped another spoonful to feed him. "Brother used to feed me like this. Now that brother is sick, I should take care of him like this. I'm not tired, you drink it."
"Did I teach you to put candied fruit in water?"
"No, I think my brother is used to a life of luxury and might not be used to drinking the water here, so I put some candied fruit in it to make it taste better."
"Aque is so nice."
After drinking the water she offered him, Yun Jinglu continued, "When I'm alone in my room, my mind can't help but want to recall forgotten memories, but once I do, I get a splitting headache. Can Ah Que stay by my side forever?"
Yun Qique, who was still angry, deliberately ignored Lan Zhuochi's emotions and agreed immediately: "Okay, Ah Que will always be with brother."
After feeding Yun Jinglu water, Yun Qique began to chase the guest away. "Master, if you have nothing else to say, please leave first. Ah Lu likes quietness."
Disappointingly, Lan Zhuochi said nothing and left the room.
Yun Jinglu saw that she was uneasy and a little irritated, so he asked, "Did Ah Que have a fight with Master?"
"Uh-huh."
"Can you tell me why? It will be more uncomfortable if you keep it in your heart."
"He's hiding something from me and won't tell me. Until he tells me, I'm not going to talk to him anymore!"
Yun Jinglu played with her fingers. "Master Aque seems to be very special to Aque. Is it because of him that you are no longer close to me?"
"I'm not unclose to my brother."
Yun Jinglu suddenly pretended to kiss her, but Yun Qique's body reacted faster than her mind and she shrank back to avoid him.
"Look. According to all the clauses in the contract, Ah Que should really like me. As lovers, Ah Que even avoided my kiss. Ah Que, have you changed your mind?"
Yunqi Que was a little flustered when his real secret was revealed.
"My brother said that even if it's you, I'm not allowed to do anything intimate with you other than hugging before we get married."
"Very good. It seems you have remembered everything your brother said to you. Then, can you hug me?"
Yunqi Que did as he was told.
Yun Jinglu whispered in her ear, "It's okay if you're dazzled by the flowers. I'll help you destroy them, and you won't be deceived anymore."
Oops, Yun Jinglu discovered...
What he meant by this was clearly a warning to her that if she dared to change her mind, he would kill her.
She was not sure who was stronger between Yun Jinglu and Lan Zhuochi, but after all, Yun Jinglu had practiced for more than ten years longer than Lan Zhuochi.
Before the truth is revealed, she must never let her brother think of killing Lan Zhuochi.
She lied, "Qi Que only has A Lu in his heart."
"That's best."
"Uh-huh."
"Qique, can we just leave and go home tonight? This place is so shabby and it's not a place for someone as noble as you to live."
Thinking that Yun Jinglu was also a demon catcher, she told Yun Jinglu everything that happened last night, as well as the black line mark left on her wrist by the stone statue of the Boy Bodhisattva.
"At least I can't leave Yangmei Village until I get rid of the stone statue mark. God knows what this mark does."
Yun Jinglu tried every possible method, but the mark on her hand did not fade at all.
"Don't be afraid. Although these methods may not work for the time being, removing the stone statue of the Bodhisattva Boy will solve the problem from the root."
"Well, I'm not afraid as long as my brother is here."
"Once you've dealt with things here, come home with me, okay? If you want to be a demon catcher, I'll teach you everything I know. My Demon Control Sect is no less powerful than Cang Hua Mountain's. Your wicked master dared to put you in such danger. He's clearly a young man who can't be trusted. I'm worried about you following him."
"Yesterday was an accident."
"Accident? Did you know that this mark could cost you your life? Wait, according to what you just said, I was suddenly thrown at your feet by the stone statue of the Boy Bodhisattva after you met it. What the statue said is enough to prove that we came to Yangmei Village together without each other's knowledge. Qi Que, what exactly happened between us? Why did we separate? Why do you and I both want to resolve the misunderstanding and reconcile? What are you hiding from me? If you can't explain it clearly today, don't even think about leaving my brother's room. If you don't tell me, I will send Eagle Sentinel to investigate myself."
Yun Qique knew she couldn't avoid the interrogation, so she had to tell him everything from the ambush by the sand monster in the Western Regions when she separated from him to their reunion last night. Of course, she concealed and deleted everything related to her meeting him again after her disappearance, and the unexpected things that happened with Lan Zhuochi that went beyond their master-disciple friendship.
"I'm sorry, it's all my brother's negligence."
"This isn't my brother's fault. Even if it were, I would never blame you. I won't blame you for anything. It's not all bad, is it? If it weren't for this, I would always be a dodder clinging to my brother, a cowardly and useless creature, only knowing how to eat, drink, play, and cling to him. Now, I'm a demon catcher, albeit a relatively unskilled one."
"Who says you're cowardly and useless? Ah Que's strengths are as numerous as the stars in the sky. I have so much money that you could spend it all in several lifetimes. I'm yours, and everything I have is yours. You can always just eat, drink, have fun, and stick to me. I'm not saying you can't have other hobbies or careers you want to pursue. I'll support you and be with you no matter what you want to do, but you can't put yourself in danger. Without you, I don't know how I'd live."
When talking about money, Yunqi Que's eyes light up.
"Yes! Brother, you have the most money. Can you lend me some first? I want to build a temple."
"Borrow? It seems I must have been a stingy bastard who treated you badly before, forcing you to borrow money from me instead of spending it directly. From now on, my money is your money, your money, and your money."
Yun Jinglu took out all the banknotes he had on him and gave them to her. "If it's not enough, just take your brother's seal and go to the bank to get more."
"No, no, no, I can always spend your money. You're not a stingy bastard, you're really generous. I'm building the temple this time to fulfill a vow. It's my business, and I have to pay for it. I'll pay you back when I make the money."
"Okay, okay, but building a temple is too complicated. What god do you want to enshrine? I'll just order someone to build it for you."
"Mr. Broom Star."
"Huh? Fine. Just treat this little note as pocket money. Take it."
"Please keep it for me first. I'm afraid I'll lose it. Brother, I really like being a monster catcher, punishing evil and promoting good. I also like interacting with kind little monsters, and I like listening to monster-catching adventure stories and strange monster stories even more."
"Okay, then I will accompany Aque all the way through and become the most amazing demon catcher."
"Okay. This is my first case, I have to do it well and impress you!"
"Okay, whatever you say, whatever you say."
"Okay, it's getting dark! Let's go!"
Yun Jinglu didn't expect her to be so energetic, and said in surprise, "Why don't we have a meal before we go? Since we want to investigate this demon case, I want to meet the resentful woman that Lan Qu brought back."
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