The Amnesiac Omega Who Reels Me In Every Day – Chapter 50

Claiming It Back

Jiang Youwan’s voice was slightly raspy. Jiang Jinyi’s body went stiff, and it took her quite a while to process what Jiang Youwan had just said.

She said she didn’t want to take suppressants anymore…

            

An SSS-class Omega didn’t want to take suppressants anymore…

Jiang Jinyi vaguely understood what Jiang Youwan meant, but she was too wimpy to be certain. Bashful and troubled, she thought, What on earth does Jiang Youwan mean?

She stammered, wanting to ask but not daring to let the words escape her lips.

            

Seeing her embarrassment, a knowing smile of easy conquest flickered in Jiang Youwan’s eyes. She turned her head toward Little Fish, who was lying by the edge of the bed and tilting its head at them, and said softly, “Little Fish, go play outside for a bit.”

“Meow~” Little Fish let out a soft cry, clearly unwilling to leave. Jiang Youwan picked up a small toy ball from the nightstand and tossed it out the door. The kitten’s eyes lit up instantly. Arching its tail, it bolted after the ball, chasing it as it rolled out of the room, and followed it out of sight.

At this moment, only the two of them remained in the room. Jiang Youwan reclined lazily, while Jiang Jinyi knelt right beside her. They were so close, their posture incredibly intimate and suffocatingly ambiguous.

            

Jiang Jinyi backed away slightly. Meeting Jiang Youwan’s sly, dreamy smile, her pupils dilated. She felt as if she were about to be devoured by this vixen at any second. Swallowing hard, she whispered, “W-Why did you send Little Fish out…”

Jiang Youwan looped her arms around Jiang Jinyi’s neck, preventing her from moving away. “Because Little Fish is still a kid.”

While Jiang Jinyi was still trying to figure out what Jiang Youwan meant, Jiang Youwan suddenly planted a kiss on her lips. Jiang Jinyi wanted to respond, but Jiang Youwan suddenly told her not to move.

            

Her tone was slightly stern, and Jiang Jinyi froze instantly, not daring to move.

Whenever she knew she had done something wrong, she became exceptionally obedient out of guilt. Faced with Jiang Youwan’s domineering attitude, she only dared to pout her lips slightly to show her discontent.

“Woo… jiejie…”

            

As if she had found the most precious treasure in the world, Jiang Youwan murmured, “How can there be an Alpha this cute and obedient?”

Alphas and Omegas are naturally dominant and submissive. If any other Alpha were teased like this, they would have long since used their overwhelming pheromones to suppress the Omega. In the entire world, Jiang Jinyi was probably the only Alpha who would pitifully beg an Omega for mercy, not even knowing how to use her own pheromones.

“Come, tell jiejie, what do you want?” Jiang Youwan caressed her chin, slowly guiding her.

            

Jiang Jinyi parted her lips, but shame made it impossible to speak. Yet, Jiang Youwan pressed closer step by step. With great difficulty, she managed to say, “I… I want to kiss jiejie.”

Is just kissing all she wants? Such a pure Xiao Jin indeed.

“Then come kiss me~”

            

Jiang Youwan smiled like a fox, her trailing tone rising with infinite seduction.

Utterly infatuated, Jiang Jinyi threw all her shame to the wind. She finally lowered her head and pressed her lips to Jiang Youwan’s, initiating it while fully conscious for the first time.

It was a complete mess.

            

Once an outlet was found, love would pour out in an endless stream, completely spilling into this kiss that Jiang Youwan had seduced her into.

“Baby…”

Kissed until she was slightly out of breath, Jiang Youwan pushed her back a little as if she could bear it no longer, yet her eyes remained filled with laughter.

            

She enjoyed watching Jiang Jinyi lose her mind over her.

But just as they were about to take things a step further, Jiang Youwan pushed her away.

“Heh.” Jiang Youwan unhurriedly pulled her nightrobe back over her shoulders, lazily picked up a pillow from the side, and threw it to Jiang Jinyi. “Jiejie is going to sleep now. Xiao Jin, hold this and go back to your own room to sleep.”

            

Clutching the pillow that was saturated with Jiang Youwan’s scent, Jiang Jinyi looked on in utter disbelief. She bit her lip, looking incredibly aggrieved—anyone who saw her now would pity her.

To be wound up like this only to be kicked away—no Alpha in the world could bear it.

This was far too frustrating. Jiang Jinyi held back her emotions, almost crying.

            

What a dummy, a silly little dummy of an Alpha.

Looking at her distressed state, Jiang Youwan spoke with a mix of tenderness and cruelty, “You must remember how you feel right now. During the day, jiejie had to go through the exact same thing.”

“There are still Alpha suppressants in the drawer. Xiao Jin can give herself a shot, and then sleep while holding jiejie’s pillow. It won’t be too uncomfortable. Be good.”

            

Indeed, Jiang Youwan was taking revenge. She was retaliating for the bastardly things Jiang Jinyi had done during the day.

She held quite a grudge.

She wanted her to experience the feeling of desiring something but being unable to have it, to know what it was like to want to mark someone but being forced to use a suppressant instead. Sometimes, Xiao Jin really could not be spoiled too much.

            

“Jiejie…” Jiang Jinyi called out to her pitifully.

Jiang Youwan did not soften her heart. “The little bastard needs to go back to her own room and reflect on her actions.”

With tears welling in her eyes, Jiang Jinyi forced them back and crawled off the bed in defeat. Holding the pillow Jiang Youwan had just given her, she left the room in a pitiful state.

            

Being kicked out by Jiang Youwan for the first time made her feel incredibly aggrieved. She administered a shot of suppressant to herself and headed to the bathroom to shower.

This was the quickest shower Jiang Jinyi had ever taken. Even though they had only just parted, and even though she’d taken a suppressant, she still missed Jiang Youwan so intensely that she felt incredibly stimulated. Her heart raced; waiting even a second longer was torture. She had never yearned for someone like this before.

But after rushing out of the shower, she belatedly realized she wasn’t allowed in Youwan’s room right now. With nowhere to direct her longing, she could only lie back on her bed and tightly hug the pillow Jiang Youwan had given her. She buried her face deep into it, inhaling her scent, though it only offered a ten-thousandth of relief.

            

Only now did she belatedly realize: when she had treated Jiang Youwan that way during the day, had her sister also been this uncomfortable?

“Woo, jiejie, I know I was wrong…”

She would never make jiejie suffer like that again.

            

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What was Jiang Jinyi to Jiang Youwan?

The most fitting description seemed to be a sudden spark of joy crashing into her dull, dark, and gloomy life—like a stray, timid kitten.

Kittens were the most tsundere. They wore their mischief on their faces, glaring at her, scratching her, and hissing at her, while pridefully hiding their tenderness and guilt deep within their own secrets.

            

She had said she was worried jiejie would be scared going to the hospital alone, so she wanted to accompany her.

Jiang Youwan recalled that during the day, after they finished painting, Jiang Jinyi had indeed dropped some extremely tsundere hints. But at the time, her focus had been elsewhere, and she had been too slow to notice.

After leaving the art studio, Jiang Jinyi’s attitude toward her had turned cold, and she had even called her a “dummy” at the dining table.

            

An eldest miss like Jiang Jinyi must have been placed on a pedestal her entire life, never having her requests rejected. Now that her good intentions had been turned down, was she feeling hurt and angry?

Sulking all by herself under the blankets.

Extremely endeared by this, her heart was enveloped by a wonderful feeling. She had never expected that someone would care about her so much, that someone would keep her in mind and worry over her. For a long time, she could not calm down, and she even felt a wave of guilt and an impulse to respond to her immediately.

            

She wanted to reclaim this “privilege” she had missed out on from Eldest Miss Jiang.

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Early the next morning, Jiang Jinyi woke up early despite sleeping late. No one had called her, and she had not set an alarm; she simply woke up at six o’clock and could not fall back asleep.

Today, Jiang Youwan was going to the hospital for her eye surgery.

            

Mother had said she had to go to the office and would not have time to accompany her, so she would have to go alone…

Jiang Jinyi thought about it. If she had to go to the hospital alone, especially for such a terrifying eye surgery, she would definitely be absolutely terrified—so scared she would cry.

Jiang Youwan would surely be scared as well.

            

To be honest, Jiang Jinyi admitted to herself that she no longer rejected her in her heart.

Previously, she had worried that Jiang Youwan would be like the siblings of other wealthy families, fond of plotting schemes and badmouthing others. But she didn’t. She had not revealed how Jinyi had bullied her, and she had even praised her in front of Mother.

She was not one of those wicked fake heiresses¹.

            

But!

She was too stupid!

Jiang Jinyi thought angrily, I dropped such obvious hints, yet she still didn’t get it.

            

Serves her right. Serves her right for having to go to the hospital alone.

She was definitely not going to tell her again!

Even as she thought this, Jiang Jinyi somehow finished washing up, put on a beautiful dress, and went downstairs with an elegant air.

            

She usually never came down this early, and the servants looked at her in surprise.

At this moment, Jiang Youwan was eating breakfast in the dining room. Seeing her arrive, the servant quickly brought out another portion of breakfast and greeted her respectfully.

“Xiao Jin, morning.” The nickname Xiao Jin sounded exceptionally intimate and sweet when spoken by Jiang Youwan.

            

Jiang Jinyi looked at her. She was smiling at her, looking neat, clean, and incredibly gentle.

Jiang Jinyi’s long eyelashes fluttered slightly as she replied, “Morning.”

Jiang Jinyi sat across from her. Jiang Youwan ate her breakfast very elegantly. Because she could not see, she ate slowly. Jiang Jinyi was usually much faster than her, finishing in about ten minutes, but today she lingered for a long time without leaving the table.

            

With worry etched on her face, she ate in tiny bites, casting occasional glances at the person sitting across from her.

That person was quietly eating her breakfast, with no intention of starting a conversation.

…Hmph.

            

After about twenty minutes, Jiang Youwan finished everything in front of her. She pulled out a tissue to wipe her mouth. The servant asked, “Miss Youwan, since you’re finished, shall we head out? Or would you like to rest for a bit?”

Hearing this, Jiang Jinyi parted her lips, looking at her with hesitation.

Suddenly, someone called out from outside the villa, “Xiao Jin.”

            

Jiang Jinyi looked toward the sound. Following the voice was Huo Qi’s gorgeous and flamboyant face.

Jiang Youwan’s brows knit slightly as if she were recalling something, while Jiang Jinyi asked in confusion, “Huo Qi, why are you here?”

“Not welcome?” Huo Qi walked over to Jiang Jinyi with her hands behind her back. Staring at Jiang Youwan, she raised her chin and asked, “What a beautiful jiejie. Who is she? Your mother’s newly kept girlfriend?”

            

“Nonsense.” Jiang Jinyi wanted to correct her, but she felt extremely embarrassed to declare Jiang Youwan’s identity right in front of her.

The word “jiejie” was truly incredibly difficult for Jiang Jinyi to say aloud.

On the contrary, Huo Qi politely greeted her, “Hello, jiejie.”

            

Jiang Youwan smiled and replied, “Hello.”

Seeing how gentle she was, Huo Qi teased, “Jiejie, you’re so beautiful, are you a fairy descended from the heavens? I think you look like Chang’e on the moon.”

Jiang Youwan smiled shyly.

            

Huo Qi called everyone she met a fairy jiejie. Jiang Jinyi rolled her eyes at her and asked, “What are you here for?”

Shifting her intense gaze away from Jiang Youwan, Huo Qi gave a mysterious smile and produced a bouquet of flowers from behind her back. It was a bunch of blue hyacinths—the floral scent that matched Jiang Jinyi’s pheromones.

The flowers bloomed beautifully. Jiang Jinyi’s eyes brightened slightly as she took them, examining them before asking, “Why did you buy me flowers?”

            

“I just saw them by the roadside and bought them on a whim,” Huo Qi said casually.

“Well? You like them, right?” Huo Qi teased half-playfully. “They smell pretty sweet to me. Isn’t this your pheromone scent? Why don’t you release some for me to smell, so I can see if they match?”

“In your dreams. This Miss’s pheromones aren’t for you to smell,” Jiang Jinyi said proudly. Huo Qi did not take it to heart, turning to her main purpose. “I came to ask you to go to an art exhibition with me. I got two tickets for Fu Qi’s exhibition. Are you going?”

            

Fu Qi was an artist Jiang Jinyi followed closely, so she was naturally interested. The two chatted for quite a while, and just as she was about to agree, she thought of something. She hurriedly turned her head to look, only to find that Youwan was no longer sitting across from her.

Jiang Jinyi frantically searched for her figure, only to see that she had already walked to the door with her blind cane, a servant accompanying her to keep her from falling.

Following her gaze, Huo Qi sighed, “Such a beautiful jiejie is actually blind. Talk about God closing a window.”

            

“…She’s going to have surgery,” Jiang Jinyi murmured, somewhat dazed.

Noticing her unusual behavior, Huo Qi’s gaze shifted slightly, and she nudged her. “Are we going to the exhibition or not?”

Go or not? Jiang Jinyi’s mind was entirely on Jiang Youwan. She kept thinking: How can she just leave like this? Why isn’t she turning back! Isn’t she going to try and stop me?!

            

Just as Jiang Jinyi was about to agree to Huo Qi’s invitation out of spite, Jiang Youwan suddenly turned around. The servant hastily asked if she had forgotten something, to which Jiang Youwan whispered, “I want to say a few words to Xiao Jin.”

Jiang Jinyi’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, but she childishly pretended not to hear, waiting for the servant to call her over.

“Miss, Miss Youwan has something she wants to say to you.”

            

Jiang Jinyi feigned having just heard. Nodding, she walked over to Jiang Youwan, looking at her with a mix of nervousness and forced composure as she asked, “What do you want to say to me?”

Jiang Youwan took another step closer, making their previously reasonable distance somewhat intimate. Parting her lips slightly, she said in an incredibly quiet voice, “I’m a little scared. Can Xiao Jin come to the hospital with me?”

Jiang Youwan wore a cautious, pleading expression.

            

With just one simple sentence, Jiang Jinyi’s previous irritation instantly vanished, replaced by a strange feeling she had never experienced before.

The only thing she could be sure of was that she felt a little happy right now.

It turned out a person’s mood could change so rapidly.

            

There was a smile in Jiang Jinyi’s eyes as she became lost in her thoughts, forgetting to answer. But Jiang Youwan could not see. Feeling a bit awkward, she smiled somewhat forcedly to give herself an out. “It’s fine if Xiao Jin doesn’t want to. I can go by myself.”

Her expression pricked at Jiang Jinyi, who blurted out in a panic, “I’ll go with you.”

The moment she said it, she realized she sounded far too eager.

            

As if she were dying to accompany her.

Clearing her throat twice, she spoke absolute nonsense with a straight face, “Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I might as well go with you. I can check on my friend who’s hospitalized while I’m at it… Ah, no, I mean, I’m going to see my friend, and just accompanying you on the side.”

Jiang Jinyi rarely had to lie. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and her gaze drifted. At this moment, she felt fortunate that Jiang Youwan could not see.

            

Suppressing her guilt over lying, she watched for Jiang Youwan’s reaction. Sure enough, Jiang Youwan looked very happy, a deep smile on her face. Jiang Jinyi assumed she was deeply touched by her agreement to accompany her, and felt a little smug inside.

Feeling pleased with herself, she intentionally asked in a teasing tone, “What are you smiling at? Are you that happy that I’m going to the hospital with you?”

“Of course I’m happy, but as for the other reason I’m smiling…” Jiang Youwan’s voice was clear and gentle as she said, “Xiao Jin is so cute.”

            

Cute?

Jiang Jinyi knew she was cute, but hearing it from Jiang Youwan’s mouth at this moment made her feel like something was slightly off.

An indescribable sort of strange.

            

“You—”

“Xiao Jin, aren’t you going to the art exhibition anymore?” Huo Qi slowly walked over, interrupting the harmonious and warm atmosphere between the two.

Ah, only then did Jiang Jinyi remember that Huo Qi was still there.

            

“Let’s go next time. If you feel bored and have no one to go with, you can choose any of my family’s servants to accompany you,” Jiang Jinyi said generously.

Huo Qi pouted, her tone turning slightly coquettish. “Xiao Jin is so biased. Personally accompanying a beautiful jiejie to the hospital, while sending a servant to look at paintings with me.”

She looked at Jiang Jinyi, then cast a glance at Jiang Youwan behind her, sighing, “Don’t you think that’s a bit of a waste? Caretaking is something servants should do, whereas appreciating art at an exhibition is the only thing worthy of Xiao Jin’s time, isn’t it?”

            

After saying this, Huo Qi added, “Eldest Miss Jiang never wastes her time, does she?”

“I…”

After thinking it over, Jiang Jinyi said resolutely, “Actually, I don’t like Fu Qi all that much. Go to her exhibition by yourself. I’m going to accompany her to the hospital.”

            

With that, Jiang Jinyi leaned forward, grabbed Jiang Youwan’s wrist, and pulled her slowly toward the exit.

Huo Qi’s gaze followed her the entire time, her pupils darkening.

In stark contrast to Huo Qi, Jiang Youwan had a smile on her face—a tender, heartfelt smile. The small section of her wrist gripped by Jiang Jinyi felt exceptionally hot, so warm that her palms began to sweat. She turned her head slightly; though she could not see, she seemed to be sensing her presence.

            

Jiang Jinyi was also feeling very embarrassed right now.

In the heat of the moment, she had grabbed her wrist. If she let go now, Jiang Youwan would surely realize she was embarrassed, so she could only brace herself and keep holding on.

Jiang Youwan could not help but suddenly call out softly, “Xiao Jin?”

            

This soft call of “Xiao Jin” made Jiang Jinyi lose herself for a good while, failing to respond.

Arriving at the car, the driver had already got out to open the door. The servant carefully helped Jiang Youwan inside, and Jiang Jinyi climbed in right after. The driver, now back in the driver’s seat, glanced at the back through the rearview mirror. Realizing he had forgotten to fasten Jiang Youwan’s seatbelt, he suggested softly, “Miss, could you please help Miss Youwan fasten her seatbelt? I forgot to do it just now.”

Jiang Jinyi turned her head to look. Jiang Youwan was currently fumbling around, unable to find the seatbelt.

            

Jiang Jinyi leaned over, grabbed it in one go, and buckled it for her.

Inside the enclosed car cabin, the scent of pheromones became even more pronounced, swirling around Jiang Youwan’s nose and working a wondrous, soothing magic.

It banished the unpleasant odors in the vehicle that made Jiang Youwan uncomfortable.

            

With a soft click, the seatbelt fastened. Jiang Youwan raised her head slightly. “Thank you, Xiao Jin.”

Jiang Jinyi currently had her head tilted, her breath puffing precisely against Jiang Youwan’s sensitive earlobe. Shuddering slightly all over, she quickly let go of the seatbelt and scurried to the opposite side of the car.

Maintaining an extremely safe distance.

            

Seriously, why was she blushing? Jiang Jinyi could not understand. She was the one in the dominant position here. She was the one accompanying her to the hospital and buckling her seatbelt; shouldn’t Youwan be the bashful one?

Why did Youwan seem so completely at ease, while she herself was so…

Jiang Jinyi could not figure it out.

            

She still could not figure it out even when they arrived at the hospital.

Upon entering the hospital lobby, a designated staff member greeted them very warmly. Seeing that Jiang Youwan was blind, they reached out to assist her, but Jiang Youwan subtly avoided the touch. Turning her head, she looked toward Jiang Jinyi helplessly, calling out, “Xiao Jin.”

Her timid, uncomfortable, and pitiful appearance instantly sparked Jiang Jinyi’s protective instincts. Jiang Jinyi wanted to approach her in a grand, dignified manner to support her, so Jiang Youwan hooked her arm through hers.

            

Jiang Jinyi explained to the doctor, “She isn’t used to being touched by others.”

The doctor paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded. “In that case, please follow me, both of you.”

Tilting her head, Jiang Jinyi asked proudly, “Am I very good to you?”

            

Jiang Youwan nodded and answered very seriously, “Xiao Jin is wonderful.”

“Hmph, hmph…”

The hospital was forever filled with the strong smell of disinfectant, but this time Jiang Youwan did not feel nauseous, all because Jiang Jinyi was right by her side.

            

Jiang Youwan had discovered long ago that the pheromones on Jiang Jinyi’s body were her medicine.

It shut out every single unpleasant scent.

Jinyi was still so cute, tsundere, willful, sensitive, and kind.

            

And a bit of a dummy, too.

Jiang Youwan felt that, at this very moment, she could no longer live without Jiang Jinyi.

Darkness stretched out before her eyes, and the soft, warm touch on her arm seemed to have become her sole reliance. Jiang Youwan whispered, “Xiao Jin, can you stay by my side the entire time later? Please?”

            

Jiang Youwan was very skilled at showing weakness, her tone filled with pleading and a hint of coquetry. Jiang Jinyi blinked, a sense of vain satisfaction surging in her heart. But she was not about to agree so easily. Stirring up a little mischief—though not truly malicious—she said:

“No. Unless you call me jiejie.”

For a younger sister to demand her older sister call her jiejie, it was clear she was quite a mischievous little sister.

            

Jiang Youwan had never called anyone else jiejie, so she did not know how it felt. But she was very clear on one thing: she really liked being called jiejie.

She loved being called jiejie by Jiang Jinyi.

Not long ago, when Jiang Jinyi admitted in front of Huo Qi that she was her sister, she could not describe what she felt. She only found it wondrous, putting her in a great mood. She was happy, truly happy.

            

It was just like how she felt on the night of the thunderstorm when Jiang Jinyi had held her.

Jiang Jinyi looked at her, smiling with utter cunning, simply waiting for her to say it.

Both wicked and mischievous.

            

Before she spoke, Jiang Youwan thought to herself: This single ‘jiejie,’ I am going to claim it back a thousand, a million times over.

Enunciating extremely softly, she said, “Jiejie, stay with me?”

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The following is an extra. What if twenty-six-year-old Jiang Jinyi traveled back to when she was eighteen?

            

Jiang Jinyi opened her eyes. The decor that met her sight left her stunned. After staring blankly for several seconds, she abruptly sat up. Seeing no one beside her, she quickly got out of bed to search.

Looking down from the second floor, the layout here was very familiar, yet carried an indescribable sense of strangeness. Wasn’t this her home?

To be precise, it was her home before she had married Jiang Youwan.

            

Why was she here? She clearly remembered traveling abroad with Jiang Youwan, intending to head to the hotel’s open-air hot spring together. When had they returned? Had her memory jumbled up?

“Jiejie, jiejie!” Jiang Jinyi shouted as she ran downstairs. The servants in the house cast strange looks her way, none of them knowing whom she was calling out to.

“Where’s my jiejie?” Jiang Jinyi randomly stopped a servant to ask. The servant froze. Since when did Eldest Miss Jiang have a jiejie?

            

“Miss, you… who are you referring to?”

“Who?” Jiang Jinyi frowned.

Could there actually be servants in the Jiang household who did not know who her jiejie was? Jiang Youwan had never allowed her to call anyone else jiejie.

            

This was clearly common knowledge.

Jiang Jinyi then suddenly realized this servant looked somewhat unfamiliar. “Are you new here?”

The servant was even more bewildered. “Miss, I’ve been working here for half a year.”

            

Half a year?

Had it been that long? Maybe she just did not know because she rarely came back to the Jiang home. No, that was not right either. Jiang Jinyi looked around, only to realize every single servant here looked completely unfamiliar.

With wide eyes, she walked out the front door in utter disbelief. Just then, a black sedan drove in from the distance. Jiang Jinyi felt a sudden premonition and stared intently at the car.

            

The black sedan quickly pulled into the courtyard and stopped in front of her.

The driver got out, greeted her respectfully as “Miss,” and then opened the rear door.

Jiang Jinyi narrowed her eyes, watching intently.

            

The driver helped a woman out of the car.

The woman’s ink-black hair cascaded down to her waist, slightly disheveled. Her eyes were closed, her long, curled eyelashes fanning downward in a soft, alluring curve. Wearing a pristine white dress, she looked like a fairy stepping out from the depths of winter snow, lost upon her first encounter with the mortal world. Her slender, bony hand hung by her side, while her other hand held a cane—a blind cane.

Jiang Jinyi’s eyes went wide.

            

“Je… jiejie?”

The woman in front of her tilted her head slightly upon hearing this stammered “jiejie,” as if confirming whether she was the one being called.

Staring at the blind, innocent-looking Jiang Youwan before her, Jiang Jinyi fell into unprecedented confusion.

            

“Xiao Jin~” This voice was all too familiar to Jiang Jinyi. It was Mother.

She turned her head to look. Jiang Ningshu, clad in a striking, vibrant dress, took off her sunglasses and walked toward her with a smile. “Did you miss Mother?”

“Mmh, I’m really sorry, Xiao Jin. Mother was away for so long this time.” Jiang Ningshu pulled her into a hug, kissing her on the cheek before introducing the woman behind her. “This is the daughter of Mother’s friend. She’ll be living with us from now on. She’s six years older than you, so you should call her jiejie. You can call her Youwan-jiejie from now on.”

            

“Youwan-je… jiejie?”

Jiang Youwan wore a faint smile, bright and moving.

She said, “Hello, Xiao Jin.”

            

Oh… Oh my god!

“Hmm? What’s wrong, Xiao Jin?” Jiang Ningshu caressed her cheek, finding her dazed state quite peculiar.

Jiang Jinyi took two steps back. Suddenly thinking of something, she pushed her mother aside and dashed back inside the house.

            

Watching her daughter’s retreating figure, Jiang Ningshu assumed she was angry because she had brought someone home without her consent. Recalling how Jinyi had once thrown someone’s luggage right onto the main road, she sighed and said to Jiang Youwan standing beside her:

“Xiao Jin’s personality is just like that. Try to keep a low profile for the next few days, and she’ll be fine once her anger blows over. Actually, once you get to know her, she’s quite easy to get along with.”

Was she angry? Jiang Youwan remained silent for a long moment, then nodded. “Okay, I understand.”

            

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Jiang Jinyi ran all the way back to her room. She unlocked her phone to check the date, then opened the camera, staring blankly at herself on the screen.

Wearing pajamas, her long hair was disheveled. Her skin was fair and smooth, still retaining a youthful touch of baby fat.

This was clearly her at eighteen!

            

Had she lost her memory again? Or had she traveled through time?

Why did the universe have to play with her like this? Jiang Jinyi felt the world spinning around her.

Despair aside, having already experienced waking up five years in the future once before, it only took Jiang Jinyi an hour this time to accept the fact that she had traveled back to age eighteen.

            

But things were different from her memory now.

Back then, only Jiang Youwan had returned at this point in time. Why had Mother also come back now?

Back then, Jiang Youwan had been brought back as the biological daughter. Why was she truly a friend’s daughter now?

            

No, Jiang Jinyi could not be certain yet whether the woman who had returned home was actually Mother or Jiang Ya.

If it was Jiang Ya, then Mother was still imprisoned in that place, enduring inhuman torture!

Jiang Jinyi immediately thought of one person: Secretary Song.

            

According to her memories, Secretary Song should be at her own home right now. Jiang Jinyi changed her clothes, planning to use the excuse of going out to play to pay a visit to Secretary Song’s home.

She walked stealthily along the corridor. Before she could even go downstairs, just as she reached the corner of the hallway, she caught a faint, subtle sound.

Jiang Jinyi froze in her tracks. This was Mother’s study.

            

Having been with Jiang Youwan for so many years, she would have lived in vain if she could not recognize what that sound was.

With her mind racing, her heart leaped into her throat. She pushed open the slightly ajar door, and sure enough, she saw two bodies locked in an embrace.

Upon seeing her, Song Lian and Jiang Ningshu instantly pulled apart.

            

Her face slightly flushed, Jiang Ningshu wiped her lips. “Xiao Jin, you…”

Jiang Jinyi stared blankly. “Mother?”

Jiang Ningshu walked over to her. “Actually, Secretary Song and I are together. We wanted to be honest with you, but we were just worried you wouldn’t accept it, you…”

            

Jiang Jinyi blurted, “I—I accept!”

The expressions of surprise and delight on the faces of Jiang Ningshu and Song Lian were completely genuine. “Xiao Jin, thank you.”

Secretary Song had recognized Jiang Ya very early on, and her loyalty to Mother was beyond question. She absolutely could not be doing this with Jiang Ya…

            

So really, had everything changed?

Jiang Jinyi quickly ran downstairs.

“Where is jiejie?” Jiang Jinyi grabbed a servant and demanded.

            

“Do you mean the young lady who just arrived?” The servant found it strange; Chairman Jiang had just said the Miss was angry, so why was she suddenly looking for her jiejie in such a hurry?

She pointed in a certain direction. “She is in that guest room.”

Jiang Jinyi jogged over. Arriving at the door, she impatiently threw it open, wanting to see her jiejie—her wife.

            

She saw her sitting quietly by the window, turning her gaze back at the sound.

She looked exactly like the person in her memories from eight years ago.

Possessing an indescribable fragility.

            

Jiang Jinyi did not know how to describe her feelings. “Jiejie…”

This call of jiejie sounded soft and defenseless. Jiang Youwan’s eyelashes fluttered slightly as she stood up, carefully and gently confirming with her, “Are you calling me?”

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The author has something to say:

            

Jiejie: I hold quite a grudge, you know.

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