For him, Shui Jing was not just his childhood sweetheart, but also his soulmate. Beyond romantic feelings, she was like family – after all, Shui Jing, who lost her parents, was the little sister he had held hands with and supported all along!
Cherishing, loving, yearning… for twenty years, he had loved deeply, and believed Shui Jing felt the same.
Who would have thought that fate would let unrelated relatives steal their love!
No! Shui Jing was not the type to be fickle. If not for this twist of fate making her lose her memory, he believed that even if Solomon’s treasure was piled before her, it couldn’t sway her heart.
A glimmer of anticipation appeared on Jiang Yipeng’s dejected face; he ignited a spark of hope, “As long as Shui Jing can recover her memories…”
He wanted to recall Shui Jing’s lost memories!
A mysterious smile floated at the corner of Shui Jing’s lips. If there could be a happy ending for everyone, how wonderful that would be!
“Hmm—”
A nauseating feeling surged up her throat.
Damn! Shui Jing inwardly exclaimed.
“Shui Jing? What’s wrong?” Guan Long Ji, staring at her like a prison guard watching a prisoner, immediately noticed her abnormal state.
“It’s nothing! I’m just hiccupping…” It must be because she secretly ate two boxes of strawberries before breakfast. She couldn’t let A Ji find out, or he would scold her.
“Ugh—” As soon as she finished speaking, another wave of stomach acid rose, and Shui Jing quickly covered her mouth, forcibly suppressing the nauseous feeling.
“Shui Jing?” Guan Long Ji narrowed his eyes.
“Fine! I was naughty and ate too many strawberries. Don’t scold Xiao Mei and the others!”
Dong Yi Lin was still confused, looking bewildered.
“Xiao Mei!” Guan Long Ji’s voice slightly raised with nervousness, hope, and anticipation… The intense emotions almost made him lose composure.
“Tell the driver to prepare the car to go to the hospital…” He clenched his fist, slightly trembling, “No, no… it’s better to invite a doctor to come.”
The others suddenly realized something.
Straightforward Dong Yi Lin blurted out everyone’s speculation, “Shui Jing! Are you pregnant?”
In a Japanese izakaya.
“Stop drinking!” Dong Yi Lin said: “Drinking won’t solve anything.”
“Leave me alone…” Jiang Yi Peng covered his face, his shoulders drooping.
Dong Yi Lin looked at Jiang Yi Peng drinking to drown his sorrows with compassion.
As Shui Jing’s best classmate and friend, she was well aware of the torment Jiang Yi Peng had endured over the past year.
Before Shui Jing disappeared, the Jiang family was planning their engagement. Shui Jing, working as an editor at a literary magazine, decided to take a round-island trip to bid farewell to her single life, but never returned.
During this time, although she sent messages through her mobile phone to indicate she was safe (now thinking about it, it was probably the work of that Guan surname’s scoundrel), it still made people anxious.
Jiang Yi Peng had almost searched the entire Taiwan, hired private investigators, spent countless human resources, time, and money…
All efforts were like stones sinking into the sea, without a trace.
Report to the police?
They did report, but after completing the missing person’s record, the police were helpless.
After all, she was an adult in her twenties, with her own feet, and without any criminal involvement. How could the police even begin to search?
The local police officer even sympathetically “consoled” Jiang Yi Peng, “Maybe… your fiancée has some kind of ‘pre-wedding phobia’, so… uh, she’s traveling a bit longer. She’ll come back once she figures things out.”
Jiang Yi Peng could only look up to the sky in silence.
Enduring endless torment, surviving countless sleepless nights, and now the truth is revealed. She drank the water of the River of Forgetfulness, forgetting everything.
Forgetting everything, including herself, and even marrying his younger brother!
He had originally held a glimmer of hope – that Shui Jing would recover her memories and return to his side, but…
“Hehe…” He let out a bleak, bitter laugh, and then forcefully downed another glass of whiskey.
He was in such pain!
If Shui Jing’s memory loss and marriage was the first blow, her pregnancy was the second blow, leaving Jiang Yi Peng unable to cope.
“Stop drinking!” Dong Yi Lin grabbed his wine glass, “A real man knows when to hold on and when to let go! So what if Shui Jing is married? If you love her, wish for her happiness based on her own happiness.”
He understood this reasoning, but his heart was aching, and the alcohol only deepened his sorrow.
“Try to think positively!” Dong Yi Lin became anxious, “Oh! You know I’m not good at comforting people. How about we go beat up Guan Long Ji to let out some anger! He used underhanded tactics to deceive everyone!”
Jiang Yi Peng gave a bitter smile, unable to retrieve his confiscated wine glass, and instead drank directly from the bottle.
He wanted to get drunk, to temporarily forget everything.
His depressed mood accelerated the alcohol’s effect, and soon, Jiang Yi Peng was thoroughly intoxicated.
“Sigh… why do this to yourself?” Dong Yi Lin sighed.
Jiang Yi Peng responded with a silly, drunken smile.
With the help of the waiter, Dong Yi Lin stuffed him into the backseat of the car and took him back to her place, not forgetting to call his parents to reassure them.
“Yes… don’t worry, Mother, I’ll take care of him.”
“No problem! You both get some rest. Good night.”
Fortunately, Jiang Yi Peng just slept soundly after getting drunk, without causing a scene, which made Dong Yi Lin breathe a sigh of relief.
It was a very ordinary night, where nothing happened.
But Dong Yi Lin tossed and turned, unable to sleep, worrying and fretting for him.
The moonlight was clear as a mirror, drawing a landscape of light and shadow through the window lattice in the dim room.
The smell of alcohol had not yet dissipated, carrying “his” familiar yet strange masculine scent. In the hazy atmosphere, something seemed to be brewing and fermenting…
Xiangzhi’s “Beware of Marrying the CEO”
Chapter 6 “I have a little baby, A Ji, don’t worry!” Shui Jing said with a smile.
Everyone was amused, and Zhang Yu Mei corrected her, “Madam, it’s ‘happy’, not ‘worry’.”
Shui Jing didn’t explain further, just smiled and looked at her husband.
Guan Long Ji understood.
What Shui Jing meant by “don’t worry”: Her pregnancy sealed the deal and made Jiang Yi Peng give up hope.
With an unborn baby as additional support, his chips increased. As long as Shui Jing insisted, no one could break up a complete family, right?
Water Mirror chose him, and the emotionally excited man embraced his beloved wife, saying in a low, trembling voice: “Thank you.”
“You still need to say ‘I love you’…” Water Mirror reminded her slow husband.
“I love you.” He kissed his wife in public, “I love you!”
Yes! He could finally confidently and happily declare his love to the whole world.
“I love Fang Shuijing, I love my wife Fang Shuijing!”
My wife!
The child in her belly was a reassurance that Guan Longji no longer needed to worry. Water Mirror would always be his wife, and no one could break up their marriage.
With a child as backing, Water Mirror became bolder.
She knew no one would have a chance to persuade her to recover her memories or divorce Guan Longji.
Holding onto familial affection, she acted coquettishly with the Jiang elders, seemingly like a daughter of the Jiang family.
Her mischievous self decided to bridge the gap between A Ji and Jiang’s father.
And to make amends for her former fiancé and longtime friend.
“Jiang Dad, A Ji is your son, right?” she asked.
“Hmm!” Jiang’s father nodded hesitantly.
