Chapter 12

Ever since Xia Shutong woke up from the hospital, this was the first time her heart started pounding so fast.

Her throat was inexplicably dry, and her legs went weak.

Too…too close.

She felt surrounded by a faint fragrance emanating from Yun Feiwu.

With a slight turn of her gaze, all she could see were Yun Feiwu’s lips, lightly coated with orange lipstick, or the delicate and small earrings on her earlobes, or the almost hidden collarbone under the unbuttoned white shirt…

It was lethal.

Instinctively, Xia Shutong wanted to slide down, but suddenly she felt something pressing between her legs.

Xia Shutong: “!!!”

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Making one want to bully her.

It can be said that if it were someone else, they would already be enjoying the pleasure of bullying Xia Shutong.

Who could have imagined that the usually fierce and ruthless Xia Shutong, who made others tremble in fear, would be pitifully trembling and scared to tears, pressed against the restroom door?

However, the light in Yun Feiwu’s eyes became increasingly dim.

“President Xia?” She called out softly.

“I just asked you, why are you afraid of me?”

Xia Shutong’s pupils slowly regained focus. She bit her lip and weakly said, “Not here… There will be people outside…”

The conversation took a wrong turn.

Yun Feiwu: “?”

Xia Shutong realized what she had just said, and her cheeks suddenly turned red, along with her ears, which were almost as if they were bleeding.

“No, no, no. I mean… Yun, Yun Feiwu, Miss Yun, can you please… let go of me?”

“Okay.”

Yun Feiwu obediently released her grip and took a step back.

However, Xia Shutong couldn’t regain her balance and almost fell to the ground.

And so… her shoulders were embraced again.

Xia Shutong was almost scared out of her wits.

After several seconds, Yun Feiwu whispered in her ear, “President Xia, can you stand firmly now? Can I let go?”

“I… I can.” Xia Shutong’s ears tingled, and she trembled as she spoke.

Yun Feiwu waited a while longer, making sure that Xia Shutong had truly recovered, before releasing her grip once again.

Xia Shutong immediately supported the door panel and bent over slightly, breathing heavily as if she had survived a disaster.

Yun Feiwu looked at the corner of her eyes, which were slightly red, and there were tears that hadn’t fallen yet. Subconsciously, she took out a tissue from her bag, wanting to help her wipe away the tears.

But Xia Shutong was startled, shrinking towards the corner as if frightened.

Yun Feiwu’s hand hung in mid-air, her fingers slowly clenched, and then retracted.

“President Xia… just now, I’m sorry.” Yun Feiwu lowered her head.

If Xia Shutong looked up at this moment, she would have noticed that Yun Feiwu now had her head drooping, her hands tangled in front of her, resembling a dog that wanted to be forgiven and petted after making a mistake.

But she didn’t look.

She almost ran out of the restroom as if escaping.

Yun Feiwu stood in place for a long time.

Finally, she walked out of the restroom, washed her face, and stood by the window in the corridor, staring blankly outside.

Indeed, Xia Shutong had lost her memory.

Since the day she learned about Xia Shutong’s car accident, she had asked people for updates and found out that Xia Shutong was not seriously injured, just a minor injury that would recover after a few days of rest at home.

However, for the following days, Xia Shutong didn’t contact her, which was quite abnormal.

They each had a spare phone for communication, and Yun Feiwu tried calling, but it was always turned off.

She also didn’t receive any letters or packages.

At that time, Yun Feiwu had a vague idea of what might have happened, but she refused to believe it.

How could the cliche plot of amnesia after a car accident happen to Xia Shutong?!

A week passed, and Yun Feiwu couldn’t bear it anymore. She finally dialed Qian Lingling’s phone at Wutong Film Studio.

Then, she heard Xia Shutong’s voice as she had wished and saw her as she had hoped.

When Yun Feiwu and Xia Shutong were outside, they always pretended not to know each other, so at first, Yun Feiwu was not sure if she had amnesia.

But when Yun Feiwu handed the contract to Xia Shutong, she sensed that something was wrong.

The contract was drafted by Yun Feiwu herself. Before this, she had discussed the signing of the contract with Xia Shutong, but they hadn’t reached the stage of finalizing the details in the contract.

If Xia Shutong hadn’t lost her memory, she would have temporarily signed the contract and privately compensated Yun Feiwu later. However, Xia Shutong not only refused to sign, but also instructed someone to draft a completely new set of terms.

Still, Yun Feiwu couldn’t believe it, so she tentatively asked Xia Shutong to accompany her to the restroom.

And then, in the restroom… that speculation was completely confirmed.

Xia Shutong had lost her memory, to the extent that she didn’t even recognize Yun Feiwu.

Yun Feiwu couldn’t describe her feelings clearly—discomfort, regret, bitterness. Various emotions mixed together, causing her heart to ache.

She had clearly frightened Xia Shutong just now.

Fortunately, the contract had already been signed.

Afterward, Yun Feiwu met with her new manager and assistant, and they had dinner together.

By the time she returned home, it was already dark outside.

As she entered her dorm room, she instinctively raised her hand to turn on the light. After a few seconds, her fingers fell weakly as she hesitated.

Yun Feiwu curled up on her bed, burying her face in her knees.

When she looked up again, there were two streaks of tears on her cheeks.

She subconsciously glanced towards the window, her eyes filled with anxiety.

The pale moonlight spilled onto the window sill.

Through the blurred tears, Yun Feiwu could barely make out the photo placed on the windowsill.

It was taken when she graduated from elementary school.

During the graduation ceremony, it seemed like all her classmates had parents accompanying them, but she didn’t.

It was her younger brother’s birthday that day, and neither her father nor her mother even knew about her graduation.

But it didn’t matter, she had her gentle sister, Xiao Ruan.

In the photo, sixteen-year-old Xia Ruan was slightly taller than her, but shyly hid behind her, burying her face on her shoulder. Only a pair of bright almond-shaped eyes could be seen, stealing a glance in the direction of the camera.

…

However, now, Yun Feiwu can feel that even though Xia Shutong has lost her memory, she is still the same Xia Shutong, the same Xia Ruan as before.

She would pretend to be fierce in front of others, but would easily reveal herself in front of Yun Feiwu.

But…

She doesn’t remember Yun Feiwu, that’s all.

Yun Feiwu sat up from the bed, walked to the window, embraced the photo, but her fingers couldn’t stop trembling.

Her Xia Ruan, her gentle older sister, her Xia Shutong, her wife, her lover. She doesn’t remember her.

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