After Losing My Memory, I Suddenly Had A Fiancée - Chapter 62

Jiang Zhi was all too familiar with that voice. Though it belonged to the same person, she could tell there was a difference in it.

Ji Fanghuai usually called her Jiejie (older sister) either as a prank, a plea for mercy, or simply because she wanted to. But in that one call of Jiejie just now, Jiang Zhi heard a longing and dependence that had not been there before.

“Fanghuai?” Jiang Zhi’s body went rigid. All the lingering sensual thoughts vanished from her mind. She had been lying on top of Ji Fanghuai, but she withdrew her hand, turned, and embraced Ji Fanghuai, her face showing bewilderment and anxiety.

She wasn’t sure if Ji Fanghuai had truly recovered her memory at that moment. If she could choose, she actually didn’t want Ji Fanghuai to recover her memory.

The joyful expression on Ji Fanghuai’s face had already been replaced by quiet. She lowered her head, gathered her composure, and awkwardly chuckled, “Why did you suddenly stop?”

Jiang Zhi was utterly serious. “My hand is tired. Let’s do it another time.”

Ji Fanghuai immediately quieted down. Inhaling the unique, unchanged scent of Jiang Zhi, she felt a certain something pressed tightly against her. Realizing it was Jiang Zhi’s ‘sprout,’ Ji Fanghuai’s face flushed crimson, her cheeks covered in a deep blush.

She leaned into the crook of Jiang Zhi’s neck and said, “I…”

Jiang Zhi called her, “Fanghuai.”

“Hmm?” Ji Fanghuai’s train of thought was interrupted. Rubbing against Jiang Zhi’s soft, long hair and smelling the refreshing fragrance, she surprisingly felt a long-lost sense of reunion.

“Did you remember everything?” Jiang Zhi felt a little uneasy, wondering why Ji Fanghuai would suddenly remember at a time like this. Fortunately, she decided to face it calmly; they had already had their talk, so she didn’t need to overthink it.

“Yes, I remembered,” Ji Fanghuai squeezed her eyes shut, trying to sort out the memories that had just returned.

She didn’t know how it happened. It was like breaking through a vital energy point in a martial arts novel; in the instant her body tensed up and was about to burst like an arrow released from a bow, the blurry images in her mind suddenly became clear.

She said, “I’m still a bit cold, I want to get under the blanket.”

She needed some time alone. The pre-amnesia and post-amnesia versions of herself felt like two different people. She needed to merge the memories of these two periods and, more importantly, figure some things out.

Jiang Zhi’s eyes darkened, and her lips were tightly pressed. She hooked her long leg around the discarded blanket and pulled it up to cover the intimate scene in the bed.

Ji Fanghuai also hadn’t figured out what to say. She felt like a computer that had just recovered lost data; a large amount of information suddenly returned, making her brain unable to process it in time, causing severe lag, and her reactions were half a beat slower than usual.

The two embraced under the covers for a long time, until their initially scorching bodies gradually cooled down.

Ji Fanghuai pulled away from Jiang Zhi’s embrace, creating a small distance between them. She opened her mouth and said, “Jiejie.”

She felt like she couldn’t continue to call Jiang Zhi by her name so casually. It was the same feeling as being unable to address an elder by their first name, especially since she had called this woman Jiejie her entire life and rarely used her given name.

Jiang Zhi looked up to meet her gaze and said softly, “I’m here.”

Ji Fanghuai gently shrugged her shoulders. She still felt awkward facing her completely naked. She lowered her gaze and said, “I want to put on clothes.”

She wanted to put on clothes but was afraid of Jiang Zhi seeing her.

Jiang Zhi understood immediately. She lifted the blanket and got up.

A flash of white crossed Ji Fanghuai’s view.

Jiang Zhi put on the pajamas she had thrown on the sofa earlier, then opened the closet and chose a fluffy set of pajamas for Ji Fanghuai, saying, “The style you like.”

Ji Fanghuai was a little shy and said, “Thank you.”

Jiang Zhi sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for Ji Fanghuai to change, but saw that she didn’t emerge from under the covers for a long time, only a pair of bright eyes fixed on her.

Jiang Zhi realized the situation and said, “I’ll go out and check on the cat.”

Ji Fanghuai swiftly darted out from under the covers, quickly put on her pajamas, and then went into the bathroom to wash off the stickiness on her body.

She didn’t know what to say to Jiang Zhi right away, so she could only send her away first. Her former Jiejie had suddenly become a lover, and she felt her reaction was perfectly normal.

However, Jiang Zhi didn’t think so. The change in their relationship was based on deception, and even after they reconciled, her parents’ situation was still related to her.

It was fine when Ji Fanghuai couldn’t remember, but now that she could, Jiang Zhi was afraid Ji Fanghuai would misunderstand her. She sat woodenly on the sofa, her ears perked up, listening for any movement in the bedroom.

Xixi was still clingy, circling Jiang Zhi’s feet, trying to jump into her lap, but Jiang Zhi was preoccupied and paid no attention to its needs.

The bedroom door opened, and Jiang Zhi abruptly stood up and said directly, “Fanghuai, are you unable to accept the change in our relationship?”

Ji Fanghuai was stunned for a second, then said, “We can just be like before.”

Jiang Zhi’s face instantly turned pale, completely drained of color.

When she first confessed to Ji Fanghuai, Ji Fanghuai said they should maintain their previous relationship, that she only recognized her as her Jiejie, and nothing else was possible.

Seeing Jiang Zhi misunderstand, Ji Fanghuai quickly clarified, “I mean like before I remembered, like when I was amnesiac. I recovered my memory, I didn’t become amnesiac again. Why would I not want you?”

She wasn’t unable to accept it; it was just that the sudden addition of a new type of relationship made it difficult for her to instantly shift their way of interacting.

Although she and Jiang Zhi were close before, they were never as intimately exposed as they were now, and when her memory returned, she was with Jiang Zhi in bed, in their most primal forms, doing the most intimate things.

Ji Fanghuai felt that anyone would be embarrassed by this, and she hadn’t expected Jiang Zhi to overthink it.

Jiang Zhi clearly relaxed a lot, a smile appearing on her face. Ji Fanghuai sat on the edge of the sofa, maintaining a not-too-close, not-too-far distance from Jiang Zhi. Xixi cleverly jumped onto her lap.

They had been so natural together before, but now they felt somewhat constrained, unable to frolic and play as they had. If it were before, she would have already been leaning on Jiang Zhi’s shoulder.

Ji Fanghuai played with the cat, glancing at Jiang Zhi from time to time.

She wanted to be intimate with Jiang Zhi now too, but she felt as if she suddenly had baggage, finding it difficult to let go of her reserved demeanor, as her image in front of Jiang Zhi had always been very well-behaved.

But that image had been completely shattered by herself.

Unexpectedly meeting Jiang Zhi’s eyes, she saw that Jiang Zhi’s gaze was the same as before. Ji Fanghuai knew the problem was with her and said, “I didn’t mean anything else, I just never expected you to be this kind of Jiejie.”

Jiang Zhi was vastly different from the one in her memory.

A faint smile appeared on Jiang Zhi’s lips. She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and asked, “What was I like in your memory? What do you think I should be like now?”

“The Jiejie I remember was utterly proper. When we were little, she was like a little adult. According to how I remember things developing, Jiejie should still be proper now.” Ji Fanghuai recalled their childhood. Jiang Zhi truly hadn’t liked her when they were young, and her face was always tightly drawn.

Jiang Zhi was momentarily stunned, then accepted it openly. “Pretense is human nature. I am like an innocent child before you now, with nothing to conceal.”

Ji Fanghuai immediately blushed.

She is really shameless, Ji Fanghuai thought.

Jiang Zhi continued, “Only in front of a lover do I dare to expose my flaws and shortcomings freely. I was very proper before because I didn’t dare to be unrestrained. Now I’m not proper because I know you indulge me. On the contrary, if I were still proper now, that would mean I had no passion.”

Ji Fanghuai: “…”

Although Jiang Zhi’s sophistry was plentiful, Ji Fanghuai had to admit that the essence of love was indeed mutual indulgence. Just like she had never expected to be so relaxed in front of Jiang Zhi before, completely shameless, sometimes even brazenly begging for affection.

Her thoughts were getting increasingly twisted. Ji Fanghuai quickly pulled her mind back. Her memory loss occurred around the time she was hit on the head. Now that the two periods of memory had finally merged, the full sequence of events on the day of the incident became clear.

Ji Fanghuai suggested, “After the hospital tomorrow, I want to go see my mom.”

Jiang Zhi hesitated.

Ji Fanghuai said, “Don’t worry, I won’t blame you.”

“Alright,” Jiang Zhi remembered the things that had happened before, and she was a little lost in thought. She suddenly hugged Ji Fanghuai and said, “Sometimes, I actually didn’t want you to remember. I was afraid you would reject me just like before.”

Seeing Jiang Zhi’s vulnerable state again, Ji Fanghuai’s desire to protect and care for her grew greatly. She gently soothed, “I won’t. I’ll like Jiejie even more.”

Jiang Zhi gave a wry smile. “I didn’t interfere with your dad’s matter.”

Ji Fanghuai nodded. “I know.”

The reason she and Jiang Zhi had argued was very simple. She knew the relationship at home was strained, and Jiang Zhi had inexplicably moved her residence registration out. At the time, she thought Jiang Zhi just wanted to escape that identity and simply change her status.

However, Jiang Zhi suddenly confessed to her.

Ji Fanghuai still remembered her reaction at the time: besides shock, it was confusion. She truly only saw Jiang Zhi as her Jiejie. Although she didn’t want to hurt Jiang Zhi, she still made it clear that they were just sisters.

After Jiang Zhi’s repeated unsuccessful attempts at courtship, Ji Fanghuai left home during a period of intense tension to celebrate Jiang Zhi’s birthday in City A. It was then that her mother called: “Something happened at home. Someone reported your dad for illegal construction, bribing officials, selling substandard products, and involvement in a murder case from many years ago.”

“How could this happen?” Ji Fanghuai’s teeth were chattering.

“Your dad said it must have been that ungrateful wretch, Jiang Zhi, who had someone do it. Are you still with her? I’m telling you, you either come back quickly, or you make her stop pursuing those things. We can handle these minor issues.”

Ji Fanghuai naturally didn’t believe it. “There must be a misunderstanding.”

“What misunderstanding could there be? Do you believe her or your mother?”

Ji Fanghuai still clearly remembered hanging up the phone, heartbroken, only to turn around and see Jiang Zhi looking at her with a gentle smile. She asked, “My mom said…”

“Some things aren’t as simple as they appear on the surface,” Jiang Zhi said before she could finish.

“My mom said my dad was taken away by the police.” Ji Fanghuai had always known that Jiang Zhi was at odds with her parents and that their relationship was complicated, but she never imagined it would come to such direct conflict.

Yet, Jiang Zhi simply said, “Have a piece of cake first.”

Ji Fanghuai couldn’t possibly ignore her parents. Just then, Jiang Zhi looked completely unconcerned, and she angrily said, “Don’t you care at all that something happened to my family? Or is that matter really related to you?”

Jiang Zhi was speechless.

Ji Fanghuai no longer wanted to celebrate any birthday; she just wanted to go home. And then she was hit by the falling flower pot…

She hadn’t expected that when she woke up, her mother had already died in a car accident. Ji Fanghuai’s expression darkened at the thought of this. Although she already knew the sequence of events, she was still troubled by it.

In fact, reviewing her childhood, most of the familial affection was provided by Jiang Zhi, but her parents were also a real presence.

Children hold no grudges.

She remembered being a little girl doted on by her mother, though that was because she was a bargaining chip for her mother’s position.

When they went to sleep, the two people who always used to play around were exceptionally quiet and behaved. Ji Fanghuai surprisingly spent the night completely intact in Jiang Zhi’s embrace.

Ji Fanghuai and Jiang Zhi went to the hospital for a check-up. The doctor was surprised that she had recovered her memory, considering it had been less than half a month since the last check-up.

“Miss Ji, how did you suddenly recover?”

Ji Fanghuai vaguely said, “I recovered when I was happy.”

The doctor suddenly realized. “When people are happy, the brain secretes a large amount of dopamine, which indeed might affect the memory layer. May I ask specifically what made you happy enough to recover? I’d like to use it for reference.”

Ji Fanghuai: “…”

The doctor continued, “Our hospital has received similar cases before, but most situations tend to worsen. It’s rare to recover memory within a year or so. Knowing how you recovered will also help us check for potential side effects.”

Ji Fanghuai was still wondering what kind of side effects there could be.

Jiang Zhi, stone-faced, said, “She recovered during a sexual climax. Do you have any references or can you check for side effects?”

Ji Fanghuai: “…”

The doctor: “…”