After Losing My Memory, I Went After My Archenemy - Chapter 34

“Maybe when her memory recovers, she will abandon you. Don’t you know what Xia Rou was like before? She considered you her mortal enemy.” Jiang Manqing earnestly advised, “I don’t want to see you get hurt, hurt by Xia Rou.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Rou’s voice loudly drifted over, “I won’t hurt her!”

Hearing the owner of the voice, Jiang Manqing turned her head, somewhat displeased, and her expression instantly became much worse.

Xia Rou also hadn’t expected that while she was just turning around to get a bag, the ‘dog’ would sniff out the ‘fishy’ smell and come looking, even speaking ill of her behind her back.

However, Xia Rou knew how to provoke her. She stepped forward and intimately linked her arm with Lin Xi’s, in a gesture of declaring ownership and showing off.

“Jiang Manqing, didn’t you say earlier that you wanted fair competition? Is this what you call fairness?”

Jiang Manqing blushed with embarrassment for a moment, and immediately found an excuse for herself, “I just can’t stand you deceiving Lin Xi.”

“Am I deceiving her?” Xia Rou looked up at the woman beside her and asked innocently, “Am I deceiving you?”

Lin Xi smiled at her, her eyes filled with doting affection, and she shook her head.

“That’s right, I did lose some of my memory, but I came clean with Lin Xi a long time ago. On the other hand, how did you find out about this?” Xia Rou was curious.

“I…” Jiang Manqing was too embarrassed to explain her source. After all, that anonymous website was full of shady dealings, and for one of the four prestigious ladies of Lincang to use it would not only lower her class but also make her liable for invading privacy.

Seeing her stammering and unable to say anything coherent, Xia Rou guessed that it must not have been a reputable method.

“Let’s go.”

Just then, Lin Xi proactively took her hand, unwilling to linger there.

This scene was undoubtedly a blow to Jiang Manqing.

Xia Rou smiled slightly and nodded obediently, allowing Lin Xi to lead her as they turned and left.

Looking at their retreating figures, it was only at this moment that Jiang Manqing realized that some things were fated, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t change them.

Exiting the manor where the debutante ball was held, a somewhat conspicuous two-wheeled electric bike was sandwiched between a convoy of luxury cars.

“It’s my uncle’s. Will you mind?”

Lin Xi sounded a little embarrassed when she asked.

Xia Rou was stunned and quickly shook her head, “How could I? But this is my first time riding one.”

The Omega felt very curious and stepped forward to observe and examine it, then received a helmet handed to her by Lin Xi.

On the way back, Lin Xi naturally asked, “Did you have fun tonight?”

Sitting behind her and hugging her waist, Xia Rou immediately shook her head, “Maybe people are just this mean sometimes. This time’s debutante ball is meaningless to win without Bai Chuchu as my foil. The thought of not seeing her for the next few years makes me not even want to attend next year’s ball.”

Lin Xi was amused and let out a low chuckle.

Seizing the opportunity while she was in a good mood, Xia Rou couldn’t help but ask a question that had always been on her mind, “Why did you fall out with your parents?”

The person riding the bike fell silent for a few seconds. “It’s not exactly falling out, it’s just that I was young at the time and narrow-minded.”

So she simply recounted the whole story to Xia Rou. This was the first time since Xia Rou had known Lin Xi that she had heard her speak so many words in one go, and she also got to know her better.

“I see, if it were me, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to accept it either.”

“Speaking of them, I should tell you this,” Lin Xi said.

“Tell me what?”

“They heard I’m in a relationship and my parents want to meet you.”

Xia Rou: “!”

“Really? Where? When?!”

“Probably in about a week.”

Xia Rou never thought that she had just entered a relationship state and was already fast-forwarding to meeting the parents.

She wasn’t ready yet, mainly mentally.

However, before a week had passed, Lin Xi had to meet Xia Rou’s parents first.

This is how it happened:

During those days, the young couple in love would go watch movies one moment, Xia Rou would go accompany Lin Xi at her part-time job the next, or sometimes Xia Rou’s late-night phone calls were too long, and her occasional laughter was too obvious.

Such intense and unusual behavior finally caught the attention of her family, and so Xia Rou was called in for a talk by her mother.

It was the honeymoon phase, and she didn’t want to hide any happy little things. When asked, Xia Rou simply admitted it.

“I managed to get the person I like.”

Seeing her daughter’s eyes shimmering like stars and filled with honey-like sweetness when she spoke, Wu Daiyun knew she must have found her destined person.

“What kind of person is she?”

Xia Rou’s eyes glowed as she said, “She’s very tall, her hair is a little above her shoulders, a naturally beautiful grayish-brown color. She’s very good-looking and also excellent in school, the top student in her department.”

Xia Rou only dared to say this much. She was worried that given Lin Xi’s family background, her parents might not be very happy.

“In that case, make some time in the next couple of days and ask her to come over. Your father and I will meet her,” Wu Daiyun suggested.

“Ah? No, no, no, no, no…”

Xia Rou’s face filled with alarm when she heard that, and she kept waving her hands, saying no.

“Why is that?” Wu Daiyun was puzzled.

“…You and Dad might not, might not like her.”

Xia Rou lowered her head, not very confidently.

“How could that be? Since you like her so much, we will like her too,” Wu Daiyun said, smilingly comforting her daughter.

“But her financial background might not meet your requirements.”

“I told you last time, financial conditions are secondary. As long as she is good to my daughter and as long as you are happy, I won’t object. As for your father…” Wu Daiyun hesitated, “He has changed a lot after that incident and is very different from before.”

The next day, Xia Rou told Lin Xi about this and then fell into anxiety, sighing, “I’m so afraid I won’t pass the test. Of course, no matter if they agree or not, I will be with you!”

Lin Xi listened, deep in thought, and after a moment, she actually asked, “What are your parents’ requirements for your partner?”

“The former requirement was at least ‘match the family status,’ but to be honest, there are only a few people in the entire Lincang City who can match our family status. That requirement is a bit harsh; nationally, it’s about right.” After a pause, Xia Rou quickly took Lin Xi’s hand again and reassured her, “If you don’t want to meet yet, I’ll refuse. It’s okay.”

“We have to meet sometime,” Lin Xi said.

Xia Rou didn’t expect her to be so brave, and with a determined heart, she simply said, “My mom should be easier to deal with. As for my dad, I don’t care about him.”

That night, Lin Xi thought long and hard before proactively calling her mother who was abroad.

The very first sentence was, “Can you help me with something?”

Her daughter, who hadn’t spoken to her for years, finally spoke, and the woman on the other end of the phone was trembling with excitement.

“Wha- what is it? Anything I can do, no problem.”

Lin Xi certainly knew she could do it; otherwise, she wouldn’t have brought herself to ask.

“Okay, tomorrow, right? I understand. I’ll have someone arrange it.” The woman readily agreed.

The next day.

Upon learning that Lin Xi was going to visit Xia Rou’s parents, Uncle Zhou Mingde was busy from early morning, preparing a lot of well-preserved local specialties and freshly purchased various fruits.

“Uncle, is this too much?” Lin Xi was momentarily stunned and couldn’t help but smile wryly.

“Not too much, not too much. It’s the first time meeting, so you have to leave a good impression,” Zhou Mingde walked her all the way out of the alley.

Seeing the two of them emerge, a black Rolls-Royce parked at the alley entrance immediately honked its horn to signal.

Zhou Mingde was astonished. “…”

Immediately, a driver in a suit and leather shoes got out of the car. Seeing them carrying a heap of items, he quickly went around to the back and opened the trunk, respectfully saying, “Miss, allow me.”

The trunk was already filled with many exquisite gift boxes, which looked quite valuable through the packaging.

“This is?” Lin Xi asked, puzzled.

“The boss specially instructed them to be prepared,” the driver replied.

Zhou Mingde instantly smiled a little sheepishly, “This makes my things look unfit to be presented.”

“Not at all, Uncle, give them to me.” Lin Xi helped him take them and handed them to the driver to place in the trunk.

Before she got into the car, Zhou Mingde couldn’t help but ask, “So you still contacted her?”

The ‘her’ referred to Lin Xi’s mother.

Lin Xi didn’t say anything, which was a silent acknowledgment.

“Alright, it’s okay. After all, they are your parents and can give you more confidence. Get in the car. I wish you all the best today.”

It was already getting late, so Lin Xi quickly got into the car. Before the door closed, she leaned out and called out, “Uncle, thank you…”

Xia Rou woke up, and it was already ten in the morning. When she groggily remembered what day it was, she sat bolt upright on the bed. It was all her fault for being anxious until late last night, which made her oversleep. Why didn’t anyone wake her up?

Hurrying to dress, wash, apply makeup, and get ready, when she went downstairs, Lin Xi’s voice drifted from the backyard. Xia Rou’s heart raced as she ran to check, and she was surprised to find her talking happily with her parents.

Xia Rou: ?

What was going on?

“Rou Rou, come here quickly.” Wu Daiyun spotted her first and beckoned with a smile.

Xia Rou walked over, half in doubt, and found that things were not as bad as she had worried, and her parents seemed to really like Lin Xi.

As lunchtime approached, Xia Rou’s parents invited Lin Xi to eat. While they walked ahead, Xia Rou deliberately pulled Lin Xi back and whispered, “Did you win them over?”

Lin Xi gently nodded. “They accepted me.”

Xia Rou was stunned once again.

During lunch, Wu Daiyun spoke to Xia Rou again, “Rou Rou, your girlfriend’s background is clearly so good, why did you say it wasn’t?”

Xia Rou looked confused, wondering if she had missed something.

After lunch was over, Xia Rou pulled Lin Xi up to her room on the second floor, intending to get a clear explanation.

Lin Xi then revealed everything. “Actually, my mother is a famous jewelry designer who won a Grand Slam of global design awards when she was young and currently has her own company. My father is a jeweler.”

Jeweler… that sounded like they were extremely wealthy.

“I didn’t intentionally hide these things from you. Before deciding to meet your parents, I hadn’t asked them for anything for a very long time.”

“I know, I can understand. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be working so hard at part-time jobs.”

Xia Rou’s mind was still somewhat dazed as she said this. Her poor girlfriend had suddenly become a second-generation rich kid who might be even wealthier than her.

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