Free Web NovelChapter 1154: Chapter 348: Amnesia
Chapter 348: Amnesia
Li Yan was mumbling something against her chest, and only then did Yurong realize she had lost her composure a bit and quickly let go of him.
"How are you feeling now? Is there any problem? Should we go to the hospital now? Or maybe you should eat something first?"
Faced with her barrage of questions, Li Yan, who was still ’confused,’ said slowly, "Help me sit up first..."
Yurong immediately bent down, holding Li Yan’s arm and back, helping him sit up and lean against the bed.
"Am I... at home?"
Seeing his confusion, Yurong quickly nodded and swiftly explained to him the situation he wasn’t aware of: "You were found unconscious outside by the traffic police. When they tried to find your contact information, they found the number of your big lawyer friend, who just happened to know Zheng Yixuan, so they contacted him first. He brought you to the hospital, and then had someone notify me... Later on, since the hospital couldn’t figure out your condition, I took Zheng Yixuan’s advice and brought you home to rest."
"Why was I unconscious outside?" Li Yan asked, still bewildered.
"..." Yurong didn’t know how to answer, "I don’t know either. Maybe something happened after you left last night, and you don’t remember it?"
"Last night? What happened last night? I think I had a very long nightmare that wouldn’t let me wake up. I can’t recall what I dreamt about, but I remember there was rain, flooding, and many beautiful women around; then I was very thirsty, and you gave me water. After I drank it, I felt a bit better and woke up..."
Li Yan decided to tell a lie. Although he had lied many times before, this kind one was necessary. Otherwise, the issue of his identity as an assassin would create a barrier between them. Pretending to have amnesia avoided this issue for both.
A very long nightmare?
Yurong was startled. Everything he said was true. The rain was a shower, the flooding was a bath, and the beautiful women were actually three attending to him... Could he have thought of last night as a dream? And not remember it clearly?
"You... think you had a long dream? Can you remember where you were before the dream?" Yurong tried to ask, hoping that if he could only remember being at work, perhaps he really thought of last night as a dream.
But isn’t that too suspicious? Someone who can scare off a group of top assassins, isn’t this normal for him? How could he forget?
"Before the dream... let me think... I can’t remember clearly... I seem to have forgotten many things." Li Yan held his head. He had forgotten many things, mostly about Liu Chen and Fang William. However, he managed to recall many buried memories about himself.
Yurong frowned slightly. If he had only forgotten last night, she would find it too obvious, too deliberately feigned, but if he had forgotten a lot, it might be true!
He had been unconscious for a day and a night. Although the hospital’s expert doctors couldn’t find a specific reason, they all generally agreed it was a brain-related issue. Human brains, even today, are largely unexplored territories with much remaining to be discovered, so they were at a loss. If it’s a brain issue, it could be big or small, and temporary amnesia is commonly depicted in movies and TV dramas, right?
"Then... do you remember me?"
"Of course! You’re my wife; how could I not remember you?" Li Yan glared at her.
"Then..." Yurong hesitated. She really wanted to ask Li Yan if he still remembered Yue Yao and Hai Fu. If he temporarily forgot about them, then there wouldn’t be any competition. Although Yue Yao might continue pursuing him, it would certainly be much more difficult.
But... the question seemed a bit cruel!
If Li Yan forgot them, it would be to her advantage, but for the others, it would be harsh. Putting herself in their shoes, if Li Yan forgot about her, how would she feel? It would be a major blow, the deeper the feelings, the greater the impact.
Sigh... why must women make it hard for other women...
"Since you’ve forgotten many things, don’t think too much about it. Get some rest for now, and we’ll get you checked at the hospital tomorrow; maybe in a few days, you’ll be fine," Yurong said, getting ready to move off the bed: "I’ll get you something to eat."
Li Yan held her back: "No need... I just dreamt of you feeding me milk, and now I’m full from it."
"..." Yurong was a bit embarrassed. Wasn’t he dreaming of drinking water? How did it become milk?
"Strangely enough, now that I’m awake, I still have a bit of a milky taste in my mouth! Did you really feed me milk?" Li Yan looked at Yurong beside him with a puzzled expression and reached over to wrap his arm around her shoulder.
Yurong felt awkward, her face turning red as she shifted her shoulder, but she didn’t push him away. Then she reached for the half-empty can of milk on the bedside table and handed it to him: "Go ahead, have it! There’s more in the fridge if you want!"
"Oh, it turns out to be milk..."
Yurong shot him a glance: "What did you think it was?"
"Of course I thought... hehe... By the way, without a straw, how did you feed me without choking when I was lying down?" Li Yan pretended to scratch his head: "Let me think, in the dream it seemed like..."
He woke up, yet it was different, Yurong quickly said: "Just pinched your mouth open and poured it in slowly, little by little, what else? Do you want to drink or not? If not, go to sleep!"
"Is that so, in the dream I can’t recall clearly..." Li Yan knew she was embarrassed and didn’t point it out.
"..."
The two of them were cuddling on the bed like this, Yurong remembered what she told Hai Fu before, if Li Yan woke up, she needed to give her some information to reassure her, as well as Yue Yao and Yu Xiaodi who were living here. But now Li Yan said he forgot some things, should she say it in front of him?
"Uh... you first..." Yurong wanted to tell him to sleep first, but she didn’t know if he had slept enough, so she changed to saying: "You’ve been in a coma for so long, you might be thirsty, get up and drink some water, go to the toilet or something. I’ll go upstairs and get you some food..."
"Alright." Li Yan guessed she wanted to go and discuss with Yue Yao and the others, he didn’t point it out and agreed to her excuse.
Once Yurong went out, she headed straight to the guest room where Yue Yao stayed and knocked on the door of the guest room next door where Yu Xiaodi stayed as well. Even though quite some time had passed since they each went to their rooms, they hadn’t slept because they were concerned about Li Yan.
"Yurong, is something wrong?" Yu Xiaodi quickly came to open the door, looking at Zhang Yurong standing at the entrance.
Zhang Yurong said nothing and pulled her out, and at this moment Yue Yao’s door also opened, and she immediately pulled her in as well.
"What happened?" Yue Yao also quickly asked, looking anxiously at Yurong along with Xiaodi. In their view, Yurong coming to find them so late definitely wasn’t to ask about having a midnight snack, surely something happened with Li Yan.
"He... woke up." Yurong sat down by the bed, smiled and said.
"Really?!"
Yu Xiaodi almost jumped up, having been restless since hearing the news this morning. In her excitement, she was about to rush off to find Li Yan herself, with courtesy already set aside.
Yue Yao was also very excited, as Li Yan had never really had any problems before, and she had personally experienced last night’s situation firsthand, which made her quite worried. However, due to confidentiality issues, she could only hide her excitement, clenched her fists, and outwardly maintained a facade of happiness for Zhang Yurong, gratefully saying, "That’s great, I knew there wouldn’t be any big problems."
Zhang Yurong could predict their reactions, especially Yu Xiaodi. Regardless of whether she liked this third party or not, she had to admit Xiaodi’s feelings for Li Yan were sincere and not any less than hers.
Because she was prepared, she also reached out to hold onto Yu Xiaodi, "I know you want to see him. But after a whole day, what’s a few more minutes?"
"Yes..." Yu Xiaodi felt a bit awkward, after all, this wasn’t her home, Zhang Yurong was the hostess here. In severe cases, if Zhang Yurong wanted to kick her out or stop her from seeing Li Yan, she would have no choice. "I just..."
Yurong shook her head, indicating she understood and there was no need to explain. Then she sternly said, "Before I inform you to go over, I have something to discuss with you first."
"He woke up, but there’s a bit of an issue?" Yue Yao mused.
"That’s right." Yurong nodded: "He said... it seems like he had a very long dream. And he can’t remember much from the dream, but he remembers things like us giving him a bath, saying he dreamed of rain, flooding, and such. When I asked him what he remembered before the dream, he said he couldn’t tell, saying he seems to have forgotten many things..."
"Amnesia?" Yue Yao and Xiaodi exclaimed in surprise together.
Yurong nodded with a bitter smile, "I can’t be sure if he’s faking it, but considering he’s been in a coma for a day and a night and the hospital couldn’t find any reason, maybe he suffered a brain injury or something. Short-term amnesia is possible."
"How could this happen?" Yu Xiaodi muttered, but she was still very confident, not believing Li Yan would forget her.
Knowing the level of tacit understanding Yue Yao had with Li Yan and understanding his capabilities, she of course thought of more. She suspected whether Li Yan was intentionally pretending, that his amnesia was feigned, or even the previous coma was feigned!
If this was the case, she could also explain it, after all, last night his identity was basically exposed in front of Yurong’s family, and before he could be sure of their reaction, a temporary amnesic phase to avoid the topic would not be a bad transition.
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