Chapter 640 - 642: Chang Sheng is Back!
Bai Ruozhu startled, ran out without combing her hair, only to see her mother looking scaredly at the front gate. She turned around subconsciously and saw Jiang Yichun standing there, his beard shaven and looking slightly rejuvenated, although his dark circles and slightly sunken cheeks were still visible.
Suddenly, she realized a problem. Jiang Yichun wasn’t wearing his mask today. Didn’t the Department of Political Affairs require him to keep his identity secret? He had worn a mask when meeting her family before, why not today?
She lowered her gaze and saw the hideous black mask held in his right hand, his right hand hanging by his side.
It was still Fang Guizhi who habitually answered the door. She was the closest to Jiang Yichun. She blinked her eyes vigorously and asked uncertainly: "Are you... Chang Sheng?"
"Father, father, come quickly, Chang Sheng is back!" Lin Ping’er jumped up suddenly, dashed to the room, and yelled towards the backyard.
Bai Ruozhu froze, muttering to herself, "Chang Sheng...why is it Chang Sheng..."
Suddenly, she seemed to understand why he asked her the night before if she had killed the previous Bai Ruozhu. She felt so stupid for not thinking about it.
Many fragmented images surged in her mind like a carousel. Bai Ruozhu felt a splitting headache and before she could shout out, her vision blurred and she collapsed backward.
Just before she lost consciousness, she saw the brilliant spring sunlight and his panicking handsome face as he rushed towards her and caught her...
Bai Yihong ran over from the backyard. He looked at Jiang Yichun, who was holding Ruozhu, his eyes reddening uncontrollably, his lips trembling as he asked, "Chang Sheng, is it really Chang Sheng who has returned?"
Jiang Yichun’s eyes also reddened. He nodded at Bai Yihong, "Father, it’s me, I’m back. I’m sorry for making you and mother worry."
Jiang Yichun’s regained memory made him look at Bai Yihong and Lin Ping’er differently. Once, he was Chang Sheng, who had lost his memory and was a bit silly. They never disliked him, but treated him like their own son, especially Bai Yihong, who saved his life and brought him back from behind the mountain.
Bai Yihong taught him many things, how to farm, how to protect himself, and many principles of being human. He was even willing to marry his treasure of a daughter to him.
So, when he recalled everything, the most he felt was guilt. His departure caused a lot of trouble for the Bai family. If the previous Bai Ruozhu died because of him or the person he loved, he would feel sorry for Mr. and Mrs. Bai Yihong, and he would feel ashamed to see them.
It wasn’t until Bai Ruozhu clearly answered his question last night, that he dared to appear in front of the Bai family again.
"Good, good." Bai Yihong could only keep saying ’good,’ unable to find other words. He quickly recovered from his shock, turned to look at Bai Ruozhu, and asked, "Why did Ruozhu faint, could it be... "
Bai Yihong had never connected Chang Sheng and the benefactor together. He suddenly thought that his daughter had already secretly given her heart to the benefactor, but Chang Sheng had returned. This wasn’t a joke played by fate, was it?
Luckily, Lin Ping’er had sharp eyes. She looked at the mask in Jiang Yichun’s hand, examined him up and down a few times, and then hesitantly asked, "Are you the benefactor?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Yihong was stunned. He turned his head to look at her and asked, "What?"
Bai Zehao and Bai Zepei came out when they heard the commotion. Bai Zepei saw Chang Sheng and narrowed his eyes, rushing over to snatch Bai Ruozhu from his arms.
"My sister doesn’t need others to take care of!" Bai Zepei was resentful because Chang Sheng had disappeared for so long and suddenly reappeared.
Jiang Yichun held Bai Ruozhu and stepped aside, smiling bitterly, "Second brother, don’t you remember me?"
This voice? Bai Zepei narrowed his eyes, "Are you Sir Yi?"
Jiang Yichun nodded with a bitter smile, "I was framed before and my memories from that time were sealed."
The Bai Family was stunned. What exactly was going on? After all this, the benefactor was Chang Sheng? Why hadn’t they discovered it earlier?
Guizhi patted her head next to them and exclaimed, "I was wondering why Dengdeng liked the benefactor so much. Turns out the benefactor was Chang Sheng, who is Dengdeng’s real father!"
Everyone shuddered, all looking at Jiang Yichun, waiting for a good explanation.
Jiang Yichun’s smile became more bitter, he said: "Everyone, let me take Ruozhu back to the room first, and I will explain everything when she wakes up."
Only then did the Bai family realize that they had ignored Bai Ruozhu, who had fainted because they were too shocked.
Lin Ping’er felt heartache, muttering, "Take her to the bed quickly. How can she faint so suddenly? It must be you who shocked my daughter. Nothing good happens when you show up."
Bai Yihong pulled at her sleeve, and Lin Ping’er remembered that the benefactor had been coming to their house frequently in the past. She grumbled, "Forget it, I’m not going to meddle anymore, I’m going back to the room."
Just as Jiang Yichun was about to help Bai Ruozhu into her room, Bai Ruozhu whimpered, and her eyes slowly opened.
"Mother, Ruozhu woke up!" Bai Yihong shouted, and Lin Ping’er immediately ran back like the wind, grabbed Bai Ruozhu’s hand, and asked, "Sweetheart, are you okay?"
Bai Ruozhu realized that she was being held by Jiang Yichun, she quickly stood up, slapped his arm away angrily, and said sternly, "Let go of me!"
Jiang Yichun was smacked hard on the arm by her, and for a while, he didn’t know what to do. Bai Ruozhu took the chance to break away from him.
"Mother, I’m fine. I just couldn’t remember some things before. I remembered them all at once just now, so I got a severe headache, but I’m fine now." Bai Ruozhu gave Jiang Yichun a sidelong glance and said to her mother.
Lin Ping’er saw that her daughter’s face was not quite right and quickly held her arm, saying, "That’s good. Mother will comb your hair."
"Mhm." Bai Ruozhu obediently nodded and was helped back to the room by her mother.
Bai Ruozhu sat in front of the bronze mirror in a daze, as Lin Ping’er gently combed her black hair. She couldn’t help sighing, "How could such a coincidence happen? He was harmed and forgot about the past, and you also hurt your head and forgot what Chang Sheng looked like. If not for that, you would have recognized each other already."
Bai Ruozhu came back to her senses, "Yes, it’s too coincidental, as if the heavens deliberately arranged it, did they want to mess with me?"
"Silly child, what are you talking about? Mother can see that he must have forgotten before. If he pretended not to recognize us, there would be no need to keep in contact with us." Lin Ping’er comforted.
Bai Ruozhu lowered her eyelids, "Mother, I know he wasn’t pretending. He was poisoned with a forgetting potion before, and I was the one who helped him recover."
"Well, isn’t that right? Look, he liked you before losing his memory and he fell in love with you again after losing his memory, this proves that you two are fated. Why don’t you seem happy?" Lin Ping’er asked puzzledly.