Chapter 753: A Fleeting Reality (2)

He stared at himself, his eyes flushed red, his face full of astonishment and surprise. That gaze and expression were all like a dreamlike surprise.

"Jiang Lai..."

He slowly walked in, staring at Jiang Lai, not daring to blink, afraid that if he blinked, the person in front of him would disappear.

"Jiang Lai..."

The man’s voice was a bit soft, as if afraid of frightening Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai hadn’t seen him for a long time. After all, she had spent a thousand years in another world, and seeing her former younger brother a thousand years later gave her a sense of strangeness as if from another lifetime.

"Jiang Xun."

"Sister... you’re really awake."

The man stepped forward, reaching out tremblingly to gently touch Jiang Lai’s face.

It’s real, not a dream.

His excited pupils trembled along with him, and before Jiang Lai could speak, she was already embraced by him.

"I thought you didn’t want me anymore."

Jiang Lai looked at him, said nothing, and just allowed him to hold her.

"Sister, do you know how much I missed you during the time you were asleep?"

"I don’t know."

"Sister, are you still blaming me, blaming me... for not protecting you well back then?"

Jiang Lai felt a bit tired, her mind still dizzy.

Her current impression of the man in front of her was just limited to being her half-brother, half-brother, right?

Forget it... she couldn’t remember clearly.

Her mother had several children with different men.

Later, she married her father and settled down as a wealthy lady, but ended up committing suicide out of anger when her father had an affair that resulted in an illegitimate child.

So, Jiang Lai had several brothers.

It’s strange, with so many children from her parents, she was the only daughter, the rest were all sons.

The one in front of her, Jiang Xun, was Jiang Lai’s brother.

Before the incident, this younger brother was still in school; now it seemed he was already working.

Jiang Lai’s memories were chaotic. She only remembered who she was, but couldn’t quite recall others.

Regarding Jiang Xun, she only knew he was her brother; everything else was very vague.

"Sister, look at me, I’m Axun, have you almost forgotten me?"

Jiang Lai nodded.

She had no energy to lie.

Jiang Xun looked incredulous.

His eyes were red, the corners moist as he stared at Jiang Lai for a long time before finally deciding to hug her again.

"It’s okay, we have a lot of time, I will make you remember me slowly."

After saying this, Jiang Xun stood up.

"You rest a while, I’ll come to check your body later."

Watching Jiang Xun leave, Jiang Lai stiffly and slowly moved her legs, and after touching the ground, she supported herself on the windowsill to take two steps.

Luckily, though sore and weak, she still had enough strength to walk.

She could feel the sunlight from the window, so she directly pulled open the curtain.

A more dazzling light shone in, bringing a frightening heat that forced Jiang Lai’s hand to shrink back suddenly.

She took a step back, looking at the scene ahead, her eyes filled with coldness.

Outside wasn’t sunlight, but a huge lamp shining through the curtain into the room.

The light was so glaring and scorching that Jiang Lai squinted, trying to see the world outside the glass.

The light was too blinding, she couldn’t see anything.

Closing the curtain, Jiang Lai turned and walked toward the door, supporting herself on the wall.

Jiang Xun hadn’t closed the door when he left, so she easily pushed it open.

In front of her was a long corridor, so deep that it was impossible to see the end.

The corridor walls were covered with mirrors, and as Jiang Lai walked in, countless versions of herself appeared in the mirrors.

She looked at her own face.

Incredibly unfamiliar.

For her, this face had been a face of a thousand hundred years; she could vaguely remember her own appearance, but now facing the mirror and seeing it clearly, it was entirely foreign.

The road ahead was too long; with her current speed, it was impossible to walk out.

This wasn’t a hospital.

Jiang Xun wasn’t a doctor.

Jiang Lai knew she was being held captive, as to why, deep in her chaotic memory there were some lingering impressions.

She seemed to have killed someone.

No, definitely killed someone.

Who she killed, she couldn’t remember, it should have been someone very important to her.

Jiang Lai herself was somewhat confused as to why her memory was so chaotic, the memories of countless previous worlds seemed to be all mixed together.

Clearly, she could distinguish reality from virtual very clearly, but when she woke up facing this real world, her mind was even less clear than in the virtual world.

"Sister, why are you standing here?"

A sudden voice came from behind, clear and cold.

Jiang Lai didn’t turn to look, continuing forward instead.

Jiang Xun blocked her path.

"Sister, your health isn’t good, you need to recuperate here, when you’re better, we can leave together."

"Honestly, I can’t remember who you are, when I say you’re Jiang Xun, you’re Jiang Xun?"

Jiang Xun paused, then smiled slightly with his lips curled.

"Who else could I be?"

"Jiang Xun wouldn’t call me sister, he hated me the most, so I remember his name, and temperament. You’re not Jiang Xun, who are you?"

The other person smiled silently, bending over to embrace Jiang Lai lightly, then easily cradling her in his arms.

Jiang Lai didn’t struggle.

Because struggling had no meaning, she didn’t want to hurt herself.

"You’ve forgotten who I am, so why care who I am?

From now on, whoever you want me to be, that’s who I am.

I don’t mind."

Jiang Lai looked at him.

A pale face, crimson lips, when he smiled that pair of shallow-colored eyes didn’t smile, instead carried a chilling coldness.

However, when he looked at her, the light in his eyes was truly gentle.

Jiang Lai was carried back to the bed.

He put her down gently, then sat down, gently picking up her hand and placing it in his palm, gently massaging it.

"These years, I’ve been with you all along. No matter what, right now, I’m the closest person to you.

Don’t be afraid, or anxious, I won’t harm you."

His fingers were long and slender, the pads cool and soft, gently squeezing her fingers to prevent muscle atrophy from lying down too long.

He looked at Jiang Lai, speaking slowly.

"When you’re better, we can leave."

"You locked me up in here."

"Of course not, you were injured, it’s very dangerous outside, I’m doing this to protect you."

Jiang Lai no longer wanted to speak.

Before her consciousness faded, she was sure it was an ambulance coming for her.

As for why she was sent here, it was surely this man’s doing.

The man was still muttering lowly, like whispering secretly to her.

"Your former family, they’ve abandoned you now, I’m your only family now, you can trust and rely on me.

Just like before.

You used to be so obedient, coming to play with me every day.

We’ll always be together in the future, you’re not alone, neither am I."

Jiang Lai thought the guy in front of her must be a lunatic.