NOVEL NEXT Chapter 428
In recent days, every time Shen Qingtang got up, she would find gifts by the window of her room.
Sometimes it was a bunch of wildflowers with dewdrops, and sometimes it was a stone with peculiar patterns. At first, she thought it was Gu Xiuyuan who sent them. However, considering his personality, which didn't match this romantic way of giving gifts anonymously, she quickly dismissed the idea.
At the beginning, Shen Qingtang didn't accept the gifts and was even a little scared. After all, she lived on the second floor. How could someone climb up here?
Later, when she found that the sender did nothing else but send gifts, she got used to it. After all, if someone could do it so secretly that even the surveillance cameras couldn't capture or catch them, it would be very easy for them to harm her if they wanted to.
Gradually, she began to look forward to what the next gift from this mysterious person would be.
During her recovery period, this almost became the thing Shen Qingtang looked forward to the most every day.
Like today, what she received was an animation disc.
"Doctor Marvel?"
Looking at the disc with an obvious cartoon character on the cover in her hand, Shen Qingtang smiled.
It was an animation.
She felt like she hadn't watched one for a long time. She used to love watching animations when she was a child. But after she came to the Ji family, the nanny was afraid that it would affect her studies, so she was not allowed to watch them. As time passed, she forgot about this hobby.
She asked the maid to bring up her breakfast and locked the door. Then, leaning on her crutches, Shen Qingtang put the disc into the rarely - used video player in her room and started watching it with curiosity.
What she didn't know was that at this moment, the mysterious person who sent her the gifts was holding a grilled sausage and teasing someone.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!!!"
Seeing the man in front of her pouncing towards her, Ji Nian turned the grilled sausage around with a flick of her hand.
"AAAAHHHHHHH, give! Give it to me!!!"
The man roared and looked crazy.
During the day, there were no restraints on him except for shackles on his limbs.
Ji Nian pointed at herself and said word by word, "Ji, Nian."
"Call my name right and I'll give it to you."
Wei Yang seemed very restless and made some indistinct sounds, as if he couldn't understand what Ji Nian was saying.
But Ji Nian persevered in repeating the words "Ji Nian".
Until her voice became hoarse, the man, who had been staring at the grilled sausage like a caged animal, finally showed a reaction.
He shifted his gaze from the fragrant grilled sausage to Ji Nian.
Looking into her dark - green eyes, perhaps the familiar color made him recall something. After a moment, he actually stammered and opened his mouth...
"Ji..."
"... Lian."
Although the pronunciation was inaccurate, at least he said it.
Ji Nian immediately gave the grilled sausage to him. Wei Yang opened his mouth and took a big bite like a wild beast.
She quickly pulled out the skewer, fearing that he would swallow it along with the meat.
"Good boy, good boy."
Looking at Wei Yang who was busy chewing with his head down, Ji Nian slowly placed her hand on his unevenly - shaved head. Seeing that he didn't react, she continued to stroke it.
After he finished eating, she even wiped the drool from his mouth with a tissue.
[His language function is not completely lost, and he can understand instructions. But it's not clear whether he still recognizes people. We need to do more tests to confirm this.]
It was a pity that she didn't have much time. She had other important plans next.
Ji Nian was calculating in her mind and also very regretful that she didn't have the tools. Otherwise, she could draw some blood for observation.
Looking at the time and thinking it was about right, she jumped out, avoiding the few maids walking around.
Right after she left, a figure appeared at the door of Wei Yang's room.
Ji Tingzhou walked in, holding a basin and a towel in his hand.
If you looked closely, you would find that he walked unsteadily, but he didn't want to expose this, so he tried to hide it.
If Wei Yang were in his right mind, he would have noticed Ji Tingzhou's problem at a glance. Unfortunately, he had been in a state of chaos for many years and had lost his sanity.
"Come here."
Ji Tingzhou sat down and, regardless of whether Wei Yang would bite him or not, roughly dragged him towards himself.
He couldn't move him.
He laughed at himself and said, "I forgot I'm a useless person now."
After taking the painkillers, Ji Tingzhou was a bit more clear - headed.
But he knew that this state wouldn't last long.
Pressing Wei Yang down and wiping his face, Ji Tingzhou said, "You've got so much strength. You're just showing off now."
"When I die in a few days, save your strength."
"With Shen Qingtang's personality, she won't treat you badly after getting all my property. Don't let the nursing staff beat you up when you're old."
It was a bit difficult for him to say so many words at once.
So he stopped talking and silently wiped Wei Yang's face and hands while the latter was struggling.
Then he reached out and touched his uneven head.
Wei Yang didn't like others touching him, so only Ji Tingzhou could shave his hair. It was a pity that his hands were shaking badly now, and his skills were not as good as before.
These two brothers, one with a mental disorder and the other full of exhaustion, sat facing each other. The seemingly irrational Wei Yang looked into Ji Tingzhou's dark - green eyes, and tears actually welled up in the corners of his eyes, though his expression remained as ferocious as ever.
"Ji... Lian."
Hearing him speak, Ji Tingzhou was slightly moved, but then a sense of confusion welled up in him.
He stared at Wei Yang's slanting face with drool on it and frowned slightly.
"Who are you calling?"
"Ji Nian? Why are you asking about her? How is your injury?"
Gu Xiuyuan was holding his phone. Compared with his usual cold face, there was a rare gentle look on his face.
Shen Qingtang said something on the other end.
He replied with an "um".
It seemed that she mentioned this name again. Gu Xiuyuan helplessly rubbed the space between his eyebrows and said, "What are you thinking? I wouldn't even bother to do anything to her."
"... Don't worry, she's fine."
As he said this, Gu Xiuyuan looked up at the person sitting across from him. The person was wearing a uniform of a certain convenience store and stuffing steak into his mouth as if he hadn't eaten for three days.
"Okay, hang up first. Good afternoon."
He put the phone down on the table and tried to suppress the twitching of his forehead. "Do you really have something to tell me or are you just here to mooch a meal?"
Thinking about the possibility that Ji Nian was deceiving him, Gu Xiuyuan looked unhappy.
Ji Nian took a sip of water and let out a sigh of satisfaction.
"You asked me who I was last time. Now I'm here to explain."
Gu Xiuyuan sneered, "Do I have to listen just because you want to talk?
"Ji Nian, the world doesn't revolve around you."
He stood up, picked up his coat from the side with a look of disinterest, and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Ji Nian said calmly, "The password of your safe is 692 - "
Before she could finish, Gu Xiuyuan's face suddenly changed, and he turned back.
Ji Nian swallowed the remaining numbers and blinked at him.
"Do you want to listen now?"
Gu Xiuyuan sat back down with a gloomy face. He had to hear how Ji Nian would explain how she knew not only his phone lock screen password and payment password but also the password of his safe.
Then he heard Ji Nian say unhurriedly, "Obviously, I'm different from the Ji Nian you knew before."
"The reason is simple."
"Although I'm essentially the same person as her, unfortunately, I'm not her."
"I come from a parallel world. I'm another Ji Nian."