Chapter 206

Grandma Jing adopted Jing Yi, and almost everyone thought she was compensating for Jing Zejun by doing so.

However, no one understood Grandma Jing better than herself. She knew that Jing Yi and Jing Zejun were entirely different people, and she had never treated Jing Yi as a replacement for anyone.

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All she hoped for was that there would be someone who would treat her granddaughter kindly.

Jing Yi's questioning made Jing Yi feel disoriented, but the anger of being "usurped" had already completely taken over her mind.

She forced a smile, one that was sarcastic, "What? Not satisfied with the Jing Family, now even Grandma is yours?"

"Jing Yi! What right do you have to say that to me?! Those are my family! Mine!"

Jing Yi stood her ground, her almond-shaped eyes cold.

"You think they're yours now? Did you not feel that way when you watched Jiang Miaomiao drug Jing Zeqian? Did you not feel that way when you helped Wang Boqi target Hengjing? Did you not feel that way when you pushed Grandma Jing away?!"

Jing Yi's voice grew louder, filled with intense questioning.

The grievances between Jing Yi and the Jing Family, Jing Yi could choose to ignore. She couldn't stand on a moral high ground and demand that Jing Yi be kind to the Jing Family.

As for Jing Yi's involvement with Wang Boqi, she could also choose to ignore. Who someone falls in love with is none of her business.

But she couldn't overlook what Jing Yi had done to Grandma Jing.

Jing Yi gazed at the person in front of her, her lips pressed tightly together, her expression never so forceful before.

"Even on her deathbed, she was still planning for your future. You wanted to return to the Jing Family, so she let you go and instructed them to treat you well. And what did you do?

"You only thought about using her death to further your own plans!"

Jing Yi's voice choked with emotion, her throat bobbing as she suppressed the surge of feelings within her.

"…She must have regretted adopting you."

Jing Yi collapsed to the ground, her eyes reddening as tears welled up and rolled down her cheeks.

"You're lying, Grandma wouldn't regret it… She loved me, you're lying, you're lying…"

…

Jing Yi disappeared, and before Jing Yi could ask more, she was gone.

Jing Yi pouted, sitting in place and muttering to herself, "That was too weak. She got a few words thrown at her and felt so guilty she just vanished? Or is she so angry she's planning to trap me here?"

She looked around at the misty surroundings, unsure of where she was. She lay down on the ground, lost in thought.

For a moment, Jing Yi felt lost. Not only did she not know where she was, but she also didn't know where she should go.

Her family was something she had unexpectedly gained. Jing Yi wasn't entirely wrong—she had indeed taken over Jing Yi's identity.

If the Jing Family had accepted her as family because they could hear her thoughts,

then what about the future?

After going through this, how could she not reveal anything? Could she just forget it all?

Impossible!

Jing Yi turned over irritably.

Moreover, would they be able to accept this 'outsider'?

What about Shen Huaichu? He witnessed her getting into a car accident with his own eyes, wouldn't he be even more frightened?

What on earth should I do?

The faint hum of the equipment in the ward and the regular "beep beep" of the heart monitor.

Jing Yi lay on the hospital bed, her eyes tightly closed, her breathing weak yet steady, as if she were lost in an endless dream.

Jing Zeqian grabbed the doctor anxiously and asked, "Why hasn't she woken up yet?!" Two days had already passed, and the time was getting closer to what the doctor had said. Jing Zeqian didn't dare to think any further...

Shen Huaichu sat numbly on the edge of her bed, her hand tightly gripping Jing Yi's, not crying out in pain, nor filled with anger. She simply sat there, her eyes lifeless and devoid of any emotion.

……

In the distant mist, faint sounds could be heard.

A voice was low and sorrowful, he murmured, "Yiyi, from the day I was with you, I was overjoyed and trembling with fear. I was so afraid that I had to see you safe and sound with my own eyes, but some things seem to slip away faster the tighter you hold onto them."

"Are you very disappointed? On that day, when you won, instead of being happy for you, I felt more of a relief from the fear in my heart."

"I didn't become your strength, nor did I become your armor. I'm sorry, Yiyi."

A voice heavy with bitterness said, "Yiyi, you can't sleep anymore. You still have so many things left to do. Your lonely and affluent remaining years have been interrupted, at least you should live a wealthy life. We agreed that after all this, we would also take good rest and get plenty of sunshine, didn't we?"

"Big brother doesn't like basking in the sun alone, could you wake up, please?"

A voice filled with sorrow and grief, "Yiyi, you care for your mother the most. Mother has finally gained another daughter with great difficulty, you can't let me experience the disappearance of a daughter in front of me again, can you? Wake up, please?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

A voice is sad but restrained, "Yiyi, coming to our home is our fortune. You are the most unique child I have ever seen. This time, you will bring a surprise again, won't you?"

A voice choked with sorrow, "Yiyi, you promised that when I win the ultimate Best Actress award, you would be in the audience cheering for me. You said you would always support my dream of being an actress. Yiyi, I'm a little scared, please don't sleep, okay?"

A voice was anxious and pained, "Jing Yi Yi, wake up... I'm sorry, it's all my fault, it's because of me that you're lying here. You can hit me or scold me if you wake up. Didn't you say that I would become the manager of the most outstanding race car driver? How can you fulfill your promise if you're lying like this? Please, get up..."

On the hospital bed, the girl's tightly closed eyes slightly trembled, her long eyelashes gently fluttered, and her fingers involuntarily curled up.

A weak voice came.

“Jing Zeqian, you're so noisy.”

Jing Yi slowly opened her eyes and gradually regained consciousness, her first sight being Jing Zeqian, who had been murmuring by her bedside.

Who is this uncle with a scruffy beard, bloodshot eyes, and disheveled appearance?

Sitting by the hospital bed, Jing Zeqian, who was choked with sobs and mumbling incoherently, was stunned, thinking it was his own hallucination, until he saw Jing Yi awake.

He rubbed his eyes, and after realizing that there was no illusion, he suddenly stood up.

Looking at Jing Yi, who had just awakened on the sickbed, Jing Zeqian was so excited that he couldn't speak a complete sentence and leaned over to the bedside.

"Jing, Jing Yi Yi! Jing Yi Yi! You're awake?!"

Jing Yi twitched the corner of her mouth, revealing a bit of weakness from just waking up. "Second brother, you look so ugly," she said. She shouldn't have been asleep for long, so why does he look so much older?

Jing Zeqian's joy was evident on his face. He rushed out of the ward in a panic, shouting as he ran, "Doctor! Brother! She's awake! Jing Yi Yi is awake!"

Soon, a crowd gathered around, and Jing Yi looked at the people with bloodshot eyes and haggard faces, feeling a pang of heartache.

A smile crept into the eyes, glistening faintly, and the dimples at the corner of the mouth deepened alternately, "Although it feels like it shouldn't be long, I still want to say..."

"Long time no see, I'm back."