reignition

Yan Ke stormed in through the door, seething with anger.

She stood in front of Jiang Mian, her eyes practically blazing with fire.

She had just come out of Song Xu's office and inquired about Lu Bozhou's situation from Song Xu.

Only then did I feel slightly relieved.

Yan Ke still remembers the period right after Jiang Mian's death; it's like a nightmare she never wants to relive!

It's finally gotten better; it's been so long since things started to return to normal.

Even Yan Ke knew that this kind of 'normal' wasn't really that normal.

This 'normality' is itself abnormal, but at least it puts her at ease.

That's why she wanted to help Lu Bozhou become more normal by arranging blind dates for him, hoping that he could return to a normal life.

In the end, I ran into this woman, and it felt like all the nightmares were coming back to me!

Why does everything go so wrong whenever I get involved with a woman whose name is that?

"What right do you have to criticize him?!" Yan Ke pressed on.

Jiang Mian looked at Yan Ke and said, "If it weren't for the Lu family's affairs, I wouldn't have gotten into this mess. To be honest, I'm the victim in this whole affair."

"I understand your concern for Lu Bozhou, but please don't be so unreasonable." Jiang Mian's voice was calm, but her words showed no intention of backing down.

"I'm being unreasonable?" Yan Ke sneered. "Who do you think you are to talk to me like that? You're nothing but a thing that Lu Bozhou bought with his money. To put it bluntly, you're just a one-time paid nanny."

Song Xun, who was listening from the side, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Madam, that's a bit much."

"What do you mean, 'wrong'? What did I say wrong? When Lu Bozhou first brought her back, wasn't she there to work as a nanny? Did I wrong her?"

Yan Ke was clearly agitated, and her breathing became somewhat disordered.

"What did my family do to Jiang Mian in our past life? One of them is like this, and then another. Can't you just leave my family alone? Leave my son alone?"

Jiang Mian was taken aback when she heard this. What Yan Ke was referring to was actually her.

A surge of anger suddenly welled up in Jiang Mian's heart.

If Yan Ke was only criticizing her, that would be fine, but what exactly did she do wrong in her past life?

Even though he's already dead, why is she bringing him up and blaming him?

Even though he's already dead, why is she still bringing him up to verbally lash out at his corpse?

Jiang Mian was suddenly quite angry.

"I should be the one saying that to you. What did Jiang Mian do wrong to deserve such criticism?"

Jiang Mian looked into Yan Ke's eyes. Yan Ke saw her gaze and the deep emotions within Jiang Mian's eyes.

Yan Ke froze. She had a feeling that the Jiang Mian the young woman in front of her was talking about wasn't referring to herself.

"W-what did you say?"

"I can tolerate it, but why bring up someone who's already dead to verbally lash out at?" Jiang Mian looked at her. "Besides, if it weren't for you, she probably wouldn't have died so suddenly in the first place, right?"

Upon hearing Jiang Mian's words, Yan Ke's eyes widened in shock, and she took a few steps back in alarm, staring at Jiang Mian in astonishment.

"What...what nonsense are you talking about! Who told you this?" Yan Ke asked, then added incredulously, "Could it be...that Bo Zhou told you this?"

Jiang Mian was angry just now, so she didn't care about anything else and directly retorted.

If it were just Yan Ke, she wouldn't have bothered to argue, but with Song Xun present, Jiang Mian gently bit her lip.

Just then, a low, hoarse voice suddenly rang out from the hospital bed, making Jiang Mian shudder.

"Who said that..." He coughed, and Jiang Mian's heart skipped a beat when she heard him say that.

But before she could answer...

His hoarse voice continued, "...What does it matter? Did I hit a nerve and you feel guilty?"

Yan Ke was startled. "You're awake?"

Jiang Mian opened her eyes wide. "You're awake!" Unable to contain her emotions, she rushed to the bedside, squeezed Lu Bozhou's hand, and looked at him intently. "How are you? Is anything bothering you?"

Lu Bozhou felt unwell all over, and his complexion remained poor. But he followed her lead, squeezed her hand, and pulled her to his side.

He used his other hand to support himself as he sat up, taking a few deep breaths.

He said in a low, hoarse voice, "You can't close your eyes for even a moment."

Jiang Mian was taken aback. "What?"

"You've only been closed your eyes for a short while, and you've already been bullied so openly?" Yan Ke, who was originally going to check on Lu Bozhou's situation, was almost furious when she heard his words.

"Bo Zhou! What do you mean by that? She was so rude to me, and she still thinks she's right?"

“Song Xun was there, so I’ll naturally know the details. Besides, there’s CCTV in the ward.” Lu Bozhou was clearly still not in good condition, and after saying this, he took a couple of light breaths.

Then he continued, "Besides, with her personality, she won't be impolite even if you don't cause her trouble."

Yan Ke retorted angrily, "I'm just worried about you! You've gotten into this state since you got involved with her!"

Lu Bozhou glanced at her indifferently. "You know very well why I've gotten into this mess. I don't have time to talk about this with you right now. You should go back first. Song Xun, see her out."

Uncle Yan Ke wanted to say something, and opened his mouth. But as if Lu Bozhou's previous words had touched a sore spot, his face turned ugly, but in the end he said nothing. After glaring at Jiang Mian, he went out with Song Xun.

Jiang Mian had never paid much attention to the relationship between Lu Bozhou and his mother before. She only felt that his cold and indifferent personality seemed to be the same to everyone. So she never thought about the reason.

But now it seems that things may not be so simple, and there might be other reasons behind it.

However, it wasn't appropriate for her to ask these questions at the moment.

The ward fell silent.

"Are you feeling better?" Jiang Mian asked. "Dr. Song will be here soon."

Lu Bozhou hummed in agreement, "It's alright, it's just that my stomach hurts a little."

"Is it because of the stomach pumping that you feel uncomfortable? I'll get you a hot water bottle to put on it." Jiang Mian prepared to get up.

But the man didn't give her that chance; he gripped her hand tightly, preventing her from standing up.

Jiang Mian could only look down at his hands.

Lu Bozhou said in a low voice, "You're not asking anything. It seems Song Xu has already told you everything."

Jiang Mian pursed her lips gently. "...Why did you do this? Song Xu did tell me, but I still want to hear it from you. Why?"

Lu Bozhou pondered for a moment, and after a brief silence, he spoke in a low voice, "I just can't accept that I can't protect the people I should protect. I'm a little out of control, so I'm thinking of taking more medicine to calm myself down."

“When you’re emotionally out of control, you’re more likely to make mistakes. Stopping medication was a mistake,” Lu Bozhou said.