I was a little dejected.
My little uncle stood up and patted my head. âYou said it yourself, what should come will come. Perhaps youâre not destined to live a normal life after all. So be it, Sister Xing it is. Itâs better than living a cowardly life among the Nan Family.â
I smiled. âYouâre right, the second daughter of the Nan Family was a famous useless floormat. She was timid and cowardly but no more!â
My little uncle looked at me. âNanxing, did you really pretend to live like that just to survive? Wasnât it tired?â
My smile froze. âLittle uncle, you might not believe me when I tell you the truth.â My little uncle looked at me, waiting to hear me out.
I took a deep breath. âI wasnât really pretending. I was that cowardly⦠Until I had this unusual dream. In the dream, I was married to Jing Ning but he cheated on me when I was pregnant. He forced me to sign the divorce paper and chased me out of the house. The Nan Family refused to let me go back so I chose to kill myself by jumping into the ocean. It was Jing Tian who saved me.â
âSo it was a dream that made you like Jing Tian?â My little uncle snorted.
âIn any case, after I woke up, that was why I worked so hard to break off the engagement with Jing Ning. I continued to act stupid but I was secretly plotting. I need to do everything within my power to make sure that the dream didnât become a reality. Because I knew that Jing Ning would betray me and the Nan Family never wanted me to begin me. By then, I would have no one else to turn to. Of course, at the time, I didnât know about you. So I needed to depend on myself.â I said seriously.
My uncle comforted me. âThankfully itâs just a dream.â
I looked at me and said slowly, âIn that dream, Li Yuan and Nanyang drugged my food on the day of my university entrance exam and I only managed to get into a third-rate art school.â
My uncle froze.
I continued, âEarlier, on the day of the exam, Nanyang came to deliver food to me and Jing Ni. I knocked over Jing Niâs portion and swapped my food with Nanyangâs. Jing Ni and I were spared but Nanyang failed half of the subjects because of diarrhea. Jing Ni just told me that Nanyang only managed to claw her way into a third-rate art school due to her results.â
âFuck! Iâm going to kill them!â My little uncle made to leave.
I pulled him back. âLittle uncle, Iâd rather believe that the dream was real and it was my mother who was behind it. She wanted to give me a warning. I shouldnât treat those people as my real family. Therefore, if you didnât show up, my plan was to keep on faking it until after the exam and then I would move out from Nan Family. To be honest, I think I would eventually walk the path my mother did, so you didnât need to blame yourself, it wasnât you who led me astray.â
I pointed out the concern he had. He sat back down. He scratched his head. âYour father was a real gentleman, he would have wanted his daughter to be demure and graceful. Iâm not saying that your mother is a bad influence but ultimately the Tong Family comes from a mafia background. Furthermore, your motherâ¦â Tong Le chuckled, âShe can be quite demure when she wants to be. But when she needs to get things done, trust me, you donât want to be in her way.â
His expression was pained.
I couldnât help but laugh. âThereâs nothing wrong with that. I identify with her. I even went out of my way to buy the same motorcycle outfit she had.â
My little uncleâs smile faded. âBut Iâm sure she also wouldnât want you to risk your life life this.â
I said seriously, âHonestly, I believe my parents only wish for me to live my life my way. Little uncle, so let me do that.â
He nodded and said in a resigned tone, âOkay! No one can go against Sister Xingâs words! Tell me, what do you plan to do next?â
I thought for a moment, and said seriously, âLittle uncle, there are still some parts of my memories that I need to recover. Memories like my parentâs accident, the kidnapping that involved me and Jing Tian. I canât remember anything about them. Perhaps my second persona originated from these suppressed memory. I try so hard to remember them but it was to no avail.â
I was annoyed.
My little uncle nodded. âJing Tian has mentioned this to me. We have you take a full body check when you were at the hospital before and there was nothing wrong with you physically. He has consulted many psychologists and psychiatrists. They all said that your case is very special. Itâs like you have actively suppressed those memories yourself and outsiders wouldnât be able to unlock them. Only when the timing is right and when youâre willing, then the memory will be unlock. Jing Tianâs intention is for nature to take its course.â