As they were talking, Meng Ruozhao had already hailed a taxi.
Pei Jiangmu followed behind her and they both got into the back seat.
"Sister, why do you suddenly want to go to school?"
Pei Jiangmu asked as the car started moving.
At first, he wanted to make up a story about having a friend in No. 1 Middle School, but he quickly dismissed the idea.
After all, this kind of school shouldn't have any connection with Meng Ruozhao.
And it wasn't worth him making up a story.
Meng Ruozhao didn't think too much and said, "I've been dreaming about things from my school days lately. I want to go and have a look."
Pei Jiangmu's heart tightened.
He was probably the most conflicted person in the world right now.
He was both afraid that Meng Ruozhao would remember the past and worried that she would attribute those fragmented memories to someone else.
He was even more afraid that the memories she recalled were all about others.
Worry and jealousy intertwined. Pei Jiangmu's knuckles turned white from excessive force, but they relaxed the moment Meng Ruozhao turned her head.
"Sister must have had a lot of interesting stories in school."
He smiled curiously, and the hint of probing in his eyes flashed by so quickly that it was almost imperceptible.
Meng Ruozhao squinted slightly, as if trying to recall the scenes in her dream.
Unfortunately, she couldn't grasp anything.
After a moment, she said softly, "Actually, I've forgotten a lot of things. I can't even tell if those dreams are real or just my fantasies."
She didn't like to talk much about her amnesia.
Apart from the Du family and Yan Qiubai, no one else knew that she had lost her memory in a car accident.
She didn't know why, but she didn't mind telling Pei Jiangmu now.
"Half a year ago, after I woke up from a car accident, I couldn't remember anything from before."
She lowered her head and smiled bitterly.
Pei Jiangmu didn't expect her to tell him the truth so soon.
He was stunned for a moment, then grabbed her hand and carefully examined her up and down.
"Was it a very serious car accident? Did sister have any other sequelae? Did you go to the hospital for a check-up today?"
Holding her hand was actually a rather overstepping act.
But seeing Pei Jiangmu's nervous look, Meng Ruozhao didn't feel offended.
In fact, she felt a little warm inside.
After all, in the past six months, except for the beginning, no one had ever cared if she still felt unwell.
Even though the main business of the Yan family was related to medicine, Yan Qiubai had never mentioned having her go for a follow - up check.
"It's nothing serious. It's quite strange actually. That car accident only made me lose my memory and didn't hurt me anywhere else."
She laughed self - deprecatingly.
"Maybe I was hit in a rather lucky way, or maybe my past was so bad that I was given a chance to start over."
After she woke up, apart from a few scratches, there were no other problems.
Hearing her belittle herself, Pei Jiangmu's heart ached again.
He couldn't help but tighten his grip on her hand.
"Sister is so good. How could her past be bad?"
His voice was deep, with a slight tremor that only came from extreme heartache.
Thinking about what had happened in the past few days, Meng Ruozhao blurted out, "I'm afraid only you think I'm good."
After she said it, she realized she had spoken out of turn and quickly changed the subject.
"By the way, did you go to high school in Haicheng?"
Pei Jiangmu's heart skipped a beat.
He had indeed gone to high school in Haicheng, with Meng Ruozhao.
To be precise, he was one grade higher than her, but they had been in the same school from junior high to high school.
The image of her in the school uniform flashed through his mind, and his ears turned red involuntarily.
"Yes, I went to Haicheng International."
Haicheng International was a private high school. Most of the students there were either rich or from noble families.
Different from what was shown in many romantic dramas, these second - generation heirs weren't just busy falling in love and showing off their wealth.
Haicheng International had a very strong teaching staff. Every year, the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Haicheng came from this school.
Even Meng Ruozhao, who had lost her memory, knew the name of Haicheng International.
She laughed, "Our alma maters are really worlds apart."
Logically speaking, as the daughter of the Du family, she shouldn't have gone to No. 1 Middle School.
But thinking of Xia Lian's face, anything was possible.
Although Pei Jiangmu really wanted to tell her right now that she had also studied in Haicheng International and was an outstanding student there.
But when the words reached his lips, he forced himself to swallow them back.
"There's no such big difference. Sister is like a gold nugget. She'll shine wherever she is."
He was still holding Meng Ruozhao's hand, as if he had forgotten to let go.
Hearing the tenderness in his voice, Meng Ruozhao's heart skipped a beat, and her ears inexplicably turned red.
Why did this strange sense of ambiguity come back again?
She quickly stopped herself from thinking wildly and quietly withdrew her hand.
"Speaking of which, what I dreamed about was actually a fight. Someone told me that if I was bullied, I should fight back."
Judging from this fragment, she was probably not a good student.
Pei Jiangmu didn't expect that the fragment she dreamed about was this one.
Some not - so - pleasant memories flashed through his mind.
At that time, Pei Jiangmu had entered the high - school department one year earlier than Meng Ruozhao.
Although they were in the same school, the high - school department and the junior - high department were not in the same campus. They were two streets apart.
Meng Ruozhao had always been a good girl in school. She had good grades, a good popularity, and was protected by Pei Jiangmu. She had never been involved in any disputes.
But in the second half of her third year of junior high, when she should have been fully focused on the high - school entrance examination, someone gave Meng Ruozhao a love letter.
Actually, this wasn't a big deal. She had been beautiful and had a good personality since childhood, so there had always been many people secretly in love with her.
But everyone was afraid of Pei Jiangmu and didn't dare to show their feelings easily.
The person who gave the love letter was also a well - known figure in school.
He was handsome and came from a good family, but his grades were just average.
He thought that he probably wouldn't be able to get into the high - school department of their school. It would be even more difficult to see Meng Ruozhao in the future.
So after half a semester of deliberation, he decided to take a chance.
What if Meng Ruozhao also liked him?
As her brother, Pei Jiangmu couldn't interfere with his sister's choice, right?
Who would have thought that giving a love letter would also cause a problem.
He wasn't in the same class as Meng Ruozhao, so he didn't know that the last class meeting in Meng Ruozhao's class had just changed seats.
He took advantage of the fact that there was no one around after school and stuffed the love letter into her desk.
As a result, he stuffed it into the wrong desk.
After all, they were just students at that time, and the school was very strict. Even when writing a love letter, they didn't dare to be too straightforward.
He didn't even write Meng Ruozhao's name directly. He used the initial of her name: M.
At the signature, he wrote his own name, Lu Cheng, in a flamboyant style.
The owner of the desk he stuffed the letter into was a girl named Mei Mei. She had the same initial as Meng Ruozhao.
Mei Mei had always liked Lu Cheng.
After receiving the love letter, her face blushed and her heart raced. She added the contact information in the love letter and agreed to be together.
The two of them had a "sweet" relationship for a few days. But when they made an appointment to go out for milk tea on the weekend, when Lu Cheng saw her, he stupidly asked what she was doing there.
This was a big deal. Mei Mei had already boasted to her best friends about her relationship with Lu Cheng.
At that moment, a few of her best friends were outside the store.
And now he said he had stuffed the love letter into the wrong desk?