When you make a mistake, stand up straight and take the punishment. This was a principle Li Qiyu had learned since childhood.
Moreover, she truly felt sorry for Song Jiaye. Just thinking about this situation was suffocating.
Li Qiyu had been in such a situation before. At that time, she was caught between her family and Song Jiaye. Her family wanted to deal with her husband to protect her, while her husband, to protect himself, wanted to deal with her family.
In the end, her whole family died at Song Jiaye's hands.
Li Qiyu would never forgive the ancient Song Jiaye in her life.
The more she hated him, the more she understood the modern Song Jiaye at this moment.
The shock on Song Jiaye's face at this moment couldn't even be fully described by the word "shocked". He never expected to hear an apology from Li Xiyu, especially regarding Jiang Yongfeng.
He silently looked at Li Qiyu.
"You're not Li Xiyu."
Li Qiyu looked at him in confusion. She used to tell him this every day, but he didn't believe her. Now, Song Jiaye brought it up himself.
Li Qiyu replied, "You just realized this?"
Song Jiaye said, "... So all those things you said before weren't jokes?"
"Who has the time to joke with you? I told you, I really traveled through time."
Seeing Li Qiyu so certain that she had traveled through time, Song Jiaye really believed her.
He also knew this was absurd.
However, he clearly knew that the person in front of him definitely wasn't Li Xiyu. Li Xiyu and Jiang Yongfeng were sworn enemies. In Li Xiyu's own words, it was a situation where either she or Jiang Yongfeng and her daughter could exist.
Not to mention if she lost her memory, Li Xiyu once said that even if she died, she would still be at odds with Jiang Yongfeng and her daughter.
Li Xiyu's hatred for Jiang Yongfeng was so deep that it was ingrained in her muscle memory. The moment she heard Jiang Yongfeng's name, the muscles on her face would immediately droop, and it was only a split - second before she looked as if she had lost a close relative.
Song Jiaye seriously asked, "Li Qiyu, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course."
"Then who were you before..."
Just as Song Jiaye was about to ask in detail, Jiang Yongfeng walked over.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaosong, it's time to go for dinner."
After walking for so long, they were a bit hungry.
Song Jiaye suppressed the words in his heart and nodded.
Actually, it was still half an hour before the mealtime, but for some reason, Jiang Yongfeng felt a bit panicked when she saw Li Xiyu and Song Jiaye chatting happily together. It was a kind of panic that everything was getting out of her control.
Li Qiyu naturally knew what was on Jiang Yongfeng's mind. This woman clearly came to break up their conversation.
Li Qiyu wasn't stupid. With a little analysis, she could see the situation of the Li family.
Li Xiyu and Li Yuanhua were the children of Li Xiangping's first wife and were Li Xiangping's biological children, while Li Xichi was just brought in by Jiang Yongfeng and wasn't Li Xiangping's child.
Regardless of blood relation, in terms of the relationship, the child she had raised herself would surely be closer than the step - child.
Driven by interests, it was perfectly normal for Jiang Yongfeng to try to take over.
Li Yuanhua was a son. Before Jiang Yongfeng married into the Li family, Li Yuanhua had already started taking over the family business. It was very difficult for Jiang Yongfeng to shake Li Yuanhua's position.
But Li Xiyu was easy to deal with. As the eldest daughter, she was pampered and was still in college at that time. How could she deal with Jiang Yongfeng, who had been through the ups and downs of society?
Moreover, the man Li Xiyu fell in love with was half of Jiang Yongfeng's son and was very close to her.
If it weren't for the time they had spent together recently and Li Qiyu being sure that the modern Song Jiaye was a kind and gentle person, she would have thought that Song Jiaye and Jiang Yongfeng were deliberately joining hands to torment Li Xiyu.
However, Li Yuanhua also said that the real reason Li Xiyu was driven crazy wasn't Song Jiaye.
Now it seemed that Jiang Yongfeng was more likely to be the culprit.
Li Qiyu was lost in thought and didn't notice when she sprained her ankle while walking down the reef. She fell straight forward, and Song Jiaye quickly caught her.
Li Qiyu really did fall, and her ankle hurt like needles were pricking it. She tried to walk a few steps, but she couldn't move at all.
Seeing this, Song Jiaye squatted down.
"What are you doing?"
"Get on." Song Jiaye's voice became a bit anxious because of his concern. "You can't walk like this. I'll take you to a clinic to have a look."
Li Qiyu really couldn't walk now, so she had no choice but to climb onto Song Jiaye's back.
Jiang Yongfeng watched the whole process and secretly sighed in her heart.
This Li Xiyu was really something. She even learned how to fake a fall.
This was a tourist area, and there were no big hospitals. Song Jiaye carried Li Qiyu for ten or twenty minutes before finding a small clinic. By this time, Li Qiyu's ankle had already swollen up.
"I'm going to set your bone now. It will hurt a bit. Bear with it."
Li Qiyu had been on the battlefield before. This little pain was nothing to her. She nodded.
"It's okay, doctor. You can start."
But just as the doctor stretched out his hand, there was a "hiss" sound.
He looked up in confusion. The patient was very calm, but the patient's family member's features were all twisted together, looking like he was in great pain.
"Sir," the clinic doctor said to Song Jiaye. "I haven't even started yet."
Song Jiaye quickly instructed, "Be gentle, be gentle."
Song Jiaye wasn't a person who was afraid of pain, but watching the doctor set Li Qiyu's bone was like his own bones were out of place. Every cell in his body was screaming in pain.
The doctor's technique was really good. After just a couple of clicks, the bone was set. It really hurt. Cold sweat broke out on Li Qiyu's forehead, and Song Jiaye gasped several times.
The doctor gave Song Jiaye a bottle of medicinal lotion for treating bruises and demonstrated how to massage. When Song Jiaye carried Li Qiyu back, he supported Li Qiyu with one hand and gestured in the air with the other.
"What are you gesturing for?" Li Qiyu was very curious.
"Reviewing the doctor's movements just now so that I won't forget."
Song Jiaye's serious attitude touched Li Qiyu. She felt sorry and said, "It's just applying medicine. I can do it myself."
"What if you're afraid of pain and can't bring yourself to do it? Then the medicine won't be absorbed."
Hearing this, Li Qiyu was unconvinced.
Who was it that gasped in the clinic just now? How did it become that she was afraid of pain?
Was there any justice in this?
Now Li Qiyu's one leg was basically useless, and she could only hop on one leg. It was very inconvenient in many situations.
Other things were okay because Song Jiaye would help. He either carried her or supported her without any complaints.
But there was one thing that really gave Li Qiyu a headache.
How could she take a shower?