Hearing Chi Yu's refusal on the phone, Ji Bai didn't press the issue any further.
"Alright then. Don't overthink it. I can assure you that Qingmian can't be Jiang Zhirou," he said.
"Just relax."
Ji Bai repeated these words to Chi Yu over and over again, and gradually Chi Yu's doubts subsided.
He grunted into the phone and then hung up.
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...
After Ji Bai hung up the phone, Lu Wenxi beside him immediately asked, "What's going on? Is there something wrong with Qingmian?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Ji Bai shook his head. "Qingmian is fine. It's just that Chi Yu has been overly sensitive lately. He just asked me on the phone if the current Qingmian could be Jiang Zhirou."
Hearing this, Lu Wenxi's eyes widened. She looked at Ji Bai nervously. "Why would Brother Chi Yu ask that? Is there something different about Qingmian compared to before?"
As Lu Wenxi spoke, she recalled that when Qingmian had visited the Lu residence a couple of days ago, she seemed to be more cheerful than before. But surely that wasn't enough for Chi Yu to suspect that Qingmian was Jiang Zhirou.
Thinking of this, Lu Wenxi couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.
Sometimes a woman's intuition can be inexplicably accurate. Hearing Ji Bai's words, Lu Wenxi felt a strange unease welling up inside her.
Just as Lu Wenxi was lost in thought, Ji Bai's voice rang out in her ear.
"I think Chi Yu is just too worried. Qingmian has indeed been through a lot since she returned to the imperial capital. So it's normal for Chi Yu to get nervous at the slightest sign of something different about her."
After hearing this, Lu Wenxi was still a bit skeptical. "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Ji Bai pulled her into his arms and started walking out, saying, "I'm a professional. If you don't trust me, who else can you trust?"
"You do have a point," Lu Wenxi nodded.
"Don't worry. Qingmian is fine," Ji Bai repeated, afraid that Lu Wenxi would still be worried.
"Thank you, President Lu, for accompanying me to work overtime."
After saying that, Ji Bai gave Lu Wenxi a big kiss on the cheek. He put his arm around her and walked towards the underground parking lot. "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll take you."
As they walked out chatting and laughing, the doubts that had been wavering in Lu Wenxi's mind gradually dissipated under Ji Bai's reassurances.
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When Jiang Zhirou returned to the bedroom, the smile on her face disappeared the moment she closed the door.
After Si Moshen had said those things to her just now, she suddenly remembered that photo album.
The photo album recorded most of the events related to Jiang Yan and her childhood. At that time, Jiang Yuezhong had given the photo album to Qingmian, and then Qingmian had added many photos of her life in the imperial capital.
If Chen Qingmian's memory was correct, there was still information about that orphanage in the photo album.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhirou turned around and locked the door. Then she quickly rummaged through the room.
She searched every corner of the bedroom but couldn't find the photo album.
Jiang Zhirou stood in the middle of the bedroom. Fine beads of sweat had formed on her forehead from all the rummaging.
She scanned the room with her eyes.
She had searched every place she could think of. She remembered that Chen Qingmian had treasured that photo album very much, so she couldn't have just thrown it away randomly.
Jiang Zhirou closed her eyes and tried hard to recall the things about the photo album in Chen Qingmian's memory.
But no matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't remember anything.
Jiang Zhirou suddenly opened her eyes. There was a look of disbelief in her eyes. Chen Qingmian's memory... seemed to be fading away.
As soon as this thought popped into her mind, Jiang Zhirou was greatly shocked.
If the memory continued to fade at this rate, it wouldn't be long before Chen Qingmian completely disappeared from this world.
Jiang Zhirou unconsciously clenched the hand that was hanging by her side. Her breathing also became rapid.
This shouldn't be happening.
She had remembered everything clearly before. Why was this happening now?
It was true that she had taken over the body, but she didn't want Chen Qingmian to completely disappear either.
All she wanted was to find the truth for herself.
Once she got what she wanted, it didn't matter who this body belonged to.
In fact, in her opinion, compared to her, Chen Qingmian had more ties to this world. She was the one who should exist in this world.
Jiang Zhirou steadied her nerves, took out her phone, and dialed Si Moshen's number. She told him everything about her current situation without leaving out a single detail.
After listening to her words, Si Moshen frowned slightly on the other end of the phone. "Zhirou, I can't tell you why this is happening. But I think since her memory is fading away, it means that you are steadily taking over the body. You are the real owner of this body."
Hearing his words, Jiang Zhirou inexplicably became a bit irritable.
She didn't know if it was because of guilt or some other emotion.
"If you can't find out the problem for me, I'll go find the hypnotist myself and let Chen Qingmian come back," she paused for a moment and then continued, "Let Jiang Zhirou completely disappear."
"Are you crazy?!"
Si Moshen roared into the phone. Because of his extreme agitation, the veins on his neck bulged, turning a pale blue.
Jiang Zhirou had finally come back. He had been looking for her for so long. Now that she was finally in front of him and talking to him, he would never let her disappear again.
No one could.
"Then find the reason as soon as possible," Jiang Zhirou said and then hung up the phone without giving Si Moshen a chance to speak.
Her hand hung limply by her side. Looking at the mess in front of her, she sighed.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.
If the photo album wasn't here, there was only one last place where Chen Qingmian could have put it.
Jiang Zhirou looked up and her eyes fell on the locked door.
She picked up her phone and checked the time.
It was just past midnight.
Chi Yu wouldn't go to bed so early. And he had just said that he had some work to deal with. God knows when he would go to sleep.
She couldn't just wait here stubbornly until midnight.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhirou scanned the room with her eyes.
She remembered that the bathroom was right next to the corridor outside the door.
Jiang Zhirou quickly walked towards the bathroom and pushed open the window facing the outside.
She took a sharp intake of breath.
She hadn't noticed before, but now she realized that there was about a meter's distance between the corridor and the bathroom.
This was the top floor. If she accidentally fell, there would be only one outcome.
She would be smashed to pieces.
She held onto the window with one hand and tightly grasped the window frame with the other. Looking at the corridor on the other side, she took a deep breath.
Because of her nervousness, sweat was constantly oozing from her palms.
She stared straight ahead, struggling with herself for a long time.
Then, she saw her arms tense as she stepped onto the window frame.
The next second, she leaned forward slightly and leaped into the air.