That look in your eyes... truly sends chills down my spine.

But don't worry, I have no intention of stealing your man; I only want to find my signal device.

Xiao Qi returned to the restaurant; the party was already over.

"Auntie!"

Hearing the voice, Fang Yun immediately ran out, "Xiyang, where have you been? I've been looking for you for ages."

"I—I just went out for a stroll!"

Fang Yun pulled her to sit by the sofa, her eyes shining as she looked at her, "Xiyang, from now on, why don't you live with Auntie? Would that be alright?"

"Sure!"

Lin Yichen arrived home and immediately took out his phone to call his private doctor. "Aside from that illness, would I experience hallucinations? For example, suddenly feeling as if time and space have stopped?"

On the other end, the doctor replied, "There are no clinical symptoms resembling that. Is it possible that the car accident a week ago triggered some hallucinations in your brain?"

Yichen rubbed his brow. During the car accident, he was thrown out, and the car exploded, yet he wasn't injured at all.

It truly was incomprehensible.

But he did fall into a coma for a week.

His private doctor, Pan Sen, said that while Yichen was unconscious, he kept holding a blue stone.

He knew it wasn't his, but since it ended up in his hand, curiosity got the better of him. He had Fang Li take it to the research department for investigation.

Xiao Qi felt guilty about living at Auntie's house for free, eating and drinking without paying, so...

"Xiyang," Fang Yun helped Xiao Qi into her delivery uniform, hesitating, "Do you really… not remember anything about the past?"

Xiao Qi nodded.

In the past, Xiyang had relentlessly pursued Lin Yichen. Later, due to Lin Yichen, she met his childhood friend, and the two became close friends.

But eventually, Lin Yichen's childhood friend confessed to her that she had always loved him, and since they had grown up together, Xiyang, who already lacked confidence, became even less certain of her feelings for Lin Yichen.

Then she witnessed Lin Yichen embracing his childhood friend.

That final thread snapped.

Alas! If Xiyang hadn't loved Lin Yichen so deeply, she wouldn't have left City A in a fit of anger and run off to America.

Her sister and brother-in-law went to America to visit her, and then...

Fang Yun sighed silently; perhaps this was fate.

If Xiyang hadn't lost her memory, she would probably hate herself now.

But Lin Yichen never actually liked his childhood friend!

Oh, Xiyang, you were so impulsive in your youth!

Xiyang was alone in America. Her parents went to visit her, and since she was free, she went with her sister and brother-in-law to see Xiyang.

That day, the three of them planned an outing, but she wasn't feeling well and stayed behind. Unexpectedly...

Their car plunged off the elevated bridge into the sea below, and the bodies of the three were never found.

But five years later, Xiyang returned.

She came back alone; as for her sister and brother-in-law...

Now that Xiyang had amnesia, asking would be pointless.

No one knew how she spent those five years. Fang Yun wanted to ask but feared triggering her memories, which would only leave her living in regret.

"Auntie," Xiao Qi finished putting on her delivery uniform, "I'm heading out for deliveries."

Fang Yun pulled herself from her thoughts and patted Xiao Qi's hand. "Alright! Be careful on the road."

"Got it."

Ah, Xiyang, you've loved Lin Yichen for so many years...

Auntie hopes that, in the end, you two will end up together.

Xiao Qi donned a white baseball cap, slung her delivery bag over her shoulder, and, seeing the green light, crossed the street.

Just then, a motorcycle sped past her, startling her into running back to the curb.

Her mind flashed involuntarily to the memory of saving Lin Yichen, recalling the explosion of that car.

At that time...

She thought she even vomited blood.

By the time she came to her senses, the green light was gone. She looked at the busy streets, still shaken.

A black sedan approached slowly, stopping as the light turned red.

Lin Yiyang rubbed his brow. When he opened his eyes, a familiar figure caught his eye.

He was about to open the door and get out, but the figure vanished into thin air.

His eyes widened abruptly, staring at the spot where Xiao Qi had been standing for a while.

The honking from the cars behind urged him on.

He started the engine and withdrew his gaze.

Was it another hallucination?

He wondered where Xiyang had gone.

Xiyang, now that you've lost your memory, don't you care for me at all?

Xiao Qi used her superpower to teleport straight to her destination.

She took the elevator to the eighth floor, where two burly men stood guard at the door.

Bodyguards?

"Um, I'm here to deliver food."

The two men glanced at the takeaway in her hand and opened the door. "Leave it on the table and go."

"Okay!"

Inside, a boy dressed in white casual clothes was absorbed in his drawing.

Wait—this back looked oddly familiar.

"Hello, your order's here."

"Just leave it over there."

That voice…

Xiao Qi rushed up, taking in his features, "A prince!"

Lin Yiyang turned to look at her, his dark eyes widening in surprise. He stood up immediately, "Ye Xiyang?"

Xiao Qi looked at him in a lovestruck daze, "You're even more handsome by day than at night."

"Ye Xiyang?" Lin Yiyang waved his fingers in front of her eyes, "You don't recognize me?"

Hmm?

Xiao Qi snapped out of her daze—he just called her Ye Xiyang?

Oh dear, how many people did Ye Xiyang know?

She used her usual excuse, "Well, I lost my memory in a car accident five years ago, so…"

"Car accident five years ago?" Lin Yiyang frowned, "You mean you forgot everyone around you?"

"Yeah, I forgot. I can't remember anyone at all."

"How ironic…" Lin Yiyang was speechless. "Fate plays strange tricks."

Yiyang glanced at her uneven short hair, "It's been five years, and you haven't changed at all. Even your hairstyle is exactly the same, and…"

Yiyang smiled at Xiao Qi's big eyes, "Even your gaze is the same."

Xiao Qi blinked in confusion, "What… kind of gaze?"

"You stare at one spot, your eyes don't even move," Yiyang recalled the past and couldn't help but laugh, "You used to stare at my brother's face with your big eyes. He always had a blank expression, but I, standing beside him, felt your gaze was honestly… a bit unsettling."

"…"

Now that she was Ye Xiyang, she ought to know something about her.

"Prince, could you tell me about my past?"

Lin Yiyang nodded and said simply, "Xiyang, I'm Lin Yiyang. You used to call me Yangyang. When you were in college, the first time you saw my brother, you…"

"Wait," Xiao Qi's eyes spun like mosquito coils, "Did you just say your brother?"

"Yes, I'm his younger brother," Yiyang continued, "When you saw my brother for the first time, you fell for him, and you pursued him relentlessly for three years. In your senior year, my brother finally agreed to be your boyfriend. But just as you were about to graduate…"

Lin Yiyang sighed, "Zhuang Jia and my brother were childhood friends, but she didn't get into C University with him; she went to N University, which isn't far from C. Back then, the three of you often hung out and ate together. Near graduation, Zhuang Jia confessed to you that she had always loved my brother, and after that, you left. No one knew where you'd gone."