Jian Jing didn't stay in the hospital for long. After visiting Ji Feng, she drove directly to Kang Mucheng's house.
Her previous guess was confirmed. She was very familiar with the Kang family. As soon as she entered the house, she knew where to put her shoes and where the toilet was. Muscle memory is more profound than brain memory.
Aunt Wang greeted her: "Jingjing, you haven't been here for a long time."
"Auntie Wang." She even called out the housekeeper's name and said with a smile, "You look the same as before."
"Oh, you are much more lively now than when you were a child." Aunt Wang smiled and said, "Mucheng called and told you to have dinner tonight. I specially made your favorite dishes. You must eat more."
Jian Jing said: "Thank you, Auntie."
Aunt Wang went to cook with a happy face.
Not long after, Kang Mucheng came home from get off work early for the first time. After chatting with her for a while, he asked her to go into the study to discuss things. He looked serious and seemed to have a lot on his mind. He hesitated several times to speak.
On the other hand, Jian Jing, who showed more than a year of experience, said calmly: "Boss Kang, you go ahead, don't worry about me."
However, Kang Mucheng did not breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, he sighed softly: "I really don't want to tell you this."
"What?"
"This is not a pleasant memory for you, Jingjing. You finally forgot it. I don't want you to repeat the same mistake." He said slowly, "I'm sorry that Ji Feng was injured, but this is not something you can solve. Let's hand it over to the police."
Jian Jing suddenly fell silent.
It turned out that the reason for forgetting was not because of traveling through time, but because she had forgotten everything in the first place. But even so, her mind did not change at all.
"He won't let me go just because I forget," she said.
Kang Mucheng said: "The police will protect you. I can apply for a protection order for you."
Jian Jing shook her head and said earnestly: "They can't protect me for my whole life, but they can hide for a long time, until there is no one around me."
"I understand your thoughts." Kang Mucheng also gave a strong reason, "I admit that you have changed a lot in this year. You are braver, more confident, and more resilient. But Jingjing, what happened to you is completely different from what happened to others. You have suffered great misfortune. I can't watch you return to that state again."
Jian Jing took a deep breath: "Even if I really want to know, you are not willing to tell me?"
He said: “Yes, I don’t want to tell you.”
The air suddenly became silent.
Jian Jing pursed her lips, suppressed the anxiety and helplessness in her heart, and took two deep breaths in silence.
She didn't want to quarrel with Kang Mucheng. There was no point in arguing.
"If," she exhaled slowly, her tense face softening, "if you really don't want to tell me, I won't force you. Mr. Kang, Brother Yingjie and I have been together before, and I will never hate you no matter what. You've been very good to me, so it's okay. If you don't want to, then don't say it."
Kang Mucheng had never expected to hear such words. He was a little stunned, with mixed emotions. An inexplicable feeling lingered in his chest, which he could neither spit out nor swallow.
He felt a little uncomfortable, but was rarely at a loss for words.
Jian Jingyi had recovered as usual and said, "I won't force you, nor do I want to lie to you. But if you do what you want to do, I will follow you."
"Alas." He sighed deeply, leaning back in the leather chair, his brows and eyes slightly weary, "Jingjing, do you no longer believe in me?"
Jian Jing asked back: "Boss Kang, do you really understand the whole story?"
Kang Mucheng paused.
"If you knew his behavior, you wouldn't just help me upgrade the security system." Jian Jing had clear ideas and calmly narrated, "You only know that something happened to me and you sent me to the hospital for treatment, but you don't know what happened, right?"
She said: "You know me, just as I know you. He is not the opponent you are familiar with. You can't understand what he is thinking in such a dangerous way."
"Since you know he's dangerous," Kang Mucheng frowned and spoke faster, "This isn't a character that an ordinary kid like you can deal with. Why take the risk? I don't want anything to happen to you, do you understand?!"
Jian Jing asked: "Do you think nothing will happen if I stay away?"
Kang Mucheng said: "At least you don't have to confront him head-on."
"Don't worry, I won't fight him alone or face him head-on." She joked.
But Kang Mucheng's attitude did not soften, and he said simply: "You know what I mean."
Jian Jing had no choice but to say, "Boss Kang, if the police could have caught him, they would have caught him a long time ago. But in Liu Baofeng's case, there are still no clues, so they can't catch him."
"If they can't do it, can you?" Kang Mucheng encouraged her and rarely questioned her like this. It was obvious that he had no time to care about other things and was no longer as calm as usual.
"As long as he is not brought to justice, I will live in a dark cloud. If I'm lucky, I can hide for three to five years. If I'm unlucky, who knows when he will come back to find me." Jian Jing retorted, "If you catch him, you need me. I want to recover my forgotten memories and see his true face. This is the only way to solve the problem once and for all."
Kang Mucheng was speechless.
Everyone knows that it is better to remove the firewood from under the pot than to try to stop the boiling water by adding more water to it. However, there is no easy way to do it.
He took a deep breath, calmed down, and said slowly: "You have a point, but this is not an easy task for you. Your so-called correct approach does not mean the harm is less."
Jian Jing persisted in silence.
"If I die, the price you will pay," Kang Mucheng stared at her face and whispered, "is to become a demon?"
She frowned, not understanding what he meant: "Demon?"
"Saint Angel is far away. I didn't want to send you to such a far place for treatment, but you... became very dangerous at that time." Many years have passed, and Kang Mucheng can still clearly feel the fear and worry when he recalls the past, as if an invisible force was clenching his heart, making him hold his breath and sweat profusely.
He finally confided something: "Doctor, you have been strongly hypnotized."
Jian Jing was confused: "Hypnosis?"
"This is why I don't agree." He said, "Once it starts, no one can protect you, whether it's me or Ji Feng."
She seemed to be thinking about something.
Hypnosis.
Yes, if it is hypnosis, it may be able to explain many questions.
"Mr. Kang should have known me before this happened. What kind of person am I?" She asked an unrelated question.
Kang Mucheng thought about it and replied, "Very quiet, a little introverted, but occasionally with amazing courage. Your parents once disapproved of your writing a book, and you had a quarrel with them, ran away from home, and took a long-distance bus to Jinwu Village to find me."
Jian Jing was stunned.
He didn't realize how shocking his words were, but she did.
This incident actually happened in another world.
Her parents tore up the notebook in which she wrote about the white cat. She said nothing at the time, and the next day, she ran away from home without saying a word. But that day, without Jinwu or Kang Mucheng, she had no choice but to go to the library and stay there until closing time.
It was dark, and there was no one in the huge library. She didn't want to go home, and had nowhere to go. She felt wronged and scared, so she curled up in a chair and cried for half the night before she fell asleep in a daze.
In the second half of the night, the lights suddenly came on and the anxious calls of my parents could be heard.
She looked at them in disbelief. They didn't scold or hit her. They just said, "I'm glad you're okay."
After that, he was busy thanking the police and librarians who worked overtime in the middle of the night, thanking them for running around to open the door. His words were so sincere that they almost made people cry.
The police and the administrator were all good people, and they quickly said, "You're welcome, as long as the child is found."
Her parents brought her home and told her that her family's economic conditions were average and she might not be able to afford to go to a private high school. The key universities in the city had extremely high credit requirements and the pressure on her to continue her studies was very great.
"Mom and Dad can't help you, you can only try your best on your own." This is what ordinary parents say.
At that time, Jian Jing still couldn't understand their bitterness, but she chose to forgive them, stopped writing about the white cat, and focused on studying. In the college entrance examination the following year, she got a good score and was admitted to a key high school as she wished.
"And then?" she couldn't help but ask.
Kang Mucheng said: "I was shocked. I sent you home and convinced your parents to sign the contract."
Jian Jing curled the corners of her lips, and ripples appeared in her heart: Ah, it turns out that the bifurcation point between the two worlds starts from here.
The two Jian Jings took different paths, but they are still the same person.
She pondered for a moment and said, "I understand, but I still insist."
The atmosphere that had just been relaxed was like a full bowstring, which was tightened again and made a buzzing sound.
Kang Mucheng opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but swallowed it back, and his lips were tightly closed. He rarely spoke to her with such a serious expression, even after she committed suicide, he was not so surprised.
"You're afraid that I'll turn back into that person, but that probably won't happen." Jian Jing sighed softly, "That Jingjing is dead."
Kang Mucheng's face suddenly changed: "What are you talking about?"
"When she committed suicide, she was already dead." Jian Jing said, "I am another Jing Jing."
He frowned, looked her up and down, and tried to digest her shocking words. After a long time, he finally found a reasonable explanation: "Are you a, personality?"
Jian Jing had no intention of explaining the real reason, and nodded happily: "That's fine."
Kang Mucheng said: "No wonder."
He knew very little about psychology, and had only heard a little about personality. But since she had experienced hypnosis and had faced the moment of suicide, it was normal for her mental state to change.
And he believed this theory because he had seen it with his own eyes a year ago.
She has changed a lot, but fundamentally, she is not a different person.
"No one can protect me, I will protect myself." Jian Jing said with a double meaning, "Tell me."
Kang Mucheng's attitude softened visibly, and he refused sternly: "Let me think about it."
Simple and quiet is naturally good.
She had a sumptuous dinner at Kang's house, and at Kang Mucheng's strong request, she stayed at Kang's house for one night. According to Aunt Wang, the guest room was the room she had lived in before, and everything was kept original.
Of course, the beddings are all new. After a few years, the old ones are no longer usable.
However, the bookshelves and desks show signs of age, and the few books collected are all popular many years ago. It seems that time has stopped.
A long-lost nostalgia rose in Jian Jing's heart. Although there were no details, it felt real.
She casually pulled out a book from the shelf and began to read it with relish.
At the same time, several walls were separated.
Kang Mucheng was talking to his mother who came home late.
Unlike ordinary families, Kang Lei gave birth to Kang Mucheng at the age of 20. She has no idea how to be a mother. Sometimes she is like a sister, sometimes like a boss, and sometimes like a friend.
Kang Mucheng was raised carelessly, spent his childhood without his father, and grew up to be a son who took care of his mother in place of his father.
The same strong kind.
Therefore, their maternal and parental relationship is neither the common mother-kindness and filial piety nor the mother-strong-and-weakness often encountered by strong people. Their status is more equal.
However, after listening to the whole story, President Kang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Jingjing wants to know about the past, but you don't want to tell her - is this enough for you to stay up late at night and stare blankly on the balcony?"