What should I do if I lose my memory after transmigrating into a book?

Chapter 83 Shen Jin, the Runaway Bride

The paintings were neatly arranged there, and the people in them all had smiling faces, their brows filled with happiness, without a trace of sadness. The old man in the last painting had kind and compassionate eyes, looking at the children in front of him.

Shen Xi's slender fingers touched the old man's kind face, her eyes glistening with tears.

She misses her mother-in-law a little.

After a long while, Shen Xi turned around, took a breath, and calmed down. She then asked,

"Jiang Ci, did I paint these during my university years?"

Jiang Ci stood at the doorway, his dark eyes shifting from the canvas to look at Shen Xi. He nodded slightly, his voice deep and resonant.

“You became very strange for a period of time in college. You painted like crazy, and you didn’t show these paintings to anyone. After you left, I kept these paintings.”

Shen Xi pursed her lips and remained silent, her gaze slowly taking in the paintings. She then carefully covered them with a cloth to keep them from getting dusty.

She walked out and took Jiang Ci's hand, her eyes like water, her voice tender and affectionate.

“Jiang Ci, those are my mother-in-law and my younger siblings. I may not have told you, but before I transmigrated here, I was an orphan. I was abandoned next to a garbage dump when I was born. It was raining heavily that day. My mother-in-law was kind-hearted and took pity on me, so she took me in.”

“The children in the painting were children who were later abandoned by their families. There were also two children from our town who lost both parents. We grew up and lived together in an orphanage.”

Shen Xi's eyes showed some sadness. She didn't look back at the paintings anymore, but instead told him, or perhaps wanted to explain to him how important these paintings were to her.

The man's cool, refreshing aura enveloped Shen Xi. He bent down to embrace her, his voice soft.

"Shen Xi, we'll meet again."

You will definitely meet again.

Jiang Ci had long known that there were many unreasonable factors in this world. The balance of the world is often the balance of human rights. Once there is a tendency towards individual inequality, the world is destined to be destroyed; otherwise, it will be the destruction of the beneficiaries.

And Jiang Ci might be the so-called beneficiary.

Shen Xi buried her fluffy head in Jiang Ci's arms, listening to him say these words, but did not understand the implied meaning behind his words.

……

In the afternoon, Shen Xi finally received a call from Shen Ke, but her boss was... a little irritable.

"You should take a rest; our next performance has been postponed."

Shen Xi was somewhat surprised, and she hesitated before speaking.

Is it because of the comments about me online?

Shen Ke sat in her office chair, ran a hand through her hair, and stammered for a long time.

"It's not your problem. I haven't resolved Duohe's issue."

"What happened to Duohe?"

Although Duohe was somewhat aloof in personality, Shen Xi remembered her as someone with truly high professional skills. She was proficient in singing, dancing, and composing, and was also very dedicated. During the later stages of the first and second rounds of the competition, Shen Xi never saw Duohe slack off.

Shen Ke sighed, her voice heavy.

“He fell off the stage while dancing a week ago, and with an old injury that hasn’t healed, his condition is not good. He is still undergoing surgery in the hospital, and we cannot disclose the details at this time.”

Shen Xi paused, then her tone became clear.

"How could he have fallen off the stage? Was there a problem with your stage setup?"

Otherwise, with Duohe's strength, there would never have been a chance for her to fall off the stage.

"It's not a venue issue. Never mind, why should I tell you all this?"

Shen Ke sat there dejectedly, still holding the phone in her hand, muttering to herself, "Why hasn't anything good happened these past two days?"

Shen Xi heard it immediately, but she didn't continue to ask about Duohe. After all, she was just a behind-the-scenes worker, and it was really inappropriate for her to inquire about what was going on. What if there was something she couldn't say?

She changed the subject.

"Boss, is there anything else?"

Shen Ke held up his phone, his face ashen, his tone calm and utterly devoid of emotion.

"Oh...it's nothing, it's just that my sister ran away from home...it's nothing, we've been looking for her for a week but haven't found her."

"..."

Her boss might be experiencing some bad luck lately, just like her, and needs to have his fortune told to see what's going on.

Shen Xi's tone was sincere and earnest.

"Boss, should we call the police?"

Shen Ke was stunned.

Yeah, how come he didn't think of such a good idea?!

He slammed down the phone.

Shen Xi: Her boss is quite proactive?

Jiang Ci, who had been sitting steadily on the sofa, sat next to her with his son's model in his hands, swaying back and forth casually. When he got bored, he put the model down.

She would take an apple and cut it, then pour herself a glass of water and drink it, glancing at Shen Xi two or three times.

Shen Xi was somewhat confused.

What's wrong with you today?

Jiang Ci tugged at his tie, looking at Shen Xi with an ambiguous expression. "I wonder if Miss Shen has forgotten something?"

"What happened?" Shen Xi couldn't quite remember.

Jiang Ci seemed to have guessed this long ago, and with a knowing look on his face, he slowly said, "You promised me before that you would attend the Shen family's banquet."

"Oh, I guess you won't be able to get what you want."

Shen Xi spoke with some regret.

Jiang Ci listened attentively.

"What do you mean by that?"

Shen Xi shrugged, looking helpless.

"My boss called to say that his sister has run away from home."

"..."

Jiang Ci was somewhat incredulous. He turned his head to look at Shen Xi and said, "I am a little worse at studying than you. Don't lie to me."

Shen Xi was speechless. "Why would I lie to you? His sister really did run away from home."

That's absolutely outrageous.

Jiang Ci had been eagerly awaiting Shen Xi's return, and now that Shen Xi seemed willing, a suitable opportunity had finally arisen to make it public.

Now, Shen Ke's sister has run away, and the banquet is ruined?

However, what's strange is that the Shen family did not notify them of the cancellation of the banquet.

The banquet is scheduled to take place in three days.

Jiang Ci looked at the message sent by his subordinate.

The banquet was held as scheduled.

He hesitated for a moment, his eyes sparkling like stars.

"I'm sorry, the Shen family banquet has no intention of being canceled and will proceed as scheduled."

"His sister has run away, what's the point of having a wedding banquet? Is the groom exchanging wedding rings alone and then entertaining guests? The Shen family is going a bit too far."

Shen Ke is also an oddball. His sister ran away from home at this time, which clearly means she doesn't want to get engaged. Why are they forcing it?

Jiang Ci saw through the emotions in Shen Xi's eyes, gently patted Shen Xi's head with his well-defined knuckles, and spoke in a meaningful tone.

"In this world, some things are not a matter of whether you want to or not."

It could be for profit or for love.

That's how it all seems.

……

In a corner of a hospital, a girl, covered in dust and dirt, crawled out from around the corner and tiptoed away.

She saw a familiar-looking bodyguard walking towards her from afar, and instinctively squatted back down.

Seeing that no one was around, the bodyguard moved to another location.

The girl scrambled to her feet, and seeing another bodyguard approaching, she hurriedly opened the door and hid in a hospital room.

"who are you?"