Chapter 336: Chapter 334 Wipe Out His Traces
Ya Chen’s face changed slightly, "What did you say, Jiayi? That day it was clearly you..."
With fluttering eyelashes, Jiayi earnestly replied, "Whether I’ve saved anyone or not, wouldn’t I remember? I’ve been afraid of water since I was a child. When I lived in the town with my mom, I didn’t even dare to go into a swimming pool. If I saw you drowning, I would definitely hurry to shout for help. If I were to get into the water, I probably would’ve ended up drowning with you... Could you have mistaken me for someone else?"
Ya Chen was stunned for a long while, his slender and clean fingers slowly curling up.
It wasn’t her.
It truly wasn’t Jiayi who had saved him.
Yes, she had remembered the past events. She said she hadn’t saved him, so it must be true—
That day, among the guests who visited the Ya Family, only Jiayi’s lips, which performed CPR on him, were that soft, whether it was the touch or the breath, it was distinctly that of a young girl.
Which led Ya Chen to always believe it was Jiayi who had saved him.
He had, it turned out, given his deep affection to the wrong person all these years.
"What’s wrong?" Miss Jiayi carefully glanced at Ya Chen.
"It’s nothing, you should rest," Ya Chen pulled himself together and smiled slowly.
At that moment, Chu Yanhan returned. Ya Chen greeted him and, accompanied by the bodyguards, left the hospital room.
They hadn’t yet left the hospital wing when footsteps and voices of obstruction from the Ya Family came from behind: "Crown Prince, please wait."
The entourage stopped at the entrance.
"What’s the matter?" Ya Chen, preoccupied with his thoughts, sounded somewhat absent.
Chu Yanhan asked several bodyguards from the Ya Family to step back for a moment and spoke in a lower voice, "Crown Prince, Jiayi’s temporary memory loss is a good thing, it can help her sever ties with Mr. Huo completely. But, after all, she spent a year with Mr. Huo, and she even made a special film under his investment to find us. Though Mr. Huo never allowed her to appear in front of the media after the film was finished, and her identity wasn’t exposed, Ye Yongning’s films have a huge influence globally, so I’m worried that she might start to doubt if she saw the film one day or if someone mentioned it in front of her. Moreover, recently, Mr. Huo has stayed a while in Nanga City. Even if she doesn’t remember, hearing or seeing certain things might slowly reveal her past relationship with Mr. Huo, so I think..."
"So you mean to completely erase any trace of Jiayi’s contact with Mr. Huo. Is that it."
Ya Chen guessed Chu Yanhan’s intentions. Erasing the memory of one person from the life of another was an enormous undertaking.
"Yes, I ask for the Crown Prince’s assistance," Chu Yanhan showed no hesitation in revealing his plan.
If Jiayi had already forgotten that part of her life in China, so be it.
Mr. Huo had caused her so much pain; her forgetting was perhaps not a bad thing.
Ya Chen pondered for a while and then said, "Mr. Huo came to the Ya Family because of Jiayi, aside from the Chu Family, only our household staff are aware, and I can instruct them to keep quiet and there won’t be any issues. As for the film she once acted in, that is a bit trickier, but I could get someone to contact the producers and main team of ’Demon-slaying Chronicle’ and request them to remove Jiayi’s character’s footage from the film. Then, we could send people around the world to eliminate all uploaded footage of Jiayi’s scenes on the internet. In today’s film and television industry, things change in an instant; even if a face is not seen for a week or two, they can be forgotten by the audience, and in a few years, no one will remember a small supporting role in ’Demon-slaying Chronicle’. As for online information about her acting, like news and posts, that’s even easier to handle. We can hire a company to clean that up with good public relations, and it can be dealt with in a few days."
Chu Yanhan breathed a sigh of relief.
He understood this was what’s known as being ’frozen out’.
Actually, there are quite a few stars in the entertainment industry who have been gradually erased like this, whether due to offending someone or for personal reasons, their traces within the industry are meticulously wiped clean.
In this global network era, the information landscape is too vast to completely disappear in a day or two, but given enough time, they will certainly sink into obscurity, forgotten by all.
Finally, Chu Yanhan’s expression eased: "Then it’s settled."
After finishing their conversation, the bodyguards came over and wheeled Ya Chen away from the hospital wing.
Stepping out of the hospital, Ya Chen breathed in the scent of sunshine.
The persistent downpour that had enveloped Nanga for several days finally ceased.
The clouds dispersed, revealing a sky as blue and precious as a gem.
The Ya Family’s carriage was parked silently to one side.
Next to it was another carriage that had just arrived.
The butler, seated in the rear seat of the car, saw Ya Chen emerge and hurriedly got out of the vehicle, "Crown Prince."
At the sound of the butler’s voice, Ya Chen’s heart skipped a beat; had the task he had given the butler a few days ago been resolved?
He was unaware of the urgency in his own voice as he blurted out, "The matter I asked you to investigate, have you found out anything yet?"
"Yes."
"What is it? On that day back in September three years ago, when I almost drowned, who really saved me? Was it Jiayi?"
"I have investigated. Miss Jiayi was in etiquette class all day, and the etiquette teacher did not notice her leaving the classroom. Additionally, the second young mistress of the Chu Family, sneaked out of her home on that day, made her way to the castle, and bribed the guard on duty at the side gate to slip inside. I’ve asked the guards; it wasn’t her first time doing that, she often sneaked in before, but the incident was too serious to be disclosed. If discovered, both would face charges and legal responsibilities, so it was kept tightly under wraps and was rarely mentioned..."
The butler paused, glancing at Ya Chen.
Ya Chen understood, so it was indeed Chu Xinyue who saved him that day.
Bribing a sentry and sneaking into the castle constitute a criminal offense in any country.
Of course, Chu Xinyue wouldn’t dare speak more; after saving him that day, she fled in panic without saying half a word.
Chu Xinyue...
Was it truly this woman of a venomous heart?
But the facts proved it was her.
Why—
How could the angel he had yearned for years be this woman full of jealousy, who didn’t even spare her own sister?
His emotions surged, and his handsome eyebrows deeply furrowed, as if the most perfect blueprint in his heart had been smeared by ink, unconsciously clenching his slender fingers.
"Crown Prince?" The butler, seeing Ya Chen’s complex expression, bent down and called out.
Ya Chen snapped back to reality and got into the carriage.
The driver was about to start the engine when Ya Chen’s voice came from the back, "To Nanga City Police Station."
The driver hesitated, "The police station?"
In the back seat, Ya Chen’s expression was indifferent, his jade-like face turned towards the window, his vacant eyes clear and cold, showing no hint of his thoughts.
The butler understood Ya Chen’s intention and gave the driver a look, "Go!"
The black car, a symbol of extraordinary honor, raced down the avenue, non-stop, until it slowed down fifteen minutes later at the entrance of the city police station.
