“Ivy An, girl, how you disappeared on all of us? You know Amanda has been asking about you but no one knows where you are. You changed your number,” The boy said as he continued to stare at her. He didn’t seem happy as he went on saying, “Why aren’t you talking? Are you still mad? I’m sorry. I didn’t tell you before that I and Amanda were dating. You know it was not easy for us to hide this from you after all she is your best friend.”
According to his words, that Amanda girl and she were best friends but why didn’t she remember about her so-called best friend.
“Ivy…” When the boy felt that there was something wrong with the girl, he moved ahead to shake her but before he could touch her, he felt someone pushing him away.
“Who the fuck are you!” A fierce teenager pushed him away as he pulled his stiffened sister to his side. As she was in Lu Xuan’s arms, her entire body began shivering. She could finally react as she felt that she was safe.
“Fucker, what did you do to her?” Lu Xuan demanded as rage took over his sanity. Looking at his shivering sister, he said in a low voice, “Teeny, don’t worry. I will chop him into pieces and throw him into the river if he hurts you. Tell me, did he bully you?”
Earlier, Lu Xuan left in a fit of anger. He didn’t go that far as he recalled quickly how as a man of the house, he was supposed to stand by his sister and protect her from the stares of those losers..
However, when he returned he was angered to see a loser talking to her. It was only when he came close did he realise that something was not right with his sister.
“Hey man, what is your problem?” The boy said in a thick American accent. “I was merely talking to my friend. We have known each other since childhood. We were neighbours and classmates.”
“Britishers took off but they this motherfu*king fool here to annoy us,” Lu Xuan roared and the boy’s face flushed. “Speak what you did to her before I chop you into pieces.”
“Shawn, where were you? Aunt is looking for you,” Han Nanxian appeared looking for the lost foreigner boy. As he saw how his cousin looked more pale than earlier, he asked in concern, “What’s the problem?”
“Some fool is threatening to kill me,” Shawn replied as he sought safety beside his cousin.
Han Nanxian turned to find a pale An Xiulan and an angry and troubled Lu Xuan coaxing his unwanted sister.
Just one question in his head: What on earth was going on?
“Come with me,” Han Nanxian grabbed Shawn’s hand before Lu Xuan could beat the boy to a pulp. If he took Shawn’s side, Han Zixin was going to raise hell if he found out about it. His relationship with his younger brother was already sour and he didn’t want to add more problems to it. And if he took An Xiulan’s side Shawn was going to cause the scene. It was better to save the fort first before launching an attack.
He knew that An Xiulan was more precious to his younger brother than anything and so he couldn’t do anything right now except for taking Shawn away.
“Teeny, did that boy bully you?” Lu Xuan asked worriedly as he saw tears glistening in her eyes.
An Xiulan shook her head. “He said he knows me but I don’t remember him. But my brain is giving a sign that he is not good. I don’t know why I’m scared of him. He didn’t bully me now. He was only talking to me. But I couldn’t control my emotions. I’m sorry for causing your worry.”
Lu Xuan tsked. “I’m the man of the house. It is my responsibility to take care of the women in my family. And how could you not remember him if he says he is friends with you?”
“Lu Xuan, I don’t remember the majority of the things. A few months ago, I didn’t even remember you,” An Xiulan whispered and he looked at her in disbelief. “Doctors say I have partial amnesia due to PTSD caused by the accident that happened a few months ago. I am slowly recalling things but my memory is still hazy.”
“What accident?” Lu Xuan asked. He didn’t know exactly what she was talking about.
“The accident that nearly killed me. It was three days before my sixteen birthday,” An Xiulan replied and she felt his body stiffening.
Lu Xuan looked at her in bewilderment.
Was this the reason why his mom didn’t come to visit him? He had asked her that if she loved him even a bit, she would celebrate his birthday with him. He thought she chose An Xiulan once again as she only called him weeks after his birthday to apologize but he didn’t listen to her and never took her calls. He didn’t know that there was a reason behind it.
And his twin didn’t remember about him?
He didn’t know anything about it but it was really hurting his heart.
He didn’t even care about her.
Then, why did her not remembering her hurt him so much?
“How did you remember me then?” He mustered the courage to ask her the question. For some reason, he felt as if he needed to listen to people more than make them listen to him.
“The coma helped me,” An Xiulan didn’t know how to explain her situation. “When mom told me that you were coming home. It triggered my trauma and I fell into a three days coma. It helped me remember a few things like you and our father’s family. There are still many things that I don’t recall.”
His hold on her back tightened as he heard her but he didn’t show any reaction on his face. A moment later, they saw Gu Shangyan running towards them.
“Don’t tell mom please or she will become paranoid,” An Xiulan begged.
He wanted to decline but when he saw her on the verge of crying he ended up nodding his head.
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