The moment Juanjuan, or rather Christine, saw the man appearing behind the girl, she froze completely.
Since losing her memory, the people she had seen or the events she had experienced had all become blurred images in her mind.
Sometimes, flashbacks like scenes from a movie would suddenly occur, fleeting glimpses.
But each time those images flashed through her mind, they made Juanjuan feel suffocated and oppressed. Out of some instinctive resistance, she didn’t want to continue recalling.
She felt that ever since coming to Jiang City, since her sister had rescued and brought her to live in the apartment, her daily life had been fulfilling and joyful; she cherished each day.
Therefore, for so long, Juanjuan had not regained her memory.
Yet now, upon seeing the man—
His incredibly familiar face, his dignified and graceful demeanor from above, and the intrinsic terror he provoked within her...
Although she couldn’t remember who he was, her whole body began to tremble.
Juanjuan couldn’t help but close her eyes.
Before her emerged a dark, cold, damp Confinement Room—an array of exquisite dishes laid on the floor, shackles and chains binding her right foot, clanking with each movement.
So cold... so dark... so frightening.
Would anyone come to save her...
In the dim vision, someone with cold hands laid them on her trembling shoulders, as if they were her closest person, speaking softly and sorrowfully.
"Christine, you have to listen to your brother."
"Everything brother does is for your good, you will understand someday."
The voice in the vision sounded exactly like the man standing before her—
"Long time no see, my dear sister... have you missed your brother?"
Upon hearing that, seeing the familiar yet strange gentle smile on the man’s face.
Juanjuan almost screamed out, instinctively stepping back, tremblingly said: "...you, don’t come closer!"
Almost instantly, the girl’s beautiful shallow green eyes, deep as the sea of stars, brimmed with tears, her slender shoulders seemed to tremble as well.
Lu Sheng knew Juanjuan was timid and might be scared upon seeing a stranger at home suddenly, but she didn’t expect Juanjuan to be so terrified.
This should be the person closest to her.
"Juanjuan," Lu Sheng took a deep breath and immediately stepped forward to support her, "Juanjuan, don’t be afraid, sister is here."
"...Sister," Juanjuan instinctively grabbed onto Lu Sheng’s clothes, like a drowning person clutching onto a lifesaver, gasping for air she asked with difficulty, "Sister, he, who is he...?"
"Juanjuan, he’s your brother." Lu Sheng declared directly.
"You haven’t regained your memory all this time, and I have been helping you search for your family, but so far unable to find them."
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