Only Johny and Ceres were left in the room, and it suddenly quieted down.
"What are you talking about? Something interesting?" Johny sat by Ceres's bed and gently brushed away the messy hair on her forehead.
"Caleb asked me to be his goddaughter. I don't agree," Ceres answered honestly.
Johny smiled faintly and said nothing.
There was nothing more between them to talk about.
Johny asked the doctor about the details of Ceres being shot. Johny left no details about it. Ceres sat on the bed and listened. She watched Johny frown while asking. Ceres felt warm.
It seemed that Johny cared about her a lot, but how could he kill her father so ruthlessly?
Ceres thought, 'I must have mentioned to Johny how important my father is to me.'
After the doctor left, Johny sat by the bed and fed Ceres dinner. Ceres stopped eating after only a few bites.
Johny thought that she did not have any appetite in the hospital, so he didn't force her to eat.
"Johny, sit here. I have something to tell you," Ceres finally made up her mind.
Johny sat down and held Ceres in his arms, "What do you want to say?"
Looking at Johny's charming and deep eyes, Ceres took a deep breath, "My head was painful when the explosion and the gun battle occurred. At that time, many fragmented memories flashed in my mind as if I had experienced it before."
Johny didn't say and thought, 'Of course, you have experienced it before.'
When he had just woken up from a vegetative state and needed to use a wheelchair, he had experienced the same scene as her. That time, he had also been shot to protect her.
It was also at that time that Ceres confirmed her feelings for Johny.
"Back to the time in Country M, some fragmented memories flashed from time to time. It feels terrible. I think I don't want to have it anymore."
"So?"
"Can you tell me everything from the moment we met to the time I received hypnosis?"
"No."
Johny refused simply.
Ceres felt choked. She had explained so much, but Johny was still unwilling.
"Why?"
Johny took Ceres' hands and asked, "Didn't we agree to start over again and ignore the past? Don't think about the past anymore."
Ceres was a bit unwilling to be rejected just like that.
"But I don't want to lead such a life. Do you know how painful it is for a person to suffer memory loss? I even don't remember this man who is sleeping beside me and what we have experienced. I don't even remember that I have a son!"
"I know you're doing this for my own good, but I'm fine now. If you tell me, things might get better. Nothing will be worse than the fragmented memories flashing in my head from time to time and my imagination running wild, right?" Ceres shook off Johny's hand.
Johny looked at Ceres's anxious eyes and his heart ached.
If possible, he was willing to take this torture on her behalf, but it was impossible.
"Ceres, what happened in the past is already in the past. Is the past really that important?"
Ceres pushed Johny away, "It's important! You can't understand how I feel!"
Johny pondered for a moment, "Stop poking, okay?"
"So you mean I'm being capricious? Johny, why can you do nothing as I'm in so much pain? Why don't you tell me what happened in the past?"
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