Old Master Gu listened to her words and probably understood what she meant, "You want Yecheng to remember you on his own? Have you ever thought about what you would do if he couldn’t remember you for the rest of his life?"
"Grandpa, I think there’s a very small chance of that happening," Xiaofeng remained very optimistic, "I believe he’ll remember me very soon."
"Maybe he won’t suffer from amnesia, that’s also a possibility, so I can’t agree to this for now. Since you’ve entered the Gu Family, you’re naturally my granddaughter-in-law, Yecheng’s wife. Whether he has lost his memory or not, this fact won’t change."
If it weren’t for the Blood Vine on Xiaofeng, Ye Cheng might have died a long time ago.
Moreover, the marriage between Ye Cheng and Xiaofeng was legitimate.
"Grandpa," Xiaofeng smiled, her confidence was evident, "I believe you understand the purpose behind my actions. I want to go home for a few days, and I trust that by the time I come back, he surely will have woken up."
Ye Cheng was her man, a fact that no one could change.
"Alright, I support your decision," Old Master Gu nodded, "The outside world believes Ye Cheng is gone, which certainly makes them less vigilant towards the Gu Family. It’s okay for you to take the kids and visit home."
"Xiaofeng," hearing that Xiaofeng was going to return to Xijiang County, Chu Qing naturally found it hard to let go, "Let your dad send a couple of men to take you back. The journey is long, and I’m worried about you traveling with two children."
"Okay," Xiaofeng did not refuse.
"Sis," Xiaonian burst into tears when she learned her sister was going back, "You will come back, won’t you? You must come back."
"Even though Ye Cheng is gone, I am still the Gu Family’s daughter-in-law, of course, I will come back. I’m just going home for a few days; I will be back soon."
"Sis, I can’t bear to see you leave. Mom, maybe I should take a few days off school and accompany Sis back?" Xiaonian looked at Chu Qing with a pitiful expression.
Chu Qing couldn’t help but laugh and cry, "Don’t think of ways to skip classes, no."
Xiaonian: "...." She wasn’t trying to skip classes; she genuinely wanted to go back with her sister.
"Xiaonian, did you hear what Mom said? Don’t use accompanying me as an excuse to miss school. Behave well, and set a good example for your two little nephews."
Xiaonian stuck out her tongue, "I got it."
Ye Cheng had already awakened. He sat on the bed, looking at everything outside the window, feeling his mind was blank, as if he had lost something very important.
Old Master Gu pushed the door open and came in, holding a cup of milk. Looking at the now-awake Ye Cheng, he put the milk on the table and gently said, "Awake?"
Ye Cheng turned his head toward Old Master Gu and calmly asked, "How long have I been asleep?"
"Over a month, I think. How are you feeling now?"
"My brain feels blank, like there’s a lot I can’t remember," Ye Cheng pressed his temples.
"Can you remember what happened before you fell unconscious?"
"I seem to have been fighting with a group of people, and then suddenly fell ill. Right, just before I passed out, a woman tumbled down the mountain, she landed on me, and I believe I behaved inappropriately toward her." That was all he could recall; anything more was beyond his memory.
"Can you remember what that woman looked like?" Old Master Gu’s eyes flickered as he listened to him.
This situation seemed to be one where some memories were lost, but other previously lost memories were remembered, which could also be considered good news.
"I can only remember a shadow, can’t remember anything beyond that," Ye Cheng shook his head. He looked out at the familiar scenery outside the window, "When did we come back?"
"After you fell ill, we came back. It’s been some time since then."
Ye Cheng nodded, then said to Old Master Gu, "If possible, I hope Grandpa can send someone to find that woman."
"I’ve already arranged for that, you should focus on recovering, your injuries this time are not light. Plus, having just returned, the situation in the Imperial Capital is a bit chaotic."
"Grandpa, what day is it today?"
Old Master Gu threw him the newspaper of the day, and when Ye Cheng saw the date on it, it was far different from the one in his memory.
"How can this differ by a year from my memory?" Ye Cheng was surprised.
"Clearly, you’ve had another episode and lost a year’s worth of memories," Old Master Gu didn’t think anything was amiss, "You should be aware of this situation yourself."
Considering his own condition, Ye Cheng accepted the reality of his memory loss with calm, "I understand now."
"Old Master Xu has retired from the scene, and the current head of the Xu Family is Men Chao," Old Master Gu went on about the current state of affairs in the Imperial Capital, "Men Chao, you probably wouldn’t have guessed that he’d be in charge of the Xu Family."
Truth be told, he hadn’t guessed it either. Who could have expected that the pair of disciples Old Master Xu took in years ago were both so ambitious?