Chapter Seventeen: My Choice

Jiang Yang had to admit that he had been a bit impulsive just now.

Dr. Yang had mentioned earlier that the medicine did contain ingredients to treat headaches, but it primarily suppressed brain memories.

What if this was originally a treatment meant for him, and he had wrongly blamed Ruo Lan out of impulse? Wouldn’t that hurt her feelings?

He said, “Dr. Yang, you’ve really thought this through. As a husband, I seem a bit distrustful of Ruo Lan. What should I do now?”

Yang Xiaoran raised an eyebrow and said, “The medicine doesn’t have major side effects on the body. You can choose to keep taking it, avoid recalling the past, and continue living a blissfully confused life with your so-called wife.

But you can also choose to stop taking it, try to piece together clues from your past memories, find the person you truly want to confess to, and uncover the truth behind your accident. The choice is yours.”

Jiang Yang pulled out the spare medicine he had for today, placed the red pill in his palm, and stared at it as if it held memories waiting to be unlocked.

He asked, “If I don’t take this medicine, will I have headaches all the time?”

“You can try buying some ordinary headache medicine from the pharmacy; the effect won’t be much different,” Yang Xiaoran replied as she stepped closer and straightened his collar, her voice softening. “Or… I could prescribe it for you.”

Jiang Yang’s expression stiffened. “If the pharmacy sells medicine with the same effect, then I won’t trouble you.”

He didn’t want to jump from the tiger’s den into the wolf’s den again; who knew if Dr. Yang’s prescription had any additives?

Yang Xiaoran smiled with pursed lips. “Alright, that way if you get dizzy later, you can’t blame me.”

Jiang Yang twitched at the corner of his mouth. “That’s not what I meant. You’ve already helped me a lot; I just don’t want to trouble you.”

“By the way, did your junior sister come looking for you yesterday?” Yang Xiaoran suddenly asked an odd question.

“Huh? How did you know? You weren’t following me, were you?”

Yang Xiaoran rolled her eyes. “Of course not. My clinic is busy—I don’t have time to keep tabs on you all day. But yes, I did ask her to find you.”

Jiang Yang fell silent. Yang Xiaoran said she didn’t have time for his affairs, yet she had Xia Bingbing’s number and had sent her to look for him? And last night, she had someone test the ingredients of that pill overnight. She clearly had her own busy schedule all day.

***

“She did come looking for me. You know about our relationship?”

“You’re my patient, so you tell me a lot. Apart from your mysterious wife, there’s nothing you haven’t shared. Tell me, do you think she’s the one you want to confess to?”

Jiang Yang hesitated. “I feel I quite like her, but…”

“But you’ve lived together for two months. If you were meant to be, you’d have already gotten together, right?”

“You even know about us living together for two months?” Jiang Yang was surprised, feeling like there was nothing he could hide from Yang Xiaoran.

“Of course. I said you tell me everything. Let’s set your junior sister aside for now. I think you should go to Melody Harbor.”

Jiang Yang repeated, “Melody Harbor? You want me to look for Su Muyun?”

Yang Xiaoran smiled faintly. “Compared to Xia Bingbing, I think Su Muyun might be more like the person you want to confess to.”

Melody Harbor was a bar. Earlier, Jiang Yang had to work two jobs—daytime at a company and nighttime part-time—to repay his family’s heavy debts.

During that time, he had two part-time jobs: food delivery and a bar waiter.

The bar where he worked was Melody Harbor.

He worked there for about five months, then quit after clearing his family’s debts because working days and nights was exhausting.

But after his accident, many memories from his time at the bar were fuzzy. He couldn’t recall why Su Muyun wanted to find him there.

Yet thinking of Su Muyun from that day in the car made his heart race.

Her seductive lips, proud figure, legs wrapped in black stockings, and intoxicating feminine scent—any one of those could stir a man’s desire.

He admitted that even a woman like Ruo Lan might pale in comparison to Su Muyun’s sensual allure.

Could she be the one he wanted to confess to? It was very likely.

When the flat-headed man pushed him into the car after work the day before yesterday, seeing her beautiful legs made him swallow hard unconsciously.

Who could resist such tempting legs?

And that day she had even said she was ready to marry him. Did that mean he had proposed to her before?

“I know what I have to do.” Jiang Yang said as he tossed the small bottle with the red pill straight into the trash bin. He was determined to uncover the truth.

Yang Xiaoran looked at the discarded bottle and smiled teasingly.

“Go ahead and find her. In the end, you’ll realize I’m the one you truly want.”

***

Back at the company, Jiang Yang spent the entire afternoon working hard, gathering materials, and preparing to make a video.

He mainly wanted to save time so he could leave early and go to Melody Harbor after work. He wasn’t really planning to drink; he just wanted to see Su Muyun, arrive early, and leave early.

Chen Hao came over and looked at his screen. “Not bad, man. You rested for so long, but you’re working fast. You managed to cut a rough draft in one day.”

Jiang Yang kept his eyes on the screen. “Don’t bother me. I have plans tonight and won’t be working overtime.”

Chen Hao squinted at him. “Working so hard, do you have something going on tonight? Some date or something?”

Jiang Yang rolled his eyes and went back to work. “None of your business.”

“Oh~ sounds like you’re making the most of your sister-in-law being away these days. Don’t tell me you’re headed to Melody Harbor tonight?”

Jiang Yang was startled. He only decided at noon today to go there. “How do you know?”

Chen Hao chuckled. “Every time you work overtime, it’s to avoid actually working so you can go to Melody Bar, right?”

Jiang Yang retorted, “That was because I was working part-time as a waiter. Didn’t you know?”

“Sure, that was before. But what about tonight?” Chen Hao said as he clapped a hand on Jiang Yang’s shoulder, “We’re all men here. Going out for a drink is understandable. But bring your buddies along and introduce me to some pretty girls there, how about it?”