Cici and Rona Muir had just stepped into the garden when they heard sharp voices arguing inside.
The moment Cici heard the names Eric Jiang and Yun Xi, she stopped in her tracks.
Instinctively, she found a corner to hide in, wanting to overhear what they were saying.
Rona Muir gave Cici a strange, dark look, then followed her to hide as well.
Helen Jiang's sharp questioning instantly made Eric Jiang agitated.
His dazed gaze suddenly cleared up.
This time, Helen Jiang couldn't get her hands on the same potent drug as last time. What she gave Eric Jiang was just some ordinary stuff.
It was already the best she could scrounge up.
"How do you know about Yun Xi? Tell me, who are you really? What are you trying to do?" Eric Jiang's voice grew harsher with each word, until he was practically roaring with anger.
Yun Xi was Eric Jiang's bottom line—always had been.
"Eric Jiang, it doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that I love you!" Helen Jiang bit her lip, still not daring to admit her identity.
"So you deliberately made yourself look like Yun Xi? Ridiculous, pitiful, pathetic! No matter how much you try, you are not Yun Xi!" Eric Jiang forced himself to endure the heat in his body, his voice now hoarse but carrying a unique charm.
The Jiang family always had good genes.
Madam Yin, Jiang Xue, was a stunning beauty. As her nephew, Eric Jiang could hardly fall short.
Under the influence of the drug, his eyes shimmered, his lips were red and teeth white, radiant as peach blossoms.
Helen Jiang felt her mouth go dry watching him.
"There’s nobody else here, Eric Jiang. Even if you jump into the lake, you won’t cure the drug’s effects!" Helen Jiang slowly unbuttoned her clothes. "I’m willing to help you."
Without hesitation, Eric Jiang slapped Helen Jiang across the face!
Smack—Eric Jiang was trembling all over. "Get out!"
Helen Jiang didn’t leave as told. She kept unbuttoning her clothes, her eyes filled with poison and unwillingness.
Today, she was determined to win Eric Jiang!
Cici heard the commotion inside and was about to rush in when Rona Muir quickly grabbed her hand, stopping her. Rona shook her head at Cici.
Rona Muir turned on her phone’s recorder and saved all the sounds.
"Eric Jiang, Yun Xi never loved you! If she really loved you, why did she break up and immediately run into Max Mo’s arms?" Helen Jiang kept trying to convince Eric Jiang. "There are so many people in this world who love you. Why are you so hung up on Yun Xi?"
"She was just playing with you, Eric Jiang. Yun Xi looks pure and innocent, but secretly she’s cheating with Max Mo. How could a woman like that deserve to be by your side, or deserve your unwavering devotion?" Helen Jiang continued to persuade Eric Jiang. "She’s been dead for five years! Five years! She’s never coming back! Eric, look at me—my face is so much like hers. You can treat me as her, I don’t mind, I really don’t mind!"
Hearing this, Eric Jiang suddenly burst into wild laughter: "Fine, I’ll tell you. I’d rather be played by her—even if she played me, that was a kind of happiness. In my heart, Yun Xi is pure and flawless, no matter what choices she made. I’ll never blame her. Even if she fell in love with someone else, I wouldn’t blame her. I only hate myself for not being good enough, for not protecting her! I only hate myself for not dying in her place! I don’t know who you are, and I don’t want to know."
"You’re not her, and I’ll never see you as her substitute. Because you’re not worthy." Eric Jiang gritted his teeth, his patience nearly at its limit. "How could a woman like you ever understand true feelings? I’ve spent my whole life loving her, with no regrets. Whatever she wants to do, I’ll help her. Whoever she wants to protect, I’ll protect for her. My Yun Xi has carried too many heavy responsibilities. We truly loved each other—you don’t understand! This feeling, this love, will never die, never fade, never be abandoned."
"Then what about Cici? Why are you so good to Cici? Didn’t you always say the one you love is Yun Xi? Why are you so good to Cici?" Helen Jiang couldn’t help but scream.
"Because Cici is the one Yun Xi wanted to protect!" Eric Jiang smiled bitterly. "Yun Xi risked her life to protect Cici! How could I not care for her?"
"So if Cici asked you to die, would you die?" Helen Jiang continued to scream.
"Yes." Eric Jiang answered calmly.
"Ah!..." Helen Jiang suddenly covered her ears, screaming wildly. "I don’t want to hear! I don’t believe it!"
Cici, who was eavesdropping from afar, suddenly froze!
Eric Jiang, to himself...
"Cici came back this time with Yun Xi’s aura. No matter who you are, if you want to hurt me, go ahead. But I won’t let you hurt her, not even a little!" Eric Jiang gritted his teeth. "If you hurt her even a little, I’ll make you wish you were dead!"
Eric Jiang squeezed out these words through gritted teeth, full of hatred.
Three years ago, if it weren’t for his mistake, Cici wouldn’t have been hurt!
Now that Cici has returned, he will never let that mistake happen again!
"Eric Jiang, how dare you!" Helen Jiang screamed shrilly.
"Didn’t you say you liked me?" Eric Jiang’s voice was hoarse. "If you dare hurt her, I’ll die for you! I’ll make sure you never get me, not in this life, or the next, or the one after that! I’m serious!"
"Eric Jiang, stop holding back, you’ll die! I’m right here in front of you—why won’t you want me?" Helen Jiang saw Eric Jiang was on the verge of collapse from the drug’s effects and couldn’t help but rush forward to hug him.
Eric Jiang felt her clinging, disgusting body holding him and, with the last bit of his strength, shoved Helen Jiang away. "Don’t touch me. You’re filthy."
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Eric Jiang’s words were the last straw, completely crushing Helen Jiang’s remaining sanity.
"If you won’t have me, then go die!" Helen Jiang reached out and choked Eric Jiang by the neck.
Eric Jiang wasn’t usually this weak, but resisting the drug had already sapped all his strength.
Helen Jiang was choking him, and he couldn’t fight back at all!
Cici couldn’t wait any longer and rushed out.
Cici looked up and saw Helen Jiang, almost completely undressed, kneeling on the ground and strangling Eric Jiang.
Eric Jiang’s face was flushed, whether from the drug or from suffocation!
Cici didn’t hesitate. She grabbed a rock from the ground and smashed it hard against the back of Helen Jiang’s head!
Rona Muir, who had followed close behind, was almost startled out of her wits by Cici’s sudden burst of strength.
Helen Jiang never expected Cici to show up. Before she could react, Cici knocked her out cold with the rock!
Eric Jiang’s neck was suddenly freed, and he gulped down fresh air.
He slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Cici’s face.
Eric Jiang reached out with trembling fingers, gently stroking Cici’s cheek, his face full of guilt. "Yun Xi, I’m sorry. I didn’t protect your sister. I didn’t protect her! Yun Xi, are you here to take me away? Yun Xi, have you forgiven me?"
Cici was stunned, letting Eric Jiang’s long fingers brush her cheek, unable to say a word.
Rona Muir disdainfully kicked the naked Helen Jiang aside, then squatted next to Eric Jiang, waving her hand in front of his face. "Hey, Mr. Jiang, are you still conscious? The drug in your system has already dissipated, and I’ve called a doctor. But we can’t stay here—it’s bad for your reputation. We have to leave now. Hey, did you hear me?"
Eric Jiang slowly released his other hand. Both Cici and Rona Muir looked over, and were shocked as if struck by lightning!
His whole palm was a bloody mess!
In his palm was a shard of tile, slicing his hand open until it was all blood and flesh.
Was this how he managed to stay conscious?
"Yun Xi, I didn’t do anything to betray you. I didn’t..." Eric Jiang’s voice was tinged with aggrieved tears.
Cici’s eyes immediately turned red.
Suddenly, she felt jealous of her sister.
Her sister was so lucky.
Even though she died young, her lover never abandoned her.
Rona Muir sighed, "I’ll support him. Let’s get out of here quickly."
Cici nodded gently, and together with Rona Muir, they supported Eric Jiang and quickly left.
As for Helen Jiang, knocked out cold by Cici’s rock, someone else could deal with her later.
Rona Muir and Cici had barely moved Eric Jiang when the doctor arrived.
The doctor was shocked at Eric Jiang’s condition.
Cici instinctively asked, "Are you the Yin Family’s doctor?"
The doctor nodded immediately.
"Good. What happened today can’t get out, understand?" Cici said at once. "You were never here, and neither were we!"
The doctor nodded again.
Maybe Cici herself didn’t realize it, but her expression now was exactly the same as when Eric Jiang was set up by Helen Jiang three years ago.
The doctor was from the Yin Family, so he knew exactly what could and couldn’t be said.
After instructing the doctor, Cici suddenly gritted her teeth and grabbed Rona Muir. "I suddenly don’t want to let that woman off so easily! She actually... she actually..."
Eric Jiang said he would protect her for her sister.
Then this time, she would protect him for her sister!
Rona Muir’s eyes flashed with coldness. "What do you want to do? Whatever it is, I’ll support you!"
This really is fate!
Three years ago, Cici saved Eric Jiang.
Three years later, Cici saved him again.
But was the person who drugged Eric Jiang the same one as before?
Who exactly was that woman who looked so much like Cici?