Chapter 159 Reaching an Agreement

"You..."

Su Ziyan was completely stunned. She had never expected Chu Lingshuang to say something like that.

"Is liking someone not about trying to understand their past?"

She muttered the sentence aloud. If one doesn't even try to understand, how can it be considered liking someone at all?

"Of course I can understand his past, but compared to that—"

Chu Lingshuang's cold voice abruptly rang out. "No matter how much history you two share, that is already in the past. From now on, he will belong entirely to me alone, and I will not allow anyone to covet what is mine!"

Facing this domineering declaration, Su Ziyan suddenly smiled.

"My dear, you are still too young to understand the devastating power of a childhood sweetheart."

"Oh, is that so?"

Chu Lingshuang sneered. Staring fixedly at Su Ziyan, she mocked, "If he had fallen for you from the very beginning, how could he ever have fallen for someone else?"

At this simple remark, the image of Lin Feng's lips curving upward earlier when he heard Chu Lingshuang's jealous words flashed before her eyes. Su Ziyan's expression visibly stiffened.

But she quickly recovered and retorted, "He only lost his memories..."

As soon as the words left her mouth, her expression shifted dramatically as she looked straight into Chu Lingshuang's eyes. "Then have you ever considered what choice he will make if his memories return one day?"

It was obvious that the tightfisted Chu Lingshuang was clenching her fists.

With a grim and stubborn look, she said, "I don't care what he chooses; he is destined to be with me!"

"Really?"

Su Ziyan naturally caught sight of the slightly tightened fists at Chu Lingshuang's sides. Curling her lips, she said, "Then, Miss Chu, I need to make an agreement with you."

"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense!"

Too lazy to waste words and anxious about Lin Feng's condition—though she wasn't quite sure how he was doing, she felt an overwhelming sense of urgency—Chu Lingshuang dropped the remark and prepared to stand up.

"Don't be in such a hurry to refuse me."

Su Ziyan's voice chimed in. "I want to say that I allow you to pursue Lin Feng, but likewise, you cannot stop me from pursuing him either."

"I, Chu Lingshuang, have never needed anyone's permission to do anything!"

Chu Lingshuang was amused, a flash of cold ruthlessness sweeping across her proud face. Without another word, she turned to leave.

However, Su Ziyan was not about to let the opportunity slip away so easily. Hastily standing up with a beaming smile, she said, "Are you willing to disregard it even if he suffers harm when his memories are forcibly restored later?"

At her words, Chu Lingshuang paused and lowered the foot she had raised.

Can't this cheap woman ever say everything she has to say all at once?

Unable to bear it any longer, she turned back with crimson eyes.

Seeing Chu Lingshuang turn around, Su Ziyan declared with the air of a victor, "You also want to know who Lin Feng truly loves, don't you?"

Indeed.

Su Ziyan knew how to speak; a single sentence struck straight at Chu Lingshuang's heart.

Ever since her conversation with her father last night, she had spent a long time reflecting in her room. She did indeed have feelings for Lin Feng.

Yet Lin Feng remained as cold to her as ever, and whenever he faced her, his thoughts were still set on escape. Over these past many days, she had tried numerous methods.

Every time she used means to keep him by her side, although his outward behavior satisfied her to some extent, something vital was still missing.

Especially today, when Su Ziyan appeared—Lin Feng's eyes hadn't even held a trace of her.

That feeling terrified her. For so long, she had never truly obtained what she wanted most—

What on earth must she do to make him love her?

This question had haunted her like a nightmare throughout the entire night...

"I am a few years older than the two of you, so it's only right that I be more generous."

Su Ziyan's voice rang out, a gentle warmth washing over her face. "I don't think we should pressure A-Feng too much. We ought to leave him enough independent space to think. What do you think?"

Chu Lingshuang's first instinct was to refute these words.

Yet as the retort reached the tip of her tongue, her father's warning echoed in her mind.

Overly aggressive methods would only push him further away; she needed to learn how to respect him...

Biting her lip hard and remaining silent for a long time, Chu Lingshuang looked at Su Ziyan and said coldly, "State your plan."

Su Ziyan instantly broke into a wide smile. Raising her hands gently, she began counting on her fingers.

"How about we start today? I will stay at the Lin residence, and you can join me in pursuing Lin Feng. We can divide the schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays belong to you, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays belong to me, and as for weekends, we'll let Lin Feng make his own choice. How does that sound?!"

"Today is Wednesday. I'll make an excuse shortly to go out and chat with Grandpa Lin and the others, leaving space for the two of you."

Before Chu Lingshuang could respond, Su Ziyan added, "Of course, during this period, neither of you nor I are allowed to force ourselves on Lin Feng. Everything will depend entirely on his own choice."

Had it not been for that condition, Chu Lingshuang would never have agreed.

Yet now that Su Ziyan had voiced it—most importantly, despite her outward indifference, Chu Lingshuang truly harbored anxieties.

She worried that that sudden influx of memories might adversely affect Lin Feng's health.

Lin Feng must not come to any harm!

Pressing her lips tightly together, she glared fiercely at Su Ziyan with a cold and warning gaze. "If you dare bare your claws, I will cut them off with my own hands!"

With that, she didn't give Su Ziyan another chance to speak and walked away without looking back.

Chu Lingshuang's threat was no empty promise.

The malice in her tone genuinely frightened Su Ziyan.

Though she felt somewhat outdone in sheer aura, Su Ziyan was nonetheless thrilled.

By uttering those words, Chu Lingshuang had essentially agreed.

So what if she was a childhood sweetheart who appeared out of nowhere?

Ignoring her parents' objections, the moment she came of age, she left the island, used her connections to establish a company in the capital, all for the sake of this very moment with Lin Feng!

Lin Feng had been a ray of light during her life on the island. She believed that once his memories returned and he recalled their past together, he would surely turn back and fall in love with her!

No, he had to!

A possessive glint suddenly surfaced on Su Ziyan's usually gentle face. When his memories recovered, she would take him back to the island and spend the rest of their lives together.

...

"So I only spent a year at the orphanage..."

Inside the room, after the family physician finished examining Lin Feng and dismissed everyone else, he pulled the door shut, leaving Lin Feng with ample time to rest.

Ten minutes after the door closed, Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

With a knowing look, he raised his hand and stared intently at his palm.

He had known those dreams weren't mere premonitions, and Su Ziyan hadn't lied to him after all—he really had known her for a very long time.

Yet it wasn't at an orphanage, nor was it fabricated; he had indeed grown up within the Su family.

However, after his memory fracture, he only remembered the orphanage and the Xu family.

The only person capable of causing such a memory fracture was Lin De.

No wonder that day when he returned to the Lin residence, Jason had asked him to open the door, and that door had been rigged with electricity—it was nothing more than a test to see if he had regained his memories.

Memories could be tampered with.

As long as one deliberately reinforced certain memory anchors—for instance, up until today, he still believed he had fallen gravely ill at the orphanage, that a nurse had held him tightly while administering an IV, that he had tumbled and been rejected for adoption...

It seemed that whether Lin De was truly his grandfather was also open to question.

Lin Feng let out a cold laugh. What an elaborate game of chess!

Before he could sort through his thoughts, however, the heavy door was kicked open. Following closely behind came Yu Xueyan, carrying a medical kit, with Chu Yunran peering out nervously from behind her...