Rumor has it that the young master has a hidden illness

"My Lulu is playing hard to get? Are you kidding me? Do you know that men who want to marry her are lined up all the way to France? I suppose this gentleman is attracted to my Lulu, right? Some women are really something, they can't control their own men, so they try to pick on outstanding women. They're a disgrace to women!" Qin Duanduan retorted first.

"Me? Me, trying to scam you? Who are you? Do you have the right to talk to me?" Lan Jiuyue said angrily.

Qin Duanduan raised her chin, "Did I talk to you? Don't embarrass yourself!"

Lin Lulu looked at Qin Duanduan and felt a warmth in her heart that someone was standing by her side to stand up for her at this time.

"Duanduan," Lin Lulu said softly, "Never mind, we're here to do serious business."

Jing Sichen looked at Lin Lulu. He felt that this woman looked familiar, but he clearly had never seen her before.

Especially when her gaze fell upon him, the faint sorrow, resentment, helplessness, confusion, and grievance in her eyes made his heart feel as if it were being squeezed, causing him unbearable pain.

He longed to hold her in his arms and shield her from all storms.

This was a feeling he had never experienced with any other woman.

Even Lan Jiuyue.

Although she is his fiancée in name only, they have no feelings for each other, and he has not yet said he will marry her.

This was just a celebration between the elders of both families.

"Right! Let's get down to business!" Qin Duanduan said. "Has Lan Ye arrived yet? Hasn't anyone introduced him?"

Lin Lulu shook her head, pulled Qin Duanduan's hand away from Jing Sichen and Lan Jiuyue, and searched for Lan Ye's figure in the crowd.

"Looking for Lan Ye?" Jing Sichen's voice rang out at this moment. "Unfortunately, it's me."

Upon hearing Jing Sichen's voice, Lin Lulu paused, turned to look at him, and asked in a shaky voice, "Are you Lan Ye?"

Jing Sichen nodded. "You have doubts?"

"Have you ever... suffered from amnesia?" Lin Lulu asked.

"No," Jing Sichen answered firmly, "I have all my memories from childhood to adulthood!"

"Really?" Lin Lulu asked incredulously. "You didn't... suffer from amnesia?"

He is clearly Jing Sichen!

He looks almost exactly like Jing Sichen!

How could it not be Jing Sichen?

Lin Lulu shook her head, "You're lying! You're lying!"

"Miss Lin," Jing Sichen stepped forward, "Do you intend to confirm with my family? Or should I bring my childhood friends to confront you?"

Lin Lulu took a step back.

Jing Sichen's words at that moment were so heartless, as if they were destroying the last glimmer of hope in her heart.

"Am I similar to the person you're looking for?" Jing Sichen asked. "Is he important to you?"

Lin Lulu looked at Jing Sichen, taking in every detail of his face clearly.

He said he had never suffered from amnesia.

Is it possible that there are two people in the world who look so alike?

She doesn't believe it.

However, no matter how much she disbelieved it, she had to accept the fact that he had just said it.

"It doesn't matter anymore." She turned around, dejected. "Since he thinks it's unimportant, then... it's not important at all."

"Lulu!" Qin Duanduan quickly caught up. "How are you? Are you alright? This is Lan Ye. Shall we still discuss our cooperation?"

"Next time," Lin Lulu shook her head. "I can't bear to look at him again right now. Duanduan, do you really think there's someone who looks so much like him?"

"I don't know," Qin Duanduan answered honestly. "This matter of yours is indeed quite troublesome."

Lin Lulu gave a wry smile.

Yes!

Who could be as unlucky as her to encounter something like this?

Suddenly everything went black; she didn't even have the strength to walk and collapsed from the banquet floor...

When Lin Lulu woke up, Qin Duanduan stayed by her side, constantly wiping her hands and forehead with a towel.

"What's wrong with me?" Lin Lulu asked.

"She has a fever," Qin Duanduan said. "It's quite high; she needs to be hospitalized."

"This body of mine..." Lin Lulu sighed, "It seems to be getting worse and worse. Duanduan, I think I might have a short lifespan. I probably won't live much longer."

"Pah! Pah! Pah! What nonsense are you talking about!" Qin Duanduan quickly covered Lin Lulu's mouth. "You're perfectly fine! You still have a bright future ahead of you, don't curse yourself!"

Lin Lulu smiled. The door to the ward opened at that moment, and when she saw the person who came in, an uncontrollable surge of joy welled up in her eyes, but it dissipated after she regained consciousness.

It is Jing Sichen.

Or rather, it's Blue Night.

She couldn't tell the difference between the two of them for the time being.

"Are you alright?" Jing Sichen approached her. "After all, this is a banquet I hosted. Since something happened to you at my banquet, it's only right and proper that I come to see you."

"It's alright now." Lin Lulu sat up from the hospital bed. "Thank you for coming to see me, but this has nothing to do with you. Don't worry, I won't hold a grudge against your Lan family."

"You're talking to me like that?" Jing Sichen raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say I was someone you cared about? If that's the case, shouldn't you be more polite when you see me? Instead, you're acting like you're trying to drive me away! At least you came all this way to ask me for cooperation!"

"I've also inquired about Lan Ye, and I heard he's a person who clearly distinguishes between public and private matters. What? Just because I want to cooperate with you, does that mean I have to be inferior to you? You even used the word 'beg'? My Jing family is a well-known name in the business world. This cooperation with the Lan family is a win-win situation, not me begging you! Cough—cough cough cough—" Lin Lulu coughed incessantly as she spoke angrily.

Qin Duanduan glared at Lan Ye, "Given Mr. Lan's attitude, it seems there's no need for us to discuss cooperation!"

Jing Sichen looked at Lin Lulu, whose face was pale, but when she spoke, she never let anyone overpower her in terms of aura.

He was genuinely curious about this woman.

"You've come all this way, you're not just going to leave on a whim, are you?" Jing Sichen asked. "Lin Lulu, we're here for a meeting now. How about you convince me to cooperate with you? After all, many large companies want to cooperate with us, you need to give me a reason why you're indispensable."

"Are you out of your mind? She's sick right now!" Qin Duanduan said angrily.

"Duanduan," Lin Lulu said softly, "you can go out now."

"Can……"

Lin Lulu nodded gently, and Qin Duanduan could only leave first.

Only Lin Lulu and Jing Sichen remained in the ward.

Jing Sichen walked to the bedside, took the towel that Qin Duanduan had placed beside him, wrung it out, and placed it on Lin Lulu's forehead.

"Is it because you're not used to the new environment that you're sick?" Jing Sichen asked.

Lin Lulu turned her head away. "Thank you for your concern. But we're not close enough for you to take care of me."

"I brought you to the hospital," Jing Sichen said. "You fainted, and I carried you here. Just now, I went to complete the admission procedures. And you didn't even say thank you?"

Lin Lulu looked at Jing Sichen, wondering if he was pretending to have amnesia.

After all, he had lied to her more than once or twice.

However, the coldness in his eyes always made her feel that this was strange.

She needs to investigate the specific reasons before she can draw a conclusion.

"Thank you," she said softly.

His breathing became heavier.

Hearing those two words from her, it was as if he had come here specifically for those two words.

What attracted him was clearly her as a person.

"Don't you have anything else you want to ask me?" Jing Sichen asked. "Shouldn't you be very curious about me?"

"Mr. Lan," Lin Lulu sneered, "is this a matter of differences between Eastern and Western education? You have a beautiful fiancée, yet you come to me looking so interested? What kind of situation are you trying to put me in?"

"You are indeed different," Jing Sichen said. "If I didn't have all my previous memories, I would almost have thought that I had really lost my memory and just didn't remember you."

She glanced at him and said, "If you want to know if you are him, I have many ways to prove it."

Jing Sichen: "I am not him."

It was a very confident tone.

Lin Lulu gave a bitter smile. "Given the current situation, even if I could prove it, I don't want to. Mr. Lan, I'll leave all the cooperation matters with my secretary. If you're interested, take a look! If you think our Jing family isn't qualified, then I have nothing more to say. I'm sick right now, so I won't discuss it with you any further."

Jing Sichen: "I can wait until you get better."

Lin Lulu: "I won't get better."

Jing Sichen: "Then I'll take care of you until you're better."

Lin Lulu frowned, but he gave her a faint smile and said, "Don't misunderstand. I will invite the best doctors to treat you. I believe you will recover soon."

Seeing that smile, Lin Lulu's hardened heart softened completely.

She couldn't bring herself to push him away.

He is clearly Jing Sichen!

"Could you... show me your chest?" Lin Lulu asked. "Or, could you just tell me if there's a knife scar on your chest?"

"If I'm not the person you're looking for, will you have absolutely no interest in me?" Jing Sichen asked.

Lin Lulu was stunned.

She hadn't expected him to ask her that question.

"Then you'd better recover quickly, and then prove with your strength that your Jing family is a partner that can rival my Lan family," Jing Sichen said. "At that time, I will let you know whether I have a scar on my chest or not."

"you!"

"Ms. Lin, I am very interested in you, but even before meeting you, I was already drawn to the rumors surrounding you. This doesn't mean anything, and you don't need to doubt my character," Jing Sichen said. "When I want to cooperate with a company, the first thing I need to understand is what kind of leader they have. This determines many things I need to do. Therefore, the key to cooperation is you, not the Jing Group."

"What do you want me to do?" Lin Lulu asked.

"I want to see your strength," Jing Sichen said in a deep voice. "Your true strength."

Lin Lulu nodded. "Please take a look at the documents my assistant has when you have time. After you've looked at them, we can have a short meeting. I think I won't let you down."

"Okay." He looked at her one last time, "I'll wait for you."