The younger sister pretends to be hypnotized, and her older brother gets addicted.

"Yangyang is your sister-in-law."

Jiang Yanci's voice fell from above, making a commotion on the surface of the pool.

Jiang Zhuo's ears rang, as if he had been slapped in the face.

He stared at Jiang Yanci for several seconds, his lips moved slightly, and he squeezed out a dry, cracked syllable, "Sister-in-law?"

"Um."

"Say that again!"

Jiang Yanci met his gaze and did not back down. "Yangyang is my wife. We are already married."

Jiang Zhuo stood by the pool, the sun making his hair hot, but his blood seemed frozen.

Jiang Zhuo's eyes were bloodshot and his face was deathly pale, like a stray dog.

We can't provoke him any further.

Ruan Yang whispered, "Let's go."

Jiang Yanci had known all along that this day would come.

He doesn't like to run away from problems.

He gently pulled the towel around Ruan Yang's shoulders and coaxed her softly, "Sweetie, go back first and take a hot bath."

"But you..."

Looking into her worried, watery eyes, Jiang Yanci kissed her forehead. "I'm fine, don't worry."

This scene deeply agitated Jiang Zhuo.

His older brother and his fiancée were kissing right in front of him, their gazes fixed on each other, unable to see anyone else.

More details came to mind.

Inside the old house's study, Ruan Yang softly sobbed.

He thought his older brother was helping him recover Ruan Yang's memories, but Ruan Yang's eyes were red, she was trembling, and she could only stand up by supporting herself on the table, and the room was filled with a strong, damp scent of gardenias.

It doesn't seem like hypnosis at all.

It's more like the end of a romantic affair.

There was also the suspicious lipstick color on the older brother's lips in the car at the resort.

At the time, my older brother said it was my sister-in-law's lipstick.

He naively thought it was a gift from his sister-in-law.

Now, recalling Ruan Yang's bright red ears in the passenger seat, I understand completely.

That was from when the two of them kissed.

Such a rich color could not have been achieved with a mere touch; it was the result of an intense, rubbing motion on the lips to achieve that deep crimson hue.

His elder brother and Yangyang were getting intimate right under his nose, and he was completely unaware!

What do you take him for?

Am I stupid?

"Bang—"

With his emotions building to their peak, Jiang Zhuo suddenly swung his fist and punched his most respected elder brother.

Jiang Yanci pulled Ruan Yang behind him, steadily raised his hand, and easily blocked his attack with his palm.

"Xiao Zhuo, are you sure you want to fight in front of Yang Yang? You can't beat me. Even if I let you win, Yang Yang will only feel more sorry for me."

To kill someone is to destroy their spirit.

Jiang Zhuo gritted his teeth, "That's because you hypnotized her. She loves me. You coveted her and made her forget me! Jiang Yanci, I've always treated you like an older brother and trusted you so much, yet you've been eyeing my girlfriend all this time!"

"Was it me?" Jiang Yanci's voice turned cold. "Who begged me to hypnotize Yangyang and make her forget you?"

Jiang Zhuo choked up.

"...I just want her to forget about me for a month!"

Jiang Yanci said in a deep voice, "Whether it's a day or a month, from the moment you asked me to hypnotize Yangyang to forget you so you could be with another woman, you no longer deserve to be liked by Yangyang."

"No!"

No bad person thinks they are bad, and no one who has done something wrong will immediately blame themselves.

That means they not only made a mistake, but they were also stupid.

Jiang Zhuo's bloodshot eyes turned to Jiang Yanci. "When did your feelings for Ruan Yang begin?"

Jiang Yanci turned his head and looked at Ruan Yang, who hadn't gone far yet. He only spoke after that figure disappeared from sight.

"A long time ago, before you two were dating. Later, after you got together, I voluntarily went abroad."

"Then why did you come back?"

"I'm coming back for your wedding."

"Then why did you interfere in my relationship with her?"

"But I saw that you weren't good to her. At first, I thought about finding Yangyang a better husband. But after searching around, I realized why I couldn't be her husband; she loves me too."

Jiang Yanci spoke calmly.

Without a care in the world, she dissected her younger brother's inner thoughts.

"No, that's not true!" Jiang Zhuo gritted her teeth. "She doesn't love you! You hypnotized her!"

"She loves me." Jiang Yanci recalled the moment the chandelier fell and said with certainty, "Yangyang almost got hit herself while trying to save me. At that moment, I knew for sure that she loved me too."

"Whether it's love for an older brother or love for a man, it's still love."

That's enough.

He recalled and refuted Jiang Zhuo's words.

In Jiang Zhuo's eyes, his elder brother at this moment was like a third party who had successfully taken over the wife's position, showing off triumphantly in front of the original wife.

crazy.

My brother must have gone mad.

Jiang Zhuo's gaze was icy. "Big brother, do you know, Mother once said you were a monster, and I didn't believe it. Now I know, you are a cold-blooded monster!"

Jiang Yanci's expression was indifferent.

He knew that his mother had been greatly traumatized after seeing him instigate murder and had undergone a period of psychological treatment.

She told the doctor, "He's not my son, he's a monster."

Jiang Zhuo gritted her teeth, "I'm going to find Mother. She definitely won't let you mess around like this!"

Jiang Zhuo, in a state of agitation, went to Yao Jinzhi's company.

*

In her office, Yao Jinzhi was planning a salon event to invite wealthy women from Beijing and Hong Kong to participate.

However, the relationships between the wives still need to be sorted out, and seating arrangements should avoid creating enemies.

She closed her eyes to rest, while a hand gently massaged her temples.

When I opened my eyes, I saw my assistant, Cui Heng.

"Mr. Yao, you've been working all morning, it's time for a rest."

Cui Heng was a poor student she and her husband sponsored twenty years ago. He had excellent grades and went to Wall Street after graduation. He returned to China at the age of thirty-five and became her deputy.

Over the years, he has helped her a lot.

The two were eight years apart in age, but when Yao Jinzhi first met him, he was only fifteen years old, thin and small.

Yan Ci was already three years old at the time, so she always treated him like a child.

Thank you.

"Buzzing—"

The cell phone rang.

The phone rang, and Jiang Zhuo's voice came through: "Mom, do you know what my older brother did?"

Yao Jinzhi: "You knew everything?"

Jiang Zhuo paused, "What?"

Yao Jinzhi closed her eyes, leaned back in her chair, and let Cui Heng massage her temples.

She didn't know how to tell Jiang Zhuo.

But ever since she heard Jiang Zhuo say that she didn't like Ruan Yang, she felt relieved.

"Xiao Zhuo, I overheard you telling Ming Sao and the others that you don't like Yang Yang and only married her to repay a life debt. That's not fair to Yang Yang."

"Your older brother likes Yangyang, and Yangyang depends on him. It's good for everyone if they're together."

"And I also saw the video of you and Qiao Lingling. Although I haven't met that child yet, you're an adult now, and whatever you do, Mom won't object."

"So you already knew?"

Ms. Yao paused, realizing that Jiang Zhuo's tone was off.

This tone... doesn't sound like someone who knows they don't have to marry someone they don't like; instead, it sounds like they're blaming her for not telling them.

"Bang!" Just then, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

Jiang Zhuo stormed in, furious.

Before he could even question his mother about why she had helped his older brother take Yangyang away, he was already in the middle of the night.

Then I saw Cui Heng rubbing his mother's eyebrows.

Cui Heng is 38 years old this year. He spent his early years on Wall Street and is no longer the poor man he once was. Now he holds shares in several technology companies, and he is only helping his mother out of gratitude.

With money and leisure time, he was exceptionally well-off, and his sharp suit further accentuated his gentle and refined demeanor.

My mother was a famous beauty in Beijing and Hong Kong in her early years, and she has not aged at all over the years. She still has a slender waist and thin back, and there are no wrinkles on her face.

She looks even younger than Cui Heng.

"Mom, you and Teacher Cui..."

Cui Heng was Jiang Zhuo's mentor, and Jiang Zhuo respected him as much as he respected his elder brother.

But now, the two people he respected most have gone from having his fiancée stolen to having an ambiguous relationship with his mother.

Jiang Zhuo's head was buzzing, and he roared, "Mom, how can you do this to Dad?"

Yao Jinzhi's expression froze. "What did you say?"

"Xiao Zhuo, you've misunderstood," Cui Heng explained. "There's nothing between your mother and me."

Jiang Zhuo didn't believe a single word.

Within just 24 hours, he was betrayed by friendship, love, and family.

In an instant, all sorts of emotions rushed to my mind.

He's going to see Dr. Song!

Dr. Song is a PhD in psychology from Oxford University; he must have a way to help Yangyang recover her memories.