As expected, Eric said, "Rachel, I have something to deal with tonight, so I will be back home late. My
mom needs some medicine for her stomach so..."
He deliberately paused as if expecting Rachel to say something. She understood his purpose, so she
asked, "What is her medicine? I'll buy it from the pharmacy and bring it to her."
Since Linda had to take her medicine at lunchtime, Rachel took a taxi to Eric's house during her lunch
break. As soon as she entered the community, she saw a man who looked familiar to her.
She tried to recall in her memory who that man was. After taking a few more steps, she thought, 'Is that
Kale?
Why is he here? Does he also live here?'
She was lost in thought when she suddenly heard Linda's voice. "Rachel?"
When she saw Linda walking towards her, Rachel composed herself. Seeing her holding a purse, she
asked with a smile, "Aunt Linda, where are you going?"
"I run out of medicine, so I'll go to the pharmacy while the rain has stopped." Linda pointed to the
pharmacy across the gate of the community.
Rachel raised the paper bag in her hand and slightly shook it. "You don't need to go to the pharmacy
anymore. Eric called me and asked me to bring your medicine here."
Linda nodded and ushered her back to Eric's apartment. Rachel looked back to check if Kale was still
there, and she saw him getting in a taxi. When they were in the living room, she asked curiously, "Aunt
Linda, did Kale come to visit you just now?"
"Yes." The smile on Linda's face dissipated as she continued, "He came to apologize to me. He also
told me many things about us in the past, but sadly, I can't remember any of them."
She knocked her head with her clenched fist several times.
Rachel noticed that she was hitting her head forcefully,
so she stopped her at once. "Aunt Linda, even if you break your head, you still won't remember
anything."
"You are right," Linda agreed and lowered her gaze sadly. She poured tea to Rachel's teacup and
motioned her to drink.
Since Linda came back, Rachel had never seen her this sad before, so she couldn't help regretting that
she asked such a question. She was about to say something to divert her attention, when Linda
grabbed her hands and rolled down on the floor while shouting, "Rachel, my head hurts!"
When Rachel put down the teacup in her hand, she couldn't hear Linda's voice anymore.
Linda was already lying on the floor, unconscious.
With trembling hands, Rachel took out her phone and called an ambulance. She then calmed herself
down and checked Linda's condition. By the time the ambulance arrived, she had regained her
composure.
Two hours later, Jack received the news and rushed to the hospital. He found Rachel sitting outside the
emergency room. Touching her cold hands, he frowned and said, "Another doctor is in charge here.
Why don't you go to your office?"
"I'm worried about her," she replied anxiously. The toughness she had put on earlier had vanished as
soon as she saw Jack.
She leaned against his chest while her shoulders were still trembling slightly.
Jack didn't say anything more but just caressed her back tenderly.
About half an hour later, a nurse came out and said politely, "Rachel, your aunt is awake now. You can
go inside to see her."
"Okay, thank you." Rachel then walked to the emergency room with Jack.
Linda sat on her bed. She looked normal except for her pale face. Seeing Rachel, she looked at the
intravenous drip injected to her and complained, "I'm fine now. Why do they have to put this on me?"
Rachel looked at the medical chart beside her first before she explained, "This is vitamin infusion to
give you some supplement. You are too weak now."
The doctor had also checked the CT scan result and didn't see any problem with it. So Rachel
hesitated for a moment and asked, "Aunt Linda, why did you collapse?"
"I don't know." Linda rubbed her temples. "I tried to recall what Kale had told me and I seemed to
remember a little bit. But when I continued to think more, my head suddenly ached."
"What did he say to you?" Jack butted in.
There was a flicker of anxiety in his eyes. Rachel also noticed it but she thought he was only worried
about her aunt, so she didn't think about it too much. She stood aside to listen to Linda.
According to Linda, Kale came to remind her about their past.
He started telling her the story back when they were still in high school. Linda and Kale were
classmates. She sat in the front row while he sat at the back. At first, they seemed to dislike each other,
but as time passed, they gradually fell in love with each other.
However, there was a huge gap between them. At that time, the Shen family was in high society in
Ninwell City while Kale was an orphan. Naturally, they would not accept a poor boy like him.
Thus, the two of them were forced to break up.
But since Linda was known for being obstinate, she didn't let her family control her. She even agreed to
elope with Kale. But on the day that they were about to run away, she received the news that he
suddenly got married.
Rachel couldn't help but sigh upon hearing Linda's story. She never thought that her aunt had been
through a lot. But as Linda was telling the story, she was already emotionless. It was as if she was
talking about someone else's past.
Jack's eyebrows were tightly drawn together. The expression on his face looked serious.
Linda sighed as she recalled Kale's remorseful look while telling her that story. She then continued,
"That woman we met yesterday was his current wife. At that time, her family was also wealthy, and she
was the only daughter. But then they went bankrupt, and she had many poor relatives to support."
"Are those people her relatives?"
"Yes." Linda said so much in one breath, so she got tired. There was a trace of fatigue on her face as
she yawned. Seeing this, Jack helped her lay down on the bed.
Rachel pulled the quilt for her and said, "Aunt Linda, have some rest now."
Jack patted Rachel's shoulder and said lightly, "I'll go talk to the doctor about her situation."
While on his way to the doctor's office, he felt a little uneasy. He thought, 'Linda said that she
remembered something. Is she starting to regain her memory? And how about those things that
happened between the Fu family and the Shen family?'
Rachel had been sitting for a while in the emergency room when she felt the need to go to the
bathroom. As soon as she came out, she saw Jack standing in a corner with his head down. He was
smoking.
There were already five cigarette butts on the floor.
"Have you talked to the doctor? What did he say about Aunt Linda's condition?" she asked as she
walked towards him.
Jack was a bit startled when he heard her voice, but he immediately came back to his senses. He
stubbed out the cigarette in his hand and said with a smile, "He said she's okay. She can go home after
the infusion."
The confusion in her eyes disappeared as she said, "Okay. I'll go to the bathroom first. Wait for me
inside."
Before she entered the bathroom, she turned around and saw Jack lit another cigarette. From the way
he looked, she could say that he was anxious and uneasy. However, she couldn't figure out why he
was acting that way.
Linda stayed at home for two days to rest. She hadn't felt the headache again, but she couldn't
remember those things she remembered a few days ago anymore.
Because of this, Jack couldn't help feeling happy.
Right now, he was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen, happily humming some songs from time to
time.
Rachel was about to enter the kitchen when she heard him. Leaning against the kitchen door, she
crossed her arms over her chest and asked with a raised eyebrow, "Why are you so happy today? Two
days ago, you seemed to be in a bad mood."
"Nothing."
He coughed slightly and put down the knife in his hand. He then grabbed her and kissed her lips gently.
"Now that your aunt's condition has stabilized, let's invite her for dinner tomorrow. It's time for her to
meet Dad and Mom and discuss our wedding."
He couldn't wait any longer. He urgently needed their marriage licenses to be registered to seal their
relationship.
The next day, the Fu family residence that had always been quiet became so lively.
Jonathan was holding the painting that Eric gave to him just now as a present. He looked at it carefully
and said, "Eric, where did you get this painting? This is an original masterpiece, but the painter had
already stopped painting twenty years ago."
"Uncle Jonathan, you are indeed an expert when it comes to paintings!" Eric praised Jonathan. He was
also proud of himself for obtaining an original painting of a retired painter.
On the other hand, Tracy seemed to be at a loss. She took an apple from the fruit tray and handed it to
Linda, but the latter refused. "I don't want that."
"How about an orange?" She immediately put back the apple and picked up an orange.
However, Linda still refused. She replied, "My skin turns yellow every time I eat oranges, that's why I
stopped eating them for a long time now."
Tracy's face darkened at once. She had never been treated like this before. But when she remembered
the past, she suppressed her annoyance and asked with a smile, "What do you want to eat then?"
Linda held her hand and smiled. "I'm not here for fruits. Let's just talk about Jack and Rachel's
wedding."
"Oh, yes. I almost forgot." Tracy felt embarrassed, but her grin widened.
Although she was a little uneasy about the couple's remarriage, she couldn't say anything against it
since Jonathan had already agreed.
Jack and Rachel were sitting on a stone bench in the yard. He was busy with the documents in his
hand while she was slightly flipping through the magazine.
For her, magazines didn't have any substantial content, so she was not into reading them. But now, she
thought that this was much better than listening to the elders inside the house.
He put down the documents and turned to face her. Seeing that she was reading the magazine
uninterestingly, he smiled and asked, "Are you not curious about how they are going to arrange our
wedding?"
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