Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2683 - 2619: All About Xiao Qing

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Previously on Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s...
Jiang Shiheng seems to be recovering after the removal of the foreign object, recalling fragmented memories and a girl named Xiao Qing. Chiang Xiao recognizes the girl's name and its similarity to Chiang Qingzhu's. Jiang Shiheng, however, seems unable to fully recall Xiao Qing despite the familiarity. He continues to dream, reliving past conversations with Xiao Qing about getting lost and asking her to help his grandfather find him if he disappears.

"Sixth Brother, you always speak as if your dreams are infallibly accurate."

"Let’s just consider it a fun memory, shall we?"

"Very well. What is the name of that place again?"

"It’s called Peace Town, located in Siyang Village."

"Peace Town, Siyang Village. Sixth Brother, I shall engrave this firmly in my mind. However, when the time comes, I will seek you out myself. Sixth Brother, if you truly cannot find your way home, then I will come looking for you. I solemnly promise to bring you back myself."

No, please don’t come looking for him alone!

"Xiao Qing, absolutely not!"

"Dad!"

Chiang Xiao swiftly grasped his hand.

Jiang Shiheng’s consciousness gradually coalesced, and the individual before him became distinctly visible.

He exhaled a profound breath.

His returned grip on Chiang Xiao’s hand was firm.

"Little girl, I remember now. I truly remember."

"Xiao Qing?"

Jiang Shiheng sat upright, nodding, his eyes slightly moist.

Upon regaining his memory, he found it utterly bewildering why he had ever forgotten Xiao Qing. Such a thing should never have happened.

How could he possibly forget Xiao Qing?

"Xiao Qing, is she the one Fei Cui mentioned, who was for a mere half-year the Second Miss of the Lu Family?"

"Yes, that is indeed her."

Jiang Shiheng clutched Chiang Xiao’s hand tightly and queried, "Little girl, what exactly transpired? My memory insists that the person I was with in the cave was supposed to be Xiao Qing!"

Chiang Xiao was momentarily stunned.

What could this possibly signify?

"Within the cave on the Back Mountain of Siyang Village, I ought to have already spent two entire days with Xiao Qing. Even that fire was deliberately set with Xiao Qing’s assistance."

This… this revelation.

At this critical juncture, the father and daughter were too engrossed in the unfolding truth to feel any trace of embarrassment, even though that particular event ultimately led to Chiang Xiao’s very existence. It was far too paramount to both of them.

Chiang Xiao, without delay, revealed to him that Chen Zhu was not her biological mother.

Jiang Shiheng was rendered speechless for an extended period.

This particular revelation was excessively shocking for him to process.

Little girl was not the offspring of that woman?

Years ago, was it another woman who carried her towards Bai Gu Mountain?

"It must have been Xiao Qing," Jiang Shiheng stated, looking intently at Chiang Xiao, "Your mother is undoubtedly Xiao Qing, for prior to my encounter with Chen Zhu, I had already spent two days secluded with Xiao Qing in that very cave."

His recollections were progressively solidifying.

As he meticulously assembled the fragmented pieces of his past, he was swiftly able to ascertain the sequence of events.

He had not contracted a fever subsequent to meeting Chen Zhu; rather, he had been suffering from a persistent fever during those two days.

It was Xiao Qing who discovered him and remained by his side in the cave.

During the first night, while seeking mutual warmth, they had lost their restraint and partaken in the forbidden fruit of intimacy.

Subsequently, his fever returned with renewed intensity, and Xiao Qing declared she would procure medicine for him, instructing him to patiently await her return in the cave.

It was then that Chen Zhu forcefully entered.

While delirious from his fever, Chen Zhu enticed him; he was already in a state of confusion when she proclaimed, "My name is Qing…"

Qing of what, he could not discern clearly.

Xiao Qing?

It simply had to be Xiao Qing.

Concerning Xiao Qing, although not all his memories had yet returned, he possessed an instinctive trust in her.

Furthermore, having already been intimately entwined with Xiao Qing the previous night, he was sufficiently familiar with her for the subsequent encounter with Chen Zhu to occur naturally.

Upon awakening, Xiao Qing reappeared, swiftly escorting him away from the cave.

For reasons unknown, he later forgot about Xiao Qing, who had been there first, only retaining the memory of Chiang Qingzhu, who had barged into the cave.

This oversight consequently resulted in such a grave misstep.

He felt as though the heavens themselves were playing a cruel jest upon him.