You, the People of the Anshi Family

Seeing the two fishes staring straight at him, Ye Shuang glanced once more at the Bai Yuyou scarf he had originally tied around his neck. After thinking for a few seconds, he finally chose to wrap the purple-and-black scarf in his hands around his neck as well.

Wearing two scarves at once made Ye Shuang realize what it meant to be wrapped in warmth. He even felt a little as though he were being strangled.

“Aren’t you hot?” An Shiyu asked after seeing Ye Shuang tie both scarves around his neck. She propped her cheek up with one hand while taking noisy sips from her milk tea with the other.

“I’m fine. It’s pretty cold today.” Ye Shuang chose to steer around the subject. He knew perfectly well that An Shiyu was only asking about his feelings on purpose.

“Pfft.” An Shiyu turned her head away.

“What are you laughing at?”

“Nothing. You must have seen wrong.” An Shiyu spoke with an expressionless face. “You must be getting old. Your ears are starting to malfunction.”

“Am I really that old?!”

“A cooked duck is hard everywhere except in the mouth,” Anshi Yi said from the side, folding her arms.

Then the girl added, “Oh, maybe there’s another place that’s hard, too. I wonder where that could be?”

Ye Shuang: “…”

Did something just run over my face?

Ye Shuang didn’t dwell on it, however. Looking at the two fishes beside him, he asked, “What are you two planning to do today? Are you just going to stay here the whole time?”

“We could get a room.”

“Something besides that?”

“Outside? Uncle, you’re into some pretty wild stuff. We might not be able to handle it.”

“Outside wouldn’t be impossible.”

After seeing the two fishes spouting nonsense, Ye Shuang helplessly rubbed his brow and could only say, “If you two don’t have any plans, then I’m going to leave, okay?”

Hearing that, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi exchanged a glance.

“I see…”

“Take us out to eat?”

“Eat?” Ye Shuang was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the time. It was still quite a while before dinner. Could it be that these two hadn’t eaten lunch? That seemed unlikely, considering they had already been stuffing themselves with desserts here.

Just as Ye Shuang was thinking this, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi stood up. An Shiyu even added, “Let’s go, Uncle.”

“Remember to pay the bill.”

Ye Shuang: “…”

So you two haven’t paid yet?

…

As he followed the two fishes around, Ye Shuang had initially been walking behind them. But as they continued on, the two fishes gradually moved to either side of him, and in the end, they simply linked arms with him.

Ye Shuang had originally wanted to say something, but ultimately said nothing at all.

“What’s wrong? Are you disappointed that you don’t have a pair of slimes squeezing you?” Anshi Yi suddenly asked.

“So that’s not the reason at all, is it?” Ye Shuang said helplessly.

“True. After all, there are already two big ones at home.”

“Xiaoyi, can you be serious for once?”

Come to think of it, Ye Shuang hadn’t seen Anshi Yi with short hair in a very long time. Ever since she had paid the price, Anshi Yi had kept her hair long. The few times Ye Shuang had seen her short-haired appearance had only been in photographs. Since he had no memories, he could only assume that Anshi Yi looked exactly like An Shiyu with short hair.

Using one’s memories as the price—could that be considered an equivalent exchange?

Ye Shuang didn’t know. But a person’s feelings toward another person were, in their entirety, a collection of memories.

And the one fortunate thing amid all this misfortune was that at least one side still remembered everything that had happened. If the system’s price had been for both sides to lose their memories together, perhaps that would have been what true cruelty looked like.

He only hoped he wouldn’t have to use the system’s price again in the future.

Ye Shuang thought to himself.

But perhaps the more one feared something, the more likely it was to happen.

After the three of them wandered around for a while, Ye Shuang began to feel a little overheated. The commercial center already had the air conditioning on, and on top of that, he was wearing two scarves. It really was getting too warm.

After walking around for a while longer, An Shiyu finally found a restaurant that looked fairly decent and walked inside.

The trio attracted quite a few gazes. After all, the way they walked together like conjoined triplets led many onlookers to start guessing at Ye Shuang’s relationship with the two fishes.

They’re probably siblings, right?

Most likely.

Ye Shuang was already used to the attention. After sitting down with the two fishes, he took off his scarves.

“The restaurant’s heating is pretty strong.”

He folded both scarves neatly and placed them in a paper bag beside him. Ye Shuang then reached out and rubbed his neck. Even in winter, he had worked up a slight sweat.

“Here.” Someone held out a handkerchief to him. Ye Shuang glanced over and saw that it was Anshi Yi.

“Ah, thanks.” Ye Shuang wiped his neck, then asked, “Are you sure? Isn’t this your handkerchief?”

“Oh, I use it to wipe my ass.”

“What?!”

“I’m kidding.”

“I forgot to give this to you.” An Shiyu, sitting beside Anshi Yi, seemed to remember something. She took a sealed document from a bag nearby.

“What’s that?” Ye Shuang glanced at it. There was no information written on the outside, so he had no idea what was inside.

“It’s from Grandpa. I don’t know either.”

“Grandpa… Grandpa An Shi?” Ye Shuang paused. He suddenly realized that this might have something to do with Jin Sha. After his confession last time, the An family had begun investigating Jin Sha’s affairs.

Since Grandpa An Shi had given him this document, they had probably found some results, hadn’t they?

Although Ye Shuang didn’t know why Grandpa An Shi hadn’t told him in person, he still accepted the document and carefully put it away.

Only after doing all that did Ye Shuang ask An Shiyu and Anshi Yi, “All right, what do you two want to eat?”

“Anything is fine,” An Shiyu said.

“Anything? Weren’t you two hungry?” Ye Shuang asked while picking up the menu from the table.

“Uncle can be pretty dense sometimes,” Anshi Yi suddenly remarked as she stretched her arms across the table. “Heave-ho.”

“…”

Ye Shuang was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t say anything. After ordering several dishes, he asked the two fishes what they wanted to eat.

“Stir-fried Uncle.”

“That isn’t on the menu.”

“What about in the future?”

“…”

Ye Shuang was silent for a moment before saying, “I don’t know.”

“True. What if you stir-fry him until he cries?”

“So that’s not what this is about at all, okay?”

…

After eating and wandering around for a while longer, the two fishes ran off to play, while Ye Shuang returned to his car.

Looking at the document envelope in his hands, he fell into thought.

Since it concerned Jin Sha, Ye Shuang still took a deep breath before opening the envelope and removing the papers inside.

【Marriage Registration Form】

P.S.: I’m counting on you to look after them, kid.

Ye Shuang pressed a hand to his forehead and sank into deep thought.

You people from the An family…