But the two maids were still not convinced. They believe that I was Nan Su and there was nothing to doubt.
I didn’t want to explain anymore. The more I explained, the more doubtful I became. Was I Nan?
Rationally speaking, I surely knew that’s impossible. If I were her, then Wenbei Su would have told me long ago and Jiye Su would have knew it and there would be no need to regard me as a goddaughter.
Moreover, Yang City and Hai City were so close to each other. If I were Nan, Su family would have called me back long ago. Would they just let their daughter struggle in Hai City? This was clearly illogical.
I didn’t want to hurt the feelings of the two maids by emphasizing that I was not Nan. I told them to take good care of themselves and that I would visit them often.
When I left, Aunt Meng walked me to the factory entrance, tearfully holding my hands and refusing to let me go. I was so touched that I gave her the bracelet and told her to take care.
“Miss Nan, you used to love my braised tofu so much. If you come to my house sometime, I’ll make it for you. We always see you as the princess. We are very happy to see you back and you must visit us often.” Aunt Meng was crying.
I was shocked, because I did love braised tofu! And I definitely didn’t mention this to them!
A thought crossed my mind- was I really the dead Nan? How could this be possible? How could I, an alive person, be a person that had passed away for years?
“By the way, Aunt Meng, which high school did Nan used to go to?”
“Yang City Fourth Middle School. Class A.” Aunt Meng answered without thinking.
“Okay, I got it. I’ll leave first. I’ll definitely come to see you guys again.” I waved at them and started the car.
…
When I was driving, Wenbei called me again. He wanted me to pick him up at the golf course and have dinner with his friends.
I looked at the time and it was only two o’clock in the afternoon. I said to him, “Won’t it be a little too early for dinner?”
He said, “It’s still early for dinner, but you can go to play cards and chat with my friends first.”
I thought that he was going to introduce me to some important guests, but I really wasn’t in the mood today. I simply said I didn’t want to go and he didn’t force me and tell me to go home early to rest.
I called Xuanlong Jiang again and he answered the phone quickly, “Nala, what’s up?”
“Xuanlong, I want to ask you something. I remember you checked out Nan before and at the time you found out that her real name was Lili Huang, right?”
Xuanlong kept silence for a while, “What? Why you talk about this again? Hasn’t it been a long time? Is Nan pestering Leon again?”
I said, “No. I just think about this, so I just ask you.”
“It’s been too long and I can’t remember it clearly. It seems like it’s Lili. Nala, it’s all the past, so just forget it.”
“You really misunderstand, Xuanlong. I don’t care about the past. This matter is a bit complicated to say, but it really has nothing to do with Leon. And it’s not because of emotional imbroglio.”
“Well, but I really don’t remember this. But Nan has a name called Lili, which I can be sure of that.” He said.
“Do you still remember where is Lili’s house?”
“I don’t remember this. Maybe in a county of Yang City, close to Yang City, less than 20 mlies.”
I said, “Okay. Thanks, Xuanlong.”
“If you need any help, just let me know. Don’t do it alone.” He told me.
“It’s really nothing. By the way, don’t tell Leon this, alright?”
“OK, no problem. But if there’s something tricky, tell me.” Xuanlong said.
After hanging up Xuanlong’ s phone, I took out my phone to look at the map. After glancing through it, there was only one county that was only 20 miles away from Yang City, easy to find.
I drove directly to that county, but when I arrived, I didn’t know where to go. Although I knew that Lili was in this county, a county was quite big. Where could I find her house? I hadn’t even fully worked out why I even wanted to go to her house.
After sitting there for a while, with no way to go, I called Mu Chen. I asked him if he could ask his cousin to check the address of Lili’s house for me. Mu didn’t even ask why I wanted to check someone else’s address and he just agreed.
After twenty minutes or so, Mu sent me an address. I found a parking lot to park my car and then took a taxi to go. The purpose of doing this was not to mess with Nan’s family. Otherwise, they might smash up my car.
When I found that address, I found that it was very remote, basically a suburb of the county. There was a large metal smelting factory next to it. Judging from the rusty gate, it should have been closed down for a long time.
There were a few old people gathering together to play chess and two old ladies chatting. I went over and asked the old lady if Lili’s house was around here.
The old lady didn’t know who she was, but she knew it after I showed her the picture. She said that this family didn’t live here anymore. After getting rich, they had moved out a long time ago. They now opened a big supermarket in the city, called Lyuhe Supermarket. She also gave the address to me.
So I took a taxi to the city and found the supermarket. It wasn’t really a very large supermarket, but it was really quite large for a county.
As a result, as soon as I entered the supermarket, I was about to ask about it when Nan Lin came up to me.
She was talking to a little girl as she walked. She didn’t even notice me, so I called her, but she didn’t respond. Then I called her ‘Lili’ and she just looked up at me.
At that moment, the expression on her face was surprisingly confusing. She didn’t seem to recognize me.
I couldn’t believe this. I had fought with her so many times and how could she not recognize me? Did she lose her memory like I did?
But the next second, she showed her panic, which meant she recognized me.
But I thought about it and I began to wonder. What did she have to panic about? It’s not like it’s the first time we met. And I knew that she still had some feelings for Leon. why was she panicking? How to explain her panic?
“What are you doing here?” Her face was sullen and the way she spoke was very unkind. She didn’t like that I came here to find her.
“Are you Nan Lin, or Lili?” I asked her directly.
Her expression changed again.