Chapter 139: Ye Yaoyao Loses Her Memory

The butler opened the bag, exposing the stacks of red banknotes inside.

The moment she saw the money, Yu Qingqing’s eyes lit up.

She had come to make a scene today precisely for money.

Ye Yaoyao had seen right through her; she had never had any intention of going to prison for anyone.

"If I take the money, can I really leave?" Yu Qingqing asked rhetorically.

"Of course. Driving someone into a corner does no good," Ye Yaoyao nodded.

"I’ll trust you this once."

Yu Qingqing looked at Ye Yaoyao. "Hold the money, walk with me to the main gate, and get a car ready for me. Hurry up."

The Yu family members followed Yu Qingqing’s instructions, consciously clearing a path. Yu Wanqing stared nervously at the sharp blade pressed against Yu Boyao’s neck, terrified that a disaster would happen in the next second.

Though Ye Yaoyao appeared calm, she was actually filled with anxiety inside.

Yu Qingqing was deeply unpredictable, and there was no telling if she would suddenly change her mind.

"Get in the passenger seat with the money."

Ye Yaoyao did as she was told.

Then, she slid over to the driver’s seat, suddenly shoved Yu Boyao aside, stepped into the car, slammed her foot on the accelerator, and sped away.

"Yaoyao..."

Sitting beside Yu Qingqing, Ye Yaoyao still wore a composed expression. The next second, Yu Qingqing lunged at her with the knife, but Ye Yaoyao easily deflected it with her handbag, sending the weapon flying into the back seat.

Seeing this, Yu Qingqing was slightly startled. She hadn't expected this woman to be so formidable.

With a fierce thought, Yu Qingqing pressed the accelerator to the floor. "Ye Yaoyao, today I’m going down with you!"

"I hate you to the core! If you hadn't been backing up Yu Wanqing behind the scenes, none of this would have happened. She could never have become so clever, Ji Yanxi and I would never have divorced, and I would still be the eldest young madam of the Yu family!"

"It's all your fault! Go to hell, go to hell!"

Yu Qingqing cursed through gritted teeth, while Ye Yaoyao looked at her indifferently.

"As you like."

Now that they were in the same boat, whatever Yu Qingqing wanted to do, they would face the same end.

...

Terrified that something might happen to Ye Yaoyao, Yu Wanqing called Shen Yan.

Right after hanging up the phone, Shen Yan received word that Yu Qingqing had driven her car into the river.

Hearing this, Shen Yan, who was driving at the time, felt his legs go weak, and his car nearly collided with the vehicle behind him.

Obtaining the address, Shen Yan sped toward the scene.

The salvage team pulled the car up first, only to find that there was no one inside.

No one?

That meant the woman was still alive?

Shen Yan comforted himself inwardly, yet he could not stem the rising tide of panic.

"Brother Yan, the current is too swift. I'm afraid she's no longer in this area," Feng Yuqi said with a heavy heart.

Yu Qingqing was truly a lunatic; to think she would drag the boss down to die with her!

"Then which area is she in?"

Shen Yan clenched his fists, barely holding on by a thread of breath. "Tell them to keep searching! I want to see a living person, or a corpse if she's dead!"

"Understood." Feng Yuqi lowered his head and led the search effort.

Unable to stand idly by, Shen Yan simply jumped into the river to search himself.

The current was fierce indeed; within a short moment, he was swept from the upper reaches to the lower reaches.

This only intensified Shen Yan's panic.

Nearly an hour had passed since the incident occurred. Where on earth was Ye Yaoyao?

A day and a night passed, yet Ye Yaoyao still had not turned up.

Shen Yan searched the river without any equipment. An hour later, when he was nearly exhausted and on the verge of drowning, Feng Yuqi hauled him ashore.

There was no trace of Ye Yaoyao.

Yu Wanqing felt deeply remorseful. If she hadn't called Ye Yaoyao and dragged her into this, none of this would have happened.

Because both Ye Yaoyao and Yu Qingqing had recently become viral figures online, the river crash garnered immense public attention.

The status of the implicated Yu family members and Shen Yan was reported along with it.

At this very moment, Ye Yaoyao had just stepped out of the bathroom, looking somewhat bewildered as she watched the news on television.

This matter seemed to have something to do with her...

Yet why didn't she recognize any of the people being mentioned?

Ye Yaoyao sat in front of the television, drying her hair, when suddenly a hand reached over to press the power button on the screen, and the towel was drawn from her hands.

"You caught a chill today. Dry your hair, drink the ginger soup, and go straight to sleep," Ye Shen said calmly.

"Alright."

Ye Yaoyao nodded. "Who are those people? I feel like I should know them."

"Just a coincidence. You simply happened to fall into the river on the same day as those people."

Without changing his expression, Ye Shen took over the conversation. "Don't think too much about it, or you'll get a headache. Get some good rest first, and we can talk about everything else later."

Ye Yaoyao had lost her memory.

When Ye Shen first found her, she had been standing drenched outside the Ye Corporation building.

She had tracked her way there using her employee ID card, feeling instinctively that she ought to work there.

At that time, Ye Shen, who had just heard about the accident and was rushing out, pulled Ye Yaoyao tightly into his embrace the moment he saw her, only for her to struggle violently against him.

Puzzled, Ye Shen looked down, only to find her gazing at him with a frown, asking him who he was...

He brought Ye Yaoyao to a hotel and arranged for a private doctor, only to discover that she had amnesia.

Ye Yaoyao had struck a stone in the river and nearly lost consciousness, ultimately managing to swim out purely by virtue of her survival instincts.

A blessing in disguise.

Ye Yaoyao's amnesia was not necessarily a bad thing; Ye Shen figured it gave her a chance to start afresh.

Shen Yan had brought too much trouble and suffering into Ye Yaoyao's life. Only by cutting ties with him completely could all of this finally end.

And right now was the perfect opportunity.

Ye Shen stayed by Ye Yaoyao's side until she fell asleep, then walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window to share his plan with the Ye family members.

Liu Ruyan and Ye Qian naturally agreed.

The incident had scared the wits out of both of them. Fortunately, Ye Yaoyao had been blessed with great fortune and managed to pull through with her life.

As long as Ye Yaoyao's future life was happy, it didn't matter even if she didn't remember them.

Ye Shen kept Ye Yaoyao confined to the hotel for several days under the pretext of recuperation, not letting her step outside.

She repeatedly felt the urge to look up details of the river crash, but no information could be found anywhere.

Ye Yaoyao found it strange, though she couldn't pinpoint what was amiss.

She always felt that the girl who had fallen into the river should have some connection to her, yet searches yielded no such person.

Since she couldn't find anything, she simply gave up trying.

Sitting on the balcony, Ye Yaoyao took out a piece of paper and began to doodle out of boredom. To her astonishment, she discovered she possessed a natural talent for painting.

It was a delightful feeling of surprise, much like unboxing a blind box.

"Youyou, what are you doing?"

Forcing out the unfamiliar name, Ye Qian walked over carrying a food container. Peering over her shoulder at the drawing paper, he exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! I never expected our Yao... Youyou to be able to paint, and so brilliantly at that."

He picked up the paper, examining it intently, genuine admiration shining in his eyes.

"Second Brother, I just sketched it casually. I didn't expect it myself either."

"Alright, I'll take a closer look later. Let's eat first."

Ye Qian carefully placed the paper on a stool and opened the lunch box for Ye Yaoyao, instantly releasing a rich aroma of food.

The moment she smelled it, Ye Yaoyao realized how hungry she was.

"Mom made this, hurry up and taste it!" Ye Qian smiled with gratification.

Nowadays, whenever the Ye family members looked at Ye Yaoyao, their eyes held the sweet, hard-won surprise of something lost and found again.

Obediently, Ye Yaoyao took a bite and gave Ye Qian a thumbs-up. "Delicious!"