The traffic on the road wasn’t too bad, and soon, Shang Xinglu arrived at the M&E building.

She had visited Lin Heng a few times before, not many, but she still had direct access to his office.

Shang Xinglu suddenly remembered that when she first “arrived,” she and Lin Heng had gone out for a meal, and she had to wait outside his office while his assistant took her up.

At that time, she had no idea what would happen later, how strange fate could be.

Lin Heng was in a meeting, but according to Assistant Yuan, it was almost over, so Shang Xinglu waited in a guest room.

The secretary who served tea to Shang Xinglu was a new girl she didn’t recognize.

Probably an intern.

It was the first time the intern had seen Shang Xinglu, and during the brief moment she served tea, her gaze lingered on Shang Xinglu a little longer than usual.

Shang Xinglu noticed and smiled at her.

The intern’s face turned red all of a sudden.

She knew that the person in the guest room was Lin Heng’s ex-wife, there were pictures on Weibo, but in person… she was even more beautiful than the photos!

She finished serving the tea without saying much and quickly returned to her office.

On her way, her heart raced, probably from the nerves.

The office she worked in had a glass partition, allowing her to see into the guest room.

The intern, Xiao Ai, returned to her desk and kept glancing at Shang Xinglu’s face for a while.

Xiao Ai had just graduated and had been too busy in her final semester to pay much attention to the various rumors and gossip online.

Such a beautiful woman, and Lin Heng divorced her…

Xiao Ai didn’t quite understand.

But soon, she did.

Shang Xinglu was indeed beautiful, but it was that striking kind of beauty, the kind that didn’t have the cool, reserved elegance of the elite in the building. It gave people the impression that she might not be very sharp or capable.

Then look at Lin Heng—cold, distant, with a commanding aura. The key point was his brilliant mind. Working under him, if someone’s brain wasn’t quick enough, they couldn’t keep up with his thoughts, making everyone feel out of breath.

One had an incredibly sharp mind, while the other… didn’t quite match up. It wasn’t hard to see why they weren’t compatible and ended up divorced.

But fortunately, Lin Heng was still on his pedestal, and he wasn’t the kind of person who judged solely by looks.

Xiao Ai asked, “Li Jie, do you think Lin Heng divorced because he and his ex-wife had no common ground?”

Li Jie, the senior, told her, “Don’t gossip, do your job.”

Xiao Ai felt a bit wronged.

It was just gossip, why was everyone so unfriendly? They were probably picking on her because she was new.

Soon, Lin Heng came up from the meeting room on the lower floor. As he passed by the guest room, Shang Xinglu, smiling, walked toward him.

Having just been scolded by her senior, Xiao Ai shifted some of her frustration onto Shang Xinglu.

Seeing her smile and walk toward Lin Heng, Xiao Ai couldn’t help but feel disgusted, thinking that Shang Xinglu was throwing herself at him.

Xiao Ai had been working here for over a month and hadn’t seen Lin Heng show any warmth toward any woman.

He was polite but distant, always maintaining clear boundaries between work and personal life, never smiling unless it was necessary.

Yet the moment Shang Xinglu got close to him, Lin Heng smiled.

It was simply because Shang Xinglu was smiling that he smiled.

His lips curved slightly, a small smile, but his eyes were crescent-shaped, sparkling like stars. His smile was like snow melting for the first time, with the warmth of sunlight reflecting off the snowmelt, clear and warm.

Then Lin Heng gently pulled her in for a brief embrace.

He lowered his head and affectionately kissed her forehead.

Shang Xinglu smiled again, linking her arm with his as they entered the office.

Xiao Ai, watching from afar, nearly had her jaw drop.

They hadn’t even done anything, but the sweetness of their interaction overflowed from every movement, and it was impossible to ignore.

She pointed at them and then turned to ask Li Jie, “…Is that Lin Heng?”

Li Jie couldn’t be bothered to respond.

Xiao Ai secretly rolled her eyes.

Li Jie, who was silently suffering inside, was thinking about calling the HR department—training this new intern was like a king trying to carry a bronze statue, just impossible!

At lunch, Louise came to visit, which was rare.

Lin Heng was the first to ask, “Have you eaten?”

Shang Xinglu replied, “I’ve eaten, but I know you haven’t, so I brought you lunch!”

She took out a lunch box.

Lin Heng frowned slightly and asked, “Did you make it?”

“Yes, are you happy? Touched?” Shang Xinglu shook the lunch box with a smug expression.

Lin Heng: “…………”

He didn’t dare to eat it.

Although he didn’t say anything, his expression suddenly turned cold, and Shang Xinglu, even if she were a fool, could tell what it meant.

She decided not to play along.

…Because she still had a move left!

“Oh, I’m so hurt… Is my cooking that bad? Even if my boyfriend cooks something burnt, he would pretend it’s delicious and eat it. You… don’t you think I’ll only marry you again, that I’ll be so persistent? You’re not even comforting me…” Shang Xinglu said, pulling out a handkerchief and dramatically wiping her “tears.”

Lin Heng then said, “Aren’t you the one who always believes in letting professionals do the job? Outsiders shouldn’t meddle, remember?”

“Yes, that’s true,” Shang Xinglu quickly switched her tone, “But now I have love brain! I’m unreasonable.”

Lin Heng: “…”

Lin Heng silently tried to convince himself that it was fine—at least he wasn’t picky about food. At least that was good.

Then he sighed and said, “Give it to me, I’ll eat.”

Shang Xinglu happily opened the lunchbox.

…The aroma was overwhelming, and the appearance, scent, and taste were all perfect.

It tasted so good that it didn’t seem like something Shang Xinglu had made.

Shang Xinglu snorted and said, “I didn’t have time to make it myself. I bought it and just put it in the lunchbox. Don’t worry, just eat.”

Lin Heng responded with an “Oh” and started eating quickly, his eating posture elegant but clearly enjoying the food.

Shang Xinglu: “???”

That look of trust from Lin Heng…? So irritating!

Lin Heng didn’t like talking while eating. After he finished, Shang Xinglu finally asked, “At your last follow-up checkup, what did the doctor say?”

Shang Xinglu was no longer in the habit of beating around the bush with Lin Heng.

She was never the type to scheme deeply, and if she had to overthink even with the person she loved, life would just be too exhausting.

As soon as she asked, Lin Heng had already guessed most of what she was getting at.

He had access to Shang Xinglu’s electronic medical records. Back when they were still married, Louise didn’t even fully understand her own condition, so as her husband, it was the doctor who communicated everything to him. Naturally, he knew the details better than anyone.

This time, she couldn’t even wait until she got home and came running over specifically to ask. It wasn’t about what the doctor had said—it was about how she really was. And she was desperate to know.

Lin Heng thought about how to tell her. His fingers tapped lightly on the table, making a soft knocking sound.

Shang Xinglu’s heart tightened instantly, and she started to feel nervous.

Lin Heng said, “Do you remember the accident we had in the suburbs last summer?”

Shang Xinglu nodded.

Lin Heng continued, “About three months before that happened, you were in another accident while driving alone. At the time, everyone thought it was just an accident. It looked like one, and the investigation results also pointed to that. But now, it’s been confirmed that Lin Maosen orchestrated it.”

“When it happened, you weren’t driving fast, and your car had good safety features, so you weren’t seriously injured. However, you suffered a head injury, and when you woke up, you had lost your memory. Your emotions were also very unstable. You stayed in the hospital for more than half a month before returning home.”

At this point, Shang Xinglu started to understand something.

No wonder Shen Wang was so sure she had amnesia. Forgetting her own birthday was one of the things that made him suspicious, and he must have confirmed it by hearing about the hospital diagnosis from her family and friends.

Shang Xinglu suddenly felt a little regretful.

If she had known the doctors had “amnesia” as an excuse for her, she wouldn’t have pretended to remember everything when she first arrived.

She frowned again.

Wait, no. Some of her attempts to cover up were really clumsy. Back then, she had been forced by the circumstances, but thinking about it now, it was obvious she couldn’t have fooled anyone.

Lin Heng continued, “But the doctor said your condition is more complicated than just memory loss.”

“The doctor explained that your brain automatically filled in the lost memories, almost like creating an entirely new personality, complete with a full life history from birth to experience. That’s why you don’t feel like you lost your memory. Before you were discharged, the doctor warned us that your behavior and mannerisms would change a lot, possibly making you seem like a completely different person. He told us to treat you as usual and not let you notice anything was different.”

“At first, I thought the differences would be huge. But as time went on, I felt more and more that you were still you. Even if some of your behaviors changed, I believe your essence remained the same.”

What Lin Heng said was a little touching.

But Shang Xinglu was speechless.

Now she felt… incredibly embarrassed.

…So all this time, they had just been going along with her performance and pretending not to notice???

She wanted to scream! She wanted to crawl into a hole!

Lin Heng cautiously asked, “Did you come to ask because you remembered something?”

Shang Xinglu nodded. “A little bit…”

Lin Heng said gently, “The doctor said you’re recovering well. You’ll remember more over time.”

Shang Xinglu nodded again.

She stayed silent for a while, lost in thought.

Lin Heng had laid out everything he knew.

But Shang Xinglu didn’t believe that what he said was the whole truth.

Not because she thought he was lying, but because she felt his understanding of the situation was incomplete.

The doctor’s diagnosis sounded logical—it explained all her behavioral changes—but it wasn’t what had actually happened to her.

Shang Xinglu firmly believed that her memories before she “entered this book” were real.

For one thing, they were too detailed and vivid. Her extensive knowledge of astronomy was highly specialized and couldn’t be explained by simply saying she was “interested in astronomy” and had self-studied.

And then there was the original novel she remembered—it got some things wrong, but a lot of things right. Plus, the plot existed in her mind first, and then it played out in real life. That convinced her that transmigration into a book was real.

If she assumed that transmigration was real, there was still one mystery—why did she remember details about her high school interactions with Shen Wang?

That information wasn’t in the original novel.

One possible explanation was that these were the original Lin Heng’s wife’s memories, and because she took over the body, they surfaced naturally.

The original book barely described Lin Heng’s wife, but from what little there was, her personality seemed vastly different from her own.

Yet, based on what Lin Heng had just said, she and the “Shang Xinglu” before the car accident weren’t that different…

Shang Xinglu’s eyes widened.

She suddenly had a bold idea.

Maybe, many, many years ago, she had already transmigrated into the book.

Maybe she had lived through her teenage years in this world, met Lin Heng, married him, and then had the car accident—which erased all the memories from the time she entered the book up until the accident. And by coincidence, at the time of the accident, she was the same age as when she first transmigrated, so it was like her memories had been seamlessly swapped. The memories before transmigration replaced the ones she lost after the accident…

That would explain everything the doctor said. She thought she hadn’t lost her memories and believed she had made them up… but the doctor didn’t know that those memories were real, just from another world.

If this theory was correct…

Then the person who married Lin Heng three years ago was her.

Shang Xinglu clearly remembered that a year ago, Lin Heng was still very cold to her.

She had always assumed that was because the original Lin Heng’s wife had a bad relationship with him and that their circumstances had changed over time.

But now, the truth was that all those annoying things she thought were someone else’s fault… were things she had done herself.

She suddenly didn’t understand—why did Lin Heng like her?

And more importantly, what exactly had she done?

Shang Xinglu looked up, feeling uneasy.

She asked, “Um… when we got married, was our relationship good?”

Her expression made Lin Heng’s heart ache.

He really didn’t like Louise looking at him like that, as if a chasm had opened between them, turning them into two strangers with no connection.

Lin Heng said, “Come here. Let’s talk.”