"You're Minze's good wife and my good daughter-in-law," Ji Aier laughed and took the vegetables that Yiren handed her.
"Oh," Yiren replied. In fact, she still had no impression at all. She couldn't remember anything, so she wanted to learn something about her past by asking.
"We're having steak for dinner. I asked the doctor, and you can eat some greasy food now," Ji Aier took out the tenderloin steak that had been aged from the refrigerator and said, "The steak I make is also Minze's favorite! But I haven't made it for a long time."
Yiren smiled. She had learned one of Ji Minze's preferences.
"Mom, you can teach me how to make it, and then I can make it for him in the future," Yiren said.
"Sure! Actually, making steak is quite simple. You just need to master the frying time and temperature. Minze likes his tenderloin steak medium rare. It can't be overcooked, or it will be too tough," Ji Aier explained the key points.
"I'll remember that," Yiren kept what Ji Aier said in mind.
"Let's go to the living room and take a rest first. We'll make the steak when they come back," Ji Aier washed her hands, dried them with a clean cloth, and then said to Yiren.
In the living room,
"These are the pastries Aunt Cheng sent. You probably haven't had them for a while. Have a taste," Ji Aier opened a box of pastries and said to Yiren.
Yiren looked at those exquisitely made pastries and remembered that when she was in middle school, Cheng Yuxuan often brought them to school for her to eat. He would also not forget to say to her, "Soon all your teeth will fall out because if you like eating desserts, you'll get cavities!"
At that time, she wasn't worried about the risk of losing her teeth at all because she thought she was still a long way from the age when her teeth would fall out. In fact, it had been proven that she could eat the pastries made by Su Yuncao and not get cavities, and she could still bite Cheng Yuxuan until he yelped.
"Are you still sleeping separately from Minze?" Ji Aier asked casually as she handed the juice to Yiren. When she entered their bedroom and saw the pillow and silk quilt on the sofa, she knew they weren't sleeping together.
"Sorry, Mom! I didn't mean to. It's just that I can't remember the past! I know it's not right to do this, but I..." Yiren said guiltily. She understood what Ji Aier meant.
She and Ji Minze were husband and wife. Although she still couldn't remember the past, it couldn't change the fact that they were a couple. But because she couldn't remember the past, she had been unable to accept Ji Minze.
"Mom doesn't mean anything else. I just hope you two can be happy," Ji Aier held Yiren's hand and said.
She also understood that it wasn't easy to accept someone, especially now that Yiren felt like Ji Minze was a stranger.
"Minze is back!" Ji Aier said to Yiren when she heard the sound of a car outside.
"Yeah," Yiren nodded in response. "I'll go and pour him some tea!" Yiren said and was about to hide in the kitchen.
"Yiren, don't avoid Minze. He'll be sad," Ji Aier pulled Yiren and said with a bit of heaviness in her tone. She knew Yiren didn't do it on purpose, but she had developed a habit of avoiding it.
"Sorry," Yiren apologized with a pang of guilt. She had indeed been too much. Sometimes, to protect herself, she ignored the feelings of the people around her.
Could she really be the good wife that Ji Aier had mentioned?
Ji Minze walked in, and the maid took his briefcase and coat.
"Mommy!" He walked over and called Ji Aier.
"You stay with Yiren. I'll go and prepare dinner," Ji Aier said, leaving them alone and walking into the kitchen at the other end.
"How do you feel today?" Ji Minze looked at Yiren and asked softly. After she lost part of her memory, she seemed like a different person when facing him. She had lost her assertiveness and was filled with confusion.
"The special nurse said I could go out for a walk tomorrow," Yiren avoided his gentle gaze and said softly.
"Can I go out with you tomorrow?" Ji Minze asked.
"If you have time," Yiren acquiesced. She remembered Ji Aier's words: Don't avoid Minze. He'll be sad!
Ji Minze pushed aside a few strands of hair on Yiren's forehead, gently held her face in his hands, and kissed her on the forehead.
He really missed her, but she had always been avoiding him. It was rare that she didn't avoid him this time and agreed to let him take her out for a walk.
Yiren closed her eyes and kept telling herself: He is her husband.
Ji Minze's lips landed on Yiren's and kissed her gently. This kiss that he had been longing for day and night had finally become a reality a month after she forgot him, just because the way she looked at him had always been so strange.
Yiren didn't reject Ji Minze's affection, but she was still nervous, so her whole body seemed a bit stiff.
Ji Minze released her and stared at her confused eyes with a smile in his eyes.
What is true love?
She isn't perfect, but you still love her with all your heart and soul.
When others say she's not good, you still hold on to the original beauty.
She has hurt you, but you're still willing to love her without expecting the same in return.
In fact, loving someone is like this. Whether you love the other person or not is your business, and whether the other person loves you or not is their problem.
When we love someone, we love all their strengths and weaknesses. That is, we appreciate their strengths and tolerate their weaknesses!