Let's give space a touch of Chinese horror!

Chapter 41 Jiang Family Banquet

"Knock knock..."

Li Jianglan stood outside Jiang Yi's room with the newly purchased personal computer in his hand, and knocked on the door with his fingers.

The inside of the door was quiet and still, without the slightest movement.

"strangeness……"

Li Jianglan looked around and beckoned to the officer in charge, "Where's the girl in this room? Did she go out?"

The soldier in charge of the duty shook his head: "No..."

"Oh, she did come out once before, asked for some daily necessities, and stood by the information board for a while looking at the news. After that, she went back to her room and never came out again."

"News? What news?" Li Jianglan asked casually.

"It's all been about the Jiang family lately..."

"I see..." Li Jianglan nodded knowingly.

Although Jiang Yi has amnesia, amnesiacs are not entirely blank slates. When they see familiar people or things, they may feel a sense of déjà vu. Sometimes, there is even a possibility of memory recovery.

That being the case...

Li Jianglan glanced at the closed door and placed the personal computer on the shelf by the door.

"Then I won't bother her any longer."

"If she asks about this personal computer when she goes out, just tell her it's a gift from us and let her accept it."

……

"Have the people outside left?"

"We're gone, host," the system reported.

Jiang Yi grunted, then tucked her arm under the covers to make it look like she was already asleep. She then sat up and said to the system, "Then you can stay here and watch over my body."

Jiang Yi stood by the bed, casually tossing her long hair behind her; the black hair, almost dragging on the ground, swayed gently, brushing against her blood-red wedding dress.

She hadn't expected that the energy the system had absorbed during this time would actually benefit her in return—

She is now able to easily detach from Jiang Yi's body for a period of time.

This was a huge help to her!

She had originally been thinking of using some excuse to leave temporarily, but now she could simply leave in her original state.

So after the system notified her of this, Jiangyi couldn't wait to try it out.

She looked at herself in the mirror opposite her, dressed in a scarlet wedding gown, touched the golden lotus pattern on her face, and showed a somewhat nostalgic expression.

The system, having admired its host's original beauty for a while, asked persistently, "Host, are you sure you don't need me to come with you?"

It can help its host find its way! Although its host knows the location of the Jiang family's old house (from Jiang Yi's memories), it doesn't know how to get there from here!

Isn't this usually when it makes its appearance?

"No need..." Jiang Yi had already learned the time and location of the Jiang family banquet from the news broadcast outside. "You must stay here."

Although Li Jianglan left on her own, there's no guarantee that other people won't come looking for her later; if someone keeps knocking on the door and doesn't open it, they might think something has happened to her inside and come in to check on her.

Then she discovered that her body on the bed had already stopped breathing... Jiangyi didn't dare to think about what kind of expressions those people would have at that moment.

If this group gets serious and investigates her cause of death and time of death more thoroughly... then things will become even more "interesting".

"Oh well……"

Even if the system was unwilling, it still had to obey Jiang Yi's orders in the end. "Then, host, this is the shortest route to the destination that I planned beforehand."

Its host can at least travel a shorter distance!

As Jiang Yi noted down the route, she adjusted her transparency.

Only after her reflection disappeared in the mirror opposite did she slowly pass through the wall, float past the sentries standing guard outside, and leisurely drift towards her destination along the route planned by the system.

……

The master bedroom on the second floor of the Jiang family's old house.

"Mom, aren't you ready yet?"

The room door was pushed open, and Jiang Shuyue walked in wearing her newly custom-made latest dress.

"not yet."

Tanya sat at her dressing table, adjusting her necklace in front of the mirror. Seeing her beautifully dressed daughter reflected in the mirror, a look of satisfaction spread across her face: "Our Yueyue looks so pretty..."

"snort!"

Jiang Shuyue proudly raised her chin: "If it weren't for the rules and not having to overshadow Jiang Yi, I would have dressed like this a long time ago!"

"That's..." Tan Yajun turned around, took Jiang Shuyue's hand, and looked at her with heartache: "We really wronged our Yueyue before..."

"Luckily, no one is putting pressure on our family anymore. My daughter can wear whatever she wants, however she wants!"

"Oh, right, Mom..."

Jiang Shuyue carefully sat down next to Tan Yajun, hugged her arm, and lowered her voice, "I heard from my brother..."

"Dad also sent an invitation to the First Legion—"

"Shh!"

Before she could finish speaking, Tan Yajun interrupted her. Tan Yajun's smile vanished: "Yueyue, you can only say this to me, but you absolutely mustn't let your father hear it!"

"I know what you want to ask."

"But you know our family has never had a good relationship with the First Legion. Your father's invitation was just a formality, for show; they won't actually send anyone over!"

"Even if they do give us face for the first time ever, it won't be the person you're thinking of."

"so……"

Tan Yajun patted Jiang Shuyue's hand and said earnestly, "You'd better put your thoughts away as soon as possible..."

"Don't let your dad know that you like the commander of the First Legion..."

Tanya Jun knows her husband very well.

He will definitely be furious.

Jiang Shuyue pouted and walked away unhappily.

Tan Yajun sighed and turned back to her original position.

She looked at her jewel-encrusted reflection in the mirror, then touched the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes.

Although this day came a little late—she had been looking forward to it ever since she married into the family—and now, the marks of time were visible on her face, thankfully, she had finally waited for it.

All of this that she didn't have time to enjoy, her son and daughter can enjoy slowly from the beginning.

Thinking back to the times when her family held banquets, she and her husband could only stand at the back and watch their younger siblings being surrounded by people who fawned over and flattered them. And then, thinking of how those wealthy ladies had immediately grabbed her and fawned over her when they arrived, she couldn't help but smile.

"Third brother, third sister, you've really helped me a lot..."

She looked in the mirror, gently touching the necklace and earrings that originally belonged to Jiang Yi's mother and were only worn by the head of the family's wife. A bright red smile played on her lips: "So, to repay you..."

"I'll send your daughter over to keep you company too..."

"Now that you three are together, you should be reunited by now..."

Tan Yajun glanced at the time; the banquet was about to officially begin, and she should leave.

She adjusted the necklace one last time, tilted her head slightly, and was about to check if the angle was perfect when she caught a glimpse of a red shadow in the mirror.