Ye Zhibai wasn’t familiar with the road “home.”

The luxury car glided along the ring road in West City, while the scenery outside the window felt utterly unfamiliar.

In her previous life, Ye Zhibai had lived entirely in the eastern part of the city. She’d rarely ever come to the west, so of course she knew almost nothing about the area.

But... she didn’t feel all that uneasy.

Because...

Yun’er’s been glued to me this whole time! I’m so nervous I could die! Feeling safe? Relaxed? That’s way too much to ask!

That was the situation now: Ye Qinghe was personally driving the luxury car, focused on getting his two daughters home.

In the back seat, Ye Zhiyun was hugging Ye Zhibai like a body pillow. She hadn’t let go for even a moment.

Ye Zhiyun’s arms were wrapped around Ye Zhibai’s slender waist, and her legs, clad in black thigh-high socks, were threaded between Ye Zhibai’s smooth legs, clinging to them like magnets.

The faint floral scent of Ye Zhiyun’s body drifted freely through Ye Zhibai’s senses.

She had no idea what expression she was supposed to make.

Oh, right... I can’t make expressions yet. Never mind, then.

Just then, Ye Qinghe asked gently from the front seat.

“Zhibai, is this speed all right? Are you feeling dizzy? Ah... It’s been years since I drove myself. I’m a little rusty.”

Panic. Pure panic.

How could she not panic when a big shot and business-world elite suddenly asked her that?

He might be her father, but accepting that so quickly would take a miracle.

Ye Zhibai wanted to give him a proper answer. She spent ages arranging the words, rapidly weighing each one in her mind, but when she finally spoke...

Only two words came out.

“I’m fine.”

“All right! Just hang in there a little longer. We’ll be home soon!”

Ye Qinghe was over the moon!

He’d heard over the phone that Zhibai could speak now, and it looked like that was really true!

When he was happy, he tended to talk more. Ye Qinghe continued.

“While you were away, Zhiyun cleaned your room every single day. She wouldn’t even let the maids help. There isn’t a speck of dust in there!”

“Zhiyun... did?”

“Hehe! You can praise me a little, big sis, you know?”

Ye Zhiyun leaned against Ye Zhibai’s chest, and her long black hair spilled across Ye Zhibai’s thighs.

Yun’er was clearly hoping to get her head patted and earn a reward.

Hehe, there was no one else around, so Ye Zhiyun could act spoiled to her heart’s content.

How could Ye Zhibai just go and pat a pretty girl on the head...

Well, now that she thought about it, it actually sounded pretty nice.

Why shouldn’t she?

As she gently stroked Zhiyun’s black hair, her movements a little stiff, Ye Zhibai turned over a few thoughts in her mind.

She was curious about what her new home would be like, for one thing.

Ahem... Fine, she’d say it. She was really hoping the new house had air conditioning!

Back when she was going to school in her previous life, her greatest joy was ducking into a café to enjoy the air conditioning on the hottest summer days.

Her own home didn’t have AC. They could just about afford one, but the electricity bill was too expensive.

It might sound pathetic, but sometimes Ye Zhibai really envied people who could turn on the AC whenever they wanted without a second thought.

And then there was...

Beyond the genuine-leather seat in front of her sat the person who was apparently her father in this life.

But when Ye Zhibai’s gaze slowly drifted to the side...

The passenger seat was empty. No one was sitting there.

She already felt so lucky that someone had come to pick her up.

But now that she’d calmed down and thought about it, something seemed a little strange.

—Where’s Mom?

Well... Ye Zhibai had never known what it was like to have both parents pick her up after school. In her previous life, she’d been an orphan.

In this life, she’d already prepared herself to get along with her new family.

But she hadn’t seen her mother.

Ha... Maybe Mom was too busy to come pick her up?

Or maybe something came up, and she’d see her once they got home?

Either way, Ye Zhibai didn’t mind.

Having a family at all was already more than enough to make her happy. There was no need to ask for more.

So Ye Zhibai held off on asking. If her mother still wasn’t there when they got home, she could ask then.

But more than that...

There was something else Ye Zhibai wanted to ask.

—She’d been wanting to ask ever since she woke up and saw Ye Zhiyun. She still wanted to know now.

“Zhiyun...”

“Hm? What’s wrong, big sis? Is the car going too fast?”

“No... I wanted to ask, don’t you... think it’s strange?”

“Strange?” Ye Zhiyun slowly sat up and blinked her big eyes, but she still didn’t let go of Ye Zhibai’s arm. “Oh, it is pretty strange. I was just thinking how strange it is that you look even prettier after waking up, big sis. Hehehe!”

“Stop messing around.”

Ye Zhibai gently smacked away Ye Zhiyun’s little hand as it reached to pinch her cheek.

I’m a macho guy! You can’t expect me to be happy just because you called me pretty!

Ye Zhiyun drew her hand back and rested it obediently on her lap. “Then what did you mean by strange, big sis?”

Find the right words.

Ye Zhibai quickly tried to organize her thoughts.

She’d had trouble speaking clearly before because she wasn’t used to this body.

But she had to get an answer to this question.

Right... This had everything to do with her life now.

“Aren’t you... curious... about why I can talk now... why I woke up... why I lost my memory... and why, before that... I was hit by a car and ended up in a coma, but only got superficial injuries...”

She’d realized that last part while talking with the Medical Maid Corps when they came to examine her.

Even Ye Zhibai found it baffling, but when Ye Zhiyun heard about it at the time, her expression hadn’t changed at all.

Ye Zhibai had a vague sense that it had something to do with what the orb had told her—that a body created by a god affected its constitution.

She knew that, but Zhiyun and the others didn’t!

If they were dealing with a monster like that... someone who could be hit by a car, fall into a coma, and then wake up as if nothing had happened... they shouldn’t just like her. They ought to be afraid...

The brief silence around her made Ye Zhibai lower her head. She clenched her fingers and gripped the fabric of her dress where it fell across her thighs, bunching it into wrinkle after wrinkle.

Did I... make them notice? Do they think it’s strange now, too?

—No.

Ye Zhiyun soon took Ye Zhibai’s hand in hers.

“Big sis... whether any of that is strange or not doesn’t matter, okay? Hehe, though if we’re talking about strange, you’ve been strange ever since you came to the Ye Family... Uh, sorry, big sis. Do you remember where you came from?”

“I’m not sure... I was probably found somewhere...”

“Don’t say that! It may be true, but you’re still our family’s child!”

Ye Zhiyun pressed a finger to Ye Zhibai’s lips to stop her from speaking.

Hey! That’s so unfair! It’s true, but you still won’t let me say it!

Anyway, Ye Zhiyun smiled and continued.

“See? You don’t remember anything, but you still know where you came from. That’s strange too. Honestly... I’ve gotten used to it by now.”

After thinking back for a moment, she continued.

“We’ve lived together since we were little. You couldn’t talk or express yourself, but you could dress yourself, bathe yourself, and take care of yourself. You always seemed like you weren’t thinking about anything, but on rainy days you’d hold an umbrella over the cats... I’ve rescued a few cats in the yard, too, you know? But I could never match your kindness, big sis.”

“......”

I think, Zhiyun, it was because you rescued the cats first. I saw you do it, so I started rescuing them too.

The orb said this body used to have no soul. Those actions... were just imitations of what it had seen.

It was safe to say that this body’s previous behavior had mostly been imitation of Ye Zhiyun.

So that kindness didn’t belong to Ye Zhibai. It was... Zhiyun’s kindness.

Still...

She’d been strange since childhood, so everyone had gotten used to it...

Was that really how Ye Zhiyun saw it?!

It made perfect sense. Ye Zhibai had no answer.