He Isn't Li Sen, You Resemble My Son

Li Sen woke up.

When he saw Xu Qiuyan, he froze for a long time, his eyes fixed on her face.

I asked him, "Do you know her?"

Li Sen shook his head. I pointed to myself, "Then do you know me?"

He nodded vigorously, "You got the password right, you're our comrade!"

I frowned. Had this guy's brain really gone bad?

"Take a good look at who I am."

He also mimicked my frown, "How would I know? We haven't introduced ourselves yet!"

So he really didn't recognize me either.

But that was normal. So many years had passed since the incident at Little Ancestral Hall Entrance. We were all just children back then. Now we've all grown into adults, and our appearances have changed drastically.

The reason Xu Qiuyan and I didn't feel like strangers was because of the dreams we'd had before. Otherwise, it would have been like children meeting and not recognizing each other.

"Then you introduce yourself first," I said irritably.

He chuckled and extended his hand again, "My name is Jiang Xiaobai."

This time, I was stunned. He was Jiang Xiaobai, so what was I?

He then looked at Xu Qiuyan, "Is this your girlfriend?"

Xu Qiuyan's face flushed slightly, "You're really called Jiang Xiaobai."

"Yeah, my name is Jiang Xiaobai, but I'm not that Jiang Xiaobai."

"Which one?"

"The one printed on the liquor bottle," he said somewhat awkwardly.

I coughed lightly, "You're not Jiang Xiaobai, you're Li Sen."

Upon hearing this, he looked at me, his eyes a little confused, "Li Sen? My name is Li Sen?"

I nodded, "That's right, your name is Li Sen. I'm Jiang Xiaobai, and this is Xu Qiuyan. Try to recall."

He fell into thought.

Just then, someone rang the doorbell. I went to open it, and Yin Wuyu walked in.

When Li Sen saw Yin Wuyu, he was startled at first, then he shouted, "Little Mute!"

At this point, both Xu Qiuyan and I found it a bit strange. He didn't recognize me or Xu Qiuyan, but he could immediately call out to "Little Mute." We had changed less compared to Yin Wuyu.

Yin Wuyu was also looking at him, but Yin Wuyu retorted, "Who are you?"

Li Sen's eyes widened, "You don't recognize me? I'm..." He trailed off, a look of pain on his face, "That's right, who am I? I'm Jiang Xiaobai, I'm not Jiang Xiaobai, I'm Li Sen? Who is Li Sen?"

His expression turned somewhat ferocious, and he kept hitting his head with his hands.

I said to Yin Wuyu, "He's Li Sen, your Brother Sen."

"He's not Brother Sen," Yin Wuyu said calmly. Then he grabbed my hand, "Boss, I'm hungry!"

Xu Qiuyan said she had instant noodles in her room and went to get them. Just then, the doorbell rang again. This time, Fatty came in.

"I'm back, brought you guys some late-night snacks." Fatty had a smile on his face. When he saw Li Sen, he said, "Oh, we have a guest!"

At this moment, my mind was still on Yin Wuyu's reaction just now. Yin Wuyu said he wasn't Li Sen.

His words made me suspicious. Yin Wuyu rarely spoke much, but when he did, he was always accurate. He said Abe Ichinan was a woman, a beautiful woman, and Abe Ichinan really was a beautiful woman.

And now he was saying the Li Sen in front of us wasn't Li Sen, and he said it so calmly.

Could it be true, as he said? Then who was this Li Sen?

"There's something delicious!" Yin Wuyu's eyes widened. He snatched the bag from Fatty's hand, sat down at the table, and started eating.

At this moment, the smell of barbecue filled the entire room.

Fatty came up to me, "Aren't you going to introduce us?"

I pursed my lips, unsure how to introduce him for a moment.

I said to Fatty, "Come here for a second."

Fatty followed me, and we left the room, going to the safety stairs. I lit a cigarette and then briefly explained the general situation to him.

"You and Xu Qiuyan both think he's Li Sen, and Xu Qiuyan personally saw Li Sen jump to his death right in front of her. But now he's reappeared, in this manner. Little Mute, however, says he's not Li Sen. You want me to help you verify if he's really Li Sen, is that it?"

I smiled helplessly. It was exactly as he said.

"But I've never met Li Sen. However, I think Little Mute's intuition should be correct."

"If he's not Li Sen, then who is he?"

Fatty shrugged, "How would I know? Maybe he really is Jiang Xiaobai."

I rolled my eyes. If he was Jiang Xiaobai, then who was I?

Fatty obviously knew what I was thinking. He chuckled playfully and patted my shoulder, "Just kidding. Since you know he escaped from the Harbin Mental Hospital, why not go ask around at the hospital?"

"But we already booked our flight for tomorrow morning."

"It looks like we won't be able to leave tomorrow either. Until we figure out who he is, we really can't just leave. Besides, what about him if we leave? If he's not Li Sen, then his appearance is likely a trap. If he is Li Sen, you definitely wouldn't be able to bear leaving him here. So, I suggest we don't rush to leave. Tomorrow morning, I'll go with you to the psychiatric hospital to probe his background."

I gave a wry smile and called He Li, asking her to help me cancel the tickets again.

She was a bit speechless, and I felt embarrassed. This was the second time we hadn't been able to leave.

They didn't stay long at my place before returning to their respective rooms.

Li Sen, naturally, stayed in the same room as me. For one thing, he seemed to be wary of others, and for another, my room was the only one with a spare bed.

Even though Xu Qiuyan was also staying alone, I couldn't possibly send him to her room, could I?

"You sleep on that bed," I said, pointing to the one next to mine.

He sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at me without speaking.

"What are you staring at me for?"

"You look like someone!"

I asked, "Who?"

"Like my son!" he said with a serious expression.

At that moment, I really wanted to slap him.

He suddenly laughed, "Hahahaha, you're actually angry. You look just like my son when you're angry. You are Jiang Chengyue's son."

As he spoke, he reached out to stroke my head.

I didn't dodge because I was stunned by his words.

"You are my Jiang Chengyue's son."

The sentence echoed repeatedly in my ears. Jiang Chengyue was my father's name.

"What did you just say? Say it again," I asked him, looking at him with some nervousness.

"I said you look like my son!"

"No, the last sentence."

"You're just like my son!" he said, reaching out again. I slapped his hand away. "Who exactly are you?"

"I am Jiang Chengyue."

He kept saying it. Looking at his face, I felt a chill run down my spine.

"Then who is your wife?"

"Chen Fang!"

I was completely floored. I grabbed his hand. "Where is Jiang Chengyue now? Where is Chen Fang? Do you know where they are?"

I was a bit too agitated, and my grip tightened. He winced in pain. "It hurts, let go."

I loosened my grip and said in a calmer tone, "Tell me, do you know where they are?"

"Who? Who is where?" He looked bewildered again.

"Jiang Chengyue and Chen Fang, where are they?"

He countered, "Who is Jiang Chengyue? Who is Chen Fang?"

I was almost driven mad by him, feeling frantic. "Didn't you just say you were Jiang Chengyue? You also said your wife's name was Chen Fang."

"I'm not Jiang Chengyue. I don't know Jiang Chengyue, and I don't know any Chen Fang." He lowered his face.

I was utterly speechless and couldn't help but ask, "Then who are you?"

"Heh heh, I'm not telling you."

With that, he lay down, pulled the covers over his head, and covered himself completely.

I pulled the covers away. He glared at me with wide eyes. "I'm sleepy, I want to sleep."

He then closed his eyes and ignored me, no matter what I said.

I could only sit back on my own bed and light another cigarette. My mind was a mess. Was he really Li Sen? He looked exactly like the Li Sen I saw in my dreams, but Yin Wuyu said he wasn't Li Sen, and his own behavior was extremely strange. One moment he said he was Jiang Xiaobai, the next he claimed to be my father, Jiang Chengyue, but when pressed further, he couldn't remember anything and denied what he had just said.

Had he really lost his mind? Was he truly mentally ill?

Or was he just someone who looked like Li Sen?

If he just happened to look like Li Sen, then how did he know my name, and how did he know about my father, Jiang Chengyue?