A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

After that night, Emily and Jacob seemed to sink into a strange state. Neither of them mentioned what had happened, and acted as if nothing had occurred between them.

Though they were no longer engaged in a cold war of separation, and they lived together as usual, their hearts seemed to have been split. A vast ocean spanned between them, and like ships at sea, they drifted apart.

Even Mr. Barefoot, who usually devoted himself to his studies of herbal-medicine and paid little attention to anything else, realized that something was wrong with them and couldn't help but have a chat with Jacob.

"You are a man, but sometimes you should give in when you have a row with your woman, or you will regret your insistence later. Emily's a good girl. You won't find another woman like her ever, if you lose her," he said concernedly.

A bitter smile formed on Jacob's lips as he replied helplessly, "You don't understand what happened between us."

Mr. Barefoot puffed on his pipe and shook his head, "Okay, I don't have a wife and children. Of course I don't understand the minds of young people like you," he said.

In truth, both Mr. Barefoot and Jacob didn't understand why Emily became so angered. 'If only I could still remembered the past. I would have found an easy way out of this problem. Maybe the man Emily loves is the past Jacob, who can easily read her mind and coax her into happiness, but now I'm Bear. I'm a rural man, and know nothing about her, ' Jacob thought to himself.

He suddenly asked, "Old man, can you give me a hand?"

"What?" Mr. Barefoot was confused.

"I want to regain my memory. Do you have any suggestions?" he asked eagerly.

"No." Mr. Barefoot replied frankly, as he didn't want to sell Jacob false hope, "It's up to you. No one can help you but yourself. Take your time and try to get your memories back. Even if you don't remember anything, it doesn't have to affect your life."

"I can't wait anymore. I need to remember who I was, now!" He insisted firmly. His eyes burned with a strength of conviction, and his desires to regain all his memories about Emily. There was a hole in his heart, and he needed to fill it to the brim.

Only in this way, could he once again become a whole person, the real Jacob.

"It depends on your own efforts, but remember, don't do anything silly." Mr. Barefoot gave him some last advice.

was due to a bad accident or a blow to the head. Perhaps in hitting his head on something hard, some blood

knew that this method was

and again his disdainful eyes, and heard his contemptuous words. He couldn't forget Emily's disappointed

at this radical method. But he also chose to do so

on a stone over and over, but gained nothing except a few bruises and scrapes on the head. He knew pain,

her, but she found him and upon seeing his bruises dragged him

me?" Emily scolded him while expressing her anger and heartache. She looked at his wounded forehead with worried eyes.

Jacob could not meet her eyes, and lowered his head in remorse.

help but notice his guilty act, and gave him a fierce upbraiding look, "What on earth are you hiding

and wishes. She had gone through untold hardships to find her lover again. Now that she had found Jacob again, how could she

panic-stricken. Instantly, he decided to tell Emily everything. "I... I just want to regain my memory as soon as possible. You prefer the past Jacob, don't you?" he muttered.

guessed what he had done and asked in surprise, "You hurt your own head,

Jacob nodded silently.

shouted out in exasperation and could no longer control her emotions. She weakly beat Jacob's broad chest with her fist. She was filled with indignation and heartache at his idiocy, "Hurting yourself wouldn't help

lunacy. Magee was an evil man who had played several tricks on Jacob since arriving at the village. Perhaps this was his latest trick to bully the amnesiac Jacob.

feeling ashamed, "No one told me to try it. I

him irately, "Jacob, I love you! Don't you understand? I have always loved you, then and now. In my

fall ill, Jacob soothed her softly,

and she exploded, "It's all

tentatively reached out to hug her. She didn't show any sign of rejecting him, so he drew her into

the hole in his heart with delight. "I'm not sure. I'm really not sure..."

not sure whether Emily really loved him for who he was now, or if she stayed with him just because he was what

before, and he couldn't help