Chapter 870
Evelyn stared at the two of them in astonishment.
She feigned a nervous expression.
She carefully replayed the conversation in her mind.
Nothing seemed off.
So, were they trying to trick her?
Evelyn put on a flustered look.
"Everything I said is true."
"Sterling Yan might have remembered wrong."
"Where is he?"
"I want to see him!"
The nurse and the soldier's expressions immediately turned serious.
They scrutinized Evelyn carefully.
Evelyn maintained her frightened demeanor.
She watched them.
The nurse suddenly asked a question.
"Before you came to the island."
"What was the last meal you ate?"
Evelyn pressed her lips together.
That was a tricky question.
She and Alexander hadn't rehearsed this.
She couldn't hesitate now.
She had to answer immediately.
She spoke directly.
"Before coming to the island."
"We were hiding on the boat."
"There wasn't anything good to eat."
"The last thing we had was bread."
It was the most reasonable explanation.
But then the nurse spoke again.
"What about in T country?"
"Before you boarded the ship."
"What was your last meal there?"
Evelyn pretended to think.
"Let me remember..."
These questions were too tricky.
One wrong answer.
And she and Alexander would be exposed immediately.
Then, revealing their true identities might be the only way to survive.
But if she was discovered returning to the Sterling Family privately.
She would immediately lose her position as heir.
She would be imprisoned within the Sterling Family forever.
Thinking this, Evelyn spoke.
"We had sticky rice."
"And curry crab."
"I really like crab..."
Before boarding the ship.
She and Alexander had rehearsed scenarios for travel mishaps.
They had actually gone over many details.
As she was thinking.
The nurse spoke again.
"At that time."
"What color were you wearing?"
Evelyn paused.
"Red."
"And your boyfriend?"
"A white shirt."
"I see."
"And the sticky rice you ate."
"Was it two-colored."
"Or single-colored?"
Evelyn froze.
She really hadn't paid attention to that detail.
Indeed.
For things not personally experienced.
When questioned about specifics.
Problems would arise.
Evelyn clenched her fingers under the blanket.
She felt slightly nervous.
She looked at the nurse.
And slowly answered.
"Two-colored."
In T country, sticky rice.
Had two common preparations.
One was single-colored.
The other was two-colored.
It was a matter of probability.
What had Alexander answered?
Her chance of being correct was fifty-fifty.
So Evelyn gambled without hesitation.
She watched the nurse and soldier nervously.
Unsure if she had guessed right.
The nurse looked her up and down.
Finally, she chuckled.
"You seem to be telling the truth."
"We choose to believe you."
Evelyn was taken aback.
Had she actually guessed correctly?
Just as she was hesitating.
The nurse spoke.
"Your boyfriend had a bit of a problem."
"So he couldn't answer our questions just now."
"But you."
"If you had shown the slightest hesitation or uncertainty."
"We would have judged both of you as suspicious."
Evelyn immediately asked.
"What happened to Sterling Yan?"
The nurse cleared her throat.
"He hit his head in the water."
"He lost his memory."
Evelyn was speechless.
She understood immediately.
Alexander was definitely faking it.
Because the detailed questions were too difficult to answer.
They were being monitored separately.
Many details simply couldn't be matched.
Therefore.
Alexander could only hide the truth by pretending to have amnesia.
That man really was a seasoned player.
He had even fought pirates.
His mind was just a bit sharper than hers.
Just a little bit.
Evelyn silently praised Alexander in her heart.
Then she looked at the nurse.
"Can I see my boyfriend?"
The nurse cleared her throat again.
"You can."
"But you can only visit."
"You two cannot stay in the same ward."
Evelyn was puzzled.
"Why?"
The nurse gave her a pitying look.
"Ahem."
"We have separate wards for men and women here."
"I can take you to see him."
Evelyn immediately threw off the blanket.
She got out of bed and followed the nurse.
She didn't understand why the nurse looked at her with such pity.
Even when she was telling her story earlier.
During those thrilling moments.
The nurse's face had been completely expressionless.
Could it be.
Something had gone wrong with Alexander's amnesia act?
Or had something else happened?
Evelyn couldn't help but quicken her pace.
The men's and women's wards were in separate buildings.
When Evelyn reached Alexander's building.
She noticed the security here was obviously much stricter.
Was it because men were physically stronger than women?
So they were more afraid of them escaping?
Evelyn didn't dwell on it.
She simply followed the nurse to the third floor.
Then.
She realized she was wrong.