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He hadn't contacted Team Jiang for a long time.
Jiang also stopped sending him messages through his alternate account.
Gu Xinglan sat in a single sofa, lost in thought.
For the past two months, he has almost completely cut off contact with the outside world.
Aside from replying to messages from a few friends, he didn't even leave his room.
His senior brother even wanted to come and see him.
He refused.
The teacher specially granted him several months of leave.
As for Leh Hoa Thai.
Ever since he kissed her first, he's been sending her harassing messages every day.
Li Hetai never came back and even deleted his contact information.
After these past few months, the feeling of being disconnected from the world has finally eased a bit.
Gu Xinglan looked up at the electronic calendar.
Actually, it was necessary to go to the Changgu villa today.
Counting the days, it's time for the anniversary of Le Thai Ho's death.
There are many flower shops in Wushui, so there's no shortage of flowers to buy. However, there aren't many white chrysanthemums available this season. Gu Xinglan searched several shops before finally emerging with a large bouquet of roses.
He sends roses on the anniversary of someone else's death.
It's a bit strange.
Gu Xinglan looked down at the flowers.
In any case, he and Li Taihe were married in the parallel world as well.
The car drove to Changgu.
There are security guards in black uniforms everywhere here.
The Yu family?
The villa's address number has the character "Yu" on it.
"Hello, I've come to pay my respects to Mr. Li."
Gu Xinglan spotted a white ribbon in the courtyard.
"I'm sorry, sir, visitors need the housekeeper's permission to enter. We do not have the authority to let you in."
"Then I'll wait here, you don't mind, do you?"
The young man was tall and slender, with a friendly smile that made him instantly likable. He was dazzling in the sunlight.
The security guards exchanged glances, then finally nodded at the young man.
A bright red sports car sped towards us from the end of the road.
Shiny leather shoes stepped off the car onto the asphalt road. Yu Jin's platinum blonde hair shone like a moving light bulb. With his handsome face, he said in a loud voice, "There might be distinguished guests tonight. If they come, please let me know."
He rarely goes to Changgu.
No one lives here; only servants clean at fixed times.
Yu Jin paused for a moment as her gaze swept to the side.
"Mr. Yu, it's been a long time," Gu Xinglan said softly.
"?Who are you?"
In this world, Yu Jin and Li Hetai are the same age, but Yu Jin is three years older than him. However, Gu Xinglan is not flustered at all. "When you were little, I even held you in my arms."
That's true.
In a parallel world, he did indeed hug her.
"Hmm?" Yu Jin was puzzled by these words and walked over to the person in a few steps.
His eyes darted across Gu Xinglan's face, trying to find a familiar spot.
She looks younger than him.
Like a fresh-faced college student.
"I've come to pay my respects to Mr. Li." Gu Xinglan held up the roses in her hands.
Upon hearing this, Yu Jin almost dropped her sunglasses in fright.
Who brings roses when offering sacrifices?
However, few people know the anniversary of Uncle Li's death.
"Who are you to Uncle Li?"
"I was one of his sponsored students," Gu Xinglan said without batting an eye.
Taking advantage of the information gap, they directly revealed some of Li Taihe's past events through embellishment.
The half-truth and half-lies stunned Yu Jin.
The two walked into Changgu.
"Mr. Yu, are you getting used to living abroad?"
When Yu Jin heard that the people next to him even knew about his participation in a TV program in elementary school, his suspicions had long since dissipated.
"Fortunately, I studied jewelry design abroad and came back to inherit the family business."
"Jewelry design? I've heard a little about the Yu family's jewelry design."
The effects of information asymmetry are unparalleled.
Yu Jin was already sunny and adorable as a child, and she's even more so now, especially after we started chatting.
The man put his arm around him and began to speak sadly about Leong Tae-ho.
“Uncle Li treated me so well when I was little. He always shared the best things with me. He never lacked anything for me, either materially or emotionally. He was like a second father to me. Now that he has passed away, I have to keep a close eye on his tombstone with all my heart. If he has a spirit in heaven and knows that his son doesn't come to visit him, he will feel so heartbroken. I don't even know if his son will come this year…”
Gu Xinglan's memories were awakened.
To be honest, Li Hetai wasn't exactly Li Taihe's biological son.
Li Taihe is a profit-driven and discerning judge of character. In the parallel world, he is especially kind to Yu Jin, because Yu Jin can help him with ancestral worship and mourning.
The monument is located near an artificial lake in Changgu, where the scenery is beautiful.
The bouquet of roses was placed in front of the memorial tablet, and Gu Xinglan quietly looked at the photograph.
The face in the photo is not much different from that of Li Hetai today.
“Uncle Li looks exactly like his son.” Yu Jin wiped away her tears and took a cloth to wipe the tombstone.
After the ceremony, Yu Jin insisted that he not stay in Changgu alone.
Gu Xinglan outwardly agreed, but in reality, he had already detoured to the back of Changgu.
In a parallel world, he climbed over the wall three times.
Now I know the way well; this place is very remote, and no one is staking it out.
Gu Xinglan quickly climbed inside.
The fire destroyed everything inside Changgu. After renovation, the place no longer feels familiar.
third floor.
There weren't many signs of renovation here, and he found the room where Li Taihe had been burned to death.
It seems that in this world, Lai Taihe will also meet his end here.
It was getting dark.
Gu Xinglan sat on the sofa in the room for a long time.
He waited so long that the expected guest finally arrived.
When the door handle is turned.
The man's figure loomed over the entire doorway, motionless.
It's as if it's frozen in time.
His expression was stiff, the corners of his mouth maintained a fixed curve, exuding a hint of eeriness, his eyes were lifeless and unfocused, as if the whole world had nothing to do with him.
There was another person in the room at that time.
The man's eyes moved slowly, gradually locking onto Gu Xinglan, his movements mechanical and stiff.
"who are you?"
After saying this, Li Hetai seemed to have been hit hard by a hammer.
"..."
Originally, they could have gone back after the worship ceremony, but Gu Xinglan guessed that someone would come, so she waited here on purpose.
As a result, Li Hetai finished speaking, but he still hadn't replied.
They watched helplessly as Li Hetai suddenly clutched his head and knelt on the ground, panting heavily.
Like the prelude to madness.
Based on the trajectory, isn't it still some distance before Li Hetai completely goes insane?
There was a bed in the room, and he dragged the person onto the bed.
The servants take turns keeping watch at the villa, and there are quite a few servants on the first floor now.
Gu Xinglan was about to call out.
He hadn't walked more than a few steps when two large hands suddenly grabbed his neck with great force, pushing him onto the bed.
Li Hetai's eyes were bloodshot, and he seemed to have gone mad, muttering something incessantly. After choking him, he started choking his own neck.
That force was no joke.
She pinched herself until her face turned bright red and purple.
In a parallel world, Li Taihe told him that everyone who has the blood of the Li family either goes mad or dies.
Li Hetai will go mad in the future, and even after he goes mad, he won't live long; he'll die eventually anyway.
"Hey!"
Gu Xinglan slowly frowned and slapped Li Hetai hard across the face.
With a "thud," Li Hetai froze on the bed, looking at him with teary eyes.
Like a piece of wood, it remained rooted to the spot for a long time.
Gu Xinglan observed his expression closely and asked in a softer voice, "What are you thinking about?"
The man didn't answer; his body was trembling.
The two remained face to face, so quiet that you could hear them breathing, until the fog outside the window began to rise, creating a hazy mist.
Gu Xinglan felt extremely depressed.
If he didn't have memories of the parallel world, he could simply treat Li Hetai as a villain.
But the parallel world has been with me for so many years.
How could he possibly be so heartless?
Whether in his childhood, youth, or before his coming-of-age ceremony, this is Li Hetai, dressed in a suit and tie, already capable of handling things independently.
Gu Xinglan turned her head slightly. "Next week, I will leave your room and will not bother you anymore. I know your father. If you remember anything, come find me again."
That evening.
Just like comforting Li Hetai in his younger days in a parallel world, he took the initiative to put his arm around Li Hetai and lay down on the bed together, gently patting Li Hetai's back.
He realized he had truly fallen in love with someone.
But this is not the Li Hetai of this world, but the Li Hetai who has been with her for more than ten years in a parallel world.
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