10:30.

Ji Xingyun and his companion arrived in City B.

They stood in front of a white building.

The building is an ordinary 3-story residential building.

Huo Lou looked up at the second floor, where there was light. "Room 07, is this the right place? Do you want to go in?"

"Otherwise, I'm already here."

Ji Xingyun requested to connect with Tang Yu and rang the doorbell.

One minute later.

The person who opened the door was a short-haired woman in her 50s. Just as Ji Xingyun was thinking about how to start,

"I remember you. You are the boy from the Ji family." Mother Lu looked at Ji Xingyun in astonishment.

Her father-in-law and Ji Xingyun's grandfather were comrades-in-arms.

Many years ago.

They are still in their hometown.

Ji Xingyun and Grandpa came to visit.

He also said that he wanted to arrange a marriage for his daughter.

Their family background is ordinary, while the Ji family is a well-known wealthy family.

Naturally, I won't take this matter to heart.

Just think of it as a joke between two old people.

Ji Xingyun felt that the woman in front of him looked familiar. "You, you are Lu Man's mother?"

Deep sadness flashed in Mother Lu's eyes. "Yes, I am her mother. Why are you here?"

"I, we are..."

Ji Xingyun stuttered.

say what?

Your daughter turned into a ghost and didn't let me go. I want to find a master to take her in?

Huo Lou was still smart and said, "Auntie, don't blame us for being offensive. I heard that Lu Man... We happened to be passing through here on business, so we wanted to come and express our condolences and see if there is anything we can do to help."

Ji Xingyun nodded repeatedly.

"Lu Man and I were high school classmates. Aunt Lu, if you need any help, just let me know."

Mother Lu's eyes were red when she heard this. "If Man'er knew that you still remembered her, she would be very happy."

He sighed, "Come in first. Since you're here, I just happen to have something I want to give you."

This "you" of course refers to Ji Xingyun.

"My son and daughter-in-law don't live with us after they got married. Before, it was just me, my husband, and Man'er who lived here. My husband is out for something and won't be back for two days."

The two followed Lu's mother upstairs and came to a bedroom on the second floor.

Mother Lu raised her hand and turned on the light.

The dark room lights up.

Ji Xingyun saw a full-length photo of Lu Man placed on the cabinet beside the bed.

He picked up the picture frame.

The girl was seen with her hands folded in front of her, smiling and with a quiet temperament.

She is not beautiful, just pretty.

Something flashed through my mind.

"It turned out to be her." Ji Xingyun murmured.

Mother Lu opened the wardrobe, took out a storage box and handed it to Ji Xingyun.

"Do you find it strange that I could still recognize you after all these years? Inside this box are all her diaries. You'll understand after you read them."

"Man'er... She has always had low self-esteem. She's not pretty, and this has become her inner demon."

"A year ago, she chose to have plastic surgery without telling any of us, but something went wrong with the anesthesia... At that time, we received a call from the hospital and learned that Man'er had an accident. We quickly transferred Man'er to another hospital for emergency treatment, but still..."

Mother Lu's voice choked, she covered her mouth with her hands, and tears kept flowing out.

Ji Xingyun and Huo Lou looked at each other and felt a little heavy.

At this time.

Any comfort is pale.

[It turned out to be an anesthesia accident. What a pity. ]

[Hey, I don't think this girl is ugly, why would she be so desperate to get plastic surgery?]

The cosmetic surgery industry is a chaotic place right now. I understand everyone wants to look beautiful, but caution is still advised.

I'm really afraid of someone waving a knife in front of me. It doesn't matter if it's a little ugly, life goes by quickly.

[Our bodies and hair are inherited from our parents. People nowadays really don't take care of their bodies. Is appearance really that important?]

We have to admit, humans are visual creatures, and attractive people have many hidden advantages. For example, our new colleague is fair-skinned, tall, and slender. She's always given priority for presentations and client socials, and she's likely to get promoted quickly.

[Sorry, I think I'm pretty good-looking, but I haven't gotten any benefits, but I've been harassed by creepy men quite a lot.]

Mother Lu left the room.

Huo Lou rummaged through the storage box, which was filled with diaries and photo albums.

He picked up one of the photo albums.

After flipping through a few pages, his eyes widened. "Oh my God, these are all your photos. It seems that Lu Man likes you very much."

Most of them are about Ji Xingyun during his high school years.

Playing basketball, singing on stage, drinking milk tea, sleeping on the table...

Side view, front view, back view.

There are ones from every angle.

Lu Man also printed out the photos of Nian Xingyun's life when he was studying abroad and posted them on the Internet.

Ji Xingyun quickly flipped through the diary in his hand, his eyes fixed on a certain paragraph:

I remember that day, I heard my grandfather say that an old friend was coming to visit. That was the first time I met him...

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Three-year-old Lu Man hid behind her grandfather and looked shyly at the little boy in front of her.

He is very handsome.

Wearing a colorful hooded jacket and a baseball cap, with his chin slightly raised, he followed his grandfather with a cool expression.

When Grandpa Lu saw them, his wrinkled face smiled like a chrysanthemum.

Reunion after a long separation.

Holding hands with tears in their eyes.

Later I don't know what happened.

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