The man in black and silver-faced looked at Mu Xuewei's incredulous expression and chuckled softly, "Do you like this surprise?"

He deliberately emphasized the word "surprise" and then turned and left.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Mu Xuewei looked carefully at the woman in front of her.

Bai Xiangning is the fifth-generation successor of the Bai family perfume workshop.

As someone who has coveted the position of Mrs. Shi for many years, she knows everyone around Shi Heng very well.

Three years ago, Shi Heng acquired the Baijia Workshop, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, and established the "Xiangyue Tiancheng" perfume company.

He gave Bai Xiangning the position of manager, second only to chief perfumer Lu Yichen.

Last year, the "Midnight Epiphyllum" series she developed achieved sales of 300 million yuan and is the company's star product.

"You suddenly resigned two months ago... I sent someone to look for you." Mu Xuewei spoke first.

She remembered the result of the investigation at that time, which was that Bai Xiangning plotted against Gu Youran and was expelled by Shi Heng.

I wanted to recruit this "ally", but I heard that she went to Country Y for further studies.

Mu Xuewei asked warily, "Why are you here?"

Bai Xiangning smiled faintly. "It was the master who found me, brought me to Country Y, and built a new laboratory for me."

She looked at the face in front of her that looked exactly like Gu Youran, and a hint of amusement flashed in her eyes.

"From now on, I'm your personal assistant."

She took out an exquisite gift box from her bag and said, "This is a meeting gift."

Mu Xuewei opened the box and found seven small perfume bottles neatly arranged inside.

"This is the 'Seven Days of Beautiful Dreams' Platycodon grandiflorum series," Bai Xiangning explained.

"Impossible!" Mu Xuewei exclaimed.

"This is a personal perfume that Shi Heng developed specifically for Gu Youran. It's not available on the market."

Bai Xiangning's expression was calm, without the slightest ripple.

"I conducted 327 perfume-making experiments over the past two months to come up with these seven."

She gently stroked the perfume bottle, "Even Lu Yichen can't tell whether it's real or fake."

Mu Xuewei stared at the seven perfume bottles and suddenly realized something.

"After you resigned, have you been researching Gu Youran's perfume?"

Bai Xiangning did not answer.

She slowly picked up the photo that had fallen to the ground, and her fingertips stroked Shi Heng's outline, as if touching a fragile collection.

"I was wondering..." Her voice was so soft it sounded like a sigh.

"When Heng touched your face, which was exactly the same as Gu Youran's, and smelled your body fragrance, which was exactly the same..."

Suddenly, she chuckled and looked up at Mu Xuewei.

"Tell me, that person who keeps saying he loves Gu Youran, will one night...even he himself can't tell whether it's moonlight or his reflection in his arms?"

Bai Xiangning draped a silk scarf embroidered with gentian flowers over her shoulders.

The brand of the scarf is "Nianwan", which Gu Youran often uses.

"Remember, from now on, when you walk, you should slightly raise your chin like her, and when you speak, you should pause slightly at the end of your sentences like her..."

Mu Xuewei stared at the jealousy flickering in Bai Xiangning's eyes.

Suddenly, I saw my own reflection in that face.

Once upon a time, they were all trapped in Shi Heng's shadow.

Now, I have been chosen by fate to be a substitute.

The one opposite was burned into madness by love.

…

The next morning, just as the sky was turning pale,

Shi Heng, Gu Youran, Lei Nuo and Lei Shuangcheng came to the cemetery again.

Although it is the dead of winter, Gujia Village is as warm as spring.

The mountain paths are lined with unknown wild flowers.

The four of them picked fruits along the way and soon their arms were full.

Gu Youran knelt in front of her parents' grave and arranged the flowers.

She whispered, "Dad, Mom, I'm married. Shi Heng treats me very well, don't worry!"

As he spoke, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

Shi Heng knelt beside him, looked at the tombstone and promised solemnly: "Don't worry, father-in-law and mother-in-law, I will definitely take good care of your little Yueyue."

He turned his head to look at Gu Youran, his eyes as gentle as water.

Next to him, Renault knelt in front of his mother's grave and kowtowed three times.

Lei Shuangcheng also knelt down, with their foreheads resting on the loess, and they were reluctant to get up for a long time.

Half an hour later.

The four of them returned to the courtyard where Grandpa Feng lived.

In the yard, more than ten elderly people had been waiting for a long time.

Grandma Li walked over tremblingly, took out a handful of dried pear blossoms from her arms and stuffed them into Gu Youran's pocket.

"You girl, take this with you to keep safe."

Grandpa Feng held up an oil-paper bag and said, "This is the winter melon candy you loved to eat when you were a child."

As the old man spoke, he suddenly held Gu Youran's hand tightly and pressed his palm hard on the back of her hand.

"Be careful on the road."

Gu Youran felt a lump in his throat and took out a few pages of prescriptions from his pocket.

She wrote this as soon as she got up this morning.

"These prescriptions all use common herbs from the mountains, but they are particularly effective for headaches, fevers, and pain in the waist and legs."

She explained the usage to the elderly people one by one, her voice as gentle as if she was coaxing a child.

Grandpa Feng held the prescription and said with emotion: "Your father was like this back then, always thinking about treating everyone."

On the other side, Renault and Lei Shuangcheng walked up to Xu Bo and bowed deeply.

Uncle Xu patted their shoulders, his eyes full of relief.

Before leaving, Renault looked back several times.

The old man accompanied him for a full twenty-two years.

Ever since the fire that year, he has been taking care of him like a father.

In the morning light, the team of fourteen people bid farewell to Gujia Village and set out on their return journey.

Renault and Mark walked in front, Shi Heng held Gu Youran's hand tightly and walked in the middle, and Lei Shuangcheng followed behind.

At noon, Renault and his team were almost at Eagle's Beak Cliff.

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