Chapter 29 The final agreement is to let him say goodbye to the love between us with a smile...

Gu Yifeng turned around suddenly: "Wen Yi! You..."

His eyes fell on the portrait she was holding, and his right hand clenched involuntarily.

He never thought that she would discover the portrait of "Yi Yi" that he had drawn stroke by stroke based entirely on his imagination.

The yellowed portrait slowly floated towards him and finally hovered in front of him.

A sketch, the brushstrokes are not delicate, more like someone looking back in a dream, with an unformed soul imprinted in the pupils.

Gravity dissipated, and the drawing paper fell gently at his feet like a butterfly with broken wings.

He lowered his eyes and stared at the smiling woman in the portrait, his lips moving slightly but no sound came out.

"Gu Yifeng, tell me, who is Yi Yi?"

The sounds hit my heart one by one, and the rainy day under the wisteria flowers suddenly appeared before my eyes.

The story begins with the words "Don't cry" whispering in his ears.

The raindrops wet his shoulders and also wet his fate.

Those gentle moments hidden in the campus are as real as dreams.

But he didn't expect that at the end of the story, he would be standing alone in the autumn scenery, at a loss.

With heavy breathing, Gu Yifeng ran with all his strength towards the depths of the dense forest at the foot of Qingluan Mountain.

"We're almost there..." He leaned on his knees, panting heavily, his uniform already soaked with sweat. "You said that if I save her, we'll have a future..."

He held his breath, waiting for the familiar voice in his head.

After a moment, a faint voice sounded:

【yes……】

A stubborn light ignited in his eyes, and he ran towards the maple tree she had marked.

The rescue process flashed back like a kaleidoscope.

When everything was settled, Gu Yifeng put away his gun and slowly squatted down.

His eyes fell on the little girl in front of him, with scrutiny, exploration, and even a hint of imperceptible expectation.

He had so many questions to ask, but in the end he said nothing.

Because she is too young.

He stood up and prepared to take her away.

At this moment, the longest and last sentence between them rang in my ears:

She will...wait for you in the future.

Gu Yifeng suddenly stopped and his body froze in place.

"Yi Yi! What are you talking about?" His voice trembled slightly. "You said...we will have a future."

But there was silence in my mind, as if no one had ever existed.

He stood under the tree, his mind was blank, and he could only call her name over and over again.

But the only response he got was the rustling of leaves in the wind.

He finally understood that the moment he saved the child, their fate had quietly changed.

He no longer had the chance to say one last word to her.

It was he who killed her with his own hands.

He clenched his teeth and tried hard to suppress the surging emotions.

I can't cry, at least not now.

If she was still watching him in some corner, he had to send her off from this world with a smile, saying goodbye to the memories of their love in the most decent way.

The little girl beside him looked at him with fear in her eyes and took a few steps back.

He took her hand and placed the business card with the message in it into her palm: "Don't worry, I will keep my promise and wait for you in the future."

This is the final agreement between them.

Memories surged through his mind, then gradually subsided, leaving only silence.

In the quiet study, only the sound of the second hand of the wall clock echoed in the air, beating against his heart.

"Yi Yi... isn't she the one you've been waiting for fifteen years?"

Gu Yifeng turned his eyes away and dug his nails deep into his palms.

He wanted to explain, but it was clearly a love story between two people, yet he was the only one present. He had kept the secret all these years, with no witnesses and no way to prove it.

All that unforgettable love has now become an inexplicable misunderstanding.

He finally saw the cruel truth: through her, he did love "Yi Yi" in another time and space.

He is trapped in a time paradox and can't find a way out.

Ripples surged in the air, and the red light on Gu Yifeng's watch flashed wildly.

"Wen Yi!" He took a step forward and reached out to grab her wrist. "Calm down! Your gravitational fluctuations have attracted the attention of the monitoring department. We must leave here immediately. Let's go!"

She took a step back.

This small step seemed to create an insurmountable gap between the two of them.

Wen Yi lowered her head, her eyes dull and lifeless.

He also noticed her emotions and wanted to say something to comfort her, but he didn't know what to say.

How could he make her believe that he loved her, but not the one standing in front of him.

"Have you really liked me?" Wen Yi suddenly looked up, her eyes red, and looked at him with burning gaze.

"I..." He paused. He couldn't say "I like you" in the end, but seeing her so sad, he couldn't just say nothing.

Finally, he stepped forward, held her hand, and said solemnly, "From now on, you are the only one in my heart."

After hearing this, Wen Yi was stunned, as if she had heard an extremely absurd answer.

"You...you don't even pretend anymore?"

Gu Yifeng was stunned. Was he wrong? Then what should he say?

If he told her the truth—that he fell in love with "her" from another time and space, would she think he was crazy or just a lie to comfort her?

But if he were to say something against his will, he would be deceiving her and betraying himself.

Gu Yifeng stopped talking, and the two fell into silence for a while.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?" She smiled self-deprecatingly, and her tone became a little more relaxed.

"I..." He didn't feel relieved at all. He couldn't help but frown slightly, considering how to explain to her.

She raised her hand to cover the back of his hand, slowly pressed it, and pulled her hand back: "Since I'm not the one you really want to wait for, and you don't really like me, then why should we continue? You saved me, and you also let me down, so let's just treat it as if we owe each other nothing."

Only then did he realize something was wrong and held her hand again, his face showing an unconcealable panic.

"Wen Yi, the person I really love is——"

"My father was right. Saving my life doesn't mean I have to repay him with my body." She didn't pull her hand away immediately, but gently shook it back. "Mr. Gu, thank you for saving my life. Once we walk out of this door today, we will have nothing to do with each other anymore."

Gu Yifeng could clearly feel his heart beating in disorder.

Wen Yi looked at him for a moment, finally withdrew her hands, turned and walked towards the door.

The study door had just opened a crack when it was slammed shut again. Before she could react, she was pulled back in, trapped between the bookshelf and him.

The kiss came without warning and landed roughly on her lips. Wen Yi clenched her teeth and looked up at his trembling face, her mouth filled with the strong taste of blood and rust.

"No! Don't go! I love—"

His confession was interrupted by a sudden loud noise.

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the study exploded with a loud bang, and the flying glass fragments reflected the searchlight outside the window, and countless infrared aiming points covered their bodies.

"Listen up, everyone in the room! Give up resistance!"

Under the messy and dazzling white light, Wen Yi instinctively raised her hands to cover her eyes.

"Be careful!" He held her tightly in his arms, and the two of them rolled on the ground covered with broken glass, avoiding the targeting points.

"hiss--"

Amid the crisp sound of broken glass, she heard Gu Yifeng's groan.

He protected her with his body. The sharp glass scratched his back and blood instantly soaked his clothes.

Wen Yi's eyelashes trembled, and she instinctively curled up in his arms, with a familiar smell and the smell of blood at the tip of her nose.

She heard him whispering in her ear, "Don't be afraid. I'm here. You'll be fine."

She looked up at him, unable to understand how such illogical feelings could exist in the world. He clearly didn't love her, yet he was willing to risk his life for her. "Wen Yi, listen to me." He pulled out a gun and handed it to her. "Take it."

She didn't move.

"Here!" His tone suddenly became stern. "Secret Service will be here soon. Do as I say."

She finally reached out to take the gun, her hand trembling slightly as she held it for the first time.

"Now, face me," he said.

She looked up suddenly: "What did you say?"

"You heard me." He looked straight into her eyes. "You have to make them believe that you're holding me hostage. Only then will you be able to leave."

Wen Yi:?

She sneered, her tone sarcastic: "Hold you hostage? Do I have the ability to do that? Anyone with eyes can see it, right? The special forces are not fools."

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "You can do it if you have a gun."

She was silent for a moment, then slowly raised the gun and pointed it at his forehead: "Like this?"

He lowered his eyes to look at her slightly trembling wrist, sighed, and his eyes softened a little.

"It's too high." He lightly tapped his fingertips, pressed the muzzle of the gun down a little, and pointed it steadily at his chest.

"That's fine. I'm afraid your hands will get sore from lifting it."

Wen Yi: ...

She spun him around and shoved him forward, the muzzle of the gun pressing mercilessly against his back.

"Please, Director Gu." She said coldly, "You are truly my hostage now."

The two of them slowly walked out of the messy study, their footsteps making slight cracking sounds on the glass on the floor.

Under the cover of night, the special agents guarding outside the house had surrounded them, their guns pointed at them, but because Gu Yifeng was standing in the front, no one dared to act rashly.

"Get out of the way." Wen Yi hid behind him and shouted, "Let me go, I don't want to hurt anyone!"

No one answered, but the encirclement quietly made way for a path.

She walked him towards the familiar car, opened the door and pushed him in.

The engine roared, the tires rolled over the gravel, and the car disappeared into the night in an instant.

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Her hands gripping the steering wheel tightened a little, and the rearview mirror reflected several car lights chasing her.

Gu Yifeng looked calm, as if he was not being held hostage by her to escape, but was accompanying her for a ride.

"Now hold steady and switch places with me." She didn't respond, but still did as he said.

In the next few minutes, they shuttled through narrow alleys, successfully shaking off the pursuit car, and almost brushed past the wall several times, which was extremely thrilling.

The last car approached suddenly, and Gu Yifeng turned the steering wheel sharply and rushed into a narrow alley.

The pursuit vehicle failed to react in time and crashed into abandoned construction materials in front of it, completely falling behind the team.

The car body shook violently, and she was thrown to the side by inertia and hit his arm.

He reached out to hold her shoulders, his hand lingering above her collarbone without moving away.

In the early morning, their car was parked in a dark alley where no one passed by.

"Ni Qianfan and the others haven't arrived yet?" Wen Yi's eyes kept scanning every swaying shadow at the alley entrance.

"According to the plan, they will arrive in Yunchuan soon." Gu Yifeng leaned on the passenger seat, his untreated wound still bleeding.

She forced herself to look away: "If they come to help you, won't they be discovered?"

"Don't worry, I have my own way." His tone was still calm, as if everything was under control.

"I was serious about what I said before." She stared at the swaying shadows of the trees at the entrance of the alley and said softly, "After the autopsy is done, we'll say goodbye."

Before she could finish her words, she was suddenly pulled into his arms.

"I told you," his voice was no longer gentle, but contained a hint of suppressed anger, "Don't mention leaving again."

She wanted to struggle, but he held her wrist tightly and pressed her chest against his body.

There seemed to be air flowing in the air, but what we could actually hear was only the sound of each other's breathing.

Her heartbeat was out of rhythm, her reason was wavering, and she couldn't help but ask herself: Are you really willing to leave?

At this moment, he suddenly retracted his arm, her body tilted, her knees slipped, and she sat astride his waist.

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The author has something to say: When I was writing this chapter, I was listening to "I Shouldn't Cry" by Power Train v. Gao Wuren.

“The story begins in the summer when you smiled gently, and ends in the autumn when I am at a loss.”

I rewrote it on June 14th. The previous one was really rubbish. [Shy]