Chapter 1271 Dreams and Reality Connected

Chen Yan finally arrived in Haicheng with Gu Wanqiu's ashes, but he didn't know where to bury Gu Wanqiu.

In other words, where did Gu Wanqiu want to be buried?

Haicheng is Li Jinxing's "territory", and news about him is everywhere.

Shen Yan walked aimlessly. He looked at the message from Li Jinxing on his phone and understood it instantly.

The person Gu Wanqiu most wanted to see and the person she could never forget...

It was all Li Jinxing. She listened to his voice before she died, wanting to remember his voice firmly. She asked him to take his ashes to Haicheng. Maybe she also had some selfish motives because Li Jinxing was here.

So, could it be that the last thing she thought about before she died was meeting Li Jinxing again here?

Shen Yan felt uncomfortable, as he knew where Li Jinxing lived.

Right at Qiule Manor.

Gu Wanqiu's name also contains the word "Qiu". Is this place related to her? Did she live here during her lifetime?

It would be best to bury her in Qiule Manor, but he couldn't get in. Besides, Gu Wanqiu had said before her death not to look for Li Jinxing and not to tell anyone about her death.

Whether in life or after death, the person she cares about most is that person.

Chen Yan had unknowingly arrived outside Qiule Manor. Unable to get in, he decided to dig a hole near the gate and bury the body. Li Jinxing lived here and could see him every day when he went to and from get off work.

If there is a soul after death, Gu Wanqiu should be here to guard him forever.

Chen Yan bought some tools and, knowing that she liked camellias, he picked a few more. Knowing that she liked sweets, he bought some candies from a nearby snack shop.

She took so many medicines during her lifetime that her sense of taste disappeared in the end.

After her death, she was buried with sugar, hoping that she would have endless sugar to eat in the underworld, and then live a sweet life in the next life without any suffering or disaster.

He stood at Qiule Manor for a long time, looking in from the gate, and saw the green football field, mountains and water, a vast artificial lake, exquisite sculptures, and castle-like buildings filled with various flowers.

Yellow sunflowers represent courage, white hibiscus is noble and pure, pink roses represent romance and the companionship of lovers, purple tulips represent endless love, and blue irises bloom the most, but they represent desperate love.

This is the place that every woman dreams of living in.

Chen Yan didn't know how long he stood there holding the urn. He wanted to hug Gu Wanqiu when he saw Li Jinxing passing by.

He also wanted to see what kind of person the man that Gu Wanqiu loved until her death was in reality.

But he stood there for a long time and Li Jinxing didn't show up. Finally, he sighed and gave up.

The weather in Haicheng is colder than in Chengdu, and the temperature has dropped drastically. He just wore a coat when he went out last night, and now he feels cold even when he stands here.

If he is so cold, how cold must Gu Wanqiu be?

He looked at the wooden box in his arms with extremely gentle eyes, as if he was looking at Gu Wanqiu through the box.

"Are you very cold? I know you're always afraid of the cold. It's so cold, and you usually stay in your room and don't go out... Today, I've been holding you and standing here in the cold wind for so long. You must be very cold."

The wooden box did not respond to him. Only the cool breeze around him blew up his clothes, and the sound of wind was heard in his ears.

He squatted down, found a banyan tree, and started digging a hole there with tools. He was digging very attentively. People passing by were curious about his actions and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him a few more times.

Fortunately, there were few people on this road. Since he started digging the hole, only five or six people passed by, so it didn't cause any noise.

Finally, the pit was dug. Chen Yan opened the box and stroked the black ashes for the last time. Then he took out the watch and ring inside, and put the picked camellia, recorder, and the newly bought toffee into the wooden box.

Chen Yan was so focused on doing this that he didn't see the person he had been waiting for for a long time finally come out of Qiule Manor. However, the person was driving a car at a slow speed, and when he took out the ring, the car brushed past him like a gust of wind, taking nothing away and leaving nothing behind.

…

Li Jinxing had a big dream after getting drunk, in which he saw Gu Wanqiu again.

He thought he wouldn't see her because he was drunk and confused, but unexpectedly, her figure in his mind became clearer and clearer.

He saw Gu Wanqiu sitting under a camellia tree, holding a stuffed bear in her arms. She closed her eyes and slept peacefully.

A gust of wind blew, and the surrounding leaves rustled. Even in his dream, Li Jinxing's first reaction was to care about Gu Wanqiu's health. He wanted her to go back to her room to sleep. It was cold outside. If she fell asleep now, she would catch a cold when she woke up and be very delicate.

He was about to go over when he suddenly saw Gu Wanqiu fall off the chair. She had a pair of empty eyes open and her hands were groping around on the ground, trying to prop herself up, but she kept going down. Suddenly, her body twitched violently and she spat out a mouthful of black blood. Because of the severe pain, she scratched at the ground with her hands, her nails were scratched outward, and her hands were covered in blood.

Li Jinxing rushed over to stop her, but his hand passed through her body and he couldn't catch her.

He could only shout, calling Gu Wanqiu's name, asking her not to hurt herself in this self-destructive way.

Unfortunately, Gu Wanqiu in the dream couldn't hear her voice either.

He didn't know what had happened to Gu Wanqiu, he only knew that she was in pain and seemed to be enduring great torture.

The blood in her mouth had dyed half of her face red, which was shocking.

He called Gu Wanqiu's name over and over again.

Gu Wanqiu's eyes were fixed in his direction. At this distance, she should have been able to see him, but her beautiful eyes had no focus at all. They were empty like two holes, and her expression was dull.

Slowly, Gu Wanqiu moved her bloody lips and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Ajin, I seem to smell the scent of camellia... It's a pity that I can never see it again... I don't like roses anymore. I like camellia now, but you don't want it anymore... In this life, I can't be with you... If there is an afterlife... We can meet again, and I will... love you hopelessly... When that happens, please don't underestimate my love for you..."

Gu Wanqiu was like a flower, suddenly gorgeous and then suddenly withered. I watched her disappear bit by bit.

"Gu Wanqiu!" Li Jinxing suddenly sat up from the bed. His eyes, which had lost focus due to fear, slowly regained clarity at this time.

Li Jinxing looked like he had just been rescued from the water after drowning. His pale face was covered in sweat and he was breathing heavily with his mouth open.

He looked around and slowly came back to his senses. He had just had a nightmare about Gu Wanqiu. It was obviously just a dream, but it seemed as if it had really happened before his eyes, making him unable to calm down for a long time.

That feeling of loss came back, and it felt even stronger than yesterday. Just thinking about that scene, his heart seemed to stop beating, as if cement had poured into his ears, eyes, mouth and nose, sealing off everything about him.

Why does it hurt so much? He pressed his chest hard, and his pale face never regained its color.

Until Zhou Yi came in to see him and saw that he looked grim: "Boss, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to call a doctor?"

"It's okay, I just woke up and feel a little dizzy." This is a normal reaction after a hangover.

It is not uncomfortable to be drunk. What is uncomfortable is falling asleep immediately after drinking. When you wake up, you will have an unbearable headache, chest tightness, and waves of nausea.

Zhou Yi had seen Li Jinxing drunk before, and his reaction when riding a bike today was obviously different.

Who was gasping for breath and looking pale? His expression was filled with panic and fear, as if he had encountered something unbearable. But Li Jinxing had just woken up, what unbearable thing could he have encountered?

"Are you really okay?"

"It's okay, I just had a nightmare."

What a nightmare, no wonder... Zhou Yi stopped asking questions.

"Will breakfast be brought in?"

"No, go out and do your work. I'll go downstairs to eat after I wash up."

As soon as Zhou Yi left, Li Jinxing covered his chest and fell back onto the bed. He looked at the white ceiling, and Gu Wanqiu's pale face appeared in his mind.

He didn't want to think about her. Every time he thought about her, his heart would feel uncontrollably uncomfortable. He needed to do more things to fill his brain so that he had no space and no time to think about her.

Li Jinxing supported his exhausted body, washed off the smell of alcohol, changed into clean clothes and went downstairs. Zhou Yi was the only one downstairs.

"Where's He Tian?"

Zhou Yi straightened his back slightly: "I'm going out to do some work."

Li Jinxing didn't ask any more questions.

It was already very late when Li Jinxing woke up. His biological clock has always been very accurate. Even if he was drunk, he would wake up in the morning and would not sleep until noon.

Looking at the time, he looked a little stunned, as if he had suddenly lost a few hours.

Zhou Yi thought that he would not go out today, but he did not expect that after eating porridge, Li Jinxing did not even rest, but took his coat and keys directly.

"Where are you going, boss?"

"I'm going to the company."

"Are you still going now? There shouldn't be anything important these two days."

"I know, but I'm just sitting around doing nothing, so I want to find something to do." Even if he had nothing to do, he would find something to do to occupy all the space in his brain and heart, so that there would be no room left to pretend to be Gu Wanqiu.

It is said that the fastest way to forget a relationship is to quickly move into the next one.

Unfortunately, this method didn't work for him.

He had accumulated all his life's energy for loving people in these few short years, exhausted all his strength, and now he had no energy to love people anymore.

For him, loving one person for a lifetime is enough. If he cannot get the other person's love, he might as well not love, cut off all feelings and love. It is also good to be alone, without any worries and no weaknesses.

After taking a shower, Li Jinxing no longer smelled of alcohol. After drinking porridge, he felt more energetic and his eyes were clear. He should have no problem driving.

Li Jinxing drove out and saw from a distance a man squatting under a banyan tree digging something.

No one was in charge of this place. The man was digging with great concentration. There was a box on the ground. He slowly picked up the box and opened it. Li Jinxing seemed to see camellia. He took a breath and looked away.

As if sensing something, Li Jinxing glanced over. At the moment the car drove past, he saw out of the corner of his eye that the man took out two rings from the box. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the style of the rings clearly in the car.

Suddenly, a voice seemed to be carried to his ears by the wind: "Ajin..."

He always felt that someone was calling him, but when he turned his head, there was only a cold wind.

Eventually, the car drove farther and farther away, and the shadow in the rearview mirror became smaller and smaller, until it finally disappeared.

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Shen Yan carefully placed the urn into the dug hole and covered it with soil. He also found a camellia seedling and planted it on top, but he didn't know if it would bloom in the future.

The white camellia was placed on the pile of earth. Shen Yan's hands were covered with dirt and mud under his nails. He bought tools, but he almost dug the hole with his hands, as if this would make him more pious.

"Gu Wanqiu, I have fulfilled the agreement between us. When you died, I took you back to your hometown. I hope that you can meet the person you have loved all your life here..."

He suddenly remembered a love line: I enjoy the pure joy of white tea and nothing else to do. I am waiting for the wind and for you.

"It's my luck to meet you..." Chen Yan began to sob again. "Come to think of it, I haven't really walked around Haicheng yet. I plan to walk around here in the next few days, to see the scenery as you see it, to taste the food you've tasted, and to walk the roads you've walked..."

But he won't stay here. After seeing this, he will leave. I don't know when we will see each other again.

Chen Yan took one last look at the small mound, then slowly turned around and left, returning to the car, where the teddy bear that Gu Wanqiu had been holding was placed. He had already taken out the recorder from the teddy bear and bought it along with the ashes.

Now this teddy bear is just a toy, but its fur is still stained with Gu Wanqiu's blood. The blood has dried and formed a hard ball.

Chen Yan touched the blood clots, rubbed them between his fingertips, and kneaded them apart bit by bit. The scattered blood clots flew out from between his fingertips like dust.

Leaning his back against the car seat, he hugged the bear tightly, and it seemed that he could still feel a trace of Gu Wanqiu's warmth from the teddy bear.

Gu Wanqiu did not instruct on what to do with the teddy bear before her death, but she obviously liked it as she held it every day, or to be more precise, she liked the recording inside the teddy bear.

So he took the recording out of the bear, and as for the plush bear, he wanted to keep it with him.

To fulfill his initial wish when he met Gu Wanqiu.

He said he wanted to take Gu Wanqiu around to travel, to places she had never been to, and to scenery she had never seen.

Before he could do anything, Gu Wanqiu went blind and could no longer see. Now that she had passed away, Shen Yan decided to treat the teddy bear as her and travel to various places. When he had seen everything... or when he could no longer walk, he would burn the bear.