Wen Lu couldn't help but swallow as she looked at the fresh squid. Grilled squid was her favorite snack, and she wondered how well these people could cook it.

Seeing Wen Lu's greedy look, Wang Jinyu pulled her to sit down in a seat and gently tapped the table with his finger. Wang Xiuli then set out the tableware for Wen Lu and Wang Jinyu.

"Sister-in-law, do you want chili on your squid?"

Hearing Shen Yinan call Wen Lu "little sister-in-law," Gu Yao paused involuntarily as she picked up the tableware. She knew Shen Yinan, but she hadn't expected him to be so willing to call Wen Lu "little sister-in-law." It seemed that her Meiying really had no chance.

Gu Yao sat down at the dining table, took out her phone, opened the call history with Mei Ying, and sent her a message.

"Boss, are you really not related to Wang Jinyu? If you're interested in Wang Jinyu, I'll help you snatch him away right away."

Wen Lu, who was discussing with Shen Yinan what kind of sauce to use for squid, felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and took it out.

When she opened the message Gu Yao sent, she looked up at Gu Yao's direction, rubbed her aching temples, and realized she couldn't hide it any longer. Gu Yao seemed to be out of her mind.

After dinner, Wen Lu walked over to Gu Yao, holding two cans of beer, and pulled Gu Yao's arm, leading her to the other side of the boat.

Gu Yao looked at Wen Lu with a confused expression. She didn't quite understand what Wen Lu meant by this. Her relationship with Wen Lu hadn't been that good since that argument.

"Why are you pulling me? There are only the two of us here. If something happens to you, I won't be able to explain myself. You're not trying to frame me, are you?"

Gu Yao looked at Wen Lu with a wary expression. She thought Wen Lu was very smart, and she had no idea what Wen Lu wanted to do.

Wen Lu looked at Gu Yao, took out her phone from her pocket, and placed her chat history with Gu Yao in front of Gu Yao without rushing to speak.

Gu Yao stared in shock at the chat history on Wen Lu's phone. She grabbed Wen Lu's hand and stared intently at the screen, hardly daring to believe it.

"You...where did you get this chat history between me and Phantom? You really know Phantom? Wait a minute, my head seems a little fuzzy. I've known Phantom for so long, how come I've never known that Phantom knew you?"

"And if Phantom knows you, why doesn't she treat you? She's good friends with Ghost Hand, and given your condition..."

Gu Yao paused abruptly, staring at Wen Lu in disbelief, remaining silent for a long time.

At this moment, Wen Lu was not in a hurry. She calmly looked at Gu Yao, waiting for Gu Yao to express her guess. She wanted to hear Gu Yao explain how outrageous her guess was.

"Go on, who am I?"

Looking at Wen Lu's calm and collected demeanor, Gu Yao hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand to rub her aching temples, still looking at Wen Lu with some disbelief.

"You wouldn't happen to be Ghost Hand, would you? That Ghost Hand is very mysterious. I've never seen her before. Phantom seems very afraid of revealing her identity."

After hearing Gu Yao's guess, Wen Lu's last glimmer of hope was completely shattered. She now felt that she really couldn't deny what Wang Jinyu said; Gu Yao's mind really didn't seem to be working very well.

"You guessed half right. Ghost Hand is me, and Phantom is also me..."

Wen Lu didn't want Gu Yao to keep acting so neurotic. She sensed that Gu Yao genuinely liked her and was trying to find various excuses to get closer to her, but in order not to betray her support for Mei Ying, she was still keeping her distance. This was really putting Gu Yao in a difficult position.

Upon hearing Wen Lu's confession, Gu Yao shook her head in disbelief. She knew what Mei Ying looked like, and even knew exactly what marks Mei Ying had. How could she believe that the Wen Lu in front of her was Mei Ying? They were not the same person at all.

"No, don't try to fool me. Phantom is Phantom, and you are you. How could you be the same person? If you are Ghost Hand, then have you hidden Phantom? Is she badly injured? Or is she horribly injured? Or disfigured? But please, don't play this kind of joke on me. How could a little girl like you be Phantom?"

Gu Yao sat on the deck, took the beer from Wen Lu's hand, her fair fingers trembling as she pulled the tab and took a big gulp. She couldn't believe what Wen Lu was saying; it was all too unbelievable.

Wen Lu observed Gu Yao's reaction and felt that everything was within her expectations; she thought Gu Yao's reaction was quite normal.

"It's true. I realized it was a trap when I went to carry out the mission, but by the time I wanted to back out, it was too late. There was a sudden explosion there, and I was really wiped out in that accident."

"I thought I was dead, but for some reason, when I regained consciousness, I was in this body..."

"After I was reborn, I did think about letting you know I was safe, but I knew there were problems within our organization. Otherwise, Ryan wouldn't have known my whereabouts, nor would he have set such a big trap for me."

"So I decided to play along and wait for you to announce my death. I will then start a new life under a different identity. I also want to use this ordinary and unknown identity to investigate my parents' affairs again."

"That's why I didn't reveal my identity to you after we met."

"Do you know why I suddenly contacted you last time? It was because I found out who was behind my death, and I wanted to contact you to ask you to help me."

"I just didn't expect that after I hacked the manor's surveillance system, I would discover that Brother Qiao was also in their hands. So, I contacted Brother Fu and Fireworks, and that's how I ended up not having to use my own people."

As Wen Lu recounted her experiences, Gu Yao stared blankly at her. It turned out that her intuition was correct; there was a reason why she felt that Wen Lu and Mei Ying resembled each other—because they were the same person.

Gu Yao suddenly stood up, rushed to Wen Lu's side, and hugged Wen Lu tightly.

"You're so heartless. You finished writing it, looked at me, and tried to find your own shadow in Wen Lu. So why are you willing to tell me now?"

Gu Yao hugged Wen Lu and complained. She couldn't understand why Wen Lu was so calm. Didn't she feel sorry for him when she saw him so sad?

"Because you're so annoying, you keep saying that Phantom likes Wang Jinyu."