Chapter 995 A Beautiful Dream (Bonus Chapter)

"Okay, okay."

"OK."

"Zheng Yifeng helped send him to kindergarten. I was still asleep at the time, and the little guy dressed and washed himself."

"okok, microwave, heat, three, minutes, I'm not a child anymore."

"I'm taking a dump, are you satisfied now?"

"Haha, okay, mwah, goodbye wife."

Lu Yuanqiu hung up the phone, put it aside, closed his eyes, clenched his fists, tightened his sphincter muscles, and made a final thrust.

look up.

Ah~

"Boom!"

After flushing the toilet, he went outside to wash his hands. As he looked up, he caught a glimpse of a golden and white figure quickly passing through the living room and running to the balcony.

Lu Yuanqiu picked up the cat food on the table and walked towards the balcony. Bai Jinjin's bowl and litter box were placed there. It was eight o'clock in the morning, and this stinky cat usually went to the toilet around this time. Sure enough, before he even got close, he heard the sound of claws scratching the litter.

"Splash—"

Seeing Lu Yuanqiu approaching with cat food, Bai Jinjin stopped what she was doing, meowed, jumped out of the litter box, and raised her head to rub her neck against Lu Yuanqiu's calves.

"Don't rush, don't rush!" Lu Yuanqiu poured the cat food and was about to go over to scoop the litter box when he glanced to the side and suddenly saw something strange in the litter box.

His eyes widened in surprise, and he slowly squatted down, curiously digging into that piece with a plastic spatula.

Underneath the cat litter was a completely black cube with a textured appearance, resembling the patterns of rock, and its shape was somewhat like a metal lighter, but larger.

The block is also inlaid with three rows of knobs, similar to a digital combination lock, like the kind on a suitcase, with four knobs in each row corresponding to four numbers.

Lu Yuanqiu looked around, then reached into his pocket. Finding no tissues, he went to the living room, grabbed two tissues, and pulled the thing out.

There was some unidentified slime on it.

He frowned as he looked at it, his expression one of disgust, and quickly moved away from its face. Could this be something that Bai Jinjin produced?

It could also be vomit.

I glanced back at that stinky cat... still eating.

Damn, when did I eat this?

It's never been outside, and this thing doesn't look like something from home.

Lu Yuanqiu walked over, lifted the cat's belly, and looked at Pi Yan. There was no problem; she was healthy. That must have been vomited out. He wrapped the black cube in a tissue and placed it on the shelf by the wall, planning to have a good talk with Bai Qingxia when she got home that evening.

He had only taken a few steps when a sound came from behind him. Lu Yuanqiu turned around and saw that the cube he had just placed on the shelf had inexplicably fallen to the ground.

Just as he was about to go back and pick it up, a beam of blue light suddenly emanated from the cube, enveloping him completely.

? ? ?

After a dizzying spin, Lu Yuanqiu's eyes widened, and he was breathing heavily when he found himself in a cramped space, in a disheveled position with his back against the wall and in a half-squatting stance.

Standing in front of them was a girl wearing a JK uniform, with slightly messy hair and reddened eyes.

After staring at her for a few seconds, Lu Yuanqiu stood up in confusion: "Wife? You... wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

Lu Yuanqiu touched his head in surprise and looked to the side.

This is a toilet... because there are mops all along the walls, and the smell of mothballs mixed with excrement permeates the air.

After glancing around a few times, he suddenly realized a terrible fact, covered his mouth, and then immediately looked down at his arm, only to be shocked to find that his clothes had also changed!

My soul has been transmigrated?! What the hell?!

"What did you just call me...?" The girl in the JK uniform looked up at him, looking pitiful. She was holding onto her other arm with one hand and huddled in the corner of the toilet stall, deliberately keeping her distance from Lu Yuanqiu.

But at this moment, her face was filled with doubt, and a few... indescribable emotions, clearly because of Lu Yuanqiu's address just now.

Looking at the 17-year-old Bai Qingxia in front of him, whose face was slightly immature and had a bit of baby fat, and who had to look away after a while, Lu Yuanqiu was furious, absolutely furious, completely furious...

The atmosphere off the field remained tense for four or five minutes.

He approached the girl, and Bai Qingxia instinctively shrank back, her tear-streaked eyelashes trembling. She stared awkwardly into Lu Yuanqiu's eyes, unable to meet his gaze directly. Still struggling with the right form of address, she lowered her head and asked persistently, "What you just did..."

"What's wrong?" Lu Yuanqiu reached out and pinched her cheek; it was soft, warm, and felt very real.

Bai Qingxia shook her head, giving up on asking further: "Never mind, it's nothing... I, I need to go to the toilet."

"Hold it in."

After Lu Yuanqiu finished speaking, he sighed and placed one hand on the wall next to her head, like a different kind of wall slam.

What to do? What to do? He lowered his head and thought.

Although he sometimes misses the past, it doesn't mean he really wants to relive it all.

"I couldn't hold it in." Bai Qingxia looked up, her tone becoming more serious, and immediately explained, "I came here to use the restroom, and I haven't been able to..."

Lu Yuanqiu also looked up, his face very close to Bai Qingxia's, so Bai Qingxia could only lower her head again.

Suddenly her eyes widened.

"Smack." Lu Yuanqiu casually kissed her on the cheek.

Bai Qingxia looked up, stretched out her hands, and pushed hard against Lu Yuanqiu's chest. Lu Yuanqiu glared and yelled "Damn it!" as his back slammed against the partition behind him with a loud thud. He looked at her in surprise.

A few pieces of the pink hair clip fell to the ground. She immediately squatted down to pick them up, hugged them to her chest, and shrank into a corner. Her chest heaved rapidly from panting, her face was red, and her eyes were even redder.

Lu Yuanqiu shouldn't have treated her like that.

Overwhelmed by a flood of emotions, Bai Qingxia bit the edge of her lower lip and began to cry softly again.

“I…” Lu Yuanqiu squatted down, looking up at her helplessly: “Okay, I’m sorry, my mind was a bit muddled, and I just couldn’t help it…”

Bai Qingxia immediately put her hand down and forcefully covered the hem of her pleated skirt.

“You…I didn’t…” Lu Yuanqiu spread his hands, hesitating to speak.

"Is a confused mind a reason to have sex with someone without their consent?" Bai Qingxia angrily turned her head to the side.

"Okay, okay, I'll stand up." He stood up and leaned against the corner.

My 17-year-old wife is very wary of me.

I feel like killing myself... I just asked for a day off to be lazy at home, why did it have to happen again...?

Oh my god, help me...

Ahhh! I'm going crazy!

"I really can't hold it in anymore!" she cried out after a moment, turning her head to look at them.

"Then what do you want me to do! My darling~" Lu Yuanqiu responded in despair, "My dear Xiaxia~"

Bai Qingxia kept her mouth shut and didn't say a word. She raised her fingers to wipe away her tears, covered the hairpin fragments with her chest, and squatted down against the wall.

Seeing her like this, Lu Yuanqiu sighed.

never mind.

Accept reality.

He raised his head, used the wall for leverage, and climbed out of the cubicle in a few quick movements.

"thump!"

"Holy crap!"

A heavy thud was heard outside. Bai Qingxia, who was in the cubicle, quickly stood up, pounded on the door, and asked worriedly, "Lu Yuanqiu, what's wrong?! Lu Yuanqiu!"

"It's nothing, my skills have just gotten worse..."

Lu Yuanqiu lay on the ground, enduring the pain as he stood up. He opened the door, and Bai Qingxia immediately came out, looking him over with concern: "Are you hurt anywhere?"

"No, no, no, you should go in and pee." Lu Yuanqiu raised his arm and casually pointed to a cubicle.

Bai Qingxia glanced at him a few more times with concern, then turned back to look him over, her expression unnatural as she ordered, "You... get out of here right now."

"It's not like I haven't seen it before... Fine, fine, I'll go out." Lu Yuanqiu clutched his waist with one hand, shook his head helplessly, and limped out of the women's restroom, kicking the "anti-slip" sign on the door aside as he did so, cursing under his breath.

Grass!

He walked to the steps next to the playground and sat down, looking at the few scattered people on the playground and some sports facilities with mixed feelings.

I've been reborn again... No, this is time travel, soul travel, it must be because of that combination lock.

Not long after he sat down, there was a commotion behind him. Bai Qingxia, who came out of the first-floor restroom, looked in his direction. Lu Yuanqiu turned around and was about to raise his hand to greet her, but Bai Qingxia ignored him and ran away in one direction.

Lu Yuanqiu wasn't in the mood to pursue it; he was sure he wouldn't actually get angry.

He sat on the steps for more than half an hour. He heard footsteps behind him. Lu Yuanqiu turned around and saw Bai Qingxia place a roasted sweet potato and chicken cutlet wrapped in a plastic bag next to him. She then immediately turned around and left, still not intending to pay attention to him.

Oh right, it's lunchtime now... Lu Yuanqiu picked up the plastic bag, sighed, and then laughed.

My wife still cares about me, as expected.

After slowly finishing his meal, he stood up, intending to go find Bai Qingxia, but instead stepped onto the balcony of Courtyard No. 1.

?

Lu Yuanqiu's limbs and body froze, and he looked around in shock.

What's going on?

"Meow~" Platinum turned its head to look at him while it was eating.

Lu Yuanqiu glanced at the cat, then at the "combination lock" wrapped in a tissue on the ground.

And the clothes on my body.

He realized he was back.

so……

so……

With a sense of doubt, Lu Yuanqiu immediately squatted down, picked up the combination lock, opened the tissue, and looked at the three rows of knobs on it.

He then took a closer look at the numbers corresponding to the three rows of knobs.

First row: 2, 0, 1, 0.

Second row: 0, 9, 2, 9.

Third row: 1, 1, 2, 3.

So this is the damn date?!

And what time of day?!

Holy crap!

"What the hell did you pull out?!" Lu Yuanqiu picked up the cat with one hand and looked at it in surprise.

"Meow~" Platinum Jin leisurely licked its hand.

After his initial surprise, Lu Yuanqiu laughed, a laugh tinged with deep emotion. So he didn't need to experience rebirth again; he had simply returned to a certain point in the past because of this thing.

Lu Yuanqiu quickly took the "combination lock" back to the living room. He carefully wiped it with a tissue, not daring to touch the knob.

After wiping it clean, he excitedly picked up his phone and dialed Bai Qingxia's number. However, he paused after the call connected, his eyes glancing at the combination lock.

"Hello? What's up? Have you had breakfast?" Bai Qingxia's voice came from the phone.

Lu Yuanqiu didn't mention the "combination lock" but instead asked, "During our senior year sports meet, when we were locked in a toilet stall, do you remember... I kissed you?"

"Nonsense, of course I remember. You still call me wife, don't think I've forgotten."

hiss--

Lu Yuanqiu put down the phone, covered it with his hand, took a deep breath, and his feelings at this moment were indescribable.

"Haha, really... Okay, I'm going to heat up breakfast. You go to work, okay? Mwah."

Lu Yuanqiu immediately hung up the phone and carefully examined the "combination lock" in his hand.

He brought the sniff to his nose and immediately felt nauseous, almost vomiting up his dinner from the previous day.

So... by setting a time, you can go back to that time, but it's a soul transfer, and you can only go back for about an hour.

After Lu Yuanqiu finished his analysis, he suddenly felt something flashing behind the "combination lock". He turned it over in confusion and saw a blue number "three" flashing behind it. After flashing a few times, the "three" changed to "two".

This is... the number of uses?

This made Lu Yuanqiu instantly abandon the idea of ​​"continuing to try it out".

This isn't unlimited; he now needs to carefully consider which point in the past he should return to. He has two chances in total, and once he uses them all, he'll turn into a piece of scrap metal.

Lu Yuanqiu began to pace around the living room, thinking quickly.

That's right, there are three people he wants to save.

Luo Ran died on July 3, 1998, but the exact time is unknown.

Bai Ruoan died on June 15, 2003, at night. The car accident occurred around 7 or 8 o'clock.

Cao Shuang died at 8:35 a.m. on January 1, 2014. The accident occurred around 7:30 a.m.

Three people who died at different times only have the chance to return to two different points in time.

But Lu Yuanqiu and the other two must be saved.

Bai Ruoan's situation is a bit special; there is someone who wants to harm him, so simply preventing the car accident that night is not enough.

Once Bai Songzhe and Zhang Zhisheng get to know each other, their future conflicts will be unavoidable.

Therefore, we must prevent them from getting to know each other.

But without Zhang Zhisheng, given Bai Songzhe's personality, wouldn't he have conflicts with the second "Li Zhisheng" or "Wang Zhisheng" after the company is established?

Baek Song-cheol, who possesses the formula, is destined to face further retribution.

Even if we go back an hour, there's not much Lu Yuanqiu can do.

Moreover, even if Lu Yuanqiu traveled back to the 1970s to prevent them from meeting, the time was too far away, and he couldn't guarantee what chain reactions might occur later.

Wait, wait!

One thing was overlooked!

My soul has been transported back to my own past, but what kind of 1970s am I in?

I wasn't even born in the 1970s!

Damn, all my previous ideas are overturned.

Damn it!

Lu Yuanqiu covered his head in the living room and reconsidered.

So, as things stand right now...

There was no way to stop them from getting to know each other, nor could there be any way to stop Zhang Zhisheng from betraying them. Lu Yuanqiu was only three years old when he betrayed them, and he couldn't even speak properly. Putting aside whether anyone believed him, it was a question whether he could even run away from home.

It seems that the safest way is to travel back to the moment they are about to die and stop them on the spot. This is the most reliable way, and it also minimizes the unpredictable events that might occur afterward.

Luo Ran died in 1998. Lu Yuanqiu was five years old that year, which is better than being three... but still somewhat difficult.

This would allow Zhang Zhisheng to learn about her cancer in advance, since he had helped find a match years ago, but he didn't have time to save her.

Just tell him about it a few months in advance.

As for Bai Ruoan, how can Zhang Zhisheng stop his wife from hiring someone to kill him five years later?

Why can't there be one more chance to travel through time? Right now, the only way to save Bai Ruo'an is while Luo Ran is still alive, but that's something that happens five years later!

Wait, wait.

All we need to do is make Yu Zhimei in 2003 give up the idea of ​​helping Zhang Zhisheng, and sow discord between them in advance.

In 1996, Bai Qingxia was three years old. Zhang Zhisheng's stabbing and Li Yuntan's death occurred in the same year. That year, Yu Zhimei kept a video of Zhang Zhisheng "committing the crime" in the United States, but Zhang Zhisheng was kept in the dark.

So if we go back to 1998 and tell Zhang Zhisheng that Yu Zhimei has kept the video of him committing the crime, and deceive him into believing that Yu Zhimei plans to release the video at some point, regardless of whether Yu Zhimei has this intention or not, the conflict between Zhang Zhisheng and her will be intensified.

But if Zhang Zhisheng were told about this at the same time, would he still be in the mood to save Luo Ran?

Moreover, going back to 1998, five-year-old Lu Yuanqiu had no way of knowing Zhang Zhisheng's phone number at the time. It would have been difficult for a five-year-old child to see Zhang Zhisheng within an hour; there were too many unknown factors.

Oh, right!

He could tell his uncle that Bai Songzhe had helped him before, and the two families had a good relationship. After all, Bai Songzhe had attended Lu Yuanqiu's birthday banquet before he turned five.

Letting his uncle help Luo Ran is a good idea, as he is a decent person. Also, his uncle can be used to contact Zhang Zhisheng and tell him about the video recording.

What Lu Yuanqiu needed to do in that hour was to convince his uncle that the words coming from the mouth of a five-year-old child.

I've finished thinking.

Lu Yuanqiu picked up the combination lock and adjusted the first row of numbers to 1998.

He picked up his phone, glanced at the calendar, and chose a weekend when his uncle wasn't working and he didn't have to go to kindergarten.

The second row of numbers: 0301, March 1st, Sunday.

Five months before Luo Ran died, she had already fallen ill at this time.

The third row of numbers, 1000, indicates 10:00 AM.

Excluding his afternoon nap and nighttime sleep, he must be awake at 10 a.m.

Lu Yuanqiu exhaled and placed the "combination lock" on the table. Soon, a beam of blue light enveloped him.

When Lu Yuanqiu opened his eyes again, he found himself in a small room surrounded by toys. This was his previous home in Happiness Lane.

Sure enough, he returned to the age of five. Lu Yuanqiu walked with his short legs to a mirror, where a little boy with a buzz cut was reflected, and he was quite cute.

He doesn't have time to be narcissistic.

He rushed out the door and shouted, his voice becoming childish: "Daddy! Daddy!"

"What are you doing?"

Lu Tian, ​​who looked young, walked in carrying a crying little girl. The little girl was only about two years old. Lu Yuanqiu was stunned. That was his sister. His father was also very young. He almost didn't recognize him.

"I need to find my uncle. I have something to tell him!"

"What could you possibly want? Don't bother me. Go inside and play with your toys," Lu Tian coaxed his daughter, waving his son away.

Lu Yidong was still crying loudly.

"Damn it, you unreliable old man..." Lu Yuanqiu was speechless. He immediately stepped forward and grabbed his leg with a serious expression: "I have something to discuss with my uncle. It's a matter of life and death!"

Lu Tian stared blankly at the bottom of his head, then suddenly laughed and said, "When did you learn to use idioms? Come on, tell Dad another one."

Lu Yuanqiu glanced at the clock on the wall and urged, "Hurry up!"

Damn it, Wei Xiang, don't waste my time.

"Alright, alright, the phone's over there. Call it yourself. Your uncle's number's in the notebook next to you." Lu Tian raised his chin.

"Don't cry, my little darling!" He continued to rock his daughter in his arms, his head throbbing with pain.

Lu Yuanqiu rushed over, completely bewildered.

Holy crap, this is amazing!

How do I use it?

He fiddled with it for a bit, completely clueless about how to use it. He turned to look at his father, but Lu Yuanqiu ran over and grabbed his pants again: "You hit him!"

"What a nuisance, what do you want with your uncle?" Lu Tian said impatiently, but still walked over.

He handed Lu Yidong to his son, and Lu Yuanqiu took a look and saw that he was crying with tears and snot all over his face.

He rocked his little sister in his arms, watching his father operate the phone. The call was connected in no time, but before his father could speak, his uncle's voice came from the other end: "In a meeting, talk when it's over."

The call was disconnected.

Lu Yuanqiu was dumbfounded.

"Isn't today auspicious for the Zhouyi Festival? What kind of meeting is this?"

"Who told you Zhou Tian doesn't go to work? Your uncle is a big boss at a company, a very busy man," Lu Tian muttered, his mouth full of sourness.

"Hurry, hurry! Call Second Uncle!" Lu Yuanqiu urged.

"Your eldest uncle is in a meeting, so your second uncle must be there too!"

"Try hitting it yourself!"

When Lu Tian heard what his son said, he was immediately scolded by his second brother as soon as the call connected. Sure enough, he was also in a meeting.

Being scolded for no reason, Lu Tian lost his temper. He took his daughter from his son's arms and shooed her away: "Go, go, go back to your room. Have you memorized the ancient poems yet?"

Lu Yuanqiu's mind was blank, and he didn't react.

"I'm asking you a question."

Lu Yuanqiu looked up and recited "Li Sao" once, which stunned Lu Tian. Lu Yidong stopped crying and stared blankly at her brother.

"What are you babbling about?" Lu Tian glanced at him.

"You illiterate idiot..." Lu Yuanqiu cursed inwardly.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no, Second Master must be in a meeting too..."

Lu Yuanqiu walked back into the house in despair.

Even the grandfather, who is still alive, must be in the meeting; it's clearly a high-level company meeting.

Damn it! Wasn't it the older generation of your Lu family who made a rule against overtime?!

Grass!

Talking to his father would probably be useless; the dead man wouldn't care at all, and he had no ability to save Luo Ran. There was nothing he could do; he was just that unreliable.

It seems there's only one chance left: save Cao Shuang or save Bai Ruoan?

But Lu Yuanqiu and the other two all wanted to save them!

He quickly sat down at the table, picked up a pen and wrote down what he wanted to say on a piece of paper, intending to have his father hand it over to his uncle.

Whether the dead old man will do it or not depends entirely on whether he takes it to heart. It doesn't matter, we can verify whether he did it or not when we go back to 2023. But Lu Yuanqiu doesn't have any hope, after all, he is only five years old.

After writing down what he wanted to say on a piece of paper, Lu Yuanqiu ran out of the room: "Dad!"

Holy crap? Where did everyone go?

Lu Yuanqiu's short hair drooped down, and he looked bewildered.

"Don't cry, don't cry. How about Daddy takes you for a ride?" On the cement road outside, Lu Tian rode his tricycle and looked back at his daughter sitting in the back.

"Ah!" Two-year-old Lu Yidong exclaimed happily in response to his father.

"Ah ...

Dead old man!

He returned to the house, utterly dejected.

My dad even rode away with the only means of transportation we had left.

Depend on.

what to do……

Lu Yuanqiu quickly placed the note in the most conspicuous spot in the living room, hoping his father would see it.

He sat in the room and now, looking back on his previous idea of ​​notifying Zhang Zhisheng, he realized how ridiculous it was that he would still want to notify Zhang Zhisheng in this situation.

It's harder than climbing to heaven to even notify my uncle.

She's only five years old, there's just no way to help her.

But Luo Ran passed away when he was five years old, so there was no way to postpone it.

Lu Yuanqiu sat there on the bed, watching the clock on the wall tick away second by second.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on a note on the table.

Dongdong: xxxxxxxxxxx

This is a phone number.

Lu Yuanqiu immediately picked it up.

Dongdong is... Long Liandong? ???

March 1st, which means I just turned five last month.

Long Liandong once said that she attended my birthday parties for five consecutive years (including when I was still in my mother's womb).

Is this the phone number she gave me at the banquet last month?

Lu Yuanqiu quickly grabbed the phone and ran outside, dialing the number in the same way his father had just made the call.

A girl's childish voice soon rang out from the other side.

"who?"

"Me! Me! Lu Yuanqiu! Are you Long Liandong?!"

“Yes, it’s you! You called me!” Five-year-old Long Liandong sounded very happy.

Lu Yuanqiu let out a breath. He glanced at the clock and saw that there were only five minutes left. He said to her, "Long Liandong, listen carefully to every word I'm about to say."

Long Liandong: "Okay."

Lu Yuanqiu: "Do you think your grandfather will listen to you? Will he do whatever you tell him to do?"

Long Liandong: "Almost all except... well, he'll listen anyway, go ahead and say it!"

“Alright, alright.” Lu Yuanqiu licked his lips and continued, “Listen to me carefully. First, you must make sure your grandfather goes to rescue a woman named Luo Ran. She is the wife of Bai Songzhe, the former chairman of Baixi…”

Five minutes later, Lu Yuanqiu sat on the sofa in the living room of Courtyard No. 1.

An hour had passed since he traveled back in time, but only a minute had actually passed in reality… Lu Yuanqiu looked at his phone.

Just then, Bai Qingxia called. Lu Yuanqiu answered, "Hello? Honey, what's up?"

Bai Qingxia: "Have you had breakfast? My brother just called and told me to come to his place for lunch. My sister-in-law is back from her trip and brought us and Yanyan some gifts."

"Hello? Lu Yuanqiu?"

Lu Yuanqiu covered his mouth, tears falling to the ground drop by drop, his shoulders trembling with emotion.

Where does your brother live?

"You have amnesia? Happiness Lane."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yuanqiu immediately ran out the door, drove straight to Xingfuli.

He also found Bai Ruoan's WeChat on his phone; he actually had Bai Ruoan's WeChat...

They knocked on the door.

The man who opened the door was very handsome, with a bit of stubble around his mouth. He looked like he had just woken up. When he saw Lu Yuanqiu, his eyes curved into crescents. He had a bit of Bai Qingxia's charm and looked like a grown-up version of Lu Yanhe.

He hurriedly handed over slippers: "Oh, you're here so early, Yuanqiu. I haven't even brushed my teeth yet. Come, come, come in quickly."

Lu Yuanqiu walked through the door in a daze.

On the TV cabinet were photos of Bai Ruoan and his wife, as well as their daughter, who looked to be in junior high school.

Lu Yuanqiu also saw a photo of Bai Ruoan and Bai Qingxia. In the photo, Bai Ruoan was wearing an academic gown, looking like she had just graduated from university. The two siblings were standing together, smiling brightly.

"elder brother……"

"Ugh!" Bai Ruoan gritted her teeth as she brushed her teeth and looked at him with a puzzled expression. "What's wrong?"

Lu Yuanqiu blinked, smiled, walked over and hugged him with open arms.

"What are you doing? What's wrong with you?" Bai Ruoan looked at him in confusion, and opened her arms to pat Lu Yuanqiu's shoulder.

My brother-in-law is quite tall.

"It's okay, it's just a hug. We've never hugged before," Lu Yuanqiu patted his back and explained.

"Hahaha!"

"Where's Mom?" Lu Yuanqiu asked.

"Mom and Dad went on a trip, didn't they? You even sent them to the airport, didn't you forget?" Bai Ruoan looked even more puzzled.

He raised his hand and touched Lu Yuanqiu's forehead: "Are you alright? Yuanqiu, it's so early in the morning."

"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing."

"It's alright, don't scare me." Bai Ruoan laughed, glanced back at him, and continued brushing her teeth in the bathroom.

"Brother! I'm going back now! I'll come back at noon!"

"Alright, alright, you two remember to bring Yanyan along!"

"Okay!"

Lu Yuanqiu quickly returned to Courtyard No. 1.

He sat back down on the sofa in the living room and looked at the combination lock on the table.

Long Liandong did it.

She did it...

"Thank you, thank you," Lu Yuanqiu said, clasping his hands in thanks, his eyes still warm.

He picked up the combination lock again and started turning the clock.

Cao Shuang's problem is very easy to solve.

Rewinding the clock to half an hour before the incident, Lu Yuanqiu remembered the exact time of that day very clearly, down to the minute.

After a dizzying moment.

He collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The air was thick with the smell of alcohol and disinfectant; this was the hospital, right outside the delivery room.

"Brother Qiu!"

A pair of hands appeared behind him and helped him up. Lu Yuanqiu quickly turned around and saw a concerned face.

"What's wrong, Qiu-ge? Why did you suddenly sit on the ground?" Cao Shuang reached out and patted the dust off his buttocks, looking puzzled.

Lu Yuanqiu's tears immediately fell. He opened his arms and hugged the person in front of him tightly. Cao Shuang raised his hands in a daze, as if surrendering. His mouth opened and his eyes blinked in surprise. Then he placed his hands on Lu Yuanqiu's back and patted him gently.

"Brother Qiu?" he asked tentatively.

"Are you alright, Lu Yuanqiu? My wife is giving birth and you're crying like this?" Zhong Jincheng's voice came from the side.

"Hahaha." Cao Shuang laughed and patted Lu Yuanqiu on the shoulder.

Lu Yuanqiu released Cao Shuang and looked around at the people. Bai Qingxia stood beside him, looking at him with concern and asking with her eyes, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Lu Yuanqiu replied softly.

He suddenly reached into Cao Shuang's pocket, and Cao Shuang was terrified, immediately grabbing his arm: "Brother Qiu! Brother Qiu! No, no, no!"

A group of people were puzzled. Lu Yuanqiu took out his hand, stuffed the slip of paper he had taken out into Ruan Yueru's arms who was standing next to him, and urged, "Yueyue, look quickly!"

"Don't look! Don't look!" Cao Shuang tried to snatch it, but Lu Yuanqiu desperately stopped him while laughing.

After reading it, Ruan Yueru looked up, pressed her lips together as if she was trying to suppress a laugh, and her cheeks were a little red. Cao Shuang was even redder, like a tomato, and waved her hand, walking away embarrassedly to the side.

"What?" Bai Qingxia curiously moved closer to Ruan Yueru.

Ruan Yueru showed it to her with a smile.

Bai Qingxia smiled and covered her mouth after reading it.

Lu Yuanqiu glanced at Cao Shuang's shadow leaning against the wall, then immediately took out his phone and dialed Xiao Li Feibiao's number.

"Hello? Young Master Lu."

"Come to the hospital immediately, third floor, there's a situation."

After finishing the call, Lu Yuanqiu squatted down next to Cao Shuang.

"Wait, Brother Qiu, how did you know I had that in my pocket?"

“I saw you rummaging around.”

Is it that obvious?

"nonsense!"

Lu Yuanqiu looked at him and couldn't help but reach out and pat his head. Cao Shuang chuckled, glancing furtively at Ruan Yueru before quickly looking away and whispering to Lu Yuanqiu, "Little Yueyue seems quite happy..."

“Nonsense,” Lu Yuanqiu repeated.

Cao Shuang noticed that Lu Yuanqiu had been staring at him and was immediately puzzled: "Brother Qiu, what's wrong with you? You're acting a bit strange."

Lu Yuanqiu shook his head: "It's okay, let's never be apart again."

"Won't Bai Qingxia be angry if you say that?"

"Hahaha! You brat!"

The two started playfully fighting, and Lu Yuanqiu pinned him to the ground. Bai Qingxia and Ruan Yueru both witnessed this. Bai Qingxia tried to push Ruan Yueru over, but Ruan Yueru blushed and felt embarrassed.

One hour later.

Lu Yuanqiu returned to Courtyard No. 1.

He took a deep breath and exhaled forcefully.

He pulled out his phone, found Cao Shuang's WeChat, and smiled. This guy's profile picture was of Ruan Yueru.

Opening Cao Shuang's WeChat Moments, Lu Yuanqiu saw many photos of himself, mostly taken by Cao Shuang secretly at a dinner table.

He first clicked on the pinned post, which contained Cao Shuang and Ruan Yueru's wedding photos, travel photos, family photos...

Wow, Cao Shuang's child is a daughter!

She looks just like this guy.

Lu Yuanqiu stomped his feet and laughed in the living room.

I started laughing and then tears started streaming down my face.

He covered his mouth, crying as he scrolled through the pages. This guy really loves posting on WeChat Moments, almost one a day without fail.

June 5, 2022.

[I've drunk Qiu Ge under the table again, he's a total pushover!]

Damn it, why do they always post pictures of me when I'm drunk?!

So damn ugly!

You brat!

Lu Yuanqiu found his contacts, took a deep breath, found Cao Shuang's phone number, dialed it, and held it to his ear.

Lu Yuanqiu looked straight ahead: "Hello?"

"Brother Qiu!!"

...

Lu Yuanqiu opened his eyes from the bed and touched the corners of his moist eyes.

He looked out the window; the sun was shining brightly.

Bai Qingxia, wearing the hotel's slippers, walked out of the bathroom and smiled at him, saying, "Awake? What time are we going to the panda base today?"

"Ah." Lu Yuanqiu took out his phone and replied, "Ten o'clock."

"By the way, what did you dream about? You laughed several times." Bai Qingxia seemed to remember something and turned to look at him.

Lu Yuanqiu shook his head blankly, threw back the covers and got out of bed: "Really?"

"I don't know, I forgot."

"You laughed, that must have been a beautiful dream."

(End of this chapter)