Chapter 153 Are you really Zijian?

Lu Jiunian straightened up, and before he could react, Shi Nianzhi had already left.

"Bang----"

The door was closed again.

Lu Jiunian suddenly stood up, "Shi Nianzhi, why did you go out...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the key in the lock.

The man visibly stiffened for a moment, then unlocked the door with his key and chased after the door with a hint of resentment.

"Shi Nianzhi, you stop right there!"

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, Shi Nianzhi pressed the open button again.

Judging from his appearance, he had no intention of avoiding Lu Jiunian at all.

The elevator doors slowly opened again, and Shi Nianzhi's aloof face reappeared in Lu Jiunian's sight.

The man chased after him angrily, entered the elevator, grabbed Shi Nianzhi's shoulder, and pushed him against the elevator's mirrored wall.

He looked at him coldly, "You have the key."

Shi Nianzhi looked at Lu Jiunian's angry handsome face, leaned against the wall, and said, "Hmm."

"So you did all this just to prevent me from marrying Zijian!"

"I've already told you, I want to see Gu Zijian lose face."

What's the difference?

"......"

Shi Nianzhi didn't speak. He looked at Lu Jiunian with a faint smile on his lips and tilted his head slightly.

That look seemed to say, 'What do you think?'

Lu Jiunian raised his hand and pinched Shi Nianzhi's chin hard, before he could speak.

Shi Nianzhi was no longer going to tolerate him. He spoke directly, "When did you develop this habit of pinching my chin whenever you get angry?"

Lu Jiunian looked at Shi Nianzhi, whose eyes held a mischievous smile, and his gaze suddenly shifted. The boy deep in his memory also liked to look at him with that ambiguous smile.

Why? Because he found the feeling of young Gu Zijian in Shi Nianzhi.

Lu Jiunian quickly lowered his eyes, concealing the emotions in them. It must be Shi Nianzhi wearing a school uniform. She looked so much like him, just like Gu Zijian when he was young.

Lu Jiunian felt a sudden pang of pain when he thought of Gu Zijian, whom he had abandoned at the wedding. He had made his Zijian suffer such pain.

"I've already told you, Shi Nianzhi, I won't be with you. No matter how hard you try, it's useless. You'd better put away all your bad intentions."

Shi Nianzhi crossed her arms and said, "Oh."

Lu Jiunian was in a hurry to go back to see Gu Zijian, so he didn't plan to waste too much time with Shi Nianzhi here.

He coldly told Shi Nianzhi, "You can't stop me from marrying Gu Zijian. If not today, then tomorrow, then the day after. My marriage to him is an inevitable outcome."

"bite----"

The elevator reached the first floor, and Lu Jiunian got up and turned to leave.

Shi Nianzhi leaned against the wall, her voice casual, "Gu Zijian is such a proud man, and you abandoned him at your wedding, making him lose face in public. You hurt him like that, so why do you think he should have a second wedding with you?"

"Zijian, no."

"No? Ha... Have you forgotten what kind of person Gu Zijian was originally?"

Lu Jiunian suddenly turned around and looked at Shi Nianzhi.

Under the bright lights, he once again saw the shadow of young Gu Zijian in Shi Nianzhi. It was as if he had returned to many years ago, with that boy in school uniform standing in front of him.

Lu Jiunian clenched his fist. "Was it Lu Bing who taught you these things? Useless Shi Nianzhi, no matter how much you resemble him, you are not him."

Shi Nianzhi seemed to have heard something very funny. He stepped out of the elevator and slowly walked up to Lu Jiunian.

He met his gaze. "Why should I resemble anyone else? I am who I am. Don't you know? Don't I know myself?"

A faint sneer played on Shi Nianzhi's lips.

Lu Jiunian gave Shi Nianzhi a cold warning, "If you do anything outrageous again, I won't be as easy to talk to as I am today."

"what ever."

"If you continue to be so willful, you'll only end up hurting yourself."

Lu Jiunian seemed very angry and turned to leave quickly.

"I'm tired of hearing your threats. Can't you come up with something different?"

Shi Nianzhi's indifferent voice clearly showed that he did not take Lu Jiunian's threat seriously. In his opinion, Lu Jiunian was just a paper tiger.

Wedding banquet venue.

Everyone had left, and Gu Zijian sat alone in the brightly lit hall, surrounded by the voices of the powerful and wealthy gossiping about him.

"Didn't Gu Zijian also abandon Lu Jiunian at his engagement banquet back then? I think this so-called wedding banquet is probably Lu Jiunian getting revenge on Gu Zijian for what happened back then."

“What do you know? This is Gu Zijian’s retribution.”

"Retribution? What retribution did he receive?"

"Didn't Lu Jiunian secretly marry a substitute before? Gu Zijian drove the other person's parents to their deaths. He didn't do good deeds, so of course he got his comeuppance."

"I heard that Lu Jiunian went to find that stand-in, but I don't know if it's true."

"It's true, I've heard about it. Gu Zijian even chased after him to stop him, but he couldn't."

"This stand-in ruined the real thing like this; Gu Zijian is utterly useless."

"Let me tell you a joke. Gu Zijian went to visit Young Master Jiang with his brother. Young Master Jiang's auctioned collection arrived. It was an antique, and it was quite valuable. Gu Zijian, trying to be clever, said, 'This vase I bought is really beautiful, but the color is a bit old.' He even asked Young Master Jiang if he had been scammed. My goodness, I'm dying of laughter. My stomach hurts from laughing so much."

"No way, Gu Zijian comes from such a prestigious family, he can't possibly not even tell the difference between an antique and a modern vase? I remember he was really impressive. Once, he even stole the show at an auction by claiming that an antique painting worth hundreds of billions was fake. In the end, after multiple authentications, it turned out to be a fake. That painting fooled many experts; it was even faked at the auction, but he recognized it as a fake at a glance. I was there at the time; he was only 16 years old then!"

"Who knows? It's probably just family hype. I'm not lying. If you don't believe me, ask Young Master Jiang when you run into him someday. But Young Master Jiang and Gu Zijian are quite close, so he'll probably protect him. Anyway, Gu Zijian isn't that amazing. If he were really that outstanding, why would Lu Jiunian choose a substitute over him? Think about it carefully."

......

Gu Zijian never expected that those people, who flattered him on the surface, would actually mock him like this behind his back. He was so angry that his eyes turned red, and his hands, which he held together and placed to his lips, trembled slightly.

Those words pierced Gu Zijian's heart like thorns.

Indeed, the difference between Gu Zijian before and after the age of 18 is significant, because they are not the same person.

Before the age of 18, Gu Zijian was intelligent, outstanding, and exceptionally talented. After the age of 18, Gu Zijian, who was impersonated by Gu Zichu, did not receive proper training from a prestigious family, so he knew nothing.

To integrate into this circle, he has a lot to learn, but some things cannot be learned or turned around simply through hard work.

"No------"

Gu Zijian's voice trembled with anger, "I am better than him, a thousand times better than him. He just relies on his family. His family nurtured him and gave him the best resources. I have nothing. I climbed to where I am today on my own. I am the best."

As Gu Zijian spoke, hot tears streamed down his face.

Ultimately, deep down he was still afraid—afraid of being reduced to his original state, afraid that everything he had now, all the glamour and success, would be taken away.

He was terrified. He had finally managed to climb out of the swamp, how could he be pushed back in?

He doesn't want it.

When Lu Jiunian arrived, Gu Zijian was trembling uncontrollably.

Lu Jiunian felt extremely sad after reading it. It must be because he abandoned Gu Zijian that Gu Zijian was heartbroken.

“Zijian.”

Lu Jiu felt extremely guilty.

Upon hearing Lu Jiunian's voice, Gu Zijian grasped at Lu Jiunian's hand as if it were a lifeline, squeezing it tightly.

"A-Nian, where did you go? You said you'd be back to find me in an hour."

"I'm sorry, I'm locked on the roof and my phone is broken."

"All the guests have left, they've all left."

After a pause, Gu Zijian said with a sob in his voice, "You said you wanted to marry me, were you lying to me? You've changed your mind, haven't you? You regret that divorce agreement!"

"I know, it's okay. I'll have someone inform you. You should rest well tomorrow, and the wedding will proceed the day after tomorrow. I said I would marry you, and I won't go back on my word or lie to you."

Lu Jiunian tenderly pulled Gu Zijian into his arms and gently patted Gu Zijian's back.

"It's alright, I'm here."

Gu Zijian gripped Lu Jiunian's shirt, a cold glint in his eyes. He wanted Lu Jiunian to sign the marriage agreement, and he couldn't wait to get Lu Jiunian to sign it.

Only when Lu Jiunian signs will Gu Zijian feel relieved.

But he couldn't say it directly, so Gu Zijian spoke tactfully, "A-Nian, although there are no guests, the wedding can still proceed as planned. Will you marry me now? I want to marry you now, I don't want any more changes."

When Lu Jiunian heard Gu Zijian say this, he almost blurted out "okay".

But suddenly, Shi Nianzhi's words flashed through his mind.

Lu Jiunian looked down at Gu Zijian, who was lying in his arms. A moment of confusion flashed in his eyes. Was the person he was holding really Gu Zijian?

That proud and arrogant young master Gu.

He left him alone at the wedding and went to find Shi Nianzhi. Given Gu Zijian's temper, that would have been a huge uproar.

Even if the bodyguards didn't beat him up, it would be absolutely impossible for him to see him.

But Gu Zijian waited for him at the wedding venue, not angry at all, and even said that she would continue to marry him even when there were no guests.

His eagerness was completely unlike that of the young master Gu who usually pays attention to details and rituals.

There are no guests, no emcee, no music, no red carpet.

What should be done about Young Master Gu?

He would probably feel that this kind of marriage is not a marriage at all, but rather that Lu Jiunian is humiliating him.

Can a car accident really leave someone unrecognizable?