Lu Baozhi pursed her lips, seemingly organizing her thoughts.

Then, seemingly ignoring the question, she replied, "She didn't choose, that's all I can tell you."

After hearing this, Lu Yi mustered his courage and looked directly at her unchanging mask, and surprisingly, he saw a glimmer of hope within it…

Compassion.

That's right, it's an emotion similar to heartache, but a bit deeper.

With his thoughts in turmoil, Lu Yi didn't know which to accept first. After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, he finally distinguished between the primary and secondary considerations.

"Since it's her decision, I have no reason to interfere."

"But... are you really Lu Baozhi, the eldest daughter of the Lu family? How can I prove you're not lying to me?"

Lu Baozhi rolled up her sleeves and extended the mechanical arm toward him.

"You should know the man who brought you here earlier. He said you know everything about the Fan family's products. If you recognize this, you should be able to tell if I'm telling the truth..."

Lu Yi stared intently, then froze on the spot.

He was very familiar with the code FY.V5.398A.

The first two letters were decided in advance by Fan Shenglun, representing Fan Yi.

V5 is the fifth generation version, batch 3. 9 is the internal code for market area division within Fan's company. 8 is the eighth batch sent to this region. A refers to export.

Seeing that he only half believed her, Lu Baozhi continued in her hoarse voice.

"Actually, you don't need to be nervous. I have no memory of the first half of my life. Now I'm just a stranger, a survivor continuing my previous volunteer work."

"My mission is only to save people, but your name sounds familiar, so I wanted to meet you."

Lu Yi stared blankly at her, his expression gradually becoming serious. "How did you become like this?"

Lu Baozhi raised her hand, wanting to hold his, but pulled it back the moment she touched him. "I've already told Wang Jun. You can go ask him."

"I'm sorry, our meeting time is over for today, and I don't think we'll see each other again."

A storm raged in Lu Yi's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he still grabbed the cold, mechanical arm.

"Did you send me those mechanical design inspirations?"

Lu Yi suddenly remembered the unfamiliar emails that occasionally appeared in his inbox. Although they were rough and somewhat whimsical, they had indeed given him a lot of inspiration.

Lu Baozhi remained noncommittal, turned around, and opened a door.

"No, I don't know you at all. Wang Jun told me you're my brother..."

Lu Yi could no longer hide his emotions. He wanted to rush over, grab Lu Baozhi, and ask her for an explanation, but his feet sank and he fell to the ground.

When he woke up again, the first thing he saw was Liang Shiyue's face.

"You're awake? Are you hungry?"

Lu Yi touched his brow, puzzled, and asked, "How did I get here? Where is that person?"

Ruan Jiaojiao came over carrying a food box. "Who is it? Do you mean Coco, Gu Huainan, or someone else? You slept for two days and two nights, everyone was scared to death!"

Lu Yi tried desperately to recall the place Wang Jun had taken him to, then pushed the two of them aside and hurriedly went there.

However, the entire floor was empty.

Wang Jun happened to be coming out of a room and greeted Lu Yi, "Who are you looking for?"

He belatedly slapped his forehead, "Could they be strangers? They left because other places need them more."

Lu Yi stopped and stared at him blankly. "Is she really Lu Baozhi?"

Wang Jun frowned. "I'm not sure, Lu Yi. After I brought you there, I met with other strange guests, and they all said the same thing, that they wanted to see you..."

"It's a good thing you fainted, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to you. Oh well, let's just pretend it was a dream!"

Gu Keke was out of danger, but apart from the temporary staff recruited later like Wang Jun, everyone else disappeared.

The curtains fluttered in the wind in the empty room, as if they had never been there.

A few days later, Ji Qing and Huo Jingxi arrived.

Huo Jingxi said the building was in a good location and would be perfect for a branch office; he had already sent someone to talk to the landlord.

Ji Qing brought someone with him, and that person was Lu Han's biological mother.

Liang Shiyue secretly slipped away in the middle of the night. They thought she was returning to China, so they went to the airport. Seeing her acting suspiciously, they surrounded her, and she let slip the secret.

"Thank goodness you provided me with a clue, otherwise I would have let her get away!"

Huo Jingxi added, "Don't worry, Uncle Ma and the others will be here to pick us up soon. This trip wasn't a waste of time for us..."

Before Lu Yi could speak, Du Guanglong arrived, swaying unsteadily.

"Third brother, I told you your body wasn't up to par, but you wouldn't believe me. You'll have to practice with me more often in the future."

While the others laughed it off, Du Guanglong leaned closer and whispered in his ear, "Uncle Lu has gotten his revenge."

Lu Yi asked, puzzled, "What did you do now?"

Du Guanglong chuckled, "She turned herself in, and she's probably already inside giving her account of the facts. See? I told you this would be easy to handle!"

Before he could finish speaking, Du Guanglong's lips twitched, and his eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

Lu Baoqi only came to terms with it because she didn't have much time left; otherwise, this stubborn girl would never have gone no matter what.

After everyone finished speaking, Lu Yi finally had time to see Gu Keke.

Her eyes were still as clear as before, but when she saw Lu Yi, she no longer had that infatuated look.

When Gu Huainan saw him coming, he made an excuse to leave.

Gu Keke put down the orange in her hand, turned her face away, and said, "Lu Yi, I'm sorry."

Lu Yi smiled at her and said, "You were able to make this decision, which shows that you are taking responsibility for yourself. You haven't let me down."

He pondered Lu Baozhi's words for a long time, and the moment he entered the room and saw Gu Keke's expression, he found the answer.

As Gu Keke recovered, she also let go of her obsession with him.

Whether she can only recover from her illness by letting go of her obsession, or whether she can only let go of him after she recovers, Lu Yi doesn't know.

But it seems the results are good.

A few days later, everyone returned to their home countries one after another.

Watching Lu Yi's departing figure, Gu Keke couldn't hold back any longer and buried her face in Gu Huainan's shoulder, crying out, "Second brother, isn't this better for him?"

Gu Huainan paused, then patted her arm.

"Why didn't you discuss this with me before? If you liked him, you could have asked your father to go to the Fan family and put in a good word for you."

Gu Keke glared at him and said in a muffled voice, "What's the use of telling you? All you do is talk like this. You should worry about your own business!"

Forgetting someone is difficult, but if you don't want to forget, nothing can stop you.

When Lu Yi walked out of the arrival gate, Butler Hua was already waiting.

“Mr. Fan was very worried about you coming back alone, so he came here two hours ago.”

Lu Yi frowned slightly. "Is he alright?"

Butler Hua shook his head, "My eyesight is getting worse and worse. I worry every day that I won't be able to see you. The car is over there, come with me!"