Gu Li looked carefully at her pale, slender hands, then at Wang Qi, who was 1.8 meters tall, and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Never mind, let's go."

With a complicated expression, Wang Qi led Gu Li inside, consciously keeping a one-meter distance between them.

Gu Li didn't pay attention. When she saw the magnificent decoration of the Jinhua Hotel, she subconsciously thought, "How retro!"

She turned her gaze away expressionlessly, looked ahead, resisted the urge to slap her forehead, and followed Wang Qi to a private room.

Her gaze shifted from confusion to wariness as she looked into the private room.

What's in there?!

An immense sense of oppression descended upon her through the door, and a thick, almost unbearable aura enveloped her.

She seems to be being targeted by some large animal.

Gu Li paused for a moment, alarm bells going off in her head, and she was about to apologize to Wang Qi and leave.

The door in front of her suddenly opened.

The scene inside the private room came into view: everyone sitting at the table wore overly worldly, flattering smiles as they looked at one person.

No one paid any attention to Gu Li and Wang Qi at the door of the room.

Wang Qi's expression was a bit unpleasant. Seeing that Gu Li was also looking in that direction, he said in a rather unfriendly tone, "He Shiyi isn't in our class, so why is he here too?"

Gu Li withdrew her gaze from the man named He Shiyi, and quietly clenched her hands at her sides.

She coughed lightly: "I suddenly remembered something."

"Chestnut".

A cool male voice suddenly rang out from behind, and the lively atmosphere in the private room quieted down for a moment, making Gu Li the focus of attention.

Some people looked on with curiosity, wondering how Gu Li, this nobody, knew the big shot from the next class.

Gu Li stood there for a while and suddenly realized that she was not at all uncomfortable with these realities, as if she had experienced them countless times before.

He Shiyi, who was originally the center of everyone's attention, struck up a conversation with her as if they were old friends: "We have your favorite dishes today, have some before you leave."

In an instant, Gu Li saw the twisted tentacles, shrouded in black mist, roaming freely in the private room.

And they gradually moved closer to her in her line of sight, surrounding her completely.

Gu Li paused as she turned to leave, looking at He Shiyi, whose pale skin, dark eyes, and inhuman aura emanated from him.

"Do I know you?"

A hint of disappointment flashed across He Shiyi's cold eyes.

Gu Li took a step forward, dodging the tentacles that were about to touch her from behind, and sat down in the seat reserved for her and Wang Qi.

Zhao Li, who was wearing a Chanel suit, glanced at her and winked secretly: "How do you know He Shiyi? You even managed to get him to come to our class reunion."

Gu Li picked up the drink beside him and drank it down in one gulp, feeling a bit irritated. The entire private room was filled with an ominous mist and tentacles wandering within it.

But no one noticed.

Given that she had been acting strangely all day, Gu Li quietly took out her phone and booked a psychologist for herself.

Gu Li glanced at Zhao Li, her expression somewhat puzzled: "I don't know him."

Zhao Li's expression changed, her gaze fixed on her face, her tone hesitant and envious: "You...when did you get so fair-skinned? Your hair is dyed so beautifully!"

Wang Qi, who was sitting on the other side, suddenly chimed in: "I think her contact lens color is absolutely amazing, it's so natural, I didn't even recognize her when I saw her just now."

The two started chatting across the chestnut stalks.

Sitting in the middle, Gu Li's expression turned strange. When did she dye her hair? Apart from wearing glasses when playing games, she had never tried colored contact lenses.

Gu Li belatedly picked up her phone and looked at herself in the mirror; her complexion gradually turned pale.

The woman in the video, whose skin was so pale it looked like she had albinism, was her, but Gu Li always felt there was something off about her.

Yes, she wasn't wearing colored contact lenses, but her eyes turned a very pure sky blue.

As the gathering began, everyone was subtly probing into the relationship between Gu Li and He Shiyi.

Gu Li absentmindedly buried her head in her food, thinking to herself that she should go to the hospital to have her brain checked immediately after the gathering.

Suddenly, He Shiyi across from them said slowly and deliberately, "Yes, we have a very good relationship."

"There's just a minor issue right now."

Everyone unanimously expressed their understanding.

Gu Li ate faster, and the gazes directed at her from across the table became increasingly blatant, causing cold sweat to gradually seep down her back.

Even after the meal ended, more than half of the food on the table was still chestnuts.

Zhao Li hesitated for a moment, glancing at her stomach several times before finally speaking.

Gu Li finished his meal without tasting it, then followed the crowd out of the private room, avoiding the tentacles, and headed straight for the door.

Zhao Li called out to her, "Why are you leaving? Are you going to karaoke later?"

Gu Li glanced at He Shiyi, who was walking out of the private room, and shook her head like a rattle drum: "I'm not going, let's make an appointment next time."

After rushing to the hospital and receiving a normal diagnosis, Gu Li returned home, closed the door, and collapsed onto the bed, her light blonde hair, which she thought was normal until someone pointed it out, was now scattered around her cheeks.

She rubbed her face vigorously, letting out a painful groan: "Today is really weird!"

My phone suddenly buzzed with a notification.

The latest masterpiece from Company X, "Love and Producer: City of Aliens," officially launches today.

Gu Li started paying attention to this game project, which included elements of saga, battle, and romance, and it was finally released after two years.

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