Chapter 66: A Sentimental Journey, A Passing By

“Xu Wenci, I know where your rules are.” Gu Pei smiled.

"What do you want from me?" Xu Wenci turned around, plopped down on the sofa, pointed to the chair opposite him, and gestured for Gu Pei to sit down and talk.

Gu Pei chuckled lightly: "Aren't you curious about your rules?"

Xu Wenci lowered his eyes, looking at his fingers folded on his lap. "Do you think I'll believe Fu Yanli or you?"

One of them was her husband, the source of her tragedy in her previous life.

One of them was the author who directly wrote this tragic ending for him.

"You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd only believe yourself." Gu Pei seemed surprised by the question, raised an eyebrow, and waited a few seconds before speaking.

“I’ve found my rules.” Xu Wenci’s eyelids twitched almost imperceptibly as he squinted.

Gu Pei, however, did not believe it. "No one knows better than me where your rules are."

Besides, Fu Yanli.

"Aren't you curious why you've done so many things that don't fit your public image, yet you've never been punished?" Gu Pei pursed her lips, tilted her head, seemingly certain that Xu Wenci was unaware. "Aren't you really curious?"

"You seem like someone trying to sell a product," Xu Wenci said after a two-second silence.

Well.

Gu Pei also fell silent.

“I know,” Xu Wenci swallowed, still keeping his eyes down, “In the last world, probably only Fu Yanli would care whether I lived or died.”

Gu Pei: "You know why you still treat him that way?"

Xu Wenci remained silent.

Because the protection he initially offered me was based on my imagination.

The harm he caused me afterwards was real and tangible.

But can the remedies made after the damage has been done really make people forget everything that happened before?

"How did Fu Yanli destroy my code of conduct?" Xu Wenci raised his eyes, his gaze fixed on Gu Pei's eyes.

Gu Pei felt a little uneasy under the stare, his eyes unconsciously glancing around, his dark brown eyes flashing with an unreadable light.

"You don't know?" Xu Wenci asked.

"You want to know why?" Gu Pei tilted his head, saw the emotion in Xu Wenci's eyes, smiled, and said firmly, "To repay Fu Yanli's favor?"

“But, given your personality, you wouldn’t change your attitude towards someone who hurt you in the past just because they’re trying to befriend you…” Gu Pei continued.

Xu Wenci blinked.

“You’re right, but,” Xu Wenci laughed maliciously, a laugh he’d never shown before, as if he’d given up entirely, “so what? If you tell Fu Yanli, do you think he’ll believe you?”

Gu Pei narrowed his eyes. "Fu Yanli may not believe it, and I don't care about that. But I want to ask you a question: what exactly is your purpose?"

Was it to kill Fu Yanli?

It doesn't seem like it.

Because if he really wanted to kill Fu Yanli, he would have had so many opportunities, and wouldn't have let Fu Yanli live in this world unharmed.

Is it to get the script?

no.

Fu Yanli's script, his script, is now all in his body.

Even Fu Yanli's code of conduct was in his hands.

Fu Yanli presented the script and rules with both hands.

It was tantamount to handing over one's entire lifeline to Xu Wenci.

This means that Fu Yanli seems to have lost his bargaining chip in negotiating with Xu Wenci.

Did Xu Wen resign in order to break the script?

If that's the case, Xu Wenci should be looking for him now, instead of getting entangled with Fu Yanli.

Xu Wenci and Fu Yanli have been entangled for so many days.

He went to Suzhou, and then came back.

What exactly did he experience in Suzhou?

Why did he seem so lost after returning from Suzhou?

In the past, he would question Fu Yanli, rebel against the script, and try to negotiate with a tiger.

But why is it that Xu Wenci is now the one suppressing his emotions?

Fu Yanli had always been very careful in his dealings with Xu Wenci.

This was something Gu Pei had always known.

Fu Yanli dared not argue with Xu Wenci, nor did he dare to reveal his true thoughts in front of Xu Wenci. Even when he shared the truth in a way that seemed to please him, he only revealed it selectively.

But why is it that Xu Wenci is now the one suppressing his emotions?

What exactly did he see?

"I did it so that Fu Yanli would let me go," Xu Wenci said.

Gu Pei was stunned.

He forgot that Xu Wenci would never forgive Fu Yanli.

Especially after learning that Fu Yanli was the Fu Yanli of the previous world, everything seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

yes.

Xu Wenci's purpose may simply be to completely sever ties with Fu Yanli.

He may not have initially rejected the relationship.

However, from the moment Fu Yanli started doing those things, he began to take revenge on Fu Yanli.

Revenge, back and forth, seems pointless.

He wanted to disappear completely from Fu Yanli's world, or for Fu Yanli to disappear completely from his world.

However, the most important point is that this was not Fu Yanli's original intention.

Fu Yanli was simply controlled by the script.

Fu Yanli's personality is not like that.

Gu Pei tried to speak, but no sound came out.

He forgot that he was the least qualified person to say those words.

There's an even more important point.

Xu Wenci's submissive attitude was also controlled by the script.

Xu Wenci's personality is not like that.

He knew Xu Wenci and Fu Yanli's true personalities perfectly, so he knew even better that these scumbag seme and scum uke things would never happen to them.

But these things just happened.

Then what?

That was the end of it.

Can things that have already happened be changed?

Fu Yanli sought redemption because he loved Xu Wenci, while Xu Wenci denied Fu Yanli's love for him because he hated Fu Yanli.

His denial of Fu Yanli's love for him rendered Fu Yanli's atonement meaningless.

Therefore, this is a dead end.

It seems that nothing can be changed.

As the author, he couldn't change anything.

“I have a way to sever Fu Yanli’s relationship with you,” Gu Pei finally spoke after a long silence. “As long as you have no feelings for him anymore, you can plunge the dagger into his heart again.”

Xu Wenci was stunned.

real?

Really?

If he kills Fu Yanli again, will he be able to completely sever ties with him?

“Xu Wenci,” Gu Pei stood up, seemingly about to leave, but then suddenly remembered something and asked, “Do you really think that the source of your tragedy in the last world was Fu Yanli?”

Xu Wenci's amber eyes narrowed instantly, like a keen and alert wild animal staring intently at its prey.

What is the source of this tragedy?

His experiences in the last century could be described as more than just a tragedy.

The source of the tragedy was indeed not Fu Yanli.

This is a fact that Xu Wenci has to admit.

But he could never let it go.

"Fu Yanli, is it really meaningful for you to keep pestering Xu Wenci?" The drunken Yi Lou grabbed Fu Yanli and threw them both onto the sofa, pulling Fu Yanli along while grinning foolishly.

Fu Yanli looked disgusted. "If you have nothing else to do, go find Gu Pei."

"Do you know?" Yi Lou continued talking to himself, "I know that Gu Pei only wanted to use me from the beginning. He actually knows everything. He knows that my brother is dead, he knows that I can recognize my brother, and he knows that I am a villain..."

Fu Yanli frowned.

How drunk is he?

Why are you talking nonsense?

"Do you know why he's using me?" Yi Lou tilted his head and rested his head on the back of the sofa, murmuring, "He's clearly the author, why does he keep playing this pointless game with us?"

Fu Yanli sighed, ignoring the madman Yi Lou.

The fact that Yi Lou appears in this script is a plot hole in the first place.

In Gu Pei's words, Yi Lou was originally the main villain, but now he has become a minor character.

So, what exactly is his role?

Lamenting the passing of spring and grieving the coming of autumn?

While entangled with Xu Wenci, he also outsmarted Old Master Qiao, comforted his heartbroken brother, and had to worry about whether Shouju would suddenly be struck by lightning and killed him.

Oh, and sometimes he also has to deal with surprise inspections from his mom and sister.

For example, at this moment, my younger sister called.

"Brother, I found a photo of Xu Wenci when he was a child..." Ye Chuying's excited voice came through the receiver, gradually becoming clearer.

"Where?" Fu Yanli stood up abruptly.

Ignoring Yi Lou who was clinging to him, he simply left the private room and walked out.

The ignored Yi Lou was still muttering, "Because he's trapped here too, Gu Pei is trapped too..."

"Just as Madam predicted," the man in the black suit lowered his eyes and reported seriously, "Xu Wenci's grandmother has indeed been making moves in the shadows. She's not only after Xu Wenci's money, nor is she solely trying to help her good-for-nothing son..."

"Remember to keep a close eye on things," Ye Qingdai frowned, putting down her pen to give the instruction.

Long ago, Ye Qingdai had complete confidence in her son.

After all, her son, who was outstanding and sensible from a young age and had excellent leadership skills, had secured his own position and didn't need her to worry about him.

However, everything changed completely after Xu Wenci appeared.

Her son had become reckless, impulsive, reckless, and even irrational.

Ye Qingdai didn't forbid Fu Yanli from dating, nor did she forbid him from dating someone from a poor family. Rather, Xu Wenci was a variable whose influence could change Fu Yanli's mind.

Xu Wenci's family situation added another layer of instability to this already unstable situation.

"By the way, Fu Yanli said he found Xu Wenci's mother and asked me to meet her sometime?"

"Yes, madam."

"Then you can tell the young master that I'm free the day after tomorrow. Ask Xu Wenci's mother what time of day she's available so I can meet her."

"Madam..." The person next to him hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"explain."

“Well, Madam, if we are meeting the parents, we need to be more careful. For example, we need to prepare some gifts.”

Ye Qingdai fell silent, a rare occurrence for her.

"Okay. I'll prepare later."

She almost forgot that she wasn't there to discuss business.

She turned her head and saw Ye Chuying sneaking around with a book, about to leave.

"What do you want to do?"

Ye Chuying immediately smiled and said, "Go find my brother."

What are you holding in your hand?

"It's nothing." Ye Chuying shook the book very naturally, indicating that she had nothing to hide.

"I'll go with you."

"No need, Mom," Ye Chuying rolled her eyes and smiled, "I'll be back in a bit."

"What are you hiding?" Ye Qingdai stood up and walked over to Ye Chuying, who was looking down and appeared guilty.

Chu Ying shook her head. "Mom, what could I possibly be hiding from you?!"

Ye Qingdai blinked, frowned, and asked without warning, "Did you find the photo?"

Chu Ying shook her head even more violently.

How come Mom is so perceptive?