Chen Xiaoyu and Zhuoran sat aside, their eyes shifting back and forth between the two of them, not daring to breathe.
"Ms. Vivian is from Country Y?"
Gu Youran pretended to be calm and said, "You speak Chinese very well."
“My grandmother is Chinese.”
The woman smiled, her cinnabar teardrop mole trembling slightly. "But this is my first time in China. I heard that Doctor Gu is very skilled, so I came here specifically to see him."
“What are the specific symptoms?”
"Insomnia, heart palpitations, and always having the same dream."
Vivian placed her left wrist on the pulse pad.
Gu Youran took her pulse and his pupils suddenly contracted.
She had a silver bracelet on her wrist.
The style of the silver bracelet and the five lines on its surface were exactly the same as the Nine Star Ring Bracelet on his wrist.
But, Master clearly said that this bracelet is the only one in the world.
"Your bracelet..." Gu Youran's voice tightened.
"What's wrong?" Vivian tilted her head and suddenly leaned forward.
Her fingertips lightly touched Gu Youran's silver bracelet, "What a coincidence, we even have the same jewelry."
"Do you think we are long-lost sisters?"
"impossible."
Gu Youran withdrew her hand and said, "I am the only daughter of my mother."
"Then my dream is even stranger."
Weiwei soothed the teardrop mole at the corner of her left eye and said, "I always dreamt that I was wearing a red dress and everyone called me..."
"Jiuchen."
…
On the other side, the Shi Group.
Shi Heng had just finished signing a contract with a client and returned to the president's office.
Sim had been waiting inside and stood up immediately when he saw him come in.
"Have you found out?" Shi Heng walked to the desk and his eyes fell on the spread-out file.
"Yes, Boss." Sim stepped forward quickly and pushed the top photo. "Look at this."
In the photo, a woman in a red dress is smiling at the camera on the steps of the Royal Gallery of Art in Country Y.
Her long black hair was tied up behind her head, revealing her delicate profile.
Those eyebrows, eyes, and lip shape are exactly the same as Gu Youran.
Shi Heng's fingertips tightened slightly at the edge of the photo.
Sim continued, "This woman is Vivian Dekker, 25 years old, the last heir of the Dekker family in Country Y."
"The Deke family?" Shi Heng looked puzzled, as he had never heard of this family.
"A famous 19th-century weapon-forging family that once served the royal family."
Sim flipped to the next page of the file. "Later, he was stripped of his title due to an alchemy scandal. This family has a tradition..."
He pointed to the faint dark red mark behind the ear of the woman in the photo, "All female members must be branded with the flame mark."
Shi Heng's gaze lingered on the flame-shaped mark for a long time.
"After a hundred years of seclusion, he suddenly appeared?"
"Ostensibly, I was invited by 'Mirror Fragrance' to serve as an ambassador."
Sim handed over another photo.
In the picture, Vivian and Bai Xiangning stand side by side, and the two dresses, one red and one black, form a sharp contrast under the flash lights.
The office fell into a brief silence.
“Snap—”
Shi Heng closed the file and tapped his fingers twice on the table. "I need to confirm something."
When he raised his eyes, a dark current surged in his eyes, "That flame mark, is it the emblem of the Deke family..."
His fingertips tapped the table for the third time. "Someone must have deliberately faked these scars."
At this moment, the phone screen suddenly lit up, and Zhuoran's message popped up:
[A patient named Vivian came to Dr. Gu's office. She looks exactly like Dr. Gu.]
Shi Heng stood up suddenly, grabbed the file and strode out.
Sim hurried to follow.
…
Thirty minutes later, in the small building in the backyard of Kangrui Hospital.
The elevator stops at the second floor.
Zhuoran and Chen Xiaoyu jumped up from their chairs as if they had seen a savior.
Shi Heng glanced across the empty corridor, "Where's that woman?"
"Just left." Zhuoran said.
Shi Heng pushed open the door of the clinic.
Gu Youran stood alone in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and even the sound of the door opening did not make her turn around.
"Youbao."
The moment the broad palm touched her back, Gu Youran's shoulders trembled noticeably.
She turned around, forcing a smile onto her pale face. "Isn't the company busy? Why did you come here so suddenly?"
"I came to see you." Shi Heng completely wrapped her slightly cold hand in his palm and led her to sit on the sofa.
He flipped open the file, "Vivian is the last heir of the Deke family."
Gu Youran looked at the contents of the file, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
The image of Vivian and Bai Xiangning standing together in the photo was like a thorn piercing my eyes.
"What a coincidence... Knowing the name 'Jiuchen' and having it connected to Bai Xiangning..."
Shi Heng closed the file and stroked her furrowed brow with his thumb. "Don't fall for their trick. Ali is best at confusing people."
Shi Heng suddenly asked, "Are you filming this afternoon?"
"Huh?" Gu Youran was stunned. "I don't have a role today."
"Then let's go." He stood up and opened the door. When he turned back, his face was relieved. "I'll take you somewhere."
…
Forty minutes later, at the suburban amusement park.
Shi Heng stuffed it into Gu Youran's hands.
She stared blankly at the pink cloud-shaped candy, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Mr. Shi, your image has collapsed."
"Hmm?" Shi Heng raised his eyebrows.
"The aloof CEO brought people to the amusement park..."
She took a bite, and the sweetness melted on her tongue. "If this is caught on camera, it's going to be trending on the internet."
Shi Heng suddenly reached out and wiped the sugar stains from the corner of her lips, his eyes deep, "Then let them take the photo."
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