Chapter 68: The dress you said you were willing to untie slipped off silently...
Seeing that Wen Yi didn't answer, Gu Yifeng thought that she still didn't want to go with him.
His gaze fell on her drooping eyelashes. After a moment's silence, he gently advised her, as if coaxing a child, "I understand you're having trouble accepting this right now. But your car needs repairs right now. I've arranged for someone to take it there, but it'll take at least a few days."
She pursed her lips and said nothing.
He silently took in her expression and continued to persuade her, "I'm worried about you staying in a hotel alone. Why don't you come back with me first?"
His tone was nonchalant, but his expression was a little tense. "After all, it's your home. It's definitely more convenient than living outside. What do you think?"
After hearing this, she smiled. "Now that you've said that, it would be too hypocritical for me to refuse." She picked up her bag and said briskly, "Let's go."
The car slowly drove out of the city, and the night deepened. Wen Yi leaned back in the seat, watching the street scene pass by quickly outside the window.
Gu Yifeng suddenly broke the silence in the car: "I asked for a few days off."
She turned her head to look at him and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Hmm?"
"How about I take you to see Dr. Pei for another checkup tomorrow?" He said casually.
"It's not that great. I'm not sick. It's not necessary." She refused dejectedly.
His grip on the steering wheel tightened slightly as Gu Yifeng continued to persuade him, "If your brother knew about this, he would also be worried."
She was speechless for a moment. Her cognitive disorder was probably due to the sequelae of time travel. What could going to the hospital solve?
"What if the examination comes back clear? What if... Doctor Pei can't fix it?" Her tone gradually cooled, and discontent blurted out, "Do you still want to find another doctor to 'cure' me?"
Seeing her resistance, Gu Yifeng immediately lowered his stance and coaxed her, "Don't be angry. If you don't want to go, then don't go." He patiently explained, "I'm not trying to 'cure' you. I just want to make sure you're okay."
The atmosphere was somewhat difficult to fathom, and the car fell into silence. The way home became particularly long until the car lights illuminated the gate of the villa.
Wen Yi got out of the car, but stopped at the door and didn't move for a while.
"Do you want to come in?" Gu Yifeng asked tentatively from behind her. He wasn't sure if she had calmed down, so he could only wait for her patiently.
The silence was so deep that only the sound of their breathing drifted through the night. After a moment, she took a deep breath and followed him into the room.
Under the control of the smart butler, soft lights cast a shadow in every corner of the room. Gu Yifeng closed the door and patiently took her on a tour of the house, introducing her to a place she should be familiar with. Their favorite books were neatly stacked on the wooden bookshelf in the living room, a pair of couple's mugs were placed on the coffee table, and the kitchen refrigerator was filled with her favorite drinks and fruits, as well as several boxes of desserts she had never seen before. The packaging was exquisite and high-end, with unique designs, unlike any brand name you could buy on the market.
And there was the grand piano in the middle of the living room - it turned out that he had prepared it for her.
As she watched all this, she felt a pang of sadness. This beautiful home made her feel uneasy, like a dream tailor-made for her. But she knew that this was not her dream, but a reality that originally belonged to another her. She was just usurping someone else's nest.
But what could she do? She couldn't deny the reality before her eyes, nor did she have the strength to overturn this peaceful life. She could only accept it.
Gu Yifeng put his arm around her waist and took her upstairs to their bedroom. After closing the door, he motioned for her to wait, then turned and walked to the safe in the corner and took out a light green velvet box.
Wen Yi was a little curious and followed him silently, watching him open the box and take out a silver ring.
"I took off my wedding ring when I accompanied you to the MRI scan a few days ago, and I haven't had time to put it back on."
He handed her the wedding ring and asked softly, "Would you like to put it on now?"
She took the ring and looked down at it. It was a simple plain ring with a row of small English cursive characters engraved on the inside. Only after a closer look could she make out the two people's names.
He asked casually, but she knew exactly what he meant. What he really wanted to ask was whether she was willing to accept this new identity.
Although she still felt a little hesitant, she wasn't completely resistant. After all, none of this was Gu Yifeng's fault; he, too, was caught up in this time warp. Right now, she had nowhere to go and no sense of belonging. She might as well stay put and make plans later.
As for this face... She looked up at him for a moment and couldn't deny that even though she had cognitive impairment, she still thought he was indeed handsome when she first saw him.
"Hmm..." She responded softly and was about to put the ring on herself, but Gu Yifeng took it first. He carefully put it on her left ring finger, his movements as pious as if they were exchanging vows.
At that moment, Wen Yi's breathing stagnated slightly.
She put on the new ring, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, and kept moving her fingers.
"We chose the ring together. It's from Van Cleef & Arpels' Toujours collection, which means 'always,' 'always,' and 'eternal love.'" He took her hand, and seeing that she didn't resist, he took another half step forward, their face pressed against hers, their breaths intertwined, almost indistinguishable from each other.
He whispered a promise in her ear: "I will always be by your side and treat you the same as before, whether you remember me or not."
Wen Yi's heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and her fingertips moved slightly, constantly telling herself that he was Gu Yifeng, the person she liked, so she should accept him. Anyway, no matter which timeline, Gu Yifeng was Gu Yifeng, so why bother about right and wrong.
She raised her head and met his eyes. Unlike his serious and affectionate expression, she smiled and teased him deliberately: "You've said all the nice things, what do you want me to say?"
She asked very softly. Gu Yifeng lowered his eyes and smiled, and deliberately lowered his voice, which fell into her ear like a whisper, "I want to hear you say, yes."
The atmosphere in the room was lingering and ambiguous, but they did not move any closer, and only the sound of each other's breathing remained.
The two of them stared into each other's eyes quietly, waiting for a confirmation in the intersecting time.
Wen Yi did not immediately give the answer he wanted. Perhaps that strange face was always a hurdle that she could not get over.
Gu Yifeng's hand gently stroked the ring on her finger, reminding her - say you do. He seemed to fully respect her choice and did not make any other moves, just waiting for her to give her answer.
The atmosphere became somewhat unpredictable. After a long stalemate, Wen Yi finally steeled herself, stood on tiptoe, raised her head slightly, and pressed her lips against his.
It was a kiss without any passion, just to express an attitude.
Gu Yifeng gently held her waist and responded tenderly, but did not deepen the kiss.
She opened her eyes and met his gaze, seeing his rational and calm gaze. He was very clear about what to do now and how far to test, with the certainty of being in control and the confidence that he would win.
That glance calmed her down instantly, and she stiffly changed the subject: "It's getting late..."
"You rest first." He stepped back obediently. "I'm working in the study. Call me if you need anything."
Wen Yi stood alone in front of the dressing mirror, preparing to wash up. Her fingertips reached for the zipper on the back of her dress, only to find that it was deliberately resisting her and would not open no matter what she did. She tried several times, her arms almost sore from lifting them, but she still couldn't get it untied.
In desperation, she finally swallowed her pride, sighed, turned and walked towards the study.
It turned out that the room he entered when he returned home during the day was his study.
When she knocked on the door and entered, Gu Yifeng was sitting at his desk, answering emails. He immediately put down his work, hurried over to her, and considerately led her to the desk. He didn't deliberately avoid her about work matters. Wen Yi glanced at the screen and vaguely saw the words "superpower" on it.
She looked around casually. The overall decoration style of the study was similar to his home in Yunchuan. The safe in the corner was where he kept his gun during the day.
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Hmm..." She was about to ask him to unzip her back when her eyes were drawn to the case analysis board on the wall in front of her. To be more precise, it was a photo on the wall that attracted her.
There was a photo in the center of the analysis board, and notes were written all around it. Thin red lines crisscrossed, connecting people, places and events like a spider web.
She couldn't help but move closer, her eyes fixed on the photo in the center, and her heartbeat suddenly stopped.
She was not unfamiliar with the thing in the photo. It was the special headset that Cao Mo gave her when she traveled through time and was later lost in the chaos.
"This..." She was so surprised that she couldn't speak. He actually found this headset.
Gu Yifeng's gaze followed her to the photo, and he said straight to the point: "This is a pair of headphones I got by chance more than ten years ago. After inspection, I found that it does not belong to this era." He looked at Wen Yi, his tone calm but with deep meaning.
She couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat: "And then..."
"Because of its appearance, the Ministry of Security set up a special unit to investigate." He paused, his voice lowering a few degrees. "This unit later became the Tenth Bureau of the Investigation Bureau."
Wen Yi's eyelashes trembled slightly. He didn't say everything, but she already understood that this headset was the starting point of disrupting the timeline.
She was overwhelmed with thoughts and didn't know how to respond. It was Gu Yifeng who took the initiative to change the subject: "What do you want from me?"
Her brain was a little dizzy, and she blurted out without thinking: "Help me take off my clothes."
Hearing this, Gu Yifeng raised his eyebrows and smiled at her. Wen Yi then realized what she had said and her cheeks instantly became hot.
But I couldn't take back what I had said, so I could only turn around and face him with my back.
His palm gently touched the zipper on her back, his hot palm pressing against her back through the fabric of her dress. With a slight metallic scraping sound, his fingertips traced the curve of her back, flowing down from her slender neck to her waist. A long-lost tingling sensation instantly spread to every corner of her body, and she couldn't help but bite her lower lip.
His hard chest suddenly pressed against her back, and she was almost trapped in his arms.
Gu Yifeng covered her hands and pressed them on the cold desk, and a hot kiss fell on the back of her neck, very lightly and with a hint of caution.
Ice and fire burned in her body at the same time, and she couldn't help but start to tremble.
She wanted to escape, but she was powerless to break free. Her vision was blurry, her consciousness was gradually drifting, and a voice in her heart kept asking herself: "Do you really not want him?"
His lips moved from her earlobe downwards, and his hand slowly moved up along her waistline.
Wen Yi's heart was beating violently and her breathing became rapid. She could no longer hear the voice in her heart, but she heard her own answer.
The ambiguity in the air reached its peak, and at the moment when his rationality was about to collapse, he stopped and did not move.
Wen Yi turned her head silently, her ears filled with his suppressed breathing, but he was determined to wait for her. She knew what he was waiting for, nothing more than waiting for her to take the initiative, waiting for her to be willing.
After a moment's silence, she slowly turned around in his arms and looked up to meet his eyes.
The dress that had just been untied slipped off quietly and fell to the ground silently.
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The author has something to say: I wonder which timeline has the stronger male protagonist?
Director: [Sunglasses] Arrangement for the next chapter
Gu Yifeng: I become stronger after every update
Wen Yi: I don’t believe it
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