Gu Yunche stared blankly at the photo on the table, then reached out and picked it up. He frowned when he saw the woman in the photo who resembled Luo Qianqian.
For a moment, there was only a tense silence between the two.
When Luo Qianqian saw the look on his face as he picked up the photo, her heart sank into an abyss.
She regretted it; she regretted taking out the photo and confronting him at that moment.
For so many days, it's clear that I haven't wanted to face this scene, which is why I haven't said a word about it.
Why did I act so impulsively today and just blurt it out?
"Where did you find this photo?" Gu Yunche asked.
Gu Weiwei said she had discovered something earlier; it turns out... she discovered this.
So, all these days I've been avoiding him, getting angry for no reason, it's all because of this photo.
Or rather, the woman in this photo.
“An old photo studio, the person in the photo… is that you?” Luo Qianqian asked.
That face was exactly the same as his now.
"It's me," Gu Yunche admitted.
Luo Qianqian pursed her lips, lacking the courage to ask again who the woman in the photo was.
She had dreamed of knowing this answer countless times, but at this moment she couldn't bring herself to ask.
Gu Yunche looked at her, and after waiting for a while without her asking any more questions, he took the initiative to speak.
"The woman in this photo is a famous actress named Miao Qianqian."
Luo Qianqian's eyes reddened when she heard him say that woman's name.
"You called me by this name the first time you met me."
At that moment, he looked at her with astonishment, as if he had seen a long-lost friend.
At that time, she didn't know any of this and just thought that he was treating her differently.
“Yes, at that time… I thought you were her,” Gu Yunche confessed.
Tears welled in Luo Qianqian's eyes as she choked back sobs and interrupted him.
"Stop talking..."
She didn't want to listen anymore, and she didn't dare to listen anymore.
He saved her because she resembled that woman.
Was it because she resembled that woman that she was with him?
So, is the person he holds in his heart her, or the woman in the photo?
Gu Yunche stared intently at the girl, whose emotions were on the verge of collapse, feeling a pang of heartache.
“I do know her, and this photo was taken with her. You two do look very similar, but you are you and she is her. I can still tell the difference.”
He couldn't understand why she cared so much about someone who had been gone for so many years.
Luo Qianqian turned her head away, tears welling up in her eyes uncontrollably.
"Ultimately, you're with me because of her, aren't you?"
“I can’t completely deny it, but it’s not entirely because of her.” Gu Yunche reached for the tissue box and handed it to her, continuing, “At least, when I first got to know you, it was indeed because you look like her, but the decision to be together wasn’t because of her.”
Luo Qianqian sniffed. "What do you mean?"
She was confused, both because of her and not because of her.
“I noticed you because of her, but it wasn’t her who decided we were together, it was you,” Gu Yunche emphasized again.
He never saw her as Miao Qianqian.
Tears still glistened in Luo Qianqian's eyes. "I still don't understand."
“I like you, not her,” Gu Yunche said bluntly.
Luo Qianqian stared at her in astonishment, "Are you telling the truth?"
Why? Everything is completely different from what she had anticipated these past few days.
She thought he would definitely say that he decided to be with her because of Miao Qianqian.
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