Before Luo Zikun arrived, he never expected that Qin Gu would refuse him. Although Qin Gu did not completely rule out the possibility, it was very different from what he had imagined, that Qin Gu would agree as soon as he mentioned it.
Luo Zikun felt somewhat displeased, but he didn't show it on his face. He even said a few kind words, advising Qin Gu to get along well with his father. He seemed to be a reliable elder who cared about Qin Gu.
Ruan Bei sat quietly to the side, rarely speaking. Sometimes, Luo Zikun seemed afraid of neglecting him and would deliberately give him something to say. He would speak if he could, and if he didn't know what to say, he would just laugh. Qin Gu would smooth things over for him.
Although Luo Zikun had learned about him beforehand, they had never spent time together. He assumed that Luo Zikun was just a little reserved because it was their first meeting and he was not familiar with him, so he didn't think much of it.
After finishing the pot of tea and saying everything that needed to be said, Ruan Bei and Qin Gu had classes in the afternoon. Luo Zikun, being very sensible, took the initiative to say goodbye when he saw that it was almost time.
Before leaving, he said to Qin Gu, "I'll be in Jincheng for the time being. Give me a call when you have time."
This was to accommodate Qin Gu's time constraints; refusing again would be unreasonable, so Qin Gu simply nodded in agreement.
The two sides parted ways at the restaurant entrance. Ruan Bei and Qin Gu went back to school. Even after walking a long way, Ruan Bei refrained from saying a word.
Qin Gu stopped only after they entered the campus: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my martial uncle?"
Ruan Bei looked around, the chill in her chest still lingering, she was still trembling with fear and indescribable discomfort: "He...it's related to the past..."
Ruan Bei gave a vague answer, and Qin Gu immediately understood that it involved his past life experiences.
"This is not the place to talk."
With people coming and going around me, I always feel uneasy.
At this time, Bai Miaomiao and Zeng Peng should be in their dormitory, so it's not appropriate to discuss private matters. Fortunately, the house that Qin Gu's father gave him is not far from the school. It was probably chosen specifically because it was convenient for them to stay there.
The two exited through another school gate, took two bus stops, and arrived at their destination in less than ten minutes.
As soon as she entered the room, Ruan Bei grabbed Qin Gu's hand, feeling both uneasy and afraid: "I've met him before. He used to be the Lu family's family doctor."
"Family doctor?" Qin Gu was stunned for a moment. He had never known that his junior uncle had this skill. A doctor is not someone that just anyone can impersonate.
Ruan Bei: "Yes, the Lu family has more than one family doctor. It seems he doesn't treat the Lu family members much, just do some tests and such."
"Are you sure you didn't see wrong? Is it someone who looks similar?" He wasn't doubting Ruan Bei's words, he just wanted to confirm it again.
"I'm sure he doesn't look ordinary. I looked at him carefully this afternoon and I'm sure I'm not mistaken."
Ruan Bei said urgently, "Moreover, I just remembered that the first time I met him, he was meeting with Lu Sibai alone, and I overheard them talking, mentioning Fang Ruoxian's name—"
Worried that Qin Gu might have forgotten, Ruan Bei added, "Fang Ruoxian is one of the men Lu Sibai cheated on. I caught him having an affair with Fang Ruoxian at his engagement party with Qin Shen."
Qin Gu frowned, his thoughts in turmoil: "How did this person get involved again? Hasn't he broken off contact with Lu Sibai now?"
“Yes, that’s not the key point. The key point is…” Ruan Bei swallowed hard and said with difficulty, “I just thought about it carefully. When Lu Sibai and Junior Uncle mentioned Fang Ruoxian when they met, Lu Sibai and Fang Ruoxian were not related yet!”
Qin Gu: "..."
Ruan Bei took a deep breath, looked up at him, and asked urgently, "Do you understand what I mean?"
Qin Gu remained silent for a long time before saying, "You mean, Junior Uncle is helping Lu Sibai read fortunes and find those with good fortune?"
Ruan Bei didn't answer. After a while, he lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "Do you believe me? I think so."
Not hearing a reply, Ruan Bei lowered his head even further. He suddenly didn't want to continue discussing this issue. He could accept anyone's doubts, but if Kun Kun stopped believing him, he really couldn't bear it.
"Silly Bei." With her arm grabbed, Ruan Bei crashed straight into Qin Gu's arms and was embraced by him.
Qin Gu lowered his head and nuzzled his cheek: "How could I not believe you? I'm thinking about something else."
Ruan Bei felt his heart was filled with joy. He thought that as long as Kun Kun stood by his side, he was not afraid of any difficulties.
He looked up and asked, "What?"
"You're not letting me go to Yundang Mountain with my martial uncle because... you suspect he might be a threat to me?"
Ruan Bei hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
He had seen Luo Zikun and Lu Sibai together in his previous life, so he was naturally wary of him and unwilling to go out with Kunkun.
Qin Gu's expression was solemn: "I've always been puzzled about where I was when you went through all those things in your past life. Seven years, not seven days, but seven months, such a long time. If I hadn't died, I would have crawled back by now. But why didn't I appear?"
"You...you mean?" Ruan Bei's voice trembled.
"Either I die, or I never come back." Qin Gu's voice grew colder: "If I die, my master, my senior brother, and my father will never let this go."
Ruan Bei slammed his fist on his head: "I don't know anything."
In his past life, he had no connection with his sect or Qin's father, and he didn't know if they had done anything together back then.
Qin Gu grabbed his hand, his cold expression instantly crumbling: "You're not smart to begin with, getting hammered will only make you dumber."
Ruan Bei glared angrily: "What time is it? You still have the mind to joke around."
"Don't be angry, I have a solution." Qin Gu said, taking out his phone and making a call to his father.
I called twice, and both times they hung up. They didn't block me; they just rejected the call.
Ruan Bei: "...Did you upset Uncle Qin again?"
"No, don't talk nonsense. It's just a father and son exchanging feelings. How can that be called being angry?" Qin Gu ordered him, "Go ahead and hit him."
Ruan Bei had no choice but to call Qin Zhengze. After the call connected, he handed the phone to Qin Gu. Qin Gu called out "Dad" and then said, "Don't hang up yet, I have something important to discuss with you."
Qin Zhengze: "Speak."
"Dad, if I were murdered, and you found out, how would you deal with Qin Zhengping's family? Would you accept Qin Shen as your heir?"
"How could you be so spineless? You let someone kill you so easily."
Qin Gu: "...I mean, hypothetically, would you make Qin Shen the heir of the Qin family?"
Xiao Bei said that in her previous life, when Lu Sibai and Qin Shen got engaged, Qin Shen claimed to be the heir of the Qin family.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Qin Zhengze sneered. "What would I be thinking if I wanted an heir like Qin Shen? Who are you looking down on?"
"If I were..."
"When I agreed to take you away from your grandfather, I was prepared that you would not come back. Whether you are here or not, Qin Shen can never become the heir of the Qin family."
"Okay, I understand." Qin Gu paused, his voice lowering, "Thank you, Dad."
The thank you sounded surprisingly sincere, and Qin Zheng paused for a moment: "Don't overthink it. I warned Qin Zhengping that if anything happens to you, no matter what the reason, I'll hold him responsible."
The next day, Qin Zhengping started looking up information about foreign schools and sent Qin Shen abroad.
Qin Gu: "..."
Ruan Bei: "..."
No wonder Qin Zhengping sent Qin Shen away without any struggle.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Gu calmly said, "So I probably didn't die in my past life." Otherwise, Qin Shen wouldn't have been able to live peacefully as the young master of the Qin family and even get engaged to Lu Sibai under the guise of being the heir.
"Then... is it possible that you might be one of those formations..." Ruan Bei asked worriedly.
Qin Gu smiled bitterly: "If our speculation is correct, it is indeed possible, and it is even possible that I am not only trapped, but also taken hostage."
Ruan Bei suddenly exclaimed, "My dream!"
"What dream?"
"Do you remember that night I had a nightmare when you told me that Junior Uncle was coming?" Ruan Bei said.
Qin Gu nodded, and Ruan Bei told him about the dream: "I originally thought it was just that I had heard and heard those things during the day, and that I was dreaming about them at night because I was thinking about them during the day, but I kept thinking about it for the next few days and I couldn't forget it."
Qin Gu recalled that Xiao Bei was indeed restless during that period.
"So is it possible that this dream of mine is something that happened in my past life, and you are trapped in it, which is why Uncle Qin got angry and fought with my martial uncle?"
Having already experienced rebirth, it's not impossible for him to have a precognitive dream as well. He was so anxious in the dream, probably because he knew that Qin Gu was trapped.
“It’s possible.” Qin Gu sighed and rubbed his aching temples. “Xiao Bei, I need to verify this. It’s not that I don’t believe you, but I need to confirm that my uncle really has a problem before I can decide how to deal with him.”
Ruan Bei nodded vigorously: "I know."
The police need evidence to investigate a case. He didn't have in-depth communication with his martial uncle in his previous life. If there were any other reasons, he might be wrongly accused.
"How do we verify it?" Ruan Bei asked.
Qin Gu took out his phone and, while contacting people, explained, "Find someone to read the fortunes of Lu Sibai's lovers. My uncle is a fortune teller, and there must be a reason why he's so close to Lu Sibai."
This idea is sound. Of course, you can read faces from photos, but it's not very accurate, especially after the advent of beauty cameras. Reliable fortune tellers no longer dare to use photos for face reading, for fear of ruining their reputation.
Qin Gu called over a fortune teller he knew, while Ruan Bei pondered for a while and came up with a new idea: "Look, there's such a big age gap between Uncle-Master and Lu Sibai. If they have any connection, could it be because of Lu Sibai's parents?"
Qin Gu stopped moving, seemingly lost in thought: "Does Martial Uncle know Lu Sibai's parents?"
Ruan Bei's eyes lit up: "Uncle Qin knew my martial uncle when he was young. Is it possible that he also knew Lu Sibai's parents?"
“But my dad probably doesn’t know who Lu Sibai’s parents are,” Qin Gu said. “He had people watching me, so he must know we’re investigating Lu Sibai’s parents. If he knew, he would have told us already.”
"Perhaps Uncle Qin knows Lu Sibai's parents, but doesn't know that they are Lu Sibai's parents?"
Ruan Bei's words were a bit awkward, but Qin Gu understood: "That's possible."
"Just ask around and you'll find out." Ruan Bei pulled out a portrait saved on his phone, drawn by a profiler Shen Linpeng had found for him based on clues provided by Ma Chunhua. There was a high chance that this person was Lu Sibai's mother.
He sent the picture to Qin Zhengze and asked him if he recognized him.
Just as he was about to send the message "She has an old scar on her palm," Qin Zheng replied: "I think I've seen her before. She has too many wrinkles on her face. I can't remember clearly. Do you have any photos of her when she was younger?"
Ruan Bei: "..."
This person is probably around the same age as Mr. Qin, but he doesn't take good care of himself.
"No." After replying, Ruan Bei sent the message about the scar on her palm.
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