In the deep dream, Gu Siqing felt as if she were in a meticulously arranged drama.
The beginning was sweet.
Ye Chen, with the aura of a novel's protagonist, barged into her life. His eyes were aggressive, his words possessive, quickly breaching her defenses. Their feelings for each other intensified, everything seemingly unfolding according to a predetermined script.
However, this happy period didn't last long. Ye Chen became busy, and his attention shifted to other women. Those equally outstanding and beautiful women were the destined protagonists for him. Gu Siqing found herself forgotten, like an object carelessly discarded.
Loneliness followed her like a shadow, engulfing her. The empty room and the cold bed seemed to mock her solitude.
The color scheme of the dream began to change.
Qin Xiao's figure suddenly appeared in this desolate place. He didn't have Ye Chen's dazzling brilliance, but he carried a calm and steady strength. His approach was not offensive, but rather a perfectly timed companionship.
He seemed to see through her cold exterior to her vulnerability and understand her hidden loneliness. He said nothing, but simply sat down beside her and handed her a cup of warm tea.
"Can't sleep?" he asked.
Gu Siqing shook her head, her voice a little hoarse, "Yeah, I can't sleep."
Qin Xiao didn't press further, but simply patted her shoulder gently, saying, "I'm here."
His embrace wasn't warm, but it dispelled the chill in her dream, bringing a rare sense of peace. Gu Siqing leaned on his shoulder, feeling her weary soul find a moment's respite.
He started chatting with her every day, about work, life, and even some trivial gossip. He always managed to relax her tense nerves with some humorous jokes.
"Miss Gu, aren't you tired of having such a long face every day?" Qin Xiao asked with a smile.
Gu Siqing glared at him. "None of your business."
"Tsk tsk, she's quite fierce." Qin Xiao deliberately shrank his neck exaggeratedly. "But she'd be even prettier if she smiled once in a while."
He didn't say much, but his words always smoothed the wrinkles on her brow and rekindled her faint hope for life. The gifts he gave her weren't expensive jewelry, but rather little trinkets she liked, such as a rare book of poems or a carefully tended potted plant.
“These things are more meaningful than diamonds,” Qin Xiao said.
Gu Siqing was immersed in this long-lost warmth and comfort, feeling her frozen world slowly melting away. She began to look forward to seeing Qin Xiao every day, to his jokes, and to his company.
She found herself starting to like this man, whom she should have hated to the core.
However, the good times didn't last long.
Ye Chen reappeared, filled with rage and violence.
He noticed Qin Xiao's presence, his eyes filled with undisguised possessiveness and anger at being violated.
The dream scene suddenly became distorted and violent.
Ye Chen, like a wild beast out of control, attacked Qin Xiao without any mercy.
With each punch and kick, it felt as if they were striking Gu Siqing's heart.
Qin Xiao was beaten black and blue, his clothes stained with blood, but his eyes still held worry as he looked at her.
Ye Chen did not stop there. He dragged Gu Siqing away like an object and imprisoned her in a cold, dark room.
"Why?"
Gu Siqing looked at the man who had once moved her heart, her voice trembling with anger.
"You clearly don't need me anymore, so why are you treating me like this? Why are you abandoning me?"
Ye Chen sneered, his eyes filled with contempt and disdain.
"Ha, what do women know?"
His voice was icy and chilling.
"You are nothing but a plaything to me."
"I approached you only because I wanted your family's resources and your pretty face."
"Besides all that, what else do you have? A cold, sour face?"
Before she could finish speaking, a loud slap landed hard on Gu Siqing's face.
The searing pain, accompanied by extreme humiliation, instantly shattered all her pride.
The dream ends with a desperate pursuit.
Qin Xiao somehow managed to break free of his restraints and, with all his might, rescued her from her captivity.
He grabbed her hand and ran through the darkness, with Ye Chen's relentless footsteps and roars echoing behind them.
Ultimately, they were forced to the edge of a cliff.
Qin Xiao shielded her behind him, blocking Ye Chen's cold gun barrel.
"Bang!"
Gunshots shattered the silence of the dream.
Qin Xiao's figure slowly fell, plunging into the endless abyss of darkness.
"Qin Xiao!!!"
Gu Siqing let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Qin Xiao!!!"
Gu Siqing suddenly sat up in bed, panting heavily, her forehead covered in cold sweat.
My heart pounded in my chest like a drum, and the desperate scream from my dream still seemed to echo in my ears.
She instinctively touched her cheek, where the burning pain from the slap still seemed to linger.
My eyes welled up, and cool tears slid down my cheeks.
Why?
Why did I choose Ye Chen in the dream from the beginning?
Qin Xiao was so good to me, so gentle, even willing to sacrifice his life to save me...
The Ye Chen in her dream, with his cruel, cold-hearted manner and his treatment of her like a plaything, formed a stark contrast to the seemingly radiant man in reality.
Which one is the real him?
A strong sense of unease gripped her heart.
She picked up her phone, her fingertips trembling slightly with urgency, and dialed the number of the Gu family's old butler.
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