Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Imagination
Chapter 64
In the parking lot, the crisp sound of high heels hitting the floor came from far away.
Qiao Qianqian opened the car door with a serious expression and got in. Her mind was filled with a bunch of information waiting to be confirmed and unknown bold guesses, all mixed together in a mess.
At this moment, she didn't know whether she was more frightened or more excited.
She came to the club for a spa in the afternoon and happened to meet two acquaintances in the lounge.
When they saw Qiao Qianqian, the first thing they did was to gossip about Ruan Yan with her.
"I heard Ruan Yan and Jia Yanyuan broke up. Is this true?"
"Why do I feel like it was just a fight? Ruan Yan is so obsessed with Jia Yanyuan and is completely devoted to him. We've all seen how Ruan Yan went crazy for him before. How could they really break up?"
"Why not? Look how long it's been since they've been in the same frame. With Ruan Yan's personality, it would be strange if she didn't show affection. There's a high probability that there's something wrong with their relationship. Furthermore, the news of their breakup has spread so widely, and they haven't come out to clarify. It doesn't look like this is just a minor quarrel like before."
"Hearing you put it that way, it seems to make sense..."
As they spoke, they turned their gaze to Qiao Qianqian, trying to get any useful information from her. "Qianqian, you and Ruan Yan are usually best friends. You must know the real situation, right?"
When they first brought up the topic, Qiao Qianqian knew what they were up to. She reacted coldly, "Really? I didn't know about that. I've been so busy with work lately that I haven't had much personal time. I haven't seen them in ages, so I don't know much about their situation."
Qiao Qianqian was telling the truth. Since the last incident, she had no contact with them, especially Jia Yanyuan.
But they thought she was tight-lipped and was keeping it a secret for her friend.
"Then it seems the rumors might not be groundless," one of the girls said. "It's amazing! Ruan Yan loved Jia Yanyuan so deeply, yet they actually broke up one day. I always thought their marriage was a done deal."
Qiao Qianqian lowered her head to look at her phone and pretended not to hear.
"Who says it's not true? But it's actually quite normal. People's feelings change, after all. There's no law that says we can only love one person in our lifetime and never change our hearts."
"That makes sense, but besides her feelings, Ruan Yan has also changed a lot in other ways. The last time I ran into her at the horse farm, wow, she was such a pure, innocent little white flower, so kind and friendly. It was really scary."
"Hahaha, do you want to do this?"
"It's really true, just like in the TV series, as if she was possessed by another body. If it weren't for that face, I wouldn't have dared to recognize her."
"Hey, hey, speaking of this," another girl suddenly remembered something, "Do you remember that time when we ran into Ruan Yan at the gym, I happened to see a video with someone who looked exactly like her. I even showed it to her."
"Yeah, that person really looks exactly like her, and she's dressed in a rustic way. We even jokingly asked her when she went to the mountains to shoot a video, hahaha."
Qiao Qianqian didn't react at first. When the key outlines slowly emerged from the fuzzy edges in her mind, she asked hurriedly in a flash, "When are you talking about this incident?"
"Hmm..." The other party thought for a moment, "It was a while ago, I can't remember clearly, but it seems that she and Jia Yanyuan were arguing at that time, and she was in a bad mood, so she planned to go out and relax..."
"Oh yes, not long after that she suddenly disappeared and we were all shocked," said another person.
Qiao Qianqian's heart suddenly sank. The timing was so coincidental...
She continued to ask, "What was Ruan Yan's reaction after seeing the video? Did she say anything at the time?"
The girl recalled: "She was a bit dismissive at first, but after seeing the video, she was stunned and stared at it for a long time. We even joked with her, saying that they were twin sisters who ran away from nowhere..."
"What was the name of that video? Can it still be found now?" Qiao Qianqian felt something vaguely, and her chest heaved up and down with excitement.
"I forgot, do you remember?" the girl turned and asked the person next to her.
The other girl wasn't particularly impressed. After thinking for a while, she said, "It seems to be a documentary feature for some magazine, set in a remote village... Oh, and Luna is in it too. I went there just to see Luna!"
Qiao Qianqian asked a lot of details in succession, then hurriedly said goodbye to them and quickly left the hall.
After returning home, she immediately entered information on the computer and started looking for videos. There were many results that popped up. She clicked on the videos one by one, and after changing and modifying several keywords, she finally found it.
That was a landscape promotional video shot by "NUM" magazine with the theme of "City Stories" and combining the characteristics of various places. Luna participated in more than a dozen issues, so it was quite difficult to find it.
When she was feeling a little impatient, that face suddenly appeared in a video introducing folk song culture.
In the gray crowd, that face stood out with its beauty, bright eyes, white teeth, and a sweet smile. Qiao Qianqian was obviously very familiar with it, yet it looked indescribably strange.
She rewound that short video clip countless times, and finally froze the frame and zoomed in. It was indeed the same face as Ruan Yan's.
She specifically checked the time. When "NUM" was filming this theme, Ruan Yan had been in City C and had never left. It was impossible for Ruan Yan to go to that kind of place. As a beauty-loving girl, it was impossible for her to wear that kind of clothes to film the show. In other words, the person who appeared in this video was just a person who looked very similar to her.
They said that after watching the video, Ruan Yan had a dazed expression on her face, and even she was shocked. After that, she left City C and disappeared for a long time.
Beishui County, identical faces, missing...
Combined with the earth-shaking changes that had taken place in Ruan Yan since her return, a bold and absurd idea suddenly popped up in Qiao Qianqian's mind.
Although even she herself felt that it was too outrageous and absurd, this confirmed all the doubts in her mind, and all the wrong things during this period suddenly became clear.
Qiao Qianqian's fingertips were trembling slightly. Many emotions such as realization, excitement, ridicule, and sneer were intertwined and entangled, making her mood extremely complicated.
But what dominates is still excitement.
Now this Ruan Yan is most likely someone else pretending to be her. In order to hide her tracks, she deliberately claimed to others that she had lost her memory. This perfect excuse was like a panacea that could save her from most of the troubles.
A hint of satisfaction appeared on Qiao Qianqian's lips. Although she didn't know what the man's purpose was, since she had discovered his handle and flaws, she had to uncover the hypocritical mask of this disguised "fake Ruan Yan".
But before that, there are still a few things that need her to confirm personally.
*
My flight is in the afternoon.
Ruan Yan received a message from Lu Peishi on her mobile phone.
She replied: [I know.]
He has reminded her many times, intentionally or unintentionally, in the past two days.
She thought for a moment and then sent another message: [Do you need me to pick you up at the airport?]
Lu Peishi: [No, I have to rush to Zhuolu after I get off the plane. I have something to take care of at the company.]
Since he didn't want to pick her up at the airport, Ruan Yan didn't understand why he kept emphasizing the time of his return.
Just as I was thinking about it, another message came over: [Have you moved to my place? ]
Ruan Yan: [Not yet.]
After a while, she received Lu Peishi's reply: [So tonight, should we sleep at your place or mine?]
Ruan Yan slowly typed an ellipsis.
Lu Peishi then replied: [It's up to you to decide. I'm fine with it anyway.]
Okay, you can have any of them.
The calm tone and the thought-provoking words, but he said them so seriously that she felt embarrassed to think in the wrong way.
He was too serious, which made her, with her flushed cheeks, look impure.
[Then let's go to your place. Sister Wen Ying is at home today.]
Ruan Yan hesitated for a long time and finally sent a message.
But after replying, she always felt uncomfortable when she read this sentence again.
Especially with the last sentence, why does it seem like a young couple having an affair?
I originally wanted to withdraw it, but then I felt that it seemed too obvious, so I gave up in the end.
She felt that she was really confused and why was she thinking so many random things?
She frowned. It wouldn't be a big deal to sleep at his place. He looked the cold and aloof type. Besides, he must be exhausted after being away on business for so many days. Maybe he just wanted to chat with her and have a good sleep.
Ruan Yan turned off her phone and returned to work mode, not allowing her thoughts to be disturbed by the outside world.
She had just joined Ruan's company and started from the bottom. Her daily work was numerous and complicated.
There is still a lot to learn. In order to prove that she is not just here for the formality, and in order to be able to get started as soon as possible to share the heavy responsibility with Wen Ying, she must keep up with the pace.
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It was already past nine o'clock when I finished overtime work in the evening.
Ruan Yan bought some midnight snacks on the way home and sat in the living room, eating cold noodles and playing with her phone.
In the "Yongshou Palace", Liu Mengmeng suddenly sent a link -
"Last night at midnight, my husband came home from a business trip. She was half asleep when she suddenly felt a burning sensation on her back..."
Ruan Yan typed out an expressionless message: [? ]
Liu Mengmeng: [Lu Da is back from his business trip today, hehehe.]
The last three "hey" are very metaphorical.
Ruan Yan pretended not to understand: [I'm coming back, so what?]
Liu Mengmeng bluntly stated: "They're newlyweds. After a week of not seeing each other, they're like dry wood and a raging fire. Finally, they're all hooked. So, it's bound to be a big deal, right?!"
Ruan Yan had a mouthful of cold noodles stuck in her throat and she almost choked to death.
Even Zhao Tian couldn't help but show up: [Hey, hey, mind your limits, Teacher Liu!]
At this time, Lu Peishi came out of the room.
He had just taken a shower and was wearing a bathrobe, and his hair, which had not yet dried, looked a little wet.
"What's wrong?" He might have come out after hearing the noise.
Ruan Yan quickly turned off her phone and coughed a few times: "No... cough, nothing..."
Lu Peishiren had already walked to the table and took out a piece of paper and handed it to her.
He glanced at the cold noodles on the table again: "Because it's spicy?"
Ruan Yan coughed desperately to hide her embarrassment, thinking that it had nothing to do with whether it was spicy or not, but it was so embarrassing that even if she coughed to death, she would delete all the chat records with Liu Mengmeng on her phone before she died so that she could close her eyes in peace.
Since she didn't answer, I took it as her agreement.
Lu Peishi poured her a glass of water and said, "Why are you eating something so spicy so late at night?"
Ruan Yan didn't say anything back, but just took it and gulped down two gulps.
Lu Peishi stood beside the table, his eyes naturally falling downwards.
Because of her cough, there was a watery light in her eyes, and her lips, which were red from eating, were soaked in boiling water and looked very soft.
He took one look and couldn't help but take another look.
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Author's words: The scheming Lu Fox vs. the innocent Xiao Yanyan
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