Qiu Miao: I didn’t expect General Gu to be this kind of General Gu╮(╯_╰)╭

Mrs. Bathgate's death came without warning. Those milky white eyes lingered in Qiu Yanping's mind. When he realized that the "lifespans" used as bargaining chips corresponded to Mrs. Bathgate's remaining male life, a chill ran through his body.

The coffee shop where the incident occurred was quickly surrounded by interstellar police. Qiu Yanping hid in the crowd as soon as it gathered and left without a trace.

The woman in the white dress also left with him.

Ah Hui followed Qiu Yanping ten meters away from him, carefully but closely. Her pace was still as strange as Qiu Yanping had seen before. Her walking posture was completely different from that of an ordinary person and had attracted many people's attention.

Seeing more and more eyes turned to them, Qiu Yanping had to stop and look back. Ah Hui shrank to one side like a frightened animal, deceiving herself that Qiu Yanping would not be able to find her.

Qiu Yanping said helplessly, "Ms. Ah Hui, since you have no intention of telling me about the embroidery, why are you following me now? I have already handed over the life-saving item to you, right?"

When Ah Hui heard Qiu Yanping mention the embroidered cloth, her already pale face became even more frightening. She shook her head unconsciously, and her greasy hair, which was wet by the rain, swung left and right. Qiu Yanping frowned slightly and said, "Miss Ah Hui, please stop here." He paused and continued, "Miss Ah Hui should still take care of Mrs. Bathgate's funeral, right?"

Ah Hui finally stopped moving after hearing this. She slowly turned around and finally stopped following Qiu Yanping.

Qiu Yanping looked at Ah Hui's back, a hint of deep thought flashed across his eyes, and he turned and left.

After returning to the general's residence, Qiu Yanping took a nice bath to wash off the rain. He came out of the bathroom wrapped in a burgundy bathrobe and ran into Gu Wenye who had just returned home and was running towards him. He blinked and was about to ask what had happened that made General Gu walk so hurriedly, but Gu Wenye hugged him tightly.

He was stunned for a moment, then he understood and felt somewhat amused. He patted Gu Wenye on the shoulder and said, "Do you know about Lady Bathgate's affairs?"

"Yeah." Gu Wenye responded softly.

"It was an accident." Qiu Yanping said. He was at the scene, and he could still distinguish whether it was an accident or a human accident. There was nothing wrong at the scene. Mrs. Bathgate's accidental death could only be said to be destined by heaven.

It was just an accident. Qiu Yanping found the man's nervousness funny, but a little comfort came to his heart. He softened his tone and said, "Mrs. Bathgate died of old age. Even if there was no billboard and she didn't die in that cafe, she would have died somewhere else at some time today. It has nothing to do with me. You don't need to worry."

This may sound a bit cold, but it is true. When you are born and when you die is determined by heaven. Trying to change your fate by force will only cause an unbearable chain reaction.

Gu Wenye took a deep look at Qiu Yanping and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Qiu, since you can calculate everything, then... can you calculate life and death?"

Qiu Yanping paused, raised his lips, and said, "If I want to calculate, what can't I calculate? But it doesn't matter if I know life and death. If Prince Yan wants you to leave today, you must leave. If you want to change your fate, the price you pay is not something that ordinary people can afford."

Gu Wenye's eyes darkened when he heard this, as if he had heard something. He asked in a low voice, "Have you tried it, Mr. Qiu?"

"Haha." Qiu Yanping just smiled and didn't answer. He poked Gu Wenye's head and said, "General Gu, don't have any bad ideas. Just live in the present."

Gu Wenye gently hugged Qiu Yanping and chuckled, "Well, as long as I'm with Mr. Qiu." He lowered his eyes, but in his heart he was a little jealous of the person that Qiu Yanping avoided talking about.

"General Gu is so sweet." Qiu Yanping smiled and tapped Gu Wenye's nose. His frivolous look made Gu Wenye laugh and cry. He grabbed Qiu Yanping's fingertips, slightly narrowed the distance between them, and approached Qiu Yanping's lips. He observed Qiu Yanping's expression and saw that he didn't look struggling or unhappy. Then he lowered his head and lightly kissed Qiu Yanping's lips and said, "I only say this to you."

Qiu Yanping blushed slightly, retracted his fingers, and licked the corner of his mouth that had been kissed with his tongue. Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes and said, "General Gu seemed to have come to my room this morning and kissed me?"

“…”

"It tastes a bit like that." Qiu Yanping said again.

"What does it smell like?"

"Hmm, it smells like General Gu." Qiu Yanping looked at Gu Wenye with a smile.

Saying that they taste similar is of course misleading.

In fact, he was awakened when Gu Wenye came to his room in the morning, but he didn't say anything when he realized that the visitor was Gu Wenye. He pretended to be asleep and wanted to see what General Gu wanted to do in his place, but he didn't expect to be scolded.

He looked at the discomfort on Gu Wenye's face and wanted to laugh. He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I didn't expect General Gu to be such a General Gu."

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If Gu Wenle knew that the two of them could talk about such meaningless things for a whole night, he would probably sigh and say that this is the power of love (sour smell).

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Mrs. Bathgate's accidental death did not cause much of a stir in the central city, although her death was a pity. Who would have thought that a person walking on the street would be smashed into the back of the head by a billboard? But how much of a splash could an accident cause? At most, it was just a piece of news inserted into the interstellar broadcast.

Mrs. Bastin rushed back from afar the day after the accident. She looked at Bathgate's body in the morgue. The body had been restored to its appearance in life by a beautician. She was lying there as if she was asleep, without any of the horrible look of a bloody hole on the back of her head.

Mrs. Bastin broke down and lay on Mrs. Bathgate crying. She thought she would never forgive Bathgate in her life and would never feel pain because of Bathgate again. But when this day came, she realized that no matter how deep the hatred was, it could not compare to the family love flowing in the blood. The warm memories of the past were like a sharp blade, biting her bit by bit.

Only a few people attended Mrs. Bastien's funeral. Her two children were escorted by prison guards to attend the funeral. Qiu Yanping and Gu Wenye were also invited by Mrs. Bastien, which surprised them a little, but they attended anyway.

Mrs. Bastin watched the heavy black coffin being slowly lowered into the grave, as it was covered and closed layer by layer. She spoke in a hoarse voice, "Mr. Qiu, is Bathgate here to see you?"

Qiu Yanping nodded. He was not surprised that Mrs. Bastin knew about it. The two children that Mrs. Bathgate had tried so hard to hide were finally found by Mrs. Bastin. It would be easy for her to find out the purpose of Mrs. Bathgate coming to the central city.

"She came to me to help someone," Qiu Yanping said. "It was a woman named Ah Hui. It was said that the child was the child of a distant relative of hers?"

Mrs. Bastin paused as she wiped her tears. She raised her face, and her tearful eyes widened slightly in surprise. "Mr. Qiu is talking about Ah Hui? How is that possible?"

"What do you mean?"

"If the Ah Hui that Mr. Qiu was talking about was a child of one of our relatives...she should have died of a serious illness two years ago." Mrs. Bastin said with a pursed mouth.

Qiu Yanping was stunned.

Even he did not realize that the woman named A Hui was a ghost. Since everyone could see her, Qiu Yanping did not consider it from this perspective. But if she was not a ghost, who could that woman be?

Gu Wenye had already heard Qiu Yanping mention the woman named Ah Hui. When he heard Mrs. Bastine say this, he frowned slightly. "Died of a serious illness? Why does Mrs. Bastine seem to be completely unaware of it?"

Mrs. Bastin shook her head. "Because of the accident, Bathgate had already cut off contact with all his family members. It is very likely that he did not know about it..."

"What does the child look like? Are there any photos?" Qiu Yanping asked.

Mrs. Bastin said, "I need to go back and look for this..."

Qiu Yanping nodded, "If Mrs. Bastin finds it, please send a copy."

Mrs. Bastin nodded, and then asked hesitantly, "Then... Mr. Qiu, do you know why Bathgate brought the child to you?"

"To treat the child." Qiu Yanping said vaguely. He looked at Mrs. Bastin and said, "Mrs. Bastin, do you know what the child named Ah Hui died of a serious illness?"

Mrs. Bastin shook her head and said, "There seems to be no specific conclusion. We only know that the child got sick and vomited blood all day long. Later, his body could not bear it anymore and collapsed, so he passed away."

Qiu Yanping's eyes suddenly became sharp when he heard this. He vomited blood again.

Gu Wenye listened to the conversation between Qiu Yanping and Mrs. Bastin, but he couldn't make any sense of it. He stayed beside Qiu Yanping, seemingly listening to their conversation silently, but in fact he was keeping a close eye on his surroundings.

He suddenly interrupted the conversation and said, "Mrs. Bastin, look behind the tree behind Mr. Qiu. The woman standing there is your child who has been dead for two years?" He did not look in that direction, but just looked at Mrs. Bastin so as not to alarm the man.

He and Mrs. Bastin were standing at two oblique angles of Qiu Yanping, and could be seen with a quick glance.

Mrs. Bastin was startled when she heard this, and she looked up subconsciously. Her eyes met with the other person's. Ah Hui turned around abruptly and jumped away with a big stride.

Mrs. Bastin frowned, "No, that's not Ah Hui."