It's only been over a month since we last met, but Gu Qichen looks ten years older and more haggard.

The deep eyes that were originally calm and restrained were now filled with emptiness, and at first glance it looked as if the soul was gone.

There seems to be no flesh on her cheeks, and her cheekbones are high and protruding.

The face was dark and yellow, as if it had been damaged by ultraviolet rays in the plateau.

Compared to the energetic Ye Wan, he looked more like a man who had been trying to survive in the wilderness for 30 days.

"You're fleeing from the famine?"

He glanced at Qin Chizhou and Ai Xiaomi as a greeting.

Lu Changchuan went over and sat next to Gu Qichen.

"I have looked for it..."

Gu Qichen's voice was hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper. "I went to all the places she had been to, and all the places she said she wanted to go, but I couldn't find her."

After saying this, Gu Qichen's voice was choked with sobs. "I can't find her, Changchuan. I don't know where else I can find her."

There was wine on the coffee table, but since entering the room, Gu Qichen hadn't even touched the glass.

When he thought that he might never find her in this lifetime, Gu Qichen felt that, let alone drowning his sorrows in alcohol, he didn't even want to know where the sun would rise tomorrow.

"Changchuan, tell me, where else can I look for you?... There are so many people in the capital, but Changqing mentions you the most. Changchuan, tell me..."

After he finished speaking, Gu Qichen suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Ye Wan, "Xiao Wan, you have a good relationship with Chang Qing, do you know where she might go?"

Ye Wan shook his head, "I'm sorry."

The light in Gu Qichen's eyes dimmed completely.

He should know the answer.

From the first time I saw her that year, to the time I fell in love with her.

They had been together and broken up so many times, so he knew her temper very well.

If she didn't want him to find her, then even if he ran all over the earth or even into outer space, it would probably be useless.

"I see."

"where did you go?"

Lu Changchuan spoke.

Gu Qichen paused at the door of the box and said without turning his head, "I've asked for a month's leave, which is unprecedented. Not to mention that it was delayed for so many days..."

"I'm back in the group. If I have anything to do in the future... Never mind. It shouldn't be a big deal."

I wanted to call him if I had anything to say.

When the words came to his lips, Gu Qichen suddenly felt that it was not necessary.

In the past, when Lu Changchuan and Qin Chizhou called him, even if they just wanted him to come back for a drink, he knew that it must be Changqing who came back, or some other reason.

In short, it must be related to her.

Now, she left so decisively, and it is likely that she will never return to the imperial capital in her lifetime.

If she doesn't come back, he can't help them.

In this case, he should train his soldiers well.

"You guys... take care!"

Without even turning his head, Gu Qichen opened the door and walked out.

In the box, four people looked at each other.

It took less than half an hour from entering the door to leaving the door, and only Lu Changchuan and Ye Wan said a word each.

Qin Chizhou and Ai Xiaomi didn't even have a chance to speak.

Thinking of his farewell-like words "take care", Qin Chizhou had a feeling that something was going to happen, something big.

"elder brother……"

Qin Chizhou looked at the door, then at Lu Changchuan, his voice full of uneasiness, "No, is there something wrong?"

(End of this chapter)