Chapter 395 Finale
Gu Mian turned his head away, too sad to speak.
Li Tingshen stepped forward with his long legs spread wide. "Yunyuewan has already reserved a room for Xiaobao. The new house is under construction, and I have prepared a whole floor for him. When he grows up, gets married and has children, it will definitely be enough for him to live in."
"Take good care of yourself first. When you feel better, spend more time with Xiaobao and Niannian. If you need me to take Xiaobao to Yunyue Bay, please let me know."
"Ting Shen, thank you." Pei Jianchuan smiled with relief, "I can't give you the fatherly love, and I'll need your help to continue it in the future."
"No one can replace you in Xiaobao's heart." Li Ting smiled deeply, "But don't worry, I will definitely treat him as my own son. He will have everything that Nian Nian has."
"Of course I believe it." Pei Jianchuan held their hands tightly, "Thank you, thank you..."
......
At Pei Jianchuan's request, Lu Yueming and Gu Mian prepared medicine for him.
This medicine can temporarily control his illness and even make his condition improve, but it will not last long, and once it loses its effect, his body will rapidly deteriorate.
Pei Jianchuan took the medicine and took Xiaobao to travel around the world.
In his words, this was his last gift to Xiaobao.
The only thing he could do was to leave Xiaobao with more good memories in his last days.
Two months later, Gu Mian brought Xiaobao to live in Yunyue Bay.
More than a month later, while having dinner, Gu Mian received a call.
I don’t know what the other party said, but Gu Mian’s face suddenly turned pale and tears burst out uncontrollably.
She glanced at Xiaobao subconsciously, then immediately stood up and left the restaurant.
Xiaobao was startled, and quickly put down his chopsticks and followed him out.
Gu Mian sat on a bench in the garden, covering her face and crying.
"mother."
Xiaobao walked up to her and patted her back gently, "My dad is gone, right?"
Gu Mian looked up at him in shock.
Xiao Bao sniffed, holding back tears, and said, "When we were watching the aurora in Iceland, my father told me about the meaning of death. He said he would go find my mother and sister first and build a home for me for the rest of my life."
"I want to be a family with you all for the rest of my life, and Uncle Li will be my father for the rest of my life."
Gu Mian hugged him tightly and burst into tears, "Xiaobao..."
He didn't know why Pei Jianchuan told Xiaobao so clearly, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad for Xiaobao to experience the separation of life and death at this age.
"Mom, Dad said that we can be sad for him, but not for too long, because he is only separated from us temporarily, and one day, we will meet him again."
"Yes." Gu Mian choked up and said, "One day, we will be reunited with him again..."
......
Gu Mian brought her two children to complete Pei Jianchuan's funeral.
The funeral was simple. There was no grief or crying, only deep reluctance and silent tears.
But when the funeral was over, Nian Nian suddenly disappeared.
Gu Mian sent people to look for them everywhere, and found the two bodyguards who were protecting Nian Nian in the corner. Both of them were knocked unconscious, and Nian Nian was nowhere to be found!
"It was Gu Xingzhi..." Gu Mian shuddered violently, "He must have kidnapped Nian Nian!"
Li Tingshen's face was icy. "Send out all the manpower, contact the police, and conduct a full-scale search."
The programmer nodded, "Yes."
Gu Mian remained calm, first sent his family back to Yunyue Bay, and then stared at his mobile phone.
If Gu Xingzhi's purpose in kidnapping Nian Nian was not to kill her and torture Li Tingshen directly, then he must have contacted her to achieve other goals!
Now she could only pray that Gu Xingzhi would not have any other thoughts. She could agree to all her other requests!
When Li Tingshen walked into the master bedroom, he saw Gu Mian curled up on the sofa, staring at his mobile phone, trembling all over.
"Take a nap." Li Tingshen walked forward, picked up the blanket beside him and covered him with it. "Are you cold?"
"Ting Shen, I'm afraid..." Gu Mian trembled and said, "Why hasn't Gu Xingzhi called me yet?"
"Don't worry." Li Ting said soothingly, "It's only been two hours since Nian Nian was taken away. He must still be waiting and watching."
"I've already ordered a city-wide search. He can't get away. I'm going to look for him now. You stay home, okay?"
"Where are you going to find it?"
"Of course I'm not going to be a headless fly." Li Ting said, "I will command from the car to improve the search efficiency."
Gu Mian nodded gently, "Then you have to be careful."
"Don't worry."
......
Time passed minute by minute, until the afternoon, when the phone suddenly rang with a text message alert.
Gu Mian quickly picked up the phone and was shocked when he saw the content on it!
She picked up her phone and rushed out of the room, "Someone! Prepare the car!"
Ye Junlin rushed over upon hearing the sound, "Mianmian, what's wrong?"
"I received a text message with Nian Nian's location!"
"Let me check." Ye Junlin picked up the phone. "This place is very remote. Maybe there is a scam. Let me check it out. Even if it is fake news, you won't be fooled."
Gu Mian looked at him firmly, "Brother, if this is really fake news, I will never let you take the risk for me!"
Ye Junlin nodded, "Okay, then I'll contact the police and go check it out together."
"Brother, that won't work either."
"Listen to me!" Ye Junlin held her shoulders, "I promise you, I will be fine and will come back safely."
"Then keep in touch with me at all times."
"good."
Gu Mian was waiting anxiously at home.
Because she was unsure of the truth of the news, she did not call Li Tingshen.
More than an hour later, Ye Junlin called, "Mianmian, Nian Nian is really here! She's fine, I'll take her back now!"
"Great!" Gu Mian was very excited, "I'll tell Ting Shen now!"
Gu Mian hung up the phone and was about to make another call when another call came in.
She looked at the number on the phone and immediately picked up the call, "Hello?... What did you say... What on earth do you want to do!... OK, I'll go."
Gu Mian hung up the phone and went out immediately.
She drove alone to the suburban house where Gu Xingzhi had previously imprisoned her.
This place has long been in ruins.
Gu Mian didn't stop and rushed up the mountain after getting off the car.
It was winter, and the roads in the mountains were extremely slippery.
Gu Mian fell several times, but he ignored the pain in his body and got up and continued to rush up the mountain.
After climbing the mountain, you can see the lake in the distance.
This is where she jumped in to save Li Tingshen when he fell into the water.
Gu Mian didn't understand why Gu Xingzhi asked her to come here.
The lake had frozen over. Gu Mian looked carefully and saw Gu Xingzhi standing on the ice in the middle of the lake, with Li Tingshen sitting beside him.
"Ting Shen!" Gu Mian quickly ran to the lakeside, "Ting Shen, how are you? Are you injured?"
"Mianmian, he's fine." Gu Xingzhi smiled, "In order to get Nian Nian back, he took the medicine I gave him. Now he can't use any strength in his body, so I don't have to tie him up."
"Gu Xingzhi, what do you want to do?" Gu Mian asked, "Tell me, what do you want me to do in order to let my family go!"
"Yes, you are a family..." Gu Xingzhi laughed at himself, "Mianmian, from the beginning to the end, I have been alone, I don't even have a family..."
"Didn't I treat you as a family member? Didn't grandma treat you as a family member? It was you who gave up on us!" Gu Mian was so angry that he couldn't make up his mind. "Xingzhi, I don't want to talk about the past. I only ask you now, don't hurt Tingshen."
Gu Xingzhi did not answer her. He suppressed the pain in his eyes and said, "Mianmian, do you still remember this place? This is where you saved Li Tingshen."
Li Ting was stunned for a moment, looking at Gu Mian not far away in disbelief.
The person who saved him here that year was Gu Mian?
Li Ting laughed softly, feeling that a mystery that had been weighing on his heart had suddenly dissipated, and suddenly everything became clear.
It turns out that after all the twists and turns, the person who has been with him in his life has always been her!
"Mianmian, I really regret it. When I found you, the people from the Li family hadn't arrived yet, and you two were both in a coma. How great would it be if I killed Li Tingshen one day..."
Gu Xingzhi laughed at himself, "It's a pity that I couldn't do such a cruel thing at that time. This is the worst thing I have ever done in my life..."
"Xingzhi, you were once a bright and beautiful woman, a recognized male god. Wenjing still laments how you were surrounded by stars in school when she mentions you. Tingshen has nothing to do with your current situation. He never did anything to let you down from the beginning to the end. You shouldn't have hurt him."
"Didn't he?" Gu Xingzhi smiled, "Letting you fall in love with him is the most unfair thing he has done to me."
"I was the one who fell in love with him. I was the one who fell in love with him willingly in the beginning. It has nothing to do with him. If you want to hate him, then hate me!"
Gu Xingzhi looked at her, "Mianmian, how can I bear to hate you... In fact, the person I hate the most is not Li Tingshen, but myself."
"Looking back now, I can't even see the way I came here, let alone which step I took wrongly, leading to this outcome..."
"Xingzhi, don't make the same mistake again." Gu Mian said painfully, "I beg you..."
"Mianmian, I won't hurt you." Gu Xingzhi raised his hand to wipe away the tears in his eyes. "The reason why I used Nian Nian to lure you here today is that I want to end this with you once and for all."
Gu Xingzhi took out a small black remote control from his pocket, "Mianmian, you are right, everything should end..."
Before Gu Mian could react, Gu Xingzhi pressed the remote control in his hand.
"Bang!"
湖裏突然發出一聲悶響，冰面瞬間裂開，冰面上的兩個人直接掉進湖裏！
“霆深！”顧眠驚呼一聲，急忙脫掉身上的羽絨服扔在地上，毫不猶豫地跳進冰冷的湖裏！
時間仿佛倒退到十多年前，她也是這樣跳進湖裏，不顧一切地朝着厲霆深游去。
兩個畫面重疊，顧眠拼勁全力游向逐漸沉底的厲霆深，終于抓住了他的手，帶着他往上游去！
兩個人付出水面，顧眠拖着厲霆深上岸，“霆深你怎麽樣？沒事吧？”
“我沒事。”
顧眠松了一口氣，轉頭望向湖面。
顧行知并沒有上來。
顧眠猶豫了兩秒鐘，起身返回。
“顧眠！”厲霆深拉住她的手腕，“你剛剛救我耗了很多體力，再下去會很危險的！”
顧眠堅決地推開他的手，“他有罪，應該交由法律審判，但我作為一個人，不能見死不救。”
厲霆深這才緩緩松開了她。
顧眠再次跳下水，在冰冷的湖水裏找了一會兒，才發現顧行知的身影。
他似乎并沒有準備自救，而是任憑自己往湖底沉去。
顧眠奮力游向他。
顧行知看見顧眠，沉寂的眼底突然亮起一抹光。
然而下一秒，他便看見顧眠的動作越來越緩慢僵硬，像是體力不支了。
顧行知立刻往上游去，帶着顧眠一起浮出水面。
“厲總，太太！”
程序帶着保镖匆匆趕來，給兩個人披上外套。
程序剛要上前控制顧行知，卻見他眉心一蹙，下一秒，直接吐出一口血！
顧眠立刻上前給他把脈，震驚地看着他，“你服毒了......”
顧行知看着她，揚起一個燦爛的笑臉，“眠眠，今天我沒有穿防彈衣，所以我以為，你會找機會一槍打死我，我一直在等你開槍......”
“可是你遲遲沒有動手，我只能換一種方式，我以為你不會跳下去救我，只要我死在這裏，你心裏總會有一根刺，是你沒有來救我，我才會被淹死，這樣你就能牢牢記住我了......”
“可你哪怕再恨我，也跳下去救我了，眠眠，你為什麽這麽傻......”
“你也說了，見死不救的話，我會後悔，所以我只是做了我應該做的事。”顧眠哽咽道，“你提前服了毒，對嗎？”
“我死罪難逃，可我不想那樣死去，我想死在你的手裏。”顧行知顫抖的手擡起，想要去撫摸她的臉，但隔着最後一點距離，還是停下了，“眠眠，我的手髒，沒資格碰你......”
顧眠的心驀地一痛，“其實我知道，你還有最後一點良知，所以你今天沒有傷害念念和霆深，你今天做這麽多事情，只是一心求死......”
“我想過殺了他們的，這樣你就會恨透了我，恨我，才能記住我，總比忘了我要強......”顧行知的眼淚滑落下來，“可是念念跟你長得太像了，我看到她，就好像看到了小時候的你，我們的過往點點滴滴浮現在我的腦海。”
“眠眠，我們也有過很多美好的回憶，所以我舍不得傷害翻版的你。”
顧眠用力點頭，眼淚不停流着。
“眠眠，我知道你最想要過安穩平靜的生活，只是這幾年，我一直在打擾你的生活。”顧行知咳嗽了幾聲，又咳出一大口血，“不過現在好了，一切都結束了，我再也不會打擾你了......”
“顧阿姨在等你，你們母子團聚，行知，但願下輩子，我們每個人，都能活成自己想要的樣子。”
“眠眠，但願下輩子，我還能再遇見你，比任何人都先遇見你。”顧行知的笑容依舊溫潤，“你放心，下輩子，我一定當一個好人，當一個......配得上你的好人......”
顧行知的話說完，笑着閉上了眼睛，轟然倒地。
顧眠閉上了眼睛，泣不成聲......
......
顧眠雖然沒有給顧行知舉辦葬禮，但還是把他安葬在了顧婉柔的旁邊。
她從來沒有想過，顧行知會以這種方式結束生命。
不知道是不是兩個相熟的人相繼離世的原因，顧眠的心情一直很低落。
但她還是打起精神，處理剩下的一些事情。
藍靜好被帶到中醫堂的時候，顧眠正在配藥。
她看着顧眠專注的身影，有着片刻的恍惚。
顧眠有沒人能媲美的顏值、有顯赫的家世、有成功的事業，她突然想不通，自己當初為什麽會有勇氣覺得自己能和她搶男人。
只要不瞎，都會選擇顧眠的吧？
藍靜好只覺得自己可笑至極。
顧眠配好藥，交給助手，轉頭招呼藍靜好，“坐吧。”
藍靜好走到沙發前坐了下來，低垂着眼眸開口道，“顧行知已經死了，我猜到你要料理我了，說吧，你想讓我怎麽死？”
顧眠彎了下唇角，“厲家的确有權有勢，但現在是法治社會，一個人的死活不是另一個人輕易說了算的。”
“快到春節了，你抓緊時間買票，回藍家村過年吧。”
藍靜好不敢置信地擡頭看着她，“你說什麽？......你是要我回藍家村過最後一個春節，然後殺了我嗎？”
“我剛剛說的話不夠清楚？”顧眠好奇，“你的生死不是我決定的，我讓你回藍家村，是決定既往不咎，你自由了。”
“你......”藍靜好不敢相信，“......為什麽？”
“因為你救了我的丈夫。”顧眠真誠地開口道，“不管你救了他之後對他有什麽想法，你救了他，這是沒辦法抹去的。”
“藍靜好，我真的很感激你。因為我不敢想象，如果他當初真的死在那片海裏，現在的我會怎麽樣。”
“或許早就已經活不下去，或許會為了女兒和家人，像行屍走肉一樣活着。”
“所以無論你對我們做過什麽，既然我們一家人現在都平安，我應該報答你的救命之恩，所以我放過你，從此我們橋歸橋路歸路。”
藍靜好怔愣良久，才艱難地拉回了神思。
她扯了扯唇，自嘲一笑，“顧眠，你知道嗎？其實我現在回頭看的時候，只覺得這些日子發生的事情就像做夢一樣。”
“我做了一場很長很長的夢，愛上了一個不屬于我的男人，過了幾天在電視劇裏看到的上流社會的日子。”
“現在夢醒了，我的确應該回到我該回的地方去，繼續當我的漁女了。”
“說句實話，自從來到帝都後，我沒有一天是踏實的，現在想起來，藍家村的日子雖然辛苦，但我每一天晚上都睡得特別好。”
藍靜好站起身，朝着顧眠深深鞠了一躬，“顧眠，謝謝你願意放過我，謝謝......”
顧眠拿出一張支票，“這個你收下，錢不多，因為就像你說的，不屬于自己的東西，是握不住的，但是這筆錢能适當改善你的生活，就當是我感謝你對我先生的救命之恩。希望你往後的每一天，都能過得踏實。”
藍靜好淚如雨下，“謝謝你......”
她接過支票，轉身離開。
剛走出幾步，身後再次傳來顧眠的聲音，“對了。”
藍靜好停下腳步，轉身望向她，“還有事嗎？”
“我之前跟你說過，你并不是沒有一技之長的。”顧眠微笑道，“如果将來有一天，你有了平和的心态，不再對我抱有敵意和不滿，蠱蟲實驗室随時歡迎你的加入。”
藍靜好笑了笑，“顧眠，我只是一個凡人，沒有你這麽偉大，一心想着怎麽幫助更多人。”
“我現在只想回藍家村，踏踏實實睡一覺。”
顧眠點頭，“保重。”
......
轉眼便到了春節。
年前顧眠給家裏的傭人保镖放了大假，家裏人少了很多。
不過葉老爺子邀請所有人去葉家過年，倒也非常熱鬧。
今年比較特殊的是林錦書在清醒狀态下陪着顧眠一起過。
她下廚做了好幾個顧眠愛吃的菜。
一家人熱熱鬧鬧過了個好年。
吃過年夜飯，顧眠被厲星澤拉着去打麻将。
她向來沒什麽興趣，玩了沒一會兒就起身讓給別人了。
厲霆深拿着外套走過來，給顧眠穿上，帶着她出了門。
顧眠好奇，“去哪兒啊？”
“到了就知道了。”
顧眠沒想到，厲霆深會帶她來兩個人初見的學校。
“來這裏幹什麽？”顧眠問道，“不是被你夷為平地了嗎？”
“進去看看。”
厲霆深牽着顧眠的手，來到兩個人初見的地方。
這裏一切如舊，而且因為春節，還沒裝飾着燈光。
“真好看。”顧眠笑着問道，“你之前不是說要把這裏毀掉嗎？”
“當然是騙你的。”厲霆深道，“當時只是為了讓你死心。”
“沒有最好。”顧眠撇撇嘴，“不然我一定找你算賬。”
“顧眠。”厲霆深轉頭看着她，“為什麽一直沒有告訴我，當年是你救了我。”
"There's no need to tell you." Gu Mian said truthfully, "I don't want to morally blackmail you when you don't love me."
"Later, you fell in love with me, but I didn't want to tell you. Because saving you that time affected your pregnancy, and I was afraid that you would blame yourself after knowing it, so there was no need to tell you."
"But everything is fine. Nian Nian was born safely. We have no regrets."
Li Tingshen hugged her into his arms, "Gu Mian, thank you... The happiest thing in my life is that you fell in love with me."
Gu Mian slowly raised her arms and hugged him, pressing her face against his chest, feeling his heartbeat through his coat.
"Ting Shen, although a lot of things have happened between us and we have experienced many setbacks, I don't regret falling in love with you. I have never regretted it."
Li Tingshen let go of her, looked down at her beautiful face, then kissed her lips.
Gu Mian closed her eyes and responded to his kiss.
The cold wind cannot blow away the heat in the air.
After a kiss, the man reluctantly left her lips, his eyes darkening.
"Wife."
"Um?"
"You just said that with Nian Nian, we have no regrets."
"Yes."
"But if we have the first one, we should be able to have the second one, right?"
Gu Mian: "......"
"Shall we go home and try?"
Gu Mian blushed, "I'm not ready for a second child yet."
"You don't need to get ready, just lie down."
Gu Mian: "......"
"Li Tingshen, how come this is all on your mind!"
Li Tingshen picked her up and strode out, "Then let's not go home, let's get in the car!"
Gu Mian: "......"
A breeze blew by, and the snow on the treetops rustled, like a lover's whisper, warm and tender...
——End of the book