"It's nothing. All I want right now is for Shiyi to come back safely. I have no other requests."
“I know you’re worried about Shiyi, and so am I. I’ve mobilized everyone I can to find Shiyi as quickly as possible. If you need any help, just let me know.”
"Thanks."
Wen Lijing took a sip of tea and said, "Wanwan, I know something must have happened between you and Jingting, otherwise you wouldn't have run away from home. Can you tell me about it?"
“Running away from home…” Qiao Wanwan suddenly smiled, “What if Wutong Bay isn’t my home at all?”
Wen Lijing frowned. "Wanwan, what do you mean by that?"
"It's nothing. I just feel that Zhan Jingting and I might not even be from the same world."
“Wanwan, you and Jingting have been through so much together, you shouldn’t have such thoughts.”
Qiao Wanwan smiled. "What if it's all fake?"
"What is fake? Why is it fake?" Wen Lijing pressed.
"Forget it, I'm not going to talk about it anymore." Qiao Wanwan felt a splitting headache. "I have things to do, you should go back."
Wen Lijing looked at her helplessly, "Alright, you should get some rest. I believe everything will be fine on National Day."
"Um."
Wen Lijing got up to leave, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw the Ghost Hand Doctor standing outside.
"Old man."
"Oh, it's Mr. Wen," the legendary healer greeted him. "Are you here to see Wanwan?"
"Yes, I came to see Wanwan. I'll head back now. Take care, everyone."
Take care.
The Ghostly Doctor watched him leave before entering the room. "Wanwan, your master bought some vegetables and cooked you some porridge. Have a bowl."
"Thank you, Master, I'm not hungry."
"You definitely won't be able to sleep tonight. How can you have the energy to stay up all night if you don't eat enough? Eat up."
Qiao Wanwan couldn't refuse, "Alright."
The Ghost Hand Doctor sat down in the chair opposite the desk. "Wanwan, when your master was in Wutong Bay, he saw you and them talking at the door of the room."
Qiao Wanwan's hand holding the spoon froze. "Master, you saw it?"
"Yes, I didn't want to add fuel to the fire, so I didn't go to help you. Don't blame your master."
Qiao Wanwan smiled and said, "Master, how could I blame you? If I were in danger, you would definitely have rushed out, but I could have handled it myself at that time, so you really didn't need to step in."
“Wanwan, your master knows you’re not an unreasonable person, nor are you the type to resort to violence. You’re not just angry because of Eleven, are you?” the Ghost Hand Doctor asked. “You said Zhan Jingting deceived and betrayed you. I understand deceiving you because of Eleven, but what about betrayal? Did he do anything else to wrong you?”
"Master is indeed incredibly meticulous." Qiao Wanwan smiled bitterly. "Only Master would take every word I say to heart."
"So Master guessed right?" The Ghost Hand Doctor frowned. "Tell Master what Zhan Jingting did to make you so angry. After all, in my opinion, he is still very good to you."
"He's been very good to me." Qiao Wanwan fought back tears. "But what if all that kindness is fake? What if his kindness isn't for me at all? What if every time he looks at me with those affectionate eyes, he's actually looking at someone else through me? Does Master still think he loves me?"
The legendary healer was greatly shocked. "Wanwan, you mean...?"
One night, I accidentally saw a WeChat message from his best friend: "Jingting, how are things with Qiao Wanwan lately? Her acting is quite good; I've watched that movie twice, but the more I watch it, the more she looks like her. Speaking of which, Qiao Wanwan is really lucky. Just because she looks a bit like her, she got to marry you and become Mrs. Zhan. Anyway, you've married her now, and I still hope you can treat her well. As for that person you're destined to never have, just let go..."
The Ghostly Doctor was furious. "So Zhan Jingting married you because you look like someone? Who is that person?"
"Who else could it be?" Qiao Wanwan raised her head, stubbornly suppressing the tears that were about to fall. "Is there any woman in this world that Zhan Jingting can't have? Unless it's something he can't have! Of course, it's his cousin, Ruan Tang!"
"I learned about Ruan Tang after she appeared in Wutong Bay. They grew up together and had a childhood sweetheart relationship. Zhan Jingting wasn't close to his mother, but Ruan Tang was the only one who could get close to him."
“But Ruan Tang is his cousin, he can’t marry her, so I became a substitute.” Qiao Wanwan smiled self-deprecatingly. “If that’s the case, everything makes sense. Why did Zhan Jingting insist on marrying me the first time he saw me? Was it really because we had a relationship? No, it’s because my face looks somewhat like the woman he loved but couldn’t have!”
"Now that I think about it, Ruan Tang does resemble you somewhat, but not by much. Zhan Jingting is really unscrupulous, daring to hide and deceive like this!" The Ghost Hand Doctor's chest heaved with anger. "Ever since I first saw him a few years ago, I knew he was no ordinary person, but I never imagined he would be this kind of person!"
“Master, it’s all fake.” Qiao Wanwan closed her eyes in anguish, tears still streaming down her face. “His kindness and love for me didn’t truly belong to me; they belonged to another woman.”
"In our marriage, the only thing he truly loved was that he treated me as a substitute while genuinely loving Ruan Tang. The better he treated me, the more it proved that he loved Ruan Tang!"
“Master, although the WeChat message was quickly retracted, I can't forget it. It's like knives are carving each word into my heart, leaving me bleeding! I want to endure it, I want to pretend nothing happened, for the sake of National Day, for the sake of the other child who hasn't been found yet, I want to give the child a complete family, but I find I can't do it…”
"Wanwan, good girl, don't cry." The Ghost Hand Doctor got up, walked to her side, and hugged her tenderly. "Of course we can't tolerate this kind of thing. Let's think positively. It's not too late to find out now. You're still young, and you have a long, long road ahead of you. You can't lose your faith in love because of someone who deceived and hurt you."
Qiao Wanwan broke down in tears, "I understand the道理 (principles/reasoning), but Master, my heart aches so much, it really aches so much..."
“Master understands how you feel. You’ve always been a sentimental person and have fallen deeply in love with Zhan Jingting. How could you not be heartbroken? Wanwan, don’t be afraid. Master will always be by your side to support you.”
Qiao Wanwan cried uncontrollably, finally releasing all the emotions that had been building up inside her.
After a long, long time, she finally stopped crying, wiped away her tears, and said, "I can't be sad, and I have no right to be sad. Eleven is still waiting for me. I can't lose Eleven. I must find him safely."
“That’s right, Master will help you search.”
Qiao Wanwan nodded, "Master, I'm emotionally unstable and easily misled. I've watched this video over and over again, but I haven't found any problems. Could you take a look and see if anything seems off?"
"Okay, you drink your porridge first, Master will come and take a look."
"Um."
Before Qiao Wanwan had even finished her bowl of porridge, the Ghostly Doctor spoke up, "Wanwan, don't you think this cleaning lady...?"
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