Yan Shengxiao was looking at documents in his office, glancing at the time on his computer every now and then.
When his alarm went off, he couldn't wait to message Gu Qingqiu, asking if she had gotten off the plane yet.
Gu Qingqiu replied to the text message quickly, saying that she had landed safely.
But for some reason, Yan Shengxiao felt his heart beating very fast, as if something beyond his control was quietly happening. He clutched his chest and tried to attribute it to separation anxiety with Gu Qingqiu.
But not long after, Yan Shengxiao received a call from the bodyguard he had sent to protect Gu Qingqiu, saying that Gu Qingqiu had gone missing.
Yan Shengxiao was so anxious that he immediately got up and prepared to book a plane ticket to go find Gu Qingqiu, but Gu Qingqiu called him via video call as if she had a premonition.
Yan Shengxiao hurriedly answered the video call. Gu Qingqiu in the video seemed no different from usual. She said she didn't like being watched by bodyguards, so she wanted to have some fun by herself and hoped that Yan Shengxiao wouldn't mind.
Yan Shengxiao was furious. How could he let Gu Qingqiu act so recklessly in a foreign country?
But Gu Qingqiu looked at him with her bright eyes, put her hands together and said, "Please, husband."
Yan Shengxiao's heart softened, but he maintained an angry expression. "Whatever," he said.
Gu Qingqiu looked very happy at the time, as if she had finally gained her freedom.
Even after hanging up the phone, Yan Shengxiao was still uneasy. He began to reflect on whether his usual possessiveness had caused him to keep too close a liking for Gu Qingqiu, which was why she longed for freedom so much.
He really wanted to call Gu Qingqiu again, but he was afraid that his neurotic behavior would upset her.
Oh well, let her be. No matter how wild she goes, as long as she remembers to come home.
Yan Shengxiao also abandoned the idea of sending his bodyguards to look for Gu Qingqiu.
Gu Qingqiu was also very considerate, sending a lot of photos she had taken a few hours later, including a selfie with a peace sign.
Looking at Gu Qingqiu's smile in the photo, Yan Shengxiao felt that she was genuinely happy. He simply saved the photo and told her to be careful.
Although there is a time difference between them, Gu Qingqiu would say good morning and good night to Yan Shengxiao and would send him photos regularly.
When Yan Shengxiao misses Gu Qingqiu terribly, she will answer his calls and video chats very quickly.
The two of them felt like they were in an online romance, which felt somewhat unreal.
Yan Shengxiao didn't know where his unease came from, even though Gu Qingqiu was still so enthusiastic towards him.
That day, he finally couldn't help but say to Gu Qingqiu, "It's been more than a month, and you've already seen the aurora borealis. Why aren't you home yet?"
Gu Qingqiu replied, "There are still many places I haven't visited."
Yan Shengxiao was a little angry. "Don't you miss me at all? You said you wanted to see the aurora borealis, and I let you go. Now you want to do something else. Is it because I've been tolerating you that you think everything is a given? If you don't come home, then don't ever come back."
In the video, Gu Qingqiu paused for a few seconds, seemingly contemplating the seriousness of the situation.
A moment later, Gu Qingqiu put on that pitiful look again.
She looked at Yan Shengxiao with her bright eyes, clasped her hands together, and said, "Please, husband."
Yan Shengxiao hung up the video call in a fit of anger, even repeating the same thing. Gu Qingqiu is really too lazy to even bother with platitudes to him now, isn't she?
Who knew that after that day, Gu Qingqiu never contacted Yan Shengxiao again.
Yan Shengxiao was heartbroken, but he refrained from seeking out Gu Qingqiu.
Does she really not care about herself anymore? Has she already started having wild affairs outside?
Yan Shengxiao waited and saw when Gu Qingqiu would take the initiative to contact him if he didn't.
But to his utter surprise, Yan Shengxiao didn't wait for Gu Qingqiu to come home; instead, he received news of Gu Qingqiu's death.
Yan Shengxiao's face turned pale, and he fell straight down. His secretary hurriedly took him to the hospital, but the first thing he did when he woke up was to check Gu Qingqiu's body, and he didn't even care about his own health.
No one could persuade him otherwise, not even Yan Mingzhong could stop him.
Finally, Yan Mingzhong arranged for a private plane to escort Gu Qingqiu's body back to China.
When Yan Shengxiao saw Gu Qingqiu's body in the mourning hall, he couldn't help but kneel down with a thud, tears streaming down his face, weeping silently.
Upon arriving after the incident, Zhang Lili knelt beside Gu Qingqiu's coffin, weeping uncontrollably. While crying, she hit Yan Shengxiao, accusing him of killing her daughter.
Yan Shengxiao did not resist, and Zhang Lili continued to hit and scold him, but Zhang Lili was eventually pulled away by the staff.
Yan Yanan seemed to have been here as well. In a daze, Yan Shengxiao seemed to hear him say to him, "If I had known you couldn't protect her, I would have taken her from you."
It seems like many other people have been here, probably Gu Qingqiu's roommates or friends.
Yan Shengxiao couldn't remember clearly. He felt completely dazed and lost the ability to react to anything in the outside world. The only thing that could help him concentrate was Gu Qingqiu's pale sleeping face in the coffin.
He killed his precious child.
Yan Shengxiao regretted it deeply. He shouldn't have let Gu Qingqiu go on a long trip alone. If he had protected Gu Qingqiu properly, she wouldn't have died.
He shouldn't have argued with Gu Qingqiu. What if she's still angry with him? Will she not want to be his wife in the next life?
Perhaps... if Gu Qingqiu hadn't been with me, she might have been happier?
She might find a husband who loves her and has time for her, so they can travel the world together. Her husband would also be there to protect her, instead of waiting until now, so long after Gu Qingqiu's body was found, to learn of her death.
If only I hadn't argued with Gu Qingqiu back then, if only I had said good morning and good night to her every day.
At least they wouldn't have discovered her accident so late.
Yan Shengxiao stayed by Gu Qingqiu's coffin for several days without eating or drinking, until the staff told him that cremation was to be arranged.
Cremation...
Yan Shengxiao looked at Gu Qingqiu in the coffin. She was still so beautiful, as if she were asleep, but she was about to turn to ashes.
Yan Shengxiao was going crazy. He got into an argument with the staff because he didn't want Gu Qingqiu to turn to ashes.
However, Yan Shengxiao was slapped by Yan Mingzhong, who rushed over upon hearing the news, and then fainted.
The body is indeed very fragile after not eating or drinking for several days.
When Yan Shengxiao woke up, Xiao Fang presented Gu Qingqiu's urn to him.
Yan Shengxiao gently stroked the box with trembling hands, "My baby will be sleeping in here from now on."
"Young Master, please accept my condolences. Madam would not want to see you like this either." Xiao Fang didn't know how to comfort Yan Shengxiao.
Yan Shengxiao suddenly seemed to have thought of something, "Go, arrange a helicopter for me."
"Young Master, what's going on?"
“My baby said she loved the sea, so I’ll scatter her ashes into the sea.”
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