Gu Xi stared intently at the photo on the screen, her face expressionless and her eyes unwavering, as if she didn't recognize the person in the photo.
After a long while, he calmly withdrew his gaze, turned off the video call, and looked at his assistant: "You just said that Miss Lin has arrived?"
The assistant nodded hurriedly.
Gu Xi simply nodded calmly, got up and walked towards the elevator, her light-colored long hair swaying slightly, her back straight.
Just as he stepped into the elevator, he covered his mouth and coughed softly, his voice hoarse and strained.
Lin Ran was in the banquet hall when Gu Xi arrived and saw a woman in a white dress sitting quietly on the sofa, her figure slender.
Gu Xi paused involuntarily, as if he had thought of something. His eyes glazed over slightly, and he only snapped back to reality when Lin Ran heard the noise and turned around. He then walked forward.
Lin Ran looked at the man walking towards her, stood up, but when she met his expressionless and cold gaze, she unconsciously took a small step back.
The man before me was powerful and elegant, yet...incredibly dangerous.
Gu Xi noticed Lin Ran's movements, lowered her eyes slightly, and gradually stopped walking.
She was afraid of him.
Even if it wasn't intentional, her subconscious actions betrayed her.
"Ranran," Gu Xi said, standing still. Even though he called her affectionately, his voice remained completely flat.
Lin Ran clenched her fist, mustered her courage, and took two steps toward him: "Gu Xi, you're right, Ji Wei has changed a long time ago..."
Actually, she is too.
How could she not be moved when she recalled those deeds of a powerful and superior man who could give her the tenderness that all women envied?
Gu Xi remained standing in the same spot, looking at Lin Ran without saying a word.
Lin Ran bit her lip lightly, her tightly clenched fist gradually loosened, and then she took a breath and stepped forward, as if to prove that she was not afraid, and gently hugged Gu Xi.
Gu Xi's body tensed up suddenly. A strange fragrance emanating from the woman in his arms wafted straight into his nostrils, and his limbs seemed to freeze.
But this is Lin Ran.
All he ever wanted was Lin Ran, who was by his side.
Gu Xi paused for a long time before finally reaching out slowly, as if to convince himself, to embrace the woman in his arms.
But at that moment, Lin Ran suddenly reached out and wrapped her arms around his back, her hands landing on the metal skeleton.
Gu Xi's expression changed slightly, and she suddenly pushed Lin Ran away.
Lin Ran staggered, her face pale: "Gu Xi?"
Gu Xi snapped out of her daze, realizing what she had done. She tossed out an "sorry" and hurriedly walked into the nearby restroom, her steps frantic.
It wasn't until she splashed a handful of cold water on her face that Gu Xi managed to calm herself down and look up at the person in the mirror.
A few strands of long hair fell across his forehead, his face expressionless, yet he clearly saw the panic in his eyes, and...
Gu Xi paused for a moment, looked at the red mark on her neck, and then reached out to loosen her tie.
Beneath the tie, on the pale neck, was a faint red tooth mark.
Jiang Fei left this behind last night.
That lingering kiss... and when she left this mark, she whispered, "Don't forget."
He only heard faint sounds before falling asleep, and now that he thinks about it, it was like a dream.
Gu Xi opened the video call again, but the page was still showing that photo.
Wearing a snow-white gauze dress, Jiang Fei looked like she was wearing a wedding gown, elegant and pure, but her long, slightly wavy black hair added a touch of charm to her eyes and brows.
got engaged.
He Jiwei.
After a long silence, Gu Xi suddenly turned around and walked outside.
...
The Ji family.
The grand engagement ceremony is still underway.
Ji Wei stared at the woman holding her arm beside her, everything was so beautiful, it felt like she was in a dream.
This morning, when his assistant told him that a Ms. Jiang had come to see him, he still couldn't believe it. But when he rushed out in a panic and saw the woman standing against the light at the door, he froze in place, unable to take another step.
In that instant, it felt like I was back in the days of living in the tin shack.
She always did this, standing in the light at the doorway, smiling at him with her eyes crinkled, and then softly calling his name.
This time, she still called him, but it was a different "Mr. Ji".
She said, "Mr. Ji, do you want to marry me?"
The moment she asked that question, his heart pounded, but when he saw her expression, all his excitement and agitation froze, so much so that his teeth chattered uncontrollably.
Her gaze was no longer as bright as before when she looked at him; instead, it was lifeless, even frighteningly calm, as if she were talking about something trivial, rather than... getting engaged to him.
Even so, he still agreed.
He had no choice but to agree.
Only in this way could he stay by her side.
She said she didn't want too many people to know about their engagement, and he agreed.
She said the ceremony should be simple, and he agreed.
Even though there was not a trace of joy in her eyes.
As long as it's her, that's fine.
"Mr. Ji?" someone called to him softly from the side.
Ji Wei suddenly snapped back to reality, and his assistant was handing him the ring.
Yes, even with the simplest ceremony, he wanted everything; he didn't want people to look down on Jiang Fei.
The ring was her size from the very beginning.
Back then, when she held his hand, who was blind, and led him step by step out of his predicament, he had already memorized the feel of her fingers.
The assistant watched as Ji Wei accepted the ring and breathed a sigh of relief: "Now you two can exchange rings."
Ji Wei turned his head and gazed deeply at the woman beside him. Even though she remained expressionless, he forced a smile and tightened his grip on the ring: "Feifei."
Jiang Fei lowered her eyes to avoid his gaze, reached out and took the ring to exchange with him. With the assistant's careful voice saying, "You two may kiss each other," the two gradually moved closer to each other.
Just as the two were about to kiss, a commotion broke out at the door, and then the banquet hall doors were opened from the outside, and a man and a woman slowly walked out.
The man was dressed in a suit and tie, his cold face and clear blue eyes devoid of any emotion.
Beside him, a woman in a snow-white dress followed, her face pale.
Gu Xi and Lin Ran.
Ji Wei quickly looked at Jiang Fei. He knew very well that her current memories were her own, and that she had once... deeply loved Gu Xi.
Thinking of this, he unconsciously stepped forward and stood in front of Jiang Fei.
Gu Xi watched Ji Wei's actions, her eyes darkening slightly as she stared intently at Jiang Fei.
He saw it clearly when he came in; if he had come in any later, they would have already been kissing.
"Mr. Gu, is there something you need?" Ji Wei reached out and took Jiang Fei's hand.
Gu Xi's throat tightened, and his gaze quickly swept over their clasped hands: "Blessings," he whispered, his eyes fixed on Jiang Fei.
Ji Wei said, "Thank you, Mr. Gu..."
"Thank you, Mr. Gu." Jiang Fei interrupted Ji Wei, looked up at Gu Xi, her face as pale as paper, but still smiling. "I have received your blessings. Mr. Gu, why don't you take a seat?"
As Gu Xi listened to Jiang Fei's words, her eyes grew increasingly gloomy, but she was slightly taken aback when she saw Jiang Fei's face clearly.
There was a faint trace of blood on the corner of her lips, but he knew very well that it was a mark he had left.
The woman who was cuddling and kissing him last night is now wearing a gauze dress and getting engaged to another man!
That's ridiculous.
“Mr. Gu…” Jiang Fei saw that he had been silent for a long time and was about to say something when she was interrupted.
"Jiang Fei," Gu Xi's throat tightened, her voice sounding strained and forced, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
For example, explaining everything that is happening right now.
Jiang Fei paused, then lowered her eyes and smiled: "No..."
"Regarding that experiment," Gu Xi interrupted her again, "regarding the experiment on my body, do you really have nothing to say?"
She clearly used her own body as a guinea pig to save him.
Gu Xi didn't know why he brought this up at this time. He hated being threatened, but at this moment, he even... wanted her to use his gratitude to ask for something in return.
The fact that she was willing to be a guinea pig was enough for him to take her away from here, if she just asked.
But Jiang Fei only paused for a moment, then gently shook her head: "No..."
"Think it over carefully, there's no need to come back so quickly..."
“Mr. Gu,” Jiang Fei interrupted him, glancing slightly at Lin Ran beside her, “Don’t ruin the beauty’s life. You two look very well-matched. As for me…” she said, turning to Ji Wei, “I am doing this willingly.”
After saying that, she tiptoed slightly, reached out and put her arm around Ji Wei's neck, kissed his lips, and completed the last ritual of the engagement ceremony.
Gu Xi stood frozen in place, watching the two kissing. Her eyes instantly turned sinister. She wanted to step forward and separate them, but her feet seemed to be nailed to the spot. Her hands, hanging at her sides, unconsciously clenched into fists, the bones on the back of her hands protruding from the force.
He knew better than anyone how wonderful her kiss was.
They kissed like this once, accompanied by the melodious sound of the piano.
But now, she's kissing another man right in front of him.
"Gu Xi?" Someone gently tugged at her cuff.
Gu Xi turned to look at Lin Ran, her eyes somewhat blank.
Everything went according to his plan; he used Jiang Fei to get back Lin Ran, whom he had always wanted.
Isn't it perfect?
But why... why does my heart still feel empty?
Why is my mind filled with that kiss on the sofa last night? And the way she sat barefoot on the piano in the music room at the Gu family's house, tilting her head and smiling at me?
Are you doing this willingly?
"Gu Xi..." Lin Ran was about to say something when Gu Xi suddenly turned around and hurriedly walked outside, not stopping for a moment, as if she dared not stay there for even a second longer.
Lin Ran stared at Gu Xi's retreating figure with a deathly pale face for a long while before hurriedly following behind.
Almost the instant the two left, Jiang Fei pulled away from Ji Wei's lips, ending the kiss, and turned to stare straight in the direction where Gu Xi had disappeared.
Gu Xi's favorability rating just reached 80.
"Feifei," Ji Wei called softly, her voice hoarse.
Jiang Fei looked at him, and at that moment, a tear fell from her eye.
Ji Wei's body trembled, and she reached out to gently wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Was the kiss just a ploy? To use him to make Gu Xi and Lin Ran's relationship work out.
He ultimately didn't ask that question.
Because even if he is being used, he does so willingly.
Jiang Fei looked at Ji Wei, who was so close to him; her features were still exquisite, and...
Jiang Fei reached out and gently touched the area under his left eye.
Her eyes.
Ji Wei's eyes brightened slightly: "Feifei?" Did this mean that she still had feelings for him?
Jiang Fei remained silent.
She's actually not very generous; for example, she prefers to keep her own things with her.
Jiang Fei lowered his eyes and said to the system in his mind, "System, destroy the prosthetic eye."
Just a second later, she felt a burning sensation in her left eye.
Ji Weiwei's bright eyes instantly turned to fear. He looked at the bloody tears flowing from her left eye, his fingertips trembling violently: "Feifei..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Fei fainted in his arms.
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