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When Xiao Ruanruan walked to the second basement level, she saw a pitch-black place where she couldn't see her hand in front of her face, except for a beam of dim yellow incandescent light shining in the corner of the small room.
When they lived in the countryside of Qingquan Village, every household used this incandescent light bulb; only a very few households used energy-saving bulbs.
However, it is not common in the manor villas where they live; only a very few that are specially decorated in a retro style would install this kind of incandescent light bulb.
But it's obvious that the retro style of Gu Chen's little room hidden on the second basement level wasn't intentionally faked.
Little Ruanruan didn't sneak over; as soon as she entered the second basement level, she called out in a clear voice, "Brother Gu Chen..."
Sitting on the small bed, Gu Chen snapped out of his thoughts. When he saw Xiao Ruanruan, he quickly turned on all the lights on the second basement level, and in an instant, all the darkness was dispelled.
The originally dark and cold second basement level was now as bright as day.
Gu Chen strode quickly to Xiao Ruanruan's side, squatted down, and picked her up. "Xiao Ruanruan, why did you come here?"
"I was worried about you!" Xiao Ruanruan said frankly, "You haven't been in a good mood lately, so I wanted to come and keep you company."
Gu Chen felt a warm current flow through his chest, and his heart, which had just plummeted to the bottom, began to beat fresh and lively again.
Xiao Ruanruan glanced at the small house over there subconsciously. She knew that the small house was very likely the deepest secret in Gu Chen's heart.
But she didn't ask to go over and take a look, or even say anything.
Gu Chen carried her out of the basement. After taking two steps, he stopped, his dark, deep eyes looking at Xiao Ruanruan seriously. After a while, he spoke with some difficulty, his voice dry and hoarse, "Xiao Ruanruan, would you like to hear about our family's past?"
"Mmm." Little Ruanruan nodded her little head solemnly. "If Brother Gu Chen is willing to talk, Little Ruanruan is willing to listen."
Gu Chen carried Xiao Ruan Ruan back to that small room.
The small room was simply furnished with a small bed with an iron frame, a small table, and even a wooden bucket for relieving oneself in the corner.
The room wasn't cold or damp, but it inexplicably gave off a very oppressive feeling.
For some reason, Xiao Ruanruan's first reaction upon entering was that this small room was originally meant to imprison someone.
But she didn't know why her brother Gu Chen would replicate such a small room used for imprisoning people here.
Gu Chen sat on the iron-framed bed, holding Xiao Ruanruan in his arms. After a long silence, he finally spoke: "When Wu Yong saved my mother, she was actually being defiled."
Gu Chen's first words shocked Xiao Ruanruan. She never expected that the existence of this little house was actually related to Gu Chen's background.
She watched as her brother Gu Chen was lost in his memories, and didn't disturb him, but just listened quietly.
"Shortly after that, my mother found out she was pregnant with twins. At the time, it was impossible to determine who the father of the babies was, so she kept the babies."
After the children were born, a paternity test revealed that the two children had different fathers.
“I am my father’s child, and the other is the child of the man who defiled my mother…”
Gu Chen's voice was very calm, and Xiao Ruanruan's heart clenched as she listened.
Gu Chen once said that after he returned, he didn't think about changing his family's fate because the price and impact of such a change would be too great. Now it seems that's not the case...
The Gu family is a prominent family in Chongqing for centuries. They have always been very mysterious, and outsiders know very little about their family affairs.
However, rumors circulate that the Gu family has always been united and harmonious.
Looking at the small room, Xiao Ruanruan suddenly realized who this room was used to imprison: the twin born with Gu Chen, the child who was not of the Gu family bloodline.
That child is the Nightmare!
Gu Chen's next words confirmed Xiao Ruanruan's guess: "His name is Gu Heng. After the paternity test, he was taken to this dark basement and raised there."
From a young age, he would regularly undergo surgery, including cosmetic surgery.
The Gu family allowed him to exist in this world so that he could become my perfect substitute. Therefore, even though our genes are different, they will use medical means to make him look exactly like me.
"When I was five years old, I accidentally went into the basement of my house and discovered his existence. At that time, his eyes were still clean and pure, and he thought the world was just the little house he lived in."
He was surprised and delighted to see me; there was someone in the world who looked exactly like him.
After talking to him, I understood what his existence was all about, but I didn't want another person to live in the shadows because of me.
I told him that when someone came looking for me, he should pretend to be me and go with them.
He longed for the outside world I described, so he agreed. But he still told me that he would secretly go out to take a look and then find a chance to come back and let me go out instead.
Two days later, he returned as promised.
For a long time afterward, we took turns staying in that little house.
When I was seven years old, I was in the small house while he was outside, and my father discovered that it was him, not me.
My father was very angry, but he couldn't bear to hit me, so in front of me, he hung him up and beat him half to death.
I watched as my once kind and gentle father turned into a ferocious and terrifying figure. I had never seen my father like that before. No matter how much I cried and begged him, he did not stop pulling on the belt.
He was beaten unconscious.
The mother couldn't bear it any longer, rushed over, rescued him, and took him to the hospital for treatment.
Little Ruanruan listened quietly, forgetting even how she should react.
When she first learned that Hei Yan and Gu Chen were twins, she wondered why twins would become enemies, but Gu Chen didn't say anything, so she didn't bother.
The most reasonable explanation she could think of at the time was that Gu Chen's parents and grandparents might have treated him better, which made Hei Yan jealous of him, to the point of madness and psychological distortion.
She never imagined that the two of them would have this kind of relationship.
But if that's the case, shouldn't the person Black Nightmare hates be Gu Chen's father?
Why does he hate Gu Chen so much?
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