It’s the same restaurant as before.
When Mu Ci arrived, Yuan Jing had already arrived.
He sat by the window, wearing a black cap with the brim pulled down low, covering his black hair and slightly covering his eyebrows.
Sitting in the seat near the inside, he stared out the window motionlessly.
Mu Ci looked at him from a distance. It was just a single figure, but he felt that this big boy was particularly lonely.
When she walked over, Yuan Jing seemed to still be staring blankly at the people coming and going outside the window, and did not notice Mu Ci approaching at all.
Mu Ci sat down and looked quietly at the big boy opposite him. He was really good-looking. Unlike Chu Xi's handsomeness, Yuan Jing's appearance was extremely delicate.
It was because of this face that the original owner "Mu Ci" picked up Yuan Jing from a nightclub when he was receiving a customer for the first time.
Yuan Jing's temperament at that time was too pure, and he looked quite similar to Chu Xi. In order to prevent Yuan Jing from being abused, the original owner directly paid the contract penalty for him and gave him a large sum of money for emergency use.
Later, Yuan Jing was discovered by a scout and entered the entertainment industry. He stumbled and struggled for a long time, and stubbornly wanted to pay back the money he thought he owed.
When Yuan Jing was in the most difficult time, the original owner who suddenly appeared happened to be the brightest light for him in the darkness.
From some of the later plots, we learned that when Yuan Jing was still in college, his mother fell ill and needed a huge amount of medical expenses. His family was originally only well-off, but because of this, they fell into a complete trough.
Then, under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, Yuan Jing chose another path.
This was also the reason why Mu Ci never made a final decision. She thought that one day this person would come to her and ask her everything.
Mu Ci'an sat quietly opposite Yuan Jing and waited for a long time. Yuan Jing suddenly seemed to realize something and turned his head.
His expression at this moment was no longer as bright and sunny as when Mu Ci first met him. Yuan Jing at this moment was the real him.
Seeing that he had turned his head and retracted his attention to look at him, Mu Ci just smiled faintly, as if he had seen through something thoroughly.
Yuan Jing originally wanted to say something, but after seeing her like this, he suddenly couldn't say anything.
The originally surging emotions seemed to suddenly have no outlet, and they stopped there, stiff and unable to move an inch.
Yuan Jing frowned.
I have imagined countless times before that when I see this person again, I will have something nice to say, but after actually meeting him, I am speechless.
Finally, he took off his hat with a bit of annoyance, and then stroked his hair a few times with a bit of uneasiness, and then asked a question a bit uncomfortably.
"How are you doing now?"
"I'm fine, thank you."
Admire the words and follow the good advice.
She actually felt what Yuan Jing was thinking at the moment.
He's a really smart guy, and in some ways he's very sensible.
Now she has married someone else, and her relationship with Yuan Jing has completely come to an end. The reason why he has not been able to let go of this matter is simply because his feelings for the original owner are not just a faint admiration, but more of a sense of dependence.
The original "Mu Ci" appeared by Yuan Jing's side just when he needed help the most.
His life had a new direction, and this direction was brought about by "Mu Ci". Now that "Mu Ci" has left, Yuan Jing has temporarily lost his direction.
He was not used to living without "Mu Ci" in his new life. Even though he knew clearly about the lies she had told him before, he did not care. All he wanted was a simple support, or even a belief.
But this is not pure emotion.
Just like now.
This time Yuan Jing came to see her, perhaps at first he himself did not know what the purpose of his visit was.
And now, Mu Ci plans to give him a new direction.
"You don't like me as much as you think, do you?"
Yuan Jing should have gradually realized this point, but he just didn't want to believe it and didn't want to break the routine of everything in front of him.
Mu Ci looked at the confusion in the eyes of the man sitting in front of him and sighed softly.
"Yuan Jing, you should learn to grow up."
As soon as she said this, the man was stunned, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Mu Ci let him just watch like this and slowly explained to him some principles that he should understand.
The sun is shining brightly today, and there are only a few people in the restaurant at the moment, so it is unusually quiet.
Yuan Jing listened quietly to Mu Ci's calm words, and his previous irritable, uneasy and anxious emotions gradually dissipated.
Mu Ci spoke for a long time, and Yuan Jing also thought about it for a long time.
At the end, she ended with one final sentence.
She said: "In the future, every choice will be decided by you, and you will meet a girl who makes you passionately put all your heart on her again. From now on, Yuan Jing is Yuan Jing, and Mu Ci is just Mu Ci, and there is no connection between us anymore."
Having said that, Mu Ci stood up, picked up his bag and left.
She believed that Yuan Jing would figure it out and would quickly get out of the circle he had drawn to trouble himself.
Mu Ci had just opened the door and walked out of the restaurant. After taking only a few steps, he heard the sound of a car horn.
She subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound, and a familiar low-key black car jumped into her sight. The car just stopped in front of her.
Mu Ci walked to the side of the road and stopped.
The rear window slowly dropped down, revealing a familiar, handsome face with an indifferent expression.
Chu Xi just glanced towards Mu Ci indifferently.
"Are you done talking?"
Mu Ci hummed, but was still a little surprised.
She didn't know why Chu Xi appeared here at this time. According to the past, he should still be working intensively at this time.
But before she could think about it, the next moment, the car door was opened, and the man inside got out of the car. He was wearing a suit and tie, and his face had a kind of abstinence-like beauty.
Chu Xi got out of the car and came to Mu Ci's side.
"I'll come pick you up."
With a sense of solemnity and yet nonchalance, as if this was nothing out of the ordinary.
On the other side, Yuan Jing, who finally walked out of the restaurant, saw the two people standing together not far away who looked extremely well-matched, and a strange look flashed across his eyes.
He stared at that place for a long time, and only after the two men got into the car and left one after another did he slowly retract his gaze, lowered the brim of his hat again, and then left. His tall figure seemed a little lonely as he slowly merged into the crowd and disappeared into the street.
On the other side, the man leaning outside the car tilted his head to glance back through the window, then looked away.
In the car.
Mu Ci kept tilting her head to look at Chu Xi, who was sitting there, upright, allowing her to look at him as she pleased.
"Why did you decide to pick me up today?"
And he actually knew she was here. She probably didn't reveal her address.
Chu Xi paused for a moment, then coughed lightly, without any psychological burden.
"Bian Zihan brought me here."
“…”
What on earth is Bian Zihan trying to do? It’s never going to end, right?
Is she trying to make Chu Xi misunderstand her so that their relationship breaks down and they get divorced?
The more Mu Ci thought about it, the further away he got.
But she didn't expect Chu Xi to be sitting beside her, looking at her with a complicated expression.
"Before coming here, I was mentally prepared and originally planned to go straight in."
When Mu Ci heard him say this suddenly, he realized belatedly why he appeared here.
But he didn't interrupt.
Chu Xi continued, "Until I walked to the door of the restaurant, I suddenly felt a strong sense of panic. The door was a transparent glass door, so when I stood at the door, I actually saw your back."
Mu Ci sat there and listened quietly to his rare confession.
"At this moment, my feet seemed to be frozen and I couldn't move at all. I suddenly realized whether what I did was right or wrong. After looking at your back again, I left."
Chu Xi said this and didn't say anything more.
Through these words, Mu Ci could sense his struggle in facing this matter.
But in the end he chose to believe her.
She suddenly chuckled, tilted her head back and said, "What if I run away with the others in the end?"
Chu Xi frowned when he heard this, as if he had never thought about this possibility.
"Then I'll go and get you back."
He spoke very seriously.
Mu Ci curled the corners of his mouth.
This guy really returned to his original form in a second.
Chu Xi saw that her eyes narrowed when she smiled, and his expression gradually relaxed.
"Have you explained everything clearly?"
"Um!"
The answer was crisp and happy.
Chu Xi stared at her happy face, then said calmly.
"Then come and sleep at my place tonight."
"Um……?"
Mu Ci's happy smile froze on his face.
"Maybe I can go find you too." Chu Xi said again.
Mu Ci: “…”
"Anyway, we should have a baby."
Chu Xi was dressed in a suit and tie, looking serious.
That night, just after Mu Ci finished taking a shower, there was a knock on the door.
When she heard the familiar knocks on the door, Mu Ci's mouth twitched in silence. Even if she wanted to go to his room, she would not be given the chance.
It’s only a few o’clock!
慕辭穿着浴袍，踩着拖鞋去給他開門。
楚熙身上還是之前上班的衣服，就這麽直接過來了。
哦，手裏還帶着換洗的衣服。
“……”
意圖能不能別這麽明顯。
楚熙視線落在慕辭濕漉漉的頭發以及未施粉黛的幹淨的小臉上，喉嚨緊了緊。
“我沒想到你已經準備好了。”
楚熙眸色幽暗，一臉複雜之色。
俊臉之上明晃晃地透着絲絲的愉悅之意。
？？？
慕辭拿着毛巾擦着頭發的手一頓，詫異地看了他一眼。
準備什麽？
楚熙臉色如常，嘴角卻是微微勾起一絲極小的弧度，往前走了幾步，在裏慕辭很近幾乎将她圈在懷裏的時候，微微側身從另一邊走了過去。
“我很快出來。”
那樣子仿佛是在說讓慕辭不要着急一般。
……
她不着急，她真的不着急，他可以一直在裏面待着，不出來也行的。
等慕辭想着到底怎麽才能躲過今晚的這個不速之客，方才剛進去的人沒多久就出來了。
楚熙上半身沒有穿衣服，裸.露着胸膛，下半身穿了一條灰色寬松的長褲，松垮垮地半吊着，露出了裏面的一角衣料。他身材極好，是那種不過分健碩，卻又恰到好處的模特身材。
慕辭聽到那邊的動靜，心裏咯噔一下，猛地扭過頭去看。
剛沐浴完的俊美男人，此刻正拿着一條白色的毛巾挂在頭上，随意地擦拭着濕漉漉的頭發。
其間有水珠向下滑落，順着肌理沒入胸膛之間。
慕辭看着這一幕，只覺鼻子有些發癢，臉轟的一下紅的徹底。
楚熙這家夥也太……撩了吧！
現在這副模樣和他平日裏的冷峻幾乎形成了鮮明的對比。
慕辭呆愣愣地看着楚熙朝着她一步一步走過來。
“好看嗎？”
慕辭随口嗯了一聲，卻是視線沒動，一直落在他身上。
太……太帥了！
楚熙面上依舊看不出其他多餘的表情，就只是任由着慕辭這般肆意地打量，随後一點一點地湊了過去，與慕辭之間的距離越來越近。
仿佛是水到渠成般的，楚熙的唇直接覆了上去。
他一手扣着慕辭的後頸處，呼吸與之交纏在一起，纏綿悱恻，不知不覺間，已将被親的暈乎乎的慕辭壓在了床上。
最後也不知哪個動作成為了契機，兩人就這麽幹柴勾動烈火地燒了起來。
嚴格意義上講，這還是兩個人在這個世界的第一次。
楚熙雖然一開始還想着克制一些，但是禁.欲了二十多年的男人到底還是沒能忍住地放縱了自己。
身體力行地纏着慕辭，将她翻來覆去了幾乎整整一夜。
直到最後慕辭實在受不住地求饒低泣，楚熙這才放了她。
偏生的，最後他将慕辭整個抱在懷裏，灼熱的呼吸打下，湊在她的耳邊，啞聲說着。
“從明天開始你得好好鍛煉身體了，以後早上的晨練我帶你一起。”
“……”
楚熙……你真狗！
慕辭意識昏沉，懵懵乎乎地嘟囔一聲，然後徹底睡了過去。
楚熙聽着那聲輕聲的低罵，冷峻淡然的臉上難得浮現出一抹輕笑，他微微勾了勾唇角，随後在她的額頭上輕輕附上一個吻。
晚安，好夢。
之後的事情仿佛一切都慢慢步入了正軌一般。
楚家的那些糾紛，楚熙處理的幹脆妥當，雖然在外人看來無情了些，但是在知道內情的慕辭眼裏，知道他這些做法還是留了幾分情在裏面的。
楚家那些人依舊該怎麽樣怎麽樣，只不過一些實權都被楚熙牢牢抓在了手裏，今後即便他們想說些什麽做些什麽，也都得顧忌着楚熙幾分。
而他們也一向是重利之人，在之後的一段時間裏，楚媽來慕辭和楚熙這邊來的倒是比之前都還勤快，态度也熱絡了不少。
有了這一方面的主動示好，楚熙和楚媽母子倆之間的感情雖然摻雜着些許的不純粹，但是卻也比之前好了很多了。
元璟也在那次慕辭和他談話之後，過了些時間，徹底想通，開始一心一意地專攻自己的事業了，現在的元璟在娛樂圈慢慢混得風生水起，偶爾聽到慕辭的名字，也只是勾唇笑笑，面上雲淡風輕，倒也還不錯。
寧妙然和邊梓寒這倆貨也不知怎麽的就走到一起了，後來還請慕辭和楚熙去喝了他們的喜酒。
而這個世界的女主祝清清，慕辭倒是很久都沒有她的消息了。
知道某次問及楚熙的時候，對方輕輕淡淡地來了一句。
“我很早之前就找她談話了。”
這次輪到慕辭懵逼了。
楚熙見她這樣子，順手敲了一下她的額頭。
“你不是一直很介意她麽，我也知道她對我還一直存着一些想法，所以我就直接找她談話并且堅決地拒絕了她。正好那段時間有一個國外的合作，我就打算派她去，誰知道她在我直接地拒絕了她之後，她就辭職了去了國外。”
後面的事情只有她自己一個人知道了。
或許這樣才是最好的，祝清清斷了對楚熙的念想，才可能再次有一段只屬于自己的真正美好的戀情。
本來以為到了這裏，這一階段的時候，這個虛拟世界應該會慢慢崩塌的，但是等到慕辭過了三十歲生日，甚至再往後有了自己的孩子，這個世界依舊還沒有崩塌。
雖然詫異于這個世界的異常，但是慕辭也跟着這變化随它去了。
在楚熙和慕辭的孩子們長大到足夠承擔起肩膀上的重任的時候，楚熙便拉着慕辭開始了滿世界的環游。
甚至在環游之際，随着時間一點點的流逝，楚熙腦海裏星星碎碎地浮現起一些不同的記憶片段。
似乎曾經在很久很久的時候，他穿着古代長袍帶着眼前的這個人坐着颠簸的馬車也曾游歷過那古時山河。
後來的慕辭漸漸走不動路了，楚熙雖然身體也不如之前健碩，但是卻比慕辭的身體狀态好很多，他們一起計劃好的行程還沒走完，他開始背着她繼續往前，一點一點的走着。
直到某天。
楚熙背着她來到了一座小山峰上，這裏是慕辭曾經念叨了許久想要來的一處極美的地方。
小山峰上直立着一顆古樸美麗的參天樹，風一吹，簌簌地飄灑着好看的葉子。
這棵樹有一個名字，叫“恒”。
它一年四季永遠都在不停地往上生長，葉子簌簌落下，又會有新的葉子再次長出來，葉子是紅色的，挂在枝頭，不停搖擺着，預示着永恒的愛意。
傳說它再次已經百年甚至極近千年，只是不過經歷多少的時代更替，它永遠在這裏不停止地向上生長着，不斷接出新的枝葉。
楚熙将慕辭放下，扶着她一起靠坐在那棵樹下，她就靠躺在他的懷裏。
她的身體狀況很不好，自從生下了楚唐他們幾個孩子之後，就像是留下了不知名的病根，之後一直都有些虛弱。
過了很多年，一直到了現在，她幾乎擡不起眼。
現在的慕辭跟随着這個世界的演變，身體也逐漸邁向蒼老，只不過她和楚熙的生長速度比別人慢一些，即便此刻邁入了中年，卻依舊恍若當年模樣，只微微地略顯老态。
此刻的慕辭靠着楚熙，擡頭看着那簌簌落下的紅色的葉子。
腦海裏浮現着很多很多的世界，從她跌跌撞撞地成為任務者實習生，後正式成為任務者，以及後來遇到楚熙，經歷過那些個世界。
這還是她第一次在一個世界呆了這麽久，經歷了普通人的正常的蛻變。
而身邊的這個人也一直一直地陪着自己。
不管經歷了多少個世界，不管走過多少時代，這個人一直都在那裏等着她，尋找她的腳步蹤跡。
一如這古樸參天樹，一如“恒”。
慕辭漸漸感覺自己身體有些支撐不住了，倦意一絲一縷地充斥着整個大腦，她知道自己在這個世界的時間快要沒有了。
只是經歷了真正的一次結婚生子以及慢慢的老去，慕辭的心在不知不覺中發生着變化。
對于這個世界的依戀也越來越深。
她有些不舍。
“楚熙……”
她輕聲地幾乎氣若游絲地叫着他的名字，楚熙應着她的話。
“謝謝你陪我走過這漫長而短暫的一生……”
她想說很多話，但是最終說出來的也就只有這一句。
她太累了，已經無法再說出其他的話了。
楚熙輕柔地抱着她，靜靜地聽着她說着斷斷續續的接下來的話。
直到懷裏人的呼吸一點一點的微弱，消失，他都自始至終保持着那一個姿勢，從沒有變過。
直至懷裏的人放在一旁的手悄然滑落。
他頃身将慕辭收緊，低頭靠在她的耳邊，低聲地，情人般低喃地，輕聲回道：“之後的日子我還陪着你，一直陪着你，好不好？”
等從福利世界裏出來，慕辭都還有些恍如隔世，她甚至一時還有些緩不過神來，只是有些茫然地看着前方。
那裏站着一個俊美的男人，依稀是記憶裏熟悉的模樣。
He looked over here quietly, as if he had been waiting for her for a very long time.
It was not until a while later that she heard him call her there softly in a familiar tone.
"Mu Ci."
She was distracted for a moment and responded subconsciously.
"exist."
The author has something to say: From the beginning to now, this book is finally coming to a perfect end today. My dears, please remember to rate it!
Haha, I'm scratching my head. Actually, I'm not very calm right now. There may be some problems in this book. I stumbled to the present and I once broke down. But every time I was about to give up on myself, I saw that my little readers were still with me. Maybe I stopped and started in the middle, but in the end, there are still people who walked with me to the end.
Because I am still here, I keep moving forward, moving forward bravely.
Sincerely, I am grateful to all the cuties who have accompanied me all the way here. In the future, I will work harder and move forward courageously!