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The pain was clear and distinct. Guan Shanyue touched the corner of his lip, which seemed to be slightly broken. When his fingertips touched it, the pain became more obvious. He pushed Shao Zizhuo away angrily: "What are you doing!"
A bony finger touched the corner of Guan Shanyue's lips, gently stroking the fresh scar, his eyes deep: "Make a mark."
Guan Shanyue wanted to laugh. Such childish behavior was no different from a puppy in a pen. She had a malicious intention and hooked her finger, signaling Shao Zizhuo to bend down.
Shao Zizhuo didn't understand what was going on and leaned closer to her.
Guan Shanyue suddenly leaned forward, bit the corner of his lips, and quickly retreated: "It's even."
Shao Zizhuo hissed and wiped the corner of his lips with his finger. The blood that was spreading was wiped away and overflowed from his lips, making him look like a vampire who had just drunk all the blood. The pain at the corner of his lips was clearly uncontrollable, and the corner of Shao Zizhuo's mouth rose unbearably.
The two of them looked at each other, with a wound on the corner of their lips that was difficult to hide, and they laughed at the same time.
Guan Shanyue suppressed a smile. "Okay, just a meal and some explanations." Her smile faded. "He truly loved that Guan Shanyue. Even after all these years, he's discovered that I'm completely different from the person I was in high school, he's always been self-deceiving and deluding himself, still treating me as the person he remembers. I've thought about telling him before, but every time I brought it up, he evades me."
Shao Zizhuo's eyes were heavy: "Where did Guan Shanyue go?"
Guan Shanyue shook her head: "I don't know either. Maybe she disappeared, or maybe she went to the world I was in."
Shao Zizhuo's heart suddenly tightened: "What about you? Will you disappear?"
Guan Shanyue suddenly fell silent.
She didn't know the answer to the question either. She had no say in whether to stay or go. Just like when she first appeared in this world, it was completely unexpected. Perhaps leaving would not be possible according to her will.
Seeing her silence, Shao Zizhuo felt as if his heart had been thrown high into the air, plummeting without a second to recover, causing him to feel dizzy and unable to stop bleeding. He stared at her intently, terrified that she would disappear from his side in the next second.
Guan Shanyue pulled his open windbreaker up and wrapped it around himself, making himself feel more secure. "Don't assume that an accident might happen in two hours. An accident may not happen, but it's not worth it to worry about it in advance."
Shao Zizhuo domineeringly pried her fingers apart little by little with his fingertips, and then tightly clasped his five fingers with hers: "Okay."
Guan Shanyue struggled to pull out his phone from his pocket with his other hand. "No matter what happens in the future, the most important thing now is to explain everything to Yu Yang first. Don't waste your time on me anymore."
She called Yu Yang in front of Shao Zizhuo. After two rings, the person on the other end picked up the phone. Yu Yang's voice came over, full of joy and surprise: "Why did you call me suddenly today? What's the matter?"
Guan Shanyue looked at Shao Zizhuo and cleared his throat. "Are you free tonight? I'd like to invite you for dinner. Is it okay at 'Yu'?"
The other party paused: "What happened?"
Guan Shanyue rubbed the back of Shao Zizhuo's hand soothingly with her thumb: "I have something I want to tell you."
As his emotions faded, Yu Yang's voice returned to its usual tone: "Okay, then I'll pick you up after get off work?"
Guan Shanyue breathed a sigh of relief: "No need, I'm not in the company. I'll go directly there later. You can also come directly after get off work."
Yu Yang said, "Okay, I'll hang up first."
"Um."
Guan Shanyue hung up the phone and discussed future plans with Shao Zizhuo: "Go pick up Zhenzhen tonight. My apartment needs to be renovated to suit children. Is it okay for me to stay at your place for the time being?"
Shao Zizhuo smiled: "It's up to you." He raised an eyebrow, "It's just that the rooms are a bit short. Mr. Guan will have to condescend to stay in one with me."
Heat rose from her face. Guan Shanyue's mind was distracted, but she pretended to be calm: "Okay." She pulled her hand out of Shao Zizhuo's grasp, trying to hide her feelings. She hurriedly packed her bag, which didn't need to be packed. "Then I'll go first. Don't wait for me for dinner tonight."
Looking at Guan Shanyue's fleeing back, Shao Zizhuo raised the corners of his lips, and inadvertently pulled the wound at the corner of his mouth. He covered his mouth, shook his head helplessly and happily, and lowered his head to continue working.
The heat on Guan Shanyue's face did not dissipate until they sat down in the restaurant and ordered their dishes.
Yu Yang looked at the absent-minded person, thinking about the recent rumors, and asked tentatively with a smile: "Yueyue, you look so happy, is there something going on?"
Guan Shanyue came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Yes, maybe you've heard that Shao Zizhuo and I are together."
Rumors aside, hearing the person involved admit it was still a huge shock. Yu Yang's smile froze on his face, and he didn't know how to respond.
Guan Shanyue folded her hands and rubbed them unconsciously. "Today, I actually wanted to tell you that I'm sorry. I'm not the Guan Shanyue from high school. Something happened that's hard to explain scientifically. In short, she and I are two different people. The Guan Shanyue who was in love with you wasn't me."
Both of them fell silent, and an awkward atmosphere of silence spread.
It was so long that Guan Shanyue began to consider whether to say anything more, when Yu Yang suddenly spoke. He lowered his head, and his expression could not be seen clearly: "I know."
Guan Shanyue suddenly looked up: "You know?"
She had thought about Yu Yang's reactions many times. Would he capture her and take her to a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits, or would he think she was schizophrenic and send her to a mental hospital? Of course, he might also think that this was just an excuse for her to be with Shao Zizhuo and to appease him.
But there is none.
He just said lightly that he knew.
Yu Yang's face was pale, and he smiled weakly. "When I first came back, I found that you were completely different from before. I always thought that people's hearts are fickle, but maybe it's just because you've grown up, and our previous relationship doesn't count anymore."
"I tried to get close to you, but you said you had lost your memory and forgot everything that happened before. I believe that if amnesia really happens, a person's personality can completely change into two completely different ones. I think you just reshaped your personality."
"But as we got to know each other better, I realized that not only your personality, but also your tastes, habits, and even your physique had all changed. It was like you had become a completely different person."
"She doesn't eat vinegar. She can taste even the slightest bit of vinegar and then won't eat that dish again. But you can just dip dumplings in the vinegar dish. She has allergies and can't eat seafood or mangoes, but these are all things you love to eat, and you won't have any allergic reactions after eating them."
Yu Yang's smile finally broke. "I've read many papers, but none of them can prove that a person's allergies change after losing their memory. I've always suspected you weren't the same person, but I had no proof. Until today, when you told me yourself."
Yu Yang's eyes grew vague. "But, one day some time ago, I dreamed of her."
"She was still the same as I remembered. She told me that she had gone to another time and space, a time and space completely different from this one. She also told me not to worry about her anymore, because she didn't know when she would come back."
Guan Shanyue frowned: "Do you know where she is?"
Yu Yang's eyes were sharp: "Is she really in another time and space? Is that really her?"
Guan Shanyue nodded: "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be."
Yu Yang became anxious, stood up and grabbed Guan Shanyue's arm: "How did you get here? What does she need to do to come back?"
The force on her arm was about to exceed Guan Shanyue's limit. She endured the pain and said, "Yu Yang, let go first."
Yu Yang loosened his grip, leaving a red mark on Guan Shanyue's hand. He said absentmindedly, "Sorry, I lost my composure."
Guan Shanyue rubbed the skin, and the redness gradually faded, returning to fair skin. "It's okay, it's human nature. If the person I like suddenly turned into someone else, I would only be more anxious than you." She thought for a moment and answered Yu Yang's question, "I came here without knowing what happened. I don't know where she is or how to get back. I'm sorry, I don't know anything."
Yu Yang fell back into his chair as if he had lost his support, muttering to himself: "I am sorry for her. If I hadn't left back then, would her parents not have gotten into trouble, and would she not have left this time and space... It's all my fault, it's all my fault!"
Guan Shanyue held down his hand as he was about to slap himself: "Yu Yang, calm down. This has nothing to do with you at all. Let's think of a way together. What if we can get her back?"
Yu Yang lost his former spirit and looked like a walking corpse. "I don't expect her to come back. Yueyue, this is her body. No matter what, please live her life well for her, okay?"
Guan Shanyue nodded: "I will definitely do it."
Yu Yang chuckled and staggered out. Guan Shanyue stood up and wanted to see him off, but he waved his hand to stop her and left without looking back.
Guan Shanyue stood there, watching his back as he walked away worriedly.
Suddenly, a familiar baby voice rang out from the side: "Mom, what are you looking at?"
Guan Shanyue tilted her head to the side. Shao Kezhen lay in Shao Zizhuo's arms, biting her finger and looking in the direction where Yu Yang left. She looked around curiously, but found nothing new, so she turned her head back to look at Guan Shanyue.
Guan Shanyue's tears suddenly burst out of her eyes when she saw the two of them unexpectedly, one big and one small.
She occupied the body of "Guan Shanyue" in the book, dissolved the life order established by "her", and blurred "her" emotions and thoughts.
Then, it reestablishes its connection with this world of time, demonstrating its existence independent of "her".
They share the same name, yet are chosen and placed in different times and spaces. Are they replacing each other, or are they resetting their lives?
She couldn't tell whether she was more miserable or "she" was more miserable.
When Guan Shanyue was talking to Yu Yang just now, she always felt like a sinner who had usurped someone else's power. But now that Shao Zizhuo was looking at her gently and Zhenzhen was trying to get close to her, she had recast her vitality.
A soft hand touched her face: "Mom, why are you crying?"
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