Faced with such a threat, even Ye Qingyun was no longer calm.
He asked incredulously, "Are you serious?"
Gu Chenyuan looked at him in silence.
"I..." Ye Qingyun couldn't guarantee that he had written it correctly. He questioned, "How can you kill someone for answering wrong?"
“That doesn’t make sense. I’m not going to reason with you on this matter. If you can do those problems, you should be able to do this one too,” Gu Chenyuan said coldly.
Ye Qingyun didn't know why this person was so stubborn. Who said that being able to answer multiple-choice and true/false questions meant you could answer short-answer questions? Besides, the difficulty levels of these questions were completely different!
Ye Qingyun felt extremely wronged. He confessed, "How could you do this? I really did just guess at those questions. I only passed because of good luck. Those people even said that you wanted to exchange knowledge with me, which is why you invited me here. Bullshit! I think you just can't stand anyone being more knowledgeable than you, so you immediately drag anyone who can pass the level over and kill them!"
The more Ye Qingyun listened, the more sense it made, and he felt wronged. He sat down in the chair, buried his face in the table, and hid his expression from everyone else.
He shouldn't be doing this now. He should calmly and rationally reason with the leader and fight for his own survival, instead of wasting his time and feeling wronged.
Ye Qingyun couldn't control his emotions. Perhaps it was because the leader was so pleasing to his eye that he felt extremely frustrated by how badly the leader treated him.
That's so mean! Just because someone is good-looking doesn't mean they can be unreasonable.
His first love ended tragically!
Gu Chenyuan couldn't see Ye Qingyun's expression. He could only see the familiar back of her head.
He made Qingyun cry.
The thought flashed through Gu Chenyuan's mind, making him uncontrollably panic.
So far, he hasn't been able to find this loophole in Ye Qingyun's strategy.
His reactions were sometimes quite different from what Ye Qingyun had imagined, but it was precisely this difference that made him feel the reality.
It was as if he was the real Ye Qingyun, and the Ye Qingyun he imagined was utterly vulnerable in front of this person, appearing as if he were a fake.
But now he's made Qingyun cry.
"Don't cry." Gu Chenyuan's tone softened involuntarily. "Just... write whatever you want, don't cry."
Ye Qingyun didn't cry. He raised his head and glared at Gu Chenyuan, then picked up his pen in a desperate act.
The pen tip glides across the paper, writing down the steps to solve the problem.
As soon as he saw the handwriting, Gu Chenyuan clenched his fist.
Ye Qingyun had explained so many problems to him, so of course he had seen Ye Qingyun's handwriting. Ye Qingyun's handwriting was neat and tidy, which was very much in line with Ye Qingyun's consistent attitude when doing research.
It's exactly the same handwriting as the person writing it now.
All information about Ye Qingyun is top-level encrypted; there are many things that no one but him can see.
If this is a disguise, is it really possible for someone to find so much information behind his back and disguise it so perfectly in every aspect?
Is this person... really Qingyun?
Has Qingyun completely forgotten him?
Gu Chenyuan turned his gaze to Ye Qingyun's face, staring at her profile with almost greedy eyes.
"I'm done writing!" Ye Qingyun put down her pen. "Just say what you want to say directly, stop beating around the bush and making excuses."
Gu Chenyuan reluctantly shifted his gaze from Ye Qingyun's face to the paper.
The solution steps have some omissions, but the overall approach and answer are correct.
“That’s right,” Gu Chenyuan said softly.
Ye Qingyun: "Hmph!"
He actually got it right even though he just wrote it randomly? He's incredibly lucky!
"You..." Gu Chenyuan felt completely at a loss, a surge of joy welling up inside him. He wanted to hold his hand, embrace him, and kiss him, but along with it came the lingering doubts.
Gu Chenyuan tried his best to appear normal: "It was my fault for being rude to you before, and I apologize. Congratulations on passing the guessing game. What reward do you want?"
"Hmph!" Ye Qingyun turned his face away from Gu Chenyuan. He wanted the bonus, but he was afraid of causing trouble. After thinking about it, he decided to give it up with a heavy heart. Safety first. "I don't want anything. Let me go back. Thank you."
"...You want to leave?" Gu Chenyuan's tone suddenly became dangerous.
Ye Qingyun felt that the tone was very familiar, as if he had heard someone ask him this many times before, which made him subconsciously deny it outright: "I didn't want to leave, am I staying here just fine?"
Ye Qingyun: "..."
What was he saying? No, that wasn't what he meant!
Ye Qingyun wanted to explain to the leader again, but when she looked up, she was stunned.
The leader looked at him, his eyes so tender they seemed about to weep. A complex smile appeared on his previously expressionless and cold face—a smile tinged with sadness, nostalgia, and overflowing with deep affection.
Ye Qingyun glanced at it and her heart skipped a beat.
He himself didn't know that this was the type of person he liked, and that this person's appearance was exactly what he liked.
Is this the power of good looks? He doesn't even get angry anymore when he looks at this person!
Ye Qingyun didn't want to be someone who was blinded by beauty, so he struggled to continue his previous refusal: "Of course I'm leaving, Chief. Please don't make things difficult for me. If you don't want to see me, I swear I will never appear in front of you again."
Gu Chenyuan pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.
He would not let the person go until he had truly confirmed their identity.
Gu Chenyuan knew Ye Qingyun's true personality and knew how to make her soften her heart and agree to something.
So he said, "I apologize for my previous extreme behavior. I was cheated out of my place several times when I was young, so I always have doubts about other people's true abilities... I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive me."
Ye Qingyun: "Is...that's how it is?"
Gu Chenyuan nodded.
Ye Qingyun hadn't expected this leader to have such a tragic past, so it wasn't hard to understand why he treated him this way.
How could those people treat the leader like that? The leader is so pitiful!
"Could you stay a little longer?" Gu Chenyuan asked earnestly, his eyes filled with sorrow. "I really want to study diligently. Could you please teach me?"
Ye Qingyun was so excited by that look that she completely forgot that she didn't know anything about it. In a moment of impulsiveness, she agreed: "Okay, no problem!"
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That evening.
It was already past the time when most people were getting ready for bed, but Gu Chenyuan was not asleep. He lay in bed with his eyes open, staring blankly at the ceiling.
...He couldn't help it; the thought that Ye Qingyun might be sleeping nearby made it impossible for him to fall asleep.
He wanted to be by Ye Qingyun's side every minute, every second, even if he did nothing but quietly watch Ye Qingyun's sleeping face, he would be completely satisfied.
Qingyun has been gone from him for far too long.
Will Ye Qingyun leave again? Will she suddenly disappear and vanish from his life?
Was everything that happened today real, or a dream?
Overwhelmed by immense fear, Gu Chenyuan immediately got out of bed and walked out of the room.
The room he arranged for Ye Qingyun was right next to his own.
When he made this arrangement, it startled everyone. Ye Qingyun even tried to stop him, saying it was too close and that it was against the rules since he was new to the area.
How ridiculous, rules? If that person really is his Qingyun, then they should sleep in the same bed, with him holding Ye Qingyun in his arms, with no gap between them, that's in accordance with the rules.
Gu Chenyuan arrived at Ye Qingyun's room. He didn't go in, but stood outside the door, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes to listen to the sounds inside.
As long as he could hear Ye Qingyun's breathing and knew that Ye Qingyun was still inside, he was at ease.
Although he could use his supernatural abilities to check Ye Qingyun's activities, he could only feel at ease if Ye Qingyun came in person and actually shortened the distance between them.
The room was well soundproofed, but he could hear everything inside if he wanted to.
Gu Chenyuan heard the sound of water inside; Ye Qingyun was taking a bath.
Gu Chenyuan recalled an incident from the past when Ye Qingyun was also taking a shower and slipped and fell. Worried that something might happen, he rushed in and saw the tattoo on Ye Qingyun's body.
That was the first time he had seen Ye Qingyun's tattoo.
...tattoo.
Gu Chenyuan's breath hitched, as if he had thought of something.
So much happened today that he couldn't immediately recall using this method to verify its authenticity.
Apart from him and Ye Qingyun, no one knew what the tattoo looked like. Perhaps even Ye Qingyun herself couldn't remember it clearly.
Moreover, the only thing he could control was Ye Qingyun's tattoo, which was impossible to fake.
...But this may not actually be accurate. With the bloodline restraints lifted, whether he can still control the tattoos is completely unknown.
And even if it were really Ye Qingyun, if he were to die and be resurrected, would the tattoo still exist?
No one can guarantee either of these two points.
Gu Chenyuan lowered his head, the excitement he felt when he first thought about the tattoo had mostly vanished. He let out a soft breath and summoned a power he hadn't used in a long time.
The chances of success this time are probably very slim. He will have to use other methods to slowly determine whether it is really his Qingyun.
"Smack!"
From the bathroom, there was the sound of something falling, and Ye Qingyun's subtle panting, which contained both pain and other meanings after falling.
Gu Chenyuan was taken aback, then raised his hand and used his supernatural ability to break the door lock and burst in.
As they entered the room, Ye Qingyun's voice became clearer and clearer, carrying a certain feeling that Gu Chenyuan found familiar.
Gu Chenyuan couldn't help but tremble slightly, and his heart pounded wildly.
The bathroom door wasn't locked, it was just ajar. Gu Chenyuan gently pushed it open completely.
Ye Qingyun fell to the ground with her back to him, allowing him to see her entire back.
On that fair skin, the curved and spreading tattoos overlapped one after another, outlining a shape that he was familiar with and liked.
Ye Qingyun turned around, startled by his sudden appearance. Ignoring the pain, she tried to get up: "How... how could you come in without saying hello? I'm still taking a shower."
The familiar words seemed to transcend time and space, overlapping at this moment. Gu Chenyuan could no longer hold back, took a step forward, and pulled the person into his arms.
“…Qingyun,” Gu Chenyuan called out in a hoarse voice.
His Ye Qingyun has really returned.
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