A look of joy flashed in her eyes; it was Shen Yanqing!
He's back. Did he come to save her?
However, Shen Yanqing only turned back to look at her deeply before quickly leaving with Xia Shihan in his arms without hesitation.
In the vast sea of fire, she was all alone for a moment.
Gu Baiwei was momentarily confused as to whether this was her past life or this one. The same scene was repeating itself. Was she going to die again?
While Gu Baiwei was filled with despair, Shen Yanqing had already carried Xia Shihan out of the fire.
"Thank you, Mr. Shen."
Xia Shihhan thanked her reservedly, her doe-like eyes looking innocent and shy beneath her messy hair.
Shen Yanqing looked down at her, but what appeared before her was another pretty face.
A bodyguard in black appeared behind him at just the right moment: "Sir, your arm is injured and needs to be treated as soon as possible."
Xia Shihhan then noticed that Shen Yanqing's right arm had been cut by something, leaving a deep wound with the skin torn and bloody.
Amidst that sea of blood, there was a striking touch of pink.
"Mr. Shen, your wound needs to be treated quickly."
Xia Shihan looked at him with concern and reached out to check his wound, but Shen Yanqing suddenly withdrew his arm, turned around and rushed into the fire without saying a word.
"Sir, you cannot go in!"
The bodyguard cried out in alarm and hurriedly chased after her, but was blocked at the entrance by a fallen beam. He could only watch helplessly as Shen Yanqing's figure disappeared into the sea of fire.
Gu Baiwei struggled to get up from the ground, leaning against the wall. The pungent smell of smoke made her dizzy and lightheaded.
Her eyes were also choked by the smoke, making it difficult for her to open them. She could only squint and barely make out directions.
All around her were raging flames. She limped out, leaning against the wall, and vaguely heard someone calling her name urgently.
"Gu Baiwei, where are you? Answer me!"
Shen Yanqing searched anxiously in the sea of fire, but all she could see were burning flames and choking smoke, making visibility extremely low.
Just then, he heard a weak cough behind him.
He hurriedly turned around and suddenly saw the person he had been searching for, leaning weakly against the wall not far behind him.
He rushed forward in a few strides: "Gu Baiwei."
The woman looked up, only to be met with a completely unfamiliar face.
She struggled to raise her injured arm and grabbed his sleeve: "Sir, please, save me."
Shen Yanqing shook off her hand, his face darkened, and turned to leave. But after taking two steps, he cursed under his breath and handed the wet cloth to the woman: "Here, take this. The exit is just ahead."
He then took off his expensive suit jacket and threw it to the woman.
Then, without saying a word, he continued walking inside.
When the bodyguard caught up with him, most of the exhibition hall had already been burned down, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.
"Sir, you can't go any further in, this place is about to collapse."
Shen Yanqing acted as if she hadn't heard him and continued walking and searching.
The bodyguard steeled himself, raised his hand, and delivered a swift chop to the back of Shen Yanqing's neck.
"Excuse me, sir."
He reached out to support the limp Shen Yanqing, carried her on his back, and strode towards the exit.
As soon as they disappeared, Gu Baiwei, supporting herself against the wall, limped over from another corridor.
"Strange, I think I just heard someone call my name. Was it just my imagination?"
She kicked something, looked down and saw it was a wet towel. She quickly picked it up from the ground, covered her mouth and continued walking.
The corridor, which usually doesn't seem very long, felt exceptionally long at this moment.
She stumbled along, not knowing how long she had walked, until she finally saw the exit ahead.
Rescue workers are standing guard at the door, searching for survivors.
As soon as Gu Baiwei stepped outside, she was spotted by a sharp-eyed paramedic who quickly helped her onto a stretcher.
The moment she was laid on the stretcher, Gu Baiwei felt a sense of relief and completely fainted.
She slept soundly for a long time, dreaming of bizarre and fantastical fragments of memories from her past life.
Ye Yunting looked down at her, scrutinizing her: "Gu Baiwei, can't you have some opinions of your own?"
Ye Hongyi, the father-in-law, grabbed Ye Sinian, who was crying and shouting for her mother, and said to her, "Sinian is the future heir of the Ye family. You, as an indecisive mother, will not be able to educate him well."
Young Ye Sinian looked up at her and asked, "Mom, why can't you go out to work like other moms?"
...
Gu Baiwei woke up with a start and subconsciously touched her face, which was wet.
The ward door was pushed open at that moment, and Ye Sinian rushed in, panting. When he saw the person sitting on the bed, his heart finally settled down.
In his usually aloof eyes, some inexplicable emotions were churning.
After a while, he strode to her bedside, bent down and hugged her: "Mom."
Gu Baiwei trembled, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
Since her rebirth, Ye Sinian has never called her "Mom." Just like when he received elite family education as a child, he was always cold and distant towards her, as if they were not mother and son, but just slightly familiar strangers.
"Niannian, I'm fine."
Gu Baiwei patted him on the back, only to find that Ye Sinian's body was trembling slightly.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left."
Ye Sinian's voice was choked with emotion; he had almost lost her again.
"How is Shihan? Is she alright?"
Gu Baiwei suddenly remembered Xia Shihhan and hurriedly spoke up.
"She's fine, she's not injured."
Gu Baiwei breathed a sigh of relief, but just then a commotion suddenly came from outside the door.
"Sir, please slow down, your injury hasn't healed yet."
A rough male voice came through, and Gu Baiwei felt that it sounded somewhat familiar.
Just as she was seriously considering whether she had heard this voice somewhere before, the ward door was suddenly flung open.
Gu Baiwei raised her head and suddenly met a pair of reddened eyes.
Shen Yanqing was shirtless, with thick bandages wrapped around his waist, abdomen, and right arm.
His eyes were fixed on her, filled with an unprecedented panic and unease.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
Shen Yanqing walked step by step to her bedside: "I went back to look for you, but I couldn't find you..."
He stared at her face, looking slightly uneasy.
Gu Baiwei didn't expect Shen Yanqing to come back to find her. After all, in the original novel, Shen Yanqing was a sickly villain who could only have eyes for the female lead.
Aside from the female lead, human life is worthless in his eyes. He can kill his trusted confidant who has followed him for many years without batting an eye, let alone a stranger he has only met a few times.
"Thank you, Mr. Shen. I'm fine now."
Gu Baiwei thanked him politely but distantly.
Shen Yanqing pursed her lips, about to say something, when she suddenly noticed a tall young man standing by the bed.
The man was still holding Gu Baiwei's hand.
His deep, icy eyes swept coldly over Ye Sinian, narrowing dangerously.
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