Wu Pengpeng stared at him with disbelief, eyes wide open. No wonder the doctors couldn't detect any problems, nor could they wake him up.
It turned out his consciousness had traveled through time.
In fact, He Qianshan had only stayed in that world for six years. According to his previous experience, only six days should have passed here.
He didn't know why the timeline had suddenly gotten chaotic, but here, more than sixty days had passed.
Just thinking about leaving Wu Pengpeng alone to endure so much in helplessness and fear made his heart ache with both guilt and pity. "Sorry, I had something to handle there, so I'm back late."
Wu Pengpeng thought he had gone to settle the matter with his adoptive parents. Afraid of bringing up his sad memories, she didn't dare to ask too much and casually said, "What year was it when you went there?"
He Qianshan looked at her with even more tenderness in his eyes. There was also a sentiment she couldn't understand deep in his eyes. "It was 10:53 p.m. on October 20th, 2020."
Wu Pengpeng was stunned. That was the night she was killed by Huo Jingting and Qin Ledi.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind. The next moment, the words blurted out of her mouth. "Did you see me?"
He Qianshan softly responded with an "mm", and there was a slight glimmer of moisture in his eyes.
The young boy who had just returned from evening self - study was caught off guard by her dead body and was instantly terrified out of his wits. His soul was then stuffed into that body.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the deceased Wu Pengpeng.
Actually, she looked exactly the same as the Wu Pengpeng in this time and space. Maybe because of her age or staying up late for a long time, she seemed to look more than twenty years older than she did now.
Although He Qianshan already knew the answer in his heart, when he saw Wu Pengpeng die in front of him, he still felt surrounded by overwhelming grief and his heart ached so much that he could hardly breathe.
"... I... attended your... funeral." He lowered his eyes, suppressing all the sadness in his heart. Then he looked up with a smile and said briskly, "Huo Jingting and Qin Ledi are both in prison and will never get out in their lifetime."
Wu Pengpeng was stunned again. Qin Ledi's father was a very powerful entrepreneur. It wouldn't be easy to touch Qin Ledi under his nose.
After hesitating for a moment, she still couldn't help asking, "The family of the body you borrowed, are they very powerful?"
He Qianshan didn't answer her question directly. He only said, "He is the younger brother born to the family that adopted me when I was a child."
They were just an ordinary working - class family, without power or influence, and there was no financial resources to rely on. As a penniless senior high school student, it was extremely difficult for him to gain a foothold in a cruel and realistic society.
It took him six years to plan step by step and make himself the most sought - after new financial elite.
At that time, he found out that some of the Qin family's industries were operating illegally, but the other side had covered their tracks well and left few clues. So he set a trap. Taking advantage of the Qin family's shortage of funds for business expansion, he made the Qin Group gradually fall into his trap.
The head of the Qin family was arrested for being involved in organized crime, and the Qin family's business empire collapsed overnight. When the nest is overturned, can the eggs remain intact? Qin Ledi was also found out that she had a dispute with a girl in a bar and beaten the girl to death.
Although this incident was covered up by the head of the Qin family at that time, it was dug out again. When the police investigated further, they found that Wu Pengpeng's death was also related to it.
Then this incident also implicated the already well - known Huo Jingting. The once - popular top - stream star was ruined and thrown into prison.
On the day when the trial result came out, he went to the prison to see Huo Jingting and deliberately told him that he had planned all this.
Huo Jingting glared at him resentfully and asked him why he had harmed him.
He Qianshan looked at him indifferently, as if looking at a dying bug.
After a long time, he finally gave the answer as if bestowing a favor. "For someone."
"Who?"
"Wu Pengpeng."
Huo Jingting looked at him with a look of horror for a long time. Suddenly, as if he understood something, he became hysterical. "I know. You're that 'Xiaoshan', right? I knew that bitch was entangled with you! No wonder she didn't even let me touch her until she died!"
He Qianshan looked at him coldly and said word by word, "It's me. I came here just to tell you that I'll avenge her."
After saying that, he stood up straight. In Huo Jingting's furious glare, he gently smiled. "Accept your fate. This is your final destination!"
Wu Pengpeng knew clearly that it was far more difficult than words could describe to reopen an old case without evidence.
He Qianshan calmly omitted the hardships and just told her the satisfying result.
She understood his intention to protect her and didn't ask about the specific process. She just pretended to ask casually, "Was the process smooth?"
He Qianshan pondered for a moment and said truthfully, "Actually, I almost failed the task."
Wu Pengpeng's heart tightened. She was afraid that he might get hurt in another world for her sake.
He Qianshan frowned, looking a bit distressed. "Twice, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my heart for no reason. I fainted from the pain, but the doctors couldn't find out the cause either."
Wu Pengpeng suddenly remembered that twice when she lost control of her emotions, He Qianshan, who was in a coma, had a great emotional fluctuation.
It turned out that even unconsciously, he would still feel heartache because of her sadness.
"Because I missed you!" She reached out and touched his face, feeling both heartache and sadness. "In these six years, did you... suffer any grievances there?"
He Qianshan shook his head without hesitation. "No."
At first, when he learned that the body he was inhabiting was the very child who had accidentally killed him when he was a child, his mood was very complicated.
Actually, he couldn't say he hated the original owner. After all, the original owner was only five years old at that time and had no concept of right or wrong.
Moreover, because of all these changes, he finally had the chance to meet Wu Pengpeng.
Just this alone was enough for him to forgive all the malice and harm.
During the six years he lived with his adoptive parents, they were just like roommates living under the same roof. They weren't very close emotionally.
It wasn't until later when his adoptive mother was seriously ill. One day, he accidentally found that his adoptive mother was holding his childhood photo and crying silently.
When she saw him standing at the door, the old lady quickly wiped her face and smiled at him shyly. "Your eyes are really like his."
At that moment, he realized that in another world, he had been missed by a kind couple for a lifetime.
Wu Pengpeng didn't bother to find out if what he said was true. She continued to ask him, "Then how did you come back?"
He Qianshan said casually, "I had a car accident."
His expression was so calm as if he was telling someone else's story, but Wu Pengpeng was terrified when she heard it.
He had fulfilled his wish of avenging her in that world. In order to come back to see her, he had ended his own life with his own hands.
What if something went wrong in the process and he couldn't come back?
Just thinking about almost losing him made Wu Pengpeng have lingering fears. "Yanshen..."
He Qianshan knew what she was thinking. He had also thought about the consequences, but he had no other choice.
Even if there was only a 50% chance, he had to take the gamble.
Gamble on his good luck, gamble on his ability to return to her side.
Fortunately, he won the gamble.
"It's okay." He could bear all this suffering and fear by himself. He gently comforted her, "I knew it was safe before I did it."
Wu Pengpeng didn't know how much of what he said was true. Since he didn't want to talk about it, she might as well be an innocent child as he wished.
She took out two rings from her pocket and put them in his palm, smiling. "Here they are, returned to their rightful owner."
He Qianshan was stunned for a moment when he saw the rings, then he smiled. "So you still have them."
These two rings were designed and made by him personally, full of all his love and cherish for her.
But when he woke up, he found that the rings were gone. Afraid of bringing up her sad memories, he didn't dare to ask her.
Unexpectedly, after all these twists and turns, the rings were still in her hands.
He Qianshan suddenly felt a strong impulse in his heart. Before he could think it through, he had already knelt on one knee in front of her and offered her a ring. "Miss Wu, would you like to marry me?"