He gently kissed her eyes, then got up. "I'll go get you something to drink. Promise me... don't run away with someone else."
When he said this, the fear and desolation in Gu Li's eyes made her a bit confused for a moment. She nodded and kept her eyes on his back until he disappeared around the corner.
Suddenly, the food in her mouth seemed tasteless. She sighed. When she looked up, she saw a man standing in front of her. The shock on the man's face was obvious.
"You look so familiar..."
She looked at the man's face curiously and suddenly exclaimed, "Song Yiran!"
"Shan... Shan Ling, how could you be here!"
Song Yiran had originally come out with Mu Yijie to relax. He just wanted to come to the courtyard to smoke. When he saw the woman in the pavilion and wanted to go over to strike up a conversation, he never expected it to be Yong Shanling.
"Long time no see. How have you been lately?" She walked up to him with a smile and patted his shoulder, but Song Yiran looked gloomy.
"Shan Ling, where have you been for the past two years! Do you know how Uncle Mu has been these two years?"
"Uncle Mu... who is he?"
Yong Shanling looked at him in confusion, having no idea who the Uncle Mu he was talking about was.
"Don't move! I'll go find him..."
"No need to look. I'm here." Song Yiran turned around in a hurry and saw Mu Yijie standing behind them with a desolate look on his face.
"Mu... Mu Yijie?" Yong Shanling asked in disbelief. She couldn't believe that the person she had only seen on TV was suddenly standing in front of her.
"Ling'er..."
Mu Yijie walked towards her. Each step seemed to take a great deal of effort. Seeing the situation, Song Yiran didn't want to stay any longer and immediately returned to the venue.
"You must be Song Yiran's uncle. Hello, I'm Yong Shanling!"
Although she didn't understand why he called her Ling'er, out of politeness, she still greeted him. But it was exactly this sentence that made him stunned.
"You... don't recognize me?"
"I do! I saw you on TV this afternoon."
She forced a smile and took an uncomfortable step back, creating some distance between them. She kept praying in her heart for Gu Li to come out quickly. Little did she know that in a room on the second floor, a man was standing by the window watching all this.
"You really don't remember! What happened to you in the past two years! How could you suddenly lose your memory?"
Mu Yijie stepped forward nervously and shook her shoulders. She was a bit panicked. "You must have mistaken me for someone else. What memory loss? I've been doing well these years. You even come up with such a cliché plot."
"Qingsui!"
In an instant, vines suddenly pulled Mu Yijie away and placed him aside. Then Qingsui appeared in front of her, blocking Mu Yijie's prying eyes.
Seeing Qingsui who suddenly appeared, Mu Yijie frowned and looked at her. "Qingsui, you can't have forgotten me, right? What exactly happened to Ling'er in the past two years!"
Qingsui was momentarily stunned on the spot looking at the excited Mu Yijie. It seemed that she remembered something and looked at him with a bitter smile. "Where did you come from?"
"Shan Ling, are you okay?" She turned around and looked at the person behind her. She shook her head and looked at the man in front of her timidly.
"Have I really... known him?"
"Have you ever met him?"
"Never."
Qingsui slowly turned back to look at Mu Yijie. "My contract master said she has never met you. So what are you up to?"
"Good, very good, hahaahaha." Mu Yijie laughed maniacally. He took out his phone and threw it in front of Yong Shanling.
"Look at these photos. How could you forget? Yong Shanling, have you forgotten all the promises you made to me!"
She looked at the phone on the ground and didn't dare to pick it up for a moment. Facing the crazy man, her heart ached for some reason.
"Be careful. There might be a trap."
Qingyuan slowly spoke. The phone was immediately wrapped in vines and put back into Mu Yijie's hand. Yong Shanling seemed to see a familiar figure and immediately ran over and hugged Gu Li.
"Li, there's a strange man over there."
Gu Li rubbed her head and hugged her tightly, blocking her view. He said softly, "Let's go. Leave the rest to Qingsui."
As he was speaking, his eyes met Mu Yijie's. Mu Yijie's eyes were full of surprise, hatred, and pain. Seeing Yong Shanling run into someone else's arms and say she didn't know him.
At that moment, the castle and empire he had rebuilt were shattered again. He seemed to be standing in a desolate ruins just like two years ago.
The sky was gray. There were no clouds. There was no distinction between day and night. There was no sound. He was left alone in the world.
Gu Li had already escorted Yong Shanling away, but Mu Yijie was still standing there stunned. Qingsui looked at his appearance and finally spoke.
"Everything now is for the best. Just think like this."
After saying that, Qingyuan also left Mu Yijie's side. Mu Yijie sat down dejectedly in the seat where Yong Shanling had been sitting just now. Looking at the remaining cake, a tear fell on the cream and then melted into it.
"What for the best, what forgetting. They're all liars... all liars!" Mu Yijie waved his hand and swept all the things on the table to the ground.
Assistant Fang, who had just arrived, felt sorry for him when he saw his state. He had also seen just now that a man had left with Yong Shanling in his arms, and the smile on her face was so dazzling.
He began to feel sorry for the man in front of him. He walked up to him and slowly said,
"Mr. Mu, give up. She's not worth it. She betrayed you and is with another man. Maybe she doesn't have you in her heart at all. What 'wait for her', it must be just a lie to deceive you."
"Shut up."
"Mr. Mu, you saw it with your own eyes. Why don't you believe it!"
"Shut up! I told you to shut up!"
Mu Yijie grabbed his collar and shouted. His throat was already hoarse and his face was a bit pale. He could feel the wetness on his collar. He was momentarily stunned on the spot.
He knew that no matter how difficult Mu Yijie's life had been in the past two years, he had still managed to get through it. On the most difficult nights, he always looked at the photos, videos, and listened to the voices of Yong Shanling and walked forward step by step.
But now this man was collapsing because of this woman again and shed tears for her. In the past, he was such a proud and self - respecting man, but now he was reduced to this state because of a woman.
He didn't understand why Yong Shanling left silently. Why could she just abandon her love for Mu Yijie and forget so completely.
Mu Yijie pushed him away and walked forward. Each step made people's hearts skip a beat. Just when he was about to fall, he still managed to hold on and move forward. His back made people feel even more sorry for him.