Gu Li didn't sleep all night. He watched her until dawn because he knew the woman in front of him would soon disappear. He wrapped his arm around her waist and held her tightly.
Suddenly, her scent filled his senses. Nan Min once asked him, "Why did you let her go?"
He didn't answer, but seeing her like this today, he suddenly found an answer. Letting go was the right way. As long as she could remember him, perhaps he could be content.
He gently kissed her eyes. Suddenly, her eyelashes fluttered, and Yong Shanling opened her eyes sleepily. Looking at the man in front of her, the two of them fell silent for a while, just staring at each other as if time had stopped at that moment.
She reached out and hugged Gu Li, snuggling into his arms. She had so many things to say, questions to ask, and answers to seek, but she didn't know why, the moment she looked into his eyes, all she wanted to do was hold him.
Gu Li slowly reached out and hugged her back, whispering in her ear, "Speak. What do you want to know?"
The person in his arms didn't say a word. She was silent for a while and then shook her head. "I don't need to know anything. I only know that the person I love now is you."
"Do you still remember all the things you did for me in the past two years, all the kindness you showed me, taking me traveling and having fun everywhere, and preparing surprises for me... You said you would propose to me next year."
She looked up at Gu Li with a smile, but there were tears in her eyes. A tear quietly slipped from the corner of Gu Li's eye. He averted his gaze. He didn't dare to look. If he did, he might not be able to let go, and he... didn't want to see her in pain anymore.
"I'll tell you everything you ask. No more secrets. Let's get up first."
After saying that, Gu Li let go of her, got up, and walked out of the room. She felt the cold air fill her arms all of a sudden, as if she had lost something in her hands.
Tears fell one by one. She wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and was a bit stunned looking at the tears on her hand. "Why is she crying... Who exactly is she crying for?"
Now she was a bit confused about her own emotions. She walked into the bathroom listlessly, like a soulless person. Looking at herself in the mirror, a sense of strangeness washed over her again.
"Hey... Qingsui, who exactly am I? Who should I trust?"
She leaned against the wall, looking at herself in the mirror, and slightly averted her gaze.
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"
"But I still can't figure it out. If I give up the other path, will I regret it..."
"No matter which path you give up, you'll regret it. So just walk the path in front of you well."
"Why in my memories with Li, Mu Yijie said those were his memories with me? I really don't know who to trust... That evidence fills my mind, making me too afraid to doubt."
"But you still didn't question Gu Li, right? Because you don't want to lose him, right?"
Qingsui looked at the girl in front of her and suddenly smiled. Love was indeed a poison. Wasn't she just the same as this girl back then...
Listening to Qingsui's words, she finally seemed to have made up her mind. "Yeah, I'll just walk the path in front of me well."
"Sister, do you really think this is okay? Is that really what you think in your heart..."
Qingyuan looked at Qingsui with a pitiful look in her eyes. Qingsui gently waved her fan, looking at the girl in front of her.
"Do you think she'll be happy if she goes back to Mu Yijie now?"
"As long as Gu Li returns her memories, won't everything be the same as before?"
Qingsui shook her head and looked at her with a smile.
"You don't understand. If Gu Li returns her memories now, she'll have two sets of the same memories. She might confuse Mu Yijie and Gu Li. No one wants the woman in their arms to call out another man's name one day, right? Moreover... Yong Shanling and Gu Li have been together for two years. Who knows if there's any change in her heart."
"They're all playing a game, making the most dangerous bet."
Hearing her words, Qingyuan was at a loss for words for a moment. At this time, Yong Shanling had already left the room.
She walked through the forest and came to the side of the lake. She sat on the bench beside it and let her mind go blank for a while. The clear water and the bright lake bottom with a few darting fish made her a bit dazed.
"Nan Min, can you come out and talk to me?"
After a while, there was no movement behind her. She turned around and smiled at the side. "I know you've been following and protecting me. So can you listen to me talk about some things?"
Nan Min stood at the side, looking at the smile on her face. The sun shone through the branches and leaves, gently sprinkling on the ground. Little halos fell on her face, and he was a bit stunned. How long had it been since he had looked at her properly? Most of the time, he had only seen her back.
His body reacted before his mind. When he came to his senses, he was already sitting beside her. She looked at the man beside her from time to time. Nan Min sighed when he felt the intense gaze from the side and then spoke.
"What's up?"
"I want to ask about my past. Do you know Mu Yijie?"
"Don't know."
Hearing his answer, she was a bit disappointed, but she quickly calmed down.
"Then how long do you think I've been with Li?"
Hearing her question, he felt a bit bitter. "A long time. You've been together for a long time, longer than a lifetime, more than two lifetimes..."
But he didn't say the rest. Looking at her face, he even felt a bit reluctant to part. He slowly opened his mouth.
"For a few years... I've forgotten. Who would keep track of you all the time?"
Yong Shanling leaned back on the bench, let out a long sigh, closed her eyes, and just stayed there quietly. Nan Min looked at her face, and his hand just reached out involuntarily.
By the time he realized it, his hand had already landed on her face. But her reaction wasn't as intense as he had imagined.
However, there was a look of apology in her eyes. His hand froze in mid - air all of a sudden. She looked at the smile on his lips, not knowing if it was a bitter one.
"Nan Min... I'm sorry. I already have Li. I don't know how to respond to your feelings... I just simply think you and I are just friends..."
"Yeah, just friends. So you'd better think about the things in front of you."
After saying that, Nan Min disappeared. He didn't want to listen anymore because listening further would only confirm what was already in his heart...
She watched him leave. Suddenly, there were even more troubles in her mind. Just as she was about to get up and leave, a familiar voice came into her ears.
"Yong Shanling."
She turned around in surprise. "Ye Sen? Why are you here?"
She seemed to remember something. "Qingsui, do you want to..."
"No. You two can talk."