Ye Sen looked at her with a somewhat solemn expression. "What on earth is wrong with you? I've never seen Mu Yijie like that before."
Hearing his words, she felt a slight twinge of annoyance. "Why do you guys keep talking about Mu Yijie every day?"
"Does the world stop turning for him just because I left? To be honest, he should just give up. He knows that pestering me is useless. What's the point of his act of playing the victim? Do you think I'll take him back because of that?"
"There must be a reason for me to leave him. Do you think I'd leave if there weren't any problems at all?"
As she said these words, she felt numb, for these lines had been repeating in her mind over and over again. She was like a machine, mindlessly repeating them.
Ye Sen was also greatly surprised by her words, and more than that, he couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe that a woman who used to love Mu Yijie so deeply could say such things and even fall in love with someone else.
"Now that you've got the answers you wanted, you can leave."
She turned around, but for a moment, she couldn't bring herself to move. Finally, she closed her eyes and said firmly.
"From now on... don't ever show up in my life again. Tell him, and tell all of you..."
"Okay."
Ye Sen looked at her determined back, knowing that there was no way to change her mind. Then he left the lakeside. She watched as the space behind her was now empty, then she walked over and slumped onto a bench.
She gasped for air, as if she had just gotten her first breath of oxygen. She felt her wildly beating heart and just stared at the sky, unable to say a word. Her eyes gently closed, and suddenly she found herself in a different place.
"A hotel? This hotel looks so familiar."
Then she remembered something and pushed the door open with a smile. "Isn't this the place where I met Li?"
When she saw the person in front of her, her smile froze on her face. She took a few steps back in disbelief. Mu Yijie was walking towards her direction and then passed by her.
She turned around in surprise. Then Mu Yijie opened the door, and she saw herself standing at the door, smiling at him.
She watched as Mu Yijie glanced casually at the "her" at the door and said indifferently.
"You can leave." Then he was about to close the door.
"Hey hey hey! Don't do this!" She quickly took a few steps forward and blocked the door with her body, looking at him pitifully.
"Mr. Song sent me here. If I just leave like this, Mr. Song will be unhappy, and the manager will scold me to death!"
She was stunned for a moment. What was this... Why didn't she remember such a thing? Clearly, the girl at the door was herself. She leaned against the wall and looked at the two people in front of her in surprise.
"... I'll tell your manager not to give you any trouble. Just leave quickly. How can a kid like you do this kind of job?" Mu Yijie rarely said so many words.
"I'm already an adult!" The baby face was a pain in Yong Shanling's heart. She was always asked if she was a junior high school student when she went out. She was already eighteen years old, okay?
Hearing this, her heart suddenly skipped a beat. She knew that Li often teased her like this, but what was this now?
Mu Yijie gave her a skeptical look. Probably not believing her words, he stubbornly refused again. "I won't short you the money. Is that okay?"
Yong Shanling glanced at the bedroom blocked by Mu Yijie. The target was right in front of her eyes, but this man was such a stick - in - the - mud and just wouldn't let her in!
"I... I'm just dedicated to my job, okay? I can't be lazy about my work! You must let me in today!"
"Unreasonable."
She quickly stepped forward, only to find that she couldn't grab anyone. She looked at herself anxiously.
"Who on earth are you? Tell me quickly! What's the relationship between Mu Yijie and me after all?"
Seeing that there was no response from "her", she turned to look at Mu Yijie, but the two of them couldn't see her at all and continued their conversation.
Suddenly, she shouted, "Dad! Don't you want me anymore?!"
Mu Yijie's face turned completely black. Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that the man next door, who was probably going down to the first floor to have fun, was standing at the door, staring at them in stunned silence, looking stupid and ridiculous.
His expression was as if he could eat someone. He wanted to pull Yong Shanling away, but the seemingly frail girl clung to him like an octopus and refused to let go, while fake - crying "Dad" loudly.
Then the scene changed again. It was at a ball. In the sea of people, she felt a bit lost for a moment. She walked towards the center and saw another man dancing with herself in his arms.
And Mu Yijie was also dancing with another girl beside them. During a transition of the melody, suddenly the man dancing with her and Mu Yijie both threw the women in their arms out at the same time, and then they landed in the arms of their respective partners.
She saw the expression on "her" face, which was a mix of happiness, depression, but mostly full of joy. Everyone was dancing along with the music, but she was standing alone in the middle. The smile on "her" face seemed so glaring to her.
She suddenly didn't want to watch anymore. She turned around, but the scene changed again. She closed her eyes, but still could see everything. She opened her eyes and shouted hoarsely, "Enough! Enough! Why do you still do this to me?"
"I have nothing to do with him! Why... Why do you still make me see him?"
Her face was already covered with tears. Suddenly, she opened her eyes, and what was in front of her was still the blue sky, the forest, and the lake. She got up and looked at the surrounding scenery and the tears in the corners of her eyes.
She murmured, "So it was just a dream. But why was it so real... Did Mu Yijie really be with me? Has my memory really been changed?"
Originally, she wanted to forget all of this and abandon it all, but her mind was out of her control. She suddenly started running. By the time she wanted to stop, she was in front of the study.
She suddenly wanted to escape. She didn't dare to question and didn't dare to face the answers after the questioning.
But the door of the study suddenly opened. Gu Li glanced at her and then smiled at the report in his hand.
"What's wrong, Ling'er?"
Hearing his call, her restless heart was suddenly soothed. She felt nostalgic. No matter how anxious and irritable she was, whenever she heard his voice, she could always calm down.
She shook her head, walked in, and closed the door. She sat on one side and just looked at Gu Li. Time passed quietly. One hour... two hours...
Gu Li finally looked up at her. The smile on his face made her unable to ask a single question. If she had to say why, she didn't want to hurt Gu Li's heart. Maybe this was why she didn't dare to touch the truth even when it was right in front of her.
"Do you have anything you want to ask?" Gu Li seemed to see her hesitation. There was a hint of reluctance and pain in his eyes.
"Finally... Are you leaving too?"
He walked over and sat down beside her, gently stroking her head. "I've said that I'll tell you everything you want to know. I won't hide anything from you."
Hearing Gu Li's words, she looked up. The tears in her eyes were lingering but didn't fall.