Chapter 63

  After dinner, Liao Shi took out a bowl and plate first, leaving them alone to talk.

  The room was very quiet, and for a moment no one spoke. There were many things to ask, but when the time came to ask them, it turned out that there were actually very few things that could be said, especially now with so many variables.

  He Xiang sat on a chair, carefully massaging his left hand, watching as his five fingers involuntarily curled up and lost consciousness.

  "Have you been living here all these years?" Gu Wei broke the silence. "Always with Liao Shi together?"

  Liao Shi is his senior, they focus on Western medicine and Chinese medicine respectively, both have good development in their own understanding, and often exchange new treatment techniques, so the relationship is very good.

  "Uh-huh."

  "How was your trip?"

  "It's fine, he takes good care of me."

  "Why don't you go back?" For a moment, Gu Wei started to resent He Sheng a little. She wasn't stuck in this place because she was unable to move, on the contrary, she was very comfortable here. If so, why not return to where she originally belonged? Did she know that someone would be desperate about it?

  He Shuang pursed his lips, and his expression was tinged with a faint sadness due to the memories, "I've been back."

  Gu Wei was taken aback, and then his eyes widened in shock.

  He Sheng still stared at his fingers, his voice flat, "It's just that no one is left in the places I used to live."

  Yes, Yuan Zhi moved away from that place after learning of He Sheng's death, so there is no one there.

  "I don't know where to find him, his phone is unreachable, and there's no one at home, so I can only come back here."

  So it's not He Sheng's problem, and Yuan Zhi didn't do anything wrong either. What exactly went wrong?

  "He didn't move away on purpose." Gu Wei wiped his face, "Otherwise everyone would have thought you were dead. Yuan Zhi's condition wasn't good either, so they changed their residence. In the first year, Yuan Zhi didn't say a word, it was as if he had become an idiot."

  He Shuang's finger trembled slightly as he looked at him, "Dead? Why would there be such a misunderstanding?"

  "After the car accident, your belongings and death certificate were sent over quickly, so we all thought you were gone."

  Originally, when she thought her world would no longer have Yuan Zhi, the other party had already excluded her, this way... is also pretty good.

  He nodded and said with a bitter tone: "He must have been very sad at that time, fortunately he got over it."

  As for the death certificate, it should be Yuan Zhongyang's doing. This man must have been very disgusted with her to use such a trick. Fortunately, their lives will no longer intersect from now on, and Yuan Zhi should also be able to live much more easily.

  Gu Wei thought it was more than just sadness, but a despair that was even harder to accept than death. "What are you going to do now?"

  What now? He Sheng was dazed for a moment. Three years, a long time or a short time, it's enough to change many things. She didn't want to change the status quo, life is too tiring, every change makes people exhausted. I think Yuan Zhi should be the same, that beautiful youth of hers had been too hard.

  She smiled faintly, that fleeting smile, seemingly calm, yet sorrowful as if it was going to be suffocated and buried in the mud.

  "What about Yuan Zhi's current situation?"

  Yuan Zhi...... Now, Yuan Zhi has a Lin Ke by his side. He has been reborn and everything is going well for him in terms of career and relationships. Just the other day, He Shou Si suspected that Yuan Zhi might care more about Lin Ke than this quiet woman in front of him. How can he express this reality?

  He knew that He Sheng had a great influence on Yuan Zhi, even now, but after a certain premise, would this influence be greatly discounted?

  What choice will Yuan Zhi make? Is it possible for him to be in a dilemma?

  He hesitated for a moment before asking another question, "Are you ready to go back?"

  He Sheng almost shook his head without hesitation, "No, Liao Shi is here!"

  From the moment Gu Wei couldn't answer that question, He Song understood that the outcome had already been decided and there was no need to try to change it.

  And what she said is also the truth, because Liao Shi is the one who has been with her through the most difficult times of her life, helping her to live a peaceful life, and now still her boyfriend, taking care of her, caring for her, meticulous and considerate, someone she cannot casually abandon or betray. Since agreeing to be with Liao Shi, all her future plans have been based on this person, no one else, including Yuan Zhi.

  Gu Wei left the next day, and Liao Shi only asked He Sheng one question, "Are you ready to go back?"

  He didn't forget the longing for home that He Shuang had at first, the people and things there made her miss it for a whole year, but later because of misunderstandings she didn't go back, now that she has the chance, will she go or not?

  The weather wasn't very good today, the low-pressure cloud layer gave people a suffocating feeling.

  Liao Shi stood in front of the sink washing his hands, with a rich lather that was washed extra carefully.

  He Sheng stood aside with a towel in hand, listening to the gentle sound of water, and stole a glance at Liao Shi, whose face was expressionless.

  She pursed her lips and said softly after a long while: "I won't leave!"

  "What's next?"

  "Not going either!"

  "What if someone from three years ago came looking for you?" Liao turned off the faucet, turned around, and shook off the water droplets on his hands. This time, he didn't wait for her response and said directly: "You're not allowed to go with them either, okay? Can you do that?"

  He Sheng handed him a towel and nodded after a while, "Can."

  Liao Shi took the towel and threw it directly on the ground, then pulled He Sheng into his arms and hugged him tightly.

  His face still didn't show any expression, even though He Song had already given him a guarantee. He couldn't feel at ease for some reason, and he was worried or fearful that he would lose his grip on He Song, and the other person would suddenly disappear without him realizing it.

  Liao Shi is not a person who easily reveals his emotions, nor is he someone who easily opens up to others. In the past twenty years or so, there hasn't been anyone that he has truly let in, except for He Sheng. This is a result of their long-term interactions and is therefore all the more precious to him. He doesn't think that one day, if he were to lose He Sheng, he would be able to find another person who could make him feel this way, to the point where even just imagining her leaving fills him with fear.

  He himself has this realization, and Gu Wei also has some understanding of it. Therefore, the news about finding He Sheng becomes more tangled in whether to inform Yuan Zhi or not, because once the news is exposed, it will inevitably hurt this man more or less.

  He Sheng and Yuan Zhi, who have been apart for three years, both have their own concerns. Too many entanglements make things more complicated.

  Don't you know? Gu Wei can't do it, but can he say everything out loud? What consequences will they have to bear?

  After being annoyed for several days, Gu Wei felt that he shouldn't be the only one to suffer so much. So on a sunny day, he called He Shou Si to a tea house.

  After all these years, He Shou Si is still the restless person he has always been. So when he was brought to a tea house, he felt quite bored and thought to himself: "Can't I just go to nightclubs, bars, or dance halls like other rich kids?" But his mother had never really sat down and properly drunk this kind of literary gathering's tea.

  Two people sat face to face on the tatami, warm sunlight outside fell on them, He Shouci fiddled with the small ceramic cup in front of him, his interest was lukewarm.

  "We've been sitting for several minutes, what the hell is going on, give me a straight answer, I still need to go back to sleep!" He slept until dawn, it's not even five hours since then, he's exhausted.

  Gu Wei glanced at the dark circles under his eyes and unexpectedly fell silent for a long time before furrowing his brow and asking, "What do you think about He Song's situation?"

  "It's so early in the morning and you're asking this?!" He scratched his hair, "So many years have passed and you're still asking this question. If you don't have anything else to ask, I'll leave first."

  Having said that, he stood up.

  Gu Wei didn't stop him and said in a low voice, "He Song hasn't died."

  He Shouji's footsteps came to an abrupt halt, and he turned around with a crazed look in his eyes, bellowing in a terrible tone, "Are you out of your mind? Stop making such ridiculous jokes!"

  Gu Wei's eyes were calm as he stared back at him, "No joke, really, I saw her!"

  His listless expression suddenly lifted at a visible speed, he slowly opened his eyes wide and turned back to jump onto the tatami again, excitedly saying: "Really? Where did you see her? Why didn't you follow her back together? How is she now?"

  Tiny dust particles under the light float around more quickly due to his movements.

  Gu Wei picked up his cup and took a sip of water, "The place I went on business is not far from here."

  "Not far, then why doesn't she come back?"

  "Returned, but Yuan Zhi wasn't moved away? So didn't find anyone."

  "Ah!" He Shouci sat cross-legged, "What a pity! When is she planning to come back now?" His tone was unusually matter-of-fact.

  "Do you think she can come back?"

  He Shou raised an eyebrow, "What's with the way you're talking? What makes you think she can't come back? The He family is right here, where else would she go?"

  "Isn't Lin Ke still around?" Gu Wei put down his cup, "You said last time that Yuan Zhi's concern for Lin Ke was no less than his concern for He Shuang."

  He Shou raised his hand, "No need to discuss, He Song must come back. Does Yuan Zhi dare not want He Song to try?" He slowed down his tone, "Yuan Zhi can't abandon He Song."

  Soft music played indoors, accompanied by the fragrance of tea, flowing slowly. However, Gu Wei felt inexplicably annoyed. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, then tossed one to He Shou Si.

  After taking a few deep breaths, he rubbed his forehead and said, "He Song may not be willing to come back now."

  He Shouci was excited at this time because of the news that He Sheng was still alive, and he playfully puffed out a few smoke rings with his eyes gleaming mischievously: "Why?"

  Gu Wei glanced at him and said, "He Song has been living with others for the past three years, she might have adapted to life over there."

  "What does that mean?" He pinched his cigarette and didn't smoke anymore, raised an eyebrow and said seriously: "Does Little He Sheng have someone outside?"

  "It can be said that she had undergone surgery herself, and after the car accident, her body was naturally more damaged. She lived with a friend of mine, and in recent years, she has been taken care of by him."

  He Shou scolded a sentence, but thinking of Yuan Zhi's grandson, He Sheng had someone by his side, and it was normal. Moreover, turning around to think that if there was no one, He Sheng might not have survived, so they couldn't blame others, but should be grateful to others instead.

  Gu Wei lit another cigarette and said, "There's something else. Who was it that started the rumor about He Song faking his own death? The man is clearly alive and well, yet this happened."

  If it wasn't wrong from the start, how could there be so many things now?

  "This doesn't need to be investigated!" He Guanshu pressed out the cigarette butt and closed his tired eyes, saying: "It must be Yuan Zhi's father who is behind this. It was this old man who forcibly separated them in the first place, and he has the ability to get people from that side to forge evidence."

  Gu Wei had heard that the father and son of the Yuan family were not on good terms, but he didn't expect them to do something so despicable, and for a moment, he found it hard to accept.

  After a while, He Shouci blinked and said in a deep voice: "He Song's matter must be told to Yuan Zhi. There is no room for discussion on this point. Now that the two are fine, his father can't bear to do anything to them anymore!"

  "Will it be all right?" Gu Wei asked back.

  "That's not for me to worry about."

  Gu Weisi thought to himself, "If things continue like this..."

  He Shou interrupted him neatly, "Don't even think about it. For example, if one day Yuan Shuyun was still alive but deliberately kept it from you, how would you feel?"

  Gu Wei glanced at him and truly envied He Shou Si's simplicity.

  "This is a vivid metaphor." He leaned back, his face somewhat pale, "You go and tell him!"

  The author has something to say: The reunion is a bit cruel, but it's just barely passable. Since we've all survived the previous ones, this one shouldn't be a problem either. You guys don't have to be so tense, reading your comments is making me tense too! : Pit new l3l4