"I knew it... He would surely show up..." Right after I finished speaking, I felt my whole body go limp. My head slumped obliquely onto Bai Qi's shoulder, and I lost consciousness.
"Lan Lan, Lan Lan..." In my mind came the worried cries of Gu Yuan and Bai Qi. I so wanted to tell them that I was okay, that I was just so tired and wanted to take a nap.
Alas, I couldn't say a word. My body felt light as a feather, and I had no idea where I was floating to.
"Lan Lan..." A familiar and melodious voice brushed past my ear.
Hearing this voice, tears welled up in my eyes and streamed down uncontrollably.
"Yan Lin, I'm sorry. I failed to protect you." At this moment, I was in the school dormitory.
But there was no sign of Yan Lin.
"The one who should say sorry is me, Lan Lan... It's an honor for me to have a friend like you in my life. Goodbye, my dear bestie."
"Yan Lin... Don't go, please..." I stood in the dormitory, feeling dizzy. The whole dormitory seemed to be spinning around me.
Then my feet shifted, and a strong sense of weightlessness made me suddenly wake up.
I sat up abruptly, gasping for breath. Only then did I realize that I was already home.
Gu Yuan was lying beside me at the moment. One of his hands was holding mine. He didn't even wake up with my big movement. It seemed that he was really exhausted.
I turned my eyes to look at Gu Yuan's face. There were several scratches on his cheek, and the corner of his mouth was broken. The hand holding mine was also injured. It was just casually wrapped with a layer of gauze, and there were still bloodstains on the white cloth.
I frowned slightly and raised my hand to gently stroke his cheek. For me... How much suffering had he endured? Just thinking about it made my heart ache like being pricked by needles.
My action seemed to wake him up. His handsome but slightly pale face moved a little.
Suddenly he opened his eyes. The look in his eyes was tinged with a red and evil light, spreading out like the flames of hell through his pupils.
My heart twitched violently, and I was so scared that I quickly withdrew my hand.
"You're awake?" Gu Yuan's voice was gentle. He raised his hand and ruffled my hair.
I looked up at him again. His eyes, as deep as a cold pool, were so beautiful. There was no trace of evil at all.
I nodded at him. It must be that I was just oversleeping and had misseen.
"Did you fight with Bai Xiangjun?" I leaned my head on Gu Yuan's chest and hugged his waist with both hands.
"What kind of husband would just stand by and watch his wife being taken away by someone else? Fighting him was already being lenient."
He said it so casually, but I knew that in this fight, he might not necessarily have the upper hand.
Suddenly I thought of Bai Qi and the others. I was about to get out of his embrace, but he pressed me back.
"Don't worry. Your little lover is okay. He suffered internal injuries. Bai Ling'er's injury is more serious. She needs to rest for a while. Lan Lan, you're really brave."
Gu Yuan's sudden compliment left me at a loss, not knowing how to reply to him.
"I think it's you who gave me the courage. Gu Yuan, you're really amazing."
Gu Yuan tilted the corner of his mouth slightly but didn't say a word.
"What are you smiling at?"
"I'm wondering which aspect of me you think is amazing?" This guy always got vulgar when talking.
My face blushed all the way to my neck.
...
Later Gu Yuan told me that three days ago, after he fought with Bai Xiangjun, Long Lin suddenly showed up. Before Long Lin could question Bai Xiangjun, he disappeared.
He didn't quite understand this either. He had impersonated Long Lin, but when the real Long Lin appeared, Bai Xiangjun just turned around and left. What was his purpose?
Gu Yuan had analyzed before that this person must have a close relationship with Long Lin. Now I was also sure that Bai Xiangjun must have a special relationship with Long Lin.
So if we wanted to find out Bai Xiangjun's real identity, the breakthrough must be Long Lin.
But there was a problem now. After the full - moon incident last time, Long Lin had cut off contact with us.
He was even on bad terms with Gu Yuan. The two brothers would fight as soon as they met. It was really a headache.
Just when I was at a loss, my phone rang.
The call was from Li Xue. She should have recovered.
"Lan Lan, tomorrow is the day of Yan Lin and Wang Siqi's funeral. Are you going?"
I had always been reluctant to face the word "Yan Lin's funeral" and didn't want to believe the fact that Yan Lin was no longer with us.
But after Li Xue's reminder, my heart suddenly felt empty, as if it had been hollowed out. Whether I wanted to accept it or not, I had to.
"Send me the address. I'll go there tomorrow."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Yuan wrapped me in his arms with one hand and gently patted my shoulder.
"Cry. You'll feel better if you cry it out."
Although he didn't say much, he was indirectly telling me that Yan Lin was really gone and that we couldn't save her.
That sense of helplessness welled up in my heart. I leaned on Gu Yuan's shoulder, letting my tears soak his clothes.
It took me a while to calm down. If Gu Yuan hadn't been by my side at this moment, I really couldn't imagine what I would have become.
...
Early the next morning, I got up early and found a black outfit to put on.
I had made an appointment with Li Xue to attend Yan Lin's funeral this morning.
When I went downstairs, Gu Yuan had already prepared breakfast for me and left a note on the table. He had gone to the clubhouse to handle some business first and would pick me up after the funeral.
I had no appetite at all. I just took a couple of sips of porridge and then went to the school to meet Li Xue and head to the funeral parlor.
Li Xue had recovered quite well. But it seemed that she had forgotten that terrifying experience. I asked her tentatively, and she only remembered that Yan Lin had been in a car accident and Wang Siqi had jumped off a building. She didn't remember anything else.
I thought it must be Gu Yuan who had erased her memory, which was why it was like this.
It was good that she didn't remember. The memory of what happened downstairs in the hospital would surely have become a psychological shadow.
Li Xue and I first entered Yan Lin's mourning hall.
In front of the mourning hall were clusters of yellow and white flowers. In the middle hung an enlarged photo, which I was very familiar with.
I had accompanied Yan Lin to take this ID photo. At that time, she was most satisfied with the smile in this photo. Whenever she needed to attach an ID photo, she would take out this one.
Now it had become her last post - mortem photo.
I knew Yan Lin's parents. When they saw me, they burst into tears.
After bowing three times in front of Yan Lin's memorial tablet, I walked up to the two elders and bowed, asking them to take care of themselves.
Yan Lin's mother looked at me, tears streaming down her face. Her voice choked with sobs as she asked, "Why was our Lin Lin's life so hard? Why did such a good girl get into a car accident? Wuwuwu..."
"Because her bestie has an unlucky star on her, which brought bad luck to your good daughter. That's why she died so miserably."
As soon as this sentence was uttered, everyone on the scene turned their heads to look at the door. I also turned my head in the direction of the voice.
At the door stood a man in black clothes and pants. He was obviously targeting me, but I had never seen this man before.