172: Chapter 172: The feeling of Heartbreak 172: Chapter 172: The feeling of Heartbreak Every day, Leng Le would occasionally exchange ssages with Gu Fan, keen on attaining precise knowledge of his movents.
Once Lin Xi returned to seek Gu Fan, she could possibly trace Lin Xi.
However, two hours had passed already, and Leng Le had not received a single text from Gu Fan.
Even when she had initiated a ssage, it seed to have sunk into a sea of stones, without any response, an experience she had never encountered before.
Intuition told Leng Le that sothing must have happened on Gu Fan’s side.
She hurriedly activated the surveillance system.
She had installed a pinhole cara in Gu Fan’s house long ago, and it now ca in handy.
However, to Leng Le’s disappointnt, just like before, all the signals had disappeared, and she could not see the situation inside Gu Fan’s house at all.
At this mont, both Gu Fan and Lu Yi were astoundingly flabbergasted as Lin Xi, utterly nonchalant towards their expressions, walked out of the kitchen carrying a plate of food.
She naturally placed the dish on the table and said, “What’s the matter?
Surprised to see after such a long ti?”
Gu Fan was at a loss for words.
The Lin Xi before him had undergone stark changes in eyes and aura, rendering her completely different from the Lin Xi they once knew.
It seed that although Lin Xi had returned, however…
Lu Yi then forced a few chuckles, “Beautiful Lin, you’re finally back.
We’ve been hoping for your return.
We missed you intensely.”
“I’m sorry, I’ve been a little busy lately, and I made you worry,” Lin Xi responded indifferently, exuding an imposing aura that intimidated Gu Fan and Lu Yi.
Gu Fan hesitated for a mont before asking, “Did you co here to see us?”
“Of course, I ca to see you, because I entrusted sothing important to you.” Finished speaking, Lin Xi took a small box out of her pocket – the very object she had asked Gu Fan to keep for her when she was in Qianye Country.
Upon seeing this, Gu Fan felt a wave of disappointnt.
It turns out Lin Xi ca back for this small box.
Lu Yi laughed, filled with reverence, “How should we address you now, Beautiful Lin?
Do we have to call you the Empress?”
In response, Lin Xi shook her head, “Definitely not, being the Empress in my past life was enough.
Now I just want to lead a normal life.
You can simply regard as your classmate.
How we used to interact, let’s keep it that way.”
“Really?
That’s amazing!” With an ecstatic expression, Lu Yi quickly said, “Lin Xi, do you rember when we set off to find Qianye Country, and you borrowed two hundred bucks from ?
Considering we’re classmates, I won’t charge interest, but can you pay back?”
Hearing this, Lin Xi’s eyes narrowed and she crossed her arms, exuding power.
Suddenly, the dish she had just cooked burst into flas without reason and turned into ashes.
“This…” Lu Yi swallowed, and forced an awkward smile, “Actually, I don’t care much about money.
What I care about is friendship.
Friendship among classmates triumphs over everything.
Lin Xi, I have always prioritized our friendship, making the two hundred bucks nothing to worry about.
I don’t need it anymore, let it serve as a testant to our friendship.”
Lin Xi nodded approvingly, which eased Lu Yi’s anxieties.
What happened just now was really frightening.
It felt like if he wasn’t careful with his responses, he would be incinerated into ashes like the dish.
But Gu Fan remained silent, his gaze fixed on Lin Xi, scrutinizing her imposing eyes, as if he was demanding an explanation.
Lin Xi did not et Gu Fan’s gaze, more like avoiding it, rendering the atmosphere sowhat awkward.
After a while, Gu Fan finally said, “Lu Yi, could you give us a mont?
I have sothing to speak about with Lin Xi alone.”
“Sure, I don’t want to intrude on your conversation.” Saying this, and sensing the increasingly tense atmosphere, Lu Yi hurriedly made a quick exit.
At the sa ti, he silently prayed for Gu Fan.
He cautioned him to control himself, because he could not afford to provoke Lin Xi in her current state.
When only Gu Fan and Lin Xi were left, Gu Fan continued to stare at Lin Xi and said gravely, “Where have you been all this ti?”
“There are things that I cannot tell you.
You can ask a different question,” Lin Xi replied nonchalantly.
This rejection stirred up emotions in Gu Fan’s heart.
This was definitely not the Lin Xi they knew; she wouldn’t have addressed matters in such a manner.
Gu Fan asked another question, “During this ti, I’ve sent so many ssages and made so many calls.
Did you see them all?”
Lin Xi simply nodded, “I always have my phone with , I saw them all.”
“Why didn’t you respond to ?” Gu Fan’s question was full of irritation.
His counterpart clearly knew how worried he was, yet didn’t bother to respond to a single call or ssage.
It was heartless, to say the least.
Lin Xi didn’t answer.
Her indifferent expression suggested a lack of interest in the question, causing a chill to fall over Gu Fan’s heart.
Gu Fan wanted to give up, but there were still so many questions in his heart.
He continued, “When did you beco like this, or, were you like this from the beginning?”
Lin Xi sighed, “I wasn’t like this from the beginning.
When you t , I was just as you knew , no pretenses.
But during our trip, I visited a secret chamber on the old hill town.
The ritual was halfway through.
After that, I started having strange dreams every night, random fragnts of mories would pop up in my mind.
Eventually, I realized that they were mories of my past life.”
Gu Fan furrowed his brows, “So, after our trip, mories of your past life started to erge bit by bit, and you also began to change bit by bit.”
“You can say that, but also not,” Lin Xi said with a bitter smile, shaking her head.
“One by one, our classmates started to disappear, and mories from my past life increased day by day.
But these mories were fragnted and incomplete.
They intrigued , but I was still myself back then.
However, when Yang Xinran disappeared, a lot more mories from my past life returned, and that’s when I started to change.”
“So, all along, you knew who was behind all of this.
But you chose to stay silent, pretend that you know nothing, stay by my side, and watched exert all my effort for you, risking my life for you in dangerous lands, all to benefit yourself in the end.” Gu Fan chuckled bitterly.
“I never entered the secret chamber, I would never disappear nor be in danger.
But I still fought hard, not because I was concerned about the missing classmates, but because I wanted to protect you.
But you were never in any danger from the start.
I suddenly feel foolish, everything I’ve done was futile.”
Lin Xi said nothing, watching Gu Fan’s heartache with an indifferent gaze.
“I thank you for doing so much for , really, I do.”
“I don’t need your gratitude.” Gu Fan’s expression beca even colder.
At that mont, his heart seed to have sunk to rock bottom, with his remaining hope for Lin Xi shattered.
“Gu Fan, you’re a good person.
I know that my actions hurt you, but I can only do so.
When the mories of my past life returned, I wasn’t the old Lin Xi anymore, I could only proceed with what I was supposed to do.” Lin Xi chuckled bitterly and sighed deeply.
“I know I owe you.
If there’s a chance, I’ll make it up to you.”
“No need.
I’m doing well now.”, Gu Fan said stubbornly, his gaze was even colder than Lin Xi’s
Lin Xi continued, “Actually, back in the desert, I had already recovered most of my mories of my past life.
I realized my true identity and that all of these were caused by Du Jun.
I was involved, I also thought about telling you everything, but I knew you would stop from confronting Du Jun.”
Gu Fan nodded, “You’re right.
Once I knew the truth, I would definitely stop you.
So from your point of view, it’s correct not to tell .”
“Do you have any other questions?” Lin Xi asked indifferently.
After speaking to such extent, she no longer seed to care about Gu Fan’s feelings.
Gu Fan added, “I thought you regained the mories of your past life when we were in the underground tomb.
I didn’t expect you had already regained the mories, only to hide among us.”
“If you have no other questions…” Lin Xi was looking impatient and appeared ready to leave.
Gu Fan nodded, “Thank you for taking the ti to tell all of this today.
Thank you.
Let’s end it.”
“Yes, it’s a good end.” Having uttered that sentence, Lin Xi moved past Gu Fan, step by step, walking away.
Gu Fan didn’t turn around, his heart breaking with each step that she took away from him.
He didn’t glance back at her.
His tears welled up in his eyes, and he clenched his teeth hard, speaking firmly, “I liked the old Lin Xi a lot, I know you’re not her anymore, but I hope you wouldn’t erase every trace of the old Lin Xi ever existed on this earth.”
“How could I possibly erase my own traces from this world.” Lin Xi opened the door, about to step out, but she took one last glance back, “People change, even you.
Let alone the person you love.” With that, Lin Xi left.
Gu Fan stood still, Lin Xi’s words echoed in his mind.
His thoughts were a blur and his instincts told him to chase after her.
At that mont, Lu Yi rushed in, “What happened?
I saw Lin Xi leaving with a gloomy face.
Did you two have a fight?”
“No, we just ended everything.” Gu Fan chuckled bitterly.
There was no sense of relief, only a sense of weariness that ca from deep within.
Seeing Gu Fan in this state, Lu Yi knew that Gu Fan was deeply hurt.
There’s a saying that the person who can hurt you the most is often the one you love the most.
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