Chapter 452: Chapter 452 She Once Liked Him (1)
This dream, the first half was still the same as in her memory, but in the latter half, there slowly appeared deviations, many fragments, scenes, surged up uncontrollably. These fragments, she had no memory of, yet clearly... they belonged to her memories.
The same scenes, the same people.
However, those fragments flashed by quickly, as if someone pressed a shortcut key, each scene flickered past swiftly. She wanted to grasp these fragments so much, wanted to see clearly what exactly happened, but for some reason, it seemed as if her whole body was tied up, her eyes covered, unable to get close to those fragments. In the dark, some force was stopping her.
Yet she felt that those fragments and images seemed very important to her, extremely important. Her heart was pounding fiercely, another force inside her was urging her, driving her to see those images, to see if she truly had any memories she hadn’t remembered, or if she... still had a part of her memory missing.
She gritted her teeth, struggling desperately, the two forces within her body clashing and resisting each other, as if her whole body was being burned by raging fire, unbearably uncomfortable.
She was unwilling to give up, her teeth biting her lower lip hard, her hands clenched tightly into fists, her brows deeply furrowed, using all her strength to fight back.
Suddenly, her head throbbed with intense pain, like being stabbed by thousands of fine needles piercing her skull ruthlessly. She was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out all over her body, and she couldn’t stop herself from moaning in pain.
Yet amidst this intense pain, she caught up with those fast-forwarding fragments. She endured the pain, reached out and grabbed, and some fragments in her mind slowly began to emerge, to clear up.
...
Under the beautiful starry sky, a handsome boy and a girl lay side by side on the grass, a gentle breeze blowing, and the years were quiet.
The boy’s hand slowly groped and held the girl’s hand.
The girl turned her face, looking at the boy’s handsome face, her beautiful eyes full of tenderness. However, hidden within this tenderness was deep sorrow. She looked at him, her red lips moving slightly, wanting to speak but stopping.
As if there were thousands of words hidden in her heart, yet she was careful, afraid to speak out. Finally, she said softly, "Gu Ningyi, let’s meet by the lake tomorrow; I have something very important to tell you. You must come."
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By the lake.
The girl wore a blue and white dress, beautiful and ethereal. She stood there, both expectant and anxious, occasionally looking up, hoping to see the boy she made a promise with.
As seconds turned into minutes, the boy never showed up.
When she finally heard footsteps behind her and turned around joyfully, it was not him.
She heard that girl sneer at her disdainfully, "Dong Xin Yan, Gu Ningyi will not come."
She also heard her saying, "Don’t overestimate yourself in revealing the truth. Take the money and disappear."
"Don’t think that Gu Ningyi really likes you. The person he likes is me. You’re just a paid stand-in. He knows everything, he finds you disgusting, and he wants you never to appear in front of him again!"
"Dong Xin Yan, disappear!"
In the end, she saw the girl with a distorted face roaring furiously, then she was pushed into the water forcefully. She couldn’t swim and struggled desperately, but still gradually sank. In the moment of despair, through the clear lake water, the girl on the shore, that twisted face, became clear bit by bit—it was Zhou Yalin!
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