Su Zhaozhao saw a hint of vigilance in Gu Qingran’s eyes.
It was the look of someone whose coveted prize was about to be snatched away.
’She’s finally starting to suspect me.’
"I’m here to see my fiancé," Su Zhaozhao told Gu Qingran.
"You’re looking for him?" Gu Qingran frowned. "Didn’t you break off the engagement?"
’How strange. This is different from what I remember. Could Su Zhaozhao have been reborn, too?’
’Why now of all times?’
"I didn’t break off the engagement with him." Su Zhaozhao feigned surprise, her brow furrowing. "How did you hear about that? Have we met before?"
Su Zhaozhao’s question made the color drain from Gu Qingran’s face.
’How could she explain that she knew Xie Huaizhen?’
’They weren’t even from the same hometown.’
"I just heard it from someone. It was just a rumor," Gu Qingran said.
"Well, you heard wrong. We’re on very good terms."
’We’re about to get our marriage certificate. How could we not be?’
But she kept that last part to herself.
Hearing Su Zhaozhao’s words, Gu Qingran’s face went pale.
Su Zhaozhao paid her no more mind and turned to go upstairs.
Gu Qingran stood frozen on the spot. As Su Zhaozhao’s words sank in, the hand at her side clenched into a fist.
’Why is it like this? The way things are now is completely different from my past life.’
’But she felt that Su Zhaozhao was completely unworthy of Xie Huaizhen.’
’She must be like me, reborn. She must have found out that the Xie Huaizhen from our past life would become a powerful figure, so she went to all this trouble to get close to him again.’
’But how could such a wicked person be worthy of a god-like man?’
’A man like that should be with a kind and ambitious girl like me.’
Aside from her good looks, Su Zhaozhao was useless. She had no diploma, no skills, and no ambition. All she wanted was to marry a rich man.
’How could such a materialistic woman be allowed to taint a man so pure and noble?’
Gu Qingran gritted her teeth. ’No, I have to let Xie Huaizhen know Su Zhaozhao’s true colors.’
When Su Zhaozhao returned upstairs, she saw Huang Jiqin standing on the balcony next to the staircase.
Seeing Su Zhaozhao, Huang Jiqin smiled and greeted her.
"Zhaozhao, how was your day? Did everything go smoothly?"
Huang Jiqin’s smile was exceptionally gentle, and her gaze was filled with concern.
She always reminded Su Zhaozhao of her own mother.
It was a shame her parents wouldn’t be able to see her get married.
Having been inexplicably brought to this world, she sometimes missed her family. ’I wonder if they’ll worry about me now that I’m gone?’
But based on the dream she’d had before, it seemed time flowed differently in her original world.
She had seen messages on her phone from just a moment after she had transmigrated.
’So, if I can return to my original world, there probably won’t be a huge time gap, right?’
’It would be great if the two worlds were connected.’
’Xie Huaizheng could visit my world and meet my parents and friends.’
Faced with Huang Jiqin’s gentle expression, Su Zhaozhao smiled. "It went very smoothly. We even took some wedding photos."
"Oh, if I had known, I would have gone to see!" Huang Jiqin said with a hint of regret. "Zhaozhao, you must look beautiful in a wedding dress."
’This girl isn’t just pretty; she has a wonderful temperament, too. An air that’s both lively and classically graceful.’
’Even when compared to the girls from their circle in Beijing, Su Zhaozhao would absolutely hold her own.’
Huang Jiqin had heard from Xie Huaizheng that Su Zhaozhao only had a middle school education, but this was not a girl to be underestimated.
"They’re alright. I’ll show you when the photos are developed tomorrow."
"Okay, you should go get some sleep first. After you wake up, I’ll tell you about Huai Zheng. He probably hasn’t told you much about his past, has he?" Huang Jiqin said with a smile.
"He hasn’t." Hearing Huang Jiqin say this piqued Su Zhaozhao’s curiosity.
The novel hadn’t mentioned much about the male lead’s past either. Most of the time, his backstory focused on the hardships after his family’s accident; his earlier life was barely mentioned at all.
Perhaps because things had been smooth sailing before then, there wasn’t much worth recounting.
"How about we talk now?"
"You were up so early. Aren’t you going to rest?"
"I’m fine," Su Zhaozhao said with a smile.
An hour later, Su Zhaozhao was lying in bed, an unconscious smile gracing her lips.
’I never expected Xie Huaizheng’s past to be so interesting.’
She had long known his personality was roguish and untamed. Although he was a soldier, he acted very casually when he wasn’t on base.
But she never thought that before he became a soldier, he had been so formidable—a real little hellion.
’It’s quite interesting, though.’
’His personality is different from the man in the novel I read, but doesn’t that make this Xie Huaizheng more special?’
The male lead in the novel was fine, but his personality was too much like a stereotypical hero—impeccably righteous, which made him a little less fun.
Su Zhaozhao’s thoughts grew hazy, and she finally fell asleep.
Meanwhile, after leaving the guesthouse, Gu Qingran first went to find Lin Shumo for a meal.
After they finished eating, she asked Lin Shumo, "What’s the deal with that Su Zhaozhao? I’ve run into her twice now."
"She’s from Jiang City. She came here to find her fiancé. I hear they’re getting married."
As Lin Shumo said this, his spirits dipped slightly, but he hid it so well that Gu Qingran didn’t notice.
She was just shocked by his words. ’What? Su Zhaozhao is actually going to marry Xie Huaizhen??’
’Xie Huaizhen just agreed to it?’
’He must not know that woman’s true colors yet, right?’
Gu Qingran had come here specifically to find Xie Huaizhen. She hadn’t even seen him yet, and now he was going to marry Su Zhaozhao?!
The thought made Gu Qingran’s anger boil over.
After a hasty farewell to Lin Shumo, she rushed toward the military base.
She had to see Xie Huaizhen. She had to tell him not to be with Su Zhaozhao.
Outsiders weren’t allowed to enter the military base freely, so Gu Qingran could only stand outside. She spoke to the soldier on duty at the gate, "Officer, I’m looking for Xie Huaizhen. Is he here?"
"What is your relationship to him?"
The question caught Gu Qingran off guard.
She currently had no relationship with Xie Huaizhen. But she had come here precisely in the hopes of establishing one.
The soldier had seen plenty of people come and go. Seeing Gu Qingran hesitate for just a moment, he frowned and said, "This is a restricted military area. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed inside."
’And she wants to meet one of our officers?’
’As if we’d let someone in just because they know a name.’
"I know him! I... I’m his fiancée," Gu Qingran said hurriedly.
But the soldier had already recognized that Gu Qingran was lying and sent her away.
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