Chapter 99 - 76: In the Cage

“Berlin,” Ye Mingcheng coughed lightly, “you don’t need to go to the company today either. Liu Yan is a girl all alone here, and the Liu family hasn’t arrived yet, so help her deal with this matter. The legal team, indeed, is the most professional from the Gu family, both you and Xiaogu, give her a hand. As for the company, I’ll go there today, there shouldn’t be any major issues.”

Ye Bolin pursed his lips and nodded.

“Then we’ll head out first. Take good care of Xiaoyan, the poor girl.”

Ye Mingcheng and Du Yaru left hand in hand.

As soon as they stepped out of the villa, they exchanged glances and simultaneously revealed a smile.

This matter,

they had seen everything clearly that morning.

Gu Yan was up before dawn, painstakingly prepared a table full of breakfast, and then made a special trip to the third-floor gym to work out for a good while.

They got up early and had already figured out something was up, so they simply went out for a walk.

Xiaoxiao wasn’t one to sleep in either, and it was highly likely the two would run into each other.

Last night, Xiaoxiao even admitted she was quite interested in a muscleman, and it turned out Gu Yan had the habit of exercising in the morning – isn’t that a match?

“Husband, I think Xiaogu really does like our girl,” Du Yaru said with a smile.

She couldn’t speak for others, but she had watched Gu Yan and Gu Cheng grow up, and both of them were good kids.

Ye Bingtong and Gu Cheng were originally getting along fine, and marrying Gu Cheng, she dared to guarantee, he would do his utmost to make her happy.

But she didn’t cherish it. She insisted on entangling herself with some young blond, so it had to be left to her own devices.

Originally, she thought the marriage arrangement between the two families would be called off just like that.

Unexpectedly,

Gu Yan actually took an interest in Xiaoxiao, and Du Yaru was rather pleased to see it happen.

Ye Mingcheng revealed a smug smile and coughed lightly, “It’s only normal that Gu Yan likes our Xiaoxiao because she is so wonderful. However, from what I see, Xiaoxiao doesn’t have those feelings for him. Whether Gu Yan can get her to say yes is up to his own capabilities.”

A touch of pride still lingered on Ye Mingcheng’s face.

His daughter, Xiaoxiao, was just that charming.

What could he do?

Even if it was Gu Yan, he would have to honestly join the line!

No matter how big the world is, what matters most is who the daughter likes.

“That’s true,” Du Yaru nodded as well.

Having such an outstanding daughter is just beyond help.

In the living room,

the atmosphere was very tense at the moment.

In the vast space, only Ye Bolin and Gu Yan were left.

Ye Bolin narrowed his eyes and went straight to the point, “Gu Yan, what do you mean? Are you interested in Xiaoxiao?”

Gu Yan couldn’t deny it, “Our two families do have a marriage arrangement.”

Ye Bolin sneered, “When you let Gu Cheng and Ye Bingtong break off their engagement, you were very decisive. At that time, you didn’t take into account the marriage arrangement between the two families.”

Gu Yan said, “After careful consideration, I think it’s better to honor a promise.”

Ye Bolin looked at him with some disdain, “Cut the crap! So, you really are after Xiaoxiao! Give up on that idea; the engagement has long been nullified, and don’t you think about pressuring Xiaoxiao.”

Gu Yan felt a bit stifled, “How could I possibly pressure her?”

The engagement, after all, was just an excuse for him.

If Xiaoxiao were interested, then it would mean renewing the engagement.

If Xiaoxiao held no interest, naturally, it would mean the engagement was null and void.

“Good to know,” Ye Bolin warned him with a glance, “From now on, don’t bring up the engagement; if you spoil my sister’s reputation, I won’t let you off!”

There’s still a whole forest out there waiting for Xiaoxiao!

She definitely can’t be whisked away by this old man.

Gu Yan was somewhat gloomy, “I just mentioned it offhandedly; when have I ever gossiped about it?”

“At least you know your place,” Ye Bolin finally felt satisfied, and after a moment, he looked suspiciously at Gu Yan, “Speaking of which, you and Xiaoxiao haven’t really had much contact. Why are you suddenly interested in Xiaoxiao?”

Despite calling him an old man, he knew well that his friend was considered a prime bachelor. In the earlier years, there were definitely quite a few people setting their sights on him.

It was Gu Yan’s cold attitude that eventually caused all of them to give up on their own.

So why was such a man suddenly pursuing his sister?

It made no sense at all!

Gu Yan raised an eyebrow, “Love at first sight?”

Ye Bolin sneered, about to mock him.

Suddenly, he remembered.

Indeed, the first time Gu Yan met Xiaoxiao, he asked for her contact information.

Could it really be love at first sight?

At that moment, Ye Bolin was rife with doubt and astonishment.

Gu Yan, such a rational person.

Falling in love at first sight?

He felt something was off!

Gu Yan lowered his gaze, a hint of smile emerging at the corner of his lips.

Speaking of which, it was quite extraordinary.

Several nights ago.

He had a dream.

He thought it was just a usual, ordinary dream.

Nothing more than those tragic experiences from his past life.

He often dreamt of them, then would wake up startled in the middle of the night.

Afterwards, he would try hard to tell himself.

Those were all matters of a past life, this life was different.

But that dream was different.

After experiencing those tragedies in the dream, based on past experience, he should have woken up.

But this time.

He did not wake up.

He heard a voice grinding teeth in frustration.

“This Gu Yan is really such a nuisance! This time, he actually became lucid again! To fix this bug, I’m wasting so many brain cells!”

He couldn’t help but startle with alarm.

He desperately searched for the source of the voice.

But he could see nothing.

The person’s voice continued.

“Forget it, let’s just deal with the trouble. In the end, he can’t change anything. Plot, reset.”

Then.

Everything spun around.

In the dream, he began another miserable cycle of reincarnation.

In the midst, he regained consciousness again.

He tried very hard, so desperately, he felt everything around him was wrong, he wanted to change it all.

Yet, he couldn’t do anything.

Sometimes, he clearly wanted to do something, and in a blink, he would forget.

Sometimes, he would prepare thoroughly to fight back, but no matter how perfect the plan, an unexpected mishap would inexplicably occur midway.

He was like an ant trapped in a glass jar, no matter how hard he tried, he could only spin in this small circle, never to escape the jar.

Gu Yan suddenly realized.

It turns out.

He didn’t just have one past life.

He had countless past lives.

He and Ye Bolin and the others, had been reincarnating over and over in a predetermined plot.

It’s just that Ye Bolin and the rest had never been aware from the beginning to the end, while he always regained consciousness midway.

And then, time and again, he was defeated by fate.

As it turns out.

He had already gone through it thousands of times.

And resisted thousands of times.

Thousands of times of despair and loneliness completely enveloped him in that instant.

At this time.

He heard a crisp voice.

That voice seemed to be complaining about something.

“What the hell is this, the values are so twisted.”

“The lady finally gets a break and you show her this stuff?”

“Where’s the logic? Where’s the logic?”

“I can’t take this anymore!”