roccoschili Chapter 222: Exhausted
Chapter 222: Exhausted
The save file ends here, because there will be no save file for parts that Zheng Ran didn't participate in or know about, since this belongs to Zheng Ran's memory world.
Rumors circulated that after this incident, Shen Chaohuai and the original owner of the body became strained. Su Qi could only imagine that the original owner was with Zheng Ran just to spite Shen Chaohuai.
But is it really worth it to sell yourself out like this?
Su Qi also saw this scene in Zheng Ran's memory.
Zheng Ran smiled and said to the people around him, "Even if Su Qi is an adopted daughter of the Shen family, she still has a chance to get a certain amount of property."
She covered her mouth, never expecting that Zheng Ran would treat the original owner the same way, coveting the original owner's money.
You will be leaving the gearshift area. Please be prepared.
Next, Su Qi needs to figure out how he just acted towards Zheng Ran.
The two sat facing each other. Su Qi slowly sat down and smoothed the hem of her dress at her waist.
Zheng Ran covered his mouth with one finger.
The scene shifts back to when Su Qi arranged to meet Zheng Ran alone. Zheng Ran looked at her with a puzzled expression: "Xiao Qi, did you come to me because you've figured things out?"
"What have you figured out?"
“Let’s start over together.” He smiled.
Su Qi smiled back, but it was a mocking smile.
She stood up, tapped her fingers lightly on the table, and slowly moved closer to him. Her expression shifted slightly, her movements seeming like a seduction, yet she warned, "It's too dirty."
Zheng Ran frowned: "What do you mean?"
Su Qi looked down at his lower body: "I meant here, of course."
He was furious, stood up, slammed his fist on the table, and stared at her. Neither of them would back down.
"Su Qi, how dare you say that to me? Didn't you and Shen Chaohuai have anything going on? Before me, under the guise of being his adopted sister, who knows what you did in private!"
"And you and Gu Xing... I don't believe you haven't done anything."
Su Qi smiled and said, "Even if I did something, it was from the bottom of my heart, unlike you, who wants everything."
Zheng Ran was taken aback: "You...do you know something...?"
Su Qi sighed, "Hey, don't overthink it. I'm talking about the woman you've been with for five years. Haven't you done everything you should?"
Zheng Ran froze on the spot after hearing this, his mind racing to come up with a solution.
Su Qi said this on purpose to test him and see if he would reveal the five-year gap that even the system couldn't save.
Zheng Ran was probably deep in thought; he clutched his head in anguish, as if he didn't want to remember those five years at all.
At the same time, a system notification appeared.
[Zheng Ran remembers that the gear shift has been restored.]
Su Qi saw the notification on the screen that the five years could be traveled through, and used her finger to block Zheng Ran's view again.
But this time, due to the urgency of the situation, there wasn't time to erase Zheng Ran's memories, so Zheng Ran might start to doubt her identity.
You have rolled back.
[What should we do, Master?! Should we revert to a previous save and start over? That way, Zheng Ran will notice something amiss.]
Su Qi thought of something: "Let him know."
【what? 】
"I want him to know that the Su Qi he cares about is dead, and that he and others framed him to death."
"The fact that he wants to start over with me now shows that he has real feelings for me. If he knew that his true love had died, he would probably regret it and be in great pain."
She observed her surroundings for a while before realizing that this was an unfamiliar place.
With its white walls and gray tiles, this quaint old house stands like an antique nestled among the mountains.
"here it is?"
[The investigation yielded results, but unfortunately, the data is from several years later. The house was given to Zheng Ran through a marriage arrangement.]
Su Qi wasn't surprised; it was his usual tactic: tricking a rich heiress into marriage and then smoothly transferring her inheritance.
However, the original owner of the house aroused Su Qi's suspicion.
As she walked in, she recognized the familiar figure of a young boy in the house.
Even more bizarrely, she was invisible during the rewind, so logically, the young boy shouldn't have been able to see her.
But then he pointed at Su Qi and said, "Big sister? This is my home, how did you get in?"
"Can you see me?"
"Of course I can see it!" The black-haired boy narrowed his eyes and looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze.
His slightly upturned eyes were captivating, and despite his young age, he possessed striking good looks and an ethereal air.
Su Qi blurted out, "Gu Xing..."
"Big sister, you even know my name?" He was overjoyed. "You wouldn't have been observing me for a long time, fallen for me, and come here to confess your feelings, would you?"
Su Qi was amused by his words. He was clearly a cute and bright young man, so why did he fall into such an abyss a few years later? Was all of this related to Zheng Ran?
With this question in mind, Su Qi patted Gu Xing's head and said, "Yes, I like you. Can you take me to your house for a visit?"
There is no one in Gu Xing's family because his parents died early. The person who manages the family business now is his eldest sister, Gu Yan, who has just come of age.
"When is my sister coming back? We have guests at our house."
The butler was stunned: "There are no guests."
Su Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, young master, you should go and rest now."
"Where did my sister go?!"
"Did the young lady go to Young Master Zheng's house?"
"Huh? That poor bastard? Humph, just because he's the same age as my sister and has a little money, he's starting to flirt! Everyone knows he's an outsider from Chongqing!"
As Su Qi listened, she pieced together the truth in her mind and came to the final conclusion, which she found somewhat unbelievable.
"Hey, where's big sister?"
Before Gu Xing could react, Su Qi had already run away.
Following the directions, Su Qi arrived at the house where Zheng Ran first made his fortune.
【Master, this house belongs to one of Zheng Ran's ex-wives.】
She clenched her fist: "How shameless!"
Gu Yan was indeed inside, wrapping her arms around Zheng Ran's neck and climbing on top of him.
"Your nose and eyes are so beautiful, why don't you become a star?"
Zheng Ran smiled and said, "I don't want to be in the public eye."
"Besides, how could a celebrity ever earn this much money?"
"Gu Yan, I'm a clean person, will you agree to marry me?"
Gu Yan looked at him and pinched his chin: "Our identities... we can't do that."
"What do you want in return for your agreement?"
……
In the end, the two did nothing and parted on bad terms. For the next five years, Zheng Ran pursued her relentlessly but still failed to win her heart.
"If you can't have her heart, then get her money..."
However, just one day before Zheng Ran was about to implement his takeover plan, Gu Yan came to his door.
"Household registration book."
"Oh right, I forgot your home is in a mountain city, you need to go back to get your household registration book, right?"
“No, my parents can send it over.” Zheng Ran smiled triumphantly.
However, in the past, every time Zheng Ran got married, his parents would send his household registration book to Hong Kong, and he would return it after using it.
And every time, Zheng Ran gave his parents the same excuse: "I need my household registration book to sign the contract because I don't have a Hong Kong household registration."
This time, the parents could no longer tolerate it and personally brought their household registration book to the port city.
It's a pity it's too late.
Gu Yan transferred her assets to Zheng Ran in advance: "You've been pursuing me for five years, and I can see your true feelings clearly."
When Zheng Ran's parents learned that he had used such methods to climb the social ladder, they made a huge scene and almost exposed his plan.
Therefore, they died a violent death.
Zheng Xin, who was almost married, was also brought to Hong Kong by Zheng Ran. Zheng Xin kept asking, "Brother, you said that Mom and Dad came to travel and were accidentally swept away by the waves. Is it really impossible to recover their bodies?"