The apartment building outside campus.
Lin Xiao and Tang Wanru leaned against the north-facing window, watching Gu Li and Gu Yuan standing facing each other below.
"Do you think they can still make up?" Lin Xiao asked uncertainly.
"No way, Lin Xiao. Gu Yuan got Gu Li's dad thrown in prison. Gu Li doesn't have that much money anymore, and her life's gone straight downhill. She can still get back together with Gu Yuan? That'd be way too pathetic."
Tang Wanru said, "I think we should be more worried about Gu Yuan doing something crazy. We'd better be ready to call the police."
Lin Xiao sighed. That damned mastermind kept circling through her mind, but she still gripped her phone tightly in her hand...
Downstairs, Gu Li folded her arms and looked impatiently at the neatly groomed Gu Yuan standing before her.
"If you have something to say, say it."
"It's nothing. I just missed you, so I came to see you. And I wanted to apologize." Gu Yuan sounded remarkably sincere. "Gu Li, I lost my head back then. I was used by that Wang bastard, I..."
Gu Li did not say a word. She rolled her eyes at Gu Yuan and turned to leave.
"Gu Li!"
Gu Yuan hurried after her and wrapped his arms around her from behind. "Gu Li, I really regret it. I really do love you. But don't worry—I know I hurt you too badly. I don't expect us to ever go back to how we were before. But Gu Li, you should know that Wang bastard isn't a good man. Even if I hadn't reported you, he definitely wouldn't have let you off.
"It was all that Wang bastard's fault. If it weren't for him, none of this would have happened, and we