Gu Wenze suddenly fell silent.
Qiao Hua raised her head and looked at Gu Wenze, her expression utterly serious.
Gu Wenze had always believed she was the original Qiao Hua, but what if one day he suddenly discovered that the person inside this body was no longer her?
After all, the person Gu Wenze loved was Qiao Hua.
Gu Wenze held her gaze, his dark eyes impossible to read. After what felt like an eternity, he said in a low voice, "Qiao Hua, all that matters to me is the person in front of me."
Qiao Hua's heart trembled, as though something had struck her hard in the chest, leaving an ache that lingered long afterward.
Could Gu Wenze accept it even if a different soul inhabited this body?
That night, Qiao Hua lay in bed, staring at the ceiling in the darkness. The moment Gu Wenze had rushed over and held her kept replaying before her eyes, when he had seemed so fragile that a single touch might shatter him.
Then she remembered how Gu Jinyang had tugged at her clothes earlier that day, refusing to let her leave. At that moment, she finally made up her mind.
When Gu Wenze woke, Qiao Hua was asleep in his arms, her dark hair cascading over his arm, looking peaceful and serene.
Gu Wenze reached out to brush the hair away from Qiao Hua's forehead, gazing at her sleeping face.
He couldn't describe what he had felt yesterday when he heard that Qiao Hua was missing. It was as though a knife had carved a piece out of him, leaving him in so much pain he couldn't breathe.
He had a feeling that if Qiao Hua left this time, she would never come back.
Though he had no idea where that