Imposter Young Master
Chapter 444 - 447 Thank You for Your Love_1

Chapter 444: Chapter 447 Thank You for Your Love_1

He Ye nodded, pondered for a moment, hesitated to speak, but eventually broke the silence, "Doctor, what exactly is the background of Feifei..."

Bai Ninglu didn’t say a word. After a long while, she sighed faintly, "When the time is ripe, I will reveal everything."

She was silent for a moment, looked at He Ye, and said softly, "Ye, we bear an enormous original sin. If there comes a day when we must atone for our mistakes, are you afraid?"

He Ye shook her head: "From the moment I chose to follow you, I have already prepared myself."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "Doctor, I know that you have been overcome with guilt all these years. But, no one wanted that accident to happen. Every scientific advancement comes with great sacrifices; however, we can’t stop the progress of science just because we are afraid of sacrifices. I always believed that you did nothing wrong. Genetic enhancement is the way for human evolution. Although we encountered a significant setback, I believe the buds of hope will never be extinguished. One day, people will understand you and respect you."

"Respect me?" Bai Ninglu gave a bitter smile: "As long as I’m not infamous for eternity, that’s good enough."

She fell silent again.

After a while, Bai Ninglu softly said, "In two days, it’ll be Jiang Ning’s death anniversary."

"Miss Jiang Ning..." He Ye’s eyes flashed with an undefinable thought, "Doctor, should I pay a visit to her on your behalf in two days?"

"No, I will go myself. Jiang Ning was my capable assistant back then. I owe her," Bai Ninglu said lightly.

He Ye wanted to dissuade her, but seeing Bai Ninglu’s expression, she knew it would be futile. So she said nothing more.

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A farm orchard for a matchmaking gathering.

Seeing both Yang Fei and Yang Gang leave, Gu Xiaorou checked the time and said with a smile, "Well, Gu Feng, I should be leaving soon."

"So soon? The matchmaking session hasn’t even started yet." Gu Feng replied.

Gu Xiaorou chuckled, "I came to join the fun and found no amusement. It’s time to beat a retreat."

"Err, then could you give me your phone number? I’ll call you when I’m free." Before Gu Xiaorou could reply, Gu Feng added, "Xiaorou, you’re not going to withhold even your phone number from me, are you? Please don’t be so heartless. After all, we’ve known each other for thirteen years."

A twitch of Gu Xiaorou’s mouth signaled a smile, "Listen to yourself. 13559421xxx, that’s my number."

After Gu Feng jotted down her number, Gu Xiaorou said her goodbyes.

After leaving the farm, Gu Xiaorou stopped in front of a bridal shop, staring blankly at the beautiful wedding dresses in the glass window.

"Can I wear the legendary wedding dress before I die?"

Gu Xiaorou’s mood was slightly gloomy.

Although she had foreseen her death, she had no idea when and how she would die.

All she remembered was that in her divination dream, Yang Gang was crying.

And Yang Gang still looked quite young.

In other words, her death would not be too far away.

It could be a year later, a month later, a week later, a day later, or even today.

"Sigh~ I’m destined not to have happiness. Oh well," she mocked herself.

Just as Gu Xiaorou was ridiculing herself inwardly, a man suddenly stood beside her.

Gu Xiaorou turned her head to look and was surprised, "Little Qi, what are you doing here?"

Little Qi didn’t respond to Gu Xiaorou’s words. His gaze fell on the wedding gown inside the glass wall, and he said faintly, "My biggest hope in life is to put a wedding dress on you with my own hands, making you as beautiful as a fairy."

Gu Xiaorou’s gaze landed on the wedding gown too and she said calmly, "Little Qi, thank you for your love, but I’m sorry. I can’t reciprocate your feelings. Because, the person I like is Gang."

A surprised expression swept past Little Qi’s face.

In the past, whenever Gu Xiaorou rejected him, she simply said she liked someone else, so she couldn’t reciprocate his feelings.

This was the first time that Gu Xiaorou had told him outright that she liked Gang.

Little Qi re-collected himself and said faintly, "I understand. But even so, I still want to protect you and your happiness."

Looking at Little Qi, Gu Xiaorou smiled bitterly, "You remind me of the protagonist in a romance novel. He bears the pain, but still stands by his own love, protecting the heroine. In the end, after the storm, the heroine finally opens her heart to him. But Little Qi, I’m not the heroine of a romance story. I only have space in my heart for one man. I don’t have time to spend seven years loving another. So, I am really sorry. I hope that if possible, you go find the happiness that truly belongs to you."

Little Qi was silent for a long while before he said, "To be honest, I am very jealous of Yang Gang. But I do acknowledge that Gang deserves your love. He’s the guy who’s willing to give up his life for you. Throughout these years, I have been openly courting you, but the one who’s been quietly protecting you all along has been Yang Gang."

He paused before continuing. "Xiaorou, I won’t bother you anymore, but if you ever become unhappy and you’re willing to change your mind, I’ll come right back to stand by your side, taking Gang’s place in protecting you."

Gu Xiaorou smiled lightly, "Thank you."

Little Qi opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, he turned around and left without uttering a word.

Gu Xiaorou watched Little Qi’s retreating figure and murmured, "Little Qi, thank you. But, you’re Gang’s cherished brother, and I’ve already made that mistake once. So, even if I were ever to part ways with Gang, I would not get together with you. Besides, given my current situation, I’ll probably never escape Gang’s grasp in this lifetime."

After standing outside the bridal shop for a while longer, Gu Xiaorou left.

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The planned masquerade to be held on Saturday night at Haixing University was canceled due to a murder that occurred a couple of days earlier. Young Master Yang’s sole opportunity to raise his popularity was now gone. The petition signed by students requesting Yang Gang’s resignation had been submitted to the school board, and they were expected to make a decision on Monday.

"Hmm... given the circumstances, it seems hopeless. Well, we’ll have to accept whatever comes." In the Student Union office, Young Master Yang was sitting in the chair of the president, carefreely crossing his legs. After pondering for a long time, he spoke.

Sitting in the vice president’s seat, Yang Fei rolled her eyes and said, "Yang Gang, if you are ousted by the students like this, your reputation will definitely be dented. It’s disgraceful that you’d become the Student Union president through pulling strings, and yet you couldn’t even hold the position for two months before being driven out by the students!"

"Oh, these students...really...can’t they just accept a student president who is just handsomer than them? They’re so narrow-minded..." Seeing the frustrated look on Yang Fei, Yang Gang hurriedly coughed, "We’re here today specifically to discuss countermeasures."

Yang Fei glanced around and asked, "Where is Xiaorou? Did you inform her?"

"I did." Yang Gang replied.

As Yang Gang’s words fell, Gu Xiaorou pushed the door and walked in. She looked around the room, seeing Yang Gang, Yang Fei, Little Qi, and Shen Jing, all present. A small banner was hanging on the president’s table, and it was clumsily written: "The First Meeting of Haixing University Student Union Body."

Gu Xiaorou twitched her lips. Only Yang Gang could have written such ugly characters.

Additionally, he had misspelled the Chinese word for ’body’ in ’Union Body’!

Surely a pleb, she thought.

But, Gu Xiaorou very calmly ignored this and sat in her seat.

Yang Fei asked curiously, "Xiaorou, don’t you want to make a sarcastic comment about this banner?"

"Ha, I have long gotten used to this."

Gu Xiaorou thought to herself, "When you have lived with a person for seven years who can’t distinguish between the Chinese words for ’breed’ and ’great’, you’d get drained from all the sarcastic remarks. At this point, what else is there to deride?"

Shen Jing blinked her eyes while glancing at Yang Gang, evidently lost in her thoughts.