Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1573: Bringing Bad News

Chapter 1573: Chapter 1573: Bringing Bad News

Early in the morning, Gu Xiaojin yawned as she walked down the stairs and immediately saw many people in the living room downstairs, including Gu Fan, Su Hui, Gu Ling, Lu Yi, Jie, Qian Feng, and others.

"You guys!" Gu Xiaojin was very surprised, not knowing why so many people had come.

Qian Feng walked straight up to her, looking at Gu Xiaojin with a solemn gaze that made the atmosphere somewhat tense.

"Auntie Feng, why are you looking at me like that?" Gu Xiaojin’s magic was inherited from Qian Feng, so she naturally held Qian Feng in awe.

After a long while, Qian Feng sighed, with a hint of pain in her eyes, then turned and left, looking like she didn’t want to stay a moment longer.

Gu Xiaojin didn’t understand; she didn’t seem to have offended Qian Feng of this era, so why did Qian Feng look as if she couldn’t be happy? It was as if she was deeply disappointed in her.

Lu Yi was more straightforward, extremely surprised, "My god, Gu Fan, you really did it. I didn’t expect that in one night, your daughter has grown so much."

What else could Gu Xiaojin say? She could only put on a forced smile and greeted, "Hello Uncle Lu, I’m happy to see what you were like when you were younger."

Hearing this, Lu Yi was very curious: "What do you mean? In your time, have I already grown old?"

Gu Xiaojin explained: "You haven’t aged too much, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to recognize you."

"Alright, stop giving Xiaojin a hard time. She came all this way to discuss serious matters with us," Jie intervened to ease the awkward situation for Gu Xiaojin.

Indeed, serious matters were pressing. Everyone began to focus on Gu Xiaojin, asking her to explain the purpose of her visit.

Gu Xiaojin shared her plan with everyone. She originally wanted to change what happened in the past and found that she couldn’t change it no matter what. Thus, she came up with another plan, which was to add some events, allowing these additions to influence the future landscape.

After listening, everyone thought it was feasible. After all, Gu Xiaojin had already tried, and since events destined to happen couldn’t be changed, it wouldn’t hurt to try Gu Xiaojin’s plan.

However, the question arose: what kind of events should be added, and to what extent should they be added to influence the future.

Gu Xiaojin gave an analogy; it’s like if you eat well for three meals a day and lead a decent life with a constant figure, but suddenly you start eating more at every meal. Over time, you would gain weight.

If Gu Fan would change his mentality due to some bad experiences, then everyone could try their best to bring positive energy to Gu Fan’s life, like giving him birthday surprises.

Gu Xiaojin gave another example; suppose Uncle Lu is a doomsayer, then let him talk nonstop, make more things happen. Perhaps it might make the situation worse, but it may also have an effect. In short, whether good or bad, as long as enough events occur, they can affect the future.

Everyone stroked their chins, their faces a mix of understanding and confusion, seemingly getting the gist of it.

Gu Fan focused on the key point and asked a question: "Xiaojin, can you tell us what else will happen that could make the situation worse? So we can be on guard, or at least mentally prepared."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaojin glanced in Jie’s direction, her face showing difficulty.

This gesture was already a clear sign that Jie was the next one in line.

Lu Yi asked urgently, "Xiaojin, don’t scare Uncle, don’t tell me that Jie is the next one to face misfortune."

Gu Xiaojin hesitated to speak, gave an awkward smile, and didn’t quite know how to face everyone.

The atmosphere suddenly became very serious, although no one looked at Jie, everyone was inwardly sweating on his behalf.

The expression on Jie’s face gradually turned grave; he sat to the side, head lowered, no one knew what he was thinking.

"Don’t think too much, Xiaojin is here to change that, and we’re all here for you, aren’t we?" As soon as Lu Yi said this to console him, Jie interrupted: "Xiaojin has said before, what happens can’t be changed, what’s meant to come will always come."

Having realized this, Jie straightened up to face it, glanced at Gu Xiaojin, then said, "Just say it, your Uncle Jie has been through a lot, back in Dark City, I once thought I’d never make it back."

"This..." Gu Xiaojin still found it hard to say, but encouraged by everyone’s expectant looks, she finally spoke up.

It turned out that the person who was about to have trouble wasn’t Jie, but Jie’s brother Hai, and as for what happened, Gu Xiaojin looked troubled again.

Knowing that Hai was in danger made Jie’s face suddenly look much worse, he even felt cold sweat breaking out all over his body.

Unable to hold back anymore, Lu Yi said: "Xiaojin, don’t blame Uncle Lu for criticizing you, you speak in halves, making us all anxious. It’s better to have a short pain than a long one, so either tell us straight, or don’t say it at all, just don’t drag it out, I hated it most when teachers dragged on their lessons back in school."

"Alright!" Gu Xiaojin steadied herself and then, facing everyone, informed them of the impending incident.

Due to some conflicts, there would be a clash, which would lead to Gu Fan accidentally killing Hai, making enemies of Gu Fan and Jie from then on.

After knowing such an event was going to happen, everyone was horrified, they looked at Gu Fan and then at Jie, both with somber expressions, sitting in silence.

From close friends who have been through life and death, to sworn enemies that cannot coexist under the same sky, who could have seen such a change coming, the impermanence of the world shouldn’t be this cruel.

The atmosphere was unbearably oppressive, making everyone uncomfortable. Su Hui stepped up to smooth things over: "Alright, solutions are made by people, we now know what’s going to happen and are prepared, as long as we unite and think of solutions together, we will certainly avoid those unfortunate events."

Lu Yi immediately stood up in agreement: "Sister Su is right, now that we know Hai will die at the hands of Gu Fan in a future conflict, let’s just separate Gu Fan and Hai, or lock Hai up, wouldn’t that solve the problem?"

Though the idea of forcibly changing the course of impending events sounded inappropriate, no one could think of a better solution at the moment, so they tentatively agreed.

Suddenly, Jie got up, his face somber, and left without a word.

Gu Fan wanted to stop Jie, but just as he opened his mouth, he realized he couldn’t utter a single word.

Watching his friend leave, with that indignant stride, Gu Fan felt the distance between him and Jie stretch farther and farther in an instant.

Everyone else also remained silent. Although they had talked about finding ways to prevent terrible things from happening, Gu Xiaojin had already made it very clear, what was fated to happen would always happen, and there was simply no stopping it.