Chang Qingchuan had told Qin Tianyi everything he needed to, but he couldn't help but say again, "Mr. Qin, I feel like Susu has always liked you. If she liked Yang Sijie, why wouldn't Yang Sijie want her memories back? Why would he want to control her with medication? It can only mean that if he doesn't do this, he can't keep Susu obediently by his side. You must find a way to find Susu. Only by finding her can you figure out what happened between her and Yang Sijie."
"Okay, I understand." Qin Tianyi could no longer sit still. Whether Gu Susu's feelings for him were genuine or not, he had to find Gu Susu before Yang Sijie did.
Chang Qingchuan could only place his hope in Qin Tianyi. Even if he was selfish, he didn't want Huo Jin to be involved anymore. This was a matter that Yang Sijie, Susu, and Qin Tianyi had to resolve among themselves.
After he got up and left, Qin Tianyi immediately canceled his afternoon flight to Paris. Looking at the work documents on his desk, he couldn't focus on a single word.
He understood everything Chang Qingchuan had said. Especially when he mentioned that the person Gu Susu might like wasn't Yang Sijie, it made him rethink many things. He suddenly realized, had Susu been threatened by Yang Sijie all along?
But she had indeed grown up with Yang Sijie, and she had feelings for him... Qin Tianyi felt a deep sense of regret at the thought of this.
The last time, he thought they had confirmed their feelings for each other, and nothing could separate them.
But what happened later made him feel again that this woman was a liar and a master of acting, causing him heavy losses. She helped Yang Sijie make a fortune in Lancheng and then eloped with Yang Sijie. How could he not hate her, and how could he trust her again?
Qin Tianyi opened his online mailbox and Twitter account, still hoping to see if there was any reply from Sophie.
But there was still no news from Sophie online. He also left his office without telling Xiao Anjing about this. He would personally find a way to look for her. Even if he had to turn Lancheng upside down, he would find Gu Susu.
...
Yang Sijie thought that by keeping a close eye on Huo Jin and Chang Qingchuan, he could easily find Susu. He didn't expect to be a step too late, and Susu had disappeared on her own.
He was in his hotel suite, repeatedly looking at the letter his subordinate had brought back.
She had regained her memory. Under the circumstances where authoritative doctors had deemed the possibility of memory recovery to be zero, she had still miraculously recovered her memory. It seemed that the people and things here had indeed helped her a lot.
Yang Sijie stared at the handwriting on the paper, which was similar to his. It was her handwriting, and every word on it struck him to the core.
But he wouldn't give up looking for her. He crumpled the letter in his hand and threw it into the trash can beside him.
Before ten seconds had passed, he took the crumpled paper out of the trash can again, held it in his hand, and couldn't let go for a long time.
Brother Sijie, perhaps this is the last time I will call you this.
I remember everything now. Perhaps it's not entirely your fault that we've reached this point; I was too naive.
I thought you could understand that some things, once missed, cannot be undone. We missed out on love, but there would still be kinship and friendship that transcended everything. But you didn't think that way. In the end, to get me, you deeply hurt me, made me suffer greatly, and some things I can never forgive you for in this lifetime.
In you, I no longer see the innocent boy you once were.
You have embarked on a path of no return, devoid of humanity. But I still hope that deep down in your heart, you can retain a sliver of unextinguished conscience. Please let me go, and also let yourself go, and let those innocent people go.
If this hope of mine is also too naive, then consider it unsaid. But if I can never escape you, I will fight you with my life, no matter the cost.
May we never meet again in this life.
Signed, Susu.
Yang Sijie read the letter again, his eyes red as blood. Filled with anger and sorrow, he finally tore the letter to shreds and scattered it upwards, laughing loudly, "Susu, Susu! You don't know how I lived among beasts in hell and crawled back to humanity! I cannot have a shred of mercy, or I will fall into the abyss of hell. In this world, you are my only hope, the only thing that still makes me feel beauty, so you must come back to me!"
He refused to believe that Susu could disappear without a trace like this. He would use all his means to find her!
...
"Susu, quickly go clean room number eight." A heavily made-up woman came to the restroom and asked the cleaner to tidy up the private room.
Gu Susu, who was cleaning the washbasin in the restroom, quickly picked up the cleaning tools and prepared to go.
The heavily made-up woman, around thirty years old, was the floor supervisor, Sister Jing. She had a quick temper and a fiery personality, but she was also quite righteous and took good care of her subordinates.
Seeing Susu about to go, she instructed again, "A young lady in room eight just had a scene with a guest, splashing wine all over him. Be careful when you go in to clean, don't provoke that guest again."
Gu Susu nodded, carrying her cleaning tools, trying to avoid the men and women in the brightly lit and colorful room, and headed towards the room Sister Jing had mentioned.
She had come here to work as a cleaner by chance. That night, after leaving the accommodation that Huo Jin and Chang Qingchuan had helped her find, she dragged her suitcase and dared not walk on the main roads, only taking less crowded paths.
She had intended to find a hotel to stay for the night and then look for a house agent to find a place to live the next day.
But as she walked, her mind suddenly went blank. She couldn't remember anything. She forgot who she was, why she was walking on the street with a suitcase... Where did she come from, and where was she going?
For a moment, her mind was completely blank. She had forgotten everything and didn't know where to go.
She dejectedly put down her suitcase and sat on the ground like a wanderer, leaning against her suitcase, shivering from the cold.
Sister Jing, who had finished work early that day, happened to meet Gu Susu, who had temporarily forgotten everything, on her way back to her rented apartment.
At first, she thought it was a madwoman wandering on the street. But by the light of the streetlamp, she saw that it was a clean and beautiful woman and couldn't help but ask a few questions, "Beautiful lady, are you new to Lancheng and lost?"
At that time, Gu Susu remembered nothing. She only nodded at her and felt very cold. She could only grab her skirt and ask for help, "Auntie, I can't find a place to stay, and I'm so cold."
Sister Jing looked at the suitcase beside her and asked, "Are you a student? Do you have a student ID or an ID card? There's a hotel near my place, I can take you there."
Gu Susu didn't remember if she had any such documents. She looked at her and said, "I don't remember. I don't think I have any documents on me."
Sister Jing thought that if this woman didn't even have any documents, she couldn't help. Not wanting to get involved, she walked directly towards her own residence.