Meanwhile, in the modern timeline.

Chu Ge increasingly missed his own timeline. He didn’t know how much longer he would have to return, but his restless and anxious heart grew more and more empty.

Especially during the recent graduation season, it reminded him of the times he spent with Mu Bingtong back then.

Back then, every day in the campus, people would drag their suitcases and leave this beautiful city. Where were they heading? The road beneath their feet suddenly seemed so long. Watching the classmates, some were joyful, some were worried!

Mu Bingtong was going to set off on the road to Z City. Although she didn’t know what the future would bring, she had a reason to stay in that city! And that reason was Chu Ge.

Her biggest worry was still her good friend Lin Yu. Earlier, Fang Zhong suddenly proposed breaking up with Lin Yu, and Lin Yu got very drunk over it! The next day, she told Mu Bingtong she didn’t want to be a noble lady anymore, didn’t want to be the obedient girl! She wanted to be a strong woman like Mu Bingtong, to have a strong heart!

Mu Bingtong really wanted to tell Lin Yu that there were times when she had retreated and felt heartache too. But her strength prevented her from telling Lin Yu these things; she wasn’t as strong as Lin Yu imagined. During the days without Chu Ge, she also cried herself awake from her dreams!

Later, Lin Yu’s parents found her and explained the whole story to Lin Yu. With her parents’ help, she quickly went abroad, and now no one knows how they are doing.

Not being able to walk the last parts of university life together during graduation season left a bit of regret in her heart! After seeing off the classmates, she returned to the empty dormitory, standing at the end of the corridor. It turned out the dormitory corridor was this color? She tried to recall what it looked like when she first arrived in the university dormitory. Walking down the corridor silently, fearing to disturb the peace, she looked at the cultural column on the wall, realizing that she never really paid attention to what was written there.

While walking and looking, it was filled with blessings from the classmates. Suddenly, two familiar words: Mu Bingtong?

Was someone trying to say something to her?

And whose handwriting was this? It was Lin Yu’s!

"Wait for me to come back, and we’ll walk the last part of university life together."

The date was the day before Lin Yu left!

Will she really come back? Returning to the dormitory, lost in thought, the door was half-open. She remembered closing it when she left. Oh no! A thief!

She forcefully pushed the door open and rushed to the bed; the notebook was there, the wallet too! Nothing missing? She was too careless, running out without closing the door!

"Mu Bingtong!" A familiar voice sounded behind her.

"Lin Yu?" She couldn’t believe her eyes, rubbing them hard!

Lin Yu rolled her eyes, "Who else did you think?"

Who did she think? She thought, hehe, she thought there was a thief! Haha!

"Didn’t you notice there’s an extra suitcase here?"

She really didn’t notice there was another one next to Lin Yu’s suitcase!

"Lin Yu!" She excitedly hugged her.

"Alright, I have two good news and one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Let’s hear the bad news first?" Bitter first, then sweet!

"The bad news is Fang Zhong and I are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend!"

What! Her heart wasn’t strong enough for this, don’t scare her. You broke up and you’re so cheerful?

Her heart trembled as she asked Lin Yu, "What’s the good news then?" She really hoped the good news was that the bad news was a lie!

"The good news is they got their marriage certificate! We are now legally married, of course not boyfriend and girlfriend anymore."

"Can’t you avoid being so shocking!" She reproached, "And the other good news?"

"The second good news is we can be together again!"

Hmm? Together?

"Are you coming with me to Z City?"

"Of course!"

"That’s great, we can be together again." She cried tears of joy.

Fang Zhong and Lin Yu’s wedding was set in Z City. Faced with most couples breaking up during graduation season, Fang Zhong and Lin Yu narrowly escaped this fate. One could only say Lin Yu had a good mother-in-law. If it weren’t for Fang Zhong’s mom, I think with Lin Yu’s personality, she wouldn’t have come this far.

Watching Fang Zhong put the wedding ring on Lin Yu was full of love. One day, Chu Ge and I will have this too!

She worked at a small trade company, and no one knew who her boyfriend was. This kind of living environment made her very content. On weekends, she worked part-time at the Taekwondo Academy, of course, through her own connections.

Chu Ge always said she didn’t need to work so hard; he could completely support her. But she still wanted to use her own hands to support herself. Besides, what could he use to support her now? A name? Or a title?

Every time this topic came up, Chu Ge would deflect and avoid it!

For this, she complained to Lin Yu quite a bit.

"What exactly is he thinking?"

"Did he fall for someone else?"

"No way?" It shouldn’t be possible. Although he skirted this topic, everything else was still as before.

"Has he not introduced you to his parents?"

"No."

"..."

"Lin Yu, will we just keep going like this? Although marriage is just a piece of paper, I’m still uneasy in my heart."

Leaving Lin Yu’s house, she walked alone through unfamiliar streets, thinking back to when she first arrived in this city, holding great hopes. Everything seemed to happen naturally, but it turned out everything was just her belief.

As the sun set in the west, neon lights lit up, and she watched couples walking together down the street. It seemed like she and Chu Ge hadn’t taken a stroll like this in a long time. How long had it been? So long that the memory was blurred...

In Z City, there was the prosperity that A City lacked, but it didn’t have the tranquility of A City. If Z City was a wild horse, then A City was a gentle girl waiting for her white horse prince to unveil her.

Suddenly, a dazzling luxury car stopped by her side. The car reminded her of the noble lady, Chu Ge’s mom, who in her eyes was an elegant queen. No wonder Chu Ge initially told her to be a bit more ladylike in front of Mrs. Chu. Thinking back, it was for her own good.

A stranger got out of the car, tall and burly, wearing sunglasses, a member of Black Society? How frightening, the stranger walked up to her and said, "Are you Miss Mu Bingtong?"

"Yes." Nodding numbly.

"Lady Chu requests your presence!"

Lady Chu? She didn’t know any Lady Chu!

After the man spoke, he tried to take her like a prisoner. Her instinct reacted with an over-the-shoulder throw; brother shouldn’t have just taken her without clarifying, she wouldn’t pay for medical fees.

While the stranger was recovering, she ran off swiftly, thinking hey brother, don’t chase me, she really doesn’t know any Lady Chu!

She finally ran into a trade mall, successfully losing the stranger chasing her!

Todays’ Black Society really takes money without regard for life, not stopping until they reach their goals. Originally thinking she was safe, once she stepped out of the mall’s entrance, she was forcibly taken into a car by a group!

The car circled around then drove into a complex of villas, eventually stopping in front of one of them. In such a remote place, there’s nowhere to run, right? At night, you can’t see the road you came from!

Pondering doubts, since arriving in Z City, she had always been cautious, staying low-key, even on rainy days when Chu Ge picked her up, she made him park far away. She shouldn’t have offended any big figures, right? Looking at this situation...things don’t look good...