Gu Yuan didn’t miss that trace of solitude in Chi Yu’s eyes.

Considering what he just said, and his urgent desire to retrieve his lost memories, Gu Yuan felt a slight ache in her heart.

She always worried about what would happen if Chi Yu completely reverted to his old self, never considering Chi Yu’s feelings. She’s been the one forcefully controlling everything, and upon reflection, even Gu Yuan felt that she was terrifying, emboldened by Chi Yu’s love to act recklessly.

She paused for a moment, then took his hand: "I just think that since the things have already been lost, there’s no need to go to great lengths to find them. What if, once retrieved, they aren’t as good as you imagined?" Her voice was softer now compared to its previous coldness.

But at this moment, standing before her was the complete Chi Yu.

Not Chi Yu who only has Quan Jin’s memories.

"...Perhaps as you said, even if I find them, they won’t be as beautiful as imagined." He said self-mockingly.

Gu Yuan thought he understood her meaning: "Your future has me, and our daughter, perhaps our second, third child... As for the past memories, forget them if they’re forgotten."

As she held his hand, her fingertips unknowingly applied pressure.

Chi Yu’s calm voice: "Yuanyuan, you’re pinching me."

Gu Yuan abruptly released his hand.

Lowering her gaze, she saw the crescent-shaped nail marks left on Chi Yu’s thumb area, a sign that Gu Yuan had failed to control her emotions.

Now the atmosphere was neither relaxed nor calm. In those brief seconds, an overwhelming sense of suffocation and repression rushed upon Gu Yuan.

Making it difficult for her to breathe.

Suddenly, she said to Chi Yu: "Let’s leave early, depart from here."

Chi Yu looked at her calmly, without responding.

Gu Yuan thought he hadn’t heard clearly, so she repeated: "Chi Yu, let’s leave Ancient Water Village early, the company has matters to handle, and we cannot delay."

She lied.

It was due to the unease inside her and that frightening selfishness.

"Is it only because the company matters can’t be delayed?" he asked in a mild voice.

"...Yes." She found it incredibly difficult to respond with a ’yes’, somehow unable to speak.

"Yuanyuan, are you hiding something from me?" Chi Yu suddenly asked.

Gu Yuan froze.

Faced with Chi Yu’s question, Gu Yuan’s heart raced to the point she couldn’t meet his gaze.

Initially, it was she who interrogated him.

But now, she felt cornered.

"No." She shook her head denying it.

"But you’re nervous."

"..."

Gu Yuan tried to look at him with unaffected eyes, but upon meeting his profound and inscrutable gaze... the coldness was real, the tenderness was genuine, yet it felt different than usual.

She forced out a smile, "Why would I be nervous?"

After a pause, she continued with a light tone: "How did you see that I was nervous?"

Chi Yu: "From your eyes, nose, mouth; your whole expression says you’re nervous."

Gu Yuan felt a splitting headache: "..."

He seemed to press her, yet upon reviewing his words, it was as if he hadn’t pressured her, merely observing her overreaction and asking naturally.

But if this continues, she really won’t be able to stand it.

"Alright." She raised her hand signaling him to stop asking, suppressing her increasingly agitated mood, calmly said to him: "Let’s go, let’s go home."

She turned around to pack up things and quickly leave this place.

Chi Yu stood in place watching her hurriedly departing back.

Just now he was quite aggressive, but he didn’t do it intentionally.

He just wanted to change the subject.

He succeeded, but seeing Gu Yuan’s pained expression, he looked down at the thumb area where the nail marks hadn’t faded entirely and murmured: "I’m really an awful person."

Everything that troubled Yuanyuan was because he was such a scoundrel, he’s awful.

...

The program team learned that Gu Yuan was leaving.

And Gu Yuan leaving meant Chi Yu would surely leave with her.

Currently, Lin Shi and Lin Xijiang were still in the hospital and hadn’t returned yet. When they came back, there would be a few important closing shots to reshoot (originally, the closing shots were done last night, but due to unavoidable circumstances, they were moved to today).

The recording time agreed upon with the guests was until last night at ten, but due to a sudden accident, the director negotiated with the guests, adding a few more hours, with the payment calculated at twice the normal rate.