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Yin Liuli suddenly asked,

"Is she Uncle Gu's confidante?"

Gu Fanghan nodded. "Yes, she is me..."

Yin Liuli glanced indifferently behind him.

Does she have a red mole below her left eyebrow?

Gu Fanghan was taken aback. "Liuli, how did you know?"

Yin Liuli slowly raised her hand and pointed behind her.

"She's right outside, watching you from afar."

The air fell silent instantly.

Gu Fanghan felt a chill run down her spine and turned to look behind her.

"Miss Liuli, you...you must be joking! She has been gone for seventeen years..."

Yin Liuli shook her head.

"Uncle Gu, I'm not joking. I'm asking you, she's not very tall, a little thin, with an oval face and willow-leaf eyebrows, and her brows always seem to be slightly furrowed... Am I right?"

"this……"

Gu Fanghan took a deep breath and looked at Yin Liuli in disbelief.

Gu Jinyan stood up abruptly and looked around.

"Where is she? What is she going to do to my father?"

Yin Liuli said in a calm tone,

"I don't know. She only caught a glimpse of me from a distance."

Gu Fanghan felt a chill run from her back to the back of her neck, and a shivering sensation spread throughout her body like an electric current.

"Liuli, Xiaorong, is she...is she still alive?"

He stood up and looked back, gritting his teeth as he said, "I...I want to see her."

Over the years, Xiao Rong has become a thorn in his heart, wrapped in flesh and blood.

He wouldn't think much of it on ordinary days, but once touched, that thorn could cause him excruciating pain.

Yin Liuli shook her head.

"She's gone. With me here, her spirits dare not easily show themselves."

The woman exuded resentment, her eyes filled with venom as she stared at Gu Fanghan.

If he were to see her, she might grab his neck first.

"Father, what exactly happened back then?"

Gu Jinyan couldn't hold back any longer and pressed, "Tell me the reason, and Liuli will find a way to help you."

Gu Fanghan's eyes turned red, and she gazed sadly at the darkness in the distance, whispering,

"Her name is Xiao Rong, Sun Rong. Back then, we were childhood sweethearts..."

Back then, Gu's father and Sun's father both served as officials in the imperial court. Although one was a civil official and the other a military officer, they were kindred spirits and got along very well.

The two families lived not far from each other, so they often visited each other.

Gu Fanghan and Sun Rong grew up together; they were true childhood sweethearts.

Sun Rong is gentle and sensible, and has been a beauty since childhood.

She often accompanied him to read, admire flowers, practice martial arts in the courtyard to strengthen his body, and followed Gu Fanghan around, calling him "Brother Fanghan" repeatedly.

Gu Fanghan also took special care of Sun Rong, and liked to involve her in everything he did.

As they grew older and became more aware of human relationships, they secretly made vows of eternal love.

Gu Fanghan told her personally that he would marry her in the future, and Sun Rong nodded shyly, her eyes full of anticipation.

The elders of both sides saw this and, although they did not formally arrange a marriage between the two, they had already implicitly agreed in their hearts that they would become in-laws in the future.

They were just waiting for Gu Fanghan to pass the imperial examinations before discussing the marriage of their two children.

At the age of seventeen, Gu Fanghan became the top scholar in the imperial examination.

The Emperor held a grand ceremony in the palace to announce the winners of the imperial examinations, summoning the newly appointed top scholar, the third-ranking scholar, the second-ranking scholar, and others to the palace to become his disciples.

After the grand ceremony, at the Qionglin Banquet held in the palace, Gu Fanghan met Princess Chengyi.

The way Cheng Yi looked at him made him feel uneasy.

Gu Fanghan deliberately avoided this aloof princess, and only responded perfunctorily to her repeated toasts.

Unexpectedly, not long after returning to his residence, the Emperor issued an edict, bestowing a marriage upon him and Princess Chengyi.

In an instant, the entire Gu residence was in an uproar.

Having become the emperor's son-in-law and married the emperor's most favored eldest princess, Gu Fanghan's future is limitless.

Because of him, the Gu family will also be transformed into royalty.

Gu Fanghan remembered that when her father received the imperial edict, his hands were trembling with excitement.

But he had no intention of marrying that princess!

He had promised Sun Rong that after the Qionglin Banquet, he would have his parents send a matchmaker to the Sun family to propose marriage and marry her.

But the imperial decree was hard to disobey. If he defied it, not only would he lose the title of top scholar he had earned through years of hard study, but the entire Gu family would also suffer because of him.

He had no choice, nor could he do it, to disregard the well-being of his family of over a hundred people for his own selfish reasons!

Gu Fanghan locked herself in her room for three days and three nights before she tremblingly wrote a letter severing ties with Sun Rong.

After receiving the letter, Sun Rong ran crying to the gate of the Gu residence, wanting to see him.

Gu's father ordered his servants to stop her outside the mansion, and no matter how much she begged, he refused to let her see Gu Fanghan.

Upon hearing the news, Gu Fanghan rushed out of her room, only to be stopped inside the gate.

The two were forcibly separated by a heavy, vermilion gate.

Sun Rong leaned against the door, crying her heart out.

"Brother Fang Han, you said you would marry me after you became the top scholar in the imperial examination, have you forgotten?"

"No, I haven't forgotten! Xiao Rong, I'm so sorry, Brother Fang Han... I can't marry you!"

Gu Fanghan felt as if her heart was being torn apart, and she cried out to her in anguish.

"Xiao Rong, in this life, I owe you... Forget me, forget me!"

Sun Rong cried so hard she almost fainted.

"I will never forget! I will never forget! Xiao Rong will never forget Brother Fang Han in her entire life!"

"Brother Fang Han, do you really not want me anymore? We clearly agreed... Why are you doing this to me!"

Gu Fanghan broke free from the servants and peeked through the crack in the door at Sun Rong. Seeing her tear-streaked, sorrowful face, he choked back tears, barely able to speak.

"Xiao Rong, don't be like this... Brother Fang Han will no longer be able to take care of you. You must take good care of yourself."

Let's just consider our past relationship a dream. When we wake up, it's all gone! You'll find a good family to marry into, get married, have children, and your life will definitely be better than it was with Fang Han.

Sun Rong collapsed to the ground in tears.

"In this world, no one will treat Xiao Rong as well as Brother Fang Han!"

Xiao Rong will never like any other man again. Xiao Rong will always remember Brother Fang Han in her heart...

Suddenly, a torrential downpour began.

Gu Fanghan remembers that it was early spring and the weather was still a bit cold.

The Sun family rushed over upon receiving the news and forcibly dragged Sun Rong away from the front gate.

She frantically broke free from their grasp and stumbled towards him.

"Brother Fang Han, don't leave me! Don't... don't leave Xiao Rong!"

We promised to grow old together, why didn't you keep your promise?

Why are you so cruel to me...?

"Click..."

A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a rumble of thunder.

The people from the Sun family rushed forward, grabbed her arms, and dragged her away from the door without saying a word.

"Xiao Rong!"

Gu Fanghan watched helplessly as Sun Rong was dragged away through the crack in the door.

In the heavy rain, Sun Rong's beautiful face was washed by the rain, her most cherished black hair was scattered on her chest and stuck messily to her face, her clothes were covered with mud and water, she looked utterly disheveled...