"To be childless and extinct..."

Lu Chen clutched his aching lower body and squatted down, only to be kicked again by Wang Lili.

He collapsed to the ground, unable to get up, pointing at Wang Lili and yelling, "You bastard, why... why did you do this to me?"

"Why?" Wang Lili sneered, taking a photo out of her bag and handing it to him. "Do you remember her?"

Upon seeing the smiling girl in the photo, Lu Chen's eyes widened instantly.

"Since you enjoy playing around so much, woman, you might as well spend the rest of your life as a woman!"

"what……"

With a piercing scream, Lu Chen collapsed and fainted.

Wang Lili shook her leg, which was sore from the exertion, took out her phone and dialed Lin Tingran's number. "If you want to see your sweetheart, come to the company's underground parking garage."

He then turned and left.

……

Downstairs at the apartment building, Gu Jingshen insisted on carrying Jiang Xuxu out of the car.

"No need, it's just a scratch, I can handle it myself—"

"What are you doing? Let me go..."

Before she could react, Gu Jingshen simply picked her up and carried her back to his room.

"If you keep moving around, I can't guarantee what will happen next."

Jiang Xuxu immediately became obedient.

Although she wasn't quite used to a man being so kind to her all of a sudden, the feeling of being cherished was really nice.

For some reason, being held by Gu Jingshen gave Jiang Xuxu a sense of security, and she didn't feel any resistance at all.

I used to only have this feeling when I was stuck on the road.

It wasn't that she was particularly infatuated with Lu Chen, but rather that Lu Chen was the first man who didn't evoke any physical aversion in her.

Jiang Xuxu thought that was what liking someone meant.

As they spent more time together, she discovered that she and Lu Chen got along very well and shared the same interests.

Gradually, she developed this liking into love.

Gu Jingshen today is just like Lu Chen back then; even their styles of speaking and acting are very similar.

The only difference is that Gu Jingshen never hides anything.

Lu Chen would only say: Happiness is something only the two of us need to know.

Back at the apartment, Gu Jingshen gently placed Jiang Xuxu on the sofa and turned to pour water.

"Here, have a glass of warm water."

Jiang Xuxu stared at him intently, as if nothing that had just happened had occurred.

She took a small sip.

She then got up to retrieve the first-aid kit to treat Gu Jingshen's wounds; it was a spare first-aid kit left by Uncle Qin.

"You're only focused on treating other people's wounds, you don't even think about disinfecting yourself. What if you get an infection?"

Jiang Xuxu moved slightly and spoke gently, leaving Gu Jingshen momentarily stunned.

He was often injured when he was a child, and his mother would patiently treat his wounds each time, but she spoke in a stern, doctor-like manner.

This is completely opposite to Jiang Xuxu's appearance at this moment.

In a daze, he seemed to see the shadow of the girl who saved him all those years ago.

That day, he was tricked and pushed into the water, almost drowning. A little girl who could swim rescued him and even kindly dried his wet clothes.

"You're blind, so don't go to those places where people smile. There are a lot of unruly kids in this generation, be careful not to get hurt."

Her voice was tender and soft, and even after so many years, it still lingered in Gu Jingshen's heart.

"You really can't remember anything from your childhood?" Gu Jingshen asked dejectedly.

Jiang Xuxu paused for a moment, then looked up and asked him, "Was that person from your childhood very important to you?"

"Yes." He nodded.

Jiang Xuxu seemed to understand something.

"So, you're mistaking me for her?"

Gu Jingshen subconsciously said, "No," but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

I just wish you were her.

Gu Jingshen glanced at the electronic bracelet on her wrist. "This isn't cheap, is it?"

Jiang Xuxu held it up and glanced at it. It was a gift from Wang Lili to her in an attempt to get closer to her.

I forgot to take it off for a moment.

"It was a gift from a colleague. It's so ordinary that you can't find it anywhere else on the market. I don't know which roadside stall I bought it from."

Jiang Xuxu chuckled self-deprecatingly, picked it off and tossed it onto the table, but she didn't control her strength well and it fell straight to the ground.

It broke.

Gu Jingshen walked over unhurriedly, squatted down, picked it up, and examined it carefully. "Why did you throw it away? It's quite unique."

Jiang Xuxu did not answer.

Gu Jingshen stared at the worn-out bracelet and said meaningfully, "Don't you want him to taste the bitterness of social death too?"

"What?" Jiang Xuxu didn't explain.

He held up the broken bracelet, which was surprisingly gleaming inside.

"What is this?"

Jiang Xuxu asked curiously, then suddenly realized and exclaimed in shock, "An audio-visual device?!"

It's easy to understand.

Gu Jingshen smiled with satisfaction, as if everything was under control.

It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish.

What he wanted was careful guidance, so that she would have the ability to protect herself in the future.

"This is a chip produced overseas, and few people know about it. Because it has defects, its sales are not very good."

Gu Jingshen stood behind her, explaining the facts in a professional and deep voice.

"I saw it once, but it had too many flaws. I heard that the engineer who developed this audio-visual device has passed away, and no one has paid attention to it since."

"As far as I know, this product isn't sold domestically. Does the person who gave you the bracelet frequently travel abroad for work?"

His reminder triggered a vague memory in Jiang Xuxu's mind.

She has amnesia; she needs to have seen someone at least three times to remember them.

So the memories that flash through my mind are very blurry. What exactly are they?

Gu Jingshen continued his analysis, "Who would give you something that looks so cheap?"

He then changed the subject, "However, it's also true that because it's so cheap, jammers are ineffective against it. Did the person who gave you the bracelet have a grudge against you?"

Jiang Xuxu was suddenly shocked.

This Wang Lili really went to great lengths to monitor her!

It's not that we have a grudge.

She and Jiang Xuxu were interns at the company in the same batch.

Originally, she had a pure and exotic look, but she was overlooked because of Jiang Xuxu, a country bumpkin.

Most importantly, even Lu Chen, whom she admired, was completely focused on Jiang Xuxu and couldn't see her at all.

Over the past three years, she had repeatedly expressed her feelings to Lu Chen, but he had always politely declined.

Wang Lili then blamed Jiang Xuxu even more, believing that it was because of Jiang Xuxu's existence that she was rejected by her crush.

He once tried to frame her, to make her resign voluntarily or be fired.

However, Jiang Xuxu was not only not dismissed, but also transferred to the technical department as a clerk because of her outstanding performance and her status as a top-notch model worker in the company.

She went from technical clerk to technician, and then to engineer in just three years.

Even the male technicians who arrived before her were still in their internships.

Therefore, Wang Lili started picking fights with her again, and secretly led the discussion that she had risen to her position by relying on men.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuxu kept seeing Wang Lili's image in her mind.

Ruthless, smug, jealous, obsequious...

Finally, what came into view was a pair of innocent and pure eyes.

Jiang Xuxu had a slight headache, so she closed her eyes, but the face became clearer and clearer.

"It's her?!"

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