Gu Xixi squatted down and looked inside; the calligraphy brush that had been put in yesterday was gone.

A green progress bar appeared on the cauldron of the tracking device, showing a current progress of 4%. Gu Xixi was shocked. "Damn, this is amazing!"

"Brother Tongzi, you are truly my brother forever." Gu Xixi saw a figure appear beside her and knew it was Brother Tongzi. She gave him a thumbs up in praise.

A soft voice came from above her head, "No."

No, what do you mean no?

Gu Xixi was about to get up to ask when she heard a wailing scream behind her, "Ahhh, Lord Shen!!!"

"Mu Zhi, how are you alive?" Zhao Liangyi's legs trembled as he leaned against the door frame, still politely explaining to Gu Xixi, "I knocked, but you didn't hear me."

“He, he, he…” Zhao Liangyi pointed at “Shen Qingyan” in shock.

Shen Qingyan was about to bow again, but Gu Xixi pressed her down as soon as she raised her hand. "Disappear quickly, don't scare Doctor Zhao."

Shen Qingyan smiled helplessly, turned transparent the moment he turned around, and then disappeared.

Doctor Zhao's eyes widened even more. A ghost?!

Even after Shen Qingyan became a ghost, he still clung to Miss Xixi's family. He hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up to dissuade her, "Miss Xixi, although you two love each other, you are now separated by life and death. It is not advisable for you to be together like this. The deceased is gone, and the living should also pull themselves together..."

Gu Xixi burst out laughing. "Dr. Zhao, stop! You've misunderstood. That's my intelligent robot. Can you understand it now?"

He's been here for quite a while now, he should have learned this much by now, right?

Doctor Zhao suddenly realized, patted his chest, and calmed down, "So it was a robot! You scared me to death! That girl needs to come out as soon as possible..."

If she weren't trapped in her past, how could a robot have become so identical to Shen Qingyan?

During this time, he learned more about the modern world and became more familiar with modern technological products, especially robots that could perform surgery on people thousands of miles away...

"Oh, right, Aunt Wang said the food is ready and she wants you to come down for dinner. There's something else I need to tell you..."

"Please continue." Gu Xixi followed Zhao Liangyi downstairs.

……

Gu Xixi attended classes in the slow-flow self-study room from afternoon to evening. When she came out at ten o'clock at night to wash up and prepare to rest, Wang Ma came up with a new sleep aid pillow.

"Xixi, this was delivered by Mr. Chen Mo tonight. He said your pillow is still under repair, but try this upgraded version. It will definitely not break down again. It was tested before it was delivered."

"Okay, thank you. You should go back and rest too." Gu Xixi took the pillow, watched Aunt Qin close the door for her, and then turned and went back to her bedroom.

She trusted Chen Mo's work; there would definitely be no problem this time. Gu Xixi adjusted the pillow again, lay down, and closed her eyes.

In an instant, she fell asleep.

The comfort, even greater than the previous pillow, made Gu Xixi unable to resist indulging, but soon, the comfort disappeared, and what followed was a bumpy feeling.

Is this broken pillow malfunctioning again?

She's going to be angry!

With control of her body returned, Gu Xixi opened her eyes and saw Chen Yanxu sitting opposite her. He looked haggard and was thin, but his eyes were bright and piercing.

He was astonished, his eyes slightly red, and he was extremely excited. He sat there and bowed to Gu Xixi, "Miss Gu, it really is you. Heaven has truly been kind to me. I always thought that I would like to see you again, but I never expected that you would suddenly appear."

【Brother Tongzi, am I dreaming again?】Gu Xixi knew very well that she could never appear in the Great Huang Dynasty again, so this must be a dream.

"Teacher, can you see me?" Gu Xixi looked at Chen Yanxu again before the system could answer her.

Chen Yanxu nodded repeatedly. Seeing Gu Xixi's tears streaming down her face, he suddenly coughed, covering his face and coughing incessantly.

Gu Xixi hurriedly poured a cup of water from the small table inside the carriage and handed it to Chen Yanxu. Chen Yanxu drank the water and gradually suppressed his cough.

The carriage continued moving forward. Gu Xixi pulled back the curtain and looked out at the scenery flashing by. "Where is Lord Chen going?"

If this is a dream, it feels too real.

“Miss Gu, the new policies of the Great Huang Dynasty have resulted in a ‘victory’ in Xilan County, producing several female students who passed the imperial examinations and a female top scholar. In addition, the other counties have also achieved good results. As the person in charge of the new policies, I have come back to the capital to report on my work.”

Chen Yanxu raised his hand, and the wide sleeves of his robe swept past his eyes, taking away the watery light in his eyes.

"After Mu Zhi left, the other disciples took over his position, and everything under the new administration proceeded smoothly. A great weight has been lifted from my heart, and it seems I've finally let go of this burden. Lately, whenever I think of Mu Zhi, I am overcome with grief and cannot sleep. I think it is perhaps because I am getting old and my days are numbered..."

"But I have already taken life and death lightly, there is only one thing I cannot forget. Miss Gu, on the day Mu Zhi left, he wanted to see you one last time but failed to do so. He had so many words in his heart, but he could not say a word. I think this is his greatest regret. As his elder, I want to convey his feelings to you on his behalf."

Chen Yanxu spoke slowly and choked up, his eyes redder.

Gu Xixi knew what he wanted to say and didn't stop him. She just nodded, her eyes red, "Okay, please go ahead."

"Miss Gu, I, Mu Zhi, am in love with you." Chen Yanxu solemnly uttered these words, "I hope I have not disturbed you."

“Teacher, I didn’t disturb you.” Gu Xixi smiled, biting her lip to suppress the sadness in her heart. She spoke quickly and firmly to make her words flow smoothly. “I already know his feelings. Shen Qingyan left me a letter. Teacher, I like him too.”

Gu Xixi thought that this was probably something Chen Yanxu also wanted to know.

Chen Yanxu was slightly taken aback, then pleased, and then regretful. He shook his head, sighing, "Fate really loves to play jokes..."

He coughed violently again, this time very severely, and drinking water couldn't stop it.

Gu Xixi was about to pour water when the carriage suddenly stopped. The coachman pulled back the curtain, "Lord Chen, Lord Chen, you..."

As the surrounding sounds faded away, Gu Xixi sat up abruptly, opened her eyes, and realized she was dreaming again, but everything that had just happened didn't seem fake.

[Brother Tongzi, I just had a dream. I dreamt about Shen Qingyan's teacher. Do you think it's because of my pillow or because of me? After all, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night...]

[Probably both.]

"Brother Tongzi, can you tell me how Chen Yanxu is doing?" Gu Xixi asked again. She had just heard Chen Yanxu say that he didn't have much time left.

Chen Yanxu died within six months of Shen Qingyan's death, on his way back to the capital to report on his duties. His carriage driver took him to the capital, where His Majesty personally prepared his funeral. After the ceremony, his remains were returned to his hometown of Qingcheng County and buried alongside the cenotaph erected by Shen Qingyan's parents.

After the system finished speaking, Gu Xixi was stunned. On her way back to the capital to report on her duties, wasn't this exactly what Chen Yanxu had just mentioned... It seems it wasn't a dream, except that she had suddenly appeared in the Great Huang Dynasty.

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