The leader of the cultivation alliance has a crush on me.

The two remained silent for a while before He Yunming spoke first. His voice was hoarse, as if he had a cold and was sick.

"Feel sorry."

Gu Qing looked at him blankly, her gaze seemingly asking what he was sorry for.

He Yunming said in a calm tone, "I had no choice but to knock you out that day. I never intended to lay a hand on you."

Gu Qing only realized what was happening after hearing this. She looked directly at He Yunming and nodded, "I know."

Now it was He Yunming's turn to be surprised. Why was Gu Qing so certain that he didn't do it on purpose?

He Yunming couldn't figure out the reason for a moment, so he could only glance at Gu Qing indifferently, and then chuckled self-deprecatingly: "I didn't expect that you would be the first person to come in and see me."

Hearing He Yunming's words, Gu Qing felt a tightness in her chest. She pursed her lips and asked, "Do you regret it?"

He Yunming looked up at Gu Qing, his lowered eyelids concealing his emotions: "Regret?"

He chuckled softly, rubbing his face, which seemed stiff, with both hands: "What's there to regret? Some things need to be remembered, and some things need to be held accountable."

As he spoke, he suddenly looked up, staring straight at Gu Qing with a strange fervor in his eyes. His tone suddenly rose, and he said with some excitement, "That's a human life, and no one can just let it go."

“That’s my mother. She died right in front of me. Why shouldn’t I hold a grudge?”

Looking at He Yunming like this, Gu Qing felt only unfamiliarity, and could not reconcile the man in front of her who was now a man with a gentle smile like a spring breeze.

They were like two different people. Gu Qing didn't know if she had never met He Yunming before, or if He Yunming was just like this all along, only that he had never shown his true self.

Gu Qing wasn't afraid; she just suddenly felt that He Yunming seemed quite pitiful, clinging to that little bit of hatred to sustain himself, gradually turning himself into what he is today.

He Yunming exhaled a breath of stale air, and his tone returned to normal: "Gu Qing, you shouldn't have come here."

"You go."

Gu Qing listened, looking at He Yunming with a probing gaze. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "He Yunming, we've known each other for quite a while now, haven't we?"

He Yunming was stunned for a moment, looking at Gu Qing with a blank expression.

It seems I don't understand what she means by saying that.

Gu Qing didn't care what He Yunming thought or what he was thinking. She continued, "He Yunming, have you ever liked anyone?"

"Or do you have someone you like?"

When He Yunming heard Gu Qing ask this, Song Ke's face immediately came to mind. He frowned and decisively denied it: "No."

Upon hearing this answer, Gu Qing's eyes showed a hint of disappointment. She thought about it for a moment, and it seemed to be within her expectations.

"I once liked someone."

"Really?" He Yunming asked, puzzled.

Gu Qing chuckled and said, "Yes, that person has a very good temper, is very considerate, and always has a smile in his eyes. He gives me the feeling of a gently flowing stream, which makes me feel very comfortable."

"Maybe I was just being delusional. I always thought I was special to him. He would make a point of having lunch with me, take a detour to take me home when it rained, and ask if I was being bullied at work."

"He Yunming, don't you think it's strange to like someone as good as him?"

After hearing this, He Yunming opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

Gu Qing looked at He Yunming and asked earnestly, "He Yunming, if you didn't have the goal of revenge, what kind of life would you want to live?"

Would you consider liking someone?

He Yunming now understood Gu Qing's meaning, but felt inexplicably guilty. He said, against his true feelings, "There are no ifs. I don't want to speculate about what has already happened."

Hearing this, Gu Qing smiled faintly and didn't say much. Instead, she stood up and told He Yunming, "By the way, there's something else I wanted to tell you this time."

"what?"

Gu Qing said, "Chu Tiancheng and Song Ke are getting married soon."

He Yunming listened in silence. He paused for a few seconds, then glanced at Gu Qing, chuckled softly, and left without saying anything.

Ms. Su Qiong was writing invitations in the garden, while Song Ke was playing video games with an air of utter boredom next to her.

Ms. Su Qiong couldn't stand Song Ke's nonchalant attitude. She sighed and said, "Ke Ke, you can't just give up now that you've gotten Tian Cheng."

"Who was it that said that if they married Tiancheng in the future, they would write the invitations themselves and make a veil by hand? Look at you now, do you even look like you're going to do it? If you don't hurry up and write them, I'll write them all for you."

Song Ke twitched the corners of her mouth, put her phone down on the table, and sighed: "Mom, why are you in such a hurry? We'll write the invitations, book the hotel, and pick the date. Anyone who doesn't know better will think I'm going to marry Chu Tiancheng."

"Don't worry so much. I just heard you on the phone saying that Chu Tiancheng's parents are coming over this afternoon. You can just discuss it with each other then."

"Also, I have to go out later. You booked a skin care appointment for me, and I've been going to it for the next few days, so don't nag me."

If Chu Tiancheng hadn't been away on a business trip, these matters wouldn't have been the Song family's responsibility. Coupled with Zhou Chu's situation, it was indeed inappropriate for the Chu family to hold a wedding.

So this task fell to Ms. Su Qiong.

Song Ke never expected that a pre-wedding skin care session would lead to her encountering such a surprising person.

"Qin Huan?"

Song Ke frowned the moment he saw her: "What are you doing here?"

Qin Huan was initially a little scared of Song Ke, but after hearing that He Yunming had been imprisoned and that Chen Bin had kidnapped He Wen, Qin Huan felt that Song Ke was safe and quickly went out to earn money.

However, she was fired from the Chu family's company before, so everyone couldn't help but criticize her resume.

"Hello, Ms. Song, your reserved room is ready. You can use it anytime you arrive," Qin Huan said in a formulaic manner.

Song Ke glanced at her, then looked down and saw the name tag pinned to her chest that read "Customer Service Manager".

Seeing that Qin Huan was pretending not to recognize her, Song Ke simply stopped asking and said to her, "Alright, send me another customer service representative. You don't need to follow me anymore."

Song Ke wasn't actually afraid of Qin Huan; she just found her repulsive.

Qin Huan didn't press the matter further. She nodded and gave a professional, fake smile: "Okay, Miss Song, please wait a moment."

She went out for a while, and someone else came in, but Song Ke didn't pay much attention to it.

While getting a facial, she casually asked, "When did your customer service manager, Qin Huan, start working here?"

The customer service representative asked curiously, "Miss Song, do you know our Manager Qin?"

Song Ke gave a dry laugh and waved his hand: "I've never seen her before."