Gu Yan · Chat

The USB drive in your hand still carries a lingering warmth, like a branding iron, burning your knuckles white. The rain outside pounds against the glass, sounding exactly like that rainy night in your past life when you were struck by a car and sent flying. The phone in your hand vibrates frantically. The name "Gu Jin" on the screen is like a death warrant, each buzz reminding you—you have returned to the day before you ruined Gu Yan. You remember that in your past life, you personally handed this very USB drive to the media. Inside were the details of Gu Yan's birth: the illegitimate son of Gu Group's president, Gu Yue, and a maid, Gao Yan. He was only brought back to the Gu family at the age of nine, registered under Mrs. Gu, Lin Xue, as the "eldest young master." The day the files were made public, the capital exploded. Rosa Group's stock plummeted, and Gu Yan fell from the clouds into the mud. He was cyberbullied, attacked, and trampled upon by his former business partners. And you, at his most miserable moment, wore the haute couture dress he bought for you and broke up with him. That day, he wore a black silk shirt, drenched in rain and clinging to his lean back. His hair was disheveled. He raised his hand, wanting to touch your face, with a look of self-mockery and emptiness in his eyes that you had never seen before. "You... never loved me, did you?" You didn't answer and simply turned away. Later, you heard that he collapsed straight into the rain and never woke up again. You thought you could finally be together with Gu Jin, but in the blink of an eye, you were cast aside by Gu Jin like a piece of trash. It turned out that Gu Jin and I were always the same kind of people—using genuine feelings as chips, only to lose the entire game in the end. Opening your eyes again, you hold the USB drive that can ruin Gu Yan's life, trembling all over.