One Word Changed, Characters in Chaos

Chapter 233: Chapter 210: The Pursuit

Ye Xiao enjoyed some afternoon tea with her family and friends.

She looked up.

But she saw Gu Yan still maintaining the same posture, leaning against the railing, motionless.

Ye Xiao couldn’t help but feel curious.

Everyone else had already forgotten her.

So, what about Gu Yan? Under the double constraints, did he still remember?

“Dad, Mom, I’m going out for a bit.”

Ye Xiao said, turning and leaving the room.

She walked up to Gu Yan.

Gu Yan was still in the same position, unchanged.

Ye Xiao raised her eyebrows, teasingly asking, “Why aren’t you coming in?”

Gu Yan glanced at Ye Xiao, his expression somewhat distant.

He remembered struggling painfully, sinking and floating in countless cycles of reincarnation. He remembered that this life was somehow different.

This life.

They were no longer bound by the script; they all had new lives, new endings.

But why were there such changes?

Gu Yan tried hard to think, very hard.

But he only felt a splitting headache, unable to come up with anything.

He looked at Ye Xiao, vaguely feeling that all the changes were related to the person before him.

Yet a voice deep inside told him.

No.

It wasn’t like that.

It wasn’t her.

“Nothing,” Gu Yan said slowly. “I will leave first.”

He turned and left.

Ye Xiao watched his departing figure, a thoughtful expression on her face.

After Ye Xiao returned.

She chose to retire from the spotlight and then donated all her wealth to charity.

She thought.

The more people this money helped, the more it proved the existence of the Ye Xiao that once was.

When her fans learned that Ye Xiao was devoted to charitable work, they also expressed understanding.

In her life, she was committed to helping those in need.

She turned all the hurts she had suffered into roses and gave them back to the world.

Before Ye Xiao left, she made everyone forget her.

But her saying that everyone could control their destiny left a loophole in her words.

If everyone could control their destiny, then how could their choice of whom to remember or forget be manipulated?

In the years to come.

The Ye Family.

Lin Yun.

Chen Yu.

They all gradually remembered.

There had once been someone who helped them change their destinies.

They missed Ye Xiao, and all they could do now was to live their lives well so as not to let down Ye Xiao’s kindness.

The returned Ye Xiao didn’t mind everyone’s nostalgia for her former self.

She would even actively guide everyone to remember, implying that if someone in the world wished the traces of the once Ye Xiao to remain forever.

Ye Xiao would certainly be one of them.

The Gu Family.

Ya Huijun looked at Gu Yan’s stoic profile and sighed softly.

Time flies.

Gu Yan is now forty years old.

Over these years.

She could sense that Gu Yan had always been looking for someone.

Her son, who was indifferent to everything, was frighteningly obsessed with someone he could no longer meet.

Gu Yan’s business had grown very large, even reaching the pinnacle.

Yet, he allocated most of his earnings to the development of a time machine.

He was convinced.

That there were other dimensions in the world, and as long as he could breakthrough the boundaries of space, he would be able to reach another world, to be reunited with the person he was searching for.

Ya Huijun vaguely recalled some details, and she also knew who Gu Yan was looking for.

She knew it was a very good person.

But Gu Yan…

Truly heartbreaking.

Gu Cheng was already married with children and had taken on a more stable appearance.

He spoke softly to comfort his mother, “Mother, what brother is doing is what he most wants to do. We should be happy for him.”

Ya Huijun’s eyes were slightly red.

She nodded her head.

Yes.

What Gu Yan was doing was what he liked the most.

As long as he lived his life in the way he liked, then let him be.

“And, if it weren’t for her, that painter…” Gu Cheng suddenly said jokingly.

Ya Huijun gave him a glare.

That time, thanks to hearing Ye Xiao’s heartfelt thoughts, she had been forewarned and naturally wouldn’t be fooled by whatever painter. She later discovered that the painter had defrauded more than one person, and directly sent the person to prison. She had no idea if they had been released yet.

Unwilling to show weakness, Ya Huijun retorted, “If it weren’t for her, you would still be happily wearing the green hat that Ye Bingtong gave you!”

Gu Cheng stiffened all over, and he subconsciously looked around to make sure his wife was not beside him. He then let out a long sigh of relief and said, “Mom, that’s all in the past now!”

Yes. It was all in the past now.

Somehow, Ya Huijun and Gu Cheng both let out a sigh.

For them, those were things of the past.

But for Gu Yan,

it was his whole remaining life.

Later on,

Gu Yan spent his entire life without being able to develop technology that could travel through time and space.

When he died,

A biography was written for him.

“He was a businessman with a keen sense of smell, who expanded his business across the world. He conducted countless acts of charity, rescuing many people’s lives. Such a smart and wise man had only one flaw. He was obsessed with the technology of time travel, always pursuing an unattainable goal. If Mr. Gu could have devoted all his energy to his business empire, perhaps the Gu Family could have been an even more terrifying giant. This point is sincerely regretted by later generations.”

The day of Gu Yan’s death,

Many of the people he knew were no longer around.

Ye Xiao was already in her eighties, but she seemed to be in good health. At Gu Yan’s request, she came to see him for one last time.

Gu Yan gazed at her intently, “You’ve been to her world, haven’t you?”

This was their first conversation since Ye Xiao had left.

Ye Xiao calmly nodded, “Yes, I have. In that world, she is also a respected movie queen.”

“So, she must be doing well,” Gu Yan said.

Ye Xiao replied, “Of course.”

Gu Yan was silent for a while, his eyes reddening slightly, “Good, that’s good.”

He searched for a lifetime, for a way to another world.

But in the end, it was all in vain.

He thought.

It was also very good.

In another world, she must have lived a happy and fulfilling life.

Perhaps accompanied by a loved one, perhaps surrounded by children and grandchildren.

That was good, really good.

Ye Xiao silently looked at Gu Yan for a moment, then turned and left.

Not long after,

Gu Yan passed away.

He had searched for the shadow of a person all his life.

In the end, it was all nothing.

But.

The him of the past didn’t even dare to get too close to her, afraid that speaking out would make it impossible to even stay friends.

The him now had spent a lifetime unreservedly searching for her, reminiscing about her.

Isn’t this, in its own way, a form of happiness?

When Gu Yan closed his eyes, he felt that he had no regrets in this life.

Then.

He heard a strange metallic voice.

“Special soul detected. Gu Yan, do you wish to bind to system number 1776 and become a task executor?”

The next moment, Gu Yan’s soul was pulled out.

He looked at the sphere-like thing in front of him, stunned.

Task executor?

The Ye Xiao of the past seemed to be a task executor too?

Gu Yan’s heart began to beat wildly, his voice trembling, “Do you know of a task executor called Ye Xiao in the future?”

He remembered, her name was also Ye Xiao in her world.

If…

If she hadn’t returned,

But continued to execute tasks instead?

This speculation arose, and Gu Yan could hardly control his own excitement.