The Golden-Eyed Life of a Security Guard

Gu Yuebai told Song Lan about the situation at the time, but concealed Di Liuyue's identity as a superhuman and his own identity as a cultivator.

He said very sincerely, "I met her at Lanting Villa. It was like we met by chance. Later, my mother kept urging me to get to know her, and she happened to overhear. So I casually mentioned it as a joke, asking her to pretend to be my boyfriend."

"To my surprise, she actually agreed. And she insisted on going. In this predicament, I decided to go along with it and took her back with me."

"Who knew that the misunderstanding would deepen, and before leaving, my mother even gave that jade bracelet to Di Liuyue."

Song Lan was already in tears. She stared at Gu Yuebai as if she wanted to see right through his heart.

Gu Yuebai's phone rang at this inopportune moment.

The precise, light electronic drumbeats, wrapped in a faint electrical noise, were understated yet sharp, perfectly matching Di Liuyue's trench coat aura.

Gu Yuebai knew without looking that it was Di Liuyue calling, but he hesitated to press the answer button.

His unusual behavior aroused Song Lan's suspicion. She rushed over, snatched Gu Yuebai's phone, and took a closer look.

The three characters "Di Liuyue" were so glaring.

"It was her again, just as I suspected. You didn't answer the phone several times while you were home; it was probably her calling, wasn't it?" Song Lan said, her voice trembling with emotion. "Are you still seeing each other?"

Song Lan pressed the answer button domineeringly: "Speak up."

"Oh?" Di Liuyue was slightly surprised to hear a woman answer the phone.

She mustered her courage and embraced the challenge; this time, she wanted to fight for herself.

Just like Xia Qinghe said, if you love, then love bravely.

She didn't want her first crush to leave her with nothing but regret.

She already knew about Gu Yuebai's background. She learned from Zhang Jing that his "girlfriend" Song Lan was three years older than him and divorced.

Di Liuyue has enough resources to compete with Song Lan; she doesn't believe she's inferior to a divorced woman.

"My name is Di Liuyue. I'm looking for Gu Yuebai. There are some things I want to talk to him about in person."

"What do you want to say to him?" Song Lan asked, her lips pressed together, struggling to stay awake.

"Of course it's just pretending to be a couple. Does he take it seriously? I've always worn the jade bracelet Aunt Shen gave me. Aunt Shen said she sees me as her future daughter-in-law."

Song Lan's pretty face turned deathly pale instantly. She glared at Gu Yuebai with resentment, staring blankly at her phone screen, her heart filled with torment.

After a while, she suddenly yelled at the phone screen, "What do you want? He's mine, you can't take him away! I'm Gu Yuebai's girlfriend!"

On the other end of the phone, Di Liuyue's tone remained calm yet firm: "Miss Song, don't be angry. I used to be his girlfriend too. It's not unreasonable to care about your boyfriend, is it?"

Di Liuyue's provocation completely shattered Song Lan's mental defenses. Her phone slipped from her hand and fell to the ground. She looked at Gu Yuebai:

"I'm working hard here like a joke, while you guys are still clinging to each other."

She refused to listen to any of Gu Yuebai's explanations and pushed him out of the room. No matter how much Gu Yuebai banged on the door or called out, Song Lan did not respond to him with a single word.

She simply threw herself onto the bed, covered her head, and cried her heart out.

She wanted to possess Gu Yuebai exclusively, but she knew she was powerless to stop the other women around him. This struggle, which she knew was futile, caused her immense pain.

Gu Yuebai and Song Lan were arguing loudly in the room, waking up their grandparents and Shen Ling.

They stood at their respective doorways, watching Gu Yuebai who was guarding the entrance, but none of them came over to interfere.

After a long while, when Gu Yuebai left Song Lan's room and walked back to his own room somewhat lost, Shen Ling came to his room and sat down by Gu Yuebai's bed.

She asked softly, "Son, what's wrong? What happened?"

Gu Yuebai didn't want Shen Ling to worry, so she said that nothing was wrong.

Shen Ling overheard a few words and roughly understood what was going on.

"Son, whether it's Liuyue or Lanlan, Mom thinks they're both perfect candidates for my family-oriented daughter-in-law. The key question is, who do you truly care about in your heart?"

Song Lan is gentle and considerate, but also independent and strong-willed.

He was devoted to Gu Yuebai.

Di Liuyue, as the squad leader of the Supernatural Abilities Bureau, is assertive, decisive, and resolute. However, when she is with Gu Yuebai, she is also quirky and full of girlish innocence.

He couldn't explain it, he couldn't articulate it, and his heart was filled with hesitation.

Seeing that Gu Yuebai was silent, Shen Ling knew he was upset, so she didn't disturb him and went back to her room to sleep.

Around 2 a.m., Gu Yuebai opened the door and saw that Song Lan's room was still lit.

Gu Yuebai silently returned to bed, his thoughts in disarray, tossing and turning until dawn before finally falling asleep.

It wasn't until the sun rose that Shen Ling hurriedly knocked on the door, and the loud knocking woke Gu Yuebai.

As he stepped out of the room, Shen Ling handed Gu Yuebai a letter: "Lanlan is gone."

Gu Yuebai snatched the letter eagerly and read it quickly.

"Gu Yuebai, I love you as a whole, not the you that needs to be shared with others. I'm giving you time to think things through, and I'm also thinking about whether I can continue to deceive myself like this. I'm leaving. Don't come looking for me until you've thought things through."

Holding the letter, Gu Yuebai sat weakly on the edge of the bed, her eyes peering through the window at the somewhat gray sky, remaining silent for a long time.

Shen Ling sat beside him and said calmly, "Go after her, apologize to her, and bring Lanlan back."

"Never mind. I really should think clearly about what I'm really thinking."

His primary goal in approaching Song Lan was to seduce her and make Hu Zhiwei experience the pain of being betrayed.

However, as time went by and he spent more and more time with Song Lan, their emotional bond deepened, and he truly fell in love with her.

However, his faint feelings for Di Liuyue seemed to stir his heart as well.

He initially thought his pretense of being a couple with Di Liuyue was just a charade. Neither of them expected that this charade would spark such a surprising and unexpected romance.

Gu Yuebai stayed at home all day without eating. It wasn't until dusk that Gu Shengming woke Gu Yuebai up, and the two of them had a frank and open conversation in the flower garden.

"Yuebai, what exactly do you think of that girl Song Lan?"

Seeing Gu Yuebai hesitate, he added, "Actually, you want to have your cake and eat it too?"

Gu Yuebai quickly looked up at her grandfather's scrutinizing yet slightly teasing expression.

He was silent.

Gu Shengming was pruning the tree branches when he joked, "These flowers usually only bloom one flower per branch. The seasons cycle, flowers bloom and wither, in a continuous cycle. Everyone has believed this since ancient times, so why do some flowers bloom in pairs?"