Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

Shen Nian stayed in the hospital's intensive care unit for a week.

Several times, his vital signs were almost gone.

The doctors at the hospital were helpless, and the Xuanmen Guild tried various methods, but none of them could wake her and Gu Qiwen up.

Shen Nian and Gu Qiwen regained consciousness at the same time this morning.

They all say it's a medical miracle.

Shen Nian chuckled softly upon hearing this.

Is it a medical miracle?

It was clearly she who stormed into the underworld and snatched the life back from the clutches of Yama, the King of Hell.

On the first day that Shen Nian and Gu Qiwen were moved to a regular ward, Gu Yuncheng flew over from Jinghai.

Upon seeing Shen Nian sitting on the hospital bed, her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

Like a homeless little animal abandoned by humans.

Shen Nian, used to being cold-hearted and indifferent, was quite flustered as she tried to coax or appease people.

"Don't cry... I'm fine, aren't I?"

Besides, she's been dead for over a thousand years, so it wouldn't really matter if she died again.

Gu Yuncheng hugged Shen Nian and cried for a while before remembering that he had an older brother. He asked, "By the way, where's my brother? He shouldn't be dead, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a cold gaze fall on him.

Looking back, Gu Qiwen was leaning against the door of the ward, giving him a half-smile.

Gu Qiwen was also recovering from a serious illness, and his face was unusually pale. However, this paleness did not diminish his complexion; on the contrary, it added a touch of sickly beauty to him.

Like the sickly beauties in period dramas.

Gu Qiwen said, "I need to speak with your master for a few minutes."

Gu Yuncheng made a zipping motion on his mouth: "I understand, I understand, then I'll go out first."

The ward door was closed again.

Only Gu Qiwen and Shen Nian remained.

Shen Nian looked at him, unsure of how to address him.

Should I call him senior brother?

However, even if we consider the lifespan of mortals to be several hundred years, he has already experienced at least ten reincarnations in the more than a thousand years he has lived.

Shen Nian didn't know whether she should continue to regard him as the white-robed swordsman from her past life.

A person's soul crosses the Bridge of Helplessness, drinks the Meng Po soup, and is reincarnated into a new life.

Past events should be severed when necessary.

Shen Nian thought that perhaps she should erase Gu Qiwen's memory. After a hundred years, dust to dust, ashes to ashes, they would have no further connection.

"What are you thinking about?"

Gu Qiwen suddenly spoke up and asked.

Shen Nian remained silent.

Gu Qiwen suddenly chuckled: "You're thinking about whether or not to erase my memories, aren't you?"

Shen Nian glanced at him, wondering how he had guessed it.

Gu Qiwen seemed to have figured out what she was thinking and smiled, "I think I told you that before."

"Niannian, you sometimes really can't hide your emotions."

Gu Qiwen lowered his eyes to meet her gaze: "Sometimes, what you're thinking is written all over your face."

Gu Qiwen softened his tone: "I just want to beg you, don't erase my memories."

"You can see me as whoever you want, I don't mind. What's important is that I want to be by your side, no matter what role I play."

"If you feel that being with your former senior is against human ethics, we can break off the engagement. It doesn't matter."

"...Is that alright?"

Whether it was her senior brother or Gu Qiwen, Shen Nian had rarely seen them so humble, even subservient.

Shen Nian was stunned for a moment.

She thought that Gu Qiwen and her senior brother were quite different.

Although his senior brother did not cultivate the Path of Heartlessness, Shen Nian had never seen him fall in love with any junior sister over the years.

It is said that a sword cultivator's wife is his own sword, and Shen Nian thought this statement made perfect sense at the time.

She was puzzled: "But... what exactly do you like about me?"

If we're talking about physical appearance, there are plenty of good-looking people in the world. As the head of the Gu family, Gu Qiwen could have any kind of beauty he wanted.

If we're talking about personality, Shen Nian cultivates the ruthless path, so his temper can be as eccentric as it gets.

Shen Nian pondered for a long time but couldn't find a reason why he liked her.

Is liking someone something so irrational and baseless?

Gu Qiwen simply chuckled and said, "Then I'll take that as a yes."

"However, I liked you even when I was your senior brother."

This time, Shen Nian was truly stunned.

"But at the time you were cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness, so we didn't dare to disturb your Dao heart, and therefore, it was never mentioned."

Of course he likes Shen Nian.

Regardless of past or present lives, regardless of changes in identity.

He loved and admired her.

Shen Nian: "...Give me some time."

She always treated her senior brother as a senior brother, no different from an ordinary brother.

I've never thought about that.

Even knowing that Gu Qiwen was the reincarnation of her senior brother, she tried her best to distinguish between the two and avoid confusing them.

But my senior brother actually...

Have you always liked her?

"...But how old was I when I met you?"

Shen Nian gave him a strange look.

Gu Qiwen chuckled: "Of course I didn't like him back then. If I had to say, it would have been when you turned sixteen and came of age."

Shen Nian: ...

Fine.

She struggled to process the news that "her senior brother had liked her before," and it took her a while to recover.

He wondered if she had lost her memory and had actually used a love potion on Gu Qiwen.

Even now, Shen Nian still finds it difficult to understand this emotion called "like" or "admiration".

but……

Master also said that this is a bottleneck in the Path of Ruthlessness.

It can't be rushed.

She decided to relax and, after having a frank talk with Gu Qiwen, prepare to let things take their course.

The Xuanmen Guild members arrived on the second day.

On behalf of the Xuanmen sect and the nation, Wang Jingxing delivered a passionate and eloquent speech thanking her, saying that the higher authorities would also award her an important honor—

Similar to a martyr's medal.

Shen Nian: ...

Thank you, I appreciate your kind offer, but I think it's unnecessary.

A vengeful ghost in red, with a medal hanging around its neck—the scene was utterly bizarre.

In addition, the Xuanmen Guild also sent over Shen Nian's admission notice.

Yes, despite all these incredible things that have happened.

However, in the original owner's life, "Shen Nian", she is currently in the long summer vacation after the college entrance examination.

Such notifications should ideally be received in person.

But at that time, Shen Nian was critically ill, and both her adoptive parents and biological parents were like that...

The guild went through special procedures to receive Shen Nian's admission notice on her behalf.

If she wakes up, hand it over to her in person.

If she unfortunately passes away, treat it as her belongings and dispose of it accordingly.

Shen Nian took the admission notice and stared at the exquisite paper for a long time.

A question mark slowly emerged in my mind.

What does that mean?

Could it be that she... is going to go to school in place of the original owner?