What's wrong with me?

The aunt smiled at Qi Xia, and then she took the prepared breakfast and placed it on the square cloth that had been laid out long ago. The aunt did not say much, nor did she look at him with the usual look that urged him to taste her food. She just sat down quietly, opposite Qi Xia, and ate breakfast with Qi Xia.

The somewhat silent breakfast ended in a short while. During the breakfast, Qi Xia had tried his best to bring up some topics, but his aunt seemed absent-minded. She just answered Qi Xia a few words and then fell silent again. Although she took care of Qi Xia as usual, and asked Qi Xia if he had eaten enough as usual, worried that he would be hungry, there was obviously something missing in her enthusiasm and tenderness compared to the past, and there was a faint sense of alienation.

After finishing breakfast, the aunt went to pack up, leaving Qi Xia alone lying on the towel. He looked at his aunt's busy figure, at a loss. He could tolerate his aunt being angry with him, although his aunt had never been angry with him before, and he could also tolerate his aunt scolding and reprimanding him, although that had never happened either. But he really could not tolerate the relationship between him and his aunt being so stiff and distant as it was now.

But he had no idea where he had done wrong. He knew that he must have hurt his aunt's heart, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn't seem to have said anything excessive.

On the contrary, it was his aunt who said that she wanted to stay with him for the rest of her life. Of course, he was willing to do so. However, that would be the most selfish thing to do. His aunt had the right to pursue her own happiness, and he could not deny it because of his own selfish desires. What's more, his grandparents had always hoped that his aunt could find her own happiness and find a man who could accompany her throughout her life... His aunt had taken care of him for so many years, and he could no longer unconditionally withdraw his aunt's love and care for him, so he was not qualified to have his aunt stay by his side all the time.

"What on earth am I thinking about? She's just a little cold. Maybe it's just that my aunt is in a bad mood. What else do I want? Do I want my aunt to give me a good morning kiss? It's okay. When it's noon, I'll go for a walk in the city with my aunt. When my aunt is in a better mood, she will definitely be back to normal."

Qi Xia patted his head and comforted himself softly, but when he stood up and looked at his aunt's hesitant back, he began to doubt whether his idea was really correct. His idea only seemed correct to him, but he seemed to have never considered his aunt's opinion...

Qi Xia frowned and absentmindedly picked up the garbage left over from last night. Not far away, Tang Wanxia was staring at Xiaoxia's figure. The faint resentment and sorrow in her peach-like eyes quietly disappeared, fading into moving and graceful spring water as well as countless expectations and impatience.

The seeds of self-doubt have been planted. It depends on how long it takes for them to take root and sprout, and to bear sweet fruits, so that she can fully taste the taste of Xiao Xia that she has been spying on for so long...

Chapter 124 Buried

Qi Xia and his aunt stayed on the hillside for a while longer. They spent some time folding up the tent and packing the garbage into the garbage bag. Then Qi Xia prepared to go down the mountain with his aunt.

Today's plan is to go for a stroll in the city of Annan with my aunt, and their first destination is the most famous place in Annan City, and a place that Qi Xia was once very familiar with, Annan University.

Qi Xia stood under the banyan tree and looked at the sea of ​​sunflowers on the hillside. The breeze, carrying the fragrance of the sunflowers, blew on Qi Xia's face. He suddenly left reluctantly, because if he left this time, he might never have the chance to come back again.

He touched the rough bark of the banyan tree. He and Yue Ran had once tied a love lock on this thick trunk, hoping that he and Yue Ran could be together until the end. Unfortunately, no matter how strong the lock was, it couldn't lock them both. And now, all this has not happened yet, and the trunk of the banyan tree has never recorded any trace of him and Yue Ran being together.

His aunt was waiting for him not far away. Qi Xia took a look at the lush treetops and slowly squatted down next to a pile of rocks under the bushes.

He also remembered that he and Yue Ran had buried a time capsule under the pile of rocks, which contained many memorable things from their relationship. He had planned to wait until he and Yue Ran got married, started a family, and even had a child, before digging it out to relive the beauty of the past. Unfortunately, the buried capsule failed to complete its mission.

This was the place he and Yue Ran discovered together, but unfortunately, they were once two people who loved each other so deeply, but now he is the only one who has come to this place.

Thinking that there might not be another chance to come back in the future, and not wanting to leave just like that, and wanting to leave even a trace of him in this place, Qi Xia took out the letter he had already written from his pocket.

That was a letter he had written before he came. It recorded every moment he and Yue Ran had gone through together, his still surging love for Yue Ran and his endless apologies, as well as his expectations and anxieties about his new life. He wanted to bury this letter here to replace the time capsule, and also bury his love and remembrance for Yue Ran here.

His aunt behind him was urging him on. Qi Xia turned over the rubble, trying to find a good place to bury the letter paper wrapped in waterproof film so that it could exist as long as possible. But when Qi Xia turned over an inconspicuous piece of rubble, he was stunned for a moment, because a silver-white iron box had been placed in the rubble at some point.

The iron box still exudes a metallic luster under the sunlight. There is no rust and no stains on the surface. It looks like it was put in not long ago.

When he saw the iron box, Qi Xia's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, but he soon calmed down. For a moment, he suspected that the iron box might have been left by Yue Ran, because the only people who would leave something here might be him and Yue Ran. But after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible, because Yue Ran was not reborn like him, and the iron box was just thrown casually in the crevice of the stone, and it was a short distance away from the place where he and Yue Ran buried the time capsule. It was probably just accidentally left here by the workers who were working here.

Qi Xia picked up the iron box and opened it. Just as he thought, there were only a few broken screws and other things inside the iron box. It seemed that they were things that others didn't want, and this iron box just happened to appear. Qi Xia decided to make use of it. He cleared out the debris in the iron box, put the letter in his hand into the iron box, closed the lid, and then found a soft place to bury the iron box and the letter together.

"Goodbye, Yue Ran..."

After burying the letter in the soil and looking at the traces left on the ground, Qi Xia felt suddenly lost, yet inexplicably relieved, as if he had unloaded some psychological burden.

He and Yue Ran will probably never meet again in this life. Continuing to carry everything from the past is just a torture for both him and Yue Ran. He will bury everything from the past along with the letter here, and it is time for him to move on to his new life.

"Aunt, let's go. Let's go to Annan University together."

Qi Xia took a last look at the endless sea of ​​sunny flowers at the foot of the hill. He cheered up and walked towards his aunt who had been waiting for him for a while. He helped his aunt lift the folding barbecue grill, and received a beautiful smile from his aunt in response. Qi Xia then went down the mountain with his aunt.

The cool autumn wind blew through the mountains and fields of sunflowers, rolling up a vortex of fragrance, as if saying its final goodbye to Qi Xia. But not long after Qi Xia left with her aunt, a tall woman in a black suit and sunglasses on her face quietly visited this quiet and yearning flower field.

"Yes, miss, I'm here already. My uncle has just left. Yes, I left the tin there last night."

The woman came to the hillside, still holding a mobile phone, as if she was talking to someone very important. She stood next to the banyan tree and listened carefully. At this time, a very beautiful and moving girl's voice came from the speaker of the mobile phone.

"In that case, go to the banyan tree and look under the third stone from the left. If I'm right, he should have left something in the iron box."

"Got it, miss."

Following the girl's orders, the woman began to search under the banyan tree. Under the third stone, she found traces of digging, and then she dug out the brand new iron box from the soil.

"Miss, I found it. Do you want me to send it to you now?"

The woman held the iron box in her hand, but she didn't open it. Instead, she asked the girl on the other end of the phone if she wanted it to be sent to her right away. The girl on the other end of the phone just smiled gently.

"Sure enough, he is the same as me... But this is a bit difficult. If he also remembers the past... Oh... No need, Liu Hong, you just stay there for two days, and come back with him when he comes back. Remember to help me take good care of him, but don't let him find out about you for the time being. Oh, and tell the construction company to add a fence around the villa. If possible, it would be best if it can be electrified. I don't want other people to break into his and my sweet little nest, don't you agree..."

Chapter 125 Choice

In the steamy bathroom, the beautiful girl slightly frowned her slender and elegant brows and gently put down the mobile phone in her hand. Crystal clear water droplets kept dripping from the girl's soft black hair. She scooped up a handful of clear water, looking at her face reflected in the water, the girl frowned slightly.

"Huh... This is really a bit troublesome. He actually has the same memories as me. Although I had expected this, the situation has undoubtedly become much more difficult..."

The girl pondered for a moment. Ever since fate had reunited with the man she had been waiting for and missing at the high-speed railway station yesterday, the girl's mood had been very complicated.

She missed the chance to meet him, and in order to find out everything about him, she ordered her assistant Liu Hong to drive back to Annan from Nanshan overnight. Just as she expected, Liu Hong brought her the news that he had indeed gone to the secret base that he and she had discovered together.

Drops of water slid across the girl's crystal clear cheeks, and the distressed girl gently patted her cheeks.

She had a slight headache. Before this, in order to see him, get him, become his girlfriend who could spend the rest of his life with him again, and turn him into a treasure that belonged to her alone, she had specially prepared two completely different, even diametrically opposed plans.

One of these two plans is used to deal with the situation if he does not have such clear memories of his past life like himself, but only has some vague memories. The other is used to deal with the situation like now, when he and himself had the same clear dream and glimpsed their future.

The girl lamented that if possible, she really did not want to choose the second plan, because compared to the first plan she had prepared, the second plan was obviously more difficult and troublesome.

But she had no choice. Just as she clearly understood how crazy and paranoid she was, she also understood him clearly, even more deeply than she understood herself. She knew that although he always looked so gentle and gullible, his inner character was somewhat similar to hers. Once he made up his mind about something, he would not turn back even if he hit a wall.

In his memory, because he was bewitched by Xu Zijin and due to her carelessness and negligence, he had already realized that his union with her was unfortunate and that he had "ruined" her life.

And now, he had those memories of the "past". If she still suddenly appeared in front of him as she had planned before, he would definitely resist her, stay away from her, and not want her to get close to him, just like at the end of the dream.

The girl frowned. She had clearly seen him, but was unable to approach him. This was undoubtedly an unbearable torture for her. But what she could not tolerate even more was being resisted and alienated by him.

In her first plan, she would have taken the initiative to find him and told him that she was his future girlfriend and the person with whom she would spend her life. However, at this moment, since the first method was obviously no longer feasible, she could not alert the enemy and was left with the second method.

She would pretend that she had no memories of those things, and then because of some "unexpected" reason, she would leave Annan and "accidentally" transfer to the school where he was, and then meet him again. She would not contact him immediately, but would pretend that she did not know him, and through repeated "unintentional" contacts, she would become familiar with him, let him lose his vigilance a little, and finally, just like she had done before, let him fall into the big net she had woven for him, leaving him with no way to escape.

The girl curled her lips slightly. This choice would undoubtedly make her meet him later, but compared to not being able to get him, this price was still within her acceptable range. Patience was always a necessary quality for a deadly hunter.

She stretched gently, stirring up a splash of water with rose petals floating on it. She stood up from the warm pool, revealing large areas of snow-white skin on her chest and waist. Her snow-white skin was smooth and delicate, like fluorescent white jade. Under her slender and soft waist, her long beautiful legs were round and plump, and her long calves and plump thighs were fully revealed. The girl stepped out of the huge bathtub full of rose petals.

In the gentle morning light, the girl's skin as delicate as cream did not shine too brightly. She came to the shower and washed her flawless body with warm water.

Morning bathing is the most essential part of her day, because she has to keep herself clean and beautiful at all times so as to leave the best impression on him when she meets him.

"Yueran, haven't you finished washing yet? Why can't we wash together? Why do we have to wash separately? I've been waiting for you outside for a while."

Xu Zijin's voice came from outside the bathroom door, making the girl frown. Of course there was a reason why she didn't want to take a bath with her. Even though Xu Zijin was a girl like her, the girl still didn't want to bathe with anyone except him. Her beauty and purity, everything belonged only to him, and she didn't want to let others see even a little bit of it.

After finally finishing washing her body, the girl wrapped her long hair tightly with a hairband, revealing her slender white neck and plump white back. The white bath towel wrapped around her slender waist, which contrasted with her plump bust lines to form a moving undulation. With soft steps, the girl opened the door and walked in.

"Yueran, are you done washing? Didn't you say you were going out to look for him in the morning? Why did you waste so much time?"

In the hall of the villa, the heartless Xu Zijin was watching an unknown movie on a huge screen. On the coffee table in front of her were a bunch of snack packaging bags that had not been cleaned up yet. Hearing her words, the girl sighed, because she had just moved here and had not had time to hire a few housekeepers to help with daily cleaning work.

Planning to deal with all these things today, the girl's snow-white skin exuded a gentle halo under the bright light in the hall. She shook her head and said, "We don't need to go out to look for him today. I already have news about him, but these are not what you need to consider. Get up and get ready. Let's go to the city together today. After all, we have to live here for a while, and we can't do without being familiar with the environment..."

Chapter 126 Patience

After leaving Xiangyang Flower Field, Qi Xia brought his aunt to the university campus where he had studied and lived before. Because it was the National Day holiday, there were not as many people in the school as usual, but there were also many outsiders like Qi Xia and his aunt who came to visit the college.

The scenery in the college is still not much different from what he remembered, but looking at all the familiar things in front of him, Qi Xia couldn't find the feeling when he first lived here. He just thought about his complicated emotions randomly and wandered aimlessly in the vast campus with his aunt.

When coming to those places with deep memories, Qi Xia might sigh slightly, but this also made his aunt once again have a vague doubt about Qi Xia's familiarity with this place.

In response to this, Qi Xia explained that he had wanted to go to this university, so he looked into it in more detail. It seemed that because this reason was too perfect and there was nothing wrong with it, the aunt believed Qi Xia's explanation.

The morning time passed in a flash. In addition to visiting most places and facilities in the school, Qi Xia took his aunt to a relatively remote grove in the school for the last stop.

Qi Xia led his aunt along the winding stone road. Because the place was remote, there were no other people in the grove except him and his aunt. The wind in early October no longer had the hot and fierce momentum it had at the beginning. Instead, it carried a hint of autumn's bleak flavor, blowing gently through the woods, blowing the leaves and making a comfortable and quiet sound.

The aunt didn't say much along the way. Even when Qi Xia took the initiative to bring up the topic, she only responded to him briefly in a calm and soft voice, which made Qi Xia, who had always been feeling sympathetic, even more uncertain and at a loss.

For this last stop before lunch, Qi Xia had planned to take his aunt to see the most famous cherry blossom forest on campus. That was also the place where Qi Xia had confessed his love to Yue Ran, and it was a holy place in the minds of many young couples in the university.

But as they walked, Qi Xia unknowingly brought his aunt to this remote grove. There was nothing worth visiting in this grove because there was no one there and the trees were very dense. Instead, it seemed a bit cold when walking in it. But Qi Xia still came here unconsciously because this place was where the pavilion where Qi Xia first met Yue Ran was located.

The winding stone road stretched out among the woods. Qi Xia just kept walking forward with his aunt without saying much. After a while, a small, ordinary-looking pavilion appeared at the end of the stone road.

"Aunt, we've been walking all morning, do you want to sit down and rest for a while?"

"Well, let's take a short break. Xiao Xia, you must be tired after carrying so many things. If not, let's find a hotel and rest."

Qi Xia turned around and looked at his aunt beside him, and his aunt just responded to him with a faint smile. However, looking at that elegant smile, Qi Xia's heart was only slightly gloomy. Even though he came to this place which also had countless memorable memories for him, Qi Xia's heart was still in a mess, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

By now, no matter how reluctant he was to admit it, Qi Xia had already understood one thing, that is, his aunt seemed to be really upset because of what happened last night. When facing his aunt, that faint sense of alienation had always tormented Qi Xia, making Qi Xia, who had never experienced this feeling before, feel particularly uncomfortable.

"It's okay. I'm fine. I'm not too tired. As for the hotel, I plan to take you to a place after lunch. Do you remember that I said I would take you to a hot spring? I know there is a hot spring hotel where you can soak in hot springs. I heard that the hot springs in that hot spring hotel are very powerful. There are many benefits to soaking in it, especially for the skin. It can make the skin more delicate..."

"Really? That's great. I'll listen to Xiao Xia anyway. Wherever Xiao Xia goes, I'll go."

Qi Xia sat down with his aunt, but his aunt did not sit next to him as before, but sat opposite him. He talked in detail about the details of the hot spring hotel he and Yue Ran had visited, as if to arouse his aunt's curiosity, but before he could finish his words, his aunt just replied to him lightly, and then there was no further response, making Qi Xia feel empty in his heart once again.

"Auntie, okay..."

Qi Xia was stunned for a moment and frowned. Everything that happened from last night till now had always made Qi Xia suspicious. Although he had the memories of two lives, he had never seen such a situation before. Even when he was engaged to Yue Ran and left his aunt, turning himself into the person his aunt was not familiar with, his aunt had never been as distant from him as she was now.

He looked at his aunt, and his aunt responded to him with a smile. The corners of her gentle eyebrows were slightly raised, and her long eyelashes were shaking in the sunlight. The falling shadow was quietly dissolved in the pupil light. In the depths of the clear pool, the black eyes were still leisurely and deep. But looking at his aunt like this, Qi Xia felt that he couldn't help feeling aggrieved in his heart.

He had never encountered such a situation before, and his aunt had never been so distant from him as she was now. He opened his mouth and finally couldn't help wanting to ask his aunt why she was angry with him, but before he opened his mouth, he felt his aunt beside him move, and seemed to move a little closer to him.

"Xiao Xia, it's time to take a break. Let's find a place to have lunch."

Tang Wanxia spoke softly, but deep in her eyes that no one could see, there was so much heartache and pity. She knew that if she wanted to get into Xiaoxia's heart and let Xiaoxia break down the wall with her, she had to harden her heart and do it.

However, when Tang Wanxia saw Xiaoxia's expression full of grievance and uneasiness, she still felt a pang of heartache and pain in her heart.

Of course, she wanted the sweet fruit to mature as quickly as possible, but she didn't want to bring more pain to Xiao Xia. Now it seems that she seemed to have gone too far. She just wanted Xiao Xia to doubt himself and shake his thoughts little by little. However, she didn't expect that Xiao Xia, who had never seen her like this, would become suspicious because of her behavior.

When you pull out a radish, you bring out the dirt. Seeing Xiao Xia's uncomfortable look, she felt extremely distressed, but she also knew that she had no way out now. If she gave up now, all her efforts would be in vain. So she could only continue to endure, watching Xiao Xia's uneasy and flustered appearance, and endure the self-blame and heartache that were much more painful than Xiao Xia's.

She glanced at Xiao Xia and gritted her teeth. Instead of continuing to be troubled by it, it would be better to cut the Gordian knot. She tried hard to harden her heart and then spoke softly to Qi Xia.

"Xiao Xia, I'm actually a little tired too. After we finish lunch and find a hotel, I won't go out with you this afternoon. I want to rest for a while alone..."

Chapter 127 Intensification

"Sir, do you have anything else to ask?"

Qi Xia was stunned for a moment, and when he heard the questioning voice of the receptionist beside him, he suddenly came back to his senses. He shook his head at the receptionist in front of him, who was dressed very formally and had a standard smile on her face.

"Ah, nothing much, just prepare two single rooms for me, plus a hot spring room."

It was already afternoon. After taking a walk around Annan University and having lunch at a nearby restaurant serving special dishes, Qi Xia and his aunt came to the hot spring hotel where he had been with Yue Ran.

Just looking at the very familiar environment in the hotel, Qi Xia felt dazed. His aunt was holding her bag and looking at him with a smile, waiting for him to check in so that they could go to the room to rest. But looking at his aunt like that, Qi Xia felt that his aunt had become so strange that he could not get close to her or contact her.

His aunt would never say such distant words to him, and it was even more impossible for her to leave Qi Xia alone under the pretext of needing to rest. But now, all of this was happening right in front of Qi Xia's eyes, leaving him feeling confused and puzzled.

After the front desk checked in, Qi Xia and his aunt went to the room. As the most famous hot spring hotel in Annan City, the room conditions were very good. As soon as they arrived in the room, his aunt took off her tweed coat and sat lazily on the soft sofa. She yawned slightly, as if she was really tired. When Qi Xia went to check on her room and came back, she leaned against the comfortable pillow and squinted her bright eyes.

"Xiao Xia, I'm a little tired. I'll just rest here for a while. If you want to go out and play later, you don't have to call me. You can go alone."

She pulled the blanket on the sofa and covered herself with it, the corners of her soft lips raised in a natural and gentle arc. Today, my aunt was wearing a sky blue chiffon dress with lace. The flowing chiffon lotus leaf sleeves made the long dress full of layers, showing the perfect arc and charming shape of her snow-white slender arms and soft and lovely shoulders. She lay on her side on the sofa, but still looked so dignified and quiet. Her slender but plump figure made people feel a kind of pure beauty that made people feel ethereal. The pure blue and white color combination still made my aunt so beautiful that people couldn't bear to look away.

But Qi Xia was a little confused and felt a little uneasy. He wiped his sore eyes and sat down gently beside his beautiful aunt.

He was used to his aunt's love and care for him, and his aunt's unlimited and unreserved love and doting on him. But when his aunt began to distance herself from him like she was doing now, a feeling of discomfort from the bottom of her heart began to spread continuously in Qi Xia's heart.

"Aunt, I'm actually a little tired too. I fell asleep very late last night and now I feel a little sleepy."

Qi Xia said in a low voice, and there seemed to be a hint of grievance and panic in his voice.

He remembered the lonely and somewhat hurt expression on his aunt's face when she asked that question last night and got his answer. Thinking of that lonely expression as if all the happiness would be taken away by him if he didn't agree, Qi Xia now seemed to be able to empathize with her.

Qi Xia clenched his fists and tried hard. He really felt that he might have done something wrong. His aunt wanted to stay with him forever, and he was so happy that he couldn't wait to refuse her. Was it because it was not a good idea? Would it make him look "selfish"? Or was he afraid to take on such a responsibility? Was he afraid of other people's gossip?

Shaking his head meaninglessly, Qi Xia was confused. He had always been obsessed with what most people believed to be correct, but he had not thought that that might not necessarily be what his aunt wanted.

In his memory, the aunt had always loved him, never said such words to him, and never had any estrangement from him like this, but the aunt was still alone. Even though his grandparents had urged her countless times, she never thought of finding a partner until the end. Instead, she was always waiting for Qi Xia, waiting for Qi Xia to have time to go to the home where he and his aunt used to live, and cook his favorite meals for him like in the past, love him like in the past, and give him all the best.

"Auntie, I'm sorry."

Is it really right for him to do this? At this moment, Qi Xia couldn't help but start to doubt. He called his aunt's name, feeling a little lost in his heart, but he didn't notice that after hearing his words, his aunt's body trembled slightly, and her soft lips were tightly pursed together in an instant.

Tang Wanxia felt distressed, really distressed. Thinking of Xiaoxia, who always looked at her with such clear and bright eyes in the sunshine and the intoxicating attachment in her eyes, and always had a bright smile on her cute and attractive face... Thinking of Xiaoxia, who trusted her so much, was so attached to her, always snuggled up to her and called her aunt affectionately, but now became so sad because of her, Tang Wanxia felt as if her chest was about to split with self-blame.

But she couldn't say anything, nor could she respond. Looking at Xiaoxia's face, she could only continue to endure her anger and pretend to be a little tired calmly. She opened her eyes slightly and looked at Xiaoxia beside her.

"What's wrong, Xiaoxia? If you didn't sleep well, go back to your room and rest. I'm also very tired and want to rest for a while."

"Well, have a good rest, auntie. When you wake up, you can go take a bath in the hot spring bath."

Although Qi Xia felt uncomfortable after receiving the response from his aunt, he did not say anything more. He just stood up gently.