When Mu Sang spoke his final words, he stared fixedly at Yu Baichuan. The latter’s expression remained as cold and unyielding as an iceberg, as if completely accustomed to such behavior. He simply ignored Mu Sang and lifted his gaze to Su Chengzi, saying, “I’ve completed the paperwork. You stay here and take care of her.”
Mu Sang said with a smile, “That’s right. Teacher Yu should leave first. I don’t think Xiaobai would be happy to see you either.”
“Wait, who exactly are you? What right do you have to make decisions for me?” Li Wanbai, having held back for so long, finally couldn’t take it anymore. “Yu Baichuan is my… husband. Why can’t he stay here?”
When she uttered the word “husband,” Li Wanbai paused briefly, a faint blush unconsciously creeping up to her earlobes.
The crush she had secretly admired for years had suddenly become her husband—while this was now a fact, getting used to it was another matter. The situation had become reality, but that didn’t mean Li Wanbai would automatically grow accustomed to it.
Her shyness was completely natural.
Not everyone saw it that way.
Seeing her hesitate over the word “husband,” Yu Baichuan’s eyes dimmed momentarily before he quickly regained his composure. He let out a light snort. “Mu Sang, if I don’t have the right to stay here, what right do you have? After all, you’re the one who landed Li Wanbai in the hospital!”
Knowing he was in the wrong, Mu Sang fell silent, unable to retort.
Li Wanbai glanced at Mu Sang, then at Yu Baichuan, puzzled. “I never said you don’t have the right to stay here. Since you’re my husband, you’re the one with the most right to be here.”
“You…” Yu Baichuan sighed softly but ultimately said nothing more before turning and leaving.
Mu Sang clearly wanted to say something else, but with Su Chengzi present, he merely gave Li Wanbai a faint smile, tapped the phone in his hand, and also turned to leave.
Su Chengzi rolled her eyes and grumbled, “I can’t stand him acting like this, as if the whole world revolves around his will! It’s like he doesn’t understand human language!”
“Duo Duo, you’re being too harsh. Actually, Yu Baichuan isn’t—”
“Who said I was talking about Yu Baichuan?” Su Chengzi exclaimed loudly.
Li Wanbai shrank her neck slightly and whispered, “I actually think Yu Baichuan is like that. I’ve made my stance so clear, yet he still seems so disappointed.”
Then, she quickly pressed further, “By the way, what exactly is my relationship with that Mu Sang? I didn’t really… cheat on Yu Baichuan, did I?”
Su Chengzi looked at her with deep meaning, a playful smile curling at the corners of her lips. “Who knows? Matters between you two are for you two to figure out. Well, now maybe only Yu Baichuan knows.”
Li Wanbai’s lips twitched. Asking was as good as not asking. Then, a realization dawned on her, and her face lit up with joy. “Duo Duo! Does that mean you believe I’ve traveled here from ten years ago?”
“Of course! The you from ten years later isn’t this foolish—no, the you from ten years later is even more foolish than now! If Mu Sang accidentally landed you in the hospital, or even if he deliberately poisoned your food or filled your path with traps and dangers, you’d still praise him for being clever! Like a complete idiot!” Su Chengzi scolded with exasperation, her gaze at Li Wanbai so intense it seemed she could swallow her whole.
Li Wanbai hunched her shoulders and said dryly, “Duo Duo, you’re exaggerating. I know exactly what kind of person I am.”
“Bullshit! Who knows how you’ve changed these past ten years? You’re completely different from who you are now!” Su Chengzi’s voice grew increasingly louder.
Li Wanbai couldn’t even lift her head under the scolding. Stop, stop blaming me. I don’t know what happened either. In this matter, I’m just as much a victim as you are!
Su Chengzi’s words abruptly stopped as she stared blankly at Li Wanbai before sighing, “Who knows what you were thinking before? But since you claim to be from ten years ago and even called me by my childhood nickname, I naturally believe you.”
“The current you and the previous you are vastly different. You have no idea how obsessively infatuated you were with Mu Sang before, worshipping him as your personal goddess Venus. You even said…” Su Chengzi paused, glanced at Li Wanbai, then continued slowly, “You even said if heaven hadn’t played tricks by swapping the order in which Mu Sang and Yu Baichuan appeared in your life, you should have married Mu Sang instead of that rigid, cold man Yu Baichuan…”
“Yu Baichuan? Rigid and cold?” Li Wanbai looked as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world, revealing a brilliant smile. “Since when did I ever think Yu Baichuan was rigid and cold?”
Su Chengzi stared fixedly at her. Li Wanbai immediately retracted her grinning teeth and said obediently, “I don’t know… That really doesn’t sound like me.”
“Maybe heaven couldn’t stand me breaking character so badly, which is why I lost my memory.”
“Yeah, perhaps heaven wanted you to salvage your completely shattered persona by sending you back ten years later.” Su Chengzi sighed with emotion, even showing a hint of hope on her face before smiling. “Anyway, you’re back now.”
The Li Wanbai who returned was someone familiar, recognizable, likable, and who remembered their beautiful memories together.
That alone was enough.
Infected by her smile, Li Wanbai’s lips curved slightly before suddenly drooping as she worriedly asked, “Now that you believe I’m from ten years ago, what about Yu Baichuan? How can I make him believe I’ve lost my memory?”
Just thinking about this gave her a headache. “You saw his attitude earlier—he completely refuses to believe it.”
“Well, about that, I can understand him.” Su Chengzi chuckled mockingly. “Who told you to act so erratically these past few years, tormenting him in every possible way? There was even a time before when you claimed to have amnesia and demanded a divorce.”
Su Chengzi knew about this incident too. When she first met Li Wanbai, she had been wary. But since she wasn’t directly involved in that matter—not even a bystander, merely someone who heard about it secondhand—she was naturally willing to believe Li Wanbai and give her a chance. After all, whether Li Wanbai was lying or not, she wouldn’t lose anything.
But Yu Baichuan was different. He had genuinely been deeply hurt by Li Wanbai using this exact trick before.
Li Wanbai’s mouth twitched as she couldn’t help but facepalm. Well, it turns out all her current difficulties were consequences of her past self’s foolish actions.
“But you don’t need to worry too much.” Seeing her like this, Su Chengzi spoke up to comfort her. “I heard your company is currently negotiating for our program resource. We are a large-scale mixed reality show live broadcast program. Of course, none of that matters. What’s important is that Yu Baichuan will also be appearing on this show. Perhaps by then, the two of you can find an opportunity to clear things up.”