Sharing Dreams with My Bestie's Cousin

Wen Zhi didn’t go to see Wen Yiwan, and everything she knew afterward was told to her by Gu Rang.

"Wen Yiwan insisted that she must see the ashes."

"I didn’t show them to her, and she went crazy, smashed everything, and said we were all conspiring to deceive her."

"Since she didn’t believe, I got Zhan Feng to show her the surveillance from the hospital during Director Mu’s final moments, and she lost it again..."

Wen Zhi listened to Gu Rang with an expressionless face, but when she heard about the surveillance during the final moments in the hospital, a trace of reaction finally appeared on her face: "The surveillance in the hospital?"

Gu Rang had guessed that Wen Zhi would ask this, and he nodded, saying, "Yes, the surveillance footage from the hospital, but Director Mu didn’t want you to see it, he had instructed so."

Wen Zhi was silent.

She knew that Wen Yiwan probably couldn’t accept it, but no one cared about her feelings; they just needed her to face the facts.

Wen Zhi didn’t want to think about that scene, and closed her eyes saying, "Let her throw her tantrums, I’ll see her again tomorrow."

"Okay," Gu Rang nodded.

He turned to leave, but Wen Zhi suddenly called out to him, "That..."

Gu Rang paused, turning to look at her: "What?"

Wen Zhi opened her eyes, and when she spoke again her voice was very soft: "Has Shang Hexing already left Lin City?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Rang’s lips tightened into a line, he didn’t have time to check whether Shang Hexing had returned to Lin City, but since Wen Zhi asked, he simply said, "He has already left."

After he spoke, he heard Wen Zhi’s choked voice: "I understand."

Gu Rang stared at Wen Zhi’s back for a few seconds and ultimately said nothing more and turned to leave.

The room became even quieter, Wen Zhi took out her mobile phone, opened the WeChat page, then opened one of the pinned chat boxes and began to type.

[I’m sorry.]

After typing these three characters, Wen Zhi quickly deleted them.

After a moment of silence, she began to type again.

[I didn’t mean to lose my temper at you, I can’t control my emotions, I’m becoming less and less like myself, it’s like, I’m sick.]

After typing this long message, Wen Zhi still deleted it.

As if not willing to give up, she continued to type.

[Shang Hexing, I can’t bear to lose you.]

After typing this, Wen Zhi stared at the message for a long time, until her eyes were sore, she was about to press send, but as her finger was about to touch the screen, she still deleted the message.

He had already left.

It was she who had driven him away.

The two of them had already reached this point, she shouldn’t send him messages anymore; from now on, it’s better not to contact him...

Once she had thought it through completely, she opened the delete contact page, and with a determined heart, she deleted Shang Hexing’s WeChat and then his phone number as well.

The next time a call came, it would be from a stranger.

...

Meanwhile, Shang Hexing had been staring at his phone for a long time, and the page displayed was the WeChat chat with Wen Zhi. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

The notification "Typing..." appeared repeatedly.

But he never received a message.

Just as Chen Jinhai approached, "Mr. Shang, the flight information has been changed; are we going back to the hotel, or somewhere else..."

The normally fluent salutation ’Ms. Wen’ was something Chen Jinhai dared not utter now.

He was unsure just how serious the conflict between the two of them was this time, but all he remembered was Mr. Shang’s expression when he left, which was almost as gloomy as the last time he returned to the Shang family after a dispute with Ms. Wen!

Seeing that Mr. Shang remained silent, Chen Jinhai didn’t dare to ask further, so he just kept waiting. Soon after, a call came on the official phone, and Chen Jinhai looked at the caller ID before handing the phone to Shang Hexing: "A call from Mr. Wei."

Shang Hexing took the phone and pressed answer.

Wei You: "The project that Huaqing Group is doing with the government ran into a problem!"

Shang Hexing responded with a hmm.

Wei You sounded anxious at the other end: "When will you be back?"

Shang Hexing set his personal phone aside and lifted his hand to massage his forehead: "Tonight."

Wei You said meaningfully, "No wonder Old Master Han always stopped you from being with Wen Zhi. Your mind hasn’t really been on the right track these past few months."

Shang Hexing’s tone turned cold, "What are you trying to say?"

Wei You, driven by urgency, blurted out, "Nothing—I wouldn’t dare to say anything. But still, I’ll repeat what I’ve always said—Wen Zhi is quite good, dating her would definitely be wonderful, but if you truly marry her, your career will probably come to a halt."

At that moment, Wei You, hindered by urgent matters and unable to meet Shang Hexing, said things in haste, which came across as straightforward and unpleasant.

After speaking, he did feel somewhat regretful.

But he also knew that he couldn’t take those words back.

He tried to pick some nicer words, "I was just speaking off the cuff—don’t be angry, I know you’re different. I won’t say it again next time."

Suddenly, there was silence on the phone.

Wei You thought the call had been hung up. He looked down and, thankfully, the call was still connected.

After a long while, Wei You finally heard Shang Hexing’s voice. He seemed calm, not angry: "I’ll return to Bai City this afternoon."

Wei You was momentarily confused, "Tomorrow afternoon?"

Shang Hexing didn’t answer him again and didn’t end the call but handed the phone to Chen Jinhai, "Rebook the flight; we’re going back now."

Chen Jinhai was stunned but didn’t dare to ask further, immediately following the order and booking the flight.

On the other end of the call still not disconnected, Wei You’s voice could still be heard clamoring, "Really going back now? Isn’t it night already? What happened? Hey..."

Chen Jinhai clutched the phone tightly, "Don’t talk, don’t talk, the flight is being booked."

Wei You muttered, "Did I jinx it?"

The atmosphere in the car was so tense, it was suffocating; Chen Jinhai didn’t dare look in the rearview mirror.

Shang Hexing maintained his grip on the phone for a long time. The screen displayed his WeChat chat with Wen Zhi; he had not received a message from her, so he took the initiative to send one—

[I haven’t left.]

After sending the message, a red exclamation mark appeared, along with a notification for friend verification...

He knew.

She had deleted him.

This is probably why the typing notification had lasted for so long. Perhaps she had intended to send a farewell message, repeatedly deleting it before realizing there was no need, and simply deleted him outright.

"Wen Zhi..." Shang Hexing muttered hoarsely, "To never see each other again, as you wished."

...

Two days later, late at night.

Approaching 1:30 am, it was already very late. Wen Zhi was woken up by the sound of knocking. She calmly got up, put on a coat, and went to open the door.

The person standing outside was Gu Rang.

He was panting, his expression anxious, appearing as if he had been running back and forth upon hearing some news, before finally arriving at her place.

Wen Zhi calmly asked, "Coming to see me so late, has something happened?"

Something had happened.

And it was a big deal.

However, before speaking about it, Gu Rang stared at Wen Zhi for a long time. On the other hand, Wen Zhi was calm, composed, as if his visit tonight had been within her expectations.

After a long while, Gu Rang slowly broke the silence and delivered the news, "Wen Yiwan has been arrested."

Wen Zhi’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Gu Rang felt increasingly heavy-hearted, "Aren’t you going to ask why?"

Following Gu Rang’s lead, Wen Zhi asked, "Why?"

Gu Rang leaned his hand against the doorframe, word by word, he said, "She killed Chong Wanyin."

Wen Zhi’s eyes briefly flickered, but it was merely a flash before it disappeared, her lips still curving into a smile.

The more Gu Rang pondered, the more convinced he became of his guess. He asked, "It was you who encouraged her, telling her the hospital where Chong Wanyin was, right?"

Initially, Wen Zhi didn’t admit it.

"I don’t know where Chong Wanyin is. You all never told me." After saying that, Wen Zhi raised her hand to close the door, but Gu Rang blocked the gap.

"Wen Zhi, you can’t fool me!"