early morning.
Cheng Shiyu made breakfast as usual.
Gu Zhiyin came down from upstairs and paused when passing Mu Ning's room.
His eyes stayed on the closed door for a moment, then he withdrew indifferently and walked to the restaurant to eat.
Breakfast was almost finished, but Mu Ning didn't come out.
"It's strange, Miss Mu got up very early. Why aren't you up at this time today?" Cheng Shiyu looked at Gu Zhiyin's face, "Do you need me to call her?"
Gu Zhiyin said nothing, wiped his mouth slowly, threw down the towel, got up and went upstairs.
Cheng Shiyu knocked on the door on his own initiative, "Miss Mu, it's time to have breakfast."
When no one responded, Cheng Shiyu opened the door strangely.
Then he exclaimed, "Ayin, Miss Mu seems to be gone!"
The man on the stairs froze suddenly.
He quickly turned around and went downstairs, striding to Mu Ning's bedroom.
Cheng Shiyu who was standing by the door was knocked open by him, and his body hit the door frame again, and he gasped in pain.
Cheng Shiyu saw the man standing unconscious in Mu Ning's bedroom, his back to her, his whole body shrouded in coldness and darkness.
"Ayin..."
"go out."
The cold voice was trembling.
Cheng Shiyu heard something was wrong in his voice and was shocked. He immediately took out the medicine from his pocket and said, "Ayin, let's go out first and take the medicine..."
"I'll let you out!"
Cheng Shiyu was pushed out of the room and slammed the door with a bang.
Gu Zhiyin locked himself in the room where Mu Ning lived.
Looking at the bed where Mu Ning slept, it was neatly made.
There was no trace of her warmth in the empty room.
His throat felt like it was being strangled and he couldn't breathe.
In the living room, Cheng Shiyu was anxious and had been thinking of ways to contact Mu Ning.
If Mu Ning doesn't come back, he probably won't come out until tomorrow.
She was really afraid that Gu Zhiyin would be the same as that night two years ago...
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After Mu Ning got on the plane, she heard someone commenting that praying at Qilan Temple was really effective and that their family was here to fulfill their wishes.
Mu Ning took out the ring that Gu Zhiyin proposed to her.
If it's really that smart.
Then Gu Zhiyin carried her up the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps. Why didn't the blessing they prayed for come true?
If the abbot in the temple didn't lie to her.
Then who is Gu Zhiyin praying for when he kneels and worships up to the heavenly steps step by step?
When the plane was about to take off, Mu Ning got off the plane.
She took a taxi and headed straight to Qilan Mountain.
We climbed up the mountain in one breath and reached the temple.
Mu Ning went to the praying tree and found the prayer card written by Gu Zhiyin.
the first year--
"I only wish you happiness and peace in this life."
the second year--
"Waiting for the flowers on the tree to bloom, and waiting for your leaves to fall and return."
Touching the two sentences he wrote on the bamboo sign, Mu Ning's eyes turned red.
She looked at the birds flying high in the sky, and the emotion stuck in her chest could not be dissipated.
It turned out that this was his wish.
In the first year of separation, he hated her, but he still hoped that she would be safe and happy.
In the second year of separation, he couldn't lie to himself and hoped that she would come back.
But now that she's back, he says he doesn't want her anymore.
Mu Ning sat on the steps of Qilan Temple until dark, the temple closed, and she went down the mountain.
Looking at the pairs of men and women at the foot of the mountain, she decided that she would try her best no matter what.
Mu Ning returned to the town again.
Standing outside the yard of the small bungalow, he rang the doorbell.
Cheng Shiyu came out and opened the door.
Mu Ning saw her and was about to speak.
"Miss Mu, it's great that you are back!"
Cheng Shiyu pulled her in excitedly, "You sit down for a while and I'll see if Ayin is awake."
Mu Ning didn't know why Cheng Shiyu was so happy to see him, so he stood up and called her to stop.
"Miss Cheng, there is something I don't want to hide from you. In fact, I am Gu Zhiyin's ex-wife."
Cheng Shiyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled without any surprise, "I know."
"you know?"
"Yes, Ayin told me a lot about you."
"Then you know that I came here this time to find Gu Zhiyin..."
"Is it right to find him and remarry?" Cheng Shiyu interrupted her with a smile.
Mu Ning was startled. Before she even dared to think about this, Cheng Shiyu said it bluntly.
"Forget it, now that you are back, I shouldn't be so worried. There are some things I want to say to you."
Cheng Shiyu poured a glass of water for Mu Ning and sat down on the sofa opposite her.
"Let me formally introduce myself, Cheng Shiyu, a psychological counselor at an American medical school, and now his personal psychologist."
"Are you his psychiatrist?" Mu Ning was a little confused, "But you are not..."
"This matter is very complicated. Let me explain it to you slowly."
Two years ago, Gu Zhiyin suffered from severe depression and was forced by Jiang Yue to see a psychiatrist and met Cheng Shiyu.
"At that time, his mental illness was very serious. He often had hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, and even had suicidal tendencies."
"I was entrusted by Jiang Yue to cure Mr. Gu's condition, so I followed him to Tian County."
"Ms. Mu, don't get me wrong. He is a severe patient with a very special case that I have seen. He cannot live alone. He must have someone to take care of him. I am here to be a doctor and a nanny for him."
"He rejected me at first. It wasn't until Xia Xia was born that his attitude towards me improved. Perhaps because he was afraid of harming the child, he gradually became willing to take medicine and cooperate with treatment."
After hearing this, Mu Ning couldn't help but want to ask, "You are Gu Zhiyin's psychiatrist, then Xia Xia is..."
"I am the wife of comrade Jiang Yue, and Xia Xia's father died in a border defense mission."
Mu Ning tightened her fingers on the tea cup, "I'm sorry."
Cheng Shiyu shook his head in relief and smiled, "It's okay."
"Xia Xia has had no father since she was born. Mr. Gu has lost two children, and these two children are a large part of the factors that caused his depression. I see that he likes children so much, so I simply let him accept Xia Xia as his goddaughter. , which can also be regarded as psychological compensation and treatment for him."
"In order to give Xia Xia a healthy growth environment, Mr. Gu didn't let me tell Xia Xia the truth, so in front of Xia Xia, we have to pretend to be husband and wife like other parents of children."
"I'm really sorry yesterday. Xia Xia was too coquettish and willful and bumped into you." Cheng Shiyu looked at the surveillance camera and saw that it was Xia Xia who took the initiative to stir up trouble.
Mu Ning shook her head. She didn't pay attention to the child's sensitive mind. What she cared about at that time was Gu Zhiyin's attitude.
"I am very grateful that Mr. Gu treats Xia Xia as his own daughter, but I think... he may be a kind of redemption and compensation for himself."
Cheng Shiyu looked at Mu Ning, "The death of his child hit him hard. He said he wanted to experience being a father for once, and he would love his child well, but you didn't give him this chance."
Mu Ning's eyes suddenly became wet, and he stopped talking.
"Miss Mu, you don't know the pain and suffering he endured."
"When he is serious, he will lock himself in his room and sit there all day and all night."
"When he first moved here, he did nothing every day except eating and sleeping. Do you know the feeling of watching the time and waiting to die?"
It was later that he began to find something to do for himself.
For example, invest in town construction, play with flowers and plants, raise cats, read books, and fish.
These are all boring things, but he has to kill time, otherwise he will fall into a state of sitting around and waiting to die.
Mu Ning couldn't help but ask, "So what did you guys do last night...?"
