Gu Mian dumbly shook her head, "How could this happen... How could he possibly know... How could he make decisions behind my back..."
"Because you wouldn't have succeeded," Yan Mu said truthfully. "Gu Xingzhi is a very cautious person. If he found out that the person who came wasn't Tingshen, do you think you could have gotten close to him and successfully rescued Xiaobao?"
"This trap was a scheme Gu Xingzhi meticulously planned over many years for Tingshen. That you could trade his life for your peaceful life was already a good outcome, do you understand?"
Gu Mian's tears flowed freely, "But without him, how am I supposed to live?"
"Tingshen said the same thing," Yan Mu choked out, "He said he couldn't live without you, so he would rather be the one to die."
Gu Mian struggled to stand up and staggered forward, "I don't believe he's dead... I have to find him... I must find him..."
Yan Mu grabbed her arm, "Gu Mian, calm down..."
