After Time Traveling, I was Forced to Marry a Wealthy Family

Like a sentinel guarding the border, Gu Huai dutifully stayed by Mu Ci’s side for two full hours. He took a laptop to read the company’s monthly report but didn’t even dare to touch the keyboard for fear of disturbing Mu Ci’s dream.

Gu Huai looked at the screen for a while, then glanced up at Mu Ci.

This person was truly quiet when sleeping, even his breathing was soft. His pale lips were slightly open, and Gu Huai found himself captivated, unable to look away.

After another ten minutes, Mu Ci made some movement, as if he were about to wake up.

People who just woken up tend to be thirsty, so Gu Huai quickly poured a cup of calming tea, brought it to Mu Ci, and called his name.

Mu Ci frowned. He didn’t know what he was dreaming about. His face suddenly turned frightened. He shouted “No” and then sat up, grabbing Gu Huai’s hand!

“No, no…”

Mu Ci panted, opened his eyes wide, and Gu Huai could feel him shaking violently. The tea was spilled, and the clear tea flowed down their hands.

“Are you okay?” Gu Huai swiftly moved the tea cup away and put it on the small table, then took out a few tissues to wipe Mu Ci’s hands.

Mu Ci had just woken up from his sleep, and his mind still couldn’t turn around. After being frightened, he became dazed. There was almost a pot of messy porridge under his skull, with thick bubbles bubbling up.

He blinked vaguely, his hair a little raised due to the rubbing. Even when Gu Huai held his hand, he did not resist and allowed Gu Huai to wipe his fingers carefully with a soft tissue. Every joint was wiped clean.

“What did you dream about? Made you so scared?” Gu Huai tossed the tissue into the trash can, keeping the half-kneeling position, slightly raising his head to look at him.

Mu Ci was silent for a while, and finally, he pursed his lips and said nothing.

Gu Huai sighed, took Mu Ci’s hand, and put it against his face, “I know you still hate me and don’t want to talk to me, but if you want to find someone to talk to, I’m here, okay?”

The warmth of the skin spread through the palm of his hand, and Mu Ci suddenly pulled back his hand as if he were electrocuted, looking at Gu Huai in surprise.

He was like a kitten that had been abused. Even if the owner became uncharacteristically gentle and considerate, he could not let down his guard. He was as timid as a frightened bird.

Gu Huai did not pull him forcefully but just looked at him tenderly, “Do you understand, I love you… I have done many cruel things to you before. It was because I was too afraid of losing you. I’m sorry. I apologize for everything that happened before. Can you give me a chance to change my ways? I’m willing to do anything for you.”

Then… Mu Ci finally spoke, “I want to go back.”

Gu Huai’s nerves tensed. As soon as he heard it, his eyes immediately changed, but he quickly restrained himself and whispered: “Go back to where? Back to that college student?”

As early as the first day after capturing Mu Ci, Gu Huai sent someone to investigate Mu Ci’s place of residence. Mu Ci wasn’t surprised. He shook his head, saying, “It’s not there. I want to go back to the Yi Dynasty.”

“Yi Dynasty?” Gu Huai suddenly wanted to laugh. “How do you go back? That was six hundred years ago.”

“Since I can come, I have a way to go back.” Mu Ci stared at Gu Huai closely. At that moment, his eyes were very bright, and he didn’t look like a depressed patient. “Gu Huai, when I came here, I was still a healthy person. But now, I have broken ribs, broken feet, been raped, escaped, been imprisoned, and even now, I am suffering from a disease I have never heard of.”

Gu Huai’s face darkened little by little, and the smile he had just now completely disappeared.

“I don’t like it here anymore,” Mu Ci said like a willful child. “Your family should have a jade pendant. It was originally mine. Give it back to me.”

“Huh?” Gu Huai couldn’t understand Mu Ci, its process seemed different. Could it be that the thinking of patients with depression is different from ordinary people? Where did the talk of a jade pendant come from? Was this child become stupid after sleeping?

Mu Ci glanced at him indifferently, slowly sharing with Gu Huai all the information he knew from Wu Ming in an experienced tone.

From Wu Zhushan, to the jade pendant, to the relationship between the Ji family and the Gu family, Gu Huai’s expression became solemn while listening.

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Finally, he spoke with difficulty, “Wait… you mean, Ji Yunshu, he is my ancestor??”

He did know that the Gu family suddenly became prosperous from the Republic of China and was originally from the Ji family, but who would have thought that this Ji family turned out to be Ji Yunshu’s lineage.

In the blink of an eye, he found himself dealing with a love rival turned ancestor. How complicated was this!

Gu Huai felt an inexplicable sense of shame that went against ethics. Thinking about how he had wanted to disrespect Ji Yunshu’s grave before, wasn’t he just trying to dig up his own ancestral grave?

Gu Huai made some mental preparation for himself and thought silently, ‘I’m sorry, ancestor. Even if Ji Yunshu is really the ancestor of our Gu family, brothers still have to settle accounts. The hatred is unforgivable. I have to be jealous when I deserve it. I still have to dig your grave when I see you next time. After all, your unfilial descendant Gu Huai is such a bastard.’