“10:00 PM.”
“Trash Star, Gu Family Villa, Butler’s Room.”
“When the Gu housekeeper left the official page of ‘The Strongest Screenwriter,’ he was still in shock, as if he hadn’t recovered from the film he had just watched!”
“It’s truly magical, incredibly so! This ‘After Running Away 99 Times, I Married the Interstellar First Rich’s Dad,’ created by Yan Yue, is almost identical to everything he has seen and heard in the Gu family after Mr. Gu’s passing. It even includes the recent secret he just discovered!”
“At this moment, he couldn’t find the words to describe his current feelings. There was a moment when he even doubted whether this contestant named Yan Yue had some connection with their late master. Otherwise, how could she know so much about Mr. Gu’s life? Clear to the point of knowing about the so-called wife who had already passed away? The butler was absolutely certain that only a handful of people knew about this, and it had been so long that even he, who had started from scratch with Mr. Gu since he was a teenager and now held a position of authority in the Gu family and the Gu Group, could count them on one hand… It’s been more than ten years! More than ten years have passed, and yet there are still people who know about it!”
“Knowing that his own thoughts were impossible, the butler couldn’t help but search for this contestant named Yan Yue on the Emperor Entertainment website. Yan Yue was currently in the limelight, and her recent three works had all been massive hits. So, the butler only searched for Yan Yue’s name, and immediately, all the information about Yan Yue popped up.”
“When he saw that Yan Yue was just a girl in her twenties, the butler…”
“He must be joking! She’s just in her twenties now. When Mr. Gu married that woman in name only, this girl named Yan Yue was probably still a baby. How could she know about these things?”
“Moreover, according to the information he had found so far, Yan Yue, although born on Trash Star, was an orphan, a lonely child. How could she possibly know about these things?”
“Furthermore, the expansion of the Gu Group to Trash Star happened relatively recently. At that time, the subsidiary in Trash Star had just stabilized. According to the information the butler had found, Yan Yue had left Trash Star long before that…”
“Based on all the personal information about Yan Yue that he had found so far, she had absolutely no connection to the Gu family.”
“But how did she know about these long-forgotten events of the Gu family?”
“This was the point that puzzled the butler the most. So puzzled that he began to wonder if this Yan Yue might be one of those legendary great prophets who could understand the past and foresee the future?”
“While he was thinking, the butler was attracted by the words ‘The Temptation to Return to the Stars.'”
“The butler recalled this ‘Temptation to Return to the Stars’ from Yan Yue’s personal creative page. Her recent three works had a strong personal touch and could easily embed the title and eye-catching cover into one’s mind at a single glance.”
“But what was this ‘Temptation to Return to the Stars’? Could it be…!”
“In an instant, a ludicrous thought crossed the butler’s mind!”
“However, after reading through the numerous posts about ‘The Temptation to Return to the Stars,’ the butler felt that the reality was even more surreal than he had imagined!”
“Who exactly was this Yan Yue? She had somehow created three works in a row that were based on real events in reality!”
“No, it was now three works!”
“When he was recommended to watch the first part of ‘Running Away,’ the butler had only watched it to have a common topic with his daughter. However, at the end of the first part, he couldn’t help but feel curious. The characters, Emperor Aotian and Nangong Youzi, weren’t they very similar to Gu Zhou and the girl named Xue Yangyang, who was about to get engaged to him? At the time, he didn’t think much about it, but in the spirit of starting what he had finished, he opened the second part tonight. After watching it, the butler lost his calm. He was sure and convinced that the Emperor Aotian in the drama was Mr. Gu!”
“And in the drama, Emperor Aotian secretly tampered with the nutrition supplements for Emperor Hansheng, a scene that had also happened in reality…”
“Just a while ago, he had unintentionally seen Gu Zhou injecting something into the nutrition supplements that maintained Mr. Gu’s bodily functions! At that time, he felt that Gu Zhou’s expression wasn’t right. After Gu Zhou left, he immediately stopped the delivery of the nutrition supplements that had been injected with an unknown substance. He took the nutrition supplements with the unknown liquid and went to inquire with the doctor Mr. Gu had trusted the most before the accident. The doctor’s answer was the last thing he wanted to hear…”
“Gu Zhou didn’t want Mr. Gu to wake up!”
“The butler felt an extremely cold heart.”
“Since then, he had been closely monitoring Gu Zhou. While preserving evidence, he also switched the nutrition supplements that Gu Zhou had injected with drugs.”
“But…”
“After being shocked by Yan Yue’s ‘divine calculations,’ the butler’s expression gradually grew colder.”
“Some aspects of reality and the drama were still different. For example, Emperor Hansheng in the drama knew before he fell into a coma who had harmed him and that the person he had brought back was a fake. But in reality, Mr. Gu wasn’t aware of these things before the incident. Gu Zhou also hadn’t been as foolish as Emperor Aotian in the drama. He hadn’t forged a paternity test! In reality, Gu Zhou was much smarter and more cautious than Emperor Aotian in the drama.”
“If the butler hadn’t seen Gu Zhou tampering with the nutrition supplements, then even now, with the plot in Yan Yue’s ‘Runaway’ being highly similar to the events that had taken place in the Gu family, he would at most have harbored suspicions.”
“But now, Gu Zhou actually didn’t want Mr. Gu to wake up!”
After watching the events of the “Runaway” drama, the Gu family butler carefully analyzed every move Gu Zhou had made in the Gu family over the years. The more he thought about it, the more alarmed he became. Gu Zhou must have a major problem!
Could it be that Gu Mr.’s own sister, just like Emperor Fuhua, was the true culprit behind Gu Mr.’s accident?!
As he approached the truth, the butler first instructed the most trusted bodyguards of Gu Mr. to investigate where Gu Zhou was and find out who his closest childhood friend was. It would be best if they could obtain photos of both of them. He also instructed a few others to keep an eye on Gu Ning, Gu Mr.’s sister, and notify him of any suspicious activity. As for Gu Zhou and the real heir to the Gu family, who was likely planning to reclaim everything from Gu Zhou, the butler planned to investigate them personally.
After making these arrangements, the butler still couldn’t calm his nerves and decided to go check on Gu Mr. again to ensure that Gu Zhou, the untrustworthy individual, wouldn’t do anything to harm Gu Mr. He needed to keep a closer watch.
However, what the butler never dreamed of was that Gu Mr. had actually awakened!
Tears welled up in the butler’s eyes as he was about to notify the doctor, but he saw Gu Mr. weakly shake his head.
The butler paused for a moment, then quickly realized that if he informed everyone now, the individuals who wanted to harm Mr. Gu might take advantage of his weakened state and try to kill him. They had all thought that Mr. Gu would never wake up, so they had relaxed their guard one by one. If these people found out that Mr. Gu had awakened…
The butler couldn’t help but shudder at the thought of the consequences.
After regaining his composure, the butler applied brainwave stickers on both sides of Mr. Gu’s temples. He then connected to his own light brain and saw text continuously appearing on the blue light screen in mid-air. These were the words Mr. Gu wanted to say, as he had just awakened and couldn’t move or speak. The brainwave stickers were the perfect solution to this.
The text on the screen read: “These years, you’ve worked hard.”
The butler thought Mr. Gu would ask about the business group or Gu Zhou, but to his surprise, Mr. Gu’s first words after waking up were directed at him.
The butler choked up and replied, “Compared to you, I haven’t worked hard at all.”
Mr. Gu then asked, “Where is Gu Zhou?”
Seeing that name, the butler clenched his fists, gritting his teeth, and his resentment toward Gu Zhou deepened.
Gu Mr. cared about Gu Zhou upon waking up. Was Gu Zhou devoid of a conscience? How could he do such a thing to Gu Mr.?
Seeing the butler’s silence, Mr. Gu closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the light screen displayed, “I already know everything.”
The butler widened his eyes and turned to look at Mr. Gu, who was lying on the bed. He stuttered, “M-Mr. Gu, do you mean…?”
Mr. Gu replied, “Bring Gu Zhou home.”
The butler immediately understood that this Gu Zhou was the real Gu Zhou!
However, how did Mr. Gu know all this? In reality, there hadn’t been any unusual circumstances involving the current Gu Zhou before Mr. Gu’s accident.
Without waiting for the butler to figure it out, Mr. Gu continued, “There’s a recorded video in my encrypted account, and the password is Xiaozhou’s birthday. If the video is still there, send it to Gu Ning in Gu Zhou’s name.”
The butler exclaimed, “!!!”
Could it be that, just like in the drama, Mr. Gu also had a video that implicated Gu Ning?!
When he finally saw the video, the butler was so shocked that he couldn’t find words to express his astonishment. Because, just like Emperor Hansheng in the drama, Mr. Gu held the most crucial evidence in his hands!
But, in Gu Zhou’s name, send it to Gu Ning? This Gu Zhou was definitely the current fake Gu Zhou…
Did Mr. Gu want to sit back and watch the chaos unfold?
Every cell in the butler’s body immediately became excited! Finally, the Mr. he was familiar with had returned!
However, how did Mr. Gu know all this? Could it be that, just like Emperor Hansheng and Nangong Youzi in the drama, Mr. Gu had…
Reincarnated?
As the butler carried out Mr. Gu’s instructions, Mr. Gu, on the other hand, had no intention of sleeping. He thought, in the last life, he had been lying down for a lifetime. In this life, it was time to stretch his muscles and bones…
On the other hand, after watching “Runaway,” Xue Yaya couldn’t contain her excitement and sent a dozen messages to Yan Yue, thanking her for “Runaway.” She now knew what to do!
Xue Yaya didn’t expect Yan Yue to respond to her private messages. Although the reply was simple, expressing concern and encouraging her to be herself, it conveyed the same message: Everyone is an independent individual, and you don’t need to imitate or become anyone else. You should believe in your uniqueness and do what you believe is right, with a clear conscience. This message deeply resonated with Xue Yaya, and she saved Yan Yue’s reply as a source of daily inspiration.
As for her own family background, she had a plan!