AYLS -Chapter 158

Out of everyone at the table, only Lin Qiao and Gu Huayuan actually enjoyed the meal. As for the Xu couple, they barely ate anything.

Lin Qiao initially thought it was because Gu Huayuan’s cooking didn’t suit their taste. To keep him from feeling discouraged, she even ate an extra bowl of rice—so much that her stomach was round and tight.

She wished she could go out for a walk immediately.

But Su Weizhen had no intention of giving her that chance. She had been waiting for them to finish eating so she could get to the main topic.

The dishes and bowls weren’t even cleared when Su Weizhen finally spoke.

“Xiao Qiao, Comrade Gu Huayuan, I want to talk to you both.”

Lin Qiao blinked. “Ah? Right now? Should I ask Gu Huayuan and Xu Yuanzheng to step out for a bit?”

Whenever she and Zhenzhen talked in the past, it was always whispering and secretive.

But this time, Su Weizhen shook her head. “No. This matter involves Comrade Gu Huayuan as well.”

She glanced at Gu Huayuan, a trace of regret in her eyes. “To be honest, I originally wasn’t going to bring this up. But… regarding what has been happening with Comrade Gu Huayuan recently—don’t you two find it strange?”

Lin Qiao: “…”

Now that she knew the truth, it no longer felt strange at all.

She forced out a laugh. “Actually, it’s fine. Probably just coincidences. Things will get better after the new year.”

“What if I told you… it might not be a coincidence?”

Su Weizhen looked at Lin Qiao seriously.

Lin Qiao’s eyes widened. She turned to look at Gu Huayuan. He only smiled calmly.

Still smiling!

Does Zhenzhen… know something?!

Su Weizhen took a deep breath. Her expression was solemn—almost heavy. “Xiao Qiao, I hope you’ll listen carefully to what I’m about to say. And I hope you’ll believe me.”

Lin Qiao tensed. “I’m listening, I’m listening.”

Just—please don’t say anything too frightening…

“Actually, I came back from the future.”

Su Weizhen said it directly.

Lin Qiao: “… Why are you suddenly saying this…”

Before she finished speaking, Lin Qiao’s mind went blank. On one hand, she was shocked that Su Weizhen would tell her this; on the other, she didn’t know how she was supposed to react.

Should she pretend to be extremely shocked?

But apparently, her lack of reaction made Su Weizhen feel it was even more normal—she assumed Lin Qiao was too stunned to respond.

Su Weizhen continued telling her everything she knew about Gu Huayuan.

It was only one piece of information—that Gu Huayuan would sacrifice himself.

This time, Lin Qiao was truly stunned. Her round eyes widened even more. Since she already knew where Su Weizhen came from, she naturally believed what she said.

“You’re saying… he will…” She looked at Gu Huayuan, who showed no reaction at all. Lin Qiao panicked and looked back at Su Weizhen. “Zhenzhen, are you sure? You told me before it would be fine!”

She had asked several times before, and Zhenzhen always said nothing would happen. Why did it suddenly change?!

Sensing her fluctuations, Gu Huayuan held her hand. “Little Qiao, your emotions.”

Little Qiao took a deep breath, trying not to lose control. She looked at Su Weizhen with expectant eyes, waiting for her answer.

“I used to be confident that I could change his fate, so I didn’t want to scare you. But with everything that’s been happening recently, I don’t have that confidence anymore.”

Lin Qiao stammered, “Why suddenly… suddenly no longer… confident?” Unless Zhenzhen had some other golden finger that let her see even more of this world’s future?

Su Weizhen answered honestly, “With all the things happening to Gu Huayuan lately, I don’t think they’re coincidences. I think fate is correcting itself. I don’t have the confidence to change it anymore. Too many unexpected events.”

Lin Qiao: “…” She… let out a huge breath of relief.

Her emotions had risen and plummeted so abruptly her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

Su Weizhen said, “Little Qiao, you must believe what I’m saying.”

Xu Yuanzheng added, “I can testify—she’s not joking. She struggled for a long time before deciding to tell you two the truth.”

“We believe you. Of course we do.” Before Gu Huayuan even spoke, he already smiled and responded.

Xu Yuanzheng: “…Your reaction is not quite right.”

“I believe you too, Zhenzhen! I believe everything you said!” Lin Qiao was truly touched now.

She never expected Su Weizhen would reveal such a massive secret just for her and Gu Huayuan.

Just as her eyes were turning red, Gu Huayuan squeezed her hand under the table.

Only then did Lin Qiao remember she needed to control her emotions.

She couldn’t let that fat cat get an advantage.

A wave of guilt hit her.

Zhenzhen had confessed her origins for her sake, while she herself was still hiding things.

She looked at Gu Huayuan, silently asking if she could tell them.

Gu Huayuan nodded.

Unable to hold it in, Lin Qiao turned to Su Weizhen. “Zhenzhen, actually… actually, I transmigrated too!”

Su Weizhen: “…!!!”

Xu Yuanzheng: “…?!!!” What on earth was happening to this world?

Lin Qiao, excited, wanted to explain everything about herself—but she didn’t dare.

The fat cat’s warnings… although she didn’t believe all of them, she still didn’t dare gamble.

So she didn’t reveal everything, only that she came from another parallel world.

Once she said it out loud, she finally felt relieved.

Before, she could only share things with Gu Huayuan—she’d been suffocating. Sometimes when she was with Zhenzhen, she didn’t dare speak casually, afraid she would slip and say some modern internet slang and Zhenzhen would notice.

But now it was fine. They were finally friends who could tell each other anything.

As for her space and the fat cat in her mind—that wasn’t important.

Su Weizhen and Xu Yuanzheng spent a long time digesting the information. Only when Gu Huayuan finished clearing the table and brewed tea for each of them did they slowly collect themselves.

Su Weizhen asked excitedly, “What year is your world from?”

“2020.”

“I’m earlier—I’m from 2019!”

The two of them burst out laughing.

Su Weizhen asked, “Are you sure yours is really a parallel world? Could it be the same world as mine?”

Of course not—my world is real, yours is a game.

Lin Qiao said, “It shouldn’t be. In my world, there’s no such person as Xu Yuanzheng. My dad is a businessman… cough, he also went into private business like Xu Yuanzheng, so if he existed, I definitely would’ve heard of him. But I never have. And some details in this world are different from ours. So it should be a parallel world.”

Su Weizhen laughed. “That’s amazing. So there are parallel times in this world.”

Xu Yuanzheng just stared blankly at the two women, watching them chat excitedly about their original worlds, completely forgetting the serious matter from moments ago.

He alone was still paying attention to Gu Huayuan. Seeing him sipping tea calmly, not concerned at all, he asked, “Brother, you’re really not worried?”

“There’s nothing to worry about. When we first joined the army, didn’t we already prepare for this outcome? If I were afraid, I wouldn’t have become a soldier.”

This idea lined up perfectly with what Xu Yuanzheng had said earlier.

If you fear death, you wouldn’t become a soldier.

Only then did Su Weizhen turn her attention back to Gu Huayuan’s issue. She grew anxious. “Even if you don’t think for yourself, you need to think for Little Qiao. If something really happens to you, what will she do? Comrade Gu Huayuan, I hope you can find a way to avoid danger—like… switching to logistics.”

Gu Huayuan said, “Comrade Su Weizhen, I really appreciate you and Old Xu, but on this matter, I cannot follow your suggestion. I cannot become a deserter.”

Xu Yuanzheng sighed. He fully understood Gu Huayuan’s mindset.

If it were him, he wouldn’t back down either.

A soldier who deserts out of fear will never escape that guilt for the rest of his life.

Su Weizhen looked at Lin Qiao. “Xiao Qiao, what about you? Aren’t you going to try to persuade him?”

Lin Qiao glanced at Gu Huayuan. Honestly, after learning that Gu Huayuan’s original fate had been to die in the line of duty, she had been frightened and upset.

But since Zhenzhen believed that destiny was unchangeable purely based on what happened these past few days, Lin Qiao wasn’t as worried.

She felt that fate could be changed.

For example—hadn’t Ermie’s fate already been altered?

And the same for Li Yan and her husband.

If other people’s destinies could change, why couldn’t Gu Huayuan’s? As someone who had personally changed others’ fates, Lin Qiao still had some confidence.

Of course, the best arrangement was to follow Zhenzhen’s plan and let Gu Huayuan stay in logistics later on.

But she knew Gu Huayuan would never agree to that.

So she shook her head. “I’ll listen to him.”

Su Weizhen stared at her. “You’re not afraid?”

Lin Qiao said, “Of course I’m afraid. But I have faith in Gu Huayuan. Like you said—if fate really can’t be reversed, he wouldn’t be safe even in logistics. And… I don’t want him to be unhappy. When someone is alive but unhappy, that’s really miserable.”

“Then how are you going to live in the future?” Su Weizhen truly could not understand how this couple thought.

Knowing there would be danger—what exactly were they insisting on?

Lin Qiao had never considered this before, and now she hadn’t had time to think about it either.

She shook her head, answering honestly, “I haven’t thought about it.” She had never thought Gu Huayuan would die. It simply wasn’t a possibility.

Su Weizhen: “…”

“But Zhenzhen, I can cook, I can raise chickens, I can take care of myself. And I really don’t think anything will happen to Gu Huayuan. Don’t worry.” Lin Qiao even turned the tables to comfort Su Weizhen now, afraid she would get too worked up and affect the baby.

Su Weizhen: “…”