CHAPTER 478: CHAPTER 296: ABOUT THE RING 1

Bei Ran had seen that men’s ring before.

It was on Shen Qingya’s neck that day when she came to attend Gu Bohan’s "funeral". When he bowed, Bei Ran saw it hanging around her neck.

And now, that ring still hung quietly on Shen Qingya’s neck, only its owner was also already...

Not only did Gu Qingchen’s expression instantly turn grave, but Bei Ran, too, felt as if this world was just too cruel.

A girl was seen curled up quietly in a box, her body completely unshielded by anything except for the ring on her neck.

She was like a newborn baby, hugging herself with both hands.

But what was most brutal was that her skin had been peeled off...

"It was Qin Shan’s doing..." Bei Ran looked up, but in that moment, Qingqing had disappeared from sight.

Only Qin Shan could be so cruel, to murder Shen Qingya and skin her!

Zhuo Yufeng immediately ordered people to look for Qingqing’s whereabouts, and called for the forensic investigators to take away the murdered Shen Qingya from the scene.

Gu Qingchen took a step back, no matter what, although he and Shen Qingya had long been a thing of the past, seeing her die in front of him still made him feel a surge of emotion welling up in his chest.

Shen Qingya said she would leave City A, perhaps never to return. She wanted to see Gu Qingchen one last time before she left, but in the end, he never went to see her.

But unexpectedly, the next time Gu Qingchen saw her, they were separated by life and death.

Even though the love was gone, the sight was unbearable for anyone.

Song Ziyu was the emcee of this wedding celebration, but her face went pale; under such circumstances, a wedding was impossible now!

Bei Ran glanced at her, signaling not to continue.

Song Ziyu, a woman who had seen her fair share of big events, self-mockingly said, "It must be because I’m not a professional wedding host. None of the weddings I host end up happening. Something happened today, and I want to tell all the guests that the wedding is called off, but it’s definitely not because of any problems between the couple’s feelings."

Lakefront Villa.

Gu Qingchen stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows smoking, the ash falling silently from his fingertips onto the floor.

After Bei Ran put the two children to sleep, she came beside Gu Qingchen.

The night was deep, the winter cold.

She gazed at him, handing him a cup of hot tea: "This is Pu’er tea, try it, it’s good for calming the stomach and the spirit."

Gu Qingchen took it, he took a sip and felt its warmth spread from his lips to his stomach.

He put down the tea cup and wrapped his arms around Bei Ran, "Ranran, I’m not reminiscing about my feelings with her, you and I are both forward-looking people, but, Qingya’s sudden death, and the fact that Qin Shan killed her in such a brutal way, aiming to ruin our wedding, it is a tragedy for Qingya and a grave insult to us!"

"Even if you miss her, it doesn’t mean you love her!" Ranran looked up at him, "It has nothing to do with your feelings, I understand! Qin Shan is really a psychopathic killer, he’s completely lost his mind! We must catch him, otherwise he’ll harm even more people!"

Gu Qingchen nodded. Over the years, she had been by his side; a cup of clear tea, a bowl of homemade food, a pillow, a quilt, already engraved in his life like breath, indelible.

His feelings for Shen Qingya, like a cold wind that had dispersed the past.

Just like hers for Tang Baijin, they are only a thing of the past, an old friend.

"But, I still have to say sorry," Gu Qingchen held her hand tightly, "I want to give you a grand wedding, I hope you will become the most beautiful bride in the world."

Moved, Bei Ran looked at him: "I understand your intentions, it’s just that with Qin Shan still at large, it’s unsettling! Once we get rid of Qin Shan, I want us to marry in the peach orchard you planted with your own hands. I don’t need many guests or a grand scene, I just need you and me, amongst the peach trees. I am willing to be your wife for life, in that orchard with no one else around, just us, blissfully and joyfully existing in that pure land."

Gu Qingchen kissed her cheek, "It will be, definitely will be..."

Apprehending Qin Shan was an urgent matter.