CHAPTER 461: CHAPTER 461: UNWILLING TO DWELL ON IT

Gu Qixiao never wavered once he’d made up his mind.

What he wanted was to remember the past and be with Ji Yu forever, not to leave on some trip and die in vain.

When he met Fan Mingxing, it happened that Jiang Huai was there too.

"Gu, it’s really been a long time."

"It has indeed been a long time. Didn’t expect that right after we met, you’d give me such a big surprise." Gu Qixiao looked at the two of them with a faint smirk, roughly able to guess that they both knew about this matter.

"Gu, don’t be so impulsive. I know what you’re thinking, but this isn’t a big deal really—just a matter of emotions."

Fan Mingxing hated dealing with emotional entanglements most.

If even one step went wrong, it could lead to total chaos.

"So this is your approach to solving problems? If this is how you want to handle it, I don’t think you’ll succeed." Gu Qixiao stared coldly at the two of them. From the start, he hadn’t intended to resolve this amicably.

"Gu, don’t think this way. I mean, we could explore other options. Maybe you’ll recover your memory in the end."

He truly couldn’t understand why these two had made such a mess of themselves over a woman.

In Fan Mingxing’s view, both of these men were outstanding individuals.

Yet they’d stumbled over love, which was an undeniable pity.

"Let’s cut the pretense. Just tell me what’s with this antidote." Gu Qixiao had no mood to continue bickering with them and simply wanted to know the final outcome.

Fan Mingxing glanced at Jiang Huai, signaling him to explain the matter.

"If you want the antidote, I’m really sorry, but I haven’t developed it. Besides, it was originally meant for myself, so I may have forgotten many things about it."

He hadn’t intended to recall that person.

Yet it seemed all his memories were tied to that person.

"I had planned to forget Yu, but I found it utterly impossible. Ultimately, I gave up and never expected it would end up being used on you."

Thinking about this, Jiang Huai felt the irony was almost poetic.

Gu Qixiao frowned deeply at this point, unclear about his thoughts.

"So you’re saying we might have to stay like this indefinitely?" He was nearing the breaking point, unwilling to continue existing in this state.

"That’s not exactly what I’m saying. My suggestion is for you to stop worrying about it for now—you simply won’t remember anytime soon."

At this point, he suddenly thought of the incident at the bar that night.

"Also, if I’m not mistaken, Yu probably has a replacement for you right now."

His expression turned amused and playful.

"He may be her stand-in now, but who knows who’ll play that role next."

Recalling Lin Zhao’s behavior at the time, he deduced that this man was surely not ordinary.

"She could never fall for that substitute. If she fell for him, I would never have loved her in the first place."

For some reason, he felt an unusual confidence about this, convinced that things wouldn’t turn out as poorly as imagined.

"Jiang Huai, you’ve never experienced the joy of love. That’s why you make it sound so dirty." Gu Qixiao was fully aware of the person he loved deep down—someone who could never be like that.

"Do you have any proof?" Jiang Huai eyed his resolute demeanor, thinking he surely had some definitive evidence. But when Jiang Huai asked him, he saw only a trace of helplessness on Gu Qixiao’s face.

"If I said it was intuition, would you believe me? Of course, my intuition is irrelevant to you; I only trust myself."

More than trusting himself, he trusted those close to him. And Ji Yu, someone who had shared such intimacy with him, couldn’t possibly have done anything so unforgivable.

"Enough." Fan Mingxing disliked watching them fight over a woman.

"There are so many women in the world—why did the two of you have to fall for the same one? It feels utterly unnecessary."

He’d always been curious about how such circumstances could arise.

"Does that woman possess something extraordinary that keeps both of you so obsessed?" Such reasoning seemed at least plausible.

"She doesn’t need to say anything—just standing there is enough." Jiang Huai had never forgotten the warmth they shared as kids. So long as Ji Yu stood before him, he would give her the best of everything.

But she didn’t care about that, nor did she want his warmth.

"All this talk about love and romance really does baffle me. Since we’ve aired everything out, why not let it go for now?" Fan Mingxing chose not to complicate matters.

He knew Gu Qixiao hadn’t been in the best mood lately, and any misstep in handling the situation could lead to trouble.

"I won’t let it go."

Gu Qixiao believed he could relinquish anything but the person who mattered most to him.

After all they’d been through to be together, how could he simply let go now?

"Gu, I never thought you’d be so stubborn about love. Back when we first met, you didn’t give any woman a second thought." Fan Mingxing was astounded by this transformation, suspecting it all stemmed from one woman—an utterly unbelievable notion.

"Before I met the one I love, of course I disregarded everyone else. But once you meet her, you’ll understand why I adore her so much."

Fan Mingxing shrugged with skepticism, clearly unconvinced that Gu Qixiao could be so enamored with a single woman.

"Let’s leave it at this for now. I doubt either of you has more to say. How about cooling off for a while?"

Fan Mingxing had done his best to mediate; if they still ended up fighting, it would truly be absurd.

"Today’s matters don’t concern you much. I only want the antidote. I want to remember everything, especially the parts about Ji Yu."

"Asking for the antidote is as pointless as dreaming." Jiang Huai would never help a love rival, having long since deemed Gu Qixiao as his enemy.

The smile on Jiang Huai’s face didn’t reach his eyes, as if mocking the absurdity of it all.