CHAPTER 283: CHAPTER 284: BROTHER LING YAN, HAVE YOU FALLEN FOR HER?

Shi Lingyan’s gaze upon Bai Yuejie grew with an added intensity, and her heartbeat quickened. Lowering her head slightly and with an embarrassed look, she asked, "Brother Ling Yan, why are you looking at me like that?"

Shi Lingyan gave a faint shake of his head and put the bowl he held to one side.

Bai Yuejie noticed this and asked softly, "Why aren’t you eating? Don’t you like it?"

Shi Lingyan shook his head again, "I don’t have much of an appetite."

Disappointment flickered in Bai Yuejie’s eyes, yet she still smiled, "Then we can eat later. Brother Ling Yan, I actually wanted to come to see you a few days ago, but you were away on a business trip. However, how could it be such a coincidence that you ended up at the site of our program recording? Is it a coincidence?" Speaking without waiting for his reply, she murmured to herself, "It must be. You couldn’t possibly have come for a Senior Sister to that kind of place, right?"

Bai Yuejie’s eyes trembled with longing for his response.

Shi Lingyan pursed his lips, his eyes darkening slightly, "It wasn’t a coincidence."

Bai Yuejie seemed stunned, her body faltering slightly before she quickly smiled, "So that’s how it is. You also think the Senior Sister looks a lot like Little Tang Wu, right?"

Shi Lingyan remained silent.

There was a bittersweet tinge to Bai Yuejie’s smile as she softly said, "To be honest, I also feel that Senior Sister looks so much like Little Tang Wu. Not just when she sings, but even in the way she talks and her actions, they are all so similar to Little Tang Wu."

"But you know that Little Tang Wu is long gone. Brother Ling Yan, we must live in the present. Those who are dead can never return, and no matter how similar someone may look, they can never be her. You know this, don’t you?"

Shi Lingyan watched her quietly without uttering a word from beginning to end.

Forcing a smile as her eyes reddened, Bai Yuejie said, "Little Tang Wu, if she has a spirit in the sky, wouldn’t want any understudy. She was too proud. She would never allow you to see anyone else as her... Little Tang Wu is unique..."

"What about Tang Gu?" Shi Lingyan finally spoke, his voice tinged with a touch of coldness.

Bai Yuejie’s voice halted, and she looked down somewhat helplessly at Shi Lingyan’s cold expression, "I..."

"That face, almost identical to Tang Wu’s," Shi Lingyan looked at her with some disappointment, "now you tell me you know Tang Wu wouldn’t like to have a substitute. So, what’s your purpose in creating a Little Tang Wu?"

Tears fell from Bai Yuejie’s eyes, "Yes, I did it on purpose. I wanted to create a Little Tang Wu. I wanted Tang Gu to continue Tang Wu’s career, to reach the peak of the ambitions Tang Wu never attained in her lifetime. I am doing this to fulfill Tang Wu’s last wish. Brother Ling Yan, Tang Wu was my best friend, and I even have her heart within me. I must fulfill her wishes. Am I wrong?"

Shi Lingyan looked at her coldly and said calmly, "You couldn’t be more wrong."

Bai Yuejie looked at him with a mix of defeat and incomprehension.

"Empty in spirit," Shi Lingyan shook his head, "She doesn’t deserve to be called Little Tang Wu."

"Then does Senior Sister deserve it?" Bai Yuejie’s voice rose, her face full of hurt. "Brother Ling Yan, have you fallen for her?"

Seeing him silent, Bai Yuejie grew sadder and continued, "Don’t forget, you’re already married."