Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 569: Going Out Together for Fun

Before becoming Gu Ningyue, she never believed that there would be anyone in the world who would treat her well without expecting anything in return, besides her mother.

Even her master initially wanted to make her the sharpest blade in her arsenal, which is why she trained her like that.

Subsequent relationships developed from this foundation.

This, Gu Ningyue had always been very clear about.

But after becoming Gu Ningyue and receiving all the memories from this body’s life, she discovered that friendship can sometimes surpass all emotions and sit upon a throne.

Shen Hanyin was such an existence; she befriended Gu Ningyue without any requests.

Or rather, from the very beginning, Shen Hanyin came to know Gu Ningyue because she protected her.

Having someone like this in her world, Gu Ningyue felt deeply honored.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Ningyue gave Aunt Zhang a quick reminder and then went upstairs.

It would be a while before Ling Tianyou came back to pick her and Ji Qianqian up, so while Ji Qianqian was still asleep, she could thoroughly investigate that middle-aged man called Mr. Wei.

She opened her computer, skillfully typed in a web address, and clicked to enter, inputting the information she already knew.

Unexpectedly, the person that appeared in her search was completely different from the person she met at the cake shop today; just having the matching surname resulted in too many possibilities to count.

He had no discernible accent; it was standard Mandarin, making it impossible to exclude him from being someone from A City.

If he’s just temporarily residing and working in A City, wouldn’t the scope be impossible to define?

Forget it, she should start from the phone number!

Even if this phone isn’t his, through it, peeling back the layers will always lead to him.

Inputting the phone number, Gu Ningyue quickly found the clues she wanted.

The person behind this phone number is called Wei Yuhang, and the year of birth matches his apparent age.

Gu Ningyue searched again and quickly found the man she was looking for through the registered ID information of the phone number.

Wei Yuhang, a sales manager of a private company, was seconded to A City three months ago and will most likely be working here in the future.

But the information shows he is alone, with only one wife back in his hometown, so for whom was the cake ordered?

Gu Ningyue frowned, starting to recall the various events: "Who exactly is he, and why does it seem like someone has erased his information?"

Just like herself before, unable to find any trace?

Perhaps, the song might have some clues?

Thinking this, Gu Ningyue wrote down the lyrics on the screen from memory.

"Meeting you in March, gracefully cool, Angel transforms cold into wings carrying love to soar. If not for the wanton fragrance of the roses, can the azure pupils reflect that shimmer of light. Dawn stains the sky with sadness, the perfect illusion is the hope you gave, the sweetness in the heart seals our past, I must write this beautiful verse for you before the pottery shatters. Dream with you and sing in a distant realm, believing that one day those memories will shine brightly. If the daylight has been rendered as lonely strength, let barren purity wither the time, can you hear my prayers for this blessing song? When dreams shatter into hurt, the sky narrates departure with the wind. My love, you are no longer that irreplaceable star in my heart. The burning peach blossom kingdom, that’s the long-lost paradise I’ve been seeking..."

Gu Ningyue looked at this string of lyrics, each phrase turning over many times in her mind.

"Perfect illusion... is the hope you gave..."

For some reason, Gu Ningyue always felt that these lyrics held a special meaning, reminding her.

"Where is the burning peach blossom kingdom?" Gu Ningyue murmured: "Is it Lingjiang?"

In the entire nation of Z, only Lingjiang has the best blooming peach blossoms, the most flourishing.

But what does Lingjiang have to do with this matter? Gu Ningyue couldn’t understand it more.

Having read the lyrics many times over, except for sensing something was off with these two lines, Gu Ningyue couldn’t think of any further reason.

What’s most infuriating was that she couldn’t even decipher why these two lines weren’t right.

"Damn it!" Gu Ningyue frustratingly scratched her head, "If only Master were here, she would surely be able to decipher it!"

Thinking of this, Gu Ningyue rarely reminisced about her time in the organization.

After all, back then, this kind of puzzle-solving stuff didn’t require her to use her brain at all.

The organization was full of capable others who could give her a perfect answer.

"Alas, bygone days never return, everything must rely on oneself now!"

Gu Ningyue closed her laptop, lying on the bed, recalling the scenes when getting on the ship. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

She left home, went to the dock using her master’s name, preparing to check in, before boarding a cruise, a middle-aged man brushed by her, nearly knocking off her eavesdropping gear meant for the ship.

He said sorry to her, then disappeared into the crowd.

After that, she went with the crowd, ticket in hand, onto the ship.

But whether she saw this man on the ship, Gu Ningyue couldn’t remember at all.

She had been submerged into the seabed for so long, some memories had become distant and vague.

Especially such incidental encounters, Gu Ningyue was unable to recall.

Not knowing how long she thought, there was a knock at the door: "Young Madam, Miss Ji is awake, looking for you, shall I let her come in?"

Hearing Aunt Zhang’s inquiry, Gu Ningyue paused for two seconds before responding: "Yes. Let Qianqian come in!"

"Alright, Young Madam."

As Aunt Zhang’s footsteps left, Gu Ningyue rose and cleared all search traces from the computer.

The screen reverted to a clean desktop, indistinguishable from anyone else’s computer.

A couple minutes later, Ji Qianqian joyfully pushed the door open: "Sister, I’m here! What are you doing?"

In that brief time, Gu Ningyue had already composed herself, smiling at Ji Qianqian: "I just took a rest! Is Qianqian here to play with Sister?"

Ji Qianqian nodded, "Sister, I want to go out and play, it’s so boring at home!"

Seeing Ji Qianqian sleeping with sweat on her head, Gu Ningyue reached over with a tissue, wiping her forehead: "Today is no good! We have to wait for Uncle to come back before we can go out to play. Otherwise if Sister takes Qianqian out, Uncle would be unhappy knowing."

On hearing this, Ji Qianqian asked: "Does Uncle also want to go to an amusement park? Okay then! We’ll wait for Uncle."

Gu Ningyue laughed, looking at Ji Qianqian saying: "Alright, we’ll wait for Uncle to come back and go out together to play!"