Wenzhi was caught completely off guard as those words hit him like a physical blow.
Why... did his chest tighten when he knew, deep down, the reality of their situation?
He was living Gu Luhan's life.
In the original book, Gu Luhan was the main character. He was the one destined to be at Shao Xinyuan's side. But in that original, tragic timeline, they were never free.
They loved each other, yes, but they were permanently shackled, surrounded by fake people, controlled and manipulated over and over again by the CEA. That plot ended in pure misery. Gu Luhan was brutally killed, and Xinyuan, consumed by grief and rage, destroyed the entire world.
Sovereign didn't exist in that story, the rebellion against the Old Blood, none of it was there.....
But it didn't change the truth. Wenzhi had taken Luhan's place.
Wenzhi parted his lips. "Why are you even here, Luhan?"
