The Mad/Beautiful Movie Queen Heard My Inner Voice After Losing Her Memory - Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Fu Wenchen’s fingertips lightly brushed against Yu Guiyao’s palm. The skin was wrapped in gauze, and the touch sent a faint, phantom itch through her.

Yu Guiyao knew she was trying to comfort her, but how could anyone remain calm at a time like this!

She was a commoner about to participate in a variety show—and not just any show, but one focused on police investigations. If she slipped up on camera, wouldn’t she drag Fu Wenchen down with her?

As she was thinking, the “Gu Ruoqin” beside them was the first to snap. She turned to Old Man Gu with a wronged expression: “Grandpa, how can you let an outsider participate in that show?!”

“That’s a major production co-organized by the military. The participants are either top students from the police academy or people with special national achievements. She’s just an ordinary person, how can she—”

Before she could finish, the elder Gu mother burst into tears of anger, exclaiming: “Dad, there’s no need to use such reverse psychology just to force Ruoqin back into the military. We’ve told you so many times—she was traumatized by the accident seven years ago, which is why she switched to studying music.”

“Now, she has a psychological shadow whenever she sees anything related to solving cases. You know perfectly well that the accident back then was a calculated plot by someone seeking revenge against her…”

“How could she possibly participate in that kind of investigation show now?!”

Upon hearing this, Fu Wenchen sneered: “Then just don’t go.”

“Wenchen is right.” Old Man Gu actually chimed in. “You don’t have to go. I’m simply giving you both an opportunity to prove yourselves. When the DNA results come out, if this person has no connection to our Gu family, she’ll leave the show in disgrace anyway. Conversely, if she is a child of my Gu family, this show is exactly what will prove her identity.”

He tapped his cane again and said sternly: “I don’t care about amnesia or psychological shadows; Ruoqin’s talent for criminal profiling will never disappear!”

In his heart, Gu Ruoqin was someone who would never back down, no matter what difficulties she faced.

The hall fell so silent you could hear a pin drop. Only the fake “Gu Ruoqin” stood there with a pale face. After a long pause, she said with tearful determination: “Grandpa, I will go…”

Seeing this, many people couldn’t help but pity her.

Ruoqin was the one the Gu family had watched grow up. Although the newcomer looked shockingly like her, the death of Gu Nianzhi in that accident seven years ago was an absolute certainty. For the old man to make such a decision based solely on a look-alike was truly cold-hearted toward the “real” Ruoqin.

Thinking of this, many people turned their gazes toward Yu Guiyao.

Facing the crowd, Yu Guiyao gripped Fu Wenchen’s hand tightly, their fingers interlocking. By now, there was no way back. She curled her lips into a slight, seemingly relaxed smile: “I will go, too.”

“Good!”

Old Man Gu was very satisfied. He turned to the crowd: “You all may leave. I have a few words to say to this child in private.”

Clearly, “this child” referred to Yu Guiyao.

Everyone was shocked. The fake “Gu Ruoqin” was particularly dissatisfied and wanted to speak, but she was pulled back by her mother.

No rush. A fake like this will eventually expose herself. The elder Gu mother signaled her with her eyes.

Only then did the fake regain her composure and leave the hall with the rest of the Gu family.

Once everyone was gone, Yu Guiyao found herself dripping with cold sweat under Old Man Gu’s gaze. She never expected things to go this smoothly. But what was the old man’s intention in keeping her behind?

As she stood there in extreme tension, the old man took a sip of tea and suddenly asked: “Yesterday, you caught a Level 2 wanted criminal in a mall and handed him over to the police?”

Yu Guiyao: “???”

That question?

Oddly enough, as soon as the topic shifted to this, her nervousness vanished. She smiled and replied, “Yes, I even got a 20,000 yuan reward. The public security comrades are very efficient; I got the money very quickly.”

Hearing her reply, Old Man Gu actually laughed heartily, and even Fu Wenchen’s lips curved upward.

Yu Guiyao was confused. What’s so funny?

Then, the old man stood up with his cane and walked toward a room on the first floor, saying: “Follow me. I want to talk to you alone.”

Fu Wenchen tactfully did not follow.

Yu Guiyao braced herself and followed, thinking the real test was finally beginning. But she had only taken a few steps when Fu Wenchen, seeing that no one was looking, suddenly rushed up to hug her neck and stood on her tiptoes to kiss her lips.

“Don’t be nervous. It’ll be fine.”

Her voice was tiny, and her eyes were curved into crescents. The soft, warm touch of her lips made Yu Guiyao’s heart pound.

Yu Guiyao was startled, her face flushing. Seeing Old Man Gu had already reached the door, she whispered urgently: “Don’t mess around…”

She lightly pinched the soft flesh at the woman’s waist. Only then did Fu Wenchen let go, her own ears turning red as she covered her waist and rubbed it gently.

“That hurts~” she grumbled playfully.

The look in Fu Wenchen’s eyes made Yu Guiyao feel weak in the knees. She hurriedly followed Old Man Gu into the room and closed the door.

Upon entering, she saw the elderly man take a metal box out of a drawer and hand it to her: “These are things Ruoqin left behind. Have a look.”

Yu Guiyao: “???”

Why does he believe me so easily? Just based on this face?

She accepted the box with a sense of being overwhelmed, thinking it felt wrong to look at someone else’s belongings since she wasn’t actually Gu Ruoqin.

But Old Man Gu stared at her and said: “During that kidnapping seven years ago, Ruoqin was in a coma for three days and nights. When she woke up, she was despondent. She went abroad without even coming home and stayed there for seven years.”

“If those two women really designed a ‘Prince and Pauper’ swap, and if you are truly Ruoqin, I hope these things will make you remember something…”

Yu Guiyao felt a massive headache coming on. She wasn’t sure if the old man was using this to observe her reaction. Under his gaze, she had no choice but to flip through the items in the box.

To her surprise, there were several criminal profiling notebooks inside. A quick glance revealed details of several horrific major cases; the author could describe the basic information of a perpetrator based on just a few details. A true genius!

As Yu Guiyao looked further down, she found a photograph. In it were two teenage girls in school uniforms.

Her heart skipped a beat. The girl in the photo looked exactly like her—or rather, they were carved from the same mold. No wonder Fu Wenchen and the others reacted that way when they first saw her.

Yu Guiyao suddenly didn’t know how to feel. She looked at the Fu Wenchen in the photo—the eighteen-year-old Fu Wenchen was incredibly green and looked cold, but in that picture, she was smiling at the person next to her. Her eyes seemed full of affection, intensely focused.

It looked like a private photo taken right after the graduation group shot. The next item was the actual graduation photo.

Glancing over the unfamiliar faces, Yu Guiyao quickly picked up an envelope from the bottom.

Old Man Gu explained: “During the days Ruoqin was in a coma, Wenchen came by once. I assume she left this in the room then. Read it.”

This was someone else’s privacy, and Yu Guiyao didn’t want to read it, but since the old man insisted, she opened the envelope. When she actually saw the words inside, her heart sank to the bottom.

I don’t know if you will ever wake up. Ruoqin, it’s all my fault. Only now do I realize my own heart. I love you. I can’t afford to lose you or your sister. But I am afraid that when you wake up, you will loathe me and won’t want to see me, so I wrote this letter.

I’m sorry. I broke your heart. I failed to believe you. I even abandoned you in the fire.

I was wrong. I will spend my whole life atoning for it. I love you. Please don’t ignore me. Please wake up, okay?

I feel like I’m dying. If you don’t wake up, I will drag them all down to the grave with me…

Yu Guiyao’s eyes gradually grew stinging and sour. Her fingertips gripped the envelope tightly.

Seeing her distressed expression, Old Man Gu slowly left the room with his cane, saying: “Take your time. Put the things back in the drawer when you’re done. I hope to see you in A City in six days for the variety show to prove your identity.”

Yu Guiyao didn’t know why Old Man Gu was so certain she was a child of the Gu family. She only knew that she felt terrible right now.

Because Fu Wenchen had lied to her.

The woman clearly loved Gu Ruoqin—loved her enough to want to die—yet she had lied and said she only saw her as a friend. She was clearly using Yu Guiyao as a substitute, yet she lied and said she wasn’t. She lied about loving her and toyed with her feelings.

Scumbag!

She held the letter, unable to regain her composure for a long time. Her eyes were red, her heart full of bitterness.

A substitute is fine. Being a substitute is better; that way I don’t have to invest emotions. I can just take the money and leave when it’s over.

But she lied to me…

While she was lost in her own world, the door was quietly opened.

An oblivious Fu Wenchen approached her with a slight smile, suddenly hugging her waist from behind and laughing: “What are you doing staying in here so long? Grandpa Gu already left.”

Feeling the embrace, Yu Guiyao’s body stiffened. Her gaze turned dark as she slowly put the letter back into the box and returned it to the drawer.

Seeing the letter, Fu Wenchen’s smile instantly froze. Tears welled up in her eyes as she hurriedly tried to explain: “Listen to me…”

“What are you going to say now? Are you going to lie to me again?!”

The fire Yu Guiyao had been holding in finally erupted. She turned around, her eyes red with anger: “If you had told me from the start that I was a substitute—if we had made an agreement that I needed to play Gu Ruoqin to help with revenge—I would have gladly agreed. After all, I need the money.”

“But why did you lie to me?!”

“You’ve played me like a fool. You’ve been lying since the moment we first met, haven’t you? What exactly were you trying to achieve with all this effort?”

Yu Guiyao could hardly believe it. She had always thought Fu Wenchen was a good person—even believed she was the one abandoned by the world, which was why she eventually became a serial killer. But she never imagined the woman had been deceiving her from the very beginning!

She had set a trap, making Yu Guiyao willingly act as a substitute and slowly fall for her…

“I’m just an ordinary person. Just because I look like Gu Ruoqin, you toy with me like this…” She felt mentally and physically exhausted.

“No…” Fu Wenchen was already covered in tears, droplets sliding down her pale face. She looked just as pitiable as before.

Her heart ached. She knew this day would come, that the facade would eventually be broken, but she didn’t regret it. She was just… in so much pain.

So much pain she felt nauseous. Her whole body trembled, and her fingers dug into her palms. She didn’t want to lose her. Even in death, she wouldn’t let go…

Fu Wenchen’s tears increased, her eyes were bloodshot. She looked as though she might faint.

Undeniably, seeing her cry like this made Yu Guiyao’s heart soften subconsciously. But her logic remained. She simply gritted her teeth and said: “Stop acting…”

In the next second, the silently weeping Fu Wenchen actually lifted her head. Her eyes were dark and heavy—she actually stopped acting.

Yu Guiyao never imagined she had a side like this. Her eyes seemed filled with a madness that made one’s spine chill. Her eyes were red, and tear tracks stained her face, but she was persistent and somber. She rasped: “Yes, I used you as a substitute. I apologize to you for lying…”

“But I just like you! I just want to have you!” Fu Wenchen’s eyes turned even redder as she shouted: “Don’t even think about leaving me, not even in death! Even if you flee to the ends of the earth, I will lock you by my side! I’ll trap you for a lifetime, and you will never leave me!”

Yu Guiyao: “……”

Crazy. This person is a lunatic, right?!

She turned to leave, but Fu Wenchen suddenly lunged at her, her hands gripping her neck tightly, refusing to let go. She wailed: “Don’t leave me, I’ll really die…”

Great. Back to playing the victim.

Yu Guiyao grabbed her arms to pull them away, but as soon as she applied force, the other woman cried out in pain and buried her face in Yu Guiyao’s neck. Hot tears soaked into her skin as she just kept crying.

The sound of that sobbing made Yu Guiyao’s mind a mess. She finally saw the woman’s true face.

This woman simply viewed her as Gu Ruoqin. Because of Gu Ruoqin’s death, she might have become mentally unstable. Now, believing herself to be desperately in love, she lied like a madwoman just to be with her.

Fu Wenchen: Mentally unstable?!

She suddenly looked up, glaring at Yu Guiyao through misty eyes. In the next second, she quickly stood on her tiptoes and kissed her fiercely.

Before Yu Guiyao could react, her lips were captured. The woman bit her like she was crazy, fueling Yu Guiyao’s anger.

Fine, fine. You lie to me and then you think you’re the one in the right? You even bite me?!

Who’s afraid of who?!

She was just a substitute anyway; she could do whatever she wanted. She didn’t need to worry about this or that anymore. She’d just take the money and leave when the time came.

A serial killer? She had nothing to lose. Let’s see who wins!

Thinking this, she immediately grabbed the back of the woman’s neck, suddenly flipped their positions to pin her against the edge of the desk, and kissed her back fiercely.

Fu Wenchen: “!!!”

She was shocked by the aggressive response and the “I don’t care about anything anymore” thoughts she heard. Her lower back was pressed hard against the desk, sending a jolt of sensation through her.

Feeling Yu Guiyao kissing her back so violently—even biting her—her whole body went soft. She couldn’t help but tighten her arms through her tears, her crying becoming even more intense.

No… I won’t let her leave…

As Fu Wenchen opened her mouth, a forceful tongue thrust inside, swirling frantically against her own, making her whole body tremble.

The other woman had never been this fierce…