Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 1642: Unforgivable

"That’s good!" Lin Yue jumped down from the railing and gave Gu Fan an icy glare. "Remember what you said today, or I won’t go easy on you." After saying this, Lin Yue walked past Gu Fan.

"Wait a moment!" Gu Fan called out to Lin Yue, his expression somewhat awkward.

Lin Yue glanced back and asked indifferently, "What else do you want?"

"About you and Gu Ling being together..." Gu Fan hesitated, his words faltering, only to be met with Lin Yue’s piercing gaze. "What do you mean? Are you against it?"

Gu Fan quickly explained, "No, this is surely something your sister would have wanted to see. I was just thinking, if your sister knew you and Gu Ling were together, she’d be so happy—like strengthening the bond between the two families."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue’s eyes gradually dimmed. He sighed and shook his head, "It’s a pity you ruined it."

Gu Fan felt a pang of guilt deep inside. Yes, such a wonderful thing—but it had been ruined by another version of himself. What was that great demon thinking?

At this moment, Gu Xiaojin also arrived at the rooftop. She saw Gu Fan and Lin Yue talking and sensed their relationship had improved, which made her feel happy for them.

"Uncle Lin Yue, this time I’m going with you to save Brother Leng Feng." Gu Xiaojin blurted out as soon as she arrived, catching Lin Yue off guard.

Lin Yue immediately turned to Gu Fan, his gaze carrying doubt, as if questioning whether letting Gu Xiaojin join them on such a dangerous mission was appropriate.

Gu Fan responded with an expression of helplessness; he couldn’t believe he could possibly restrain Gu Xiaojin.

Then, Gu Xiaojin asked another question, "By the way, Uncle Lin Yue, I’ve heard you mention you have a sister. Since your last name is Lin, then your sister’s last name must also be Lin. Is your sister’s name Lin Xi?"

"This..." Lin Yue froze in shock. He immediately turned to Gu Fan, hoping to understand what was going on and how Gu Xiaojin knew about Lin Xi.

Gu Fan quickly explained, "Xiaojin, didn’t we tell you before? Lin Xi was a friend of ours. Later, some things happened, and Lin Xi... well, let’s just say we all miss her very much." He tried to mask his grief with an expression of reluctance to revisit painful memories.

Gu Xiaojin simply replied with an "Oh," then glanced at Lin Yue. Lin Yue also displayed an expression that confirmed the story, as if saying, "That’s how things are." freewёbnoνel-com

"Alright, Uncle Lu Yi sent me to inform you that they’ve gathered the team, and time is of the essence. Everyone can set out now." With this message delivered, Gu Xiaojin left.

Once Gu Xiaojin had been gone long enough, ensuring she was truly out of earshot, Lin Yue grew anxious. "What’s going on? How does she know about Lin Xi?"

Gu Fan, clearly embarrassed, replied, "It’s also my fault for accidentally spilling the beans. But it doesn’t matter; she doesn’t know what Lin Xi looks like or even her relationship with Lin Xi herself. We’ve agreed on a unified story: Lin Xi is my sister, Lin Xi was everyone’s friend, but something happened, and now we’ve lost Lin Xi."

Lin Yue nodded, "Alright, that’s all we can do for now."

"Alright, Jie must be waiting for us. Let’s go," Gu Fan said, taking a step forward.

Suddenly, Lin Yue thought of something intriguing and posed a question, "Gu Fan, what do you think? If one day Xiaojin recovers her memories of her past life, how would she face you—face the great demon? How would the great demon handle his relationship with Xiaojin?"

Gu Fan found the situation equally complex. Would the great demon have to say, "Sorry, my dear daughter, I killed your past self, and that’s how you came to exist"?

"This doesn’t sound like something you’d do! You wouldn’t go out of your way for this," Lin Yue questioned, implying that it was unthinkable for the great demon to have traveled back in time to kill Lin Xi just to ensure Xiaojin’s existence.

"You’re right, I think so too," Gu Fan agreed, highlighting the mystery of Lin Xi’s time travel to the past and how the great demon, as the enigmatic masked figure, had also ventured to ancient times.

In those ancient times, Lin Xi shared a close relationship with Jian Shen. Based on Lin Xi’s recollections, the great demon seemed strangely antagonistic toward Jian Shen, intentionally setting challenges and forcing Lin Xi to choose between Jian Shen and Gu Fan.

Gu Fan remembered that he too had traveled to the past and encountered Jian Shen. He had also regarded Jian Shen as a romantic rival and hadn’t liked him much.

All these clues led to the inference that the great demon still harbored feelings for Lin Xi. But why had the great demon decided to kill Lin Xi? Could Xiaojin’s birth have some extraordinary significance?

Lin Yue shook his head, refusing to accept the theory that the great demon killed Lin Xi out of hidden motives. He vowed never to forgive the great demon.

Gu Fan thought along the same lines. If the great demon had some unavoidable reason for killing Lin Xi, then what about Gu Ling? That couldn’t be justified, could it? Especially considering even Su Hui—who had once staunchly defended Gu Fan—had eventually abandoned the great demon. This showed the great demon had reached a level of madness and irredeemability.

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Meanwhile, at the top of the Tower of Darkness in the New Dark City—a structure seemingly made of pure metal—the great demon stood with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance toward the Demon Refining Island Base.

His indifferent gaze and unapproachable aura set him apart distinctly from Gu Fan.

Ao Sai approached, standing shoulder to shoulder with the great demon as they both looked toward the horizon.

"He’s finally here. Good. I also want to see who will come out on top between you two," Ao Sai’s words were cold, mechanical even.

The great demon offered no response, nor did he show any inclination to acknowledge Ao Sai.

Unwilling to back down, Ao Sai continued, "The things you’ve done are the same things he’s doing now. You know what he’ll do next; you can predict his every move. By theory alone, you’re bound to win."

The great demon turned, seemingly prepared to leave.

Ao Sai refused to let him off that easily, pressing on, "Tell me, when you once traveled through time to the future to confront the evil version of yourself—what was the outcome of that battle?"

"What the Destiny Stone has arranged cannot be altered," the great demon replied tersely, unwilling to say another word.

Ao Sai couldn’t comprehend his reasoning. "You saw Lin Xi die at the hands of the future version of yourself—a sight you detested. Yet years later, you still chose to travel back in time to personally kill Lin Xi. Why? Was that necessary? Even if you’ve been through countless trials and you no longer love Lin Xi, there was no need to specifically traverse time to murder her."

"Because I found it fun—to hunt myself down for revenge. Finally, I had a worthy opponent to compete against," the great demon explained nonchalantly, as though his invincibility left him uninterested. He simply wanted to stir things up and give everyone something to do.

Ao Sai naturally did not believe him, understanding full well that the great demon would never yield. However, the critical factor was that even the great demon could not completely defy the arrangements of the Destiny Stone.

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