The next morning.
An Luo Wei walked downstairs, her eyes puffy. She hadn't slept all night. Lu Bei Shen's explanation kept repeating in her head.
'I never! betrayed you. It was my fault for hesitating.'
She... wanted to believe. But Vi Tien Tu's soul, with the pain of being stabbed, was still screaming "don't believe".
Luc Bac Than was already sitting at the dining table. He didn't read the newspaper, didn't drink coffee. He just... waited. He looked equally tired.
Breakfast began. Still silence.
But today, Luc Thien An (Tieu Dao) seemed to feel that the "ice wall" between father and mother had thinned.
The boy, after picking up food for An Lac Vi, suddenly looked at Luc Bac Than. The boy hesitated.
Then... the boy picked up a small piece of toast, timidly holding it out to Luc Bac Than.
"...Dad."
A small call.
Bang.
The silver spoon in Luc Bac Than's hand fell onto the plate. He was stunned.
His son... just called him "dad". For the first time.
He raised his head, looked at An Lac Vi. His eyes were shocked, happy, and... begging save. 'Do you see?'
An Luowei was also stunned. She quickly turned her face away, her heart pounding. She knew, this child was trying to... mend their relationship.
The atmosphere was no longer a "cold war". It became... awkward.
They arrived at the company (still "acting" to go together in a car).
Before An Luowei stepped out of the elevator on the 80th floor, Lu Beichen called her back.
"An Luowei."
She stopped, but did not turn around.
He did not say anything. He just walked forward, placing a key card in her palm.
"What is this?" She was alert.
"108th floor." He said, his voice hoarse. "Evidence Storage Room, next to my office."
An Luowei frowned. "Evidence?"
"I know you don't believe what I say." Lu Beichen stepped back, keeping his distance. "You... can verify it yourself."
"Everything Assistant Zhang collected about Jiang Su Like, about the 'Ghost,' about the kidnapping... it's all there."
He paused for a second. "And also... the things we got from her penthouse. Including... diary."
An Luowei clenched the key card.
He... was giving her evidence?
That half day, An Luowei couldn't work.
Her mind was only on "Diary".
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. She lied to the Star Moon team that she was going to a meeting with President Lu, then took the elevator to the 108th floor.
Lu Beichen's office was empty. (Assistant Zhang had 'intentionally' told President Lu to go to a meeting at another branch).
He was creating a private space for her.
She found the Archive room. Swiped the card. Beep. The door opened.
Inside was a secure document vault. She saw it right away, a box labeled "Jiang Suru Case".
She opened it.
The "Ghost" file was right at the top. It was a signed confession. Jiang Suru had contacted "Ghost" after the Star Moon design was approved, asking him to copy the idea and falsify the date.
Her professional pride was vindicated.
But that was not what she was looking for.
Deep down, she found it.
A dark red leather-bound notebook. Jiang Su Ru's diary.
Her heart pounded. She opened it tremblingly.
The first pages were the arrogant words of a young lady.
"Brother Jing ignored me again. Damn it!"
"Who is that An Luo Wei? How dare she seduce him!"
But as the days went on, the handwriting became more and more frantic, as if two different people were writing.
[Day X]: "No! I am Su Jin! I am the Imperial Concubine! I remember now! Bei Shen Jing! YOU DARE TO PUNISH ME!"
[Day Y]: "That bitch Wei Wei... she also reincarnated! Why? Why is it still there?
[Day Z]: "It dares to redraw the Peach Garden of Memories? It dares to remember? I MUST KILL IT! Just like in the previous life!"
An Luo Wei held her breath. Everything Lu Bei Shen said... was true.
And then... she flipped to the last page, written right before the day she was captured.
The handwriting was scribbled, full of hatred.
[Last Page]: "It thinks it won? It thinks Bei Shen Jing loves it? Ridiculous! He loves Power! In the previous life, if it wasn't because he was afraid that Nhuan Ngoc's (my hostage) soul would be shattered, affecting the overall situation, he wouldn't have stood still! He hesitated! He chose to save Nhuan Ngoc, abandoning that stupid Vi Vi! He betrayed it! He's just a coward!"
BAM.
The diary fell from An Luo Wei's hands.
She stood there, stunned.
Lu Bei Chen's explanation.
And Su Jin's confession.
...They matched.
He didn't lie.
He really didn't betray her.
He just... hesitated. Hesitated for a good reason... to save someone else.
And she...
She hated him.
She cursed him.
She abandoned him... for thirty thousand years.
Just because of a misunderstanding.
"No..."
A sob.
The enormous hatred that had supported her soul all this time... collapsed.
Only the truth remained.
The truth that he was innocent.
The truth that... he had waited for her for thirty thousand years.
"Ah..."
An Luo Wei fell to her knees in the middle of the storage room storage. She hugged her chest, where the invisible Thi Than scar still hurt.
But this time, it didn't hurt because of hatred.
It hurt... because of regret.
She burst into tears. Crying for Vi Tien Tu's stupidity. Crying for the wait of Bac Than Canh. Crying for the thirty thousand years... they had missed.