After the family dinner, thanks to Lin Yuhui's interactions, the family seemed to have emerged from the shadow of losing a key member.
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Accompanying Grace and the children back to their room, Lin Yuhui was already being chased around by the children, wanting to play with them. However, he didn't seem suited to a life of leisurely retirement, especially since he had only just arrived in this place, this company, and had just taken over the position of a deceased person, along with the bodies of his wife, children, and younger brother. He now needed to make a living in his position, and so far, he hadn't found any clues. He needed to figure out his situation to feel secure.
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Under the expectant gazes of Grace and the children, Lin Yuhui asked,
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"Did Theodore have any belongings?"
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Grace was taken aback, unsure how to answer for a moment.
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"I mean, did he have a habit of bringing work home? Were there any items in the house that could give me some clues?"
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"Oh, I see. Let me think,"
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"Sorry to bring you back to the past again," Lin Yuhui said, stroking her cheek.
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Grace thought for a moment, then got up and went to the bedside table, taking out an old-fashioned key from the lower drawer.
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"This is the key to the basement. Theodore sometimes went there. I'll take you there." After settling the children, Grace led the way. The corridor leading to the basement was somewhat dark. Lin Yuhui followed behind her, his gaze more focused on her gait. Grace was still wearing the sandals she'd worn indoors while playing with the children, making it difficult to walk quickly; each step produced a sharp screech as the heels and soles hit the ground.
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He was attracted to women, possessing a keen eye for beauty in every woman, but self-discipline kept him at bay, maintaining a sense of moderation, and the lingering attachment to the woman in his heart.
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The first room was a home theater, which Lin Yuhui wasn't interested in, and it seemed no one else was either; it had remained unused. Next were the gym, study, wine cellar, and safe house. Grace opened all the doors, and when she turned around, Lin Yuhui, seeing this, smiled and said,
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"Looks like there's a lot of work to do,"
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"No need to rush, this is your home," Grace said, taking Lin Yuhui's arm and following him into the study first.
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Lin Yuhui looked around as they walked; the bookshelves against the wall, the sofa next to it, the coffee table—it seemed to be a place for relaxing reading.
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After briefly checking the bookshelves, finding nothing but books, Lin Yuhui walked to the coffee table, reaching for a drawer, but his hand froze in mid-air. This was Theodore, who had recently passed away. His widow stood here. Thinking of this, he turned to Grace behind him.
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"Open it, this is yours," Grace said softly to Lin Yuhui.
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Looking into Grace's eyes, even though a trace of sadness flickered within them, Lin Yuhui was ready to comfort her.
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Sitting on the sofa, he opened the drawer. Nothing much: a pen, sticky notes, and a notebook. Lin Yuhui glanced up at Grace; she was sitting beside him on the armrest.
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Lin Yuhui took out the notebook and slowly flipped through it. It seemed to contain notes about what he had read, perhaps reflections, or different opinions. Finding nothing, he reached into the drawer again. There were more sticky notes, but only a few words on them. Lin Yuhui couldn't figure out if they contained content from books or something else.
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Grace, who had left and then returned sometime earlier, carrying an opened bottle of red wine, sat down on the armrest of the sofa next to Lin Yuhui. She only brought one glass, took a sip herself, and seeing Lin Yuhui sitting on the sofa looking up at her, poured the wine into the glass quickly, causing foam to splatter and cling to the glass.
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When Grace brought the glass to Lin Yuhui's lips, the fruity aroma released from the bursting foam of the fine wine already filled his nostrils. Lin Yuhui never imagined that in his past life, due to the heart problem of his previous body, he couldn't enjoy this fine wine, but in this life, he could drink it freely with Hunter's body, and with a beautiful woman pouring it for him. Was this a twist of fate, a compensation for his past suffering?
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Surrounded by the aroma of wine and Grace's presence, Lin Yuhui flipped through several old notebooks. As time passed, the newly opened bottle of red wine seemed to have awakened, releasing more floral and berry fragrances into the enclosed space, as if she were in a tranquil, fragrant wilderness.
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Lin Yuhui looked up and saw that Grace had somehow managed to drink herself onto the floor. Grace's legs were propped up on the floor, her arms wrapped around her waist, and she was looking up at her. The ruby red of the wine had already stained her lips, and the alcohol had flushed her cheeks.
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Looking into her eyes, Lin Yuhui suddenly realized, could it be that she wasn't here to help him find clues? Or perhaps she simply wanted him to come here?
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"Theodore, do you remember the days we spent here?" she said playfully, climbing up his lap to sit facing him, her arms around his neck.
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“Sorry, I don’t remember that,” she replied, but at this face-to-face distance, Lin Yuhui could easily recall what she meant.
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“Theo, can you ride a horse?”
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Seeing Grace clutching her shirt collar as she asked, Lin Yuhui deliberately answered,
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“I can’t.”
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“That’s alright, I can teach you,” she said, straddling the sofa armrest, leaning forward, pressing her chest against Lin Yuhui’s face, one hand tightening her grip on his collar, the other stroking his neck, then pulling his head closer to her.
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“First, you need to get to know your horse. Build trust through contact, through touching, for example, stroking the horse’s neck,”
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“Oh,” she responded, feeling her nose… The holes were all plugged.
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He twisted his head, breathing in Grace's drunken scent.
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"Hahaha," Grace laughed, leaning back against him, then grabbing Lin Yuhui's shirt collar and shaking it.
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"Then you can slowly ride your horse, don't pull the reins too hard," she said with a mischievous grin.
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"Remember to sit on the saddle, not on the saddle harness," she said, wiggling her bottom as she sat on Lin Yuhui, giggling, and mimicking a horse's movements, giving a soft shout,
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"Giddy up!" Then, imitating a horse already walking, she playfully moved her body up and down in front of Lin Yuhui, not just up and down, but also meticulously mimicking the swaying of a horse from side to side.
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Looking at Grace's earnest expression, Lin Yuhui couldn't help but recall his fondest memories from his childhood—yes, his most beautiful memories were from that era, riding the carousel in the children's park.
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While Lin Yuhui was still immersed in the happy memories of their golden childhood, Grace was becoming increasingly excited. She shook her collar as if she were shaking horse reins, and shouted,
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"Theo, lift me up, run!" Then she increased the amplitude of her swaying.
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Seeing that Lin Yuhui hadn't yet joined in, Grace began to sway her shoulders in rhythm, like a rider gripping a horse's mane, coordinating her own movement with the horse.
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Grace was playing more and more wildly; her undulating movements caused her long hair to fly through the air, as if she were truly riding a galloping horse. With each sway, Lin Yuhui had to tense every muscle in his body to withstand her undulating impacts, or he would fall apart.
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With each thrust of the saddle, Grace's body was thrown upwards. The rider's sweat, mixed with the scent of over-oxidized red wine, ignited Lin Yuhui's primal instinct to roam the grasslands, lifting Grace's pounding heart high.
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Gradually, Grace seemed to be losing the strength to tame this wild horse. Her breath grew increasingly rapid, brushing against Lin Yuhui's face. She would occasionally lean against him, or press her chest against his nose, mingling with the scent of his forehead and the sweat on her shirt.
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Lin Yuhui had no choice but to support her hips with both hands, pulling her closer to him so she wouldn't fall off. He slowly pulled her restless body closer to his,
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and Grace, seemingly exhausted, slumped limply against him.
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After a long while, Grace whispered in Lin Yuhui's ear,
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"Like before, let me be your horse, okay? Have you forgotten how you used to ride me?"
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"Okay, I know now," Lin Yuhui replied softly. He knew, and he knew that since living with Grace, he had never taken the initiative in this regard. But he was now a man of flesh and blood, and although he wanted it, he was also afraid that his indulgence would disturb the peaceful life of another person, the person in his heart. Lin Yuhui even tried to force himself to shift his attention during that moment, so as not to think of her and disturb her, although Lin Yuhui himself wasn't sure if things were working that way.
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In low Earth orbit, the sister of the person he cared about was checking on Lin Yuhui's condition next to the medical pod where he was lying. Because he was dreaming, another branch of Lin Yuhui's attention seemed to have sensed something.
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Although the first thing to do was to reverse the age of his extracted body, Lydia, after interacting with his consciousness and arranging for her to sleep, discovered that he was dreaming—a wet dream.
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and then Add to home screen.