Gu Jiaojiao asked, troubled, "Su Shuochi, I was wearing so much makeup that even my own mother wouldn't recognize me, yet Sheng Shijing, who was on his last breath, somehow did!"
She knew phone calls were a luxury in this era, unlike in later times when one could chat for hours on end.
So, after asking her question, Gu Jiaojiao quickly recounted the situation to him.
After listening, Su Shuochi feigned surprise and said, "Really? Darling, it's not surprising at all that he recognized you. After all, he practically raised you."
'What he didn't tell his wife was that it wasn't just the dying Sheng Shijing; even a perfectly healthy Sheng Shijing wouldn't have been able to recognize her.'
'This was because her entire demeanor was completely different from the Gu Jiaojiao of the past.'
'Sheng Shijing hadn't actually recognized her. It was simply that his obsession, born of his deep guilt toward Gu Jiaojiao, was all-consuming.'
