Lu Shizhen knew about leaving as soon as she came into this world.
But as time went by, she slowly forgot about it.
Lu Shizhen once felt that leaving was something both close and distant to her. After all, in the original text, Xu Shiyue took a long time to leave the original owner.
But she forgot that without her as a stumbling block, Xu Shiyue's progress in returning to the Xu family and leaving her would be faster.
And her death was linked to Xu Shiyue's return to the Xu family.
Fate always intersects in strange places. The pleasure that Lu Shizhen felt when reading the original text has now turned into sadness.
She just stared at the crystal ball in front of her with rose petals silently swaying in the air, and warmth slowly rose on her forehead, which was covered by her hair.
That was the kiss Xu Shiyue gave her on the forehead.
On her birthday.
Couldn't she have walked away so quickly
Just hold on a little longer until the end of the month, until her real birthday.
She didn't want to borrow the original owner's identity, she wanted to use her own identity to be with Xu Shiyue...
Eat cake together.
Lu Shizhen was thinking silently in her heart, and Qiuqiu interrupted her thoughts: "Host, the recent data shows that your mood changes are very drastic. I have to remind you that you should not be nostalgic for anyone here, and have any feelings for them."
Lu Shizhen looked up as if someone had seen through her thoughts. "What did you say?"
"I've been monitoring you recently, and especially when Xu Shiyue is around, your heart rate is above normal, and your mood swings are also beyond the normal range." Qiuqiu pulled up the statistical chart for Lu Shizhen. Wavy lines of different colors rose and fell in the statistical chart, like intertwined roller coaster tracks.
"I have tried my best to prevent your emotional changes, but I don't know if the main system will be able to see through my barrier program, detect your real changes, and punish you over time."
Qiuqiu's voice was more serious than ever before, reminding Lu Shizhen word by word.
Lu Shizhen just stared at the statistical chart in front of him, his eyes moving up and down with the blue curve with Xu Shiyue's name on it.
She never thought that her heartbeat would be so intense and intuitive when transformed into data.
She also didn't expect that Xu Shiyue would be far superior to others in this statistical chart that recorded her mood.
It was as if without her knowing, Xu Shiyue had gradually become the only person who could affect her mood.
And for her, this person seemed to have changed from a person she simply liked at the beginning to someone with another meaning.
But what kind of existence could make her care so much about a kiss on the forehead, or a word, or even a tiny touch
Lu Shizhen frowned slightly, unable to figure out the problem.
Or maybe, afraid to face it.
At this time, Qiuqiu's voice interrupted again: "And the toothache the host just had is just the beginning. The longer the host stays in this world, the more the body will reject you. When the Lu family knows that the host is not the original owner, what will be the consequences? The host should be clear about it."
"We are just completing a mission in this world. Real life begins when the mission is over. We have reached the end now. As long as you leave smoothly, you can have a healthy body and start a life that belongs entirely to you."
"And Xu Shiyue, the protagonist of this world, does not belong to the host's life."
The question that had no answer just now was dispelled by Qiuqiu's words.
Since it does not belong, there is no point in pursuing an answer.
Lu Shizhen understood what Qiuqiu said.
Xu Shiyue has her future and her beautiful love, she knew it from the beginning.
She had memorized the entire plot of the book by heart. Every word she read secretly under the covers to avoid the nurse making rounds, and every tear she shed, were because of the love between her and Xu Shiyue.
Why would she be reluctant
She should be happy.
Xu Shiyue did not change her life because of herself, and her future days will be even brighter and more glorious.
With lover by your side and children and grandchildren around you.
Lu Shizhen thought so, silently looking at the fox that didn't look like a fox in the crystal ball, and suddenly laughed.
Only the bright glass cover reflected the girl's lowered face, with a pair of red eyes printed on it.
These were clearly eight beautiful words, but she felt as if something had cut into her heart.
It hurts so much.
As if to ease the sudden pain in his heart, Lu Shizhen paused for a long time before asking: "Then should we prepare to leave according to the development of the plot?"
Qiuqiu nodded, then shook her head: "Actually, according to the plot development, leaving is the worst option. If the host plans to leave on his own initiative, he will get a lot of points."
When Lu Shizhen heard that there was another task besides the previous one, she gave up on herself: "But I have already completed the task, what's the point of having these points?"
"The number of points will affect the quality of the host's exchanged body, unlocking different worlds for the host to choose from." Qiuqiu explained, "And after completing the task, the host will unlock the system mall and can exchange for any props according to the daily refresh. Points are the currency that the host will use in the system in the future."
"And the host's current mission points are in a bug state. You really need a large amount of points that are not counted into the mission points."
This task sounds like an additional question, but just like an exam, the additional questions are not included in the score but are related to the ranking.
You always say you won't do it, but for various reasons, you have to do it.
Lu Shizhen had been longing for a healthy body for more than 20 years. She really wanted a pair of legs that could move freely.
There is no pain or suffering, no need to wear a long-term catheter in the wrist, and the smell of sunlight is much better than that of disinfectant.
It’s the final step, should we give up
"Qiuqiu." Lu Shizhen's voice was a little weak, low like a stone thrown into the deep sea, "I hate your system so much."
The world seems to always be cruel to Lu Shizhen.
She still remembered that she had many friends when she was a child, but she forgot when and why she stopped making friends in the real world.
But now, she remembered.
She once again decided not to make friends anymore.
Since there will always be loss and separation, it might as well not have it in the first place.
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Anyway, she was alone in the previous world.
The moonlight outside the window cast the girl's figure on the wall. The weak and thin shadow was suppressed by the dark night and shrank together.
Lu Shizhen felt as if there was a barbed hook on her body. The fishing god chose to reel in the rod at the designated point. The hook embedded in her flesh was hooking her. She didn't know if it was in her mouth or heart, but she felt pain all over.
Logically speaking, artificial intelligence like Qiuqiu is unable to feel human emotions, but when it saw Lu Shizhen put his bare feet on the chair and curled up, its emotional factor dropped sharply.
It didn't know what to do to make Lu Shizhen feel better, so it just fluttered its wings and landed on its host's head.
The coiled tail was buried in her hair, as if to comfort her.
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I don’t know if it was because he could finally relax after the final exams, or for some other reason, but Lu Shizhen slept for a very long time. When he woke up, the sun was already high in the sky and it was almost noon.
Lu Shizhen didn’t know when he went to bed yesterday, and he felt a little dizzy when he woke up.
She went downstairs in her slippers and saw Aunt Sun cutting fruit. When she saw her coming down, she immediately said, "Miss, breakfast has just been heated up. Please wait a moment."
Lu Shizhen didn't wait, but picked up the sandwich on the table and took a bite.
She was hungry, so she finished her sandwich in a few bites. She looked at the fruit Aunt Sun was still arranging on the plate and asked, "Why is there more blueberries on this one and more strawberries on this one?"
"Miss Xu has been using her eyes a lot recently, so I put some more blueberries in the food. Besides, doesn't Miss Xu like strawberries?" Aunt Sun said as she prepared two fruit plates.
"Oh." This was the first time Lu Shizhen noticed Aunt Sun's carefulness. Her eyes darkened and she picked up two fruit plates. "I'll go. I'll go back to the room and bring the fruit to Xu Shiyue. You don't have to make this trip."
I don’t know if it was because the young lady was so considerate or for some other reason, but Aunt Sun’s eyes curved with a smile and she immediately nodded and said, “Okay, young lady.”
Because of the heavy snow in the past two days, the whole world seems exceptionally bright.
Lu Shizhen, holding a fruit plate, knocked twice on the door of the study on the second floor, and pushed the door open without waiting for Xu Shiyue's response.
The window facing the door let in all the sunlight into the house, and the snow in the backyard covered the glass that was divided into pieces by the window frames.
Xu Shiyue was sitting at the desk looking at documents, her long hair loose and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses perched on her straight nose.
This person's skin color is pale and cool, and the warm gold color in front of her face adds a touch of gentleness to the coolness and also magnifies the sense of distance.
The snow light surrounded her from behind, and the transparent buttons on her white shirt reflected the light, all the way to her neck and chin. She was meticulous, but also had a sense of a gentleman.
Lu Shizhen paused for a moment, not wanting Xu Shiyue to notice that she was acting strange, and then walked in: "Are you busy?"
Xu Shiyue nodded and said, "I'm looking at the renovation design drawings of the Maode Building."
She looked at Lu Shizhen who was about to walk towards her and took the initiative to invite him: "Come and take a look?"
Lu Shizhen was interested in anything related to drawing, and since Xu Shiyue invited her, she decided to go over.
The black and white drawings carefully marked the structure of the building. Lu Shizhen looked at it and couldn't help but say: "This place should be quite valuable, right? Every inch of land is worth a lot of money, and it won't be easy to renovate it."
"Yes." Xu Shiyue nodded, as if still a little distressed, "But the whole building is a bit outdated."
"But actually, you see, the frame of the entire building is still very solid. Why not just rebuild the walls of the building?" Lu Shizhen looked at it and some ideas popped up in his head.
It was not enough to just say it, so she pointed to Xu Shiyue and said, "Look, this place can actually be extended to make a ring shape, which looks better than the simple circle now. What do you think..."
Lu Shizhen was very engaged in what he was saying and turned around to ask Xu Shiyue for her opinion.
But before she could finish her words, she paused the moment she turned her head.
The sunlight cast the girls' shadows on the wall, overlapping their blurred outlines.
The devotion that Lu Shizhen expressed inadvertently shortened the distance she had maintained with Xu Shiyue. With just a turn of their heads, the distance between the tips of their noses was so slight that they almost touched.
The warm breath carried the familiar fragrance of Lu Shizhen, and beneath the clean lenses were a pair of calm black eyes.
The study room in winter is filled with the heat from the floor heating, which gathers in one place and gradually creates an ambiguous atmosphere.
The study was quiet for a while. Lu Shizhen felt his face burning again and his heartbeat quickened.
Lu Shizhen just looked at Xu Shiyue with a dull look, and then she seemed to realize something, and suddenly cut off this emotion, retracting her hand and her leaning body, like a deserter who had thrown away his armor.
"I'm not a professional, I'm just talking nonsense." Lu Shizhen said, his voice a little stiff.
Xu Shiyue thought Lu Shizhen was embarrassed, so she nodded and said, "In that case, why don't you accompany me to the Xu family tomorrow to inspect the place and see if there is anything that can be renovated?"
When Lu Shizhen heard Xu Shiyue's words, there was some surprise in his eyes.
She just curved her eyes like this, pausing only for a moment inadvertently.
The blueprint of the building spread out in her peripheral vision. Xu Shiyue's words reminded her of something, and her excited voice became a little more solemn: "Okay."
Xu Shiyue had many thoughts in his mind and did not notice the subtle change in Lu Shizhen.
She just looked at the surprise and joy in Lu Shizhen's eyes, and couldn't help but smile along with her.
"Then you go ahead and do your work. I won't bother you anymore." Lu Shizhen said as he placed the fruit bowl in his hand next to Xu Shiyue. "Auntie Sun asked me to bring this for you. Remember to eat it no matter how busy you are."
"Okay." Xu Shiyue nodded and watched Lu Shizhen's back until the door was closed again.
But the wooden door was heavy and solid. Even though she watched Lu Shizhen leave, she could not see the moment Lu Shizhen stumbled when he went out.
The girl's legs suddenly became out of control, her long hair was messed up by the sudden change, and she almost fell to the ground.
Qiuqiu detected that Lu Shizhen's body was out of control, and immediately appeared. His slender tail barely hooked her arm, and he reminded her with difficulty: "Host, you can't delay any longer. You were just deducted 100 points, which is a new record high. I also detected dozens of accident time nodes set by the main system."
Lu Shizhen's shoulders were trembling slightly, and his arms were tense with bulging veins.
She barely supported her suddenly out-of-control leg with one hand, her eyes dim: "Qiuqiu, I think I have found a suitable place."
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The weather forecast the day before clearly said it would snow today, but the weather in the morning was unexpectedly sunny and windy.
Yuanzi was running happily in the snow which had not yet melted completely, startling a sparrow which was picking up grass seeds to eat.
No one saw a small ball with its tail wagging flying in front of its sight.
No one knew that this was the last time it would play with the ball.
The door of the Lu family villa opened early in the morning, and Xu Shiyue walked out of the villa wearing a black tweed cape.
Today is a big day for her. She has joined forces with the public security authorities and the court and is preparing to return to the Xu family to give Xu Shouxian the final blow.
Lu Shizhen rarely slept in. He changed into brightly colored clothes and went out with Xu Shiyue.
Xu Shiyue was a little surprised, but more than being surprised, she was pleased.
—She wanted to take back what belonged to her, and Lu Shizhen took the initiative to give it to her.
Xu Shiyue thought that Lu Shizhen was looking forward to going to the building to inspect in the afternoon, so she woke up so early. Before getting in the car, she took the initiative to say to her: "I can finish the things over there quickly, and I won't keep you waiting for long."
Lu Shizhen nodded, looked at the neatly dressed Xu Shiyue and said, "Go quickly, don't keep the people at the procuratorate waiting."
Upon hearing this, Xu Shiyue looked at Lu Shizhen deeply.
Looking at the girl in the red skirt, her dark eyes were filled with tenderness that no one else had seen before, "Okay, you should go back soon too. It's cold, so wear more clothes when you go to the building later."
After hearing what Xu Shiyue said, Lu Shizhen realized that she was indeed wearing too little.
The cold wind outside blew across the hem of her thin knitted skirt, and the sparse knitted material was filled with wind.
It was as if Xu Shiyue’s words were some kind of curse, and Lu Shizhen belatedly felt a chill.
But she still didn't turn around, and said with a smile as if jokingly: "I have to watch you leave, otherwise I'll be out in the cold for nothing."
Xu Shiyue smiled.
As if asking Lu Shizhen to go back quickly, she got into the car without saying anything else.
But at this moment, Lu Shizhen called her again: "Xu Shiyue."
Xu Shiyue moved a little as she got into the car: "What's wrong?"
"Take good care of yourself."
The winter wind blew the snow scattered on the treetops down, as if it was snowing again in the yard.
Lu Shizhen said this as he looked at Xu Shiyue after the snow.
Xu Shiyue suddenly felt that the world around her had become much quieter, and the only thing left in her sight was Lu Shizhen's eyes staring at her.
The fine snow fell on her head with the backflow of wind. She didn't intend to shake it off, but the snow fell down because of her nodding and melted in the warm air in the car.
"Don't worry, I'll meet you at the building soon." Xu Shiyue agreed and raised his hand to signal Li Guanmen to set off.
The car started up slowly, and the hot air from the exhaust pipe left a mark on the melted road surface.
For once, Lu Shizhen did not listen to Xu Shiyue. He just stood at the door of the villa and watched Xu Shiyue's car leave until it turned a corner and disappeared in the vast snow.
The vast white snow reflects the rising sunlight, making the entire winter day look unrealistically bright.
Lu Shizhen suddenly remembered a long, long time ago, but in fact it wasn’t that long ago. Xu Shiyue did the same thing and secretly left her while she was at school.
That time she used all her points to get Xu Shiyue back.
So will Xu Shiyue also get her back
But she has no points...
She didn't even know the system existed.
As Lu Shizhen was thinking this, Qiuqiu's breathless voice interrupted her: "Host, just as we planned, the system has detected that Xu Shouxian's people are ready to repeat their old tricks."
"Ah..." Lu Shizhen raised his head dully and looked at the sky today. The sun was bright and bright, and his dim eyes could not see through it. "The weather is really good today."
"So the omen that the weather will be bad before something unexpected happens is false."
Lu Shizhen spoke with emotion, his voice filled with lazy rebellion.
Then she smiled, staring at the sun with her eyes fixed: "It is also possible that I am not the protagonist at all."
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Compared to the Lu family who had been busy preparing since early morning and were in an orderly manner, the Xu family's old house was filled with panic.
Black cars stopped one after another in front of the old house. Xu Shiyue got out of the car. In addition to Li, Luo Ji, who had a metal prosthetic leg, stood next to her.
The people in the house were immediately panicked when they saw the men in suits and ties coming in, and Aunt Xu walked quickly to the main hall.
But Xu Shouxian was seen sitting on the armchair in the main hall, drinking tea calmly, while a large group of people were walking towards the courtyard opposite.
Aunt Xu Er looked at Xu Shiyue, who was leading the group, and said angrily, "Shiyue, what are you doing? Why did you come here without telling me? And you brought so many people with you?"
Xu Minjun, who came with Aunt Xu, looked ridiculous and asked loudly: "Xu Shiyue, what are your people talking about?"
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"I don't think it's nonsense." Xu Shiyue smiled and looked straight at Xu Shouxian, "What do you think, uncle?"
Xu Shouxian did not answer, but held the teacup and sighed: "You are really fast, Shiyue."
Xu Shiyue nodded slightly and said, "I learned all this from my second uncle."
"It seems that I am a pretty good teacher?" Xu Shouxian sneered and put the teacup in his hand on the table.
"Yes." Xu Shiyue also agreed with a smile, "If it weren't for Second Uncle, a junior like me wouldn't have taken on the role of the head of the Xu family so early."
The second aunt was stunned when she heard the conversation between the two. She knew that something bad was going to happen in the family recently, but she didn't expect it to happen so thoroughly. She couldn't help but collapse: "Xu Shiyue! We have already returned your things to you, why do you still want to kill us all! Xu Shiyue! You are so heartless!"
"Really? Am I completely heartless?" Xu Shiyue's polite eyes suddenly turned cold. "Was my parents' death a natural disaster or a crime? Am I completely heartless, or am I just repaying my debt?"
The sky, which was clear just now, was blown by the wind and filled with many thick clouds, and most of the sunlight was blocked.
The entire old house was suddenly shrouded in shadow, and cold winds blew through the interconnected corridors and courtyards.
As soon as Xu Shiyue finished questioning, there was no need for Xu Minjun or anyone else to defend Xu Shouxian. The police walked into the yard and said to Xu Shouxian: "Xu Shouxian, you are suspected of ***, intentional homicide, and fabrication of evidence. Please come with us."
Then the people from the procuratorate issued a document to Xu Shouxian: "Xu Shouxian, this is an accusation against you for tax evasion and overseas money laundering. We will liquidate several of your residences next. This is the notice, please read it carefully."
The situation changed suddenly in just a few seconds. Aunt Xu, who was still hoping for a lucky break, fell straight to the ground, and Xu Minjun didn't even have time to help her up.
Xu Shiyue just watched as Xu Shouxian's wrists were handcuffed with silver-white handcuffs, and her voice was several times colder than the winter wind at the moment: "Second uncle, your money-making business with other people's blood money has come to an end."
Xu Shouxian still had a faint smile on his face. He stopped when he passed by Xu Shiyue and said, "Shiyue, uncle has one last thing to teach you."
Xu Shiyue looked at the man coldly without saying anything.
Xu Shouxian did not say anything because of Xu Shiyue's reaction, and said directly: "You are more cruel than me, but your hands are cleaner than mine, so you will lose much more than me."
It didn't make any sense, it sounded like a threatening curse.
Xu Shiyue's eyes were still cold as she looked at him and said, "Thank you for your reminder, uncle."
"But I think there are many things that a loser can't see through."
"Really?" Xu Shouxian asked back softly, as if questioning Xu Shiyue's words, but also as if it was a casual sigh.
The sound did not stay between him and Xu Shiyue for long, and was soon drowned out by the sound of handcuffs colliding.
The sirens were louder than when we came, which was refreshing.
Xu Shouxian was escorted into the car under the gaze of Xu Shiyue. The sound of Aunt Xu's crying echoed throughout the old house.
Xu Shiyue's heart was not moved at all. She had been waiting for this day, waiting to see this man being sent away with her own eyes.
She had also cried helplessly like Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun, but all she got in return was a look of pity.
Even this is still fake.
She generously showed this false mercy to Xu Shouxian's wife and daughter, and "forgave" the two men for their endless cursing. She ordered people to take Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun away and "properly" settle them down.
As the two idlers in the main hall left, the disturbed winter tranquility was restored.
Xu Shiyue's gaze followed the two people being taken away, looking at the long corridor without end.
This old house was the property owned by the Xu family's ancestors. When they were young, grandpa often let Xu Shiyue and his family of three stay here.
The winter wind blew the hair beside Xu Shiyue's ears. The lingering sound seemed to be mixed with the old man's slow and kind laughter, and his walking stick made a tapping sound on the floor tiles.
Xu Shiyue seemed to see herself as a child running out from the corridor at the side, her mother holding her grandfather and chasing after her, while her father was cheering her on in a particularly "unfilial" manner.
The temperature around was too low, and it would become mild even with a little heat. Xu Shiyue's eyes, filled with tears, gradually turned red.
She finally did it, she finally got all of her parents' things back.
There is also the house that grandpa originally left to their family.
When grandpa passed away, this old house was originally meant to be left to Xu Shiyue's father. However, due to the eldest brother's interference, Xu Shouxian defected and the house became the eldest brother's property.
Just before Xu Shouxian's death, the aunt came to find Xu Shiyue, hoping that after she could bring Xu Shouxian to justice, she would return the things that originally belonged to their family to them.
Xu Shiyue just wanted to laugh after listening to this.
Why should she pay it back
When his family and Xu Shouxian were planning to divide the things, why didn't they think about returning the things to themselves
Watch the fire from the other side of the river and reap the benefits.
The coming and going of family affection is a bit too cheap.
The wind blew over, shaking off the snow on the eaves.
A touch of snow fell on Xu Shiyue's hair, and her joy was like a flame that was suddenly extinguished. A burst of cold air rushed up along Xu Shiyue's spine, making her feel inexplicably uneasy.
Xu Shiyue's gaze was still on the long corridor, and in a trance, the corridor she walked through in her dream overlapped with her.
The little girl in the wheelchair was sitting opposite her, holding an apple, and for some reason her face was full of tears.
Xu Shiyue didn’t know what the little girl had been through, but when she looked at the tear marks on her little face, her heart ached.
It felt like something inside her body was being dug out. The vague pain was hard to pinpoint, but it made her frown.
Luo Ji, who was dispatching personnel to cooperate with the court search, was about to say something to Xu Shiyue, but suddenly noticed her change at this moment and immediately became nervous: "Miss, what's wrong?"
It was because of this question that Xu Shiyue was immediately pulled out of this unreal pain.
Xu Shiyue felt her heart was calm as if nothing had happened, and shook her head: "It's okay."
"I seem to be a little tired." Xu Shiyue thought that maybe she was too tired these days and had an illusion, so she simply handed the matter here to Luo Ji, "You stay and cooperate with the court's search, I'll go back first."
"Okay." Luo Ji nodded. After the last accident, she became much calmer. She said, "Miss, go back and have a good rest."
"Yeah." Xu Shiyue nodded and took Li back to the car.
For Xu Shiyue, there are many kinds of rest.
Sleeping is one thing, seeing someone you like is another, and both are much more effective than the former.
The car was on the way to the building, and Xu Shiyue was somewhat impatient to meet Lu Shizhen.
From today on, she has everything. Stability and power are in her hands. She is more than capable of protecting Lu Shizhen.
So it’s time to tell Lu Shizhen that I like her.
The time agreed with Lu Shizhen is eleven o'clock, but it's only ten o'clock now.
Xu Shiyue did not choose to urge Lu Shizhen to go out early. She just looked at the dialog box between her and Lu Shizhen, and silently clicked on the man's avatar and looked at it for a long time.
She seemed to understand what people often call the sense of anticipation.
Unlike the long wait when she and Mr. Wang teamed up to wait for Xu Shouxian to fall into the trap, she had a full hour of joyful anticipation while waiting for Lu Shizhen to meet her.
Bustling buildings flashed past the car window beside Xu Shiyue. The morning rush hour had passed and there was a quiet prosperity on the road.
Immersed in anticipation, Xu Shiyue admired the silence and somehow felt a little uneasy along the way.
Xu Shiyue felt that he might not be in a very good state today and was always uneasy.
Thinking that she would meet Lu Shizhen soon, she simply closed her eyes and prepared to take a nap.
In the rearview mirror was the bodyguard car parked relatively still with the owner's car. Xu Shiyue had already lowered his eyes and could not see Li's suddenly pale face in the passenger seat.
The sound of the fire truck rushed into Xu Shiyue's dream, and warm air rushed to her face.
She heard noisy voices coming closer and closer, and the familiar nightmare surged in her mind again.
Xu Shiyue extremely hated this dream of separation and struggled to wake up from it.
But when she woke up, she realized one thing.
The sky was filled with black smoke and flames soaked in the snow, like a nightmare breaking out of a dream, filling her vision without warning.
The voice in the dream just now was not a dream, but something that really happened.
There was a gas leak in the dessert shop downstairs in the building, and the explosion spread into a fire.
The red flames hit the fragile glass, and the sound of the explosion shattered the glass all over the ground.
Xu Shiyue looked at the car gradually approaching, and it was as if something shattered in her head, and she was completely dazed.
The flames licked her blank brain as if they were going to devour her. By the time she managed to regain her composure, she had already made several calls on the phone beside her.
The number of them was terrifying, but also terrifyingly pale. The only thing she could hear in her ears was the beeping sound from the other side without any response.
That was the call Xu Shiyue made subconsciously to Lu Shizhen.
But Lu Shizhen didn't answer any of them. The calm mechanical broadcast was as cruel as a knife.
wrong.
wrong.
She wouldn't come so early. It's not even the time they agreed on yet. She must be on the way or changing clothes.
Yes, change clothes.
I don’t take my phone with me when I change clothes, so it’s normal that I didn’t answer the call.
Xu Shiyue tried her best to give herself a reasonable explanation, but the sound of someone knocking on the car door shattered all her fantasies.
Li appeared in front of her with a difficult expression and called out through the window: "Miss Xu."
Xu Shiyue looked at Li's pale and ugly expression indifferently, and forced herself to close the window.
In an instant, all kinds of sounds became amplified and heavier and poured into the car. Xu Shiyue watched Li's mouth opening and closing in his sight. His brain buzzed and he felt as if someone had suddenly pushed him into the water.
The whole world was quiet. The sounds calling for help faded away like the waves, and then sealed off Xu Shiyue's world like the sea water. The only thing left in her ears was Li's last confirmed message.
"Ms. Xu, the driver at home called fifteen minutes ago and said that Miss... was inside and didn't come out."
Xu Shiyue opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something to Li, but her throat seemed to be blocked by the water accumulated around it, and she couldn't utter a single syllable.
The cold wind blew against Xu Shiyue's ears and face. The warm air from the air conditioner in the car surrounded her, but she felt suffocated.
Xu Shiyue didn't know what to do, so he subconsciously opened the car door and walked out.
The flames had been extinguished by the cold winter water. There was no warmth coming towards us, only the ice chips breaking when our heels stepped on the ice.
As she walked, the sound of the ice breaking rang in her ears.
The choking smell evoked her memory, trying to pull her into the accident scene that could collapse at any time.
Xu Shiyue wanted to move closer, but was pulled back by a force.
She turned back blankly and saw Lu Shizhen standing in her sight wearing her red dress, looking at her anxiously.
"Ms. Xu, you can't go in! Although the fire seems to be out from outside, this is a gas leak. The possibility of a secondary explosion cannot be ruled out!"
The joy in Xu Shiyue's eyes suddenly froze.
She just watched Lu Shizhen's mouth opening and closing, but the sounds that came out were completely wrong.
No, that's not right.
This is not Lu Shizhen.
Xu Shiyue stared at Lu Shizhen's face in his sight, and this face turned into Li's amid the chaotic noises around him.
Her thoughts seemed to freeze, and her deep voice was particularly suppressed as she asked the person in front of her: "Where is Lu Shizhen?"
When Li heard Xu Shiyue's words, he held Xu Shiyue's wrist even tighter.
He knew what Lu Shizhen meant to Xu Shiyue, and said with difficulty: "The young lady hasn't come out yet."
Suddenly, Xu Shiyue's eyes, which were always calm, were filled with confusion.
She lowered her gaze to her wrist in disbelief. The hand in front of her holding her was much thicker than the one Lu Shizhen had in her memory.
As if hit by something, Xu Shiyue's pupils trembled violently.
The person who grabbed him was not Lu Shizhen from the beginning. Lu Shizhen did not come out and was inside from the beginning.
Wait for yourself inside.
right.
She was waiting for herself inside.
She had to go get her back.
That's right, take her home.
go home…
Xu Shiyue kept agreeing in his heart, and started walking again after stopping.
No one knew where such a thin body got so much strength. Li held Xu Shiyue's wrist tightly and even felt that he could not hold her anymore.
Li followed Xu Shiyue these days, watching her being indifferent and calm, and watching her being decisive in killing.
He had seen too many people lose their minds because of losing power, but he never thought that someone like Xu Shiyue would lose his mind.
But he was wrong.
He forgot about Lu Shizhen's existence.
What can influence Xu Shiyue is never rationality, but her Lu Shizhen.
Li kept persuading Xu Shiyue, but Xu Shiyue turned a deaf ear to him and went to the dark and collapsed ruins without any hesitation.
Seeing that he was about to lose control of Xu Shiyue, Li shouted urgently: "Miss Xu! You can't go in! If you get hurt, she will be angry and sad when she finds out!"
The words about Lu Shizhen suddenly rang out, like an arrow that shattered the glass house that Xu Shiyue had created for himself.
The broken glass fell down with a loud bang, and Xu Shiyue stood there in a daze, like a machine with the pause button pressed.
"Lu Shizhen will be angry..."
Xu Shiyue murmured softly, the faint sound seemed like it could be blown away by any gust of wind.
Seeing that his words had an effect, Li quickly agreed: "Yes, if Miss Lu knew that you went in to look for her, how could she not be angry. And the temperature in there is so high, if she got burned, she would be so sad."
"You know the lady's temper better than I do. Let's go back to the car and wait for news. The scene is so chaotic, the lady might have been found..."
As Li was speaking, two firefighters came out from the already settled accident scene carrying a stretcher.
The man's body was covered with white cloth, tightly from head to toe. A normal person would not be treated like this unless it was a corpse.
Li's persuasion rang in Xu Shiyue's ears, but her eyes inexplicably followed the stretcher.
The road at the scene was not easy to walk on, and after a bumpy ride, a charred wrist hung down from the white cloth wrapped around it.
It was hard to tell whether it was new snow or snow blown off the trees by the wind, but snowflakes were floating in the air.
Thick clouds blocked the sun, and the silver light that was hanging down flashed across Xu Shiyue's sight.
It was a simple bracelet with no design at all, like a tool used specifically to mark locations.
And during the time when Xu Shiyue couldn't see, every time she touched Lu Shizhen's wrist, she would touch this bracelet first.
Xu Shiyue's dark and deep eyes suddenly became empty, and his breathing seemed to stop.
Snow fell from the girl's collapsed shoulders, and Xu Shiyue's ears suddenly rang with the words Xu Shouxian said to her.
"You are more cruel than me, but your hands are cleaner than mine, so you will lose much more than me."
(End of this chapter)