Chapter 98 Chapter 98 Are we breaking up?

Xu Ji was injured.

That night, I knocked down five or six people in the warehouse in less than ten minutes, but in the end I still couldn't get the USB drive.

Yan Jiawei didn't know what USB flash drive he was talking about. It was not until he was pressed to the ground by Xu Ji that he uttered a name intermittently - Yan Zhiru.

Xu Ji was deeply impressed by the three words "Yan Zhiru". Combining it with the abbreviations in Tao Siyun's WeChat note, he suddenly understood.

My first reaction was that the photos he deleted in high school had a backup!

Tao Siyun was threatened by her because of this!

He must find Yan Zhiru first.

The fact that Tao Siyun did not choose to call the police immediately is very telling.

This means that the severity of the matter and the scale of the contents of the USB drive have far exceeded her acceptance.

He grabbed Yan Jiawei by the collar, forced himself to calm down, and asked coldly, "Where is she now? Tell me!"

"I, I don't know..."

"What did you say!"

Xu Ji cursed and stood up, but before he could turn around, he was suddenly hit on the head with a stick from behind!

"You fucking—"

The man with tattoos was struggling to get up from the ground. When the stick came down for the second time, Xu Ji blocked it with his elbow, twisted his wrist and grabbed it with his backhand, while kicking him hard with his foot!

The man with tattoos fell to the ground and rolled over in pain, cursing and screaming in pain. Only when he could no longer stand up did Xu Ji throw away the wooden stick in his hand and walk towards the door.

But before I took a few steps, my vision became blurry.

His whole arm was numb and shaking.

After the previous stop, the dial was broken, the glass pierced into the flesh, and blood was flowing down the arm.

…

Half a month has passed since the incident happened.

Xu Ji has not contacted Tao Siyun for the past two weeks, and has not returned to Jian'an Lane after being discharged from the hospital.

The messages I sent were not replied, and the phone calls were always disconnected...

It seems like he will never pay attention to her again.

The two ushered in the first "Cold War" in history.

Tao Siyun thinks so.

She didn't know whether this could be considered a unilateral breakup.

"Are you breaking up with me?" She would type this sentence in the WeChat input box every day, but she never dared to click send. After typing it, she would slowly delete it word by word.

She didn't dare to ask, fearing that he still wouldn't reply.

If that's the case, it means he agrees...

Thinking of this, she would rather Xu Ji not contact her actively.

It's fine this way.

At least they haven't gotten that far yet...

As long as Xu Ji didn't mention it, they hadn't officially broken up yet.

When Tao Siyun didn't know what Xu Ji's attitude was, he could only comfort himself like this over and over again.

But the longer the time went on, the more anxious, scared, and uncertain she became.

Because of her deception, Xu Ji was injured and almost made a big mistake.

She really blamed herself and regretted it...

I'm still scared now.

If Tao Qian and the police had been a little later that night, she didn't know what would have happened.

Faced with Tao Qian's harsh criticism, Tao Siyun felt guilty and sad.

She didn't know how Xu Ji would view this matter, or how he would view her.

Before I knew it, half of the summer vacation was already over.

Two weeks ago, Qin Shu called to ask her if she had booked her flight ticket and when she would return to Beijing.

Tao Siyun initially said that she would come in a few days, but when she saw that she could not delay it any longer, she made an excuse that she had to continue her internship during the summer vacation and would not go home.

In fact, during the period of "cold war" with Xu Ji, she took a long vacation and did not go to the company.

Zhao Yiran asked her what was wrong, and she told her senior sister truthfully that she needed to rest at home for a while, without giving a specific reason. She also refused Zhao Yiran and Zhou Yu's kindness to come and see her.

She doesn't want to see anyone.

I need some quiet time alone.

Bian Chengzi was on vacation and asked her to go out and play, but she refused to go.

Li Huan also asked her out several times, but she also said she was busy.

This made Li Huan very depressed, and she said frankly that she was now monopolized by Xu Ji 24 hours a day.

"Hey, who's clinging to who between you two? Are you clinging to him or is he clinging to you? Is it necessary to kiss, hug and lift each other up from morning till night?"

"Tao Siyun, you've changed. You value women over friends! You actually abandoned me for a man!"

"We singles are all very vulnerable, okay? Are you so unsympathetic?"

"Why can't that bastard Xu Ji go out with Jiang Zhen and the other guys? Why does he have to stay at home and pester you every day? It's so annoying."

“…”

Li Huan kept on talking for a long time, and Tao Siyun felt even more depressed.

Xu Ji is completely ignoring her now, it's not like what she said.

Tao Siyun locked himself in his room every day, depressed and in such a bad state that he was no different from someone who had suffered a broken heart.

Facing Qiao Ying's concern, he just said lightly, "It's okay, it's nothing..."

But she doesn't look like she's okay.

Sometimes she even dreamed at night that Xu Ji pushed her away and said to her coldly, "Let's break up."

After waking up, I couldn't fall asleep again.

She really, really missed him.

"I'm done eating, I'm going back to my room."

I didn’t eat much for lunch today.

Tao Qian saw it and finally couldn't help but call Xu Ji.

"I say you've almost had enough. It's time to stop leaving that girl alone for so long."

Xu Ji was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone. He didn't say anything else, but just briefly discussed the matter of canceling the lease with him.

Tao Qian and Qiao Ying exchanged a glance, and the words "Tao Siyun hasn't been able to eat or sleep well recently because of you, what do you want?" suddenly changed to "What do you mean?"

Facing his questioning tone, Xu Ji replied calmly, "Aren't you getting married soon?"

Tao Qian's face darkened and he hung up the phone.

"What do you think he means? Is he breaking up?"

Qiao Ying frowned and lowered her voice, "Keep your voice down. When did he say he wanted to break up? Can you please stop talking nonsense all day long?"

"So what did he mean when he just told me he wanted to cancel the lease? I'm getting married in fucking October, and it's only August!"

"You were refusing to move before, and now you're suddenly doing this? How could you do it so early? It's obvious you're just making excuses!"

…

Tao Qian's voice was neither loud nor soft. After hearing that Xu Ji wanted to move out, Tao Siyun quietly closed the bedroom door.

I feel like crying.

She seemed to have never felt so uncomfortable...

What does Xu Ji's early termination of the lease mean? Is it really because Tao Qian is about to get married and he wants to make room for him to have his wedding house?

Or has he already made up his mind to move away and stay away from her from now on...

Tao Siyun didn't want to think about it any further.

She couldn't even get through to him on the phone, so how could she have the courage to ask Xu Ji if this was how things would be like for them from now on?

Tao Siyun spent an afternoon and an evening recalling every detail of her reunion with Xu Ji.

From last summer to this spring.

From the awkward stares they exchanged in the elevator, to the heavy snow in Beijing, Xu Ji teaching her how to ice skate and confessing his love to her on the ice rink.

This year is neither long nor short.

Every scene between them is still vivid in my mind.

Her feelings towards Xu Ji also changed quietly without her realizing it, and she didn't even know when she fell in love with Xu Ji...

Maybe it was the day they returned to school together, when Miss Li gave her the letter that contained a secret that had been delayed for many years, letting her know that Xu Ji had a crush on her.

Or even earlier, after they returned from Suiwu.

After thinking for a long time, my vision gradually became blurred.

Tao Siyun wiped away her tears and mustered up the courage to call Song Liwei.

After chatting for a while, he carefully asked how Xu Ji was doing now.

"I'm fine physically. I just got hit on the head and had a concussion, but I'm almost recovered now."

"oh……"

Tao Siyun suddenly didn't know what to say.

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

Song Liwei called her, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight?"

Tao Siyun didn't know whether their current situation could be considered a quarrel or whether he was angry with her.

Hesitantly, he said, "No, I haven't."

"Tell me how Xu Ji bullied you."

"I called him but he didn't answer. I sent him WeChat messages but he didn't answer either..."

"That's too much!"

"Um……"

"Got it." Song Liwei acted like an elder who was about to teach his nephew a lesson on her behalf. "Don't worry, I'll take care of him."

After Tao Siyun finished filing the complaint, he felt a little better. He took a hot bath and went to bed.

Song Liwei's attitude made her feel much more at ease.

***

Xu Ji's silence did not mean that he wanted to break up with her as Tao Siyun thought, but that he suddenly lost confidence in himself.

Ignoring Tao Siyun during this period was more like a form of self-escape.

From childhood to adulthood, every step of his life has been extremely smooth, and he has never had to "rework" anything.

Being used to being proud, one will get used to having absolute control over everything. Whether it is love or anything else, he has enough confidence and self-confidence.

But Tao Siyun gave him an unprecedented sense of frustration in his life.

The first time was when I fell in love with her.

No matter how successful he was in the eyes of others during high school, and no matter how proud he was, when he faced her and liked her, he never had the confidence of "winning".

Love is not something that can be easily obtained by using your brain and working hard. She also has to like it.

That was the part he couldn't grasp.

Xu Ji didn't know how to work hard, nor did he know how to make Tao Siyun like him.

Like most boys who are just beginning to fall in love, he was afraid that she would know, but also afraid that she would not know, so he could not help but appear in front of her frequently, trying to attract Tao Siyun's attention.

At an age where he can’t express his feelings for others, this is the only way for him to get the girl he likes to look at him more.

The second time is now.

Xu Ji couldn't accept that Tao Siyun hid anything from him.

Even though he was her boyfriend, he still wasn't trusted or relied upon, and she even lied to him when she was in danger.

This feeling is even more uncomfortable than if Tao Siyun directly told him "I don't like you".

Xu Ji really wanted to ask Tao Siyun how inadequate his boyfriend had been that made her feel so insecure.

During the years that he had silently liked her, he had experienced many different emotions.

Thinking of the past days that were dull and bleak without her, this matter now seemed not worth making him angry with her, and it seemed that he was ungrateful.

But once people have something, they become greedy.

Xu Ji wanted more and more.

From wanting her to like me at the beginning, to wanting her to rely on me and depend on me now.

He wanted Tao Siyun to know and believe that he was someone worthy of her entrusting her life to.