Shen Zhichu loved him wholeheartedly for sixteen years, yet she was asked to leave empty-handed, just to make room for the "white moonlight" in his heart.
Li Jingshen thought he would...
Chapter 346 Li Jingshen Vomits Blood
Li Jingshen knelt in the water, the muddy river water flooded over his head. He coughed, and the ribs supporting his chest seemed to have turned into thorns, tightening a little with every struggle. He wondered if Chen Zhichu was also in such pain when he died?
When a person is about to die, he is very calm. His soul seems to have left his body, floating in the air and seeing himself quietly in the water, like a piece of driftwood.
The cold air invaded the body from all parts of the body, and all the internal organs seemed to be frozen. It hurt... The whole body felt like it was being torn apart by pain.
Zhao Qian jumped into the water with great effort and hugged Li Jingshen tightly. Li Jingshen was covered in water, and holding him was like holding a piece of ice. Zhao Qian used all his strength to pull him out of the water.
"Mr. Li, are you okay?" Zhao Qian's face turned pale with anxiety. He supported Li Jingshen with one hand and used the other hand to pick up the coat on the ground to look for his cell phone.
After his body gradually regained consciousness, Li Jingshen subconsciously opened his mouth and took a deep breath.
But it seemed as if what he breathed in was not air but sharp thorns, which made his entire heart feel tingling with pain. The pain surrounded his entire body. He couldn't help shaking and coughed. Blood gushed out of his mouth, staining his pale cheeks red, a glaring red.
"Mr. Li, I have to take you to the hospital immediately." Li Jingshen had vomited blood before, but this was the first time Zhao Qian saw him vomit so much, as if he couldn't stop.
He had already dialed the emergency number on his phone and was about to dial it when Li Jingshen raised his cold hand and placed it on his wrist to stop him.
"I want...I want to go down and find Chen Zhichu...her hair tie..." He choked and his voice trembled, not sure if it was from the cold or the pain.
"Hair tie?" Zhao Qian understood after a moment's thought. He asked, "So what if I find it?"
Li Jingshen had already lost his mind, and the only clear thing in his muddy mind was the last words that Shen Zhichu said.
——If you can’t find it, don’t come to see me.
Shen Zhichu was punishing him for his past sins, and this was what he deserved. He had to find her hair tie.
"If I find it...if I find it...she will forgive me and come home with me..."
Zhao Qian: "She is lying to you."
Li Jingshen murmured: "No, Shen Zhichu will not lie."
Zhao Qian looked at his pale face from the cold. Li Jingshen was too stubborn and it was difficult for him to change his mind once he made up his mind. This was why he turned a good path into a dead end three years ago.
"Such a small hair tie will never be found if you throw it into the river. If you want to spend your life looking for it, you might as well buy a new one..." It was a hair tie, and they all looked the same. He didn't believe that Shen Zhichu would recognize it.
"The other one is not the one she lost..." Li Jingshen had gradually regained consciousness. His voice was still a little weak, but not as trembling as before. He stared at the river again. The sky had darkened for some reason, and the dim light of the street lamps shone on the river.
He looked dazed, it was already so late.
He looked back in the direction of Bai Qiujing's villa. It was pitch black and there was no light. Had they already gone to bed?
When Li Jingshen thought of Shen Zhichu lying in another man's arms and sleeping in each other's arms, his heart was in a knot.
Will Shen Zhichu treat Bai Qiu Jing as well as she treated him in the past? Will she cook a table full of dishes for him to eat? Will she look at him tenderly and lovingly, and love him deeply?
Don’t think about it... I can’t think about it anymore... Li Jingshen covered his eyes, and the scalding liquid fell into his palm. It’s okay... As long as Shen Zhichu comes back... He doesn’t mind these at all, as long as Shen Zhichu is still alive, as long as there is her living figure in his world... Really...
Li Jingshen could no longer hear what Zhao Qian said. The obsession to find the hair tie was like a poison seed thrown into his blood, which penetrated into his bone marrow and pulled his weak limbs to get up from the ground.
At this moment, Li Jingshen relied entirely on his strong will to hold up his body. Fragility and sadness were revealed in his eyes as he crawled towards the river. Zhao Qian couldn't stop him. He didn't know why Li Jingshen was still so strong.
Zhao Qian held him firmly and said, "Boss Li, let's come back tomorrow. You should take good care of yourself now. Don't let her fall down again before we find her."
Li Jingshen was too eager for success, but now he has suffered the backlash.
Zhao Qian had many questions that he couldn't understand, but the one he couldn't understand the most was why "Shen Qing" became "Shen Zhichu"
Is it an act? But he was there before, and he did feel that it was Shen Zhichu from her.
It was the first time he heard that a dead person could be resurrected.
Li Jingshen was pressed to the ground and swayed for a moment. He felt that it was not Zhao Qian but a mountain that was pressing on him. He pursed his thin lips, his mouth full of the taste of blood. The only remaining consciousness was still staring at the river surface. He could obviously turn over and jump down, but he couldn't climb over.
"Let me go!" He dug his ten fingers into the ground, his fingertips were rubbed bloody, and the stinging made him a little more sober, but he was still too tired and in too much pain.
Li Jingshen lowered his head in pain, resting his chin on the ground, and looked at his hands with his eyelids half drooping. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. The hair tie he had been looking for was on his ring finger, like a ring.
His hands had been frozen and numb from being in the river. He had been searching in the river repeatedly without looking at his fingers. When he came to his senses, he realized that what he had been looking for was right there on his fingers.
From loss to surprise, his mood was like a roller coaster. He touched the disposable hairband on his ring finger, carefully wiped off the dirt on it, then took it off carefully and held it under the light.
"I...I found it..." This time he finally collapsed on the ground with a nice smile on his face. He found Shen Zhichu's hair tie. Would she forgive him and go back with him?
The three most beautiful words in life are reunion after a long separation, recovery of what was lost, and a false alarm.
The long absence has been repeated, so can he find back what he has lost? Are all the crimes he committed really just a false alarm?
Li Jingshen looked at the hair tie in his hand and put it back on his ring finger. This time he closed his eyes.
The emergency number Zhao Qian called arrived quickly. The blood on Li Jingshen's face was wiped clean, and the blood that flowed into his neck was dried by the heater in the car, becoming hard and dry. The car was full of the smell of blood.
…….
Shen Zhichu went back and saw a person squatting at the door before he got close.
Bai Qiujing sat by the door, holding his phone tightly in his hand, looking at the phone and then at the direction Shen Zhichu left. He looked eagerly like a big dog waiting for its owner to come home.
Seeing Shen Zhichu's figure, he stood up and ran directly to her regardless of the rain outside, pulling her hand: "He didn't bully you, did he?"
"No..." Chen Zhichu looked at Bai Qiujing's worried eyes and was slightly distracted. If it was Li Jingshen who saw her going out with another man, his first reaction would not be worry, but to observe her body to see if her toy had been soiled by others.
In Li Jingshen's eyes, she has always been a toy for him to play with, and toys don't need self-respect.
"Your hands are cold. I'll blow dry your hair when we get back."
He held Shen Zhichu's hand tightly, and after returning home, he brought out the hot milk for Shen Zhichu to drink.
After the boiling hot milk entered my stomach, my whole body warmed up a lot. The air conditioner was on in the living room, and the hot air was so comfortable that the pores all over my body contracted.
Bai Qiujing knew that Shen Zhichu was afraid of the cold. The first time he met her was on the plane, and she was wrapped in a blanket even though the temperature was moderate.
Bai Qiujing plugged in the hair dryer and wanted to blow Shen Zhichu's hair.
Shen Zhichu was still wrapped in his clothes, and when the air conditioner was on, he took off his clothes and handed them to him: "Thank you for the clothes, I can blow dry my hair myself."
Shen Zhichu is not used to being too close to others. Bai Qiujing is a very good person and has helped her a lot, but she cannot wantonly get more just because he is nice to her.
Feelings need to be responded to. No one is obligated to be nice to you. If you can't respond, you should cut off the relationship as soon as possible. Time and feelings are the most precious things in a person.
Bai Qiujing froze and tightened his grip on the hair dryer. After a while, he put the hair dryer down and took the coat from Shen Zhichu's hand.
He hung his coat at the door and listened to the sound of the hair dryer. For the first time, he felt that this place was full of the atmosphere of fireworks. His home could finally be called home. If only it could always be like this...
He still had this confidence before Li Jingshen showed up, but now he realized how ridiculous his confidence was.
He had always been self-righteous. He had never understood Shen Zhichu. He knew nothing about her except her name and gender.
Bai Qiujing looked at Shen Zhichu who was sitting on the sofa, blowing his hair with his head tilted.
This is probably what the distance in this world is like, close yet strange.
Although Shen Zhichu was right in front of him, he couldn't even touch him. There was a transparent wall between them.
He quietly went to the kitchen and started cooking one meat dish, one vegetable dish, and a soup, enough for them to eat.
Bai Qiujing can only cook some home-cooked dishes, a plate of shredded pork with green peppers, spicy and sour shredded potatoes and boiled cabbage soup.
After Chen Zhichu finished blowing her hair, she threw away the hairband. It was inconvenient to do anything with her long hair loose. She glanced and saw a pen holder on the bookshelf in the living room. She took out a pencil and put it up in a bun.
"Do you need help?"
Bai Qiujing turned around and said, "No need to help. Another dish is ready. Are you hungry?"
"Not bad." Shen Zhichu looked at him. Bai Qiujing was wearing a black and white bear apron. He was 1.89 meters tall and had a narrow waist. He was holding a spatula in his hand, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and his eyes were focused on the food in the pot.
"There's a lot of smoke in the kitchen, get out quickly." He was methodical just now, but when he saw Chen Zhichu, he became flustered and wished he had eight hands to do it.
Not only did Shen Zhichu not go out, he also walked into the kitchen. Bai Qiujing's kitchen was not big, and you couldn't see what was inside at a glance. It was obvious that he must cook often and had all kinds of ingredients.
She leaned against the wall and watched, her eyes focused on the man flipping the pan.