Chapter 493 If You Die, I Won’t Live Alone

Bai Qiujing's words made Shen Zhichu completely forget her fear. She stared at him blankly, her eyes like cracked crystals, as if they would shatter into a puddle of water with the slightest movement.

"Do you remember?"

Bai Qiujing untied the chain that bound Shen Zhichu's wrist. His hands were trembling with emotion. He held Shen Zhichu's wet face and gently lifted the hair on her face behind her ears.

"I remember now." Bai Qiujing said hoarsely, "I remember Chuchu, I remember that little crybaby who needed candied haws to be coaxed, I remember that big brother wanted to carry you home."

Shen Zhichu blinked and hot tears fell out. She didn't want to cry, but the tears fell uncontrollably.

"Bai Qiu."

"Um."

Shen Zhichu sobbed. "Big brother."

"It's me, it's always been me." Shen Zhichu called out to Bai Qiujing, who answered and gently wiped the tears from her face. "Why is my little crybaby still crying even though she's grown up so much?"

Shen Zhichu shook his head, now is not the time to be greedy about the past.

The person she loved had finally come to pick her up, and they would all return safely and alive. Shen Zhichu's heart tightened when she thought of Lu Tingchuan's words, and her originally weak hands suddenly grasped Bai Qiujing tightly.

"We have to leave quickly, it's very dangerous here..."

Just as he finished speaking, Lu Tingchuan's voice rang out: "Where do you want to go?"

Bai Qiujing's whole body was tense. He held Shen Zhichu in his arms and looked at everyone here.

He had a premonition that there was an ambush before he came in, but when he saw Shen Zhichu tied up there, he didn't care about any danger.

Chen Zhichu bit her lip as she heard sounds of fighting and even gunshots coming from outside. She looked at the door that was right in front of her. She only needed to run two more steps and they would be able to get out. It was so close yet so far away.

There were eight or nine people around Lu Tingchuan, all of them were tall and strong, with ferocious looks and exuding a murderous aura.

They were holding knives, steel batons, and syringes.

Shen Zhichu turned his head to look at Bai Qiujing, and the two looked at each other and interlocked their fingers.

They didn't say anything but understood everything. From each other's eyes, they only saw one thing, and that was to return home safely.

"If we can return home alive and unharmed, will you marry me, Chuchu?"

The tears that had just stopped rose again, Shen Zhichu nodded with a red nose.

Bai Qiujing raised the corners of his lips.

Shen Zhichu reminded: "Don't touch the syringes they are holding."

When Lu Tingchuan saw the two men clenching their hands, his face suddenly became ferocious. The noise outside was getting louder and louder, and someone would rush in soon, so he had to fight quickly.

"superior!"

Bai Qiujing took a deep breath, his eyes bloodshot, and moved quickly, protecting Shen Zhichu while fighting with the group of people.

Bai Qiujing moved fiercely and quickly, like a leopard, using his agile body to avoid those who attacked him.

But his bare hands were no match for eight or nine people, and he also had to divide his attention to protect Shen Zhichu. He was hit by punches, his clothes were cut by knives, and the blade grazed his flesh.

Shen Zhichu was filled with fear, which was even more terrifying than when she was kidnapped. This scene was too familiar. Bai Qiujing, Lu Tingchuan, and herself who was unable to move were exactly the same as seven years ago.

She didn't want Bai Qiujing to get hurt because of her. They had agreed to get out of this together alive, but she backed off first.

She looked at the hand that was tightly holding him, and caught a glimpse of Lu Tingchuan's vicious eyes out of the corner of her eye. Following his gaze, Shen Zhichu looked to the right and saw a man holding a steel rod and smashing it towards Bai Qiujing.

In order to protect Shen Zhichu, Bai Qiujing was dealing with the person on the left. Seeing the steel rod coming down, Bai Qiujing couldn't dodge it in his current position.

Shen Zhichu immediately let go of his hand and tried to push him away. Bai Qiujing had already noticed her intention. When she let go of his hand, he held it tighter and tighter.

"Qiu Jing, let me go quickly, otherwise you will get hurt."

"No, not in this life, not even after death."

Bai Qiujing kicked the man away, his eyes bloodshot, filled with blood and murderous intent.

The man holding the steel rod just wanted to divert Bai Qiujing's attention. His real back hand was holding a syringe and stabbing it into Shen Zhichu's neck.

Bai Qiujing saw it from the corner of his eye, pressed Shen Zhichu into his arms and turned around.

"Zhi Chu!"

Following Bai Qiujing's shout, Shen Zhichu felt dizzy and her brain could not keep up with the speed of her body. She was controlled by Bai Qiujing and turned around, burying her face in his chest.

Shen Zhichu felt Bai Qiujing's hand tightening slightly while holding her. When she heard the muffled groan coming from his mouth, her heart suddenly tightened. She raised her head and looked at Bai Qiujing who had been protecting her. She saw that his brows were furrowed and he stared at her worriedly. "Are you okay?"

Shen Zhichu's mind was still a little dazed, and for a moment she didn't know what had happened. She poked her head out of Bai Qiujing's arms and was about to shake her head when she saw that Bai Qiujing's face was pale. There was a syringe stuck in his shoulder with a little red medicine left in it.

The string that had been tense in Shen Zhichu's mind was completely broken.

The words Lu Tingchuan had said to her before echoed in her ears.

A virus more powerful than HIV, it can be transmitted through saliva, blood... Lu Tingchuan originally planned to inject this drug into her body to control her body from being with other men.

But after hearing Shen Zhichu's threat, Lu Tingchuan changed his mind and planned to inject the drug into Bai Qiujing's body.

Because he knew how deep the relationship between the two was, Shen Zhichu loved Bai Qiujing and would not leave him just because he was infected with the virus, and she would not "dirty" her body because of Bai Qiujing.

Similarly, even if Bai Qiujing was infected with the virus, he would not touch Shen Zhichu. He would stay away from Shen Zhichu.

Because of this big knot, the two people love each other but cannot be together. If Bai Qiujing dies from the virus, Chen Zhichu will feel guilty and lonely for the rest of his life.

What Lu Tingchuan wanted was for Shen Zhichu to live a lonely life, so that Shen Qing's body would be clean.

Chen Zhichu stared blankly at the needle still stuck in Bai Qiujing's shoulder. The corners of her eyes were wet, and she didn't know when the tears came out. She tried to move her lips and called out "Bai Qiujing." Her throat was hoarse and uncomfortable, as if she was holding a needle. Every breath she took was painful, and even her fingers were shaking with pain.

This was nothing to Bai Qiujing. He didn't feel any pain or discomfort, but he just didn't understand why his little crybaby was crying so sadly.

It was obvious that this medicine was not a good thing, and Shen Zhichu had previously warned him not to touch it.

Lu Tingchuan quickly gave him the answer: "The drug injected into your body is a virus that can infect people. If you don't want Shen Zhichu to die, you'd better let her go."

Lu Tingchuan smiled viciously. He loved scenes like this kind of separation between life and death. As expected, the most torturous thing was the heart-breaking scene.

Shen Zhichu was right. He wanted to destroy it if he couldn't get it. Why could she use Shen Qing's body to gain happiness even though Shen Qing was dead?

After hearing Lu Tingchuan's words, Bai Qiujing's pupils suddenly shrank. He felt his body go cold, and it felt like a hand was squeezing his heart tightly bit by bit.

The hands that had never let go of Shen Zhichu suddenly let go of her.

"Bai Qiujing!" Shen Zhichu grabbed his sleeve, "You said you wouldn't let me go."

Bai Qiujing's voice was very soft and calm: "I'm very likely infected with the virus that Lu Tingchuan mentioned. Zhichu, don't touch me."

"If you get the virus, you'll die!"

"Zhichu I don't want you to die."

Bai Qiujing's throat was hoarse. He didn't know how powerful the virus was or how contagious it was. The only solution was to leave Shen Zhichu and stay away from her, but Shen Zhichu's grip on his sleeve was getting tighter and tighter.

After hearing what Bai Qiujing said, Shen Zhichu felt as if the bones in her body were being crushed one by one, and her ears were stinging. Bai Qiujing said something else afterwards, but she could no longer hear clearly. She stared intently at his lips opening and closing, and suddenly she leaned forward, hooked her arms around his neck, and kissed his lips.

Bai Qiujing's body froze for a moment and then he began to struggle violently, his eyes becoming even redder.

Shen Zhichu hugged him tightly, opened her mouth and bit Bai Qiujing's lips, deepening the kiss until she tasted a strong smell of blood and then let him go.

Shen Zhichu's lips were also broken, not only mixed with saliva, but also blood.

"This infectious virus..."

"I know." As soon as Bai Qiujing started to speak, Shen Zhichu interrupted him and raised a smile on his lips, "It's contagious and can kill people. Bai Qiujing, do you think that if you die, I will still live alone?"

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