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Ever since he met him, Xu Kyung didn't like this kind of smile.

This kind of smile is usually not a good thing.

"Get in the car, it's on the way."

Qi Yu held up the umbrella and moved his arms, making an invitational gesture.

"On your way?" Xu Liang glanced at him coldly, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

His house is not on the way.

Raindrops hit the umbrella hard, and his voice was wrapped in the sound of rain: "I'm going back to my parents' house."

“…”

The energy that was almost suppressed surged up again.

The black Mercedes-Benz was driving steadily in the heavy rain. Qi Yu's unique crisp cedar scent was wafting through the car, mixed with the astringent smell of rain.

The heater was turned on high. Xu Liang sat in the passenger seat and wiped his wet hair with a tissue.

When the car stopped at the intersection waiting for the red light, a towel appeared on her legs.

"Use this to wipe it. I don't have a trash can in my car."

The implication is that the paper towels she used to wipe the car would affect the cleanliness of his car.

"I know that Mr. Qi usually throws garbage into his head." She stuffed the dirty paper ball into her bag.

Qi Yu's knuckles turned slightly white as he gripped the steering wheel, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Mr. Xu does understand me."

He stared straight ahead, his tone flat, "However, the 'junk' in my head can be used to build a brand new high-tech retirement community."

Xu Liang curled his lips, not wanting to talk to him about this, and did not respond.

She twisted the towel with her fingertips in disgust. A pink pig with eight-pack abs was making a cute expression, and its big, watery eyes were looking directly at her.

She shuddered, feeling as if her soul had been sucked out.

Xu Kyung hissed loudly, "Can your towel get any uglier?"

Qi Yu disagreed: "As long as it works well, appearance is not important."

Xu Kyung folded the towel in half with disgust and slowly wrung out the rainwater from his hair.

"Okay, I know you don't have good taste, just like your high-tech retirement community, I'll just use the towel."

“…”

The smoke inside the car stopped temporarily because of Qi Yu's jamming, but the heavy rain outside the window showed no signs of stopping.

On the road with little traffic, the night added a bit of chaos.

Xu Liang dried his hair, put the towel aside, and prepared to ask about the situation in the nursing home.

"Grandma Li took her medicine on time—"

Before she finished editing the message, Qi Yu suddenly stepped on the brakes. She leaned forward suddenly and was pulled back into the seat by the seat belt. The phone slipped out of her hand due to the imbalance.

Qi Yu controlled the steering wheel with one hand and grabbed her bag, which almost fell with her, with the other hand.

"How do you drive?"

Xu Liang's back hit the car seat hard, and the seat belt hurt his collarbone.

Rain splashed on the windshield, and the wipers kept swinging, but the view outside the window was still blurry.

Qi Yu quickly pulled up the handbrake and unbuckled his seat belt.

"Someone fell on the side of the road!"

The rare urgency in his voice made Xu Kyung nervous as well.

Before she could respond, the driver's door was pushed open. Qi Yu didn't even bother to grab his coat. His black shirt was instantly soaked by the heavy rain, clinging to his lean back muscles.

He rushed to the sidewalk a few meters away in a few strides and squatted in the water to check the fallen figure.

Xu Liang grabbed the folding umbrella from the back seat and chased after him. The rain instantly soaked the umbrella handle, and his fingertips slipped on the button on the umbrella handle several times before he could open it.

The cold rain hit her along the edge of the umbrella, and when her high heels stepped into the puddle, dirty water splashed up.

When she staggered to Qi Yu, she found a skinny old lady lying on the side of the road. Her clothes were soaked by the rain and stuck to her body.

Xu Liang quickly handed over an umbrella to block the rain from the old man's head.

Qi Yu moved closer, but always kept a proper distance and did not touch the old man rashly.

"Old man, do you need help?"

Xu Liang bent down and his voice became much softer.

The old man slowly raised his head, confusion in his cloudy eyes.

Her lips trembled, but she couldn't utter a complete sentence: "Wait...wait for Ah Cheng..."

Qi Yu slowly extended his hand: "The rain is too heavy, please get up first and go to the eaves in front to wait for Ah Cheng, okay?"

The rain slid down the old woman's wrinkled cheeks, and the confusion in her eyes did not dissipate.

Qi Yu touched the old man tentatively, trying to help him up, but the moment he grabbed the old man's wrist, he was violently pulled away.

The old woman suddenly became excited, her frail frame revealing a surprising amount of strength. She pushed Qi Yu away, knocked Xu Liang's umbrella away with her backhand, and then stood up, pushing herself up with her hands. Suddenly, she turned and ran.

Xu Liang and Qi Yu stumbled and nearly fell into the water.

The two exchanged a quick glance and then hurried after him.

The old man rushed to a large, tightly closed iron gate, clutched the rusty iron bars tightly, and screamed frantically: "Acheng! Acheng! Let Acheng go!"

Xu Liang and Qi Yu stopped behind the old man. Xu Liang looked up and saw that the light tubes on the sign had mostly broken, leaving only a small lamppost flickering a faint red light in the rain. When he could see the words on the sign clearly, Xu Liang was suddenly stunned.

Yikan Nursing Home.

"Grandma, don't get excited. There's no one here. Can you please get in the car with us first?" Xu Liang stepped forward to stop the old woman. Her wrinkled hands were covered with rust.

Her heart ached, and she gently wiped off the rust with her hand, and then pushed away the old man's wet hair that was blocking her eyes.

The old woman continued to struggle, her hoarse voice sounding even more desolate amidst the torrential rain. She was even more agitated than before, pacing back and forth in front of the iron gate completely without control:

"Acheng! My Acheng! Come and hit me... It's raining... It's raining... Dean..."

Xu Liang couldn't understand her illogical words at all. Helplessly, he had to hold her hand again to calm her down.

She tried to make her voice sound gentle: "Grandma, please come with us first. Ah Cheng is not here. When the rain stops, I will accompany you to look for Ah Cheng, okay?"

Qi Yu withdrew his gaze from the words above his head. Unlike the worry just now, there was an incomprehensible seriousness between his brows.

He stepped forward to help support the old man and comforted him: "Old man, this is an abandoned nursing home, no one is inside. Please come with us and we will help you find someone, okay?"

He spoke slowly, word by word, trying to make the old man understand what he meant.

The old man's mood showed signs of improvement. The roar stopped and his eyes moved between the two of them, showing some belief and some hesitation.

Xu Liang took the opportunity to hold the old woman's hand, and with his other hand, he put his arm around her shoulder. He asked tentatively, "Grandma, can we get in the car?"

This time the old man did not reject Xu Liang's actions. Qi Yu quickly opened the umbrella and hung it over their heads, then stood behind them.

The old man murmured softly: "Acheng..."

His eyes slowly moved to Wen Nuan's hands, but after noticing the bracelet on her slender wrist, he suddenly pushed Xu Liang away.

The two were shocked.

The next second, without waiting for Xu Liang to react, the old man pushed her to the ground.

The cold rain instantly poured into his clothes, soaking Xu Liang from head to toe.

"grandmother--"

The old man raised his fist and hit Xu Liang's face hard. Before she could even say a word, the severe pain had already fallen on her face.

Out of instinctive defense, Xu Liang put her arms in front of her face, but the old man used all his strength to hit her.

"You watched me die without helping me! It's all because of you! Dean Xu, you're an ungrateful bastard!"

The old man became angry, as if his emotions had been pent up for a long time and suddenly he triggered the switch to vent.

Qi Yu almost immediately pulled the old man off Xu Liang, but the old man used brute force, holding onto Xu Liang's bracelet tightly with both hands, his old eyes filled with bloodshot.

"It's all because of you! It's you, Tong Xin! It's you who watched me die without helping me!"

Xu Liang's body was forced to hang in the air due to the pulling, and her wrists were stretched red by the strong tug. She endured the pain and did not cry out. Her chest rose and fell violently, and a look of surprise appeared on her pale face: "You know Tong Xin?"

The bracelet she was wearing was given to her grandmother by her grandfather when Tongxin first established the hospital. She had been wearing it on her hand since her grandparents had an accident. However, except for her parents, almost no one knew that this bracelet was related to Tongxin.

The old man still didn't answer, but kept repeating: "It's all your fault! My Ah Cheng... my Ah Cheng... give Ah Cheng back to me..."

She showed no intention of loosening her hand. Qi Yu tried to pull the old woman's hand away, but in a flash, the old woman swung her fist and hit Qi Yu directly on the temple.

His mind was spinning, Qi Yu lost his balance and fell backwards.

The old woman was like a puppet with its strings cut, completely out of control. She jumped on Qi Yu and punched him with all her might.

Xu Liang didn't have time to think about it and stepped forward to stop him.

The old man grabbed her hair again and tore at it. Xu Liang gritted his teeth and struggled to break free, but the old man's hands seemed to be glued together and he couldn't get rid of them.

In the violent rainstorm, a flash of purple lightning suddenly struck down, bringing even heavier rain.

Xu Liang didn't know if it was her illusion, but she seemed to hear the sound of a bell amid the crackling sound of rain, as if it came from far away, with an ethereal and lingering sound.

The intense pain on his scalp gradually turned into numbness. Xu Liang suddenly lost all his strength and collapsed completely in the cold rain.

The pain in my body seemed to slowly disappear, and I couldn't even feel the raindrops hitting my body.

Everything in front of her was dark, and the sign of Yikan Nursing Home lost its last bit of light. She felt that everything became chaotic, her brain suddenly lost the ability to think, and her eyelids gradually became unable to lift up.

Xu Liang tried to move his body, but he seemed to be restrained by something and could not move.

Only the ringing of the bells in my ears is still echoing.

Before she completely lost consciousness, she only saw Qi Yu who was also lying in the rain.

…

Xu Liang felt as if he had slept for a very long time and had a long dream. The dream was full of chaos, with the sounds of rain, whistles, and bells mixed together, and there was intermittent pain in his body.

She turned over and felt a little strange, but she couldn't tell what was strange.

The familiar scent of cedar hit her nose, and she subconsciously frowned, trying to drive away the source of the fragrance.

Xu Liang threw away his pillow in his sleep and wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, but the smell not only did not dissipate, but became even stronger.

Her temples were swollen, so she raised her hand to rub them and kicked the quilt away.

Feeling restless, Xu Liang lost his sleepiness, let out a long breath, and suddenly opened his eyes.

However, after she saw the surroundings clearly, she froze completely on the bed.

She was stunned for a full minute.

Where is this?

It was a strange room, with cool grey walls and a simple hanging lamp. There was a long table against the wall, with a laptop on it and a pile of books beside it.

There were two small gray sofas under the window on the other side, with iPads thrown there casually.

Xu Liang sat up from the bed, but was startled by the family portrait hanging on the wall in front of him——

Qi Yu’s family photo?

Is she at Qi Yu's house?

Her temples were still swollen, so she lowered her head and rubbed them again. The next second, she was stunned by the thick hair on her legs.

She jumped up from the bed almost immediately, and after standing firmly, she crossed her legs in disbelief, thinking she was seeing things.

But she patted her legs—

I wasn't dazzled.

Xu Liang frowned. The doubts in her heart had not yet been resolved, and she felt that something was wrong.

For example, why were her hands and feet so big? She also felt like she had suddenly grown taller, and that thing underneath her...

An extremely strange feeling.

Before she could think about it, there was a knock on the door of the room, and a familiar voice came from outside the door: "Ayu, are you awake?"