Chapter 69: Su Xing's words were not harsh, but Qiao Zheng's words were too harsh...

Qiao Zheng felt as if she were sinking into a vast black ocean. The water gently surrounded and lifted her up, as if she had returned to the time before she came into this world, when she was still in the amniotic fluid of her mother's womb. The warm, solid and secure feeling kept dragging her consciousness down, and she lost the ability to think.

She always felt that she had forgotten something. Whenever this thought came to her mind, the warm feeling would stretch out its tentacles, wrapping around, corroding, and digesting her consciousness.

Qiao Zheng had been wrapped in the transparent membrane for an unknown amount of time. A familiar yet vague voice always passed through the membrane and reached her ears. Qiao Zheng couldn't hear what she was saying, but she also wanted to know what she was saying. She tried hard to open her eyes and see the world in front of her, but her eyelids seemed to be stuck with glue and she couldn't open them.

Qiao Zheng's mentality gradually changed from being calm at the beginning to being anxious.

One day, a drop of warm liquid fell into the palm of your hand, and then slowly turned cold.

——Is it tears?

——These are tears.

Qiao Zheng wanted to open her eyes to see whose tears fell on her palms.

--who?

——Who is it?

—It’s Joe…

These three words were on the verge of coming out, but Qiao Zheng couldn't remember them at all.

The sound in her ears became clearer, and at this moment she finally heard what the familiar voice that was always in her ears was saying.

“With you.

Not with you.

This is the measure of my time."

"Why are you frowning? Don't you like it? Let's change the poem? Still frowning? Then let's stop listening to poetry and talk about something else."

"The flowers in the garden are blooming."

"The kitten misses you very much, the puppy misses you very much. I... miss you so much."

“I asked a lot of people for help.”

"Wake up and take a look at how miserable Murong Bo is now."

"You don't know. When he learned that his current fate was caused by those he once despised, they had joined forces to collect evidence against him and send him and the forces behind him to prison, the expression on his face was so disbelief. He completely lost the composure he had always maintained and shouted hysterically and threatened. When Yang Xiao reminded him and the big tree behind him fell, he completely collapsed. You didn't see how funny this scene was. Yes, you didn't see it... But it doesn't matter, I recorded it. You can watch it when you wake up."

"Well, are you laughing? You must be happy about his current fate."

"This bastard deserved it, but it wasn't enough. Many people he offended in the prison he's in know he's in there, and they've even gone out of their way to greet them... He still has a long way to go. He's got a lot of time left."

"He once let others experience the feeling of a life worse than death, and now it's his turn to experience it himself."

"I asked him why he wanted to hurt you."

"Do you know what he said?"

"He said there was no reason, he just woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly wanted to do it."

"It's really... incomprehensibly vicious."

"When will you wake up? Let's analyze this kind of person's psychology together. Perhaps... it can be used as material for future dramas."

"Later...we will have a future, right?"

"Qiao Zheng, touch me, do you think I've lost some weight?"

"Qiao Zheng, can I kiss you? If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent."

"Qiao Zheng, I met a fan at the hospital today. She asked me how you were doing."

"Qiao Zheng, why aren't you awake yet? I really can't hold on any longer."

"Qiao Zheng, I've spent a lot of your money. I remember swearing to you that I would never use your money, saying I would feel uneasy if I did. Now, do you think what I said is ridiculous? I'm uneasy, I'm very uneasy. Wake up soon, and you're still scolding me. If you don't wake up, I'll spend all your money and make you a pauper."

“…”

"I'm kidding."

"Wake up soon, I'm going to make a lot of money for you."

"Qiao Zheng..."

"Tell me, is it because there are two 'me's' in this world that the world noticed something was wrong and is preventing you from waking up? If I disappeared... would you wake up?"

"Will he wake up...?"

"Disappear, wake up, disappear, wake up..."

Qiao Zhizheng had a dazed expression and kept repeating the same sentence. It had been more than two months since the car accident. Winter had passed and spring had come. Qiao Zheng was in good health, but she had not woken up yet.

Qiao Zhizheng's rationality was on the verge of collapse. His heart was beating violently day and night. Sometimes, just standing there, he would suddenly feel dazed and feel like he would faint if he closed his eyes. Qiao Zhizheng held on and did not fall down.

Qiao Zhizheng was used to not responding.

Tears dripped from her eyes and she kissed them on Qiao Zheng's palm for her. Qiao Zhizheng looked at the drop of water and her brain seemed to be rusty and dull for a few seconds before she thought of wiping it away with paper.

In the blink of an eye, Qiao Zhizheng saw Qiao Zheng's hands move and gently close inward.

Qiao Zhizheng paused as she reached for the bedside table. Her rapidly beating heart suddenly stopped. She couldn't believe it, fearing it was an illusion.

A hoarse voice sounded from the bedside, "You...who..."

Qiao Zhizheng blinked her dry eyes and slowly looked up, meeting a pair of eyes that had just woken up from a long sleep. Qiao Zheng's eyes were confused and her expression was bewildered.

Qiao Zhizheng's heart suddenly tightened - lost his memory?

Fortunately, Qiao Zheng had just slept too long. Her body had woken up but her brain had not yet reacted. The moment she regained consciousness, she looked at Qiao Zhizheng, whose expression was dull. The confusion in her eyes faded away, and her eyes gradually filled with heartache.

Her vocal cords, dormant for too long, were no longer under her control, and Qiao Zheng could only utter a simple "Zhi... Zhi..." with great effort.

Qiao Zhizheng let out a soft "ah".

His hand trembled as it fell on Qiao Zheng's eyelids. Qiao Zheng blinked gently, and her long eyelashes fluttered up and down, causing an itch on Qiao Zhizheng's fingertips.

Qiao Zhizheng was stunned for a moment, and finally woke up from his dream after confirming that the scene before him was not a dream but a real thing.

Qiao Zhizheng retracted his hand helplessly, stood up, looked towards the door, opened and closed his lips again and again, his throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of wet cotton, pressing heavily on his vocal cords. Qiao Zhizheng wanted to call a doctor, but he couldn't speak, and a look of anxiety appeared on his face.

He caught sight of the call bell out of the corner of his eye and slammed it.

The nurse rushed over immediately, saw Qiao Qiao Zheng woke up, and ran happily to call the doctor.

Qiao Zheng looked at Qiao Zhizheng, who had an anxious expression, and softly uttered, "Come..."

Qiao Zhizheng hurriedly half-knelt beside the bed, which made it convenient for Qiao Zheng to see her.

The two of them just stared at each other, hands tightly clasped, feeling each other's presence.

A group of doctors came in and examined Qiao Zheng.

After the examination, the doctor gave Qiao Zhizheng a bunch of instructions and said that Qiao Zheng was in good health and just needed to be taken good care of in the next period of time.

She had slept for too long. Although Qiao Zhizheng had been massaging and turning her over as instructed by the doctor, she was not moving on her own, and all the bones in her body were sore.

He even joked with Qiao Zhizheng, "Believe it or not, if I get out of bed right now, all the bones in my body will crackle."

Qiao Zhizheng forced a smile. Touching her bones, which were almost devoid of flesh, she said distressedly, "Let's recover together."

Qiao Zhizheng nodded blankly.

Qiao Zheng thought that Qiao Zhizheng was probably frightened.

After this, Qiao Zheng discovered that Qiao Zhizheng was far more uneasy than he appeared.

Having slept for too long, Qiao Zheng couldn't fall asleep at night, but looking at the dark circles under Qiao Zhizheng's eyes, she let her snuggle in her arms and sleep with her.

Qiao Zhizheng was really tired, so she lay down, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

Listening to the regular breathing beside her ears, Qiao Zheng felt relieved.

After a while, Qiao Zheng realized that it was too early to relax.

Because Qiao Zhizheng got up, he called Qiao Zheng cautiously, and Qiao Zheng responded softly.

Qiao Zhizheng closed her eyes and fell asleep.

After a while, when Qiao Zheng opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling thinking about something, Qiao Zhizheng, who should have been asleep, called her again, and Qiao Zheng responded again.

Qiao Zhizheng closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

After a while, Qiao Zheng felt something was wrong. She turned her head slightly to Qiao Zhizheng and met a pair of tired eyes.

Qiao Zheng was stunned. Qiao Zhizheng looked at her steadily, with deep sadness in his eyes.

Qiao Zhizheng spoke slowly, without pausing. One could tell she had practiced her words many times in her mind. "Qiao Zheng, can I lock you up in our house? I won't go out, and neither will you. It'll be just the two of us in this world, never to be apart again, okay?"

Qiao Zheng looked at the tears glistening in her eyes and thought, how could she be asking "OK?" It was clearly a fear that her fragile heart couldn't stand being abandoned again.

Qiao Zheng said, "Okay."

Qiao Zhizheng's eyes fell on her. After confirming that Qiao Zheng really agreed, Qiao Zhizheng nodded seriously, took out her mobile phone, turned on the screen, and clicked on the shopping app.

"Wouldn't it be better to handcuff you and me? Then I'll follow you wherever you go."

"Yeah, okay."

"Would you like some distance? Something with a chain?"

"Yeah, okay."

"How about not having the chain at all? I don't want to be too far away from you."

"Yeah, okay."

"What color do you want? Rose gold? Moon silver?"

“…”

"Gold, you like gold."

“…”

"Why aren't you talking?"

“…”

"Fear?"

"No," Qiao Zheng paused and said what she really thought, "I just think this suggestion is very good."

Qiao Zhizheng smiled, but her smile was cold. Her heart had been in an icy cave for too long, and the aftertaste of panic lingered. Qiao Zhizheng's hands were also cold, covering her cheek.

Suddenly made a crazy proposal.

"Why don't you eat me, and we'll never be apart again."

Qiao Zheng looked at her crazy eyes and twitched her lips. "Did you accept a script about a perverted murderer recently?"

Qiao Zheng looked at her mental state, which seemed like she was possessed by a ghost, and tried to persuade her with both emotion and reason, "If you really disappeared, who would I love? When I miss you, who would I love? The Japanese?"

The words were rough but the truth was there, but Qiao Zheng's words were too rough, and they successfully pulled Qiao Zhizheng's precarious mental state back from the edge of the cliff. Qiao Zhizheng's eyes changed from dark and crazy to confused and clear.

"……What's the meaning?"

After careful reflection, I suddenly understood.

"No! I have to do it."

Thus, a Hannibal crisis was successfully overcome.

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The author has something to say: ① "Being with you

Not with you

This is the measure of my time."

--Jorge Luis Borges

Hannibal should know it.