Chapter 49

"What's wrong?" Chu Linchuan noticed Xia Lanzheng's expression was off. "Seasick? How much cake did you eat just now?"

Xia Lanzheng slapped Chu Linchuan's hand away, her mind still in turmoil, and she answered garbledly, "I'm not carsick."

Chu Linchuan half-lay on the fence: "You look pale, sit down for a while?"

Xia Lanzheng nodded and sat on the sofa again, sinking into it and curling up. Someone over there was calling Chu Linchuan's name, asking how to open the door of his room.

"Wait here, I'll go take a look."

Chu Linchuan pushed Xia Lanzheng lightly, but Xia Lanzheng still didn't respond.

He sighed. "Your friends are on board too. Stay away from them. Do you hear me?"

Xia Lanzheng rolled her eyes, sat up, leaned against the edge of the sofa, and hugged her knees: "Okay, then go quickly and come back soon."

Chu Linchuan laughed and walked away. Xia Lanzheng looked at the empty sea and was stunned.

If he remembered correctly, the original owner had lost his life tonight. Now that the plot was messed up, would the shark feeding part still happen?

Xia Lanzheng's mind was tense, and his body felt cold. He saw Cheng Lan, Su Cheng, and Song Xinghuai standing with Xingpai and other artists not far away.

etc.

There is still one person missing. Did Lu Yanqing not get on the boat?

Xia Lanzheng's eyes lit up. Without this key figure, the plot would definitely not be able to proceed.

Just say it.

The original owner couldn't have died on his birthday, so he had to change the day.

His heart rate gradually dropped, and Xia Lanzheng felt that he was fine again. He would sit here all night, sticking with Chu Linchuan.

Several people attending the party came over to sit next to Xia Lanzheng, congratulated her, and then took out their cell phones to exchange contact information with her.

In fact, Xia Lanzheng didn't remember any of the names. She gave them the QR code to scan themselves and distractedly looked at Chu Linchuan.

Chu Linchuan stood in the crowd, half a head taller than the people around him. Xia Lanzheng breathed a sigh of relief.

I'd heard before that his brother was quite popular, and he could always talk to people of the same age or elders. Xia Lanzheng thought that it was because no one had seen Lin Chuan's true face. When Chu Lin Chuan was cut open, the inside was black.

But no matter how dark he is, Xia Lanzheng likes to be with him.

Just as he was thinking about it, Chu Linchuan took a step sideways and another figure emerged from behind him.

clang--

"Hey, Zheng Zheng! My phone fell!"

"The screen is broken," someone picked it up, "it's okay, just in time to get a new one!"

Xia Lanzheng didn't say anything, her lips were tightly clenched, and her face suddenly turned pale.

"Zhengzheng, are you okay?" A man leaned over, his palm almost touching Xia Lanzheng's forehead. "You don't look well. Are you seasick?"

Xia Lanzheng's hands, which were resting on her knees, were shaking. She raised them tremblingly and with a "click", she slapped the man's arm away.

"Don't touch me."

Everyone was silent. Xia Lanzheng was quiet the whole night with a faint smile on his face. He seemed to be in a good mood and had a good temper. No one believed that these words came from his mouth.

The man whose hand was slapped away didn't seem angry. He winked at the people around him and said, "I'll go to the bar and get a cup of hot water."

The crowd dispersed a little and looked in the direction Xia Lanzheng was looking.

At first glance, they saw the eye-catching Chu Linchuan, and another familiar figure beside him.

"What's going on? Who are you looking at, Chu Linchuan or Lu Yanqing?"

"I don't know, but he's not with Cheng Lan..."

"Shh, keep your voice down."

"Have you heard of Su Cheng from the Su family? When I came here just now, I seemed to hear him and Cheng Lan arguing."

"Don't you know, Su Cheng is at his own exhibition..."

They didn’t finish the rest of the conversation, perhaps because they were afraid of being overheard, so they chatted on WeChat.

Someone suddenly whispered, "Why is Mr. Lu here?"

Lu Yanqing was like a half-elder and never played together with them, so it was strange that he came to the party.

However, what was even more strange was Xia Lanzheng. Lu Yanqing was clearly coming towards him, but he didn't look at him. His eyes were wandering, as if he was looking for someone.

Xia Lanzheng saw Song Xinghuai at the edge of the crowd, and coincidentally, Song Xinghuai was also looking at him.

While she was distracted, a tall figure appeared in her sight. Lu Yanqing was wearing a meticulous formal suit, and he looked not much different from what she remembered, but Xia Lanzheng felt that he was different.

"Zheng Zheng, happy birthday."

Lu Yanqing brought a gift, a beautifully wrapped gift box. He opened the buckle under everyone's eyes, and inside lay a tassel earring, which was very similar to the one Xia Lanzheng wore on the show.

Xia Lanzheng stretched out his hand with difficulty. His intuition told him that it was wrong, but he had no reason to refuse.

"Thanks."

It was just a birthday present after all.

Everyone around was exclaiming about the beauty of the earrings, whether it was sincere or just a compliment, the atmosphere was harmonious.

Until Cheng Lan walked out from the other side, took a deep breath, and looked at Lu Yanqing blankly: "Brother Lu, what do you mean?"

It was said that Su Cheng, who had just had a quarrel with Cheng Lan, was also standing by, silent as usual, but everyone heard him sneer.

The sudden change seemed to have created a hole in the sea surface.

People were dancing, drinking... Not far away, the music was blaring and the lights were flashing. But the sofas seemed to be paused, and several people were silent, with different expressions on their faces.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the atmosphere was not right. Lu Yanqing and Cheng Lan had always had a good relationship, so why were they about to quarrel?

What is this person from the Su family meddling in?

Chu Linyu was half drunk, but his nose was sharp, and he immediately noticed the strange atmosphere. He didn't know who he had caught, but he was the most aggressive one, grabbing the other's arm and talking.

"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise today! I'll get angry with anyone who makes any noise."

Cheng Lan, Lu Yanqing, and Su Cheng all moved their lips, looking like they wanted to speak, but they held back because of Chu Linyu's words.

Looking past the crowd, Xia Lanzheng saw Chu Linchuan saying something to the people around him. The crowd dispersed and he approached alone.

Xia Lanzheng almost subconsciously reached out to Chu Linchuan. Chu Linchuan pinched two of his fingers and stood beside him.

The onlookers left in dismay at Chu Linchuan's expression, turning back every few steps. Chu Linchuan's eyes dimmed, and his lips moved close to Xia Lanzheng's ear.

No one knew what he said, because Chu Linchuan's lips were covered by Xia Lanzheng's curls. The only thing that could be seen was Xia Lanzheng's sudden straightening of her neck.

The sound of the crashing waves brought Chu Linchuan's voice closer.

Xia Lanzheng clearly heard Chu Linchuan whisper in his ear: "Our Zhengzheng is so popular. With so many suitors, who will you choose?"

It was not known whether it was a coincidence or something else, but as soon as Chu Linchuan finished speaking, several men turned their heads and their eyes fell on the same person——

Xia Lanzheng held the hot jewelry box in her hand and rubbed her feet on the ground for a moment.

“……?”

He immediately looked at Chu Linchuan, as if to ask him for confirmation. But he couldn't understand Chu Linchuan's expression, and it even frightened him.

"The theme work in Su Cheng's exhibition is Zheng Zheng's hand."

"Cheng Lan...your good childhood friend, regardless of his status, confessed his love to you on Weibo."

Chu Linchuan counted them one by one for him and pinched the skin on his neck.

"These are limited edition earrings Lu Yanqing gave me. Does Zheng Zheng know the slogan?"

Xia Lanzheng shook his head, his intuition telling him that he shouldn't know what was going to happen next.

"Eternal love."

“…”

Chu Linchuan whispered to Xia Lanzheng as if no one was around, his eyes never leaving his.

Thin lips, glasses, eyes like a beast stalking its prey, these are the memories of Xia Lanzheng's first night in this world after being awakened by Chu Linchuan.

He will always remember the sheets that were soaked with sweat because of his panic.

Xia Lanzheng pinched her palm, her nails digging into the flesh. It's already this late, what else is there to not understand?

Damn it.

The one standing here should not be him, but Song Xinghuai!

Why is Chu Linchuan suddenly joining in the fun!

The sea breeze blew up without warning, causing Xia Lanzheng's hair to fly and sway behind her.

Chu Linyu was the only one who didn't know. He spoke in a half-drunk voice, and only then did he see clearly who he was holding: "Hey, Xiao Cheng, it's you... No, why are you standing? Sit down."

Xia Lanzheng gritted his teeth and took action. Whether he was the protagonist or the supporting role, he had to leave. He urgently needed some alone space.

"Zheng Zheng!" someone spoke from behind.

Xia Lanzheng didn't bother to identify who it was, nor did she turn around, but walked with long strides. He only caught one sentence, and there was no need to distinguish it: it was Chu Linchuan's voice.

"Leave him alone for a while."

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Xia Lanzheng never thought that one day he would become afraid of water.

Water flowed out of the washbasin. Xia Lanzheng stretched out two fingers and twisted her fingertips as if trying to pinch the water.

But you can't catch water. He stared at the water flowing into the pipe and thought that maybe he couldn't catch anything.

No longer trying with his hands, he closed his eyes and put his face under the water. The world became hazy, and the smell, sound... were all blocked out.

Xia Lanzheng still couldn't figure it out.

How did Song Xinghuai's story happen to him?

What attracted him to the protagonist? When? Why?

Xia Lanzheng couldn't recall, not a single clue about this. These people had spent less time with him than Chu Linchuan.

What exactly is love? Where has the love gone?

Thinking of Chu Linchuan, Xia Lanzheng puffed out her lips. She let out most of the breath she had been holding, and the remaining half, like her brother, flowed away with the water.

Xia Lanzheng didn't like Chu Linchuan's expression just now.

The young man in the mirror had damp hair, sticking to his face. Water droplets hung on his eyelashes, and he blinked, but the tears in his eyes only grew more and more.

He slammed his fist on the counter in anger and hissed in pain.

Taking a half step back and looking at the face in the mirror, Xia Lanzheng frowned, which became higher and higher, and finally wrinkled into the shape of the Chinese character "川".

Anyway, the plot is messed up, so we might as well just give up.

Xia Lanzheng didn't like anyone. Falling in love in this world would lead to disaster. If he was still alive after tonight, she would start her journey early, as far away from these men as possible.

He thought about this for a long time. Since he wanted to go everywhere and couldn't decide on his first stop, he simply packed his luggage first.

Xia Lanzheng picked up the tissue and wiped her face clean without taking it seriously at all.

He threw the paper ball away and walked out of the bathroom. The sea breeze blew violently. He paused, cheered himself up, and walked towards Chu Linchuan.

Be wary of suspicious people along the way, such as those who are sneaking around and planning to tie him up and throw him into the sea.

etc.

Call Chu Linchuan and ask him to come over directly.

Xia Lanzheng hid by the wall, quietly listening to Chu Linchuan's cell phone ringtone.

Just then, voices were faintly heard from the fence. There were about three or four people, their voices were hoarse and a little creepy in the dark night.

Xia Lanzheng had a feeling something was wrong and was about to leave when she saw clearly the figures of one of them.

……who?

Why is it Song Xinghuai?