Sometimes, Luo Zhi is actually curious.

Whether you are a character with a predetermined fate in the story or not, no matter what you do or how you do it, you can never change the predetermined trajectory.

Or maybe you did something extremely evil in your previous life and owed everyone, so you have to be punished and pay off your debts in this life.

Otherwise, how could a person live like this?

If he has done nothing wrong, why is it that everyone he meets hates him and wishes he would disappear as soon as possible?

…

"Xiaozhi?"

Ren Chenbai held his arm: "Are you okay?"

Luo Zhi lowered his eyes.

He calmed himself down, suppressed the impulse, and looked at Ren Chenbai's hand covering his arm.

The hand was long and strong, and it stopped him cleanly, making the shirt covered in blood and dust look even uglier and dirtier.

...Until now, Ren Chenbai didn't know that what happened that day was seen by Luo Zhi.

The day after the snacks were thrown away, Ren Chenbai still came to visit him.

Ren Chenbai has always taken good care of Luo Zhi, bringing him comic books and game cartridges, telling him about things in the outside world, and his gentle brows seem to reveal a natural calmness and tolerance.

Ren Chenbai reached out, touched his head gently, and told him that the snacks were delicious.

He couldn't help but ask about the details of the filling. When those gentle eyes showed a little surprise and embarrassment and fell into a brief silence for a few seconds, he changed the subject as if nothing had happened.

…

Call it self-deception or drinking poison to quench thirst, Luo Zhi instinctively didn't want to expose Ren Chenbai.

After all, even if it was just acting, he was one of the few people in the world who was willing to speak to him nicely.

As long as she no longer comes into contact with Ren Chenbai in any situation, Luo Zhi can use her ability to deceive herself and make herself only remember those days in Ren's family that were so good that they seemed like a dream.

"I saw the trending search...I'm a little worried."

Ren Chenbai said: "I'll take you home to live for a while and keep you out of the spotlight."

Luo Zhi shook his head.

I don’t know if he caught a cold, but he felt like someone had stuffed a piece of pig iron into his brain, and every time it shook it, it would pull at most of his brain and cause pain.

It was not a sharp pain, but a chaotic pain mixed with dizziness, nausea and a heaviness of consciousness. Even my temples were throbbing, and it seemed like a blood vessel hidden underneath would burst at any time.

Luo Zhi can go anywhere. He still has some money, so staying in a hotel for a while, renting a house, or leaving the area to relax are all good plans.

The only one that can’t be the Ren family.

He didn't want anything more embarrassing to happen in the Ren family.

For Luo Zhi, this was one of the rare places that still showed him warmth and kindness, and he didn't want to cover up this warmth with new memories.

"Brother Chen Bai, thank you." Luo Zhi said, "I don't want to go."

Only now did he realize that he might have a fever, or perhaps heatstroke, or some other problem. In short, his arms and body were extremely weak, and he couldn't break free from Ren Chenbai's hands no matter what he did.

Luo Zhi was forcibly pulled and lowered her head slightly to one side. He found that the breath he exhaled was scalding hot, burning his throat and making his voice hoarse.

"I'd feel sad if I went. And I have somewhere to go."

Luo Zhi slowed down and let his vocal cords continue to pronounce: "I have encountered some troubles these days, but life is not so difficult that I can't go on..."

"How can that be possible?" Ren Chenbai asked softly in his ear.

That was the ear that Luo Zhi had been injured on. Most of the time he couldn't hear clearly with this ear, but this sentence suddenly penetrated his eardrum clearly, and continued to penetrate into his brain with a chilling chill.

Luo Zhi looked up in confusion.

Ren Chenbai didn't seem to expect that he would hear it. His brows paused for a moment, then he calmly relaxed: "...It's so uncomfortable to live outside, and your health is not good. Don't be angry, come back with me."

His tone was very natural, as if "How can that be?" was not an interrogation of "Life is not so hard to endure yet", but just an ordinary prefix to the following sentences.

It seemed that in that unintentional moment, the terrifying chill with icy cold was just an illusion created by Luo Zhi after she became dizzy due to the fever.

Maybe it's just an illusion.

If you are excluded by the Luo family, you can still trace the roots and connect with the past. Even though he was blacklisted by the entire network and was widely criticized, Jian Huaiyi, the man behind the scenes hiding in the shadows, could still be found... At least Luo Zhi had no idea what she had done to offend Ren Chenbai.

He has always been obedient in the Ren family, never causing trouble or making trouble, and is almost an invisible and transparent person.

I was so idle that I just accompanied Ren Chenbai's mother to bake cakes and snacks, or found an opportunity to go into the study and read books all day long.

There is no conflict between the Luo family and the Ren family's businesses. Ren Chenbai is the only heir of the Ren family. He is the standard negative control group for those second-generation rich people who are doing whatever they want.

Ren Chenbai is the best of their generation. He is calm and decisive in business, gentle, mature and reliable in private. Even Luo Jun cannot avoid being compared with him from time to time.

Such a gifted child of destiny does not need to be like Jian Huaiyi, who is always uneasy about the stolen things and always worries that everything will be taken away again, so he always has to fight with Luo Zhi to the death.

Luo Zhi tried to pull her arm back twice.

Ren Chenbai still held him tightly.

The force was not strong, but it was irresistible. At least Luo Zhi did not have enough physical strength to resist it now.

Ren Chenbai lowered his head slightly, looking at Luo Zhi with his dark eyes, and the shadow of Luo Zhi at this moment was reflected in his eyes.

During this period of time, many people nearby have come to look over.

Even if you ignore other things, just the clothes that Luo Zhi hadn't had time to change out of were enough to stand out in the mall.

After all, she was a negative example that was currently at the center of controversy, and it didn't take long for someone to recognize Luo Zhi's face. The hostility in real life is not as intense as on the Internet, where people dare to love and hate, and take revenge. At least no one has rushed up to attack Luo Zhi yet. At most, they just point fingers at her with disdain and whisper about her.

But this feeling is not good either.

Like what? It was like a string of thin threads that were wrapped around each other, cutting into the skin and then seeping into the flesh and blood bit by bit.

It doesn’t hurt at all, but that distant and mocking look will be engraved in my memory without me even noticing.

…

Next time I encounter any gaze or any passerby looking at me, this feeling will instantly pop up in my mind.

Ren Chenbai's mother kept many books on psychology in the study. Luo Zhi flipped through a few of them. He remembered that he should not focus his attention on his surroundings at this time, so he shook his head, which was already dizzy from fever, and raised his eyes to look at the figure in front of him.

"Brother Chen Bai, I'm not feeling well." Luo Zhi said, "I want to go to the hospital."

Luo Zhi's voice was almost burnt hoarse, and he was not sure if he had said it out loud: "Let me go first, and I'll come back later..."

Ren Chenbai let go of his hands, hugged his arms and stepped back.

Luo Zhi was stunned for a moment. His vision had begun to become blurry, as if covered by a layer of light white mist, but he could still clearly see Ren Chenbai's arms, which were none of his business.

There were already a lot of people pointing and talking around, but Ren Chenbai obviously had no intention of handling it for him.

...When this thought came to his mind, Luo Zhi even laughed at himself.

He always has some unrealistic fantasies about the people and things around him. Among these fantasies, the most self-righteous and shameless ones are probably about Ren Chenbai.

Luo Zhi was also unclear about her attitude towards Ren Chenbai.

Maybe it is an older, reliable friend you have depended on since childhood, maybe it is the most outstanding standard you want to pursue in your mind, or maybe it is the only remaining obsession with "home".

He wisely did not look up and gave up trying to confirm the other person's gaze. He just held the railing and walked towards the elevator step by step.

Ren Chenbai stood behind him and watched Luo Zhi stagger down the escalator.

Luo Zhi subconsciously groped his way and walked slowly, passing through the crowd, and his figure disappeared outside the mall.

…

Luo Zhi walked to the parking lot.

He was so uncomfortable that he could hardly stand. He tried several times to open the car door but failed. Then he remembered that he had not unlocked it. Finally he found the key from his pocket, but his weak and trembling fingers could no longer withstand the last bit of strength.

The keys fell from his fingers and slid under the car.

Luo Zhi squatted down.

There are some benefits to having a fever.

The high fever chaos swallowed up all emotions. He didn't even feel annoyed by this series of setbacks. He just leaned down and tried to reach out to grab it.

The key happened to be just a few centimeters beyond the limit of his finger's reach.

Luo Zhi patiently tried little by little. He curled up in the shadow, his hot forehead pressed against the cold metal of the car body. The chill in the garage aroused the chill in his bones and he shivered and fled out.

A hand picked up the keys for him.

Ren Chenbai put his arm around Luo Zhi and let him lean on his shoulder to rest. He took out the bunch of keys with his right hand and handed it to Luo Zhi.

His movements and strength were so gentle that Luo Zhi almost vaguely recalled the time when they were little, when Ren Chenbai held him in his arms when he had heatstroke outside, and fed him iced mung bean soup with white sugar bit by bit.

...Memories and tenderness are just a hint.

Ren Chenbai handed him the key and stepped back, waiting for Luo Zhi's next move.

It took Luo Zhi a little extra time to slowly realize that the subtext of this action was "If you don't come back with me, you'll have to figure it out on your own, I won't care about you."

Of course you can't drive in this state.

In fact, you shouldn't have come to the parking lot, you should have just hailed a car on the side of the road. But he really couldn't think anymore, and just instinctively tried to stay as far away from that place as possible.

Luo Zhi raised his thick eyelashes that were soaked with cold sweat, crooked his eyes and smiled at Ren Chenbai.

Luo Zhi helped the car to steady itself and said thank you softly.

For some reason, Ren Chenbai stood in front of him and stared at him in a daze for a moment.

Luo Zhi did not miss this opportunity. He did not care whether he was embarrassed or not. He pressed the key to unlock the car, opened the car door, got in using his hands and feet, and then quickly closed the door.

Luo Zhi locked the car doors and windows, waved at Ren Chenbai, who was looking at her with surprise and anger outside the window, and lowered the sun visor.

After doing this action, he had used up the last bit of his strength.

Luo Zhi's vision became completely dark. He didn't even have time to adjust himself to a more comfortable position before his body quietly slumped on the steering wheel.