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"Shut up." Sun Xuefan stepped forward and raised his hand to slap Xu Yu, but his hand was stopped in mid-air.
She saw Xu Yu's fixed gaze, looking back at the people behind him. Xi Jiang loosened his grip on her hand, his expression indifferent, like a passerby who had been disturbed: "You are very noisy."
"A Jiang." She hugged Xi Jiang, "A Jiang, let me take care of you."
Xi Jiang remained unmoved.
A good-looking face and eyes can attract the attention of many people and show off one's boldness and frivolity, but at this moment they all become reefs hit by the sea, colorless and like dead objects.
After three seconds of eye contact, Xi Jiang reacted first. He slowly pushed Sun Xuefan away, picked up the paintbrush that had just fallen to the ground, and continued to paint the fruit bowl placed in the center.
If it were before, Xi Jiang would have grabbed Xu Yu's hand or arm and asked him why he chose Zhu Wenxu again and left her. He was truly ill, and he didn't react at all. When their eyes met, it was as if he was looking at a stranger.
Sun Xuefan sat on the ground and cried, desperately wanting a response from Xi Jiang's calls. After shouting for a while, his voice became hoarse, but he still couldn't move Xi Jiang at all.
Xu Yu felt sorry for her.
Because of her childhood mate selection criteria, she had imagined a princess-like wedding ceremony, and she had been so obsessed with Xi Jiang for so many years. Was it true love? Or after Zhu Baiming's death, her feelings could not be passed on, so she gave them to Xi Jiang?
He didn't want to guess anymore.
"Let's move forward," Xu Yu said to Sun Xuefan. "Don't live in the past."
He didn't know why he had to persuade her. Time passed. Sun Xuefan could sit here until dawn, but Xu Yu couldn't. Even if he could, he wouldn't want to. As for whether she loved him or not, Wei Pei'er could be sober, so why couldn't Sun Xuefan?
I just don't want to.
"Move forward? Ah Jiang is already in this state, how dare you live a good life on your own?" She sneered, "Oh, by the way, Zhu Wenxu is just a piece of trash that Ah Jiang didn't want, so I just gave it to you, Xu Yu. You should be grateful to Xi Jiang for not having to return to your poor and shabby place with your tail between your legs."
Xu Yu was enraged, clenching his fists tightly. "You can scold me, you can ridicule me, you can even look down on me forever, but not Zhu Wenxu. He's had it very hard, and I won't allow anyone to say anything bad about him."
"I was just wondering what was wrong," Sun Xuefan said word by word. "Zhu Wenxu is just garbage."
His heart was beating wildly, and his brain was burning with anger, so he had no emotions at all. He quickly took the utility knife from Xi Jiang's toolbox and pointed it at Sun Xuefan.
Sun Xuefan was startled by his behavior, and the bodyguards behind him swarmed over.
"I always thought that living in a surrounded environment was no different from being dead, but one day I saw the sea, an endless blue sea, the water reaching above people's knees, and waves crashing on ships." Xu Yu said, "I suddenly felt that I could live again, so I wanted to leave Xi Jiang and explore my future. I thought it would be difficult, but then I met Zhu Wenxu. He was more conspicuous than anyone else, more dazzling than any gem, and definitely not garbage."
The footsteps at the bottom of the stairs stopped. The man looked back in the dim light, a look of slight surprise on his face.
The man behind was very proud, but the woman behind him just smiled and said nothing.
When he was about to go up again, Sun Xuefan's questioning shattered his eardrums.
"You said it so nicely, but how do you know what he really means? Even if you put a golden border on his words, he's still not as good as Ah Jiang!"
The housekeeper wiped his sweat, wanting to escape the scene, but out of courtesy he persuaded her: "Miss, let's go back."
"Go away." Sun Xuefan pushed the housekeeper away and tugged at his clothes. "I will never allow anyone to hurt Ah Jiang."
"What about you? Do you completely ignore yourself?"
"Why didn't I care? I would give up everything I have to protect him, unlike you who would only betray him."
"Whatever you think," Xu Yu replied, "You defend the one you love, and I won't give up defending mine."
"Ignorant bastard!" The curse gradually lost its force.
"Ajiang and I have known each other for many years. When we were in the courtyard, he was different from the others. He was always alone, and would occasionally talk to someone. He was the exact opposite of Brother Baiming, but in order to play with him, I worked hard to maintain my grades and became the best girl in the courtyard."
"I didn't expect Xi Jiang to be ruined now. It's all because of you, Xu Yu. If you had been more patient and cared for him more, he wouldn't have become like this. It's all your fault. It's all because of you. He was still calling your name on the day he committed suicide. Who else could it be but you, Xu Yu? How can I not hate you? How can I not hate you!?"
She started crying again, a little more gentle and less crazy than before. She sat quietly on the sofa, tidied her messy hair, and sniffed her blocked nose: "I can't help but hate you."
On the small round table next to the sofa, flower petals in the white porcelain vase fell, one petal fell on Sun Xuefan's head, and two petals fell on her shoulders.
"Are you blaming others for not taking care of you?" Xu Yu asked her, "Then why weren't you there when he was hanging out with so many men and women?"
"Why wasn't I here?!" Sun Xuefan took a deep breath. "I was the one who broke up all his relationships, including Wei Pei'er."
Xu Yu was stunned.
"Only you." Sun Xuefan was filled with hatred. "If he touches you, he will get angry. I almost gave in. If you can be together in the end, then be together, but you betrayed me."
"I don't want to."
"What?"
"No matter how it develops, I don't want it." He said word by word, "I don't want it."
Sun Xuefan stood up suddenly, but fell onto the sofa.
The sound of footsteps on the stairs became clearer, the steady, powerful sound of leather shoes tapping the floor with an unusually crisp sound. The man with the slicked-back brown hair tapped his watch and said in a crisp voice, "Clean up the scene."
The black bodyguards downstairs came up in unison and took away the people brought by Sun Xuefan. They also helped Xi Jiang, who was painting, to clean up the fallen paint.
"Is this an art exhibition at home?" Zhu Fuge played with the pebble in her hand. "Is this your brother?"
Xi Luo nodded: "Yes."
"Not bad looking."
Xi Luo looked at Xi Jiang's drawing board. Xi Jiang was adding details to the painting and highlighting the illuminated grapes.
Zhu Wenxu had already stepped forward. He held Xu Yu's face in his hands and waited until Xu Yu saw him clearly before saying, "Don't do anything stupid."
Xu Yu opened her eyes wide and burrowed into his arms: "Why are you here?"
"Luckily I'm here, are you okay?"
Xu Yu couldn't hold back and began to sob.
"Don't cry, don't cry." Zhu Wenxu was heartbroken and tried hard to hold back his tears. "You said that everything Xi Jiang is experiencing now is caused by Xu Yu and me? Do you dare to say that again?"
Sun Xuefan was like a ghost at this time: "After Bai Ming died, you appeared. I have always hated you. You took away Brother Bai Ming's position. You even seduced Ah Jiang to be obsessed with you. Both of you are shameless."
I thought it would be quiet, but it wasn't. Zhu Fuge was wearing flat shoes today, which didn't make the clacking sound she usually did when she walked in high heels. She elegantly walked over to Xu Yu and Zhu Wenxu, holding her skirt. Seeing Sun Xuefan's ferocious expression, she smiled and said, "Can you tell me again?"
Xi Luo also came over and said condescendingly: “I advised you not to do this.”
"Brother Luo, why are you standing with them? They hurt Ah Jiang so much, are you really not going to do anything?" Sun Xuefan wiped her tears carelessly, "Ah Jiang's life has not been easy in the past and now. If Brother Bai Ming were still here, maybe it wouldn't be like this."
Zhu Fuge's pressure descended: "It seems that you trust Zhu Baiming very much?"
"Of course, Brother Bai Ming is the best person in the world and loves the children in our courtyard the most. If Zhu Wenxu and Xu Yu hadn't appeared, Ah Jiang wouldn't be so upset!"
Zhu Fuge raised her hand and slapped him.
Sun Xuefan looked up in disbelief: "You dare to hit me."
"Are you awake?" Zhu Fuge wiped her hands with Xi Luo's suit.
"I'm going to fight you." Sun Xuefan stood up and rushed towards Zhu Fuge. The moment she stretched out her hand, she was pushed back by Xi Luo next to her.
Xi Luo watched quietly: "I thought not telling you some things was a kind of protection."
"Brother Aluo, why are you..."
She didn't believe that Xi Luo wouldn't help her. The cooperation during the time she came back was so good. They got along so well and he said he treated her like a younger sister. But now, he seemed so unfamiliar with her.
"Do you know how Zhu Baiming died?" Xi Luo asked her.
"Car accident." He answered without hesitation.
"The accident happened on the highway. The car rolled from the upper section to the lower section and was almost scrapped. Fortunately, it didn't explode, so Zhu Baiming's body was safe and sound." Xi Luo let her go. "But you don't know that Xi Jiang was also in the car at the time."
"What do you mean?" Sun Xuefan widened his eyes.
"What else could it mean?" Zhu Fuge said, "This accident was intentional. Zhu Baiming just wanted to die with Xi Jiang."
"impossible!"
"What's impossible?" Zhu Fuge sneered. "Do you know why all the girls in your courtyard like him? Why no boys are willing to approach him? Can't you imagine it?"
Sun Xuefan often followed Zhu Baiming. In her memory, he was gentle and generous, and would give her sweet candies. It seemed that there was once a little boy who ran out of his room with tears in his eyes.
He watched Zhu Wenxu hugging Xu Yu, and thought of Xi Jiang's involvement with them. He thought of something but didn't dare to confirm it. He looked at Xi Luo in shock: "I don't believe it. I don't believe it."
"I'm nine years older than you. Although I didn't have much contact with your group of kids, I did have some contact with Zhu Baiming." Xi Luo said, "Before, a nouveau riche family moved into the next yard. The child from that family was shy, but somehow he became familiar with Zhu Baiming and went home with him. I ran into him by chance. When I was delivering something, I heard some noise. The little boy was naked from the waist down, and his thigh was bleeding..."
Sun Xuefan shook his head: "I don't believe it. I don't believe it. I don't believe it."
Xi Luo didn't plan to pause: "The Zhu family paid a large sum of money as compensation, and the family moved away. But this matter gradually became a big deal, and Zhu's parents couldn't sit still, so they sent him to the big screen and let him take over the family business at a young age. They turned these true stories into rumors, and finally confirmed his identity as a good person."
"I never broke Zhu Baiming's position in your heart, but I didn't expect that I would end up hurting you."
Sun Xuefan shook his head frantically.
"That's impossible. Brother Bai Ming is so nice."
"He was just a pervert, a piece of trash with rotten roots since childhood." Zhu Fuge said sadly, "In the end, he died so easily."
"Don't say that! Ah Jiang has carried so much on her own. Even if she has escaped the pain of the past, isn't she still like this because of those two?"
Shiloh sighed, "You need to calm down."
"I can't calm down," Sun Xuefan said. "Zhu Wenxu is, in any case, a replacement for Brother Bai Ming. How can someone like him walk into the future?"
Xu Yu clenched the art knife tightly until cold fingers reached out. Xi Jiang stared at Xu Yu's tear-red eyes, gently pulled the art knife away, stood up, and looked at him quietly, his face expressionless.
Seeing him like this, Sun Xuefan wanted to stand up and hug Xi Jiang again, because the quarrel helped Xi Jiang regain some of his emotions.
But I couldn't stand up because my legs and feet were numb.
Xi Jiang suddenly took out a handful of candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Xu Yu's bloody palm: "Let's make peace."
Xu Yu stared at Tang. Zhu Wenxu turned sideways to protect the person in his arms. He saw Xi Jiang's emotionless eyes shift to him: "You guys."
Then he walked away as if nothing had happened and continued to paint in his original position.
Now everyone calmed down.
Zhu Wenxu hugged Xu Yu tightly, his attitude still bad: "I never wanted to get involved in your love-hate relationship. If you are so curious, just ask Ke Yu."
"What does this have to do with Ke Yu?" Sun Xuefan didn't understand.
Zhu Wenxu stopped looking at her and stood up with Xu Yu in his arms: "Calm yourself down, let's go home."
Xu Yu repeated tiredly: "Let's go home."
Zhu Fuge watched her two younger brothers go down the stairs, glanced at Sun Xuefan, and tilted her head to look at Xi Luo with a look of disgust on her face, as if it was really troublesome: "Hurry up and finish it, and have dinner with me."
Xi Luo: “Okay.”
downstairs.
Zhu Wenxu was hugging Xu Yu in the back seat, with the air conditioning on full blast. When Zhu Fuge got closer, she noticed he had his eyes closed. "Falling asleep?"
"You've been crying for too long." Zhu Wenxu wiped his wounds, "I'll take him back to have a good rest."
"Slow down." Zhu Fuge patted the passenger seat and reminded him, "Zhou Ming, don't drive too fast."
Zhou Ming: "Received, President Zhu."
The car drove on in the snowy night. The road wasn't difficult to travel, but walking was a bit cumbersome. Zhou Ming helped escort them to the elevator and put the gift Zhu Fuge had given them that day aside.
Zhu Wenxu put Xu Yu down on the sofa and glanced at the bag: "When did you buy it?"
"Mr. Zhu bought a pair of couple diamond rings this morning." Zhou Ming fell silent again after saying this.
"Just say what you want to say."
"I've been following Vincent around. The night before last, Mr. Zhu told me about you, so I downloaded Hearths overnight and found your ID," Zhou Ming immediately clarified. "I didn't mean to do that. I've been following you around the whole time, and I was curious about why your relationship with Mr. Xu developed so quickly. I just wanted to ask..."
Zhu Wenxu raised an eyebrow: "Have you finished reading it all?"
Zhou Ming nodded: "Is the other protagonist of the story Mr. Xu?"
He had worked with Zhu Wenxu for a while, and could be considered a witness to their love. As a rich man, it was completely understandable that he would suddenly like someone and then dislike someone else, but Zhu Wenxu wanted nothing; he only had Xu Yu in his eyes and heart.
Until the new President Zhu took office, they would talk about Zhu Wenxu's past in meetings, such as how the white man who chased him scared him so much that he was afraid to go out, and how he loved writing and would post long articles on hearths.
Some of the content was filled with sweet nothings, comparable to a love confession. Not to mention Zhu Fuge's love for it, even Zhou Ming and the other two secretaries were crazy about it.
"Yes." Zhu Wenxu admitted, "It's him."
Zhou Ming was satisfied: "I'll leave."
Zhu Wenxu opened the bag and took out the rings that Zhu Fuge bought, two of the latest models of red and blue men's rings. The slogan on the introduction card was "Love is like a volcano", which sounded good.
He lowered his head and put it on Xu Yu's ring finger. He kissed the back of his hand, face and lips, and then, satisfied, carried him into the bedroom to change into pajamas.
Xu Yu usually sleeps very soundly and doesn't care about being tossed and turned, but his body is not very sensitive. Before he wakes up, his eyes are wet.
"I want to sleep."
"Didn't I tell you to sleep?" Zhu Wenxu licked his ear, "You can continue sleeping."
"How can I sleep..."
Zhu Wenxu continued to tease him: "Just sleeping like that, do you need me to teach you?"
"don't want."
Xu Yu patted him, feeling the foreign object on her finger. The ring shone brightly in the darkness, and as it swirled, the red area flowed like magma. Before he could even feel moved, Zhu Wenxu had already crawled into the bed, expressing his love to Xu Yu with all his heart.
The night is still long.
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