Chapter 326, Things that belong to me
Jiang Ran followed Si Xu closely: "I'm with you."
Si Xu did not refuse and said to Su Qin: "If we haven't returned by dawn, you can arrange a team to go out of the city to search."
Su Qin was worried: "Don't you need to arrange some manpower for you? Jiang Suxin, that fox, was injured like that. I'm worried about that side..."
"No need." Si Xu said, "It's too dangerous to leave the city at night. Too many people would be a burden."
Su Qin knew that he liked to be alone, so she didn't insist: "Then I'll go back and wait for news."
"Um."
Jiang Ran took two steps and thought of something: "Captain Qin, the base has been a bit unstable lately. Could you please help me keep an eye on the Shen family? Thank you."
Su Qin waved her hand: "I know, why are you being so polite to me?"
…
The night wind was cool, and the moonlight was also cool. When it fell on his body, despite the hot summer weather, he felt the chill running from his skin to his bones.
His vision was blurred by the falling blood. Luo Yuting half-closed his eyes and looked at Yuan Yue in the sky, slowly exhaling the foul air in his chest.
With every breath he took, the wound on his chest was pulled, causing his face to twist in pain.
The wheelchair rolled over dead branches and broken leaves, making a "crunching" sound.
Luo Yuting turned his head slightly and looked at the woman who was standing not far away.
"Brother." He looked down at the man lying on the ground with a cold gaze, as if he was looking at a dead object. "Death struggle—ha, you don't think that woman Jiang Suxin can really find help, do you?"
Luo Yuting pursed his lips and did not respond.
His eyes, full of pity, fell on Luo Rui, making the woman feel as if she was being pricked by needles, and all the bones in her body were filled with dull pain.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" She suddenly exploded, her fingers pinching the wheelchair armrests, gritting her teeth, and speaking word by word, "You are my brother, but look at you, what have you done for me?!"
“…”
The man's silence completely infuriated Luo Rui. She screamed, "You knew it wouldn't work, yet you still instigated me to take over! You could have stopped it a long time ago, but you stood by and watched Jiang Ranran attack me and Chengzhi like a show! Luo Yuting! You've never considered me your sister! In your eyes, I'm not even as good as that outsider Jiang Ranran!"
So, that's what she thought.
Luo Yuting pulled the corners of his mouth and pulled out a bitter smile.
However, it seemed that she was not wrong. He was indeed waiting for her to fail miserably. If she didn't learn her lesson, she wouldn't learn her lesson - that's what he thought.
Now it seems that he overestimated her.
Even though she was threatened by Jiang Ran, her ambition remained undimmed.
Perhaps, he shouldn't have taken her back to Nanjun and stayed in Beichen. At least she still knew how to work hard instead of taking shortcuts like she is now.
"Brother, don't worry. When you die, I will return to Nanjun with Chengzhi. I will bring your ashes back with me, and then return to the Luo family as a young lady. When that time comes..." The woman lowered her voice, her eyes blazing with endless madness, "I will return to Xiling once again and return all the humiliation I suffered today to Jiang Ranran!"
"You..." His consciousness slowly peeled away from his body, and he felt as if he had been thrown into ice water, gradually becoming stiff and cold. His pale lips moved, and a few words floated out weakly, "Why... are you so persistent..."
"These should have been mine!" Luo Rui interrupted Luo Yuting sharply, "Jiang Ranran stole my things!"
She said this without any thought, as if it had been circling in her mind for a long time, as if... what she said was an established fact.
"Brother." Luo Rui's voice lowered a few degrees. She was speaking to him, but also to herself. "I don't know why I have such thoughts, but every time I see Jiang Ranran, a voice in my heart keeps reminding me that she took away something that originally belonged to me. Chengzhi, brother, you, the position of person in charge of Xiling Base... It was Jiang Ranran who snatched it from me. Everything I do is just to take back what is mine!"
The moonlight reflected on the woman's face, highlighting her features distorted by anger. Luo Yuting took a look and looked away: "You've gone crazy, Luo Rui."
"I am crazy." The woman laughed coldly, her tone returning to calm. "Brother, you also said I was crazy, so don't blame me for what happened tonight."
She put drugs in the drinking water and attracted a group of zombies in order to disguise Luo Yuting's death as an accident.
Unexpectedly, this man was able to protect Jiang Suxin and escape even when the drug was taking effect. Fortunately, she took action in time, otherwise, the two of them would have escaped.
"Brother, don't worry about me. I don't feel guilty at all." Luo Rui smiled innocently. "After all, you didn't even think about protecting me when the zombies attacked just now."
I know it was you who drugged me and attracted the zombies, so why should I protect you? You're crazy! Luo Yuting wanted to curse her ancestors, but when he thought of her as his own sister, he simply closed his eyes and ignored her.
Luo Rui was not in a hurry either.
She moved her wrists, untied the green vines tied around her waist, and activated her supernatural powers to make the soft vines harder than steel.
With just one strike, she could kill the man and kick away the stumbling block on her road to success.
The woman was about to take action when a faint voice came from behind her: "Ruirui, what are you doing?"
Xie Chengzhi woke up at some point and appeared behind her silently.
He was seriously injured and has been in a coma since leaving Xiling.
In order to protect him, she deliberately placed him on a high ground where zombies could not attack. She didn't expect that he would wake up at this time and find this place.
Luo Rui's expression changed slightly, and she subconsciously retracted the vines: "Chengzhi, why are you here?"
"I heard the sound of zombies after I woke up... I was worried about you, so I came to check on you..." Xie Chengzhi's steps were unsteady, and he stumbled to her side. He held onto the wheelchair and looked at the man on the ground in astonishment. "What, what's going on?"
"..." The woman was silent for a moment before making a decision, "I did it."
Her tone was filled with the relief of a long struggle. Worried that Xie Chengzhi hadn't heard clearly, she repeated, "I did it, Chengzhi. I also attracted the zombies here."
"You?" Xie Chengzhi stared at her blankly, "Why are you..."
"Chengzhi, I want the Nanjun Base." Luo Rui stared at the man with a serious expression. "I don't want to be trampled under the feet of Si Xu and Jiang Ranran anymore. I must get the Nanjun Base."
She closed her eyes and murmured in pain, "I know you like kind and good girls. I'm sorry, I failed to live up to your expectations. I will accept it."
She choked up and said, "If you want to break up... then that's fine. But..." She changed the subject, "Please don't interfere with my decision - I've already made up my mind. No matter what you say, I won't look back."
This was the first time Xie Chengzhi had seen Luo Rui so domineering. In his impression, Luo Rui had always been gentle and kind. Even with her legs injured, she remained calm and would comfort him when he was frustrated...
Xie Chengzhi licked his lips and lowered his eyes: "Ruirui, you know, no matter what you do, I will stand by you."
Luo Rui had never expected a man to give such an answer. Her eyes instantly turned red: "Chengzhi..."
She grabbed the corner of the man's clothes, but before she could say anything, crisp applause came from the woods behind them.
"Not bad, not bad. I just came out for a walk, but who knew I would see such a good show."
The person walked out of the dim woods into the moonlight. He had a beautiful appearance, smiling eyes and eyebrows. He was as gentle as water, even more gentle than the moonlight.
However, the words he said were completely opposite to his overall temperament, calm and indifferent, with a hint of hostility.
"It just so happens that my arena is short of two good actors, and you are the ones."
(End of this chapter)
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