Chapter 106 Gap
"Happy birthday, Qiao Qiao."
Qiao Susu's nose turned red, and she closed her eyes and made a wish to hide the struggle in her eyes.
Zong Fang looked at her quietly, a smile accumulating in his eyes, and asked in a low voice: "What did you wish for?"
Qiao Susu lowered her eyes, and when she heard him ask this, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said, "I want a life that is controlled by myself." After saying this, she did not look at Zong Fang whose smile froze on his lips. She suddenly blew out the candle and also blew out the light in her heart.
All the lights in the hall were turned off to create an atmosphere. After the candles were extinguished, the two stood in the dim darkness.
Qiao Suisui thought of the news from Ah Jin, and her eyes darkened. She didn't take the cake from him, but raised her eyes slightly to look at him and said very calmly, "Zong Fang, I've thought about it seriously these past few days, and we're not suitable."
The silver pupils shrank suddenly, and Zong Fang's voice was low: "Stop talking."
"I don't want to continue with yours."
"Stop talking!"
Zong Fang tilted his head, his eyes were deep, and because of the light, no one could see his expression.
"What will it take for you to forgive me?"
Qiao Suisui shook her head and said seriously, "No, I don't blame you. You don't need to apologize to me. It's just that I really feel that our personalities are not suitable."
Zong Fang laughed at himself, "Who is suitable? Scorsese? Liberi? Or the little one next to you..." His teeth were almost broken, but he insisted on not spitting out the last two words. He didn't know whether he didn't dare to ask at this time because he didn't want to lose control of his emotions in front of her, or because he didn't dare to hear her answer.
The man took a deep breath, closed his eyes and suppressed the anger in his eyes. After adjusting himself, he opened his eyes again and whispered, "If you think it's inappropriate, at least tell me the problem and I can change it."
He gently took her wrist and rubbed her wrist bone with his thumb, full of helplessness and pleading: "Why did you sentence me to death like this?"
She looked straight into his eyes and said, "There are...insurmountable differences between us."
She really wanted to be with him...but he was too unstable...
"If you want to love me, love me. If you want to abandon me, abandon me. Qiao Suisui, why? If I hadn't been pestering you all the time, would we still be standing here talking?"
"Do you really think that our relationship is all forced by you?" Qiao Suisui shook off his hand, looked up and stared at him, "You think you've imprisoned me, locked me in a space, and prevented me from interacting with other people. You become suspicious of anyone who says a few more words to them and threaten to kill them. If you were me, would you fall in love with such a person?"
Zongfang was speechless.
"Even so, I still want to try to be with you. I know you are domineering, but I still fantasize that we can balance the differences in this relationship."
He froze in place, the congestion in his chest making it difficult for him to breathe, and his voice became dry when he spoke: "Then let's try again. This time I promise, Qiao Qiao, I really promise, I will do it well."
"You killed Simon, didn't you?"
Ajin sent a tactful message to persuade her to withdraw, and briefly explained the whole thing to her, saying that the Simon family had threatened to hunt her down. When Qiao Suisui received the expulsion notice from the school, she stared at the message for a long time.
She felt like a piece of driftwood in the vast ocean. No matter how hard she tried to control her direction, she was still carried by the waves to where she had to go.
Not knowing why she suddenly brought this up, Zong Fang pursed his lips and remained silent, his face extremely gloomy. After a long while, he squeezed out three words from between his teeth: "He deserves to die."
Qiao Suisui smiled bitterly. "Look, can a person change so easily? You only know how to deal with problems this way."
"What's the problem? He almost got you killed. I'm being merciful by only killing him!"
"Yes, with your strength, you can certainly ignore the consequences! But Simon is dead, and no one will care that you killed him. They only believe what they want to believe! His family has now reported me to the Federation. My identity can no longer be used in school. They may even try to kill me to pay for my life!"
Qiao Suisui's tone grew colder and colder as she spoke. In the end, she couldn't even muster the desire to argue with him; she simply felt powerless. If it weren't for self-preservation, she wouldn't have wanted to kill Simon at all. Even though she knew this was a game world, it felt so real that she couldn't remain indifferent. She knew Zongfang could be violent, but she hadn't expected him to be so impulsive, or even so brazen.
Even though the two people are so close to each other, they seem to be separated by mountains and seas and find it difficult to understand each other.
The cake had fallen to the ground without her knowing. The silent and oppressive atmosphere made Qiao Sui Sui not want to continue talking. In the end, she only said: "I'm tired and don't want to try anymore."
Zong Fang didn't look at her as she left, but instead stared at the cake on the ground. His hair covered his eyes, and his voice was flat, like a walking corpse: "Who did you call first when you were trapped in the library?"
Hearing the sudden question, Qiao Sui Sui frowned in confusion, and then heard him say, "One last question. Answer me, and I won't bother you anymore."
She answered truthfully: "A classmate."
As if he knew the answer in advance, the man didn't react at all. With a last glimmer of hope, he asked, "The one with brown hair?"
The one with brown hair was Li Yi. She shook her head and said, "My roommate."
Hearing this, Zong Fang smiled, a very bitter smile, "They are both classmates, why did you call him first?"
Qiao Suisui was stunned by the question; she hadn't thought about it before; it was completely subconscious. If she had to explain why, it was because she only trusted Hi and Li Yi at school, and she called Karl because she knew he was nearby, so she took a gamble. Zongfang's next question left her speechless.
"Even if it's because of the distance, why didn't you call your mentor, Jin, but him?"
How can a classmate without mental strength help you?
Zong Fang really wanted to ask this question, but he felt that the answer to this question was too cruel, not to Qiao Susu, but to himself.
Seeing her frowning and mumbling, Zongfang suddenly burst into laughter, as if he had heard something extremely funny. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and bent over to laugh.
Qiao Susu was frightened by his abnormality. She just took a step forward to look at him, but saw Zong Fang turn around and leave, pushing her in and closing the door.
One door, two people.
The people inside the door felt bitter.
The person outside the door laughed sadly.
His body slid down against the door little by little, and finally sat on the ground.
It turned out she really didn't understand anything, not even that she liked him. He looked up, unable to stop laughing. At that moment, he felt like a clown, ridiculous and absurd. Even if he took a step back, he could tolerate Scorsese and Liberi, but not that boy.
She didn't love him, that was okay, he had time to take his time, just like the other two men. This was at least a kind of balance.
But once he discovered her, he realized she would become dependent on him, worried about him, and even specifically asked others to take care of him before leaving. When she was in danger, she would think of him first. Zong Fang witnessed her sincerity and realized that the line between love and dislike was so clear.
His laughter was stiff and long-lasting, and tears kept falling from the corners of his eyes until the laughter dried up. He covered his face with his hands, smiling ferociously, and between his fingers, a pair of eyes full of murderous intent were revealed.
(End of this chapter)
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