A tall figure took two steps towards the two of them with the light behind him, and the glaring light was blocked by his body.
Lu Zhan frowned, took a big step forward with caution, and got closer to Shao Jingque.
Shao Jingque squinted her eyes. Although she couldn't see the man's face clearly against the light, she could still recognize Qi Shengzhi's voice after living together for such a long time:
"I have a dinner date with a friend today. What are you doing here instead of coming in?"
Although Qi Shengzhi's question was a bit impolite, as a guest staying in his house, she should indeed go back early so as not to disturb others' rest, so Shao Jingque also patiently explained.
Lu Zhan's brows were furrowed. The conversation between the two made him feel uneasy. He had a vague feeling that the answer he didn't want to know was about to come out.
Qi Shengzhi, who had been waiting at the door for an hour, looked unhappy. He narrowed his peach blossom eyes and looked up and down at Lu Zhan beside Shao Jingque, and snorted softly:
"No one is home and I forgot to bring my keys."
After he said that, Shao Jingque remembered that Yue Feiying had said before when she got off work that she had something to do and had to go back to Yue Mansion today, and Ding Ling would go back with her to have dinner. If it was late, the two of them would not come back tonight.
If Qi Shengzhi forgot to bring his key, he would have to wait for her at the door.
Shao Jingque thought that it was getting late and estimated that Qi Shengzhi had been waiting at the door for a long time, so he quickly took out the key and opened the door.
Lu Zhan looked at the scene happening in front of him, and was so shocked that he couldn't say a word for a long time.
Shao Jingque lives with this man...?
His brows were stern as he stared at Qi Shengzhi, who was also looking at him with a sidelong glance. For a moment, their eyes met, and sparks of anger flashed in the dark.
With a "click", the iron door opened.
Shao Jingque turned around and saw the two of them staring at each other. Although no one was talking, he seemed to smell a scent of gunpowder without the smoke of gunpowder in the air.
She took the lead and stepped into the door, but was stopped by Qi Shengzhi:
"Wait a moment!"
Shao Jingque turned around unexpectedly, only to see Qi Shengzhi raised his eyebrows at her and teased her in a joking tone:
"Aren't you going to give the coat back to the owner?"
Shao Jingque finally realized that Lu Zhan's military coat was still on her. She quickly took off her coat and handed it back to Lu Zhan:
"Sorry, I almost forgot. Thank you for the coat."
Lu Zhan's face was already as gloomy as water at this moment. He took the clothes stiffly, his eyes following Shao Jingque's back as he entered the house.
The next second, a figure blocked his sight——
Qi Shengzhi raised his lips to an intriguing smile, and looked at Lu Zhan with a look of arrogance, his tone casual:
"Long time no see, Captain Lu."
Lu Zhan frowned, and when he got closer, he realized that the frivolous man in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was.
"Do you know me?"
Qi Shengzhi chuckled softly, as if hearing a joke:
"It really hits my head... Then let me introduce myself again. My name is Qi Shengzhi. How about it, do you remember it?"
Qi...Sheng...Zhi...
Qi Shengzhi!
The name was exactly the same as the one the nurse had mentioned, and the appearance of the man in front of him was exactly the same as the one in his dream.
Lu Zhan's pupils trembled violently, and his face instantly turned as dark as death—
He remembered that when he was at Henan Provincial Hospital, it was this man named Qi Shengzhi who called the hospital and took Shao Jingque away from him!
Qi Shengzhi watched Lu Zhan's expression change with great interest. The corners of his mouth slowly curved up as he spoke indifferently:
"It's too late today, Captain Lu. We can talk again next time we have a chance. I'm going in first."
Lu Zhan's heart tightened, and he subconsciously asked:
"You live here too?!"
Qi Shengzhi nodded calmly:
"This is my home."
These few short words exploded in Lu Zhan's ears like a thunderclap. In an instant, he felt a buzzing in his head, and his brain stopped working as if it had crashed.
The tall iron gate in front of him was ruthlessly closed, blocking out any attempts to peek. With the thick wall blocking the way, not even the sound from the courtyard could be heard.
Lu Zhan took two steps back, still looking at the closed gate of the courtyard in front of him in disbelief.
It’s been just over a month since I last saw her, and Shao Jingque has already married Qi Shengzhi?
He couldn't describe his feelings at the moment. He just felt as if his heart had suddenly fallen from the sky to the ground, and his heart was broken into pieces with pain.
One moment I was enjoying the excitement and joy of regaining what I had lost, but the next moment I felt the heartbreak and despair of falling into the abyss. I never dreamed that this would be the ending.
The rickshaw driver who was waiting at the intersection, hoping to get more business, witnessed the whole process. He watched the door close and Lu Zhan stood there in a daze, as if his soul had been sucked out. He couldn't bear to watch and rode his rickshaw over.
"Young man, do you need a car?"
Lu Zhan ignored him, his dazed eyes fixed on the second floor where the lights were on, motionless like a stone statue.
The rickshaw driver shook his head, sighed, and rode away.
Lu Zhan stood there waiting foolishly. He felt that Qi Shengzhi must be lying to him. It was impossible for the two of them to live together!
It must be because Shao Jingque is still angry with him, so he deliberately uses Qi Shengzhi to anger him!
As soon as he leaves, she will definitely come out again!
With such a far-fetched reason, Lu Zhan stood at the door of Qi Sheng's house without giving up. He believed that he could wait for Shao Jingque to come out.
The weather forecast says that Ning City will experience another drop in temperature tonight, with the temperature dropping below zero degrees.
Scattered tiny snowflakes had begun to float under the street lights on Wuhuai Street.
Lu Zhan seemed not to feel the cold at all, and still maintained the same posture as when Shao Jingque left. She still held the military coat she was wearing in her hand, letting the snowflakes fall all over her shoulders.
Suddenly, the lights on the second floor went out without warning.
This destruction seemed to extinguish the last glimmer of hope in Lu Zhan's heart.
His heart sank to the bottom in an instant. He staggered back two steps and leaned heavily against the cold electric pole. His legs were so numb that they could hardly support his weight, and he slid down the pole and sat down.
Passersby in the distance were so frightened when they saw Lu Zhan curled up on the ground with his head down that they walked around him, thinking that he was a drunk who could not walk and were afraid that he would cause trouble for them.
Lu Zhan was in extreme pain and confusion at this moment.
He thought that finding Shao Jingque was the luckiest thing that could happen to him, but what he never expected was that from now on he could only watch her from afar and could no longer have any fantasy about her.
He was so close to her, but lost the one he loved forever. This must be God's punishment for him not knowing how to cherish the person in front of him.
He had no reason to blame Shao Jingque. He was the one who forgot about her in the beginning, and then he drove her away without any reason. Now she chose to start a new life with another person. What was wrong with her?
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