Chapter 59 Evening News If liking Fang Qingzhuo is a gift,...
The person who betrayed the sincerity was condemned by thousands of people, which could be considered a gratifying result. However, just when the onlookers were sure that the story had ended here, the ending was suddenly reversed, beyond everyone's expectations. The accounts that unanimously accused Luo Shu of collusion sent out heartfelt apology letters, and the Shenzhen University of Technology forum exploded.
In just one day, a thunderstorm flooded the campus during the day, police cars with flashing lights entered the halls, Hou Sisi dropped out of school, and the forum was disbanded in the evening.
The rumors speak for themselves, and the truth comes out slowly.
While Luo Shu was making a stunning comeback, Fang Qingzhuo received a message: "Meet at the east gate of the school tomorrow."
Logically speaking, he should be happy and excited that Luo Shu took the initiative to contact him, but he felt vaguely uneasy, as if it was the last meal before the execution of a criminal, also known as the execution meal.
In the room where undercurrents were surging, Fang Qingzhuo had never touched a game before, and for the first time he felt unbalanced about the game settings.
The game can load the save file, but he can't.
He opened the PDF file that he had not had the courage to read before, and read it carefully page by page and word by word until it got dark. The dialog box in his field of vision slowly became distorted and the words became shapeless. He didn't know whether it was due to dizziness or other reasons. He threw away the phone and covered his eyes to reflect.
There were clues right in front of him, but he ignored the abnormalities and the habit of not using punctuation in conversation.
Is it too late to wake up now?
With his brain stopped functioning due to a clockwork failure, Fang Qingzhuo looked around blankly in the darkness, as dazed as an ant without direction.
No, there were still a lot of things waiting for him to do. The moss in the fish tank reminded him to change the water as soon as possible, and the package at the entrance also needed him to open...
He struggled to get up, but in his haste, he knocked over a rickety box, from which fell a camera, a camera that did not belong to him.
I turned on the camera with trembling fingers, and it showed a newly recorded video. I clicked it, and at the beginning, the owner of the camera was in the bedroom, wearing full makeup and looking very solemn, with an opening speech in Chinese and English.
"Fang Qingzhuo, I guess it's been a long time since you saw this video. Let me imagine, would we have graduated by then? Were we working?"
Feeling that she had gone off topic, she cleared her throat, straightened the collar of her clothes and sat up straight. Fang Qingzhao knew that although she looked so bright and beautiful, she might be wearing pajamas underneath.
"Just a reminder, the recording time is our 100-day anniversary. You're not the only one who remembered, otherwise why would I come back early? Of course, it's to spend the anniversary with you, a lonely person. There's something I've thought about and decided to disclose. Our first meeting wasn't actually in the school supermarket. Tsk tsk tsk, you might be feeling proud again. It was during military training. The student ID you lost is also with me. Don't get me wrong, I found it by accident back then."
"Look, I fell in love with yours first, and now you have something to show off."
He paused as if lost for words, then stared at the screen and narrated, "That night in front of the main building, you asked me what I liked about you. I didn't answer because the timing wasn't right. Now, I'm going to tell you, reluctantly. I like the faint little brackets that appear at the corners of your mouth when you smile, the subtle mole at the end of your eye, and the ease with which you handle things, as if there's nothing in the world you can't handle with ease."
"I have so much love, so I'm in charge. I'll give you as much as you want."
At this point, Luo Shu in the picture couldn't help but smile, puffing out her cheeks and sighing, "If liking Fang Qingzhuo is a talent, then I, Luo Shu, am truly gifted."
The two watery eyes reflected her smug reflection, like the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror.
Fang Qingzhuo smiled, but it was an extremely awkward and embarrassing smile.
Suddenly, I heard a loud "Ah" and the person in the video suddenly approached the camera and muttered.
"Why is the battery out? Save it quickly..."
Fang Qingzhuo knelt on his knees, covered his face and curled up on the floor. The pain in his heart surged up, making him breathless. He tried to open his mouth and breathe deeply to save himself, but found that he couldn't breathe even more, creating a vicious cycle. Every breath undoubtedly made the situation worse.
He pounded the ground with his fists, his nails scraping against the wooden board, and couldn't help laughing out loud. However, before the laughter came the tears that he hadn't shed in years.
Each drop is vying to be the first to show off, an annoying display of superiority.
In an instant, the tear glands that had not been activated for a long time were like a rusty, malfunctioning water valve that could not be stopped or repaired.
It was really a lesson that I learned with all my tears drained away.
I don't know how much time has passed, the video is still playing in a loop. When I looked up again, Fang Qingzhuo's memory was like a fish's seven seconds. He forgot the previous unpleasantness and switched to another face. His wet eyelashes trembled slightly, and he focused on Luo Shu on the screen with obsession and forgetfulness, without blinking.
The weather in April is changeable, accompanied by continuous thunderstorms as if it is the norm. There are occasional thunders and sudden rains. Water vapor lingers around the city for countless rounds. The sturdy tree trunks along the road are afraid that they will become soft and collapse if they are soaked for another day.
Before dawn, Fang Qingzhuo took the car keys and went out. When he drove to school, Luo Shu had been waiting at the east gate for a long time.
"Sorry, there's a bit of traffic on the road." Fang Qingzhuo got off the car and ran to her to explain as usual, not forgetting to pick up the umbrella he brought with him in the car.
Luo Shu felt slightly annoyed, but simply ignored his attitude and let things take their own course. She held up a bag and said straight to the point: "This is your lighter and necklace. Return them to their rightful owners."
After a faint glance, Fang Qingzhuo didn't respond. Instead, he stared straight at her palm-sized face and thought to himself, "She's lost weight."
"I don't need it."
Luo Shu was not surprised: "I have used it before, I don't like second-hand things, I don't want it. Okay, tell me the price and I will transfer it to you."
This estrangement successfully made Fang Qingzhuo's face show emotion. It was not the unhappiness of going against his wishes, nor the usual arrogance, but heartache.
"sorry."
“…”
"I owe you an apology."
As far as she could remember, Fang Qingzhuo had said sorry to her twice, once when he was asking for peace on a rainy night, and once when he was late at the top of the mountain. Now, this apology could no longer cause any ripples.
It's too late, this confession is too late, it's as cheap as plastic foam, it breaks when it is broken.
"Let me atone for my sins."
Luo Shu, who was neither sad nor happy, heard his sudden words, and her eyes, as cold as boiled water, suddenly focused on an effervescent tablet.
"Atonement? You think you can deny the past and offset the mistakes you made with just a simple atonement?"
Luo Shu choked up due to excitement.
"Ask yourself, are you worthy? Regardless of whether your starting point is judging by deeds or by your heart, are you worthy?"
The series of soul-searching questions were like a sharp knife stabbing and pulling out of his heart, repeating up and down.
Fang Qingzhuo was speechless and felt uneasy. Luo Shu was a girl who loved you passionately and had an inextinguishable courage and selflessness. But when she didn't love you anymore, she was also very resolute and would never linger. He was afraid that if he let go this time, there would never be a next time.
Now, it was a fact that she intervened innocently, and he was completely wrong. He was the one who felt guilty, and he was the one who betrayed this relationship. He was also the one who hurt her directly and indirectly. Facing questioning, he actually felt humble and inferior and unworthy of her.
"Do you hate me that much?"
As proud as he was, he was degraded to nothing at this moment.
"Yes, you guys are disgusting."
Although he was already numb and immune, Fang Qingzhuo's heart still ached subconsciously. He met Luo Shu's eyes that seemed to torture him to death, and he was like a hedgehog with all its thorns standing up, unable to be touched. It made him feel ashamed and heartbroken.
In a trance, the Luo Shu in front of him actually returned to the throbbing and blushing face when they first met, just like the way she looked when he was a child, holding those broken certificates and trophies, and ran into Zhu Jie's garden, carefully asking for rewards. In a blink of an eye, it returned to normal. Luo Shu was still the Luo Shu who was annoyed with him. He hesitated for a moment, and the scene of Zhu Jie looking at him after drinking the medicine kept flashing in front of his eyes, overlapping and intertwined with the real Luo Shu. What should he do? The expression on Zhu Jie's face when he was sad and murmured, "You and your father are too much like each other, this is not good" was exactly the same.
"Luo Shu, I made a mistake, and I'm willing to pay for it. Please forgive me and give me a chance, okay?"
An unprecedented panic swept over him, causing his apology to become incoherent and stumbling, and he no longer had the forced attitude he had previously.
Abandoning the so-called self-esteem, "You always forgave me when I made mistakes before. Let's start over, okay? I beg you, even if it's pity or charity, don't abandon me..."
He tried hard to make his voice sound steady, but it didn't go as he wished. Trying hard to do something well always backfired, and he sobbed uncontrollably.
"The feelings are real, the liking is real, and loving you is real. I swear, it's all real."
This was the first time Fang Qingzhuo had cried in front of Luo Shu. He couldn't explain why, but his eyes grew increasingly bitter as he took in this scene: "You gave me a lot of love, but you also gave me a lot of pain."
"The beginning of a fairy tale is always infinitely beautiful. Unfortunately, God is only responsible for arranging the beginning, because there are too many processes that require sincere and conscientious management, and he cannot interfere. Therefore, he gives us the right to arrange the ending ourselves."
"I can't get over the emotional hurdle. I was deceived in two intimate relationships that I was proud of. When night falls, I really don't know who I can trust in this life."
Fang Qingzhuo raised his eyes filled with tears and looked at her in a daze, but there was no trace of emotion in Luo Shu's eyes.
She looks so much like Zhu Jie. How come they are becoming more and more alike?
He almost dug a hole in the umbrella fabric.
"I'll spend my whole life making amends, making up for it..."
"Forget it, Fang Qingzhuo, let's be straightforward." Luo Shu's eyes were filled with tears, and she looked at the person in front of her with mixed feelings.
She would rather pull out the thorns that pierced her flesh in the name of love and the feelings that were nourished by lies with purpose than waste each other.
She is neither stupid nor blind. A garden full of thorns is beautiful, but the ignorant and fearless 19-year-old girl always thinks that she can change it by her own strength, such as exchanging sincerity for sincerity. Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, she is willing to try. Even if Fang Qingzhuo is moody, she will choose to give and indulge him unconditionally.
Resentment and regret swirled in his chest, and Fang Qingzhuo stared at Luo Shu, as if he wanted to carve her serious look at the moment into his eyes.
The weather changed, and the rain, which had stopped for a while, began to fall again.
The fierce raindrops and his gaze filled with intense and terrifying waves came down on her head. Luo Shu was a little overwhelmed. Just as she was about to say something harsh, Fang Qingzhuo immediately understood and turned his neck away, refusing to communicate. In the few seconds of silence, he only took a moment to adjust his mood. The sadness on his face had not yet dissipated, but his thoughts had already been reopened and reorganized.
The rain was getting heavier, so he opened his umbrella, which was neither too big nor too small, completely covering Luo Shu. He handed the umbrella handle to her, but let the heavy rain wet his hair.
"It's okay..." Fang Qingzhuo lowered his head and watched the low ground beneath his feet instantly filled with rainwater, which was like a mirror reflecting his false appearance of peace and his miserable inner self.
The voice seemed to be affected by the noisy and muffled sound of the umbrella, and it was intermittent. "As long as what you said last time counts, it's fine."
After finishing, he turned around.
His abrupt closing remarks caught her off guard, and Luo Shu's strong intuition made her realize something was amiss. What did she say last time? What did she say? Most of what she said was clearly a fit of anger.
After watching Fang Qingzhuo slowly get into the car in the rain, the two looked at each other through the car window glass. In a hurry, Fang Qingzhuo's facial features gradually blurred behind the car window glass that was repeatedly washed by rain.
The turn signal came on and the black car drove onto the road.
Observing that Luo Shu in the rearview mirror had turned into a black dot, Fang Qingzhuo touched the steering wheel and counted down silently in his heart.
10……
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Immediately afterwards, there was a loud noise as the car body hit a hard object.
The local evening news broadcast time.
On April 10, 20XX, a traffic accident occurred on the University Town section of our city where a vehicle crashed into a green belt. The front of the vehicle was severely damaged and scrapped on the spot. The condition of one injured person is unknown. The cause of the accident is unknown and is still under investigation. The possibility of vehicle loss of control has been ruled out.
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