Chapter 434: Shen Zhichu Forget Bai Qiu and Marry Me
Shen Zhichu was not stupid, she knew that Bai Qiujing was coaxing her, and that pulling out teeth for the sake of acting and appearance was just an excuse. Bai Qiujing must have had his own ideas for choosing to hide it from her, and she shouldn't ask too much, but she couldn't help but think too much.
"Since you're afraid of the pain, don't pull out the other one."
Bai Qiujing's hand covering his mouth stiffened slightly. He pursed his lips and smiled faintly: "Wouldn't it be asymmetrical if I don't remove the other one?"
Shen Zhichu changed the subject: "Where is the place you decided to stay? I'll go with you."
"Then here..."
Shen Zhichu turned around: "I'll go in and tell the director that it's okay, you wait here and I'll go in and get my bag."
"Okay." After Bai Qiujing watched her go in, his eyes suddenly darkened as he looked at Lu Tingchuan who walked out from a corner.
"Hey, long time no see, Mr. Bai." Lu Tingchuan held a cigarette between his fingers, but did not light it. He just played with it between his fingers. His tone and actions showed that he was not satisfied.
"Why are you here?" Bai Qiujing's attitude towards Lu Tingchuan was the same as his attitude towards Li Jingshen, and he didn't look happy.
"I'm the investor of this drama. I prepared today's wrap-up party. Why am I here?" Lu Tingchuan asked with a malicious smile, "Bai Qiujing, aren't you curious about my relationship with Shen Zhichu?"
"Not curious, can you please go away?"
Lu Tingchuan tutted, "You're so cold, but the less curious you are, the more I want to tell you that Shen Zhichu used to be my lover."
Bai Qiujing's expression changed, but he was not as angry as Lu Tingchuan thought.
He moved his lips slightly and said word by word, "The lover you are talking about should be called Shen Qing, right? Didn't she die a long time ago?"
Lu Tingchuan instantly suppressed all his expressions and returned to his usual cold tone: "When did you find out?"
"At least I knew it before you."
Did Li Jingshen know about this too? Was he the only one kept in the dark from the beginning to the end, the last one to realize that the person had changed?
Lu Tingchuan couldn't describe the feeling in his heart, as if he had swallowed a piece of coptis chinensis, which left a bitter taste in his throat.
"Since you know that Shen Zhichu has changed her heart, then you should also be clear about her previous relationship with Li Jingshen. Can you still like her like this?"
As Lu Tingchuan spoke, he keenly noticed that something was wrong with Bai Qiujing's expression. It seemed that Bai Qiujing had not yet recovered his memory.
If he recovered his memory and remembered that Shen Zhichu suffered the torture of having 28 steel needles inserted into his fingertips in order to save him, he would not have shown an ugly face because of the relationship between Shen Zhichu and Li Jingshen three years ago.
Lu Tingchuan glanced behind him and said, "Bai Qiujing, you should be thankful that you look like a person, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to get close to Shen Zhichu. You can't compare to a dead person, nor can you compare to Li Jingshen. At least Li Jingshen once had Shen Zhichu, while you are just a shadow. Even I know her past better than you..."
"Bang!" Before Lu Tingchuan could finish his words, he was hit in the face. Bai Qiujing hit people so fast that people couldn't react. Even Li Jingshen was not as fast as him.
Lu Tingchuan was hit unexpectedly and staggered backwards. Before he could stand firmly, he was grabbed by the collar. Bai Qiujing threw him to the ground without giving him a chance to fight back. He pinned him down with his legs and started beating him with his fists, aiming every move at Lu Tingchuan's mouth as if he wanted to smash it.
It was also Lu Tingchuan's fault that he happened to run into his trap and said exactly the same things as Li Jingshen. He had been holding his anger for a week and now he could finally vent it.
Bai Qiujing was panting with heat, his eyes were red, and he didn't care that there were people around him. He attacked too violently, and in a few hits, Lu Tingchuan was bleeding. The people around him didn't dare to stop him.
"Bai Qiujing!"
Bai Qiujing couldn't hear any sound, his mind was full of venting, and suddenly his waist tightened. He stopped and looked back stiffly at Shen Zhichu.
His already red eyes became even redder, which was very strange. He was the one who had been beating people, but when he saw Shen Zhichu, his nose felt sore and an inexplicable sense of grievance surged up. He sniffed helplessly, worried that Shen Zhichu would notice something was wrong, so he quickly turned his head away, loosened Lu Tingchuan's collar and threw him to the ground.
Lu Tingchuan looked a little disheveled. His hair, which he had carefully styled today, was now a mess like a bird's nest. His face was blue and the corners of his mouth were red. He touched his back teeth with the tip of his tongue, and his eyelids twitched in pain.
Not only could he not beat Li Jingshen, he couldn't even beat Bai Qiujing. The talent of martial arts was really exhausting. He thought he could just last a few moves against Li Jingshen and should be able to handle Bai Qiujing. He didn't expect that Bai Qiujing's speed and strength were even stronger than Li Jingshen.
This is a person who has been mentally retarded for 15 years. If he hadn't become stupid, wouldn't his talent be the ceiling of his martial arts ability?
Lu Tingchuan moved his shoulders, limbs and neck. Fortunately, his hand was not broken. However, if Shen Zhichu had been two steps later, his hand might have been broken here.
"I don't know if you chose men with your eyes closed, Chen Zhichu. They are all violent. Have you seen the injuries on my body? I was beaten for no reason. You should stay away from such men. If they attack you one day, they can kill you with one punch." Lu Tingchuan knew that Chen Zhichu was afraid of domestic violence. Once she was abused, she would not dare to talk about marriage for ten years.
He wanted to use the same trick again and act pitiful in front of Shen Zhichu, but he forgot that Shen Zhichu was not Shen Qing. If Shen Qing really liked him, she would be worried every time he took a breath, but Shen Zhichu...even if he was about to die, she would not even look at him.
Bai Qiujing, on the other hand, looked nervous and frightened, because he also knew that Shen Zhichu didn't like violence. He had fallen into Lu Tingchuan's trap. What if Shen Zhichu really hated him and left him?
He lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake and needed his parents to come to school, and his hands were clenched nervously.
Lu Tingchuan continued to add fuel to the fire: "He even knocked my teeth loose..."
"Why didn't I beat you to death?" Shen Zhichu interrupted, her voice as cold as ice. She didn't even want to look at Lu Tingchuan again, and grabbed Bai Qiujing's left hand and walked out.
When she went in to get her bag, a fight broke out outside. She thought that it was Lu Tingchuan who deliberately started the fight.
Bai Qiujing was held by Shen Zhichu in silence. Looking at the back of Shen Zhichu's head, her tense profile, and her hands with white joints, he could feel that she was angry.
"Chu Chu, are you angry? I'm sorry I shouldn't have..."
Shen Zhichu dragged Bai Qiujing to an inconspicuous corner and questioned him in a serious tone for the first time.
"Why fight?"
"I……."
Bai Qiujing had barely opened his mouth when Shen Zhichu lashed out at him, "Have you forgotten your injuries haven't healed yet? Are you thinking the car accident was too minor and you'd just break two more bones? Lu Tingchuan's rude words are harsh, can't you just ignore them? There are people around, are you trying to make the headlines? Show off your power and make those who care about you worry."
"But I can't help but listen to what he said." Bai Qiujing smiled bitterly.
Shen Zhichu stared at him blankly, and could vaguely hear his voice trembling as if he was suppressing something.
There was some scratches on the corner of Bai Qiujing's mouth, which was caused by Lu Tingchuan's counterattack. Shen Zhichu reached out to carefully check the wound on the corner of his mouth, but just as he raised his hand, before it touched Bai Qiujing, he turned his face away.
“Chen Zhichu, do Bai Qiu and I look alike?”
Shen Zhichu's breath was caught in her throat, and some memories were turned up. She remained calm and asked, "Why do you know Bai Qiu?"
"Lu Tingchuan and Li Jingshen both told me that you just treated me as a stand-in for him. I didn't believe it at first until I saw this photo." Bai Qiujing took out the photo from his shirt and showed it to Shen Zhichu.
"I didn't expect that he and I would be so similar. Even our teeth are exactly the same. Shen Zhichu, let me ask you, if I didn't look like him, would you have looked at me more?"
Shen Zhichu's silence is the most complete answer, she won't.
In fact, he knew it from the beginning. Bai Qiujing didn't know what he was expecting. He originally wanted to keep this matter in his heart and pretend that he didn't know, and continue to play dumb and be a qualified substitute, and then narcissistically think that Shen Zhichu just likes him, likes him so much that he stares at his face in a daze, doesn't forget to reply to his text messages while eating, says good night to him every night, and the first person he thinks of when encountering something will be him.
"How many times have you stared at my face because you were thinking about Bai Qiu?" Bai Qiujing's eyes were dark.
"The first night you came to my house, we watched a movie together. You suddenly leaned over and touched the corner of my mouth. As happy as I was then, I now feel like a complete fool. You were touching my mouth because you were thinking of Bai Qiu. You didn't like calling my name at first because you were thinking of Bai Qiu. You also founded the group company A.W for Bai Qiu. I was so stupid. I didn't realize this until Li Jingshen and Lu Tingchuan reminded me."
The light in Bai Qiujing's eyes gradually extinguished, and his body was already frozen. He seemed numb and could not feel the cold at all. He stared at Shen Zhichu and whispered, "I still remember the place where we first met, the airport. In fact, at that time I felt that the way you looked at me was different. At that time, I thought you were like me and that we had a good impression of each other."
As he thought of the past, the smile on his lips became more and more bitter, and he could hardly hold on any longer.
Shen Zhichu opened her mouth, feeling as if there was a thorn stuck in her throat that went all the way to her heart. She had never thought of using Bai Qiujing as a substitute for Bai Qiu. They looked very similar. She couldn't help but get closer to him because it was indeed related to his face. She wanted to confirm whether he was Bai Qiu.
She also thought about leaving Bai Qiujing and not getting close to him, but as they got along, her heart was gradually filled with this person, and it didn't matter even if he was not Bai Qiu.
"Bai Qiujing, I never thought of using you as his substitute."
Even though Shen Zhichu didn't admit it, Bai Qiujing's heart felt like it was sinking into an ice cellar. "But you didn't deny what I said above. Don't you think of the person in your heart when you look at my face? Shen Zhichu, I want you to forget Bai Qiu and be with me. Do you agree to our marriage?"
Shen Zhichu stared at Bai Qiujing's face, and a slender figure in an old white T-shirt suddenly flashed in her mind. It was impossible for her to forget Bai Qiujing. She couldn't forget him, and it was impossible for her to do it.
How could she forget Bai Qiu, who wanted to carry her home until his death?
Shen Zhichu was wearing a thin long skirt. The wind blew the hem of her skirt, making a heavy sound in her ears. The late autumn in the south was not as cold as winter, but Shen Zhichu's teeth were chattering with cold. She shook her head with difficulty and stared at Bai Qiujing's mouth: "Did you pull out your teeth because of Bai Qiu?"
"yes."
"Then you lied to me and said you pulled it out for acting."
"I didn't mean to lie to you." Bai Qiujing shed tears sadly, his voice choked and hoarse, "I don't want to be a substitute and I don't want to leave you, so I pulled out my teeth. This way, when you look at my mouth, you won't think of him, right?"
"Bai Qiujing, I..."
Shen Zhichu's voice was almost inaudible, but Bai Qiujing didn't stop at all.
"Chen Zhichu, I'll be jealous and sad. I'm afraid that I'll wear out your freshness towards me. I hate being someone else's substitute, but for the past week since the car accident, I've locked myself in my bedroom, thinking every day and every night, if I'm not his substitute, what can I use to get close to you?"
Shen Zhichu listened blankly. She and Bai Qiujing had always been cautious in their interactions. This was the first time Bai Qiujing had revealed his feelings to her in such a heavy way.
Bai Qiujing's eyes were red. "I have never been so humble in my life. I have never lowered my head. I have never loved someone so much. I have never cried so uselessly. Shen Zhichu, you are the first and last person I will throw myself at. Can you choose me just once? I will definitely be better than Bai Qiu and gentler than him."
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