Chapter 441 White Moonlight and Crimson Mole
Chen Zhichu looked up at the window. Although the room was equipped with soundproof panels, he could still hear the rumbling sound outside. A helicopter was hovering in mid-air and was slowly approaching the tall building, preparing to land on the roof.
The communicator was not turned off, and the voices of Lu Tingchuan's men could be heard amidst the noise.
"Mr. Lu, someone broke in..."
Lu Tingchuan didn't have the energy to respond. All his energy was used to fight the pain caused by the drugs. Lu Tingchuan tried hard to open his eyes and look out the window.
"They found you so quickly. Do you think it was Bai Qiujing or Li Jingshen who found you this time?"
Not getting an answer, Lu Tingchuan chuckled, took a breath, and spoke in a weak voice.
"I guess it's Li Jingshen. After all, when I took you away, Bai Qiujing had just left after arguing with you. He's probably angry and in a cold war now, so how could he have time to look for you?"
“Chen Zhichu, you scolded me for being a bad person, treating people as substitute toys. In fact, you are the same, treating Bai Qiujing as a substitute for that fool, playing with his feelings…”
"No." Shen Zhichu interrupted him, "I know very well who I like. I have never treated anyone as a substitute for anyone else."
"So you like Bai Qiujing?"
Shen Zhichu didn't answer him, but her eyes had answered everything. Her serious, dark eyes suddenly became brighter than ever.
A loud "boom" interrupted the two people's thoughts. The sound came from the room inside, similar to the sound of glass exploding and fragments falling to the ground.
Shen Zhichu stood behind Lu Tingchuan, the syringe in her hand still pointed at his neck, looking at the room inside with a vigilant look. She was not sure who came in. As the footsteps got closer, she saw someone walking out.
When Shen Zhichu saw that face, he felt a moment of loss. It was not Bai Qiujing.
Lu Tingchuan smiled: "See? I said it was Li Jingshen."
Li Jingshen was wearing a shirt, and his hair and collar were a little messy. In addition to these, his face was paler than usual, and his eyes revealed nervousness. He only calmed down after seeing Shen Zhichu.
"Zhi Chu, are you... okay?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Li. I'm fine."
"I'm here to save you."
"I don't need your help." Chen Zhichu was as indifferent as ever, like a hedgehog. Even if he was held in someone's palm and kept warm, he couldn't help but raise all his thorns to prick people's hands.
She really didn't want Li Jingshen to come and rescue her, because she could definitely get out on her own.
Li Jingshen's arrival brought back some bad memories for her. So what if he came?
Shen Zhichu suddenly thought of something and asked calmly and indifferently, "How did you know I was here? Have you been sending people to follow me?"
"I didn't follow you. I knew you were here because I had asked people to observe Lu Tingchuan's movements, and that's how I knew you were brought here by him." Li Jingshen explained. This scene reminded him of five years ago. Five years ago, he failed to rescue Shen Zhichu from Lu Tingchuan safely, which caused her to be seriously injured. He swore that he would never let such a thing happen a second time.
Seeing Shen Zhichu standing safely in front of him, Li Jingshen's heart, which had been tense, finally relaxed. However, when he saw Shen Zhichu's cold eyes, he felt an indescribable sense of obscurity in his heart.
"Come with me." Li Jingshen stretched out his hand towards Shen Zhichu.
But unexpectedly, Shen Zhichu took Lu Tingchuan a step back: "Going from Lu Tingchuan to your place is like a wolf walking into a tiger's mouth. Li Jingshen, I didn't tell you to stay away from me."
"Yeah." Lu Tingchuan also interjected, looking at Li Jingshen sarcastically: "Did you see all the injuries I'm wearing? This is what happens to you."
If Li Jingshen still regarded Shen Zhichu as the easy-to-cheat and bully person he used to be, he would be totally wrong.
In just a few hours, he finally understood that Shen Zhichu had died once and had become a different person after coming back to life. She was no longer the Shen Zhichu who was at the mercy of others.
"I can't let me stay away from you, Shen Zhichu, can't I even like you and want to be good to you?"
This matter-of-fact yet contemptuous tone almost made Shen Zhichu laugh: "You can choose to like someone and be nice to them, but I also have the right to choose to refuse. You can't force your love on me."
Li Jingshen's heart trembled. "What about Bai Qiujing? Do you accept his love for you? You've been gone for so long, where is he? Do you still expect him to find you?"
"You have no right to mention him." Shen Zhichu's tone remained unchanged, his voice calm and understated. "I said I don't need anyone to find me. Speaking of Bai Qiujing, I also want to ask you if you said something in his ear that made him mistakenly think that I used him as a substitute?"
When Shen Zhichu is quiet and silent, it is enough to confuse others and make people think that she is a docile rabbit waiting to be slaughtered. But when she feels that there is no need to be hypocritical with you anymore, she can become another person, fearless in her calmness, and her eyes are sharp as a blade.
These words easily disrupted the calm that Li Jingshen had managed to maintain, and he took two steps forward.
"If he truly likes you and believes in you, he wouldn't be put off by a few words from an outsider like me. Ultimately, he just doesn't love you enough. Zhichu, I've said that no one in this world can love you as much as I do. I knew you before Bai Qiujing did, and I understand your past better than he does. I also know how to make it up to you."
Every word spoken was bitter and heartbreaking. The person who deliberately stirred up trouble retreated in order to advance, appearing like a weak person.
Shen Zhichu raised the corner of her lips, looking calm on the surface, but her hand holding the syringe was actually shaking. If possible, she wanted to inject the medicine in her hand into Li Jingshen's brain.
Chen Zhichu said slowly, word by word: "Of course you understand my past, because all my past pain was caused by you alone, how could you not understand? The people who loved me are either dead or driven away by you one by one. How dare you, Li Jingshen, say that you are the person who loves me the most in this world?"
The atmosphere was extremely tense when the communicator rang again.
"Boss Lu, we got into a fight with a group of people. We didn't have enough people, and someone got on the elevator before we noticed."
The sound of the intercom was intermittent, but it could be heard clearly. Shen Zhichu and Lu Tingchuan looked at Li Jingshen at the same time.
Seeing Li Jingshen's slightly stunned expression, it can be judged that the group of people fighting with Lu Tingchuan's men below were not arranged by Li Jingshen. Then who could it be?
Suddenly, a strong light shone through the window and shone directly at her. Shen Zhichu narrowed her eyes, and when the strong light faded, she saw a familiar figure among the group of people downstairs.
It’s Sun Li.
Sun Li was originally the bodyguard of the Bai family, and was later introduced to him by Bai Qiujing. If he is here, will Bai Qiujing be here too?
Just then the elevator door opened. Shen Zhichu turned her head in disbelief. As she watched, the elevator door opened and a tall figure strode towards her from inside. Shen Zhichu suddenly relaxed her vigilance and alertness, and released the syringe that had been aimed at Lu Tingchuan's neck. She stared at it blankly, and could only hear her own trembling breathing due to nervousness.
Bai Qiujing walked towards her, and Shen Zhichu opened her misty eyes without blinking.
From the moment Bai Qiujing came up, he only had Shen Zhichu in his eyes and ignored the other two.
He stood next to Shen Zhichu, his voice hoarse and difficult: "I'm sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?"
Shen Zhichu burst into tears and wanted to run towards Bai Qiujing, but found that due to the continuous high tension, her legs were so stiff that she couldn't even lift them.
Bai Qiujing sighed, walked up to Shen Zhichu and held her cold hand, then stared coldly at Li Jingshen and Lu Tingchuan, who posed no threat to him.
He said, "Li Jingshen, I won't give you the chance to sow discord. I like Shen Zhichu, whether it's the her in the past that I've never seen or the her now, I like her. Even if I'm really a substitute, I still like her. This is my answer to you."
Li Jingshen clenched his pale hands tightly: "Even if she was married and pregnant before, you still like her?"
"Yes, I am willing."
For some people, the word "willingly" is too humble. It represents so much sadness and unwillingness to make one-sided efforts.
Bai Qiujing's love is like a firefly in the weeds in summer. It is inconspicuous at first, but as soon as the wind blows, it connects with the starry sky to form a sky. It is the most beautiful and unignorable existence in the night.
Li Jingshen's eyes were dark. He had to admit that he had lost at this moment. He thought Bai Qiujing would leave Shen Zhichu. He thought he would be the first to save Shen Zhichu this time. He was indeed the first to find Shen Zhichu, but he couldn't take her out.
Bai Qiujing squatted in front of Shen Zhichu and said, "Your feet are numb and you can't walk anymore. Come on up. I'll carry you home."
Shen Zhichu relaxed his nerves and threw himself on his back, hugging him tightly and pressing his face against his strong shoulders.
"How did you get up here?"
Shen Zhichu was very thin and light, and he could hold her firmly with one hand. Bai Qiujing raised the elevator card in his hand and handed it to Shen Zhichu on his back.
"The people below have been controlled by my people. We can go on in peace."
Shen Zhichu murmured "Hmm.", then took the elevator card in his hand to unlock the elevator and go down.
"How did you know I was here?"
"I called you but couldn't get through. I thought something might have happened to you, so I called Uncle Sun. The ring he gave you has a locator, and that's how he found you here."
"You're not angry anymore?" Shen Zhichu asked.
"Why should I be angry?"
Shen Zhichu leaned against his back and said sullenly, "I still can't forget Bai Qiu. I admit that I approached you because of him in the beginning. I thought you were him. Qiu Jing, I don't want to lie to you. I can't forget him. Maybe in the future, when I see you, I can't help but think of Bai Qiu."
"It's normal not to forget. Everyone has a white moonlight in their heart. I think I can protect your cinnabar mole." As he said that, Bai Qiujing tightened his arms around Shen Zhichu's body. He held her tightly on his back, as if he was going to carry her for a lifetime.
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