As the elevator went down, he called her again and again, but no one answered the call.
The long beeping sound tugged at his nerves.
He seemed suddenly to understand what she felt.
No, Xiaoyu would only be more anxious, more afraid, and more desperate than him...
At this moment, he was full of regret.
He thought she was angry because he had broken the appointment and because the weather was bad last night, but he didn't care. He didn't expect that she would be in such danger when he was unaware...
Not only did you fail to protect her when she needed protection, but you also said those words to her in the morning.
No one answered the phone. He wanted to send her a message, but when he opened the WeChat interface, he couldn't find her.
Among the pile of business communication messages, the name "Xiao Yu" was missing.
He panicked a little, and then he realized that he couldn't find her...
Because her name was 'Xiao Yu', he never noted her nickname or pinned her chat box.
He kept scrolling down and finally found her through her cell phone number.
At some point, she changed her profile picture and name.
When I opened the dialog box, the last message was before the banquet, and the one before that was when my grandma was in the hospital.
It was at this time that he discovered that the messages she sent him were becoming fewer and fewer and shorter.
It had been a long time since she had shared anything interesting with him...
…
Ji Shuyu was in a daze all morning. Even after three cups of coffee, she still couldn't muster any energy. She barely made it to noon and tried to nap on the table. But as soon as she closed her eyes, she dreamed of that sharp knife...
"Xiuyuan..."
She shuddered violently and woke up from her dream.
When she realized she had called out the name, pain belatedly spread across her heart, hurting so much that tears welled up in her eyes.
"Xiao Yu."
The voice ringing in her ears was so gentle that it seemed unreal, as if a warm hand had fallen on her head.
Ji Shuyu was dazed and sleepy, and couldn't even tell whether she was still dreaming.
Looking at the face in front of her, she blinked her hazy eyes and the tears hanging on her eyelashes fell down.
Gu Xiuyuan's heart skipped a beat. He slowly squatted down beside her and raised his hand to wipe the tears from her eyelashes.
"Having a nightmare?"
The familiar temperature and the familiar, yet unprecedentedly strong smell of tobacco instantly woke her up, and she stood up suddenly.
Her big movements startled Xiao V and Master Fang.
"Xiao Yu, if you are not feeling well, come back early! I can see that you don't look ill." Master Fang said.
"It's okay..."
"Let's go! I'll tell Sister Manning for you that we can have dinner another day." Little V smiled, then ran over to help her pack up and quietly asked, "Who is he~"
Ji Shuyu paused for a moment, then said calmly, "He's my brother, I guess."
Before they got married, she always called him Brother Xiuyuan.
Hearing him talking about himself like this to others, Gu Xiuyuan frowned, but said nothing.
Now is not the time to argue about these things.
Little V nodded as if he understood, but the look in his eyes when he looked at this man didn't look like he was looking at his "sister".
But since she said it is, then it is not...
"Okay, give me what you have in your hand, and you can take a rest now."
Gu Xiuyuan looked at Xiao V, thanked him politely, and then took Ji Shuyu away.
Coming out of the studio, he once again noticed the name of the studio...
…
After leaving Xiao V's sight, Ji Shuyu shook off his hand and walked quickly ahead.
Gu Xiuyuan followed her closely but didn't dare to get too close.
"Let's talk about it here!"
When she got downstairs, Ji Shuyu stopped.
Stand at the place where you watched him leave, so that you won’t get scars and forget the pain.
"Xiaoyu, I'm sorry."
Sorry again, she took a deep breath and nodded.
"Don't say that again." She looked at him calmly. "Those three words are really cheap."
Apart from making yourself feel at ease, it is of no use to the people who are hurt.
Gu Xiuyuan choked and slowly clenched his hands.
He also felt that any explanation was useless. No matter how he explained, he could not get rid of the fact that he was not by her side when she was in danger.
He took two steps forward and hugged her from behind.
"Let go." She had no strength left, not knowing whether it was because she was mentally tired or physically weak.
"Xiaoyu, I really don't know..."
"We are all adults now, do you want to see the ending?" She coldly grabbed his wrist, and when he didn't let go, she simply held onto his injured hand.
The wound on his hand was not healed yet and there were still some signs of inflammation. Gu Xiuyuan shuddered in pain but did not let go.
She tried hard, but he still refused to let go and held her tighter...
Ji Shuyu's heart skipped a beat because of his trembling, and then her eyes became wet.
In the end, she let go first.
If she relaxes first, it means she loses.
Ji Shuyu, you just can't bear to see him suffer, so you are destined to bear all the pain and taste all the suffering by yourself.
"Gu Xiuyuan, can you let me go?" she asked. "I feel sick."
Her tone was gentle, but the words she said were the most heartbreaking, but she was the one who was hurt.
“…”
Thinking of the intimacy between them, and the ambiguity and broken moans on the phone, her stomach suddenly churned.
vomit--
Gu Xiuyuan let go worriedly, wanting to see what was wrong with her, but he saw her quickly step back, brush her arms, and then... rub her hands on her collar.
“…”
Was she talking about him, disgusting?
"Xiao Yu?" Gu Xiuyuan looked at her and suddenly panicked.
"It wasn't like that yesterday!" He held her arm. "Yanyan was drugged and injured. I took her to the hospital and didn't leave home..."
When he accidentally answered the call yesterday, Su Yan was taking a drug-induced effect. He was worried that she would misunderstand, so he hung up in a hurry.
If he had only worried she might misunderstand him before, then now... he was even more afraid that he was severing her hopes. And judging by her reaction, the emotion he was most worried about had come true...
"Why bother calling a doctor for something like this?" She laughed, then answered herself: "Oh, she's injured."
Gu Xiuyuan was stunned. So what she meant was that if Su Yan wasn't injured, they would...
"Xiao Yu." He frowned, feeling helpless.
He had no right to blame her for what she said at this time, but how could she question him like this.
"Actually, it doesn't matter even if you post something." She shook her head.
"Xiaoyu, I promise, next time..."
"Who wants this to happen again?" She smiled and shook her head. "Even if it happens, I won't look for you again."
The smile disappeared, and only seriousness remained in her eyes.
"The first person you subconsciously look for is usually useless!"
"It's more practical to call the police than to look for someone you want to find but can't find."
Gu Xiuyuan's heart was in a knot, but he couldn't say anything for a moment.
"sorry……"
"You followed your heart, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's me who didn't follow the rules, so that's my fault."
"What did you say?" Gu Xiuyuan couldn't believe what he heard. "Game?"
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