Chapter 26: Li Ren Wen Nian doesn't like me anymore
"Changjun, you bastard! How dare you steal your aunt's bag! Do you want to die?" Shen Wan's roar came from not far away.
Before he could turn around, Changjun was punched on the back of the head.
He groaned, "How could you be so ruthless?"
"You deserve it! You bastard!" She snatched her bag from him and scolded him, "If it weren't for the fact that we're old classmates, I'd send you straight to the police station! I'm so impressed!"
Although she didn't know what exactly happened, she sensed that the atmosphere was not right. She pulled Wen Nian aside, glanced at the people in the room, and said, "What a nest of snakes and rats, they don't care about anything. Let's go!"
He pulled her out the door quickly.
Wen Nian's slap was indeed quite heavy. A clear blood mark appeared on Xu Zhijian's cheek, and the burning pain gradually eroded his will that was on the verge of collapse.
He stared blankly at the ground, and when the people walked away, he collapsed and sat down.
The room was dead silent.
The two of them looked at his lonely back, speechless.
Ping Weichen rarely refrained from scolding him. He stepped forward and patted his shoulder. "Oh, everyone experiences heartbreak. It will heal after a while. Just be at peace."
"Go away, Fatty."
The two of them closed the door for him.
The music box was still playing in the narrow space, and the surroundings were so quiet that it seemed as if everything that had just happened was a dream.
Xu Zhijian sat on the ground, his fingers unconsciously clenched.
The panicked pupils looked at the night view outside the glass window, and the waves were getting higher and higher.
Inadvertently, a drop of warmth fell on my fingers.
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After leaving the house, Shen Wan kept complaining to Wen Nian about how his bag was stolen by Chang Jun and how he had to check the surveillance footage for a long time before finding it. He didn't notice Chen Qi passing by.
She seemed a little embarrassed, spinning around in place, seemingly hesitating about something.
When he turned around, he happened to meet Wen Nian's gaze. The two looked at each other for two seconds. Wen Nian was the first to look away without saying anything.
Chen Qi stared at their backs in a daze, then turned to look at the end of the corridor.
Changjun and the other man just came out.
She heard that Xu Zhijian would be here all afternoon and wanted to come up and take a look. She would be getting off the boat tomorrow, and tonight was her last chance.
I didn’t expect Wen Nian to be there too.
Looking at her expression just now, could something unpleasant have happened?
This also confirms that he is most likely here.
Seeing that the two men had walked away and Xu Zhijian had not come out yet, she bit her lower lip, pinched the hem of her skirt, and after struggling for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage to move her legs.
Never mind! No one will die.
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Back in the room, Shen Wan was packing his suitcase. "I told you that running into Xu Zhijian wouldn't be a good thing. He's really crazy to trick you into going there this way."
"However, it's most likely that this was the idea that Changjun, that idiot, came up with."
Seeing Wen Nian sitting on the sofa without saying anything, not knowing what she was thinking, she stopped what she was doing.
"Are you okay, Nian Nian?"
"Ah?" Wen Nian heard the voice and came back to his senses: "I'm fine."
She was relieved: "It's good that you're okay. Emotional matters are the most torturous. Just take a good rest. You'll forget about it in a few days."
Wen Nian hummed and looked out the window with a gloomy expression.
The full moon hangs high in the night sky forever, as if it always trusts and is loyal to this world, completely different from the impermanence of life.
Thinking back to what happened just now, I felt depressed and had an indescribable feeling.
Although they had had many conflicts in the past, this was the first time she had seen Xu Zhijian like this. He had lost his usual frivolous demeanor and the look he gave her was piercing and terrifying, like a dragon with its scales plucked out, wishing to tear her to pieces and swallow her into its stomach.
Most people are irrational when they are emotional, and this is true for her, and Xu Zhijian is even more so. This quarrel will undoubtedly make the relationship between them worse.
I don’t know what the situation will be like when we meet again in the future.
The red mark on the neck was faintly visible, with a slight numbness.
While feeling terrified, I also felt an indescribable pleasure.
Wen Nian said those words countless times in her heart. Every time she said them, it felt like a knife cutting a piece of flesh from her heart. It was painful and uncomfortable.
And this time, she stabbed him with the knife.
Finally, she was no longer the only one feeling pain.
Suddenly I was curious about how he would feel.
Does Xu Zhijian ever feel pain? Pain to the point of madness, pain to the point of hysteria.
It turns out that this is the best way to relieve pain.
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It was one o'clock in the morning and Xu Zhijian had not returned yet.
Changjun was worried, so he put on his clothes and went up to the top floor.
The iron door was pushed open a crack, and light poured in, illuminating half of the back of the person sitting by the window. He was still sitting on the ground, staring blankly outside, in the same manner as when he left.
The aroma of tobacco, neither too strong nor too weak, hits you in the face.
He hasn't smoked for several years and is very self-disciplined in his daily life.
This will break the rules, and I guess he will feel bad.
Changjun stood behind him, wanting to sigh, but finally held it back.
Since childhood, Xu Zhijian has always been arrogant, unruly, and tougher than anyone else. He has only seen him in this decadent state three times.
Once was when he was a child, when he first saw him:
In the middle of summer, a boy who was not even as tall as the table sat alone on the steps at the door, in a daze. He was covered in mud, with both knees injured and bleeding.
Although he came from a wealthy family, Xu Zhijian's childhood was not comfortable.
At that time, his parents' jobs were unstable and they worked away from home all year round, leaving him to an older nanny who was unable to take care of him in many things.
Her cooking skills are average and her social skills are weak, making her unfit to be his supporter.
What attracted me to her was her gentle nature, good heart, and the fact that she had no other children to take care of at home.
I remember that every time there was a parent-teacher meeting, he would sleep alone in the corner. When he got into trouble, no one would clean up the mess for him. Over time, he was often bullied by his peers.
Even rabbits bite when they are angry. Once he hit someone pretty badly and he didn't feel any better. Later he was beaten up again by the other person's family in private.
Once he had that first experience, it was like a faucet being opened. He would start fighting at the slightest disagreement. Once his reputation for bad temper spread, no one dared to bully him anymore.
Of course, no one dared to approach.
At that time, Changjun played with him secretly and was scolded by his parents many times.
Apart from various tutoring classes and interest classes, Xu Zhijian did not receive a good education since childhood. Coupled with these chaotic experiences, he developed his wild character later on.
In fact, judging from the surface, he is undoubtedly bright and handsome. If he is willing to change, his reputation can be easily reversed. However, this man disdains to hide it and insists on showing his unruly side on his face, as if he is angry with his parents.
The worst time was when he was in junior high and high school. He was a complete campus bully, and only a few of his friends were willing to pay attention to him.
They were not in the same university, and Chang Jun didn't know what he was like at the beginning. He only knew that when they met again later, he was in a relationship with Wen Nian.
In fact, it was quite surprising that Wen Nian, a good girl with good looks, personality, and talents, would fall in love with him and actively pursue him ten times.
I can still clearly remember how cocky he was at that time.
What was even more shocking was that he was quite resilient at first, but gradually his edges were worn away, and later he was turned into a dog, with Wen Nian always talking about him all the time, and he had to get permission from others for everything he did.
After all, they grew up together. Although Xu Zhijian didn't admit it, Chang Jun knew that he really cared about Wen Nian and even became very dependent on her without realizing it.
Her sudden disappearance from his life was undoubtedly a huge shock to him. He remembered that he was looking for her frantically, asking school leaders and people nearby, running to her house, and even calling the police.
Later he found out that she had left on her own initiative. Changjun still can't forget the half-dead look on his face.
There was another time when he was a child, and it was related to his grandfather.
He didn't know the details, he just knew that Xu Zhijian always liked to show off his grandfather at the beginning, saying that his grandfather was the person who loved him the most in the world.
Ever since I went to live in the countryside with my grandfather, I was depressed for a long time and never mentioned it again.
Being able to guess is not a good thing.
Thinking about it this way, Xu Zhijian is actually a person who is quite lacking in love.
A few years ago, his parents finally had stable jobs, and a younger sister was born, making him the most precious child in the family overnight. He never enjoyed any tenderness, and not only was he burdened with the responsibility of being the older brother, but he was also constantly scolded by his father for being dishonest.
Now, the girlfriend I've been thinking about has stabbed me again.
Chang Jun still sighed, sat down next to him, and handed him a bottle of wine: "Drink?"
Xu Zhijian didn't reply, still smoking with his eyes lowered, his dark eyes reflecting the cold moon outside the window, dim and unclear.
"What, are you stupid?"
"No way, Xu Zhijian, when did you become so fragile?"
Xu Zhijian frowned, his voice weak: "Are you annoying?"
Chang Jun immediately lost his temper after receiving the glare. "Sorry, this time it's my fault. I didn't expect her not to fall for it... What are you going to do? Are you still going after her?"
Xu Zhijian was silent for two seconds, with red eyes, and snatched the wine from his hand.
Just pour it into your mouth.
"Hey, hey, hey, slow down!" Chang Jun quickly stepped forward to stop him: "I'm here to help you relieve your sorrow, not to watch you commit suicide!"
It took a lot of effort to grab the remaining half of the bottle, "Alright! Stop drinking, if you keep drinking like this, you'll be buried tomorrow!"
“Cough cough cough!”
Xu Zhijian was choked and his ears buzzed. Then, accompanied by the burning taste of alcohol, those heartbreaking words rang in his ears again.
"Xu Zhijian, you are nothing to me."
"Then go to hell."
"Do you know that you are really a bitch?"
"I don't like you at all. I cut off contact with you simply because I no longer like you. Graduation season equals breakup season... What else can you do besides clinging to me?"
At the same time, the smiling face deep in my memory began to crumble, along with the voice as sweet as honey:
"Do you need a girlfriend? Then you must be missing me."
"Xu Zhijian, I want to be with you forever. If you dare abandon me, when I die, I will turn into a ghost and scare you every night."
"Then I must be the most important person to you."
…
He suddenly laughed long and bitterly.
He suddenly covered his head with his hands, rested his head on his knees, and his whole body was shaking.
"Xu...Zhijian!" Changjun grabbed his shoulders and checked his condition: "What's wrong with you?"
He shouted urgently.
After a long while, Chang Jun's voice gradually became clearer. Xu Zhijian slowly came back to his senses and looked at the ground blankly, his chest heaving rapidly due to lack of oxygen.
Changjun: "You..."
Seeing that he was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He scratched his head and cheek, afraid that he would offend him again, so he simply kept silent.
He is also sick, why bring him wine!
After a long time, Xu Zhijian's breathing calmed down, and he muttered softly, "Wen Nian doesn't like me anymore."
I know.
It was already obvious. Chang Jun pursed his lips and couldn't help but speak: "You can't force...relationships."
"You just haven't had enough time for love. You haven't recognized the true nature of love. You take Wen Nian too seriously and rely too much on her. That's why you find it difficult to accept her departure."
"Actually, this is a process of adjustment. How many people can talk about marriage right away? Breaking up and getting back together is the norm."
"Just let it go. If you talk to more people later, you'll realize it's nothing."
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