Thick clouds covered the entire sky, and large flakes of snow drifted down from the sky.
The sun was obscured by clouds and lost its rhythm. After an unknown amount of time, the entire world was enveloped in snow, with only the dark ruins below the building remaining, as if a hole had been torn in the world.
It was already afternoon when the entire accident scene was cleared up. The water that had accumulated on the ground had frozen and was hanging on the eaves of the door, which was burned beyond recognition.
The tire tracks rolled over the accumulated snow and were covered by fresh snow. Bright yellow warning tape cordoned off the area, preventing anyone from entering.
Those who remained here did not leave for a long time.
Just now, Xu Shiyue rushed over like a madwoman and stopped Lu Shizhen's body from being taken away.
Frost and snow filled the sky, and she sat motionless in the snow, holding Lu Shizhen tightly, as if she wanted to embed her into her own body.
No one knows how long Xu Shiyue has been in this position, but a small layer of snow has already accumulated on her shoulders and hair.
It was just a thin layer of snow, but it felt incredibly heavy, pressing down on Xu Shiyue's upright shoulders and back as if they had been split open.
Not far away, Li Zheng stood holding an umbrella, his lips pressed tightly together, hesitant to go forward and say anything.
More than one person had just tried to persuade Xu Shiyue, but without exception, she glared at them and shut them down.
The explosion did not treat everyone equally; Lu Shizhen was the one who was injured the most.
Her entire body was licked by flames, with almost no intact skin left. Her hair was stuck to her charred head, and her blood looked like lava flowing at the foot of a volcano.
Li Zeng felt that nothing was more terrifying than this disfigured corpse.
But Xu Shiyue's gaze just now was a thousand times more terrifying than Lu Shizhen's corpse. It was sinister and dark, with a sharp, cold light that was filled with rage, and her crimson eyes were as terrifying as a demon.
Like a lion's roar choked in its throat, Xu Shiyue uttered a single word to everyone who came to persuade her: "Get lost."
The more Xu Shiyue tried to persuade Lu Shizhen, the tighter she hugged him.
No matter how close she got to Lu Shizhen, she could no longer smell the rose scent on him.
The smell of burning food numbed her, and Xu Shiyue's eyes went vacant.
She touched the stiff joints of the person in her arms, the heavy snow about to cover the legs draped beside her.
"Xu Shiyue, are my legs pretty? Do you like them?"
A girl's drunken voice suddenly rang in Xu Shiyue's ears, and her long legs, raised in the moonlight, brazenly draped over her.
Xu Shiyue held Lu Shizhen's hands tightly together. She remembered Lu Shizhen telling her that she really liked these legs.
But now these legs have completely changed; melted fabric fibers are stuck to them, and their shape has been altered.
Are you cold...?
It's freezing cold, why are you so disobedient? You came out without wearing a thicker coat, what if you catch a cold?
Xu Shiyue, her mind in a daze, murmured as she pulled Lu Shizhen's body closer to her.
It was as if as long as she warmed this person up again, she could open her eyes, smile, and jump up.
As the sunlight faded, more and more snow fell from the sky.
The temperature seemed to be going against Xu Shiyue's wishes, dropping steadily.
The person in her arms gradually stiffened, and Xu Shiyue became helpless, flustered and confused, not knowing what to do.
Just then, Xu Shiyue suddenly felt a deep warmth fall on her back, carrying the body temperature of a person.
The fluffy snow was pushed down by footsteps, and the woman's gentle fragrance settled heavily on Xu Shiyue's head: "I'm sorry, Auntie is late."
The voice trembled with suppressed emotion, and Xu Shiyue raised her head blankly.
Snowflakes fluttered into her eyes, and Cheng Meiyan, who was supposed to be attending a meeting out of town, appeared before her.
In a daze, Xu Shiyue felt as if her soul had been pulled by this familiar person, and her empty eyes regained some focus.
She saw Cheng Meiyan's face, which was as bright and gentle as ever, but for some reason, it was filled with sadness.
The snow, which had been predicted long ago, fell heavier and heavier without restraint, and the wind, taking advantage of the nightfall, began to blow without direction.
Cheng Meiyan looked at Xu Shiyue sitting in the snow and Lu Shizhen, who was in a terrible state, being held in her arms, and felt particularly uncomfortable.
She had heard about what had just happened on her way here. She squatted down next to Xu Shiyue, propping herself up on her knees, and said, "Good child, it's alright now. Come and give Zhenzhen to me."
As she spoke, Cheng Meiyan reached out to Xu Shiyue to give Lu Shizhen to her.
Ke Xu Shiyue remained motionless.
Her remaining rationality told her that this was Lu Shizhen's mother, and she couldn't do anything too outrageous to her.
So she just kept her head down, hugging Lu Shizhen tightly, without moving or saying a word.
Cheng Meiyan felt as if her heart had been twisted, and a large amount of tears welled up in her eyes.
She knew about Xu Shiyue's feelings for Lu Shizhen, and she also intended to play matchmaker, but now she didn't know whether her matchmaking was right or wrong.
After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Meiyan reached out her hand to Xu Shiyue: "Shiyue, you must be tired after holding Zhenzhen for so long. Listen to your aunt, come on, give Zhenzhen to me."
But Xu Shiyue remained unmoved and unresponsive.
Two hands gripped Lu Shizhen's body tightly, and even Cheng Meiyan, who was trained, couldn't pry them off.
She seemed to know that once Lu Shizhen was taken away by these people, she would never see her again.
But she seemed unaware that even if Lu Shizhen wasn't taken away, she would never see her again.
Cheng Meiyan's heart was already filled with pain, and even her sighs were trembling.
She looked at Xu Shiyue, who seemed lost in her own world, and hardened her heart, saying, "Child, Auntie knows you are very sad, but the dead cannot be brought back to life. Respect for the dead is paramount. You should let Zhenzhen go."
"October..."
Cheng Meiyan was trying to persuade him when suddenly her voice stopped.
The chaotic footsteps completely ruined the smooth snow. Lu Shize had rushed back from abroad, and his first move as he walked towards them was to slap Xu Shiyue.
Cheng Meiyan reacted quickly, standing up to block Lu Shize, who had already raised his hand: "Aze! Aze, what do you think you're doing?!"
"What do I want to do? I'd like to ask Miss Xu what she wants to do!" Lu Shize's eyes widened in anger, his entire pair of eyes glowing with an unusual redness. "The hospital ambulance won't let her on, and the funeral home staff won't let her be taken away. She's just leaving Zhenzhen lying here in the freezing cold. What exactly does she want to do!"
Lu Shize's voice was louder than ever before, and his rage startled a flock of sparrows perched on a tree branch.
Xu Shiyue remained seated in the snow, refusing to give him any response.
Lu Shize was furious. Even with Cheng Meiyan's attempts to stop him, he still rushed up to her: "Xu Shiyue! Did you hear what I said?!"
Neither of the two sentences he uttered gave him a single response.
Only snowflakes drifted in his sight, burying his sister's body.
"Zhenzhen is already like this, what more do you want? Do you want her to wander aimlessly in this wilderness!"
Lu Shize was already furious, and without waiting for Cheng Meiyan's help, he reached out to take Lu Shizhen's body away.
Feeling her hand being forcibly pried open by a force, Xu Shiyue turned around abruptly and twisted the person's hand away.
The girl's slender figure bent low, and her deep voice seemed to come from underground: "Let go."
Lu Shize ignored Xu Shiyue's warning and still tried to pry her hands open to take his sister away.
What Xu Shiyue couldn't accept, he couldn't accept either.
Neither of them was willing to let go, and the whole scene was like a farce.
Lu Shizhen was still tightly protected in Xu Shiyue's arms until Lu Shize accidentally broke Lu Shizhen's arm with the bracelet on it.
As if sensing something, Xu Shiyue suddenly stopped.
Confused and helpless, she pulled Lu Shizhen's arm back into her embrace, and yelled at Lu Shize like a madwoman, "Lu Shize! You're hurting her like this! Can't you see that!"
Lu Shize laughed: "So you still care about Zhenzhen?"
His anger still burned fiercely as he questioned the man before him: "What does it matter to you whether she's in pain or not?! Xu Shiyue, if you still care about Zhenzhen even a little bit, if you want to leave her with the last bit of dignity, then give her to me. Don't let her lie here in the snow like this!"
"What if I refuse?" Xu Shiyue looked at Lu Shize, her eyes filled with stubbornness. "Why should I give her to you!"
This statement effectively pitted the two against each other, and the atmosphere in the snow suddenly became tense.
Upon hearing this, Lu Shize's men immediately got out of the car and surrounded Xu Shiyue. At the same time, Li raised his hand and called out the bodyguards who were waiting in the shadows.
In the past few days, Li never imagined that they would be in a standoff with Lu Shize's people, completely breaking off relations.
He never expected that the only order Xu Shiyue gave him during her brief period of lucidity would be so precise.
Both of them are shrewd and madmen.
Lu Shize looked at Xu Shiyue's people around him, his eyes filled with disdain as he retorted, "Xu Shiyue, if you have such methods, why don't you use them to protect Zhenzhen?!"
"Is this the kind of thorough protection you promised me back then? Is this the kind of assurance you later solemnly added to my list?"
Lu Shize's question was like a sharp and huge thorn, piercing deeply into Xu Shiyue's body.
Cheng Meiyan saw Xu Shiyue's shoulders trembling slightly, as if her entire skeleton was about to fall off. Before Lu Shize could speak again, she quickly stopped him, saying, "Aze, don't say anything more. Shiyue is also feeling bad. Don't make things difficult for her!"
Lu Shize paused upon hearing Cheng Meiyan's words, then looked coldly at Xu Shiyue and nodded: "Alright, I won't make things difficult for her. I only need her to answer one question. If she can answer it, I'll let her take Zhenzhen away today."
Cheng Meiyan looked at the lingering anger in her son's eyes and had a bad feeling.
Then she heard Lu Shize confront Xu Shiyue: "I'm asking you, why did Zhenzhen come here today? If you hadn't invited her, would she have come?"
The biting wind carried Lu Shize's words to Xu Shiyue's ears with unparalleled clarity, and they exploded in Xu Shiyue's mind with a bang.
Before she could react, she saw Lu Shize raise his hand, his well-defined fingers pointing directly at her: "Xu Shiyue, you exposed Zhenzhen's importance! You gave those people an opportunity! You're the one who should have died here!"
"You're a murderer, what right do you have to take Zhenzhen away!"
Lu Shize completely lost his composure, his angry voice filled with hatred.
What Xu Shiyue least wanted to face was now brutally exposed by Lu Shize.
The heavy breathing was frozen in the winter wind, and something seemed to still be burning inside the charred corpse.
The voice slowly rang in Xu Shiyue's ears, dragging her in with its crimson glow and swallowing her whole.
This is not the first person to die in the fire because of her.
Her parents, her lover...
This morning, she was still in the old house planning her future with Lu Shizhen, but Lu Shizhen died in the fire because of her.
She got everything back, yet she had nothing left.
The temperature of the winter night froze everyone's body until they were numb, but Xu Shiyue felt a twisting pain in her heart, as if it were going to tear her whole heart off.
She glared fiercely at Lu Shize, who had exposed everything to her. Just as she was about to speak, a sudden, sharp, warm sensation shot through her throat and surged up.
Crimson blood splattered on the pale snow, like roses that Lu Shizhen had carefully nurtured in the flower garden.
Xu Shiyue heard a chaotic sound around her, and the world seemed to turn upside down, burying her in snow.
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