Chapter 1 If you leave tonight, we're breaking up.
"Shen Yichen, today is my birthday. Are you sure you want to go see her?"
Qin Shuzhi watched the man rush to leave after finishing his phone call.
Shen Yichen frowned. "I already said that Yan Yan fell at home and needs me to take her to the hospital."
Qin Shuzhi found it ridiculous, "Why didn't she call an ambulance when she fell? Why didn't she ask other friends instead of calling you, the man who was celebrating his girlfriend's birthday?"
"Enough! Can you stop being unreasonable?" Shen Yichen shouted at her.
"It's just a birthday, it happens every year, what's wrong with missing one? Yan Yan isn't feeling well right now, do you expect me to ignore her and stay here on this mountaintop with you, enjoying the wind, watching the stars, and waiting for the sunrise?"
Qin Shuzhi felt a pang in her heart. "So, having you spend my birthday with me... is that too much trouble for you?"
"I don't have time to argue with you."
Shen Yichen looked impatient and glanced at her high heels. "You'll be slow going down the mountain in those heels. I'll go first. You can call a car to go home later. We can talk about it tomorrow."
Qin Shuzhi watched as the man turned and headed down the stone steps, anxiously rushing towards his ex-girlfriend, and felt utterly disheartened.
"Shen Yichen".
She called out to him, saying slowly and deliberately, "If you leave tonight, we're breaking up."
"Qin Shuzhi, are you ever going to stop?!"
Shen Yichen turned around angrily and yelled at her.
"I really don't have time to mess around with you right now."
After saying that, he turned and went down the mountain without looking back.
It was a July night, but the wind on the mountaintop was icy cold.
Qin Shuzhi stood on the high stone steps, watching the man gradually disappear from sight, and closed her eyes tightly.
Okay, since he chose Zhou Siyan.
That's the end of their relationship.
Standing frozen in the wind for an unknown amount of time, Qin Shuzhi raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, turned around and walked back to the tent.
A cake, flowers, and a beautifully wrapped gift were laid out on the small folding table in the tent.
Her gaze fell upon these things, she gave a sarcastic smile, walked to the side, picked up her bag, and turned to leave.
The stone steps leading down the mountain were long, one step at a time. With each step, Qin Shuzhi's heart became more resolute.
*
It took him almost an hour to walk from the top of the mountain to the bottom in high heels. No wonder someone who felt sorry for his ex-girlfriend thought she was a burden and abandoned her.
She didn't feel anything when she took the cable car up the mountain, but now that she's walking up, her legs are sore.
Qin Shuzhi walked to the intersection at the foot of the mountain, took a breath, and then took out her phone from her bag to call a car.
When I took out my phone, I found it was out of battery and had shut down.
Oh.
When a person is unlucky, everything goes wrong.
Under the dim streetlights, it was quiet all around; there wasn't a single pedestrian, let alone a car.
Having no other option, Qin Shuzhi had to walk to the next intersection to flag down a car.
Just as I was about to turn past a pavilion and walk onto the brighter, wider road, a hooligan's whistle suddenly came from the side.
"Hey, where did this fairy sister come from? Come and play with us brothers for a while!"
Two drunkards holding beer bottles jumped out of the dimly lit pavilion, looking at her with ill intent.
Qin Shuzhi was shocked.
On a dark and windy night in a remote place, a drunken thug with a dead phone was undoubtedly a disaster for her.
"Little beauty, let me treat you to a drink."
As the two men's lewd gazes swept over her, Qin Shuzhi felt her hair stand on end. Without thinking, she turned and fled down a side path.
"Chase."
She heard the sound of a bottle shattering, accompanied by heavy footsteps approaching.
Wearing high heels, Qin Shuzhi ran for her life but couldn't outrun the two men. She was soon cornered by the railing on a small slope.
"Don't come any closer, or I'll call the police," Qin Shuzhi warned, feigning composure.
"Hehe, stop pretending to be serious."
One of the men approached, leering at Qin Shuzhi, who was dressed in a red dress and had a shapely figure. "Coming here alone dressed like this at night, aren't you just looking for a thrill?"
As the two approached, Qin Shuzhi's hand gripping her bag trembled with anxiety, but she forced herself to remain calm.
She had to find a way to save herself.
Suddenly, Qin Shuzhi remembered something and quietly reached into her bag.
They deliberately relaxed their posture, which was originally meant to defend themselves, and adopted a weak and vulnerable demeanor.
When the two men saw her standing there trembling with fear, as weak as a rabbit, their lust was aroused, and they lowered their guard.
The slightly chubby one approached Qin Shuzhi first, and as he reached for Qin Shuzhi's chest, he turned back and grinned at the skinny one behind him.
"Brother, let me go first... ah—"
Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked hard in the crotch.
He was in so much pain that he knelt down on the spot, pointing at Qin Shuzhi and cursing angrily, "You filthy bitch, how dare you kick me!"
"Skinny monkey, hold her down, I'll kill her."
Seeing the skinny monkey rushing up, Qin Shuzhi found the right angle, suddenly pulled out pepper spray from his bag, and sprayed it directly into the monkey's face.
Skinny Monkey cried out in pain, covered his face, and hurriedly retreated. Qin Shuzhi took the opportunity to run to the side.
Seeing this, the fat man endured the pain and pounced on her, tearing at her clothes.
With a tearing sound.
Her dress neckline was torn, and the fat man grabbed her collar tightly and wouldn't let go. Qin Shuzhi struggled fiercely and attacked his face with pepper spray.
"ah--"
The fat man, in excruciating pain, forcefully shoved her against the railing.
The railing was only knee-high. With the powerful push, Qin Shuzhi staggered backward. His feet were stopped by the railing, but his body fell directly down the dimly lit slope due to inertia.
In a dizzying moment, Qin Shuzhi tumbled down the slope and crashed into something. As soon as she regained her balance, a sharp pain shot through her left forearm, as if something thin and hard had been plunged into her flesh.
Hearing the fat man cursing, she didn't care if her hand was injured. She forcefully pulled her hand back, got up, and ran in a panic in one direction.
Not knowing how far she had run or where she had ended up, Qin Shuzhi suddenly caught sight of a light on at the entrance of an old house ahead.
As if she had seen a lifeline, she ran over as fast as she could.
The gate to the house was tightly shut. She went up and frantically pounded on the door while keeping her eyes on the ground to prevent the two men from chasing after her.
With a creak, the door was opened from the inside.
Qin Shuzhi relaxed, and before he could even see who was inside, he pushed the person and rushed inside, then turned around and closed the door.
Shi Yuanxing stared at the woman's retreating figure, puzzled. "You..."
Qin Shuzhi turned around. "Excuse me, I was being harassed by two thugs. Could you let me stay here for a while?"
The moment Shi Yuanxing saw the woman's face clearly, his pupils dilated in astonishment.
Is it her?
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