Chapter Seven: The Sky Over Jiangcheng is About to Change
Fu Hengzhi's words shattered the last glimmer of light in Su Muci's eyes.
She stood there, staring blankly at the person who had once protected her with his life. At this moment, she could no longer feel any heartache, only numbness.
Is that really what you hope for?
When Su Muci asked him, her voice was frighteningly calm.
The evening breeze ruffled her disheveled long hair, and the tear stains on her pale face had dried. All of this fell into Fu Hengzhi's eyes, only earning him a cold indifference as if he knew everything.
In his memory, Su Muci was timid and afraid of the dark; she would shrink into his arms even when there was thunder.
Jump off a building? How dare she!
Fu Hengzhi pulled Zhou Mengying into his arms and said gently, "Ying'er, I've done what I promised you. Let's go and let this gloomy woman fend for herself."
After saying that, Fu Hengzhi didn't give Su Muci another glance and left the rooftop with a smug Zhou Mengying in his arms.
Su Muci shivered from the cold as the two disappeared completely from sight.
The words "let them fend for themselves" echoed repeatedly in her ears. In fact, she had already given up on life eight years ago after being abandoned by her father.
She endured five years of hardship in the basement and loved Fu Hengzhi with hope for three years, simply because she felt that as long as she was alive, there would always be a glimmer of hope.
But now, even that last hope has been completely shattered.
She no longer believed or expected anything. With trembling steps, she walked slowly to the spot where her mother had sat and sat down, her legs dangling in the air.
A cacophony of noise erupted from below.
A reporter at the bottom of the building carried a camera and pointed the lens in the direction where Su Muci was.
Several other people, seemingly paid by someone, were shouting energetically:
"That woman upstairs! Have you no shame for seducing someone else's fiancé?!"
"Useless trash deserves to be discarded! Go to hell!"
"Jump! If you've got the guts, jump down!"
Each provocative word, though spoken from ten stories away, pierced Su Muchi's heart, yet she felt no pain.
The clouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, swallowing up even the last bit of starlight.
In just a moment, large raindrops began to fall, instantly soaking her hair, her clothes, and her already dry eyes.
Su Muci smiled and said, "Mom, the world is too cold, so I've come to find you..."
She closed her eyes and leaned forward.
...
Jiangcheng International Airport.
Inside the VIP waiting room, Huo Zhan, dressed in a well-tailored black suit, was enveloped in a damp, gloomy aura despite the bright lighting.
Looking at his tense profile, Cheng Siyu, the private doctor beside him, whispered a word of advice:
"Mr. Huo, once we board this plane to Kyoto, everything will be back on track."
Huo Zhan didn't reply, the scene of his proposal at Jiangcheng Square kept replaying in his mind.
That girl is probably already in the arms of the man she loves, and has found the happiness she wanted.
His heart ached so much he could hardly breathe, yet he forced a smile: how fortunate that his quagmire-like heart hadn't tainted her happiness.
The boarding announcement came from above.
Huo Zhan got up from the sofa and walked heavily toward the boarding gate.
He handed the nearly crushed plane ticket to the ticket inspector and walked into the jet bridge like a zombie.
Suddenly, he overheard a conversation between two young girls nearby:
"That girl who proposed is trending again!"
"Trending twice in one day? I really suspect she's deliberately trying to create hype and grab attention!"
Huo Zhan's stiff steps suddenly stopped, and his blood seemed to freeze at that moment.
Despite trying her best to avoid any news about her, she still kept hearing her name from other people.
A surge of emotions welled up inside me.
He suddenly wanted to take out his phone, even just to glance at her photo.
The moment my fingertips touched the warmth of the phone case, I abruptly stopped myself.
He feared he might not be able to resist changing his mind, rushing back to forcibly take her back to his side, and completely overwhelm her with his dark desires.
"Sir, verification passed, please proceed."
The voice of the machine inspector pulled him back from his turbulent thoughts.
Huo Zhan, his jaw clenched, walked into the jet bridge and boarded the plane's business class.
Cheng Siyu followed closely behind.
After the two of them sat down, the flight attendant served them hot tea and then stepped aside to discuss in hushed tones:
"It seems the girl who proposed is going to jump off a building! Right on the rooftop of the Zhou Group building!"
"Do you think she'll actually jump? I think it's just an act, betting she won't dare! Isn't all this just to force that rich young master to compromise? What a crazy woman."
A girl proposing to him? Jumping off a building?
Huo Zhan's heart tightened again.
CiCi said that her boyfriend is just a deliveryman, not some rich young master. These people are obviously not talking about CiCi, but probably someone else.
He convinced himself, but his eyelids wouldn't stop twitching uncontrollably.
Suddenly, Cheng Siyu asked from beside him, "Mr. Huo, have you heard of quantum entanglement?"
"?"
Huo Zhan frowned, and Cheng Siyu continued, "When you miss someone, her magnetic field will fluctuate, and when she encounters danger, you will also have a telepathic connection. This is quantum entanglement in true love."
"Under the influence of quantum entanglement, some people are destined to fall in love even if they have to cross mountains and rivers. The fact that you traveled from Kyoto to Jiangcheng to see her but nothing happened precisely shows that there was a lack of quantum entanglement between you and her. This is probably what is meant by being destined to meet but not to be together."
After hearing Cheng Siyu's words of "enlightenment," Huo Zhan's expression suddenly changed.
Quantum entanglement? Telepathy?
His expression suddenly changed, and he pulled out his phone, quickly clicking into the trending topics. One news item after another rushed into his view:
"A girl proposed to the president of the Fu Group in public in an attempt to climb the social ladder!"
"Live broadcast: Girl rejected after marriage proposal sits on the edge of rooftop, suspected of threatening to jump!"
The photos and videos on the screen were like sharp knives, stabbing viciously into Huo Zhan's eyes.
The one who proposed was Su Muci.
Su Muci was also the one who was rejected and verbally abused.
At this moment, sitting desperately on the edge of the rooftop, soaked to the bone, was still Su Muci!
Damn it!
Huo Zhan suddenly overturned the teacup in front of him.
The scalding hot tea splashed all over the floor with a "clatter," but he ignored it and rushed straight towards the cabin door like a whirlwind.
As the car drove off the airport expressway, Huo Zhan's anger erupted.
That was the kind of girl he had to think twice about even if he only glanced at her from afar.
She was the girl he had to be extremely careful about even taking a single step closer to!
How dare these scumbags from Jiangcheng bully her?
Huo Zhan growled, suppressing a low growl: "Cici, wait for me! You must wait for me!"
When he arrived at the scene, the heavy rain had stopped, and the area at the bottom of the Zhou Group building was a mess.
He pushed through the crowd and saw in the distance a place surrounded by many people, with voices rising and falling: "So young, and he jumped off a building like that, what a pity."
"What's there to regret? It's all their own doing!"
Huo Zhan's pupils turned red. He rushed over like a whirlwind, pushing through the crowd, before his breathing suddenly stopped.
Ahead, on the grass, a white sheet is covering a corpse...
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