Chapter 940 Love [End of Volume]
"I won't change it. I'll call you Lu Yuanqiu for the rest of my life." Bai Qingxia was very stubborn.
Lu Yuanqiu sighed, "Well, I guess I'll listen to Qiuqiu tonight then."
Bai Qingxia: "..."
That evening, Bai Qingxia did just what he wanted, except that she woke up a little too quickly. When Lu Yuanqiu asked her to call him by another name, the girl just blushed, wrapped her arms tightly around him, and groaned with her face on Lu Yuanqiu's shoulder.
Two o'clock in the morning.
Lu Yuanqiu's body trembled violently, and he woke up in bed in fright.
He stared blankly at the dimly lit ceiling.
Bai Qingxia also woke up, groggily sitting up to look at him: "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
Lu Yuanqiu didn't speak, but turned to hug her tightly, burying his head in her chest like a child. Although Bai Qingxia was a little sleepy, she still closed her eyes and smiled, gently stroking Lu Yuanqiu's head to comfort him: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a dream."
Tears welled in Lu Yuanqiu's eyes.
He had already started doing it continuously, and the frequency was increasing, but he was about to enter his happiest moment. This situation, where he could foresee what would happen tomorrow night, made his mood plummet.
When Bai Qingxia woke up early the next morning, she saw Lu Yuanqiu sitting next to her playing on his phone.
"You're awake?" he said with a smile.
Bai Qingxia: "How did you wake up so quickly?"
Lu Yuanqiu raised an eyebrow: "Because I'm diligent."
He finished speaking with a smile, but couldn't help yawning.
Bai Qingxia lay quietly wrapped in a blanket for a while, then propped her head up and glanced at Lu Yuanqiu's lower body covered by the blanket. She suddenly felt a little strange that Lu Yuanqiu didn't touch her when he saw that she was awake.
She'd gotten used to it these past few days, and now that Lu Yuanqiu wasn't doing it, she felt a little uneasy.
Bai Qingxia pouted and poked Lu Yuanqiu's chest muscles with her finger.
"What?" Lu Yuanqiu glanced at her.
Bai Qingxia also looked at him, but didn't say anything. Seeing that Lu Yuanqiu still didn't make any move, she hummed softly and lay down again. Then she got up, put on her nightgown, and got out of bed to wash up.
Lu Yuanqiu turned his head and watched her departing figure, said nothing, and yawned again, feeling sleepy.
He couldn't fall back asleep after waking up last night.
...
On her wedding day, Bai Qingxia had to wear four outfits, all of which had to be prepared: a red Xiuhe dress for leaving the house, a light veil for welcoming guests, a main wedding dress, and a dress for toasting guests.
However, these things are all handled by her and Liu Wangchun, so Lu Yuanqiu doesn't need to worry.
Today is the day when my college friends are arriving in Lucheng one after another. Lu Yuanqiu and Xiao Li Feibiao each drove two cars to pick them up. There are so many happy events in Lucheng, one after another. It's either someone getting married or someone having a full moon celebration. Finger and the others have practically memorized all the routes in Lucheng.
"Hey Lu Yuanqiu, you keep yawning while driving, it's making me a little scared," Fingel said, looking at Lu Yuanqiu in the driver's seat from inside the car.
Xu Siyang: "It's normal for the groom to be a little tired these days."
Liang Jingfeng: "I hope he was really tired from preparing for the wedding."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the car burst into laughter. Lu Yuanqiu also chuckled, thinking to himself, "These guys."
He arranged for these people to stay at the Liu's Grand Hotel as usual, taking care of their food and lodging for the next few days. Little Li even made two trips, but didn't finish catching all the darts the first time.
After settling everyone in, Lu Yuanqiu sat in the Rolls-Royce in the parking lot. He took out his phone, found Uncle Mao Sheng's WeChat, and hesitated whether to go again. After all, there had been new changes in his dream, and it had tormented him quite a bit these past few days. He didn't even have the courage to close his eyes and sleep tonight.
The memory of Bai Qingxia in his dream, and then of Bai Qingxia beside him when he opened his eyes, created a sense of dissonance that Lu Yuanqiu found almost unbearable, making him feel like he was going crazy.
After hesitating for a moment, he still didn't send a message to the other party.
Lu Yuanqiu did not want to hear any evaluation of Bai Qingxia from the doctor, even if it was good or bad, he did not want to hear it.
He started the car and drove towards their home in Courtyard No. 1. Bai Qingxia returned to Happiness Lane, where she and her six bridesmaids, Liu Wangchun, Long Liandong, Ruan Yueru, Chi Caocao, Wei Zhiyu, and Azhen, were setting up the wedding venue. Tomorrow was their wedding day, September 19th.
Without Bai Qingxia by his side that night, Lu Yuanqiu didn't lie on the wedding bed. He slept on the sofa, recalling the first time he and Bai Qingxia were on the sofa.
She was terrified that night. Lu Yuanqiu whispered "I love you" in her ear for a long time before she finally relaxed. But she still cried in the end, whether from the pain or from saying goodbye to her past self, she didn't know.
At midnight, Lu Yuanqiu's phone suddenly rang.
Bai Qingxia: Are you asleep? I'm a little nervous and can't sleep.
Lu Yuanqiu: Same here, me neither.
Bai Qingxia: Lu Yuanqiu, I have something to tell you at the wedding tomorrow.
Lu Yuanqiu: Huh? What matter needs to be left for then?
Bai Qingxia: We'll talk about it later. Go to sleep, you should get some rest too. Don't stay up late. You've been yawning all day; you must have been up all night. [Angry]
Lu Yuanqiu smiled and replied with a "goodnight," adding a grinning emoji.
At three in the morning, he was startled awake again from the sofa.
The dream ended the moment Bai Qingxia swung her knife.
Lu Yuanqiu stopped sitting there and went to wash up. Anyway, it was his wedding day, so getting up early wouldn't hurt.
He put on the prepared suit in front of the mirror, sat on the sofa until after four o'clock, and then began to contact the groomsmen. The groomsmen were mainly unmarried. Zheng Yifeng and Zhong Jincheng were married young, but it was fine to include them in the groomsmen. Lu Yuanqiu's best man was Finger, Liang Jingfeng, Xu Siyang, and Zhang Yang.
The wedding procession begins!
As the first rays of sunlight shone into the city, a long convoy of luxury cars drove onto Lucheng Avenue. Lu Yuanqiu sat in the lead car, holding a bouquet of flowers in his arms. He was a little nervous, perhaps because his mind was still filled with other random thoughts, and he didn't even pay much attention to what his brothers had said that morning.
But he knew that Bai Qingxia, who was waiting for him in happiness, must be thinking of him at this moment, and this was Lu Yuanqiu's strongest motivation at this moment.
"Why are you still yawning? Didn't you sleep well last night?" Zhong Jincheng was sitting in the passenger seat of the lead car. Just like when Lu Yuanqiu had protected him, he was doing the same this time. Zhong Jincheng turned around and looked at him, asking him in confusion.
Lu Yuanqiu shook his head: "I didn't sleep well."
“That makes sense. I was the same way back then. It would be strange if I could sleep well on such an important day.” Zhong Jincheng smiled and then sighed, “It’s still the same now. I’m woken up in the middle of the night every day by Shuo Shuo. Raising a child is really a bittersweet experience.”
Lu Yuanqiu wanted to say that he hadn't slept much for two or three days.
Lu Yuanqiu: "But you kept your promise and took good care of the whole family after the child was born."
"You are the biggest contributor, Lu Yuanqiu, my good brother." Zhong Jincheng turned to look at him, seemed to find it cheesy, chuckled awkwardly, and then turned back.
Upon arriving at Happiness Lane, Lu Yuanqiu and the others pushed open the door, and his brothers shoved him inside first. Holding flowers, Lu Yuanqiu stumbled a few steps in front of the familiar bridesmaids. After regaining his balance, he saw Bai Qingxia, dressed in a red Xiuhe dress, sitting gracefully on the bed. Today, she was simply stunningly beautiful, like a celestial being stepping out of a painting. She gazed at Lu Yuanqiu with a shy smile in her eyes.
Lu Yuanqiu lowered his head and smiled shyly. The two looked at each other like a newly dating couple, their faces turning red.
As a result, Lu Yuanqiu was hit on the head with an inflatable hammer by Liu Wangchun the next second.
"I didn't realize Lu Yuanqiu could be shy like this! You're captivated by Xiaxia's beauty, aren't you?"
Long Liandong also covered her mouth and laughed.
"Yes, yes, yes." Lu Yuanqiu handed over the flowers, and Bai Qingxia was about to take them when Liu Wangchun hit Lu Yuanqiu on the head with an inflatable hammer: "Why are you in such a hurry to play games! No one's going to steal your wife from you."
She had been fantasizing about hitting Lu Yuanqiu with a hammer since last night.
"Let's play! Who's afraid of who!" Liang Jingfeng shouted, filled with righteous indignation, seemingly ready to die for his cause.
Lu Yuanqiu suddenly raised his hand at that moment.
Liu Wangchun: "Speak!"
He asked expectantly, "Is there a foot-kissing segment?"
The room fell silent. Bai Qingxia lowered her head and raised her fan to cover her face.
The game was fun.
This activity allowed Lu Yuanqiu to temporarily forget all his troubles. The room was filled with joy and laughter, and the atmosphere was lively thanks to Liu Wangchun and the other girls. However, Lu Yuanqiu, who hadn't slept well for several days, felt like he was overdrawing his life force. After doing a few push-ups, he gradually couldn't hold on any longer and really wanted to find a place to sleep.
Bai Qingxia, who was sitting on the bed, kept watching him. She noticed that Lu Yuanqiu was a little tired, and winked at Zheng Yifeng and the others, asking them to help Lu Yuanqiu with his task.
On the way to the hotel, Bai Qingxia wiped the sweat from Lu Yuanqiu's forehead with a tissue and asked, "What time did you go to sleep last night?"
"I went to sleep after sending the message," Lu Yuanqiu said, scratching his head.
The girl rolled her eyes at him: "I don't believe you."
"By the way, what did you want to tell me?" Lu Yuanqiu remembered this.
Bai Qingxia said firmly, "We'll talk about it at the wedding."
"I can't wait!"
Lu Yuanqiu yawned again after he finished speaking.
Bai Qingxia: "Why don't you lean on me and sleep for a while?"
Lu Yuanqiu's eyelids were drooping, but he dared not sleep. He had a feeling that if he fell asleep today, he would never wake up again, or... when he woke up, he would find that everyone in front of him was gone, and it was just a dream.
Perhaps it's because today was just too wonderful, too blissful.
"Xiaxia, can you sing me a song?" Lu Yuanqiu leaned on her shoulder and said weakly.
Bai Qingxia glanced at him, smiled, took Lu Yuanqiu's hand, and this time obediently began to hum softly, still the song she was best at.
"I've fallen in love with someone I'd give my all for."
"I thought this was the world I was looking for."
She sings so well, even better than Stefanie Sun.
Lu Yuanqiu closed his eyes and thought happily to himself.
"Xiaxia, I still remember you wearing your blue and white school uniform and with your hair in a single ponytail. I wish you were dressed like that today, and then I would come and marry you," he murmured.
Bai Qingxia gently shook her head: "No, I want to wear a wedding dress and marry you. You are marrying the me of today, not the me of the past. The me you will love from now on is the me of the future, not the me of the past, understand? Silly boy."
"Is that so?" Lu Yuanqiu mumbled to himself, still confused.
When the car stopped, he suddenly took a deep breath, his mind suddenly cleared, and he almost closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The feeling that he was about to fall into a deep sleep terrified him.
"Are you alright?" Bai Qingxia looked at him again.
Lu Yuanqiu shook his head.
He couldn't take it anymore; he needed to get some sleep.
Upon entering the hotel, Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia separated, each heading to their respective dressing rooms to change and touch up their makeup. Bai Qingxia was changing out of her Xiuhe dress and into her pure white ceremonial main wedding gown.
After Lu Yuanqiu's makeup was done in a daze, it seemed that he was the only one left in the dressing room.
"Xiaxia, I'm so sleepy, I want to go to sleep, I really... can't stay awake any longer."
A tear rolled down Lu Yuanqiu's cheek. He felt the white tabletop moving closer to him. Lu Yuanqiu put his arm under it and rested his head on it.
Xiaxia, I love you...
This was his last thought before falling asleep.
Glug...glug...glug.
A series of bubbles rose from Lu Yuanqiu's mouth and dissipated towards the surface of the water. He fell into the darkness below, falling continuously, his arms hanging limply upwards, as if it were the last action to grab the shore.
The surface of the water is so bright. What could be up there? Lu Yuanqiu wondered to himself, but the shimmering water seemed to drift further and further away from him, becoming more and more unreachable.
What lies in the darkness below?
Lu Yuanqiu looked down, and before he completely fell, he really wanted to know what would devour him.
Familiar faces emerged from the darkness.
Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt pain, and he heard many sounds in his ears.
"Brother Qiu, is your rebirth just about sending your best brother to his death? I hate you."
"No...!" Lu Yuanqiu struggled painfully.
"—Lu Yuanqiu, you're a reincarnated person, right? If you know about this, does that mean I'm going to die too?"
No, Zheng Yifeng… Lu Yuanqiu’s tears floated in the water, shimmering like crystal pearls.
"Bai Qingxia was in a car accident the day before school started, did you know? Oh my god, it's so tragic."
"Don't you know, Lu Yuanqiu? The car accident happened not far from your supermarket."
"Lu Yuanqiu? What's wrong? Why are you spacing out? Her car accident has nothing to do with you."
No… Xiaxia, my Xiaxia… Lu Yuanqiu’s tears flowed more and more, the tears floating to the surface of the water.
"Yuanqiu, what's wrong? Yuanqiu? You suddenly fell asleep on the table, it scared me to death! Why are you crying? Were you having a dream?"
A powerful voice came from the darkness below. Lu Yuanqiu clenched his fists and shouted, "No!!"
Suddenly, a splash came from above the water.
Lu Yuanqiu immediately looked up and saw the familiar white dress unfolding before her eyes like a smooth scroll.
She swam downwards very quickly, the dagger gleaming coldly in her hand.
Bai Qingxia came to kill him.
At that moment, Lu Yuanqiu suddenly smiled. It seemed as if Bai Qingxia's beautiful singing voice rang in his ears, soft and gentle, like a lullaby, very close to his ears.
"I've fallen in love with someone I'd give my all for."
The girl swam up to Lu Yuanqiu, her expression ferocious. She forcefully raised her arm and swung the dagger in her hand, stabbing it viciously into Lu Yuanqiu's chest.
Lu Yuanqiu smiled. He thought that perhaps dying at Bai Qingxia's hands before being swallowed by darkness would be his salvation.
He was prepared to face death.
But then a "snap" sound came from my body, and suddenly everything loosened up, as if some kind of restraint had been released in an instant.
Lu Yuanqiu opened his eyes and saw a broken, transparent thread around his body falling downwards. It was this thread that prevented him from stretching his limbs and swimming upwards.
He looked ahead.
The girl reached out and grabbed his clothes, looking anxious. She opened her mouth and seemed to be shouting something. Although she couldn't make a sound, strangely, Lu Yuanqiu could hear her voice.
"I will definitely find you!"
"No matter where you go, I will find you!"
Lu Yuanqiu suddenly opened his eyes, his brain buzzed, as if he had instantly regained his clarity, and Bai Qingxia's voice became clearer in his ears.
"Lu Yuanqiu! Wake up!" she cried, grabbing Lu Yuanqiu's clothes anxiously.
After shouting, Bai Qingxia gripped the dagger and swam downwards again. Lu Yuanqiu looked down and saw Bai Qingxia forcefully slashing at an iron chain with the dagger.
One end of the iron chain led down into the darkness below, while the other end bound Lu Yuanqiu's feet.
"Doctor, in my dream, my feet also hurt a lot, as if they were being gripped by a withered hand."
Chains? Is this why my feet hurt? Lu Yuanqiu regained consciousness and his body began to move. He started to swim upwards, and the chains taut at that moment. Bai Qingxia was still below, desperately hacking at the chains with her dagger.
Fool, how can a dagger cut through iron chains?
As Lu Yuanqiu was thinking, he suddenly paused, noticing that the darkness below seemed to expand and rise rapidly upwards, as if it saw the girl saving him, and the darkness accelerated its devouring speed.
The annoying sounds that echoed in the darkness were amplified.
Bai Qingxia and Lu Yuanqiu stared blankly down at the scene.
Suddenly, the girl did something Lu Yuanqiu hadn't expected. She swam downwards, angrily shouting at the darkness that was encroaching upwards, "Stay away from my husband!!!"
The water trembled slightly, as if the words carried boundless power.
The darkness remained still.
But Lu Yuanqiu is still falling.
Bai Qingxia raised her head and said in a pleading voice, "Lu Yuanqiu..."
She continued hacking at the iron chain with her dagger without stopping.
"Fool, the dagger really can't cut through that chain!" Lu Yuanqiu wanted to warn him.
Suddenly, the doctor's words echoed in his mind again.
—"Try to figure out why you're falling."
Isn't it because of this iron chain? As Lu Yuanqiu was pondering this, another voice rang in his mind.
"Lu Yuanqiu, do you know? You have a big problem. You are too immersed in the past. Having memories is a good thing, but being too immersed in them is a bad thing."
Lu Yuanqiu's pupils flickered. He swam downwards, grabbing the iron chain. So, this iron chain... or rather, the reason he was falling...
He then abruptly looked up, gazing at the surface of the water.
If darkness represents engulfment, and chains represent being submerged in the past, then above the water...
That is the future.
Lu Yuanqiu immediately swam to Bai Qingxia. Bai Qingxia stared at him in surprise for a moment, then smiled.
"Fool, how can you cut it with this?" Lu Yuanqiu looked at her with heartache.
Bai Qingxia: "It definitely can!"
Lu Yuanqiu grabbed the iron chain with both hands and braced it to the side, signaling her with his eyes to continue cutting. Gaps formed on the dagger, and it seemed that the dagger would break before the iron chain did.
Rebirth seemed to have brought him nothing but increased power.
Lu Yuanqiu gritted his teeth, and the iron rings of the chain gradually became deformed as he pulled them. Bai Qingxia raised her scarred dagger high and chopped down with force.
"Bang!"
The dagger cleaved the chain!
Lu Yuanqiu stared blankly at this scene.
"It must be the power of love that it could be cut through."
The words Bai Qingxia spoke that night while watching "Titanic" echoed in his ears. That gentle voice made Lu Yuanqiu grip the chains with both hands, tears streaming down his face.
"Go!" Bai Qingxia dropped the dagger, grabbed his hand, and pointed upwards.
She said, "Let's face the future together."
Lu Yuanqiu nodded, sobbing uncontrollably, "Yes."
The two held hands and swam towards the light above the water. As the light became increasingly dazzling, they broke through the water and escaped the encirclement.
Lu Yuanqiu looked up blankly and realized that the dazzling light was a bright moon.
"Xiaxia!"
In the dressing room, Lu Yuanqiu suddenly looked up and woke up.
He was panting heavily, tears soaking the table. Lu Yuanqiu raised his trembling arm and looked at his watch. He had slept from eight o'clock to eight fifty-two.
"What are you still doing here?! My God! We've been looking everywhere for you! The ceremony is about to start! I'm so worried!" Zhong Jincheng's voice came from behind.
Lu Yuanqiu turned around and saw Zhong Jincheng and Zheng Yifeng staring at him anxiously. However, they were also taken aback when they saw Lu Yuanqiu's current appearance.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying like this?" Zhong Jincheng asked, puzzled. Zheng Yifeng smiled and said, "He's happy."
"Come on, come on! Stop crying!" The two immediately stepped forward and grabbed him.
"Uncle Bai is practically leading your wife onto the stage, and if you don't accept her, are you going to give her to the emcee?!"
As Lu Yuanqiu walked, he straightened his clothes. His dream was over, but he never imagined it would end in this way.
Standing on the stage, the bridesmaids and groomsmen below were a little surprised. Lu Yuanqiu's face was covered in tears, and the music had already started. Seeing that the door was about to open, Liu Wangchun cursed under her breath, quickly grabbed her makeup bag and went up on stage. She came to Lu Yuanqiu and wiped his face, hurriedly touching up his makeup.
"What are you doing, my brother? You don't need to get this excited about getting married, do you?"
Lu Yuanqiu couldn't say a word. Liu Wangchun looked up and saw that the guy looked a bit pitiful at the moment, so she put away the fire, quickly touched up his makeup, and left the stage.
The groom's family was quite surprised that he was crying like that.
As the banquet doors opened, Bai Qingxia, dressed in a pure white wedding gown, appeared in front of the stage, arm in arm with her father, accompanied by the romantic and melodious wedding march.
She wore a sweet smile and looked happily at everyone present. Then she looked at Lu Yuanqiu on the stage, but when she saw Lu Yuanqiu, she couldn't help but tear up. Just as she had said before, she was sure she would cry.
Someone else started crying even faster than her. Lu Yuanqiu suddenly squatted down, raised his hand to cover his face, and tears kept flowing. He then stood up, still crying. The emcee was stunned and turned to look at the people next to him.
Seeing him like this, Bai Qingxia cried even harder.
Lu Yuanqiu rushed forward without regard for anything else, opening his arms to embrace Bai Qingxia.
No one present knew what had happened. After a moment of stunned silence, applause broke out.
"I love you, I love you, I love you..." Lu Yuanqiu hugged her and kept saying it.
"What do you want to say to me? What did you say..." Lu Yuanqiu looked at her with tears in his eyes, so excited that he was incoherent.
Bai Qingxia's face was also covered in tears, but she smiled and said to him, "I'm pregnant, you're going to be a father."
—End of this volume.
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