“It’s worth it.” He replied slowly and firmly. “I once dreamed of another world, a world without you. There, even death is only darkness. But here, you are my light. So it’s worth it. For you, even death is worth it. No matter how long it takes for you to trust me again, I’m willing to wait for your response.”
Xia Yixin wasn't surprised at first by when he opened the "love talk expert" app, but by the meaning behind his words.
Besides his confession, she was also surprised by his description of another world.
At this moment, Xia Yixin suddenly understood why Lu Yan had been so aggressive lately.
It encompasses all the longing, all the excitement of escaping death, and the madness of living towards death.
She couldn't help but tear up. "Idiot," she said, and hugged him tightly.
Although the atmosphere was good, the two knew it wasn't the time for anything substantial to happen.
Having gone through a difficult ordeal, Lu Yan still held her and slept peacefully for a while.
The two fell asleep in each other's arms, as if the years were peaceful and everything was serene.
As dawn approached, although it was still polar night outside, the blizzard was gradually subsiding.
Until the helicopter was almost there.
She briefly separated from him, taking Fang Yuanyuan to a nearby restaurant for breakfast, while Lu Yan went to deal with matters in Subei.
She brought Su Bei with her this time, but tied him up in another place beforehand. Originally, she wanted to have a backup hostage, but now she's providing them with another option.
The two boss-level men reached an agreement in less than half an hour. After Su Bei made a phone call, the people searching the area withdrew.
As luck would have it, they parted ways with Su Bei at an abandoned gas station.
Although Su Bei was unshaven and looked disheveled after being untied, his demeanor remained unchanged. He appeared gentle and polite, not at all like the ruthless mastermind behind the internet.
Before leaving, Su Bei glanced around again, seemingly unable to find the figure he was looking for, but a hunter's interest flickered in his grey-blue eyes.
His gaze finally settled on Xia Yixin, who was being protected by Lu Yan, and he smiled slightly. "Miss Xia, see you again next time."
He was met with Lu Yan's icy gaze, but Su Bei didn't care and turned to walk into the cedar forest behind the gas station.
Xia Yixin noticed his search earlier. Fang Yuanyuan was the only one not there. To avoid getting her involved in danger, she sent her directly to the airport.
However, Xia Yixin felt that Su Bei must have been deeply impressed by her. Fang Yuanyuan was the second woman to defeat him, and she had a premonition that something would definitely develop between them in the future.
The main plot is powerful; is this the fatal attraction between the male and female leads?
However, the crisis is not completely over.
Although Su Bei agreed to stop the pursuit, news of Lu Yan's presence in Country P spread like wildfire.
The surrounding countries immediately became interested in him. Before, he had always been elusive and no one could do anything about him, but now he was a money-making machine. Whether they befriended him or controlled him, it would be a highly profitable deal.
As a result, large numbers of foreign faces arrived at airports, train stations, and various transportation hubs in Country P. Naturally, the authorities in Country P also intensified their search efforts, hoping to gain the upper hand.
However, apart from the empty Xia Group's private jet, they found no trace of Lu Yan or Xia Yixin.
While they were in a state of confusion and doubting whether the information was correct, Xia Yixin and Lu Yan had actually crossed the airspace by helicopter and arrived in the dark at E country, which was the closest to P country but was very prosperous.
Finally freed from the control of the polar night, the sky was clearly distinguishable between black and white.
She no longer wanted to think about when she would leave; she just wanted to enjoy her last moments.
For safety reasons, they split up and stayed in the most prosperous city in the capital of Country E. Long Wu and Bai Qi naturally had their own security accounts.
Xia Yixin and Lu Yan obtained fake passports, and Lu Yan also had an anonymous black card that came in very handy—the one Xia Yixin had given him before.
After parting ways with them in the city, Xia Yixin took Lu Yan to the nearest shopping mall to change out of their ill-fitting clothes and also bought them both sunglasses to keep a low profile as much as possible.
Fortunately, the level of understanding of Lu Yan and Xia Yixin here is not as high as it is in China.
At a high-end custom suit brand store, she swiped her card amidst the sales staff's envious expressions of "a rich woman keeping a young man as a sugar daddy," finally experiencing what it felt like to be a male protagonist in a domineering CEO novel.
Lu Yan kept smiling, and his already handsome face made the foreign waiters blush.
The man approached her and kissed her cheek. "Are you satisfied?"
He was impeccably dressed in a suit, handsome and elegant, his eyes brimming with doting affection.
She smiled without saying a word, grabbed his tie, and walked away from the clothing store with an air of authority in her high heels. To her surprise, a black car was already waiting for them outside the mall.
"I want to take you somewhere." He didn't explain much, took the keys from the chauffeur, and gentlemanly opened the car door for her first.
"What's all this secrecy about?" she asked suspiciously as she got into the car.
When the man got into the driver's seat and started the car, he gave her the answer: "Our home."
In fact, Lu Yan not only owned a house in Country E, but also owned a house in almost every suitable place in the world, including several in China. However, the reason he brought her to this house in Country E first was because it had been prepared the longest.
That's where he's lived most often for over a decade; it's his secret base, where RP3 was born.
Xia Yixin looked at the man's enthusiastic expression and couldn't help but smile.
But as she laughed, her eyes reddened because the system's notification sounded in her mind.
"Ding! In thirty seconds, the host will leave this world due to cardiac arrest. Please prepare yourself. Countdown: 30, 29..."
Knowing she would have to leave, she was still extremely reluctant to part at this moment, because she realized that she finally understood what love was.
Also, she loves this man.
The car stopped at a traffic light, and she took his hand, their fingers intertwined.
Lu Yan seemed to notice her low spirits. "What's wrong?"
Xia Yixin shook her head, rested her head on his shoulder, lowered her eyes, and said softly, "I want to sleep for a while. You have to drive safely and don't get distracted."
Lu Yan smiled helplessly yet indulgently, "Okay."
He followed the flow of traffic smoothly through the intersection, driving attentively and keeping his eyes on the road, just as she had instructed.
Xia Yixin lowered her eyes, carefully feeling his temperature, his heartbeat, and the cool fragrance emanating from him.
Time passed second by second.
Until darkness descended, she only had time to silently say "I'm sorry" to him in her heart before falling into darkness and losing consciousness.
The car is still on its way home.
The home, however, will never see its mistress again.
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