Chapter 91 Blood Flower
Lu Ming knocked on the office door. A female employee saw him and reminded him, "Boss, Director Wen is on leave today and hasn't come to the company."
The female employee had been enthusiastically shipping the two of them as a couple, but now that they've suddenly broken up, she realizes she misjudged the man. Now, when she talks about Wen Chu in front of Lu Ming, she can't help but look him up and down with resentment.
Lu Ming remained silent, his face growing even darker. He was wondering if the other person had simply left the company when a panicked, shrill scream suddenly rang out from outside: "Something terrible has happened! Director Wen is going to jump off the building!!!"
The woman rushed in, only to be met with Lu Ming's dark, extremely cold gaze, which made her instinctively tremble and fall silent.
Everyone stood up from their seats, their eyes wide with surprise: "What?!"
"What did you say?" Lu Ming asked in a low voice.
The female employee's lips trembled as she pointed to the ceiling: "Director Wen... Director Wen is sitting on the rooftop right now, and the rescue team has arrived at the company entrance!"
The expressions on everyone's faces suddenly turned urgent and panicked: "Really?? Is Director Wen unable to bear the blows he's suffered lately—"
Lu Ming simply didn't believe it. He couldn't believe Wen Chu would attempt suicide. He calmed himself until Luo Wen arrived, looking flustered. "Boss, Wen—"
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Ming pushed him away. He finally lost his composure, and panic was visibly creeping across his face. He strode toward the elevator, his steps faltering, and said as he walked, "Luo Wen, notify Wen Heng."
He didn't know what the other party was trying to do or what their purpose was, but based on the other party's previous experience, Lu Ming felt a glimmer of hope. Could it be that the other party left such a note and made such a move in order to keep him here?
But this is really too much. Even if it's out of spite, you can't make such a big joke.
With a sharp knife hanging over his heart, fearing something might really happen to the other person, Lu Ming's breathing became rapid. As soon as the elevator doors opened, he rushed to the top floor without stopping.
A blinding white light shone through, and he saw a familiar figure sitting on the edge of a building in the distance.
His expression froze, and he cried out in alarm, "Wen Chu!"
Wen Chu didn't turn around immediately upon hearing the noise. She looked down at the tiny crowd gathered below, like ants, while emergency responders frantically deployed rescue airbags on the ground. She gave a slight smirk; the maximum height of the rescue airbags was only around the 6th or 7th floor, so all this was utterly futile.
She ignored the people below; after all, everything in this world was fake, and she didn't need to feel guilty for wasting public resources.
She slowly stood up, turned around, and looked calmly at the man who was carefully walking towards her.
"Get down!" Lu Ming said seriously, "It's too dangerous there. You could really fall if you're not careful! Don't do anything stupid!"
"You think I'll just get off just because you tell me to?" Wen Chu said coldly.
Lu Ming's throat tightened. Seeing that the person wasn't very resistant and even dared to argue with him, he slowly walked forward: "What do you want? I can agree to anything you want, as long as you're willing to come down."
"I just came to the rooftop to enjoy the view," Wen Chufeng said casually. "Why are you so nervous?"
"That's not a place to enjoy the scenery! It's dangerous!" Lu Ming stared intently at Wen Chu's every move. He saw the woman's body hanging precariously on the edge of the building, and just one glance made his heart pound.
Wen Chu tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, half-closed her eyes, and looked at the distant sky: "I don't want anything. It's just that this world is broken, and I want to start over." She looked at the person who was still two or three meters away from her, and said calmly and casually, as if she were talking about something casually: "If you take any more steps, I might jump."
Lu Ming quickly stopped, still forcing himself to remain calm, but his rapid-fire tone betrayed his panic: "I'm truly sorry about Chairman Wen's matter. I apologize to you. You can ask me for anything, anything that will make you feel better. But the dead cannot be brought back to life. Don't do anything foolish. Aunt Yang has just been discharged from the hospital. You have to think about her... She can't bear this anymore..."
Upon hearing this, Wen Chu sighed, remained silent, and did not move forward an inch.
As they were talking, another group of people burst into the top floor, including members of the rescue team and the technical department.
Jiang Xing was terrified by this scene. He stood at the door and shouted, "Director, we still need you! Don't do anything foolish!"
“Yes, Director Wen! You can always find another man! You’re so beautiful and talented, you’ll definitely find someone better! Don’t do anything foolish for a scumbag!” another female employee cried out with a mournful face.
Everyone gasped upon hearing this, glancing at Lu Ming in front of them, secretly marveling at how brave their colleague was to dare to use his ultimate move so close to Lu Ming's face.
Lu Ming naturally heard this too. He clenched his fists and looked up at the person intently: "If it's because of me, we can have a proper talk... Wen Chu... I..."
He wanted to ask why the person hadn't come last night, and what they were thinking of him.
Wen Chu had no interest in listening to anyone's nonsense. She was touched by the people in the technical department. She looked back at the crowd downstairs and quietly moved to the side, wanting to avoid the air cushion below when she jumped.
The adrenaline surge returned, and she steadied herself, struggling to overcome her fear. Her eyes, however, held a newfound coldness and mockery as she looked at the man: "Lu Ming, if I die, will you feel guilty?"
"Wen Chu!" Lu Ming rushed forward again, his heart trembling with every movement of the woman. He said in a trembling voice, "I said, as long as you come down from up there, I'll agree to anything you ask! Let's start over, okay? I like you... I really like you... I was wrong before, I didn't understand my own heart! Can you give me another chance? Come down, let's talk it over, okay?"
Everyone gasped upon hearing this.
Wen Chu couldn't help but let out one cold laugh after another.
It turns out that this person can also speak recklessly in an attempt to stabilize the situation.
"Your liking is worthless. I don't want it."
Wen Chu didn't want to have any more meaningless conversations with people. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them again.
The blue of the sky dazzled her.
She looked at the man without any emotion and said, "I want to go home, Lu Ming. I just want to go home. Let's end it here."
"goodbye."
After Wen Chu finished speaking, she took a step back, silently chanted "use item" in her mind, and after receiving the system prompt, she opened her arms and fell backward without hesitation, amidst the incredulous and unresponsive gazes of everyone.
"No, no, Wen Chu!!!" Seeing the woman leaning backward, Lu Ming's pupils shrank, and his brain exploded. It was as if something had crushed his heart in an instant. He never expected that the other party was serious. He didn't have time to feel anything. He only knew to rush to the edge of the unobstructed building and try to reach out and grab her.
But just one step away, all possibilities were cut off.
A scream came from behind: "Xiao Chu!"
"Director Wen!!!"
"Wen Chu!!" Wen Heng cried out hoarsely, and knelt down on the ground.
He and Wen Xue rushed over without stopping, only to witness this scene. He stared in disbelief, his already haggard face completely losing its composure, tears streaming down his face, his heart breaking.
A strong feeling of weightlessness washed over her, a hundred times more uncomfortable than any roller coaster Wen Chu had ever experienced. She closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and the wind howled past her ears, drowning out all the screams from upstairs and downstairs.
The world seemed to stand still.
Time was stretched out.
Disorganized memories replay wildly in my mind, but I can't grasp anything.
Her body was falling rapidly, her adrenaline and blood pressure soaring, causing her to lose all awareness of her surroundings. Her hair was flying wildly in the air. She forced herself to open her eyes again, and through the obscured vision, in the last few seconds of her life, she vaguely saw the man's panicked expression, and then she curved her lips into a smile.
She thought, "We're even."
If we could do it all over again, neither of us would owe the other anything.
The man's figure grew farther and farther away, becoming increasingly blurry, until she bumped into something. A heavy pain shot through her back, and something tore apart beneath her, momentarily slowing her downward acceleration before she accelerated back down toward the ground.
With a thud, as if she had fallen into something, Wen Chu felt that she had lost control of her body. She could vaguely hear the chaotic footsteps and screams of the crowd. Her brain was buzzing, and she seemed to hear the system's voice, but she could no longer distinguish it. She had completely lost consciousness.
The woman's collar brushed past Lu Ming's palm and he grasped at nothing. In that instant, his heart almost stopped, and he collapsed to his knees on the edge of the building.
He watched the woman's body plummet rapidly, all sounds around him ceased, leaving only the sharp, piercing ringing in his ears, as if all the vitality in his body had been completely drained away in an instant.
His world collapsed.
He couldn't catch her.
He couldn't catch her.
The veins on both sides of his temples bulged and he watched helplessly as the woman's clear, small figure fell to the ground and became blurry. His blood seemed to turn back instantly, and a bone-chilling cold enveloped his entire body.
In an instant, all the pent-up emotions burst forth like a raging flood, no longer restrained, surging into his heart, and all the feelings he had shared with Wen Chu were recalled.
The feeling he had when he kissed her, the feeling he had when he watched fireworks with others, the feeling he had when they kissed—those intense, uncontrollable joys and excitement surged through his chest like a tidal wave.
The immense emotional turmoil exceeded Lu Ming's physical limits. His eyes darkened rapidly, clearly indicating that he had lost control. He stared blankly at the spot where Wen Chu had fallen, then braced himself against the ground to stand up. Without hesitation, he was about to jump off the building when someone rushed up and grabbed him, pinning him to the ground.
He struggled a few times but then stopped moving, because his body was too stiff, numb, and all his strength had been drained.
He was no longer able to respond to the shouts of those around him, and he still stared intently at the spot where the woman had jumped, his heart aching so badly that it spasmed, but not a single tear could be shed from the corner of his eye.
The taste of rust suddenly rushed to his throat, and he abruptly spat out a mouthful of thick blood.
The bright red blood bloomed into a dazzling flower on the ground, appearing particularly poignant under the golden sunset.
Then the world spun around him, and he fainted.
System: "Detected that the male lead's affection for the host has exceeded 70%!"
System: "Detected that the male lead's affection for the host has exceeded 100%!"
System: "An abnormal increase in the male lead's favorability has been detected and is now being corrected! The initialization time has been moved forward again! After initialization, the male lead's favorability towards the host will be reset to 50%, and there will be no further initialization or time limit! The male lead's favorability and memories will no longer be lost. Please keep up the good work and strive to clear the level!"
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