Zhu Jinzhao rejected Shi Jing without hesitation.
She thought Shi Jing would give up easily, or that he would feel embarrassed by being rejected and simply abandon her.
Unexpectedly, Shi Jing not only did not give up, but pursued him even more closely.
But his "tightness" wasn't about being a persistent, unruly ghost; rather, it meant he always appeared the moment Zhu Jinzhao needed help.
His home was in the southern part of the capital, more than 100 kilometers away from the Zhu family. But no matter when or where Zhu Jinzhao encountered difficulties, he was always the first to appear and help Zhu Jinzhao escape from his suffering.
On a stormy night, Zhu Jinzhao was once again kicked out by Zhu Xingye.
A relative of Jiang Jingwen passed away, and she rushed back to her hometown to attend the funeral. No one in the entire capital city would take her in.
She didn't bring her phone when she came out, and she had no cash on her. With nowhere else to go, she could only sit alone on the bus stop platform, barely sheltering from the rain.
But Shi Jing suddenly appeared at this moment and silently draped a thick coat over her shoulders.
She neither refused nor spoke.
Shi Jing sat down carefully next to her, looked at her for a while, and suddenly said, "Jinzhao, let me take you away."
"..." Zhu Jinzhao ignored him.
He raised a hand and tentatively touched her head. Seeing that she did not resist, he confidently cupped the back of her head with his palm.
"The Zhu family is suffering too much; you can't stay here any longer. I'll take you away, to a place where no one knows you, okay?"
"...Can you really take me away?" Zhu Jinzhao turned to look at him, finally willing to speak to him.
"You are the heir to the Shiyun Group, while I am just a penniless fake heiress. Will your family allow you to take me away?"
“They can’t make decisions for me.” Shi Jing frowned, her tearful eyes filled with heartache and resentment. “I am an independent person. I can be with whomever I want, and I can take whomever I want with me. No one can stop me from making decisions.”
"Trust me, I can definitely protect you!"
Zhu Jinchao lowered her eyes, and hot tears fell like a broken string: "Besides you, I have no one else I can trust now."
"It's alright." Shi Jing forced back a sob and smiled at Zhu Jinzhao, her eyes crinkling. "I'm enough. Looking around the capital, who else is more capable than me?"
“…Hmm.” Zhu Jinzhao nodded, and after a moment, suddenly asked, “Shi Jing, can you hug me?”
Shi Jing's heart was shattered by her words.
He wanted to answer "okay," but his throat was spasming so badly that he couldn't even utter the word.
But it doesn't matter, if he can't say it, he'll just do it. He moved closer to Zhu Jinzhao, pressed himself against her, and then opened his arms and hugged her tightly.
Zhu Jinzhao relied on him with peace of mind, laying all her vulnerabilities and embarrassments bare before him.
It was raining heavily.
A cold wind, carrying raindrops, kept blowing into the bus stop, but Zhu Jinzhao didn't feel cold at all. Because Shi Jing shielded her from all the wind and rain.
The wind and rain lashed his face, and Shi Jing closed his eyes in discomfort, but like Zhu Jinzhao, he felt no cold at all. Perhaps it was because Zhu Jinzhao's tears were too scalding, and the tears had already seeped into his heart through the thin fabric of his clothes.
From that day on, Zhu Jinzhao embraced Shi Jing into her heart.
They grew closer and more in sync each day. Although neither of them ever said they were together, they both knew each other's feelings.
Shi Jing kept his word. A month later, he had everything prepared and was ready to take Zhu Jinzhao away at any time.
Zhu Jinzhao was overjoyed. She thought she could finally escape the Zhu family and find a way to survive, but she never expected that Zhu Mingyue would tell Shi Fei about her affair with Shi Jing.
Shi Fei flew into a rage, declaring that he would never allow Shi Jing and Zhu Jinzhao to be together.
Shi Jing resisted Shi Fei despite his reluctance, but unexpectedly, Shi Fei locked Shi Jing up in order to cut off their connection.
May your hopes of escaping this morning be dashed once again.
Later, the bandits took pity on her and made a deal with her out of compassion.
"As long as you are willing to leave Shi Jing and never bother him again, I promise to help you escape the Zhu family so that they will never find you in this lifetime."
I hope you will gladly agree today.
She had arranged a time with Shi Fei to leave the capital the next day. Unexpectedly, Zhu Ning suddenly contacted the teachers at the special correctional school and had her tied up and thrown into that perverted school before Zhu Jinzhao could even run away.
From then on, she completely lost contact with the outside world.
Jiang Jingwen couldn't contact her and it took her a long time to finally find Shi Fei.
Although Shi Fei disagreed with Zhu Jinzhao and Shi Jing being together, he wasn't a heartless person. He knew Zhu Jinzhao was having a hard time and was willing to lend her a hand. Since he had promised to let her leave the Zhu family, he would keep that promise to the end.
He accepted Jiang Jingwen's request and immediately sent people out to search for Zhu Jinzhao's whereabouts.
A few days later, he received news that Zhu Jinzhao had been sent to a special correctional school.
He knew what this kind of school was for, so the moment he received the news, he rushed there with Jiang Jingwen.
But it was still a step too late.
When they arrived, Zhu Jinzhao had already run away from the school, but all that was left for them was a blood-soaked corpse.
That night, it rained heavily. Shi Jing stumbled and ran wildly in the rain, hoping to see her lover.
But he never expected that his lover had become a cold, lifeless corpse.
"boom--"
Thunder roared through the dark clouds, instantly distorting the eerie and terrifying dream.
Zhu Jinchao lay in bed, two lines of clear tears slowly streaming down her tightly closed eyes. Then her dream shifted again, and she dreamt of the scene after she committed suicide.
Shi Jing helped her collect her body.
But Shi Jing didn't rush to bury her; instead, he froze her body in an ice coffin. She died with her eyes wide open in anger, and Shi Jing vowed to avenge her.
This time, Shi Fei did not stop him.
Using his connections, he brought down the special juvenile detention school in just three days. All the teachers who had bullied Zhu Jinzhao disappeared without a trace.
Two weeks later, the bodies of two of the teachers were discovered in an abandoned cave by people passing by; while the others were sold to Southeast Asia. Their families did not know how they got there and could only go to the police station to make trouble every day.
The police said they had no other choice but to try their best to negotiate with the Southeast Asian side, and then the matter was dropped.
After dealing with those beasts, Shi Jing, unsurprisingly, turned his vengeful gaze towards the Zhu family.
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