Chapter 152 So What If I've Changed?
Tell me where you are, and I'll come find you.
Lu Jiunian pushed through the crowd; now he only felt that the people blocking his way were an eyesore.
When Gu Zijian received the news and rushed over, Lu Jiunian had already opened the door of the sports car.
Gu Zijian's face turned pale and then red. What did Lu Jiunian mean by this? The wedding had already started, but he was leaving him behind.
This was a slap in the face to him in front of everyone.
Gu Zijian couldn't bear the humiliation. He grabbed Lu Jiunian's arm, gritting his teeth, "Lu Jiunian!"
"Sorry, Zijian, I have an urgent matter to attend to and need to leave for a while. I'll be back in an hour."
"Why do you have to have something urgent on such an important day?"
"Try to stall for an hour, I'll be back."
"I don't want my wedding to be so embarrassing, it's a once-in-a-lifetime event. What's more important to you than me?"
Gu Zijian took a deep breath, suppressing the slight anger in his eyes, and tried his best to speak to Lu Jiunian calmly.
Lu Jiunian was still holding his phone in his other hand, while Shi Nianzhi listened on the other end without saying a word.
Lu Jiunian remained silent, his face grim, and didn't immediately say what to do.
Shi Nianzhi ended the call immediately.
Gu Zijian lunged forward and snatched Lu Jiunian's phone.
Lu Jiunian frowned, displeased with Gu Zijian's actions, and put his phone away.
Gu Zijian still saw the nickname Lu Jiunian had given to this number—'Wife'.
"Was it Shi Nianzhi who called you?"
Gu Zijian was seething with anger. If he hadn't yet received half of Lu Jiunian's assets, he would have already lost his temper.
But at this moment, he cannot.
Even though Gu Zijian was so angry that his internal organs ached, he still tried to persuade Lu Jiunian with his emotions, "Have you forgotten what you promised me? Shi Nianzhi has already caused me to lose my mother. Are you going to let him take you away too? I've been proud since I was a child. If you abandon me at the wedding, have you thought about how much it would hurt me?"
Lu Jiunian was in a state of confusion. He looked at Gu Zijian and said, "You didn't come to the engagement banquet back then. And you indirectly caused the deaths of Shi Nianzhi's parents. Isn't that enough? I didn't run away from the wedding. I just came back an hour late."
Seeing that Lu Jiunian was about to leave, Gu Zijian said anxiously, "I was the one who had the car accident back then. Have you forgotten how I had the accident? As for Shi Nianzhi's parents, I was just telling the truth. I didn't know it would cause such a result. I didn't mean it."
It was clear that Lu Jiunian was also struggling. "I'll be back, just one hour."
The sports car sped away like an arrow.
Gu Zijian gritted his teeth, and finally could only shout, "Then I'll wait for you to come back!"
Lu Jiunian sped along, running several red lights.
He parked his car across the entrance of the building, rushed inside, pressed the elevator button, only to find that the elevator was broken.
Lu Jiunian climbed the stairs, floor by floor, until he reached the 40th floor. Just as he was about to push open the rooftop door, he discovered that the elevator was working again.
The man's brows furrowed deeply.
He pushed open the rooftop door and saw Shi Nianzhi sitting on the edge, the wind billowing his blue and white school uniform, the boy's back looking lonely.
Lu Jiunian walked towards that retreating figure and called out, "Nianzhi!"
The rooftop door behind me suddenly slammed shut with a bang, whether from the wind or something else.
Shi Nianzhi seemed not to hear Lu Jiunian's call; his hands were on the railing, and his feet were sticking out.
Lu Jiunian was terrified by Shi Nianzhi's sitting posture. The wind was so strong and Shi Nianzhi was so thin; he was afraid that Shi Nianzhi would be blown away by the wind.
A person falling from a height of 100 meters will almost certainly die.
Lu Jiunian's footsteps grew closer and closer. Shi Nianzhi turned around and looked at Lu Jiunian. Because he had run up 40 floors, the man had taken off his suit jacket and was only wearing his shirt underneath. Because of the heat, he had unbuttoned several buttons.
His face was covered in beads of sweat, and his carefully styled hair was a little messy.
She looked like someone who had run away from her wedding; she seemed rather disheveled.
Seeing Shi Nianzhi looking him over, Lu Jiunian reached out to him, "Get down."
Shi Nianzhi turned her head away again, "When we got married, we didn't have a wedding ceremony."
Lu Jiunian didn't want to let Shi Nianzhi act recklessly any longer; he needed to rush back.
When he saw that Nianzhi had her back to him, she didn't seem very agitated or defensive.
Lu Jiunian seized the opportunity, grabbed Shi Nianzhi by the waist, and pulled her down from the dangerous place. He held onto Shi Nianzhi's wrist.
"You're getting bolder and bolder. Come back with me."
Lu Jiunian pulled Shi Nianzhi to the rooftop door. He tried to pull the door open, but found it locked and he couldn't open it no matter what he did.
Shi Nianzhi leaned against the wall and looked at Lu Jiunian. "Where can I go with you? Mr. Lu, you're getting married and starting a family. I can't go back with you."
Lu Jiunian was too lazy to waste words with Shi Nianzhi. His visit to Shi Nianzhi at the wedding had already angered Gu Zijian.
Today is their wedding day. He knows what it feels like to be abandoned, and he doesn't want Gu Zijian to experience it too.
Gu Zijian is such a proud person, he definitely can't stand being pointed at and talked about.
Lu Jiunian had to get back within an hour; he had said it, and he had to do it.
Now that the door was locked, Lu Jiunian didn't think about Shi Nianzhi, since he didn't think Shi Nianzhi had the brains to plot against him.
Lu Jiunian thought it was a coincidence, so he took out his phone to contact his assistant and ask him to send someone to unlock the door.
The phone had just been taken out.
Taking advantage of Lu Jiunian's lack of vigilance, Shi Nianzhi snatched it away.
"Bring it here."
Lu Jiunian reached out and took it from Nianzhi's hand.
Shi Nianzhi placed the phone on her fingertip, twirled it gently, and then slammed it hard onto the ground.
He used tremendous force, and the phone shattered into pieces on the ground.
Shi Nianzhi found the sound very pleasant.
Lu Jiunian's face instantly darkened. "Shi Nianzhi."
Shi Nianzhi looked at Lu Jiunian without fear, "It was an accident. I'll give you one as compensation."
He took his phone out of his pocket and handed it to Lu Jiunian.
The man reached out to take it, but the phone was smashed again right in front of Lu Jiunian. The screen shattered and the phone shut down automatically.
Perhaps feeling that the phone wasn't completely broken yet, Shi Nianzhi stomped on it again, making it even worse, to the point that there was no chance of salvage.
"Am I spoiling you too much?"
Lu Jiunian grabbed Shi Nianzhi's chin and forcefully pressed her against the rooftop door. He seemed angry and used considerable force.
Shi Nian's back hit the cold, hard iron door, and he coughed slightly.
Then, laughing defiantly, he said, "When I offered it to you, you didn't take it. Now that you've taken it, I don't want to give it to you anymore. That's just my personality."
"You tricked me into coming here on purpose! You really did!"
Lu Jiunian tightened his grip on Shi Nian's chin, looking at Shi Nian with disappointment in his eyes.
Shi Nianzhi didn't seem to care at all. "I've really become a vicious and wicked person, haven't I?"
What did Lu Jiunian want to say?
Shi Nianzhi spoke up before he could, "Yeah, what can you do to me? I tricked you into coming here, I don't want you to get married, I want to humiliate Gu Zijian in public, so what?"
Lu Jiunian was enraged by Shi Nianzhi's words, and he raised his hand.
"Smack—"
Before Lu Jiunian's hand could fall, Shi Nianzhi had already slapped Lu Jiunian hard across the face.
Under Lu Jiunian's murderous gaze, Shi Nianzhi said again, "What else can you do to me? I don't have a father or mother anymore. What can you do to someone who has no weaknesses?"
Lu Jiunian didn't get angry after all. Looking at Shi Nianzhi, who was now all prickly, he felt a dense, persistent pain in his heart.
His thoughts shouldn't be like this.
Lu Jiunian released his grip on Shi Nianzhi's chin. After a while, he pressed on Shi Nianzhi's shoulder and searched her pockets.
Shi Nianzhi didn't care and let Lu Jiunian search her. "I don't have a key, Lu Jiunian. I locked you and me here and never thought about getting out. Don't be afraid, I'll stay with you. If no one comes to save us, we'll die together."
As Shi Nianzhi said these words, there was not the slightest emotion in his eyes.
Lu Jiunian felt Shi Nianzhi's pockets and found that there were no keys. He let go of Shi Nianzhi and stood at the edge of the rooftop.
There was absolutely no way to leave from those surroundings.
Let alone an hour, he might not be able to get back until the next day.
Lu Jiunian walked around the rooftop in the strong wind, and finally sat down by the door, reassuring Shi Nianzhi, "Someone will come."
Even if he wasn't from this building, his assistant would definitely have looked for him after he had been out of contact for 24 hours.
They won't die no matter what.
Shi Nianzhi leaned against the wall, seemingly unconcerned.
Lu Jiunian lowered his head, a cigarette dangling from his lips, shielded his eyes from the wind with his hand, and pressed the lighter twice before finally lighting the cigarette.
As if remembering something, Lu Jiunian looked up at Shi Nianzhi who was standing there, "Your eyes, are they healed?"
"Um."
Shi Nianzhi used a single, understated word, clearly not wanting to say more.
"Where have you been all this time?"
“Su Hengyi.”
No wonder.
No wonder he couldn't find him.
Why don't you stay there?
"It's impossible to stay here forever."
Shi Nianzhi's lukewarm attitude brought the conversation to an end.
Lu Jiunian wasn't one to stir up conversations, so the rooftop was quiet for a while, except for the sound of the wind.
Wedding venue.
Gu Zijian was like an ant on a hot pan. The guests tried to appease him again and again, but it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and Lu Jiunian still hadn't shown up.
It has already far exceeded the one hour promised by Lu Jiunian.
The wedding banquet was in the morning, and the island dinner was in the evening. Everything was ready, but the main character left.
Gu Zijian was so angry that he smashed a lot of things backstage. He also sent people to look for Lu Jiunian, but there was no news.
It was late at night.
Shi Nianzhi woke up after a nap. He opened his eyes and Lu Jiunian pulled him into his arms, turning to shield him from the wind.
She was probably too tired; she had already fallen asleep.
Shi Nianzhi squinted and leaned over to look at Lu Jiunian's watch, which had a built-in glow-in-the-dark feature. It was already 10 p.m.
Shi Nianzhi got up from Lu Jiunian's side, walked to the corner of the rooftop, and squatted down to rummage through the bushes.
After taking out a key, Shi Nianzhi went to open the door.
"Clang—"
After the rooftop door opened, Shi Nianzhi kicked Lu Jiunian, "Get out of the way, you're blocking the door."
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