After returning to the main house of the villa with his elder brother, Luo Cheng lay down in his room and tossed and turned for half the night.
It wasn't entirely because of that horrible dark rainy night - she was indeed afraid of dark places and had been terrified of them since she was a child. If it was pitch black all around, I would be so scared that I would freeze in place, unable to move my legs at all.
But this happened when she was three or four years old, and the adults all said so, so she herself did not have a deep impression of it.
As I grow older, this fear still exists, but it is much better than the complete panic I felt when I was a child.
After seeing the scary scene when delivering the meal just now, Luo Cheng has almost recovered now, but he still has some lingering fear.
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Compared to these, the reason why Luo Cheng couldn't sleep was actually because he was more worried about what happened during the day.
She was anxious to find Luo Zhi, and because of what happened in the past few days, she was determined to prove her ability, so she didn't ask her elder brother and Jian Huaiyi for help.
I contacted Li Weiming's fans when I was browsing Weibo and saw someone post about meeting Luo Zhi. The idea came to me on a whim.
She just wanted to use those people to find Luo Zhi, ask for the location, and then rush over. I had no idea there were so many people outside the hotel, and some were even broadcasting live on their phones...
The more Luo Cheng thought about it, the more upset he became. He hugged his pillow and sighed dejectedly.
So many shots captured her shouting "Second Brother" while chasing out of the hotel.
Luo Cheng's mind went blank. She was afraid that if these people knew that she was Luo Zhi's sister, they would despise and hate her too. He had no choice but to follow those people and distance himself from Luo Zhi, and apologized to Li Weiming in public on Luo Zhi's behalf.
She was surrounded and couldn't get away. She felt embarrassed and awkward. She had no choice but to say those words.
But Luo Zhi probably holds a grudge against her because of this.
The situation was very chaotic at the time, but Luo Cheng still remembers the glance he took in panic very clearly.
No one knew what was wrong with Luo Zhi's body, and she lay leaning on the side of the road motionless.
Those people also knew the seriousness of the matter, and were afraid of being held responsible if they hurt someone, so no one dared to touch him casually. Instead, they seemed to be hiding in a small circle as if to avoid him.
Luo Zhi looked at her, and it seemed as if he was seeing many things through her.
No one dared to take care of him, so his body fell down little by little in exhaustion. Before his quiet black eyes completely blurred, they suddenly flashed with a brief moment of clarity.
At that moment, Luo Cheng saw him lower his eyes and smiled weakly.
Luo Zhi felt neither pain nor sadness, or perhaps these emotions were too much of a luxury for him.
He was just a little sad, and this sadness just overflowed uncontrollably along a slowly opening crack for a moment, almost drowning the defenseless Luo Cheng on the spot.
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When Luo Cheng woke up from that state, he realized that moonlight was coming in from the window.
The raging rainstorm stopped at some point, the clouds and fog dissipated, and the wind became calm.
The moonlight sprinkled on the carefully trimmed plants in the garden, and reflected in the puddles on the ground. It was a brightness and quietness that had not been seen in the past few nights.
It was like the light that finally bloomed in Luo Zhi's eyes.
Luo Cheng suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of guilt filling his chest.
She didn't know what the impact of being caught by those live cameras would be, but she at least knew that there would definitely be a lot of gossip about the Luo family on the Internet.
She got into trouble, but she didn't dare tell her father and elder brother, and for some reason she didn't want to tell Jian Huaiyi. He had no choice but to bring Luo Zhi back to Wanghai Villa in a hurry and hide him there, wanting to wait for him to wake up and discuss the matter with him and let him make the decision.
...Luo Cheng actually didn’t know why she instinctively wanted to ask Luo Zhi at this time.
It was obvious that Luo Zhi was more deeply involved in this matter, and it was obvious that Luo Zhi didn't want to pay any attention to her... It was obvious that in the car, when Luo Zhi still had a little consciousness, she kept whispering over and over again not to go to Ren's house.
Luo Cheng hesitated in front of the window for a while, then put on his clothes, took the flashlight and quietly went out.
She just wanted Luo Zhi to help her make some decisions.
Even if Luo Zhi was really angry with her, there would probably be no hope of fulfilling the agreement with Director Gong Hanrou... She would not force it.
Just use your brain and mouth to help her think about what to do. Luo Zhi will always agree, right?
After Luo Zhi came up with his ideas, he arranged a car to take him away from Ren's house. This way, Luo Zhi won't have to be sad about meeting their family tomorrow, nor will she be scolded by her father and elder brother.
See, she can still handle things well.
Luo Cheng was thinking about how to start his speech as he walked. She had never apologized to Luo Zhi before, and now she had finally prepared herself mentally and walked to the window of the cabin.
Luo Cheng leaned in with the help of the moonlight and called out, but was suddenly stunned.
Luo Zhi was no longer in the room.
The room was empty, not covered in dust like it had been when she brought the person back. Every place was cleaned very carefully, all the mold was removed, and the furniture that had long been rotten and dilapidated was also tidied up to the greatest extent possible.
Looking from this perspective, the cabin is empty and clean, even eerily tidy.
The only thing that was out of place in the whole house was the meal she brought over.
The rainy night was dark and creepy, and Luo Cheng had no idea that the bag she carried was so dirty.
The outside of the insulation bag was covered in mud and water, some of which seeped into the bag through the unsealed opening, and a little of the soup inside also spilled out.
It had never been opened, and had been placed just as it was in the pale moonlight that was coming in through the window. It had slowly grown cold along with the last rain, and no trace of warmth could be felt any more.
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Luo Cheng stood there in a daze for a few seconds.
Did Luo Zhi really move to another room?
It's not impossible.
After all, this shabby house, whose purpose is unknown, is not suitable for living no matter how clean it is.
Why didn't she discover this earlier?
Luo Cheng subconsciously looked around, trying to find which room Luo Zhi had gone to, but found some traces on the ground under his feet.
It had just rained, and the soil in the garden was soft and soaked with water, making it easy for footprints to remain.
The footprints in front of her were from the cabin. The left side had normal marks, but the right side had some subtle dragging.
The traces did not lead to the main house of the villa, but went deeper into the garden and finally disappeared into the shadows of the trees.
Luo Cheng suddenly felt a kind of inexplicable panic.
She followed the footprints, pushing aside the lush branches and leaves in the crackling rain, and finally saw the figure resting against the tree a few dozen meters away: "Luo Zhi!"
"Luo Zhi!" Luo Cheng raised his voice breathlessly, "Where are you going?!"
The figure did not respond to her. He just lowered his head and rested quietly for a while. Then he slowly stood up and continued to walk deeper into the woods step by step.
The accumulated water between the branches and leaves kept falling on him, but he seemed to have no sense and did not feel the cold.
Luo Cheng's face turned red with embarrassment and he couldn't help but grit his teeth.
...She knew that Luo Zhi must be holding a grudge against her because of what happened outside the hotel.
Over the years, she has never bowed her head to Luo Zhi. Now that he was being treated so coldly by the other party, he couldn't suppress the guilt and resentment that came up.
If Luo Zhi was angry with her, she could just tell her in person. What would happen?
Why do you have to treat her like this?
There were shadows in the woods, and the light became darker as the woods went deeper. The fear that had been driven away by the moonlight came back quietly.
Luo Cheng felt aggrieved and indignant. He stopped at the edge of the moonlight and watched the shadow going further and further away.
"Luo Zhi! Come back with me. Dad has asked someone to clean up your room!"
She stared at the stubborn figure who remained unmoved, and vented her anger by saying, "If you don't come back with me, don't ever come to see us again!"
These words were almost shouted at the top of his lungs, making his throat sore. Luo Cheng didn't believe that Luo Zhi couldn't hear him.
But the figure still didn't stop.
Not only was there no intention to stop, there was not even the slightest reaction.
The ground deep in the forest was uneven and the light was dim. He walked with difficulty, stumbling and stumbling, but he kept walking slowly inside.
Luo Cheng was so angry with him. She was certain that Luo Zhi was punishing her with this kind of cold violence. Then she thought about how embarrassed she was in chasing him all the way, which was simply ridiculous.
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But no matter how you look at it, she had done something wrong to Luo Zhi after all.
With two emotions pulling at each other, Luo Cheng stood there for a long while, pinching the corner of his clothes hard to vent his anger.
never mind.
If Luo Zhi wants to leave, let him go.
Anyway, Luo Zhi hasn't answered anyone's calls these days and has been hiding again and again. It's just that he doesn't want to be found by the Luo family and Brother Chen Bai.
She pretended not to see anything, helped to conceal what she saw that night, and let Luo Zhi leave as an apology for what happened that night.
Luo Cheng thought so dejectedly, turned around holding the flashlight, and left the woods along the same way he came.
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The air is fresh after the rain.
Continuous rainstorms knocked off the excess fallen leaves, which piled up under the trees, soaking wet, waiting to be buried in the soil and corroded and decomposed, waiting for the day to disappear.
Luo Zhi closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
It seemed like he hadn't really breathed in a long time. It seemed as if someone had built a pot on his chest and made a fire, boiling a full pot of sea water, until the last drop of water vapor evaporated, leaving only a thick, rough, and hard salt crust.
His lungs were full of rust.
The blood-red rust spread and grew, corroding his limbs, waist and back, making his body begin to become uncontrollable.
His body reacted immediately to the sudden influx of such cool, fresh air. His chest shuddered and spasmed, causing him to cough.
Luo Zhi waited for the coughing to pass.
He supported himself on his right leg to regain his balance, and after the white spots in his vision disappeared, he continued to move forward along the path of his memory.
When you walk through the garden you will see a small door which takes you to the seaside, which is very close to the port.
When does the cruise come?
Luo Zhi raised her hand, groped around her neck with her fingertips, found the broken glass pendant, and held it in her palm.
Sometimes he wondered if there might be nothing wrong with his right leg at all.
The reason why I suddenly lost my strength and became unable to move was because I missed Aunt Ren so much.
When he was learning to walk again, every time he ran out of strength and his right leg went limp and he fell, Aunt Ren would reach out and hold him steady.
Without his consent, his body acted on its own and simulated the state in his memory.
In fact, if I had asked him in advance, I would have known that this would be useless.
How can it be useful?
Aunt Ren will never come to hug him again.
When does the cruise come?
Luo Zhi pushed open the small door in her memory.
The soil outside the door had begun to turn into gravel. Luo Zhi couldn't lift his right leg, and he tripped on the threshold, losing his balance and falling down.
He held the broken glass pendant tightly, but because he didn't have time to let go, the thin rope broke due to his excessive force, leaving a burning bloody mark on his neck.
Luo Zhi knelt on the ground, looking at the broken thin red rope.
While cleaning up the cabin, he regained a memory of what happened on the day he escaped from the hospital.
His pendant fell off, he bent down to pick it up, and then the glass suddenly turned into Ren Chenbai's eyes.
He must have fallen into an absurd and suffocating hallucination. In the hallucination, Ren Chenbai looked at him with a sneer, saying something word by word. His precious glass was embedded in Ren Chenbai's eyes, and was also tainted with sneer and sarcasm.
Luo Zhi's gaze seemed to be fixed on the piece of glass.
He held the freshly cleaned rag in his hand, forgetting where he had put it and what he was going to do.
He sat motionless in the corner of the room that was illuminated by lightning, his shadow reduced to a small piece by the glaring light.
"Luo Zhi, how could you forget?"
In the ward, Ren Chenbai narrowed his eyes and looked at him. His dark pupils were so cold that they seemed to be able to penetrate his brain. "You killed Mom."
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Those were the last words he heard.
Along with these words came a tinnitus that was so sharp that Luo Zhi had never heard before. It was like the noise before a TV broke down completely, and then all the sounds disappeared, leaving only an extremely quiet void.
He finally got the answer to the question "Why does Ren Chenbai hate himself?", but this answer made him even more confused than the question itself.
How could he have harmed Aunt Ren?
He had no recollection of doing such a thing.
How did Aunt Ren die? What happened then? What are the facts?
He has no memory of it at all.
...Then how can he guarantee that he has not done this?
Since he couldn't remember, how could he be completely sure that he hadn't committed some serious mistake and then deceived himself into forgetting everything?
What's more, this makes perfect sense no matter how you look at it.
Inferring from the results, if he really did many unforgivable things, it would be the most plausible footnote to his current situation.
When does the cruise come?
Luo Zhi knelt on the gray-black gravel. He found that some of them were stained with a little light red. He apologized silently and reached out to wipe it off slowly and carefully.
He tried to shut out the voice in his head as well.
There were only large blanks in his memory. He remembered nothing, but if he didn't believe in himself, no one would believe in him.
The sound cannot be turned off.
Because the outside world is absolutely quiet, the voice in my head becomes clearer and louder.
The rusty armor finally began to crumble, and the knife and dagger pierced in without hindrance, slowly cutting off his flesh and picking out his white bones to repay everyone's hatred for him.
Luo Zhi supported himself on the ground and slowly stood up.
He put the pendant into the mailbox outside the small door that had long been rusted. His unconscious fingers loosened their grip little by little, and the broken glass pulled the broken red thread into an invisible corner.
The moon slowly came to an end.
It was almost dawn, but because the morning light had not yet appeared, the night sky dotted with sparse stars seemed even colder and darker.
Luo Zhi walked along the sea breeze.
This road is very close to the beach. When Luo Zhi was a child, even with a broken leg, he could still reach the beach in ten minutes using crutches.
But today it is so far away.
It’s so far away that it seems like a long, endless nightmare.
Luo Zhi slowly picked and searched through the cracks in his nightmare. He had plenty of time and finally found a fragment.
I don't know the cause and effect, the image is very blurry, and the person opposite is just a shadow whose face cannot be seen clearly.
Shadow reached out and handed him the written note.
His thinking was very slow at that time and he couldn't understand the meaning of those words at all, but at this moment, he suddenly recognized them all.
"...waiting for you at sea."
Luo Zhi looked at the note and read it out loud.
He decided to go and take a look, since there was nothing he had to do anyway.
Luo Zhi handed his hand to the shadow waiting for him.
He knew he was hallucinating, but this hallucination was better than those endless questions, so he followed the shadow toward the sea.
The feeling under your feet changes from gravel to soft sand, which slowly becomes damp and then turns into surging waves.
The shadow suddenly stopped.
Luo Zhi also stopped.
The shadow in the hallucination turned around and looked at him.
Shadow still held his hand and shook his head gently at him, as if correcting the part he had misunderstood.
Shadow raised his hand and pointed toward the sky.
Luo Zhi raised her eyes as well.
After an unknown amount of time, he saw the huge outline of the cruise ship in the dim mist.
It turns out it’s not this “sea”.
Luo Zhi's hand, which was held by the illusion, suddenly loosened.
He seemed to be pushed by a shadow in the chest. He staggered back a distance and fell wetly on the beach.
His chest and abdomen spasmed and tightened when he came into contact with air again. Luo Zhi lay on his back on the beach, turned his head to the side, and choked on a few mouthfuls of salty sea water.
The cruise ship entered the port in the morning mist.
The newborn sun followed behind it, neither bright nor hot, just an orange ball of light.
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