Luo Zhi didn't wait for the hand to fall on her head.
Too many things had happened, and they had drained away the last bit of his energy.
As her arms dropped to protect herself, Luo Zhi's body also quietly blocked all perception of the outside world.
Luo Zhi sat there unconsciously, her head and neck drooping softly along the massage point.
The unconscious body was no longer under any force, and Luo Zhi was about to fall into the muddy water, but was stopped in time by that hand.
The man reached out and held Luo Zhi, stroked his shoulder, and tried to call him.
Luo Zhi's body couldn't give any response.
…
"What's going on?" The secretary tidied up the power cord and whispered to the assistant who came back to find Mr. Ren, "How evil has this person done?"
The assistant was completely confused as well. He stared at the darkened video screen and shook his head with a heavy heart.
Ren Chenbai never talked much about Luo Zhi with others, and they only heard from more senior employees in the company that the two of them had a very good relationship when they were young.
Mingming is very good. Mr. Ren sometimes brings Luo Zhi to the company. When he is in a meeting or too busy at work, he lets his son take Luo Zhi upstairs and downstairs to play.
…
I heard that they were only teenagers at that time. Ren Chenbai always took Luo Zhi with him wherever he went and never allowed anyone to bully him.
I heard that the two of them are always inseparable, and even if they are separated temporarily due to something, they will get back together soon.
I heard that Ren Chenbai didn't even need to call Luo Zhi. He could always guess Luo Zhi's location and what she was doing, and he could find her after searching for a few times.
The assistant didn't dare to say anything more, but just reached out to turn off the computer.
He operated the mouse to save the files one by one, subconsciously took another look at the video, and was suddenly surprised: "Is it this person?"
The secretary leaned over to see: "Which one?"
In the video, the man had probably noticed that something was wrong with Luo Zhi, so he picked up the unconscious Luo Zhi and stood up with a frown.
Because the face was turned at more angles, the facial features became more distinct and the assistant recognized the face.
"Mr. Ming's generation... don't you watch the news? Didn't a cruise ship just have an accident? It was owned by their family."
The assistant clenched his fists, his face turned pale, and cold sweat slowly seeped out of his forehead: "Why is it a cruise ship again?"
The cruise ship accident has been a hot topic these days, and related news is everywhere.
Modern cruise ship accidents are no longer as exaggerated as in the movies, because the subsequent rescue measures are quite professional, and only more than 100 tourists were injured and 32 were missing.
These thirty-two people were later found one after another. Some were rescued by a passing fishing boat and there was no time to contact them. Some had been unconscious after falling into the water and their identities could not be counted in time... In short, the whereabouts of thirty-one people were found.
For the last one, some personal belongings were salvaged from the sea and have been sent back to the family for handling.
…
Everyone knows what this means.
President Ren asked him to check Luo Zhi's whereabouts. The assistant hadn't even left the company yet. He just opened Weibo and searched while taking the elevator downstairs, hoping to find out.
According to experience, Luo Zhi's whereabouts are not difficult to find at all. Luo Zhi would be seen in Li Weiming's square every now and then, and then more people would go to block him. Luo Zhi couldn't be invisible, so there would always be someone who could block him.
The assistant just habitually entered the name again and clicked search.
The buffered dot turned over, and the related results that popped up were no longer the same as before. There was only endless abuse, slander and criticism, and even they couldn't help but feel vicious curses when they saw them.
…but it also seems like an outrageous curse.
The assistant swallowed hard, picked up his phone, turned on the screen, and read the news again.
He actually had in mind someone with the same name - of course, the chances of having such a name repeated were ridiculously small. But what if? There are so many people in the world, maybe one or two of them just randomly named someone without looking up the meaning in the dictionary...
Otherwise, why would Mr. Ren go to the trouble of asking him to investigate Mr. Luo's whereabouts?
Otherwise, why is Luo Zhi still on the list with only one person left?
…
Ren Chenbai returned to the private hospital where Luo Zhi had once lived.
He didn't ask anyone to accompany him, but asked for a quiet and empty lounge and waited for Luo Zhi there.
He considered all the possible places Luo Zhi might go.
Luo Zhi's car was destroyed by him, so if she wanted to leave the city or even the province, she had to take public transportation. Although it may take more effort, it is not difficult to find.
Not to mention, it is unlikely that Luo Zhi would leave just like that.
It’s not because Luo Zhi doesn’t want to leave—Luo Zhi probably wanted to leave a long time ago.
She didn't leave before because Luo Zhi was worried about Luo Cheng. She doesn't leave now because her mother's grave is in the cemetery in this city.
Luo Zhi often went to the cemetery to talk with his mother, sometimes staying there for a whole day. He would also report to his mother about everyone's recent situation and talk to her about him.
In the early years, Ren Chenbai hated Luo Zhi even more than he does now. He was really disgusted by this kind of hypocritical apology. He once asked someone to forge his mother's will, saying that he never wanted to see Luo Zhi again.
When she received the will, Luo Zhi was curled up next to the tombstone, with her head down and softly playing the guitar piece she had just written.
Luo Zhi didn't believe the so-called will at all.
The people sent by Ren Chenbai said that Young Master Luo took the will and pressed their heads to correct the typos and punctuation marks.
Luo Zhi lowered her eyes, her voice cold and arrogant, and she pointed out word by word the mistakes that Aunt Ren absolutely could not have made, and pointed out all the evidence that this letter could not have been written by Aunt Ren.
Luo Zhi tore the will into pieces completely, neither throwing the white pieces of paper on the ground nor into the fire. Throwing it on the ground would dirty Aunt Ren's grave, and throwing it into the fire would make Aunt Ren upset. He walked all the way to the outside of the cemetery with his guitar on his back. He walked for a whole day before finally stopping in front of a trash can on the edge of the city, which was barely far enough away from the cemetery, and threw all the scraps of paper into it.
At that time, when Luo Zhi got stubborn, he could walk for a whole day without eating or drinking, and then sit on the beach in the middle of winter and play the guitar all night without stopping for a second.
...Since when did Luo Zhi start to have so many health problems?
The more Ren Chenbai thought about it, the more upset he became. He pressed his forehead hard, stopped thinking about those irrelevant things, and forced his consciousness back to his speculation about Luo Zhi's whereabouts.
It was not surprising that Luo Zhi would not believe the forged will.
Luo Zhi has this temper. For anyone he trusts, no matter how many people try to discredit him, shake him, or make up stories to deceive him, he will never believe them.
But does this incident really have no impact on Luo Zhi?
Ren Chenbai looked at his fingers and slowly moved them to grab a ball of air that he could not hold.
How could there be no impact?
The only people who would know about this and have the ability to forge a will could be a member of the Ren family.
Luo Zhi is very smart, he will know what the meaning of this thing is.
The day after returning from the beach, Luo Zhi packed up her things and quietly moved out of Ren's house without telling anyone.
Ren Chenbai knew the new place Luo Zhi had found to live, and he also knew that Luo Zhi had been sleeping in a car before she found a new place to live.
Later, Luo Zhi was old enough and got his own driver's license, so he no longer needed to find a designated driver. The car's movements became more and more free and its range became wider.
But no matter how free she was, Luo Zhi never left this city.
The car carrying Luo Zhi was tied firmly to her mother's grave as if by an invisible kite string.
Therefore, the private hospital where he is now is also the one most likely to be closest to Luo Zhi. If he waits for Luo Zhi here, there is a high chance that he will be able to see her.
He will definitely be able to wait. He will keep waiting, and when Luo Zhi comes, he will try not to treat Luo Zhi so badly.
Luo Zhi will recuperate here with him and will no longer be tortured by the Luo family. He will no longer push Luo Zhi to that family.
Ren Chenbai couldn't sit still anymore. He was even a little confused as to why he was still sitting peacefully in the lounge.
So he went downstairs to the emergency room hall and personally watched the people coming and going.
It turns out that there are so many unexpected disasters and misfortunes in this world.
The bright lights of the ambulance made people feel heavy-hearted. Everywhere there were anxiously-looking family members. Some had acute illnesses, some were seriously injured in car accidents, and there were many more chaotic situations that were difficult to judge. All that could be heard were panicked and confused cries.
He also saw a boy who had drowned after secretly going to the reservoir to swim, lying motionless on the emergency cart.
The emergency personnel were kneeling on the cart performing CPR. The family was so anxious and frightened that they had no idea what to do and could only run after them in a daze.
When entering the elevator, the boy suddenly choked on a mouthful of water and gasped for breath, and his body also reacted.
The middle-aged man in a suit and tie who was accompanying the car lost his strength in an instant, and his legs went limp instantly. He was helped by others several times before he stood up shakily and staggered into the elevator.
Ren Chenbai stood in the crowded hall.
…
Maybe he was thinking too simply.
Even the calmest person may not be able to deal with these situations.
Seeing the people closest to you in danger and on the verge of death is not a feeling that can be rehearsed or simulated in any situation.
The intense fear and despair of not being able to grasp anything, and the inevitable struggle against death, should not be compared with any other situation.
Maybe Luo Zhi was just panicking at that time.
Although this self-deceiving idea seems reasonable, it actually does not stand up to scrutiny - he knows Luo Zhi better than anyone else.
The more dangerous the situation is, the calmer Luo Zhi becomes. He is like a bright fire that becomes more conspicuous the darker the environment.
At that time, Luo Zhi would never panic, and would never be frightened to the point of being at a loss.
…
But after all, he found an excuse for Luo Zhi and himself.
He could use this excuse to simply cover up everything in the past and never touch it again.
The crowd suddenly stepped back to make way for the new family.
The family drove here by themselves. The husband rushed in with sweat all over his brow, carrying his unconscious wife on his back, accompanied by other family members. An emergency doctor who was prepared immediately ran up to take over. Everything happened so fast that it was hard to react.
Everything was so chaotic that after a group of people rushed into the elevator, the two teenage boys were left in the lobby.
The security guard came over and wanted to take them to rest first, but the older one tightly protected the younger one.
They will wait for their mother here and will not leave until they get there.
…
Everywhere there are people wandering around waiting for some result.
The doctor walked back and forth quickly, and the family members looked on worriedly.
Some patients were struggling in pain, some were unconscious, and some had already fallen into a calm and trance-like state of death.
Everyone is waiting.
Waiting for that hope, but also fearing another conclusion.
The same scenes are repeated every day in the emergency room.
Ren Chenbai slowly backed away until his back touched the cold wall.
He suddenly realized that it was a mistake for him to come here.
He just wanted to wait for Luo Zhi as soon as possible and confirm what Luo Zhi's current situation was, but he was not prepared to see these at all.
He suddenly had a severe headache. The endless anxiety and irritation about Luo Zhi ran rampant in his mind, and then everything suddenly went dark.
He saw Luo Zhi walking towards him slowly and holding his hand.
Luo Zhi seemed to have become smaller and looked only in her teens.
The hand that was tightly holding his was very warm, and he couldn't help wanting to snatch that warmth away. He was too cold, so he desperately squeezed his cold fingers into it tightly with spasming hands.
Luo Zhi groaned as he gripped her, but she didn't show it on her face.
Luo Zhi seemed to never learn how to show her pain.
Luo Zhi is most afraid of pain.
What is he doing?
What is Luo Zhi doing again?
Why did Luo Zhi come to pull him, why did she care about him, why didn't she just leave him there...
"Brother Chen Bai." Luo Zhi reached out and hugged him, "Don't be like this."
Luo Zhi said: "Don't be sad."
Luo Zhi's own face was also pale. He saw a deep and frightening bloodstain on Luo Zhi's arm, as if Luo Zhi had bitten it herself. The bloody flesh was embedded in the pale skin of her forearm, and a thin line of blood was still flowing down.
But Luo Zhi's eyes were very calm, the kind of calmness that became clearer and more bloody the more sad, frightened, and desperate she was.
Luo Zhi's hands were shaking, and he could see that Luo Zhi had tinnitus, because when Luo Zhi walked over, she didn't hear the voice on the side at all, and was even knocked back a few steps.
But Luo Zhi said nothing, so he didn't know what happened.
Why is Luo Zhi so sad? He doesn't know.
He didn't know what Luo Zhi was sad about, nor did he know why he couldn't stand.
He didn't know why he was standing in the corner of the emergency room. He was trying desperately to find something in the crowd. What was he looking for? Why couldn't he find it? It gave him a terrible headache.
He had a terrible headache and fell to his knees.
"Don't be sad, it's not your fault, Brother Chen Bai, it's not you."
Luo Zhi half hugged and half embraced him to support him. Luo Zhi didn't have enough strength, so he was dragged to kneel on the ground, blocking the sight of people passing by.
Luo Zhi was also shaking, but she still tried her best to hold up her body to protect him and patted his back: "Aunt Ren was prepared, it's not you..."
...What is not him?
Why doesn't he have any memory of this?
Why did Luo Zhi come to take care of him? Doesn’t Luo Zhi know what’s going on with her body?
Almost as soon as this thought came to mind, changes began to occur.
The body that was hugging him slowly grew colder, and the corner that had been propped up with all the strength of the teenage Luo Zhi to protect him finally began to slowly collapse under the erosion of the years.
Ren Chenbai shuddered violently, and he cried out, "Luo Zhi!"
Luo Zhi's body softened before his eyes.
Ren Chenbai finally couldn't control himself anymore. Even though he knew it was an illusion, he still reached out his hand in fear and panic to grab it.
He grabbed Luo Zhi's body, held her tightly in his arms, and tried to help her stand up again.
Unable to hold on, Luo Zhi's body grew colder and colder, as if sharp pieces of ice were cutting his flesh.
Is it because he just took away all the warmth from Luo Zhi? He can return it to Luo Zhi, he can return everything to Luo Zhi. Luo Zhi must wake up now, and he will never be angry with Luo Zhi again because of anything.
He will try to be nice to Luo Zhi, and he will not do those things again. Isn't that what Luo Zhi wants him to do? He can do it.
He will break up with Jian Huaiyi and help Luo Jun deal with Jian Huaiyi. He will make Li Weiming disappear completely and he will not use them to force Luo Zhi to come back.
He never mentioned the past again. He never mentioned anything at all, as if nothing had ever happened.
He treated Luo Zhi well. He would bandage Luo Zhi's wounds. He knew that Luo Zhi was very cold that night at the beach, and he would never let Luo Zhi be so cold again.
So Luo Zhi must wake up now and look at him.
Luo Zhi had to look at him.
Ren Chenbai grabbed Luo Zhi's shoulders. He could feel that his body was probably too stiff to move, but fortunately, he grabbed Luo Zhi's shoulders in the illusion.
He kept shaking Luo Zhi's shoulders and said things to her that he himself couldn't understand.
Luo Zhi finally opened her eyes again.
Ren Chenbai was pleasantly surprised and reached out to hold his hand, wanting to hug him, but ended up hugging a pool of salty, cold, dark ice water.
Ren Chenbai looked up blankly.
Luo Zhi opened her eyes. They were very dark and clean, so clean that it was a little strange. The pupils in them were so quiet that they did not reflect any light and could no longer hold anything.
Luo Zhi floated in the water, her body rising and falling with the current.
His face was paler than the drowning boy that Ren Chenbai had just seen, probably because it was colder. There was even a little bit of snow-white velvet on his eyebrows and eyelashes.
He looked very tired, but also revealed a genuine sense of relief and relaxation.
"No." Ren Chenbai whispered, "No, it's not like that."
The smell of blood began to rise from his throat. Ren Chenbai bent his knuckles and pressed them against his temple, erasing the image from his hallucination. "That's not the case."
"How could you--" Ren Chenbai swallowed back the accusation halfway through his words. It was the first time he apologized to Luo Zhi like this, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's not your fault."
"It's me. How could I speculate about you like this? How could I curse you to death?"
Ren Chenbai murmured in a low voice: "Don't do this, Luo Zhi, you can punish me, but you can't do this."
"I'm afraid you'll die." Ren Chenbai admitted intermittently and stumblingly, "I'm afraid you'll die."
He had long been afraid of Luo Zhi's death, not because of some ridiculous reason of "wanting Luo Zhi to be punished alive", that was just a logic he made up for himself. With that logic, he didn't have to face the torture and struggle of hatred.
He was afraid that Luo Zhi would die.
That day in the hospital, he pushed Luo Zhi away only to see her fall to the ground. He was so scared that he almost completely lost all his sanity.
"Don't be like this, Luo Zhi." Ren Chenbai lowered his head and begged him, "I'll let you go, don't scare me."
…
The dark and boundless icy sea suddenly collapsed and disappeared without a trace.
Luo Zhi then fell to the ground.
The arm protecting him from behind finally fell.
The thin wrist bone hit the cold and hard tiles with a deafening sound.
Ren Chenbai briefly woke up from an inexplicable hallucination.
He was still standing in the corner of the emergency room, holding his cell phone in his hand.
He leaned against the wall, his whole body soaked in cold sweat and his body was still shaking uncontrollably. But being free from the hallucination still made him feel completely relieved, and he almost felt fortunate to have survived the disaster.
Ren Chenbai slowly moved his cold hands and pressed his chest which was still beating rapidly.
Not wanting to alert anyone in the hospital, he walked over to the vending machine and bought himself a bottle of water.
When he picked up his phone to scan the code to pay, he suddenly realized that the phone showed that he was on a call.
It was his assistant who called him.
Ren Chenbai frowned.
He had no recollection of the phone call at all; nearly five minutes had passed since the call and he couldn't even remember what they had talked about.
...Could it be that he was infected by Luo Zhi and his brain became abnormal?
Ren Chenbai laughed at himself, he calmed down and picked up the phone: "What were we talking about just now?"
"Mr. Ren?" The assistant seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time, and his voice sounded immediately, "Are you okay? Is everything serious..."
"What's wrong with me? I was distracted just now."
Ren Chenbai asked: "What do you want from me?"
The assistant seemed to be stunned by this question. After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his voice a little: "Mr. Ren, please let me check... Mr. Luo's whereabouts."
The assistant whispered, "I was just reporting this to you."
Ren Chenbai's heartbeat, which had just calmed down, suddenly stopped again because of this name.
He didn't speak immediately, but took a few deep breaths and told himself that it was okay.
He has figured it out, completely - fortunately, he has figured it out, and he will treat Luo Zhi well.
He would never mention the past to Luo Zhi again.
It seemed that because he finally figured this out, his heart relaxed a lot, and he even felt a long-lost sense of relaxation and warmth.
Luo Zhi's health must have been quite difficult to recover this time.
But it doesn’t matter, he will take care of Luo Zhi.
Just like when Luo Zhi first arrived at the Ren family, they were still the same as before and no longer made trouble.
"So that's it." Ren Chenbai smiled and his tone became much softer. "Where were we talking about? What did I just say to you?"
On the other end of the phone, the assistant suddenly stopped talking.
Ren Chenbai waited for a few seconds, then slowly frowned and said, "Speak."
Ren Chenbai asked: "What did I just tell you?"
The assistant trembled and answered quickly in a trembling manner.
Ren Chenbai stood there in a daze.
He did say that.
He did say that.
Those memories that had been automatically blocked for a short time suddenly came back to him, and Ren Chenbai remembered what happened just now. He was standing in the corner of the hall and received the investigation results sent by his assistant.
It took him a lot of effort to understand the survey results. He thought his assistant was probably crazy for using such fabricated things to fool him.
He heard these words echo in his mind just before the hallucination appeared, and then a severe headache suddenly and without warning engulfed his consciousness.
…
"How could Luo Zhi die in a shipwreck?"
He said, "Don't be ridiculous."
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