Ren Chenbai appeared in the crew of "Flame".
He was the provider of documentary material and the son of an old friend of director Gong Hanrou, and he would have visited the crew. I don’t know why, but this time many people looked at him strangely.
The assistant director, who was familiar with him, seemed not to see him, and the script supervisor immediately lowered his head and turned away when he saw him. Many familiar faces that he had previously remembered suddenly treated him as if he were non-existent air.
The production manager recognized him and his expression suddenly changed. He immediately put down his work and went over to take away a few young actors who were playing together not far away and had no filming tasks.
Zhao Lan and his men hurried over and stopped Ren Chenbai, looking unfriendly: "What are you going to do?"
Ren Chenbai stopped and recognized her: "Assistant Zhao."
When Ren Chenbai went to negotiate with the crew on behalf of Luo Cheng, he had seen Zhao Lan in a coffee shop and knew that she was the assistant of director Gong Hanrou.
…
He still remembered that Director Gong said that Zhao Lan was the female college student who was abducted. She and Xiao Zhi were later rescued and escaped from that evil den.
After being rescued, Zhao Lan's family stayed by her side and took care of her every step of the way. It took more than ten years to finally help her slowly get out of the nightmare-like shadow.
Ren Chenbai had a good impression of her. He knew that Zhao Lan applied to become Director Gong's assistant because she decided to face the past. He said in a gentle tone, "I haven't been here for a while. I came to see Teacher Gong."
"No need." Zhao Lan frowned, "Mr. Ren, Teacher Gong doesn't want to see you."
She turned sideways and motioned for the groundskeeper to come over and see the person off: "Please go back."
Ren Chenbai was leaning on a crutch, and the staff didn't dare to touch him rashly. They just walked forward politely and waited.
Ren Chenbai had felt something was wrong from the beginning, and called her: "Assistant Zhao, did I do something wrong?"
Zhao Lan looked at him with increasingly strange eyes.
She stared at Ren Chenbai and repeated his words: "Did you do something bad?"
…
Zhao Lan couldn't imagine how someone could be so shameless.
After the last unpleasant meeting in the coffee shop, Gong Hanrou immediately started looking for the whereabouts of Huo Miao.
It was actually not difficult at all to match Huo Miao's identity with Luo Chi - it was just that before this, the crew followed their usual habit and would never rashly disturb the lives of the parties involved without permission.
When Ren Shuangmei told this story to her old friend, she deliberately concealed Luo Chi's identity and blurred the key clues because she didn't want Luo Chi to be entangled and disturbed by the past. Gong Hanrou was of course aware of this, so she only listened to the stories and never asked any further questions.
Such tacit respect and protection unexpectedly turned into inaction after one of the parties passed away too hastily.
During the conversation in the coffee shop, Gong Hanrou sensed ominous clues from Ren Chenbai's words. She asked someone to find out that Luo Chi had gone on a cruise trip - the crew had even made relevant preparations. As soon as Luo Chi came back, they broke the usual rules of documentary filming and forcibly took the person away on the pretext of cooperating with the interview.
…
This is the first time in such a long documentary film shooting that Gong Hanrou has no idea how to face her deceased old friends.
"You kept telling the crew that the family was not nice to Flame, but you were taking good care of him."
Zhao Lan asked word by word, "You took care of me like this, and now you come to ask us, have you done anything wrong?"
Ren Chenbai finally understood what she was talking about: "Are you talking about my brother?"
"Is there some misunderstanding? My brother is very good. I am here for him this time."
Ren Chenbai was speechless: "Isn't Luo Cheng in the crew? Although Xiao Zhi has no relationship with their family for a long time, she was his sister after all. I came to see her on his behalf..."
When he came, he had just said goodbye to Xiaozhi and promised to bring Xiaozhi some snacks that were definitely not made with egg whites.
It was so difficult to buy that he waited in line for a long time outside the only store and his legs became numb from standing so long.
Listening to the murderer talking nonsense shamelessly, Zhao Lan's face darkened and he was about to ask the staff to kick him out. But when he saw that Ren Chenbai didn't seem to be pretending at all, he suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable horror.
At this moment, Gong Hanrou's voice came from behind her: "Xiao Lan, go and get busy."
Zhao Lan turned around and couldn't help frowning: "Teacher Gong, this person——"
"It doesn't matter." Gong Hanrou said, "We'll see each other again sooner or later."
The last time Ren Chenbai came to the crew, everyone had not had time to deal with their emotions.
Not only Zhao Lan, but even Gong Hanrou was unable to control her intense anger and disgust. She scolded Ren Chenbai on the spot and told him to get out of her crew.
Gong Hanrou signaled the staff to prepare the meeting room, walked over and looked at Ren Chenbai.
She looked much older than she had a few days ago. Although she still maintained her usual sharp rationality, her eyes were already showing some fatigue. “Since we want to talk, let’s talk.”
Ren Chenbai wanted to help her, but Gong Hanrou raised her hand to move away.
Gong Hanrou looked at the person behind Ren Chenbai: "Why isn't your assistant following you?"
Ren Chenbai was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look at Xun Zhen who was standing behind him with his arms folded.
He looked at Xun Zhen, and suddenly some confusing images flashed through his mind, causing his temple to ache without warning: "You——"
"It's a replacement. Mr. Ren hasn't been feeling well lately." Xun Zhen greeted politely, "Director Gong."
Gong Hanrou recognized him. She had made a documentary about the living conditions of mentally ill patients and had dealt with Xun Zhen and knew his identity.
She greeted Xun Zhen and glanced at Ren Chenbai thoughtfully: "It's okay, come with me."
The headache came and went quickly. Ren Chenbai stood there in a daze, and only came back to his senses when Xun Zhen patted him on the shoulder.
"What happened to my brother?" Ren Chenbai frowned, "Why did they say that I didn't take good care of Xiaozhi and Xiaozhi is sick?"
At that moment, he seemed to see Luo Zhi lying on the hospital bed. He had never seen that figure so pale and weak, and a strong sense of uneasiness suddenly arose in his heart.
Ren Chenbai stood there, suddenly feeling a little anxious: "I'd better go back and take a look, so I can bring him some snacks. He always forgets to eat when he starts painting..."
"Mr. Ren." Xun Zhen interrupted him, "Your brother is very good, he doesn't need your snacks."
Ren Chenbai stopped talking and looked at him half-believingly and half-doubtingly.
Xun Zhen gestured in the direction Gong Hanrou left, and without waiting for him, he walked over first.
...He knew that Ren Chenbai would definitely follow.
After figuring out the Ming family's intentions, Xun Zhen tried to induce Ren Chenbai based on the information sent by Ming Lu.
This process was much simpler than he had imagined - Ren Chenbai didn't even need any persuasion from him, he almost couldn't wait to believe and accept this statement completely.
Ren Chenbai now believes that after Luo Zhi had spent three months recuperating from his injuries in Wanghai Villa, he was officially taken back home by his mother and completely severed ties with the Luo family.
After that, Luo Zhi lived in Ren's family and lived with them. Later, her mother passed away due to illness, and Ren Chenbai has been taking care of Luo Zhi until now.
Xun Zhen originally wanted to save some face for the Ren family, so he let him finish his dream in the ward. It was Ren Chenbai himself who refused to give in and insisted on coming to the crew no matter what.
No matter how strictly managed a film crew is, it is still a film crew. There are so many people and eyes everywhere, so it is impossible for any news to be kept secret.
After today, Xun Zhen had no idea what this heir of the Ren family, who had the best reputation, was the most gentle and kind-hearted, would become in the eyes of outsiders, and how many layers of his decent human skin would be peeled off.
…
Ren Chenbai followed Gong Hanrou to the reception room.
It's easy to tell that this room was originally used to record interview material. Behind the large green potted plant that is fixed for cover, there is a camera with a flashing red light.
Noticing that Ren Chenbai's steps were a little hesitant, Gong Hanrou stopped and turned around: "We need interview materials from the relatives of the person involved. You've come at the right time."
Gong Hanrou looked at him: "Is there anything inconvenient?"
Hearing Gong Hanrou's words "relatives", Ren Chenbai was stunned for a moment, then his expression softened a lot: "No."
"You're right, we should record this part." Ren Chenbai smiled, "I've been too busy lately, and I haven't talked to my brother for a long time... He hasn't been willing to talk to me recently, maybe he's in his rebellious phase. It's my fault. I should have cared more about him."
Gong Hanrou sat on the chair not far away.
Ren Chenbai walked with crutches to the sofa shaded by green plants, sat down, and put the crutches aside.
He seemed to be waiting for such an opportunity to say these words out loud, so that he could confirm it once more and completely drive away the extremely cold and unexplained fear that was lingering in his heart.
He was so satisfied with his current life that he felt as if he had been having an extremely absurd nightmare that spanned half of his life. Only now did he wake up and grasp the destiny that was originally within his grasp.
To be honest, he still feels uneasy from time to time until now - that nightmare was too real, so real that it seemed as if it were vividly remembered. Fortunately, everything was fake, and fortunately he didn't really do that.
Fortunately, he finally woke up. If he was trapped in that nightmare...
No, there is no such possibility.
There is absolutely no possibility of this happening, he will never be fooled.
Ren Chenbai looked at his hands, and he tried his best to recall the scene he saw in front of the crew.
——His brother is painting in the studio.
The afternoon sun was shining brightly. The figure was sitting in front of the easel, concentrating on painting on the canvas with the brush in his hand, and there was a little paint on his cuffs.
He stood at the door and watched for a while before leaving. Perhaps because he kept his voice very low, the people in the room didn't notice at all and were still concentrating on the details of the painting.
…
Recently, Xiaozhi really doesn't like to pay attention to him.
He always buries his head in his own work and ignores him when he walks around the house... But this is not his brother's fault, it is his fault.
He's done some really bad things in the past. Those things were too much, so much so that whenever they were brought up, whenever he was ignored, given a cold shoulder, or lost his temper because of them, he deserved it...
Gong Hanrou asked: "Did your family adopt him?"
"Yes, that was ten years ago."
Ren Chenbai nodded. He seemed to remember the situation at that time, and a smile flashed across his face quickly and briefly: "He made a wish and wanted to be a family with us."
Ren Chenbai said this slowly, looking at his palm: "My mother took him back home."
"How is he?" Gong Hanrou asked, "Is he doing well in your house?"
…
These should be considered two questions.
Ren Chenbai separated the two questions and answered the first one eagerly: "He is very good."
"Very well behaved, very obedient, and very sensible." Ren Chenbai said, "A lot——"
He seemed to have encountered some difficulty when saying this, and he stumbled before continuing: "Many people like him."
Ren Chenbai's fingers tightened unconsciously, and then he suddenly shuddered and pressed hard on his broken leg, and cold sweat instantly broke out.
"But he's not doing well because of me. I'm sick." Ren Chenbai said, "I can't stand seeing others treat him well."
"I always want him to follow me and trust me alone. I am sick."
Ren Chenbai seemed eager to prove something with this self-abuse confession. His words suddenly lost their logic and he stammered, "I mean, I pretended to be nice to him, but I was actually mean to him secretly. But I didn't mean to be mean to him, I was--"
"You want to control him." Gong Hanrou's voice sounded, "You want him to rely on you to survive."
Her tone was icy, and even the calmness and indifference from before was completely gone, leaving only undisguised mockery and coldness.
Ren Chenbai shuddered violently at this sentence, but he heaved a sigh of relief and nodded heavily, as if he had finally untied a knot in his heart through this condemnation: "Yes."
"But later I figured it out and reflected on it," Ren Chenbai said, "so I changed it."
Gong Hanrou asked: "Why did you change it?"
"I just suddenly thought clearly... He is already my family."
Ren Chenbai curled his lips: "One day I figured it out. I'm so ridiculous. He's already my brother. How can I run away?"
He laughed and said, "After I figured this out, I corrected myself little by little, but it took me a few years to do so... I still feel uncomfortable when I see someone likes him, but I can bear it."
"We live a very happy life now and I take good care of him."
Ren Chenbai smiled and said, "I used to be a very bad person, but thanks to my mother and him for tolerating me, I am changing now."
Gong Hanrou seemed to be meeting the son of an old friend for the first time.
At a certain moment, she even lost the strength to continue asking questions. She just fell silent in disbelief, looking at the figure mumbling incoherently on the sofa.
After a while, Gong Hanrou suddenly asked, "What if he couldn't be your brother?"
Gong Hanrou asked this question, and seeing the cold and gloomy expression that flashed across Ren Chenbai's face in an instant, which was almost an instinctive reaction, her heart felt infinitely cold.
Ren Chenbai was stunned by this question.
He was stunned for an unusually long time, and kept pressing his leg injury nervously. He was fiddling with the leg, looking as if he was trying to straighten it or break it.
"If he fails to become your brother, you won't reflect on yourself or change."
Gong Hanrou was silent for a moment, and without waiting for him, she gave the answer directly: "You will become more and more unscrupulous, more and more aggressive, and more and more crazy——"
"There's no such possibility!" Ren Chenbai suddenly shouted, "He is my brother!"
Ren Chenbai seemed to want to stand up from the sofa, but his broken leg made him fall back down. "He is my brother, we are a family! We are living a good life now, there is no need to make other assumptions!"
Gong Hanrou didn't say anything else.
She sat in the chair, looking at Ren Chenbai, whose face suddenly became ferocious. She felt more and more disgusted and disgusted, but also a hint of pity.
Ren Chenbai was touched by the pity in her eyes. He suddenly came to his senses and panted awkwardly, "Sorry... Sorry, Teacher Gong."
"I lost my composure," Ren Chenbai said. "I really don't like this assumption."
...He was terrified of this assumption.
He was so scared that he couldn't even accept it as a hypothesis, so scared that if he just thought about the possibility, he would be swallowed up by a huge fear that was enough to crush his bones in an instant.
"I am very lucky that my mother brought him home, giving me the opportunity to become a family with him."
Ren Chenbai struggled to move his body and sat firmly on the sofa: "I will cherish this opportunity, I will treat him..."
His movements and voice suddenly stopped, his pupils shrank in disbelief, and they were fixed on a figure not far away.
Following Gong Hanrou's instructions, Zhao Lan brought Luo Cheng to the reception room.
...In just a few short days, Luo Cheng seemed like a completely different person.
There are makeup artists and assistants in the crew, who can at least ensure that her image does not look too outrageous at first glance, but as long as you look a little more closely, it is not difficult to see the clues.
Luo Cheng stood in the corner. She looked at Ren Chenbai blankly. After a long pause, she recognized him: "Brother Chenbai."
"You still won't let me go?" Luo Cheng asked, then shook his head, "You won't let me go."
Luo Cheng looked down at his toes: "How are you going to punish me?"
Ren Chenbai's figure seemed to be frozen on the sofa, staring at her motionlessly with a frown.
"Why should I?" Ren Chenbai slowly clenched his palms. For some reason, he couldn't finish the question in one breath, "Why should I punish you?"
Luo Cheng's reaction this time was a little bigger. He raised his head blankly and looked at him almost strangely.
…
That sharp headache suddenly exploded in Ren Chenbai's temple again.
"No, you don't have to answer." Ren Chenbai said hastily, "I don't want to know, you——"
He was a step too late. Perhaps his head didn't hurt enough, or perhaps the sound of a hand reaching into his chest, grabbing his heart, and squeezing out the blood wasn't loud enough, he still heard Luo Cheng's words clearly.
He heard Luo Cheng's voice: "My second brother died because of me."
...What second brother?
Where did Luo Cheng’s second brother come from?
Jian Huaiyi? When did Jian Huaiyi die?
Ren Chenbai looked at the ground in panic. He asked in a low and incoherent voice: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Are you talking about Xiaozhi? Xiaozhi is no longer your second brother. He was adopted by my mother ten years ago. He is my younger brother and has nothing to do with you. You can't call him second brother anymore. He is my younger brother."
Ren Chenbai's speech became more and more urgent: "We have been very happy these years. Mother passed away early, but we were also at peace. Xiaozhi was at home. He was still painting when I left. I promised to bring him some snacks. How could you curse him to death? How dare you--"
His words were abruptly interrupted by Luo Cheng's voice. He thought he must be very hideous now, so hideous that even though Luo Cheng had been tortured to the point of being dazed and numb, she still looked at him with obvious fear.
"Brother Chen Bai..." Luo Cheng asked him in a trembling voice, "Are you crazy?"
Ren Chenbai had already pounced over from the sofa. The intense pain exploding from his broken leg seemed to be blocked by something. He staggered in front of Luo Cheng, but was quickly caught by several staff members.
He had neither the ability nor the intention to commit the crime, and was only able to stand firmly thanks to those unceremonious hands. Ren Chenbai stared at Luo Cheng, his voice almost like an angry beast caught in a trap: "I'm not crazy, I'm telling the truth!"
He took out his cell phone and wanted to show Luo Cheng the photos he had taken, to show Luo Cheng how well and happy Xiao Zhi had lived in his home over the years, how many awards she had won, and how many singles she had released.
Ren Chenbai pressed his mobile phone frantically. He stared at the screen and sweat broke out in beads.
His vision began to blur and his hands began to shake more and more.
…Where did it go?
It was all in his phone, the photos, the screenshots, the music software he downloaded specifically for promoting the song... He was learning to accept that the fire could no longer be suppressed.
He is learning to accept it, he is reflecting on himself... He still always regrets, thinking it would have been better if he had reflected on himself earlier.
If he had reflected on himself earlier, his mother would not have had the accident, and his brother would not have been angry with him.
They will be the most complete family and will be happier than they are now. He will be influenced by these two good people and gradually become a less despicable and selfish monster and devil...
Ren Chenbai suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground. He saw his cell phone had fallen far away and hurried to pick it up. Then he saw Xun Zhen appear in front of him.
"Dean Xun!" Ren Chenbai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly grabbed the other person, "You know all these things, right? Right? I have a younger brother! We have been a family for a long time! Tell them--"
His eyes fell on the injection in Xun Zhen's hand. He trembled violently and struggled to retreat: "What are you going to do?!"
"Mr. Ren." Xun Zhen's voice came back, "Isn't it time to wake up?"
...What should I wake up for?
Ren Chenbai hugged his head tightly. His chest was like a bellows that kept pumping. He opened his mouth and gasped for breath, but it seemed as if no breath was sucked in.
He might have really had another nightmare, in which a group of people inexplicably wanted to prove to him that Luo Zhi was not his younger brother and that Luo Zhi was dead.
He clearly saw the shadow drawing at home. He was sure that he must have seen it. How could an illusion be so clear?
“…Come with me to see the sea.”
Ren Chenbai tightly grasped Xun Zhen's hand, his fingers already cramping from the excessive force: "Let's go to Wanghai. I'll prove it to you. I brought him some snacks..."
…Everything makes perfect sense.
He had checked it many times and there was nothing wrong.
There is nothing that contradicts logic. Everything is logical and everything is the most natural result of development. He is living a life which is a little dull but worth cherishing.
He used to want a lot of things. He used to be more greedy, selfish and cold-blooded than he is now. He was a devil hiding under layers of disguise. If he hadn't met his mother and Luo Zhi, he wouldn't have been qualified.
"Mr. Ren," Xun Zhen suddenly asked, "Why did you say just now that if you had reflected on yourself earlier, your mother wouldn't have gotten into this accident?"
Ren Chenbai's countless thoughts suddenly came to nothing.
Before he could finish organizing his last train of thought, he instantly fell heavily from the gap between those thoughts, the speed getting faster and faster, and his limbs and bones instantly exploded with unimaginable pain and numbness under the violent impact. He could not utter any sound, and he was forcibly pulled back to reality.
Ren Chenbai panted in confusion; he found that he was no longer in the crew.
He seemed to have fainted in Gong Hanrou's crew, and was now being carried into an ambulance with restraints on his body.
Xun Zhen sat at his feet, lowered his head, and continued to ask: "Why did your mother have an accident?"
Ren Chenbai seemed unable to understand these words. He just looked around in panic. When he saw the box of snacks, he felt relieved: "Where's Xiaozhi?"
"I'm not going to the hospital. I want to go home." Ren Chenbai moved his throat, "Xiao Zhi is still waiting for me. He hasn't eaten yet."
Xun Zhen didn't originally want to send an ambulance to the hospital.
He gestured to open the door of the rear compartment, and the dazzling sunlight rushed in wrapped in the sea breeze.
Ren Chenbai was freed from the restraints. He almost snatched the crutches and snacks and rolled off the car.
The ambulance stopped in front of the garden, not far away was the house where Luo Zhi lived.
Ren Chenbai smiled.
He even managed to tidy himself up before limping over and knocking on the door twice.
"Xiao Zhi?" Ren Chenbai said in a warm voice, "I'm back."
Ren Chenbai shook the snack in his hand and said, "Come out quickly and get some fresh air."
No one responded in the room. Ren Chenbai thought that Luo Zhi was probably asleep.
Ren Chenbai took out his cell phone and wanted to send a WeChat message to Luo Zhi, but for some reason, he tried again and again many times but couldn't find the chat box with Luo Zhi.
His cell phone seems to have a lot of problems and needs to be repaired.
Ren Chenbai frowned, opened the contacts again and again, and then suddenly remembered that he seemed to have repaired his phone not long ago.
Why would he repair his cell phone?
Ren Chenbai held on to the door edge and managed to stand steadily.
He tried his best to think for a long time before he remembered that it seemed to be because of a little star named Li Weiming - that damn bastard deleted Luo Zhi's WeChat when he was not paying attention in order to get revenge on him.
Once deleted, the WeChat records cannot be recovered. He angrily smashed everything in the office that day and looked for everyone who claimed to be able to retrieve the chat records, but to no avail.
He lost Luo Zhi's WeChat.
Why did Li Weiming take revenge on him?
Because they were originally in the same nest, Li Weiming didn't expect that he would suddenly bite back... What were they trying to do by getting together like this?
Ren Chenbai thought about this question hard, his expression finally began to change, and finally that little bit of smile disappeared without a trace.
...He watched the little star frame Luo Zhi.
How could he watch others frame Luo Zhi? !
Ren Chenbai's throat was strangled. His hands were shaking as he slowly and laboriously pushed the door open, as if he was pushing a wrench that would bring down the guillotine above his head.
The room was empty.
That's not a habitable room.
Even if its owner came back and cleaned it up, it would still be impossible to live in it.
He looked at the large patch of mold that spread from the window to the wall. The mold was distorted in his sight, like a funny, absurd, bizarre and strange illusion.
Ren Chenbai slowly moved in, holding on to the wall. He touched the mold. There was a cold and damp air on the shady wall, which instantly flowed into his body along his hand.
Why would he watch others frame Luo Zhi?
because……
"Chen Bai." He heard his mother's incredulous voice, "...You have thrown a conch?"
Late that night, he was called by his mother to meet her alone at the Seaview Villa.
His mother discovered the surveillance camera he installed in the villa.
The mother deliberately sent Luo Zhi out that day, wanting to hide some small gifts for Luo Zhi in the villa, but she unexpectedly discovered the surveillance camera.
The mother checked the surveillance footage and found out a lot of things, including many of his secrets... They had some arguments.
His mother did not tell anyone in the family about her specific condition. He didn't know what illness his mother had, he only knew that his mother had been in poor health recently. He watched his mother suddenly fall down in pain, and his mind went blank. By the time his mother's assistant realized something was wrong and rushed her to the hospital, it was too late...
He stood woodenly in the corner of the emergency room.
Luo Zhi came to comfort him knowing nothing. Luo Zhi thought it was just an accident. Luo Zhi knew nothing at all - why did Luo Zhi know nothing?
He is a cold-blooded, uncooked monster, the most despicable, selfish, heartless demon who is best at disguising and deceiving. He will have to atone for his sins in despair for the rest of his life. Why is Luo Zhi still so warm and clean?
…
If it wasn't to hide a gift for Luo Zhi, would the mother suddenly go to Wanghai Villa and discover those surveillance cameras?
Thorns filled with poison spread from his chest. He tightly grasped the wound on Luo Zhi's arm. The wound was caused by Luo Zhi's own bite. It was bleeding and the blood seeped out from between his fingers.
He watched Luo Zhi's arm tremble unconsciously in his palm due to the pain, and a vicious and twisted pleasure finally grew in his heart.
He fainted.
It was a week later when I woke up again.
He had no memory of what happened at that time, only that particularly clear and cold hatred.
He thought carefully about the hatred and asked the elders around him whether Luo Zhi was there when his mother passed away. He looked at those people looking at each other, as if they had something to hide but were not willing to say it out loud. Finally, someone just responded casually.
He has the right to live.
Ren Chenbai moved his eyes.
He slowly moved his gaze towards Xun Zhen who was standing in front of him.
The scene of the other party inducing him suddenly popped up. He almost couldn't wait to accept the hint given by Xun Zhen and believed what Xun Zhen said - except for one thing, Xun Zhen couldn't correct him no matter what.
He only wanted to call her "Xiao Zhi."
Why is he called Huo Miao Xiao Zhi?
Because that was the only name he could still hold tightly and drag into the dark, cold water filled with oil.
Even after being dragged in by him, the hawthorn tree still struggled to grow upwards, stretching its branches outward with difficulty.
He stared fiercely at the thin branch, on which there were actually tender green leaves growing, washed clean by the dew.
…
Xun Zhen couldn't correct him no matter what.
——Why is everything in this dream so logical? Why can’t I find any faults?
Because this is the future.
He ruined the future.
Ren Chenbai suddenly struggled to get up. He looked like a wandering soul, stumbling and running towards the reef regardless of everything.
He saw himself.
He had to stop himself, the dream had to continue, he couldn't wake up, he couldn't wake up.
Why can't I stop myself? Why not give him a chance? He knew he was wrong. He really knew he was wrong this time. He should have broken all his legs. How could he throw away the conch...
He rushed into the sea frantically. The cold sea water swallowed him instantly and the sharp reefs on the seabed hit his ribs heavily. His chest was cramping, but he still struggled to crawl into the sea, desperately searching for the conches, but he could not find the fate that he had ruined.
Xun Zhen's reaction was not enough to catch up with a madman. They led people to chase him and it took some time before they finally found the reef.
Ren Chenbai was dragged out of the sea, his hands were cut bloody by the sharp rocks, and his eyes were dazed.
He seemed to be slowly falling into some kind of hallucination, and he smiled tentatively in a trance.
"I know." He choked on the blood foam, "I know I was wrong..."
He seemed to be a person who always felt soft-hearted when he saw something. The person probably walked towards him in a hallucination, and he couldn't wait to stretch out his hand in a flattering manner.
Before the smile could materialize, it froze in his eyes and then disappeared.
…
He saw himself in a hallucination for the umpteenth time.
He suddenly began to shake his head vigorously, staring at that place and begging in fear, and in the end he even cried and shouted hysterically.
He was unmoved in the illusion, and just walked over step by step. He watched his own figure cover the vague shadow of Luo Chi.
His impression of Luo Chi was too vague. The faint flame dissipated in an instant, leaving no trace, only a hideous and ugly darkness.
He cried out in fear, as he saw himself for the umpteenth time in that hideous scene.
He saw himself walking behind the reef.
What has happened cannot be erased, nor can it be changed.
He picked up the conch which was only covered with a thin layer of fine sand, raised his hand nonchalantly, and threw it into the sea that swallowed everything.
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