Chapter 418: Evil (47)
Something was wrong with Qiao Xi after she came back.
This was something Yu Zhi had noticed after observing her for a day. She was quieter than ever before, as if she had lost her soul, lost in thought and out of her mind.
Even if I come back.
She still seemed out of place with the surrounding scene.
I can't fit in either.
She didn't say a word about what happened that day, and Yu Zhi had thought about using provocation as he had done before to stimulate her, slowly undermine her, and finally pry the secret out of the girl's mouth.
But Qiao Xi said nothing.
Sometimes she would stare out the window at the gray sky and lose herself in thought.
Yan Shen's condition was gradually improving, but Zhan Qi's whereabouts were still unknown. People around him speculated that Zhan Qi had run into trouble and was probably in jail.
The position left vacant after the third shift.
I'm afraid no one will sit here anymore.
Hearing those people whispering and discussing with various people, the girl seemed to become unusually silent.
She seems.
Gradually, I became less interested in my surroundings.
Compared with the dead silence of despair in the past, Qiao Xi now looked different from before. It was more like his consciousness was gradually being pulled out and slowly becoming blurred.
He was in a trance and confused.
The weather has been getting colder recently.
When the school bell rang, everyone around them opened their umbrellas and left in groups of two or three. The girl stood in a daze in the first-floor corridor, watching the heavy rain outside.
Didn't leave.
Her clear, slightly hollow eyes gazed at the gloomy sky, watching it become covered by dark clouds, gradually stained with a darker shade of ink. People were walking around her, avoiding her, and the sounds of playful laughter seemed to come from far away.
She stood still.
He clenched his backpack strap so tightly that his knuckles turned slightly white.
She lowered her eyes, perhaps remembering something, and stared blankly at a corner.
Everyone around me left.
The silent and cold air slowly encroached on her, gradually plunging her into the hazy rain curtain.
A very familiar feeling.
I remembered something, and for no apparent reason, my heart ached. A faint, barely perceptible sadness flooded my brain, then overflowed. Slowly, it also moistened my eyes.
Very sudden.
Look at that corner.
The aching, swollen, and uncomfortable feeling hit her so suddenly that she was completely unprepared and at a loss. She hadn't seen the man who had brought her nightmares, nor would she ever see again the tender, fragile, and almost shattering look in his eyes the last time they met.
Never saw again...
Shouldn't it be a very happy thing?
Yu Zhi was not far behind her, looking at her lazily with his arms folded.
Looking at her beautiful eyes that seemed a little empty, tears as big as beans rolled down without warning.
Very strange.
Seeing her crying again, her mood was different from the first time I saw her. There were some subtle changes.
At that time.
Yu Zhi knew that she was crying because she was bullied and verbally abused.
Now what?
Who was Qiao Xi crying for? The girl's clear almond-shaped eyes were adorned with a sadness and sorrow he had never seen before, a hidden struggle and bitterness, but also the joy of relieving hatred.
For whom?
It certainly wasn't for those who criticized her.
Yu Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a sense of unhappiness for no reason. He simply stopped watching.
"I found that you really love to cry."
The boy's careless voice was heard at this time, disturbing the quiet rain scene, breaking the silence at the moment, and the girl's immersed thoughts.
Qiao Xi seemed to realize that there was someone there only belatedly.
She quickly turned around, and her eyes met Yu Zhi, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded lazily, watching.
The girl hurriedly wiped away her tears and tried to calm herself down.
"You haven't gone back yet?"
She hurriedly hid her embarrassment, her eyes still showing the embarrassment and uneasiness of being caught. The corners of her mouth were forced upwards, forming a light and gentle smile.
He tried hard but poorly to hide his misery.
"I was waiting for you, but I didn't expect to see you crying again. What happened? Did something sadden you?"
Yu Zhi came to her.
The moody boy, like a cat, narrowed his eyes and wanted to touch her and wipe away the remaining tears.
However, Qiao Xi's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, with a hint of resistance and avoidance, and she stepped back a little.
He distanced himself calmly.
She bit her lips lightly and tugged at her clothes nervously, lowered her head and remained silent, not saying anything else.
Just become...
She began to resist his touch.
A hint of coldness flashed across Yu Zhi's eyes, and he withdrew his hand.
Those deep eyes were tinged with a dangerous and cold undercurrent, and with just one glance, they saw through the girl's heart that was trying hard to hide and was slowly changing.
"Are you in love with Zhan Qi?"
His voice was very cold, and it frightened Qiao Xi so much that she quickly became flustered and at a loss. The girl's clear almond eyes showed obvious embarrassment and fear of being exposed, but she still struggled to hide it.
"No...it's not like that. I didn't."
Her voice was trembling, she sounded frightened and helpless.
like……
How could she love the man who had pushed her into hell and brought her countless nightmares? He had hurt her to this point, and now they had finally let go and stopped torturing each other.
It's time to be free.
How could I... fall in love at a time like this?
"No? Then do you still have feelings for Yan Liang?" A hint of sarcasm flashed in Yu Zhi's eyes. Ignoring Qiao Xi's surprise and resistance, he pinched the girl's chin forcefully.
Falling words.
It was also merciless mockery, full of sarcasm: "Why? Because he's missing and you can't see him anymore, you've softened your heart?"
"Um--"
"Is it true how much you women love to humiliate yourselves? He treated you like this, yet you still felt soft-hearted and fell in love with him. But it's a pity, I don't even know where he is now."
Every word is heart-wrenching.
Every sarcastic and mocking remark made Qiao Xi's face turn even paler.
Yu Zhi pinched her chin with great force.
The delayed dull pain almost brought tears to her eyes again. She felt her head was dizzy and her thoughts were pulled together and tangled, becoming a mess.
"I don't know, I don't know..."
Murmurs escaped intermittently from her trembling pink lips.
Are you unwilling to admit it?
Or do you not want to see yourself like this?
Falling in love with someone who had hurt her would surely cause her torment and pain.
No wonder Yu Zhi always felt that even though Yan Liang was a little interested in her and started to take it seriously, Qiao Xi was always distracted, feeling perfunctory and forced.
So that's why.
Because she was funny, she fell in love with Zhan Qi.
She had developed feelings for the person she had once tried so hard to escape from. It was only when he left and his whereabouts were unknown that she realized her belated feelings.
How ironic—
How could this farce happen?
The girl was trembling slightly, her pretty face pale and bloodless. She just kept resisting, resisting his touch. She suddenly slapped Yu Zhi's hand away and stumbled back a few steps.
"That's not the case..."
Her lips trembled in a whisper.
He seemed to want to defend himself, but the words he said were monotonous and repetitive, pale and powerless, and he could not find an excuse for himself.
Can't find it either.
The reason for this change of mood.
"Did he protect you? Or did he break up with Yan Shen because of you? If so, then you were the one who sent him in."
Yu Zhi looked at her on the verge of collapse.
But he smiled softly with his eyes curved. The cat-like boy was lazy and leisurely, and he slowly told the girl the truths and facts one by one, which were enough to hit the girl hard and make her fall apart.
"Yan Liang and I are a little better off, we won't be restricted too much."
"but--"
"Zhan Qi's family background doesn't seem to be good. He should have been a loyal dog and been used obediently. He has committed the most evil and has a lot of bad things to his name."
It would be fine if I followed Yan Shen.
Just do your duty well, at least you won't be left with no way out.
"But he betrayed Yan Shen for you, and in the end, it was all in vain. He might even have to pay for the rest of his life. How foolish."
When Yu Zhi said the second half of the sentence, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. The boy's joyful voice echoed in the empty corridor, frivolous and mean.
The girl's body trembled slightly.
She bit her lip to suppress the emotions surging in her heart, and raised her hand without hesitation and swung it down.
“Bang!”
The clear and heavy sound of slapping made all the air freeze and become quiet the moment it sounded.
"Shut up……"
Qiao Xi's voice trembled but contained anger.
Did she know? Of course she did. As the person involved, she knew the whole story much better than Yu Zhi.
Zhan Qi begged her to look at him, even if it meant lying.
Even if it's fake.
If he were given one look back, he would temporarily fall into this dream until the moment of judgment came.
But Qiao Xi didn't.
She couldn't bring herself to say it, even though she knew it was a lie. Even if it was a simple, two-word lie, she couldn't bring herself to say it. She didn't give him this dream, she didn't give him hope.
The boy who gave up everything to choose her without hesitation.
Left behind.
She understood Zhan Qi's pain much better than Yu Zhi did. She saw him lose his composure and cry in fear for the first time, like an abandoned child. She also saw him humble himself to the point of having no bottom line, abandoning his self-esteem, which he had always valued most, and kneeling down to beg her.
He broke and smashed his pride one by one.
Crush it into ashes, leaving nothing behind.
He then opened his scarred body, which he felt was extremely cheap and dirty, without reservation and knelt down to let her beat and scold him.
Just to want...
Make some small amends to pay for the mistakes you made.
I no longer dare to hope for her love.
He no longer dared to hope for a future with her or for her forgiveness. The only way he could repay her was to let the girl vent her anger with this broken and bruised body.
Because he has nothing left.
He knows his future better than anyone else. He is a man without a future.
So, I don’t dare to hope for anything anymore.
After such an ending and conclusion, all traces and unbearable pasts seemed to be washed away by the rain, and in the end, only one sentence was buried in time.
"Forget it, let her go free."
Don't be stubborn anymore. He finally let go. He couldn't really drag Qiao Xi to hell with him. The world had made this little girl suffer so much malice and pain, and she shouldn't have to bear it.
She just needs.
Move forward, never look back. And never be soft on him, he doesn't deserve her gentle forgiveness. Until the moment she completely embraces the light, and he falls into the cold darkness.
So far.
They are completely separated and become people from two different worlds.
"Is it useful? He can't come back." Yu Zhi's eyes were dark, and he had restrained all his smiles. He touched the burning pain spreading on the side of his face.
How much does she like Zhan Qi?
Did these words touch her sore spot? Even if she regretted it now, it was too late. The more she loved him, the more pain she would feel.
Someone suddenly grabbed my wrist.
Qiao Xi also staggered and almost fell. Yu Zhi grabbed her hand and pressed her against the wall fiercely.
The girl's tear-stained almond-shaped eyes still showed a lingering sense of confusion and helplessness, and her extremely fragile appearance also made him irritated.
"How does Zhan Qi like to treat you? Like this?"
An icy and oppressive kiss fell and blocked her pink lips, while Yu Zhi's slightly dry lips rolled over roughly, causing her lips to hurt.
Qiao Xi’s beautiful eyes widened slightly.
The panic and anxiety in his expression were magnified infinitely. How could this be possible? Why could Yu Zhi... do such a thing?
Her mind went blank.
Her body was stiff and unresponsive, and her petite shoulders were trembling slightly, not knowing whether it was mixed with sadness or fear.
It's different.
Even though it was similarly rough, it was still a different kiss.
But even this familiar feeling.
They all seemed to bring back the girl's memories, piecing together the scenes that she had tried so hard to forget, gradually forming a clear and complete picture.
Her vision was blurred by tears.
Her beautiful eyes became a little blurry, filled with deep sadness and pain that could not be dispelled.
When Yu Zhi met her gaze at this moment, he felt as if he was burned, with a strong and inexplicable backlash surging over him that multiplied.
Even before, when he was applying medicine to Qiao Xi, he had never seen the girl show this expression.
Now, what is this?
Did you mistake him for Zhan Qi?
The originally rough kiss changed its offensive, teasing and cunning like a cat and mouse. Such a change seemed to make Qiao Xi unable to react at this moment.
She seemed to have just come back to her senses from her thoughts.
When I met Yu Zhi's eyes that contained a hint of mockery, and then saw the handsome young man in front of me.
It was as if I was suddenly pulled out of a dream, and everything was shattered.
She also fell into the ice cellar in an instant, her hands and feet cold.
When he realized what he was doing, Qiao Xi suddenly came to his senses and pushed the person away.
Yu Zhi did not resist her strength.
He was pushed back a few steps.
"What's wrong? You don't like it? This is our first kiss."
He looked at the pale-faced girl who was wiping her mouth desperately with a half-smile.
Qiao Xi looked at him palely.
She kept wiping her lips, trying to drive away his scent. But the more she wiped, the more flustered she became, and her hands trembled uncontrollably.
What had she just done?
Was I forcefully kissed by Yu Zhi...?
There was even a moment of illusion that he was Zhan Qi and almost fell into depravity?
Her mind was buzzing, and the huge amount of information that exploded in an instant almost made her unable to stand.
It shouldn't be like this, how could it be like this.
"No……"
Qiao Xi's face was pale and she shook her head gently. She didn't even bother to hold up an umbrella. She stumbled into the rain, trying to escape from here in a panic and desperate manner.
far away.
Yan Liang stood at the door of the equipment room across from him, taking in the entire scene. His hands, clenched into fists at his sides, veins bulged at some point. He suppressed a roar of anger, a ferocious anxiety that gradually permeated within it.
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