Chapter 30 Ending
After Jiang Congyue fell into complete darkness, Jiang Le leaned beside her, staring at her gradually falling asleep face, his fingertips lightly brushing across his slightly furrowed brows.
The drug began to take effect, and Jiang Congyue's breathing became steady and deep. Those eyes that always held countless secrets were now quietly closed.
Jiang Le gently kissed Jiang Congyue's forehead, then stood up and took out the spare phone she had given to Jiang Congyue. As expected, there was nothing in the phone.
How could such a meticulous person leave any trace for her to notice?
She sighed, threw her phone aside, took one last look at Jiang Congyue lying on the bed, and left in silence.
We drove to a secluded community and parked downstairs of a building with ease.
After getting out of the car and thinking for a moment, I finally gave up on what Jiang Congyue had taught me - to bring gifts when visiting someone's home. After all, we had already entered the residential complex, and there was no village or store in sight. There was nothing I could do.
She went upstairs empty-handed and rang the doorbell.
I waited for a long time before someone opened the door.
Jiang Le smiled and said, "How are you, Steward Lin?"
Lin Qingyu was stunned for a few moments when she saw Jiang Le outside the door, but she immediately came to her senses and smiled faintly, "She wouldn't smile like that. You're being too unnatural."
"Hey," Jiang Le suppressed his dry laugh, then laughed at himself from the bottom of his heart, "I've tried very hard."
"It looks more like it now." Lin Qingyu turned sideways and invited people in.
Jiang Le walked in. The room wasn't very large, but it was decorated very cozily, giving people a homey feeling at first glance. There was also a row of flowers on the balcony, swaying in the sun and the breeze, looking quite pleasant.
A cup of steaming flower tea gently fell in front of her, and Lin Qingyu sat down and sipped it casually.
Jiang Le didn't hesitate to answer Lin Qingyu, and went straight to the point: "Tell me the contact information of Jiang Congyue and Su Wen."
Lin Qingyu raised an eyebrow, "One is right next to you, and the other is imprisoned. What contact information do you want?"
Jiang Le held her forehead, realizing the ambiguity in her words. Lin Qingyu teased her deliberately, "How did they get in touch?"
"Actually, you've seen it a long time ago." Lin Qingyu said lightly while blowing the hot flower tea.
"What's the meaning?"
Have you seen him before? Jiang Le was confused.
"The letter sent to the company's front desk was from Su Wen."
Jiang Le paused holding the cup. She was thinking about the letter that had long been forgotten and thrown aside, and the day when Jiang Congyue suddenly asked her to buy ingredients, but she still went downstairs.
She guessed that Jiang Congyue would do something by contacting Lin Qingyu, but she didn't expect that she would do so much without realizing it.
Jiang Le laughed in anger. It was really hard for her legs.
"Where's the letter? Jiang Congyue is cautious. She wouldn't destroy the letter, nor would she carry it with her. If I'm not mistaken, she's using you as a transit point."
Lin Qingyu didn't refute and smoothed her white hair. "But she said that if I gave you the letter, she would end this game early."
Jiang Le's heart skipped a beat. Did it start early? No, it had already begun.
She slammed the table and stood up, her eyes bloodshot, and she yelled at Lin Qingyu with a complete loss of composure, "Give me the letter!"
Jiang Le almost drove back to the villa at full speed, her heart beating so wildly that it almost jumped out of her chest. She rushed into the room where Jiang Congyue was locked up. Sure enough, the bed was empty, with only the cold iron chains and the faint scent of Jiang Congyue's perfume in the air, which was fresh and cold.
After all, she was one step behind. Jiang Congyue had planned today long ago, and calculated that she would go to find Lin Qingyu, and calculated the time difference.
The phone vibrated, and a short message appeared. Scribbled words appeared on the picture:
[East City, Old Port Area, Abandoned Warehouse No. 1. Lele, please come quickly. —Su Wen]
Jiang Le's eyes flashed, and without hesitation, she grabbed the car keys and rushed out the door again. While driving, she tried to call Jiang Congyue's phone, but it was turned off. She forced herself to calm down and analyze the situation.
…
East of the city, old port area.
Jiang Congyue kicked the gravel at her feet and watched the familiar scene gradually appear in front of her. She was frightened for a moment, but quickly came to her senses.
Continue walking towards the abandoned warehouse No. 1.
I thought silently in my heart, this Lin Zhen is really a good-for-nothing. It's useless to give him a chance, and he left behind such a deadly piece of land.
She sighed and looked at the rolling sea water not far away and the slightly darkening sky.
Whistling, she slowly pushed open the tattered iron door and walked in. As she expected, the damp and foul smell of the place came up as soon as she stepped in.
In the dim and quiet warehouse, the only sound was the dripping sound of falling water.
In the center, a person was sitting on a tattered chair that he had picked up from somewhere. He had his head down and his feet kept tapping back and forth. His hanging little white skirt swayed with the movement. Just by looking at his back, you could tell how anxious he was.
Jiang Congyue walked over with slow steps.
Hearing the sound, the man suddenly raised his head. His eyes were dark and his face was pale, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.
When Su Wen saw her, she was both afraid and happy. These two emotions made her face look hideous. She didn't know what expression to use to face her.
"Where are the things?" Jiang Congyue's voice was calm, even with a hint of Jiang Le's usual cold tone.
"Right, that's right, that's it..." Su Wen looked at her enthusiastically, clutching a silver-white USB drive tightly in her hand, squeezing it so hard it seemed like it was embedding in her palm. "Here, Lele, I knew you would come to see me. You're still worried about me, right? After all, we're such good friends, right, right, right..."
Her eyes widened as she took a step forward excitedly and pressed the USB drive into Jiang Congyue's hand. "Lin Yueying is trying to bribe me again, but I won't be fooled a second time! I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you. You help me, Lele. Only you can help me. Don't you want money? With this, you can bring down the Lin Group. You'll have more money than you can spend in your lifetime!"
"Le Le," Su Wen started to panic when she saw Jiang Congyue didn't show any reaction. She quickly forced a smile and said, "Le Le, do you remember when we were in the orphanage? I was the only one who treated you well. We were good friends. Do you remember?"
Jiang Congyue silently let her grab his hand like crazy. When she stopped, he gently pulled her hand away and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not that familiar with you."
"Ah!" Su Wen let out an ear-piercing scream. "Impossible, this is impossible! I'm the only one with a 10% favorability score. I must be the most special!"
She held her head in her hands and screamed in pain, then knelt down and held Jiang Congyue's hand, tears streaming down her face, "Le Le, are you blaming me? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but I really want to be good to you. Before I left, I asked my parents to take you out of the orphanage, you know. I tell you, I tell you, my name is..."
Jiang Congyue watched her talk a lot like crazy, but when she was about to tell him her real name, he stopped her and said with a faint smile: "Shh, it's an irrelevant name, I don't want to hear it."
"I won't ask you anymore. No one will remember my name. Please, remember my name, okay? I can't leave. I will be trapped here." Su Wen grabbed the corner of her clothes and begged.
"When you were playing with people's hearts, why didn't you think about whether the NPC you were trying to capture would be trapped? Lin Zhen, doesn't he truly love you? Why, after receiving his 100% sincerity, would you just leave and abandon him?"
Hearing the name Lin Zhen, Su Wen strangely calmed down, but her tears flowed even more fiercely, "But he is just a paper man, just an NPC, I can't..."
"You are so stubborn." Jiang Congyue was a little tired.
Just then, several rapid brake sounds were heard outside the warehouse.
Lin Yueying got out of the car, took off his sunglasses, and whistled at the uneasy Lin Zhen on the other end with a curled lip. "Hey, brother, I told you not to involve others in your playful love affair with your little honey. Look at how embarrassed our CEO Jiang is!"
Lin Zhen didn't want to pay attention to his older sister who was taking advantage of his misfortune. He snorted coldly and walked quickly into the warehouse. "Su Wen! Be obedient and give me the USB drive!"
Su Wen, who had been quiet, was frightened by the roar. She came back to her senses and saw the Lin siblings. She was suddenly at a loss.
She suddenly looked at Jiang Congyue, her eyes almost bleeding, and rushed towards her frantically, "You lied to me! You are in cahoots with them! You lied to me, you are not Lele!"
Suddenly, she pulled out a folding knife from her pocket and stabbed Jiang Congyue.
"Su Wen!"
"Jiang Congyue!"
Several exclamations overlapped!
In a flash, Jiang Congyue instinctively dodged and grabbed Su Wen's hand. At the same time, he saw Jiang Le rushing in from the door.
He was distracted for a moment, and Su Wen seized the opportunity and hit him hard in the abdomen with her other elbow. Jiang Congyue groaned in pain, stars in his eyes, and couldn't help but want to curl up.
Then, Su Wen grabbed her neck and dragged her tightly, stumbling towards the ruined wall on the other side of the warehouse.
Outside the wall is the turbulent sea.
"Cough cough..." After being hit hard by the madman and dragged by her by the neck, Jiang Congyue was short of oxygen and his vision gradually became blurred.
"Le Le, let's die together!" Su Wen laughed wildly.
Lin Zhen stretched out his hand and begged her, "Su Wen, calm down, come back soon, please..."
"Jiang Congyue!" Jiang Le's eyes were bloodshot and he rushed forward with all his strength.
Su Wen was pushed backwards, but before she fell, extreme hatred flashed in her eyes, and she used up her last bit of strength to stab the knife in her hand backwards.
Jiang Le's entire attention was focused on Jiang Congyue, and he had no time to dodge.
"Puff--" The sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh was dull and clear.
"LeLe!"
A sharp pain instantly exploded from his lower back, spreading throughout his body. Jiang Le groaned, his face instantly pale. The hand holding Jiang Congyue loosened suddenly, but immediately clenched tightly again.
He used up his last bit of strength to pull Congyue back into his arms, and the two of them fell heavily onto the concrete floor at the edge of the warehouse.
"Su Wen! Don't!" Lin Zhenchong yelled in shock and stepped forward to try to grab her.
Su Wen let out a scream of despair as she fell, but finally regained her composure and relief. She closed her eyes and fell into the dark and cold sea below, and was submerged by the waves in an instant.
"Jiang Le..." Jiang Congyue's voice was trembling. She hurriedly hugged the person in her arms, and her palm immediately touched something warm and sticky.
Bright red blood was oozing out from Jiang Le's lower back, staining her hands and the ground red.
Jiang Le curled up in pain, beads of sweat oozing from her forehead, but her hands still tightly grasped Jiang Congyue's clothes. She focused her eyes on her face with difficulty, and only after confirming that she was safe and sound did she force a weak smile, "Does this... count as a miscalculation?"
Jiang Congyue's tears burst out instantly. She pressed down on Jiang Le's bleeding wound and yelled at the stunned Lin Yueying, "Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!"
The sky changed drastically, the sea breeze blew violently, and the strong wind blew into the sleeves of several people, carrying the salty smell of blood.
Such a strong wind, but it couldn't blow between the two lovers hugging each other tightly.
Jiang Congyue whispered in her ear, "No, no," everything was inevitable. Her tears fell on Jiang Le's face like money. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't change it... I can't change it."
"I don't have omniscience, and I don't know much more than you do. You're not the only one guessing; I'm guessing too. I'm sorry, but I still can't do it..."
Jiang Le listened to her intermittent apology and didn't even have the strength to say anything to comfort her. Then he slowly lost consciousness.
The sound of sirens came from far away and got closer. In the chaos, no one noticed that the USB flash drive that everyone was fighting for rolled to the ground, covered with dust and blood.
The farce ended abruptly when a policeman stepped over the silver-gray USB flash drive.
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Jiang Congyue:35
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