Chapter 55 I Love You So Much
Chapter 55
Wen Yining felt a chill run through her body, her face streaked with tears as she looked at him.
When did he find out? How long had he been standing outside the door?
It wasn't until she saw the coldness and disgust in Li Changjing's eyes that Wen Yining finally realized what she was afraid of: he hated her.
Although this was her goal, she was truly afraid.
Don't look at me like that, Lee Chang-kyung.
A voice inside me whispered, choking back tears, "Please, don't look at me like that..."
"Is that the list he asked you to send out?" Li Changjing's voice was hoarse but calm.
"……yes……"
Sure enough, he already knew.
"Did you send it?"
Wen Yining closed her eyes, tears sliding down her wet cheeks, and whispered in a barely audible voice, "It's out..."
After a long pause, Li Changjing nodded, his gaze falling on the phone she was clutching tightly in her hand, and took it from her.
The phone had no password, so he easily unlocked the screen, revealing the WeChat chat interface, where Fang Qi was still sending her messages.
【be safe. 】
Leave immediately and get to school first; don't panic.
[We absolutely must not let him find out. Li Zeqing is ruthless and heartless; if we're discovered, he definitely won't care about any past relationships.]
Remember the address I gave you. Go there now. I'll protect you. Be careful of Li Changjing. If he suddenly asks you to leave the school, don't trust him. Staying in crowded places is the safest option!
His lover and his childhood friend both viewed him as a ruthless and vicious wolf, and were extremely wary of him.
After scanning the information, Li Changjing scrolled up and opened the photos one by one.
He looked at them for a long time, at those photos his lover had taken of others, photos that showed how much they wanted him dead.
"Bang!"
The phone was smashed against the wall, and shards of the screen flew everywhere.
Wen Yining's back slammed hard against the corner of the door frame, and the excruciating pain spread throughout her body.
Li Changjing gripped her shoulders tightly, his eyes bloodshot. "Wen Yining, I love you so much! I love you so much!"
It turns out that a person's heart, which is properly located in the chest cavity, can still feel like it's being cut by a knife.
He had said many sweet words and romantic phrases, but he had never directly told her that he liked or loved her. As a result, she used to often feel uneasy and wonder if he didn't love her. Otherwise, why would he never say the word "love" when he loved to say sweet words?
This was the first time he had finally spoken, but it was at such a moment.
Wen Yining broke down in tears, crying out to Li Changjing, "I don't want to be trapped by you forever, threatened by your parents, and not even allowed to see your family! I don't even have the right to be looked down upon by them! Every day I'm filled with anxiety, wondering when you'll abandon me, or watching helplessly as you get married and have children, and then wishing you a long and happy life together! Do you understand! Do you understand, Li Changjing!"
After she shouted, the world suddenly fell silent. The once loving couple went from whispering sweet nothings to drawing swords at each other. The love they once shared was real, and so was the hate.
The restraints on his arms loosened, and Li Changjing released her as if all his strength had been drained. His eyes were red and cold as he watched her take two steps back without saying a word.
Wen Yining looked at him with tears streaming down her face. Her heart felt cold, as if it were being soaked in cold water. She sniffed and suddenly laughed softly, unsure whether she was laughing at him or at herself.
Li Changjing turned away indifferently, and Wen Yining, who had been smiling, finally burst into tears.
After he left, two tall, unfamiliar men walked in and said coldly and businesslike, "Miss, please come with us."
Send her to jail? Or what?
Retaliate however you like.
Wen Yining got into the car, which continued driving until it turned into an alley and stopped in front of a house.
Wen Yining was locked in a courtyard house. Soon, three or four unfamiliar bodyguards arrived. None of the six or seven men were familiar faces. They all had a bloodthirsty, bandit-like air about them, unlike Li Changjing's previous bodyguards.
Their attitude towards her wasn't bad, but it was definitely not polite. It was businesslike and indifferent, probably because they sensed their boss's dislike for her and therefore saw no need to be kind to her.
As dusk fell, the bright red lanterns in the courtyard lit up precisely on time, giving the desolate courtyard with its blue bricks and gray tiles a kind of quiet liveliness.
Wen Yining stood inside the house, with a bodyguard standing beside her, watching as workers in the yard pulled up a net to seal off the area, stretching it from one side to the other, covering the entire sky with a dense barbed wire fence.
Like making a movie, Li Changjing brought scenes from the movie into reality. Wen Yining never expected that such an absurd and bizarre plot as "house arrest" would one day happen to her.
Since that night, she has not seen Li Changjing once, or even a familiar face. Those men not only kept her locked up, but also took turns guarding her.
Someone brought her clothes and supplies. She had no cell phone, no computer, only a television. Confined to this small courtyard, she couldn't get any information. Her life and her studies were forced to stop.
But she's at a crucial stage in her graduate school application process! And what about her parents, her friends, and the chaos that will ensue if the school finds out she's missing!
Because Li Changjing is extremely career-oriented, or perhaps he realized that Wen Yining cared about her studies just as much as he did, he never used her studies to threaten her, no matter how much they argued in the past.
But this time it's different; it seems he really hates her.
Wen Yining couldn't sleep all night, and even though she almost never got pimples, she started breaking out in boils all over her face, on her temples, chin, and in her hair, and they were so painful that they hurt like fire when touched.
No matter what she said, those guarding her remained unmoved. She finally understood why Li Changjing had arranged for these people to guard her. They were not like Yue Feng's people. These people did not know her and had no affection for her. No matter how much she struggled, it was all in vain.
On the sixth day, Wen Yining could no longer bear it. When the person guarding her once again ignored her requests to make a phone call and see Li Changjing, she looked at the person's indifferent face and thought about what she had to do, feeling that she might be going crazy.
Since the beginning of the year, so many outrageous things have happened, disrupting her normal and ordinary life, and she felt like she was going crazy.
No, perhaps it was from the first time she met Li Changjing that her ordinary, normal, and stable life completely changed course.
Before banging her head against the wall, she changed her mind and asked one last question, "Then let me see Yue Feng, or even just call him."
The man hesitated for a moment, went out and said something to the others, then quickly came back in. "Okay."
It turns out you can call her; it turns out Li Changjing simply didn't want to see her.
The call was answered quickly. As if knowing what she wanted to say, Yue Feng said before she could speak, "Ms. Wen, you have already taken leave from school and home. No one has noticed that you are missing."
Wen Yining's heart sank. "What about my studies?"
"This is the master's arrangement."
"I want to see Li Changjing!"
Yue Feng suddenly fell silent. "You won't be able to see the master for the time being."
Wen Yining suddenly had a bad feeling.
"The gentleman was summoned for questioning today."
With a loud bang.
Wen Yining was incredulous, as if she had been hit hard with a stick. "Impossible! How could this be! He's Li Changjing! He's a member of the Li family! Li Quanguo's grandson, how could this be! You must be lying to me!"
“I would never lie to you about something like this, and there’s no need for it. It’s for your own good that you stay there.”
Yue Feng hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking, leaving Wen Yining stunned, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
Nearly ten days passed without any news from Li Changjing. He hadn't said a word to her, nor had he appeared even once.
She had imagined countless possible outcomes, but given the situation had lasted for more than ten days, it was clear that something had happened to Li Changjing.
Fang Qi was lying to her, saying that what he said wasn't serious!
Yes! How could he possibly tell the truth!
Wen Yining repeatedly asked the people guarding her, but the answer she always received was a cold, indifferent reply: "There is no clause in our contract regarding answering questions."
Her request to speak with Yue Feng was met with a cold rejection.
"Your contract doesn't include a clause about guarding the dead, does it?"
Wen Yining stood in the courtyard, about 5 meters away from the man, and looked at him.
After saying that, she finally did what she hadn't done that day: she slammed her head hard against the big red pillar. She didn't want to remember the feeling of the hard pillar hitting her head.
The man ran over to stop her after she bumped into him a second time. People outside heard the commotion and came in to restrain her. They were much more extreme than Yue Feng and his group, and they treated her without any politeness, tying her up directly.
The man who seemed to be the team leader stared at her incredulously with a sour face. "I didn't realize you had such a strong personality."
He looked at her coldly, "If there's a second time, I wouldn't mind keeping you tied up forever."
Wen Yining's quiet face was as pale as snow, but she repeated each word firmly in a soft voice, "I want to call Yue Feng."
The man looked at her for a few seconds, then walked out. Soon after, he returned and dialed Yue Feng's number in front of her.
Wen Yining sat up straight, no longer feeling the pain in her forehead. She hurriedly asked, "Hey, Yue Feng, how is Li Changjing? His family can't just stand by and watch him get hurt! They'll definitely try to save him, right? Even if his grandfather doesn't care, his parents only have him as their son, they can't just stand by and do nothing!"
Or is it that... his family no longer cares about him?
Yue Feng remained silent for a long time. Wen Yining wanted to urge him to answer quickly, but she didn't dare to ask. She could only suppress her burning anxiety and her increasingly pounding heart. She was so anxious that she couldn't even cry anymore.
After a long silence, Yue Feng said, "The gentleman returned that same day. It was just a routine inquiry and had no impact on him whatsoever."
Like a bucket of cold water being poured over her, Wen Yining was instantly stunned. As she relaxed, the world went silent, and she realized just how cold the wind was in the courtyard.
It turns out he just didn't want to see her.
She stood there stunned for so long that Yue Feng had already hung up the phone.
The captain instructed the others to untie her. After untying the ropes, the men wrapped them up and looked down at Wen Yining, who was sitting on the ground.
They must all know that Li Changjing is alright; the captain just now must have gone to ask Li Changjing for instructions.
Wen Yining looked down at the red marks on her wrists, and the pain in her forehead intensified. Looking up at the gazes of these people, she suddenly felt like a ridiculous fool.
The wind was very cold after the temperature dropped these past few days. She stood up quietly and went inside without saying a word.
The weather had been changing for several days, and finally, on the evening of the second day, snow fell from the sky. The usually quiet next door also started to stir. Wen Yining, with her head wrapped in gauze, stood in the yard listening to the noise next door. It seemed that the homeowner had invited a group of friends over for dinner on a snowy day. The light from the red lanterns shone over this side, and as they walked through the yard, their laughter and chatter carried over the wall.
The snow fell harder and harder, and Wen Yining went inside.
The next evening, she finally left the courtyard and was put into a car. After that incident, the group of people kept a closer eye on her. Except when she was sleeping or going to the toilet, she was watched all the time, and they were never more than three meters away from her.
The team leader warned her with a sour expression, "You've made us miss out on our bonuses. You'd better behave yourself from now on, or I'll tie you up."
Several cars stopped at the detached house where Li Changjing used to live. She was led inside, and the cars guarding her got out and looked at her like they were guarding cargo.
There was no one else in the room besides them.
Wen Yining hadn't been here for a long time. It was getting dark, and she sat in the living room on the first floor and turned to look around. Almost all the leaves of the huge magnolia tree in the yard had fallen off, the tree was covered in snow, and the branches were full of flower buds. The house was still the same as before. It seemed that Li Changjing had moved back here from the house where they had lived for a long time.
Memories of the past flooded back. Everything seemed the same as before, but everything was completely different. Given Li Changjing's old obsession with cleanliness, he would never have allowed so many people into the house.
As darkness fell completely, another snowfall occurred. The sound of cars could be heard outside. Li Changjing, followed by bodyguards holding umbrellas, walked through the courtyard and entered.
Wen Yining looked up at him.
After so many days apart, Li Changjing was wearing a knee-length black overcoat, his face was as white as snow, his features were handsome but cold and gloomy, and his whole demeanor was several degrees colder than before. His feigned gentleness and humility were completely gone, and a stern and oppressive aura of violence swept over you.
He entered the room without saying a word to her, or even glancing at her. He took off his coat and went straight upstairs, as if she didn't exist in the house at all.
The bodyguard glanced at her but didn't dare say anything. The man guarding her glanced at her too, and the two of them went out together.
She was alone in the living room.
Wen Yining remained motionless, staring blankly at the magnolia tree in the yard, as layers of past memories washed over her.
She remembered that a long time ago, before they were together, she would often sit in Liu Hengheng's room and habitually look into the yard. At that time, the most vivid memory she had was of him walking through the yard.
Li Changjing stood on the second floor, looking down expressionlessly at Wen Yining on the first floor. She was sitting on the sofa with a gauze on her forehead, turning her head to look at the yard, looking and looking.
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