Ji Siyue was in the middle of the bustling traffic. No one stopped to help her. After all, stopping a car casually at such a busy intersection might lead to a chain - reaction car accident, let alone offering help.
She was nervously assessing her current situation, trying hard to make her way to a safe place.
Just then, she heard a man's hysterical shout from afar.
"Ji Siyue!"
Ji Siyue turned her head and saw Qin Chengyao standing out of breath on the other side of the intersection filled with speeding cars. He was staring at her tensely.
In that instant, Ji Siyue felt as if her heart had been hit hard by something.
It was so bitter yet so hard to ignore.
What kind of feeling was this? She couldn't tell at the moment, but she was sure that there was something special about this Qin Chengyao.
The man tentatively took a few steps forward but was blocked by the fast - flowing cars.
"Don't come..."
Before Ji Siyue could finish this sentence, the man rushed out regardless. He narrowly missed several cars, which was really heart - wrenching to watch.
"Are you crazy?" Ji Siyue shouted.
Qin Chengyao carefully dodged the cars without caring about anything else. His eyes were fixed on the figure in the wheelchair from beginning to end.
"Squeak—!"
A car brushed past Qin Chengyao. The driver slowed down, rolled down the window, and cursed.
"Are you trying to kill yourself? I want to live! Can't you watch where you're going!"
Ji Siyue didn't want to stay there any longer either. She propped herself up on the wheelchair and stood up on one foot. Dragging her numb other leg, she tried hard to get closer to the man.
To be honest, after sitting in a wheelchair for several months, this was the first time she so deeply resented her immobile legs. They had become a burden to her.
It seemed that the two of them were getting closer and closer. There was only one lane left. Crossing this lane, they could reach each other.
Qin Chengyao shouted nervously at Ji Siyue, who was standing there unsteadily, "Don't come. Let me come to you. Just stand there quietly! Watch out for the cars."
"You're telling me to watch out for the cars. You've got quite a nerve yourself!"
Ji Siyue said this and wanted to move forward. But at that moment, a sharp pain suddenly shot through her leg, and her other leg instantly lost all strength. She was about to collapse to the ground.
If she fell to the ground here, she would be crushed into minced meat by the passing cars!
Qin Chengyao's pupils dilated in an instant. He ran towards her crazily. Finally, he crossed the last lane and caught Ji Siyue, who was about to fall, in his arms.
He hugged her tightly and didn't let go. He was still shouting, "Are you crazy? Do you know where this is?"
"I should be the one asking you this. My wheelchair got stuck in the middle of the road and I couldn't move. What about you? Did you just come here to save me?"
"Damn right! If I'm not here to save you, who else?" Qin Chengyao panted as he held Ji Siyue. He rarely swore like this.
Ji Siyue was shocked by this swear word.
There was so much worry and anger in his words. Such strong emotional fluctuations even affected her. She seemed to feel his emotions.
"You..."
The green light came on. The crowd rushed forward in a surge, seizing the time to cross the road.
"What did you say?"
Qin Chengyao didn't hear clearly just now, so he asked again.
Ji Siyue just shook her head.
"It's okay. I didn't say anything. Let's get out of here quickly."
"Okay."
Qin Chengyao picked Ji Siyue up in his arms and crossed the road. He put her in his car. Then he went back. After waiting for the next traffic light, he retrieved the wheelchair, stuffed it into the trunk of his car, and drove away.
On the way, Qin Chengyao kept his lips tightly pursed. His anger seemed ready to burst out at any moment.
Ji Siyue, on the other hand, seemed extremely calm.
"What are you thinking about?" Ji Siyue asked.
"I'm thinking about what just happened."
Ji Siyue: "… People say you hate me. Although I can't feel it, if I analyze it rationally, you do have reasons to hate me. For a woman like me who has toyed with your feelings several times, wouldn't it make you feel happier to watch me die in front of you?"
"Squeak—!"
Qin Chengyao suddenly stepped on the brake and pulled over to the emergency parking lane. He turned to look at Ji Siyue.
Ji Siyue met his gaze fearlessly, as if trying to judge the accuracy of her previous words from his eyes.
After a long, long time, Qin Chengyao suddenly laughed.
"Humph!"
"What are you laughing at?"
"I think your brain might as well be hit by a car and rebuilt!"
"… Although I can't tell what this means for now, I think you're scolding me."
"Of course I'm scolding you, you blockhead. Well, since you can't tell what I mean now, let's analyze it properly."
Qin Chengyao let go of the steering wheel, folded his arms, and looked at Ji Siyue. "You said you've toyed with my feelings several times. What's your evidence?"
"Although I've lost my emotions, I still have the memories of the past in my mind. In my memories, there have been many misunderstandings between you and me."
"Why were there second and third misunderstandings after the first one?" Qin Chengyao asked again.
Ji Siyue couldn't answer. She tilted her head and looked at Qin Chengyao for help.
"Because you have the capital."
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Because you have the capital. Because I love you enough, I can forgive you again and again without showing it, giving you another chance to hurt me."
Ji Siyue's eyes flickered.
The tone of these words was very calm, but Ji Siyue felt that there was an unusual emotion brewing.
"From a rational point of view, it seems like you're confessing your love to me?"
"You can take it as a confession, but it's more about stating a fact. You can also call it a thing of the past."
Ji Siyue nodded.
Yes.
No matter what had happened between the two of them, it was all in the past now.
It was all in the past...
"You're already married, and I have a fiancé. I don't think this kind of conversation should happen between us."
"You're annoyingly calm at this moment." Qin Chengyao said this inexplicably, then restarted the car.