Wen Zhi had never seen Lu Ziqiu like this before.
The man in front of her carried the cold air from outside. He just stood there in front of her, his face as dark as thunder, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, as if he was trying his best to hold back something.
Wen Zhi's heart trembled. A creepy chill suddenly rose from the depths of her heart, making her whole body shiver.
She forced a smile, which looked rather forced. Her voice no longer had the usual coquettish tone. "Ziqiu, what's wrong with you? We've grown up together since childhood. How could I have anything to hide from you?"
A flash of surprise and mockery crossed Lu Ziqiu's drooping eyelids.
He couldn't believe that the woman he had cherished in his heart for more than a decade would say such a thing.
"Wen Zhi."
In the more than a decade of knowing Lu Ziqiu, this was the first time he had called her by her full name. Wen Zhi's uneasiness grew stronger.
"Ziqiu..."
Lu Ziqiu looked up at her. His once gentle eyes were now as cold as ice, sending shivers down one's spine. He shouted sharply.
"Don't call me that! You're not worthy!"
Wen Zhi's smile froze completely on her face. Her eyes were filled with disbelief and a hint of evasion.
Lu Ziqiu didn't miss any of her expressions. He saw Wen Zhi's guilt and evasive eyes, and his heart suddenly ached.
The cute and innocent look of Wen Zhi seemed to be just yesterday. Lu Ziqiu seemed unable to believe that the scheming woman in front of him was Wen Zhi.
"More than a decade ago, in the fire at the orphanage, the person who saved me..." Lu Ziqiu observed Wen Zhi's expression as he spoke, his heart filled with disappointment.
Hearing his words, Wen Zhi's wildly beating heart suddenly calmed down. She no longer evaded Lu Ziqiu's gaze and stared directly into his eyes.
Lu Ziqiu said the unbelievable and embarrassing truth almost dejectedly.
"It wasn't you. It was Wen Yin, wasn't it?"
"Yes."
Wen Zhi's long, curly eyelashes trembled slightly. There was not a trace of guilt on her face.
"So you knew it all along, but you still lied to me, right?" Lu Ziqiu's emotions instantly became extremely complex.
The innocent and flawless image of Wen Zhi in his heart collapsed completely in an instant.
Wen Zhi's lips moved for a long time. "Ziqiu, I admit that I lied to you, but is our more than a decade-long friendship as childhood sweethearts fake?"
She wanted to say more, but was coldly interrupted by Lu Ziqiu.
The look in his eyes as he looked at Wen Zhi was completely devoid of warmth, as if he was looking at a stranger.
"It's fake. For all these years, you've been playing me like a fool in the palm of your hand, enjoying everything that belongs to Wen Yin without a shred of guilt."
Lu Ziqiu's attitude towards her stabbed deeply into Wen Zhi's heart.
The last sentence was like a sharp blade, stabbing into Wen Zhi's wound.
This sentence coincided with the nightmares of many days, making Wen Zhi unable to remain calm any longer.
"Lu Ziqiu." Wen Zhi almost gritted her teeth as she said his name.
"So with just one sentence, you're erasing my more than a decade?" Wen Zhi's eyes were red with anger. Big tears rolled down from her eyes. She cried pitifully. "All these little moments, they're all our memories. But now you're doing this because of Wen Yin..."
Wen Zhi choked for a long time at this point and almost cried herself out of breath.
"Zhi Zhi?"
Xiao Mo happened to pass by. Hearing the soft sobbing sound in the room, he pushed the door open and came in.
He saw Lu Ziqiu standing in front of Wen Zhi expressionlessly, while Wen Zhi was crying like a delicate flower in the rain, still muttering something.
"What's going on?"
Xiao Mo protected Wen Zhi behind him. His face was as cold as ice, and his aura was imposing. A subtle smell of gunpowder spread between the two as they stared at each other.
Wen Zhi shook her head while crying. Her emotions were very unstable. Finally, with teary eyes, she looked at Lu Ziqiu.
"Ziqiu, don't you remember? Before, it was always me..."
Wen Zhi's words were rudely interrupted by Lu Ziqiu before she could finish.
Before, before, before.
Lu Ziqiu was already on the verge of collapse. Hearing this word, he would think of all the stupid things he had done to Wen Yin.
"Wen Zhi, just think that the Lu Ziqiu from before is dead." Lu Ziqiu looked up, and his gaze fell on Wen Zhi again, cold and heartless.
Xiao Mo couldn't help but frown. "Young Master Lu should use his skills in the Lu family instead of bullying a weak girl."
Lu Ziqiu glanced at Xiao Mo expressionlessly.
After all, this was a matter between him and Wen Zhi. He didn't want to say more to Xiao Mo.
"Mr. Xiao is right, but you should take a good look at the girl behind you. Is she still that innocent girl?"
Lu Ziqiu emphasized the word "innocent". Then he turned around and left.
He never noticed that at the moment his voice faded, Wen Zhi, who was behind Xiao Mo, stopped the movement of wiping her tears. A hint of gloom gradually appeared in her lowered eyebrows and eyes.
Xiao Mo naturally didn't take the words of this brat Lu Ziqiu to heart. He turned around and gently comforted Wen Zhi.
But Wen Zhi shook her head and refused to say what had happened. Xiao Mo had no choice but to give up.
The door of the room was not yet closed. At the corner of the opposite corridor, Jiang Shihuai was standing there, quietly taking in everything.
The image of Wen Zhi's desperate push flashed through his mind!
Jiang Shihuai raised his hand and pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. The lenses reflecting the cold light concealed the complexity in his eyes.
——
When Li Xiangwei slowly woke up, she saw a familiar and tall figure.
The slight sound was extremely obvious in the ward. So Xiang Zhou immediately looked towards her, his voice filled with concern. "Are you awake? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Li Xiangwei wasn't seeing his flustered look for the first time. For a moment, it seemed as if she had returned to that autumn afternoon.
The boy who had just finished playing basketball nervously carried her towards the school infirmary, muttering and scolding in his mouth.
"What a fool you are, Li Xiangwei."
Li Xiangwei curled her lips. She wanted to shake her head but felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, as if someone had punched her from behind.
Xiang Zhou rushed over and pressed her hand. "Don't get up first. I'll call the nurse first."
His usually calm voice had a hint of panic. Looking closely, there were scarlet bloodshot eyes in Xiang Zhou's eyes, looking extremely terrifying.
Li Xiangwei just quietly looked at him, with a rare look of quietness and obedience on her face.
Xiang Zhou pressed the nurse call button on the bedside. Looking at her, he said, "What a fool you are. You knew you were going to fall but didn't protect your head."
"I didn't."
Li Xiangwei retorted. At the moment when her body was in the air, her hand had already been forced to let go, so she fell the hardest.
She unconsciously averted her gaze. "Xiang Zhou, you're so wordy."
Xiang Zhou impatiently rubbed his head. The hairstyle he had just styled in the morning was ruined by him in a few seconds, but he didn't care at all.
He wanted to say more, but there was a knock on the door.
Xiang Zhou thought it was the nurse. When he opened the door, he found that the teary-eyed Wen Zhi was standing at the door, with Xiao Mo following behind her.