Xiachuan City Hospital.
Zi Xin leaned silently against the window and looked at the scene outside.
She looked out the window quietly, her brows furrowed, as if she was thinking about something.
Her face was pale and looked sad.
She seemed like she hadn't smiled for a long time, and her face was full of sadness.
Sudden--
The door of the ward was pushed open from the outside.
Ouyang Xi walked in.
"Seeing that the light in your room was still on, I knew you weren't asleep yet, so I went to buy some midnight snacks." He smiled at the girl and put the food box in his hand on the table next to the bed. "It's your favorite vegetable porridge. Would you like to try it? It's still hot."
Zi Xin turned around, forced a smile on her face, looked at Ouyang Xi gratefully, and said, "Thank you, Senior Ouyang, but I don't have much appetite."
Ouyang Xi looked at Zi Xin with worry in his eyes: "But how can you get better quickly if you don't eat?" His tone was a little reproachful, "Fortunately, you can finally walk now."
"Yeah." Zi Xin responded softly, but she didn't seem to be in the mood to chat. She turned around and cast her gaze back into the endless darkness outside the window.
Ouyang Xi thought for a moment and spoke again. He looked very excited: "It is said that a new cafe has opened next to the hospital. It is decorated very uniquely. I must take you to see it. Maybe it will make you feel better."
"I don't want to go out." Zi Xin refused indifferently.
"Why don't you walk around more? That coffee shop is really good. I heard from a friend last time that he went there to drink coffee and he couldn't forget the aroma for a week. Zi Xin, just think of it as accompanying me to drink coffee, okay? It's right next to the hospital anyway, so it's very close." Ouyang Xi discussed in a good-tempered manner.
Zi Xin turned around and saw the pleading light in the boy's eyes. She lowered her head and thought about it, but in the end she couldn't bear to extinguish that light.
She nodded slightly as a sign of agreement.
Seeing her nod in agreement, Ouyang Xi sighed softly, feeling relieved.
The sun rises again.
The next day came quickly.
At noon, Ouyang Xi went out specially to buy the vegetable porridge that Zi Xin liked to eat, but what was frustrating was that she still seemed to have no appetite. She only drank a few sips and put down the teaspoon. She looked extremely decadent, as if she had lost interest in everything.
Ouyang Xi saw this and felt extremely anxious. He also loved this girl as deeply as Xia Boran. But at this moment, he realized with frustration that even though he loved her, he could not get into her heart no matter what. He could not make her gloomy heart brighten up.
It would be nice if there was even a ray of light shining in.
But he was so helpless.
The clock on the wall ticked quietly.
The hot weather began to gradually become cooler.
Just after 3:15 in the afternoon, Ouyang Xi brought Zi Xin to the coffee shop he had mentioned to Zi Xin yesterday.
The strong sunlight shines on the girl's pale face.
Because she hadn't been out for a long time, Zi Xin's steps seemed a little unsteady. Ouyang Xi gently supported her arm, and the two walked into the cafe.
Zi Xin felt a little happy in her heart. She looked around and found that what Ouyang Xi said was true.
The cafe is not very big, but the decoration style is very warm.
A melodious serenade was flowing in the air. Each of the exquisite small tables was covered with beautiful dark red checkered tablecloths, and in the center of the table a gorgeous rose was in full bloom.
Infected by such a romantic atmosphere, Zi Xin's mood couldn't become cheerful.
She followed Ouyang Xi's steps and walked in.
But in the next moment——
She just stood there in a daze!
Perhaps even she herself did not realize that a flash of surprise flashed across her bright eyes.
The person waiting there was actually Xia Boran!
She really hadn't expected to see him again! Her heartbeat quickened.
At this time, Xia Bairan had already seen her. He stood up and walked towards her.
He was getting closer and closer to her, and his handsome face became clearer and clearer in her eyes...
No! She doesn't want to see him! She wants to leave, leave here immediately!
She thought to herself, and turned around and tried to escape.
But--
My arm was suddenly grabbed.
The force was so great that it was difficult for anyone to break free.
Zi Xin turned her head and glared at him. "Let me go, take your hand away!" She shouted at him coldly, her eyes full of disgust.
Such a heartbreaking look.
But the force that held her arm seemed to have become even stronger, and her wrist was hurt by him. The force was so strong, as if he was afraid that she would escape from him.
Zi Xin struggled for a long time but failed to break free from Xia Boran's grip.
"Let me go!" She spoke every word so clearly.
"Zi Xin..." He called her name softly in her ear, so gently and affectionately, like a murmur or a whisper, that kind of tenderness seemed to melt one's heart in an instant.
But the girl's heart is like ice that is hard to melt.
"I'll say it again, let me go! Don't you understand what I'm saying? Or do you really want me to call the police here to solve the problem?" Her tone was extremely cold, and she treated him as if he were a stranger.
No! Not even a stranger! Zi Xin is always polite to strangers, isn't she...
The more Xia Bairan thought about it, the sadder he became. His eyes were filled with sorrow: "Zi Xin, I'm leaving, I'm about to leave, please don't go, okay? I just want to see you for the last time, just for a few minutes. I just want to take a good look at you..." He kept repeating the four words "for the last time", his expression was sad, and his voice was full of pleading.
Zi Xin's face became stiff in an instant. She stared at him blankly, as if she was in deep thought. She even forgot to break free from his hand...
The two people finally fell silent and no one spoke anymore.
After a while, Zi Xin suddenly murmured to herself: "You are leaving..." There was no ups and downs in her words, as if she was repeating his words, with a wooden expression.
Xia Bairan nodded heavily. He looked at her sadly. Seeing that she finally stopped struggling and calmed her violent heartbeat, he continued, "Zi Xin, I accepted the overseas training arranged by my family. I will leave Xiachuan City soon, but I...but I still have a lot of concerns that I can't let go of. I know that I am leaving and may never come back, so...so I want to tell you some of my thoughts."
Zi Xin pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Zi Xin, even though you hate me and reject me right now, I still miss you so much. I really miss you so much. I think of you whenever I do anything. I don't want to be like this, but I...but I can't control my heart. Missing you is as natural as breathing. Every time I breathe, I miss you more and more. I know that I have fallen hopelessly in love with you, just like I've been poisoned."
His voice was very low, and after a pause he continued, "Although I know that you hate me deeply and wish I would die immediately, if my death can redeem the wrong I have done to your mother and my death can make you forgive me, then what's the harm?"
When Xia Boran said this, Zi Xin finally looked up at him, but still didn't say anything.
"Zi Xin, I'm leaving. I know you don't want to see me again, so I will do as you wish and never disturb your life again, and I will never appear in front of you again. I just ask you to let me take a good look at you for the last time, let me leave with my love and longing for you, and rely on such deep longing to spend the rest of my life..." Xia Bairan said emotionally, and later he choked up and couldn't even make a sound.
He looked at her through tearful eyes, looking at her deeply, wanting to engrave her appearance firmly in his heart.
Let me take one more look at her, and listen to her talk again, just one look, just one sentence. Xia Bairan kept shouting in his heart.
Sudden--
Zi Xin looked at him deeply, and then used all her strength to forcefully break free from his arm. She turned around and ran away resolutely, without saying anything in the end.
However, the moment she turned around, her tears could no longer be controlled and flowed freely.
Her heart ached so much, the suffocating dull pain attacked her whole body...
Why! Why on earth! He would say this to her! He would be so nice to her!
She was so bad! She hated him, hated him so much! She cursed him to death! She destroyed all the good things between her and him. All she could remember was her hatred, the hatred that burned like a raging fire!
But he was saying something to her... He said that he loved her as always and that it had never changed... He said that if he could get her forgiveness, he would even be willing to sacrifice his own life... He said that he would live on the thought of her...
Why? Why did he treat her so affectionately? Why did he say such words...
She obviously hated him, and her heart was filled with endless resentment towards him, but why, when she heard him say that he was leaving and might never come back, her heart was so painful...
Zi Xin's tears kept flowing, and those tears seemed to have finally found an outlet, sliding down the girl's cheeks.
Tears fell like rain.
Behind her, Xia Boran stood there stiffly, as if he was stupid, standing there in a daze.
"Xia Boran, if you don't chase her out, Zi Xin will run far away!" Ouyang Xi shouted loudly, reminding him.
He seemed to have finally come to his senses, and without caring about anything else, he chased in the direction where Zi Xin was running.
The long black hair fluttered gently in the wind.
Every molecule in the air seemed to be filled with the smell of tears.
The girl was running hard, as if she was trying desperately to escape from something.
Why...why is my heart so sad?
Why...why do I feel so sad when I see him sad?
Why...why do I feel so heartbroken when I hear that he is leaving?
I can't do this... How can I be sad, grief-stricken, and heartbroken for him?
He is the murderer who killed my mother!
Zi Xin had mixed feelings in her heart. She ran desperately without stopping for even a second.
She ran out in one breath.
Ran out of the cafe and onto the street.
The sun is scorching.
The wind was whistling in my ears.
Tears fell like pearls from a broken string.
Her eyes were filled with mist, and the whole world in her eyes became blurry and distant.
At this moment, she had only one thought in her mind - she wanted to escape from here as soon as possible.
Escape from everything here.
As long as she left, she couldn't see him or hear him speak, and she would definitely not be so sad.
As she thought this, she walked faster.
She was no longer conscious and the world in her eyes was hazy.
Therefore, she didn't pay any attention to the road conditions, and of course she didn't notice that a car was driving quickly around the corner!
After a blinding white light, there was a sharp and piercing scream!
Zi Xin turned her head and saw the driver's terrified face behind the windshield. That face was full of fear. Then, she felt her body being knocked out by a huge thrust, and a sharp brake sound seemed to ring in her ears.
Only the leaves of the camphor tree were falling.
The wind was raging in my ears.
Zi Xin's head hit the roadside heavily. She felt dizzy and the pain was so intense and suffocating that she had never experienced before.
She felt as if she was about to die... On this unfamiliar road, she seemed to smell the breath of death...
Her head hurt so much it felt like it was going to split open.
Is she really going to die? If...if she really dies, then he...Xia Bairan...he will definitely be sad, right?
He will be very sad...
Xia Bairan's figure kept appearing in her mind. At this moment, she finally began to face her own heart.
When he just said he was leaving, her heart was filled with nostalgia and reluctance. In fact, she didn't want Xia Boran to leave at all. When she heard him say "I'm leaving", her heart was so sad...
She was so afraid of losing him. So many days had passed, and she had been living on the thought of him...
Her breath seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. She kept murmuring and weakly calling Xia Bairan's name.
Xia Bairan...
Xia Bairan...
She felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier...
She was so desperate...
Then, her eyes went dark.
Next, she knew nothing.
However, there is something she doesn't know about the world behind despair...
Right where she had just stood, Xia Bairan's tall and upright figure drew an elegant parabola in the air...
Just now, when the car was crashing towards her madly, he used his body to block all the disaster for her... Then, his body became very light, so light that he could not even feel the weight of his own body. Then his body began to fall and fell heavily on the concrete road.
At this moment, she had already fainted on the cold concrete road.
The ground was icy cold.
He saw bright red blood gushing out of his body and flowing on the cold road. The red was so glaring, like a large lotus suddenly blooming.
The air was filled with the smell of blood.
The smell of death is getting stronger and stronger.
Then——
He heard countless car horns, shouts, and yells...
Those sounds seemed to be very close to him... so close... but also seemed to be very far away, too far to be heard clearly...
His consciousness began to become hazy.
He turned his head slightly and saw Zi Xin. At this moment, Zi Xin was lying quietly on the ground not far from him. Her thick black hair was flying in the wind, her face was pale, and her white skirt was fluttering in the wind.
She is like an angel fallen into the mortal world.
It also looks like a beautiful elf.
He suddenly remembered the scene when he first saw her.
Her eyes were clear, and she entered his heart without any warning...
He thought back to the first time he held her in his arms.
She was sick and had a high fever. He picked her up from the sofa. She was so light, with beautiful protruding butterfly bones, as light as a butterfly spreading its wings to fly...
He recalled the time she held his hand as they crossed the street.
She saw his fear and paleness, but she didn't mock him at all. She held his hand considerately, smiled at him tenderly, and held his hand until they crossed the street... That kind of warmth was something he would never forget in his life...
He recalled the time when she agreed to be his girlfriend.
She nodded shyly and whispered in his ear that she liked him. At that moment, he hugged her and felt like he had gained the whole world...
No, it was like he would not trade the whole world for her...
Xia Bairan looked at her quietly, his eyes full of affection. He wanted to walk over and gently pick her up. The ground was so cold and her body had not fully recovered. How could she sleep on the ground?
He struggled to stand up and walked over to where she was.
But he failed.
He couldn't move his body, not even a little bit.
What should he do... How can he get to Zi Xin...
Is he going to die? If he dies now, will she no longer hate him, will she forgive him...
However, if she knew that he died because of saving her, she would definitely be sad and feel guilty...
No! He didn't want her to live with guilt! He didn't want it!
But what should he do?
His consciousness began to drift away, and it seemed difficult for him to think about anything...
Sudden--
A familiar voice called out to him: "Xia Boran, wake up, Xia Boran!"
He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Ouyang Xi's nervous and frightened face.
Ouyang Xi followed closely behind, only to see such a tragic scene.
Xia Bairan's voice was almost inaudible.
"Don't tell Zi Xin, don't tell her what happened, don't tell her that I saved her..."
Blood--
As he exerted more force, more and more flowed out——
After Xia Bairan said this, he lost consciousness.
He completely fell into a deep coma...
It was like having a very long dream.
That long dream seemed to swallow her whole.
It was pitch black and very quiet. She could not see any light, as the darkness swallowed up all the light.
She stood there timidly, looking around cautiously, not daring to move a step. She was extremely scared, and she wanted to find an exit, an exit that could get rid of all the shackles of darkness.
She wanted to come out of the darkness.
She wanted to shout, is there anyone who can help her? Is there anyone? But she couldn't make any sound, as if the sound lacked a medium, and all the sound sources were blocked.
She was so anxious that she almost cried out loud.
Her eyes were misty.
Sudden--
She saw a boy's back.
He was tall, with a slender and upright figure, and he looked so familiar...
Is it him? Is it Xia Bairan?
Zi Xin was extremely nervous, her heart was beating very fast.
But since she treated him so decisively, he would definitely never want to pay attention to her again... Thinking of this, her heart was filled with unspeakable loss.
She was still thinking about her own things when the figure suddenly turned around.
With a beautiful face and a stern temperament, she stood there proudly.
Who else could it be if not Xia Boran...
Zi Xin stared at him blankly.
He smiled at her, with a devilish arc on the corner of his mouth: "Zi Xin, come with me, I will take you away."
After he finished speaking, his tall figure walked in front of her.
She didn't know what was going on. Before she could think clearly, she followed him. She just followed behind him, not too far away, silently following behind him.
It seemed like I had been walking for a very long time.
It feels like I have walked very far.
Sudden--
A dazzling white light flashed in her eyes!
He really led her out of the shackles of darkness!
She was so happy in her heart. The sudden arrival of light instantly illuminated her gloomy heart...
Everything around is so beautiful and comfortable.
She felt the warm sunshine, heard the gurgling sound of the stream, and saw the birds singing on the treetops...
Everything is so refreshing. Everything is so beautiful.
She felt as if she were intoxicated by the beautiful scenery.
But--
Xia Bairan, who was standing next to her just now, disappeared! It was as if he disappeared in an instant...
Her heart became anxious, and she looked around anxiously, looking for Xia Boyan's figure.
She was so depressed that she couldn't help but run, wanting to find him!
Where is he? Where on earth did he go?
She kept running and running.
All I could hear was the whirring sound of the wind... and then, an even more blinding white light suddenly enveloped me...
The white light was so strong that she couldn't open her eyes. She slumped to the ground, feeling so panicked and helpless.
"No——" Zi Xin shouted and struggled out of the dream.
She opened her eyes and saw Ouyang Xi's nervous face.
"Zi Xin, you finally woke up." Ouyang Xi's excited voice rang in his ears.
Zi Xin gently rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked weakly, "Have I slept for a long time?"
"You know, you slept for two days and two nights." Ouyang Xi's tone was full of pampering.
"Oh." Zi Xin replied calmly, "I just felt like I had a very long dream, and I dreamed of someone."
"Who?" Ouyang Xi asked with interest.
"Nothing, I don't remember much." Zi Xin still spoke in a calm tone, "But, what happened?" She looked around, "Why am I sleeping in a hospital bed now?"
"Don't you remember what happened?" Ouyang Xi asked in surprise.
Zi Xin shook her head gently.
"Don't you remember anything at all?" Ouyang Xi asked with a frown.
Zi Xin's eyes became blurry, and she seemed to be trying desperately to recall something: "I only remember that I was hit by a car, and then I didn't know anything." She rubbed her head gently with her hands, "My head hurts so much."
"Then don't think about anything anymore." Ouyang Xi said nervously, paused, and then said, "Fortunately, the car didn't hit you, but you just scratched your head. It was a passerby who saved you." Ouyang Xi added.
"Oh, so that's how it is." The girl suddenly realized, "Then, what about the passerby who saved me? Was he injured? Is he okay?" The girl's eyes were full of worry.
"Don't worry, Zixin, he's fine." Ouyang Xi comforted her.
"Then where is he now?" Zi Xin was about to get out of bed, "He saved me, I want to go see him."
Ouyang Xi walked quickly to Zi Xin's bedside and stopped her, saying, "Your injury hasn't healed yet. Don't get out of bed. Lie down quickly." His tone was concerned and urgent.
"I want to go see him." Zi Xin's voice was very stubborn.
"But, he's gone." Ouyang Xi turned his head away, avoiding her gaze. He just let her lie on the bed and covered her with the quilt again.
"He's gone?" Zi Xin lay down and asked unwillingly.
"Yeah." Ouyang Xi replied indifferently.
"Senior Ouyang, is there really no one injured?" Zi Xin asked, blinking her big watery eyes.
There was a moment of silence.
Ouyang Xi's hands stiffened as he covered her with the quilt.
Time flows quietly.
Silence filled the area around the two people.
"Senior Ouyang..."
Ouyang Xi finally raised his head, his expression looked very calm: "Really no one was hurt." He said, lowering his head, "Zi Xin, the most important thing you should do now is to take care of your body. This is the best reward for all those who care about you and love you."
After he finished speaking, he turned around. Zi Xin didn't notice that his slender fingers were trembling slightly.
I hope no one got hurt...
However, Xia Boyan's face, as pale as paper due to excessive blood loss after being carried onto the stretcher, remained in his mind.
Noisy shouts and the shrill sounds of ambulance sirens intertwined together.
But he still heard Xia Bairan's words clearly.
Every word and sentence is so clear.
Before he fell into a coma, Xia Bairan's lips trembled, and he used up his last bit of strength to say, "Don't tell Zi Xin about this, let her think that I have gone abroad. I sincerely hope that you can protect Zi Xin instead of me. My only hope is that she can be happy, even if this happiness is not given by me, even if this happiness has nothing to do with me."
The deep affection that was so strong that it could not be dissolved even moved his rival in love.
Ouyang Xi's body was shaking slightly.
He tried hard to calm himself down before turning back.
He looked at Zi Xin with a smile, his eyes full of warmth.
He swore secretly in his heart: I will definitely take good care of Zi Xin.
Will.
But Xia Bairan...you have to work hard too...
You have to work hard too... Try to live on...
Please don't be in trouble...
"So that's how it is." Zi Xin said calmly. She smiled gently and didn't seem to care much . Her heart was filled with gratitude to the person who saved her. "It's really all thanks to the person who saved me. I really have to thank him. If it weren't for him, I might... I might have died like that."
Her eyes were clear.
Outside the window, the clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds.
The air pressure is so low.
It looks like a heavy rain is about to fall.