The gorgeous and blurry night scene of the city passed by the bus window.
Lin Lanzhi sat by the window, her eyes confused and a little disappointed. She took out her cell phone and looked down at the screen.
Will her family be worried ? I'm afraid her phone won't ring even if she doesn't come home at night. She doesn't know what it feels like to be cared for and worried about by others.
In fact, after hearing Ye Zilang's confession, she was a little bit unbelievable and wondered if she had seen it wrong. Then, an unprecedented panic and helplessness made her choose to escape immediately.
How could a
He is a young talent who lives in a glamorous world surrounded by sunshine, while she is a person who grew up in a curled-up posture shrouded in shadows. How can two people who are so far apart from each other stand together?
What made her even more uneasy was that when her thoughts were extremely confused, another figure emerged in her mind——
Mu Chuwei.
She didn't know why she suddenly thought of him. Perhaps it was because he, like Ye Ziran, was out of her reach.
She tilted her head slightly and leaned weakly against the glass window. The colorful neon lights outside the window reflected on her face, flickering, just like her chaotic mood at the moment.
Outside the car window, a dazzling red sports car was driving parallel to the bus at a leisurely pace.
Mu Chuwei sat in the driver's seat, like a goblin walking out of the darkness, unruly yet mysterious. He held the steering wheel with one hand and the other hand casually rested on his side, his dark eyes seemed to hide another world.
His eyes would occasionally look towards Lin Lanzhi.
Seeing her depressed expression, he couldn't help but frowned, and a trace of pity quickly flashed across his dark eyes, but then, a mixed emotion surged out.
He felt that if he was not sick, he had taken the wrong medicine. He always hated being followed, but this time he became a paparazzi, secretly following her and observing her every move.
He seemed to be possessed and only wanted to look at her and follow her.
Even if he could only watch her being with someone else, smiling so brightly, even if he could only envy the tenderness she showed when she was bandaging someone else, even if he was so angry that he was about to go crazy when he saw all that.
But he still couldn't control himself and followed her all the way until now, when he accidentally discovered the sadness she revealed. The anger and displeasure in his heart instantly dissipated, and heartache and pity spread in his heart.
It is undeniable that he was fascinated by her, to a degree that he himself could not even imagine. Her every move had deeply affected his emotions.
He felt like a drug addict, and his addiction was out of control. Unfortunately, she seemed to be unaware of this and rejected him because she had an appointment with Ye Zilang.
He secretly tightened his grip on the steering wheel, his mind still unable to calm down.
The moment Lin Lanzhi opened the door, a book flew towards her, hitting her forehead, causing her to let out a low cry.
She subconsciously covered her swollen forehead and looked across. At this time, her brother Lin Xiao was staring at her angrily. She glanced at him indifferently, bent down to pick up the door-to-door gift her brother "gave" her, and then walked towards her bedroom as if nothing had happened.
Seeing her indifferent look, Lin Xiao became even more displeased. He chased after her angrily and said, "Why did you come back so late? Do you know that I am starving?"
Lin Lanzhi's face still showed no emotion, and she reached out and opened the bedroom door.
Seeing her indifferent expression, Lin Xiao immediately became furious, grabbed her arm, and shouted, "I said I'm hungry, did you hear me, you deaf man? Did you hear me?"
After he grabbed her arm, Lin Lanzhi turned around and looked at him in astonishment, understanding the meaning of his last sentence.
Her body trembled slightly, and her heart ached. But she tried her best to hide her hurt feelings, pulled her hand out of his, resolutely opened the bedroom door, walked in and put down her schoolbag.
She had just opened her schoolbag and was about to find the notebook with Mu Chuwei's signature when Lin Xiao barged in and kept yelling, "You don't even cook for me, and you don't even help me get Mu Chuwei's signature. You're becoming more and more useless! I want to tell mom that it's all because of you that I can't get good grades!"
Lin's mother, who had just returned from get off work, saw this scene as soon as she entered the door. She frowned and asked unhappily, "What are you arguing about?"
Lin Xiao immediately ran over and grabbed his mother's hand to complain: "Mom, my sister doesn't cook for me, I'm almost starving!"
Hearing this, Lin's mother frowned again, looked at Lin Lanzhi who was standing in the bedroom, and asked gloomily, "Why don't you cook for your brother?"
Lin Lanzhi opened her mouth and was about to answer, but her mother didn't give her a chance and continued, "Your brother is growing up now, and you're already in college. If you can't even take care of your brother, what's the point of me raising you?"
Lin Lanzhi's face suddenly turned pale.
Watching her mother's lips opening and closing as she uttered merciless words, she felt that every word was like a sharp arrow, piercing her heart fiercely.
She opened her eyes wide and stared at her mother opposite her, trying hard to hold back the tears that were about to overflow from her eyes.
Seeing her expression, Lin's mother was stunned for a moment, her eyes suddenly flickered, and she didn't dare to look her in the eye again.
Lin Lanzhi took a deep breath, slowly adjusted her emotions, and then said calmly and obediently: "I'll do it right away."
After she finished speaking, she walked out of the bedroom and headed towards the kitchen.
Lin Xiao shook her mother's hand and said coquettishly, "Mom, I don't want to eat my sister's cooking. I want to eat the braised pork you made."
Mother Lin looked at her son lovingly, touched his face, and said, "Okay, Mom will make it for you right away."
"Thank you, Mom!" Lin Xiao jumped up happily, "We have braised pork to eat tonight."
He shouted excitedly and skipped to the living room to watch TV while waiting for dinner to be served.
When Lin's mother came to the kitchen, Lin Lanzhi was washing vegetables. Looking at her daughter's slender back, her expression became a little complicated. After sighing silently, she said, "I'll cook tonight, you go out and do your thing."
However, Lin Lanzhi lowered her head and washed the vegetables without any reaction.
"I told you to go out, did you hear me?" Lin's mother said a little irritably, then she remembered that she couldn't hear her at all, so she walked forward and raised her hand to pat her shoulder.
Lin Lanzhi turned around at this moment and saw her mother's hand coming towards her. Before she could react, the slap had already landed on her face.
"Snapped!"
A burning pain came from her cheek, and at that moment, she felt that a part of her heart was suddenly shattered into many pieces.
She looked at her mother at a loss. An indescribable pain and confusion turned into a cold mist that enveloped her.
She said in disbelief: "Mom, you..."
This scene happened so suddenly that Lin's mother was also stunned, her arms frozen in mid-air. She looked at her daughter, a trace of panic and guilt flashed in her eyes, but was soon replaced by a deliberate indifference and alienation. She withdrew her hand and said stiffly, "I'm not..."
She couldn't say the word "deliberately". She paused awkwardly and continued, "I just talked to you for a long time but you didn't respond. Go out quickly. I'll prepare dinner for tonight. Don't get in the way here."
Lin Lanzhi's whole body froze, her face turned pale, those words were like thorns that made her feel so painful that she almost suffocated. She secretly clenched her fingers, bit her lips and looked at her mother across from her, wanting to speak, but unable to. Her ears were completely destroyed after the accident, didn't they know that a long time ago?
The whole family knew this fact, so why did they keep touching the wound that she didn't want to mention and keep mocking her?
She held back the tears that were about to well up in her eyes, pursed her pale lips, tried hard to swallow the sobs back into her stomach, then left the kitchen with her head down.
Lin Lanzhi, you are so useless. Shouldn't you have gotten used to it long ago ? Why are you still so heartbroken? Why is it her dearest person who brings her pain?
She suddenly had an urge to escape from it all.
She couldn't control her uncomfortable and complicated emotions, nor could she control her steps towards the door.
She couldn't hear any sound. She didn't know if her mother was calling her name from behind, or if her brother was gloating over her misfortune. She only knew that she wanted to escape, and escape as far away as possible.
She felt that the end of the road might be heaven, but no matter how fast or how hard she ran, she could never reach the end.
The sky was gloomy, the street lamps emitted a dim light, and accompanied by the gentle night breeze, there was an indescribable loneliness.
She forgot to put on more clothes when she went out, and the thin clothes on her body could not resist the cold wind at night. The coldness came over her and almost penetrated into her bones.
She was so cold that her whole body became stiff, like a puppet, and her heart was almost paralyzed.
She ran forward numbly, crying, tears sliding down her cheeks and blown by the cold evening wind, leaving two tear marks on her face.
After running for an unknown amount of time, she found herself in a quiet park. She suddenly felt extremely tired and could not run any more, so she sat down on a bench by the roadside.
The dim light of the street lamp a few meters away cast a shadow on her. She huddled on the bench with her knees hugged, like a homeless child. No, she was almost homeless now.
She bit her lip and tried to force a bitter smile, but tears flowed out uncontrollably.
Crystal clear tears rolled down and wet her clothes. As the cold wind blew, the clothes became cold, just like her heart.
Under the cover of night, a dark figure slowly appeared behind the bushes not far away. He sighed heavily, staring at the shivering figure huddled up in a ball, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally couldn't help but take a step towards her.
Lin Lanzhi, who was completely immersed in sadness, suddenly froze, as if she had sensed something strange. She wiped her tears and looked to the side in confusion.
Yes, it was indeed a human figure!
She stopped crying, but her body was still shaking uncontrollably. She felt like she was about to freeze, and she also felt uneasy about the unknown danger of being watched.
She comforted herself in her heart, maybe he was just an ordinary person, or maybe she just saw it wrong.
But her thought was quickly wiped out because she saw the shadow slowly approaching her and sitting down beside her without any hesitation.
She jumped up immediately, took two steps back, then stared at the man with wide eyes. The next second, her expression froze.
For a moment, she thought it was her imagination.
"What's that expression on your face? Are you so surprised to see me?" Mu Chuwei frowned, looking helpless, and sighed, "Shouldn't you be amazed by a beautiful boy like me?"
Lin Lanzhi looked at him, and suddenly felt that in such a dark and cold night, the presence of such a figure seemed to add a bit of warmth.
But after the relief and joy, there was a hint of panic. Her world had always been gray, and she never dared to hope to gain too much. However, recently, she found that some strange changes had taken place in her heart, and she began to desire to be valued and cared for...
It was because she cared too much that she was even more afraid of losing him. So that night, when she asked him the meaning of the kiss, he replied that it was just a momentary impulse. That's why she felt sad after her expectations were dashed.
Ever since her father died in the car accident, her life took a 360-degree turn. Not only did she lose her father's love, she also lost her mother's care and the warmth of her family. She became a dispensable person, ignored and even hated by her relatives.
Although she didn't understand why Mu Chuwei was here at this time, she didn't want to delve into this question, or maybe she subconsciously wanted to escape. She raised her head and looked at him, then stood up and slowly backed away, as if a strange force was forcibly pulling her away, making her dare not get close to him.
Mu Chuwei also stood up from the bench. Seeing that she seemed to be avoiding him, a trace of disappointment flashed in his amber eyes, and he said, "Just treat me as an invisible man. I promise I won't disturb you."
Lin Lanzhi did not answer him, but turned around with a pale face and walked forward aimlessly.
However, she soon discovered that there was a figure following her footsteps. When she slowed down, the shadow slowed down as well; when she walked faster, the shadow also sped up, always keeping the same distance.
She turned her head and looked back, only to see Mu Chuwei standing a few meters behind her with his hands in his trouser pockets in a casual and natural posture, looking at her with concern.
She bit her lip, turned around, and quickened her pace, trying to shake him off.
But Mu Chuwei had no intention of leaving and followed her relentlessly.
The cold evening breeze blew gently, and the familiar touch led him back to a certain time in his memories... He was once alone, feeling sad and crying silently.
At that time, he wished so much that there would be someone who would accompany him without regrets, but no, the person he loved the most just left him and his father without looking back.
So he deeply understood this stubborn girl who was crying alone. She must be very sad, and he didn't want to let her be sad alone.
Therefore, even though she tried desperately to get rid of him, even though she turned a deaf ear , it did not change his mind that he wanted to accompany her and protect her. Moreover, this impulse had already sprouted in his heart and took root unconsciously.