Chapter 54: A Timely Faint

  Su Zhiwei reacted and his movements suddenly stiffened up on his face.

  She took two steps forward, bowed her waist and covered her stomach, weakly shouting: "Yu Yi, you... aren't you supposed to send me to rest for a bit?"

  Lian Yi's footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

  Su Zhiwei gazed at him with tears in her eyes, as if silently reminding him of who should be standing by his side.

  Gu Junxiu had been watching everything in front of him, and he also saw Su Zhiwei's sudden "discomfort".

  His lips curled into a sneer as he said loudly, "Hua Yi, the person you should be taking away seems to be Zhi Wei."

  After hearing his words, Qin Nian's body trembled and her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move half a step.

  "Ge... brother..." Her voice sounded like a lost wanderer who had been drifting in the desert for several days and nights, hoarse and pitiful. "Xīwěi sister doesn't seem to be feeling well, you should keep her company, I can go back by myself."

  Qin Nian Ge's underlying words have already answered the choice of tonight's itinerary.

  That was not her world, and she ultimately did not want to step into it.

  But Gu Junxiu was still unwilling to give up.

  His light brown pupils dilated slightly, and the fine lines on his face deepened with the curve of his lips: "In that case, I won't attend tonight's banquet either. I think, Lord Wing will not mind me visiting his mansion as a guest?"

  His words successfully made Lie Wu Ying's anger, which had just subsided, erupt again.

  Lai Rongyi finally released his grip on Qin Niange, but the next moment, he rushed to Gu Junxiu's side and violently grabbed his collar: "Gu Junxiu, what do you mean?"

  Gu Junxiu didn't show even half a hint of fear.

  In their younger years, they must have fought countless times.

  Although he hadn't fought with each other after growing up, at this moment, he had an urge to try again.

  Gu Junxiu covered his fist, which had bulging veins, and said with a hidden meaning: "Are you going to fall out with your good brother for the sake of a woman you don't care about?"

  Lethal coldness seemed to lower the temperature of the entire parking lot by a few degrees, he glared at Gu Junxiu with a fierce gaze, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth.

  "You're wrong, she's not a woman I don't care about, but a woman I hate to the bone. If you know what's good for you, it's best to stay away from her."

  Gu Junxu stared straight into his eyes, still eerily calm: "You hate her? Are you sure it's just hate?"

  His question seemed to have asked out the voice of everyone present.

  Not to mention Su Zhiwei, even Qin Nianqiao's muscles couldn't help but stiffen at the emergence of this question.

  Su Zhiwei, Qin Niange, Gu Junxiu.

  They all consciously or unconsciously stared at Lian Yi, as if they were all waiting for that answer.

  "But Lai Yue's wings finally opened his mouth one word at a time in this heavy gaze: 'Yes, there is only hatred, I hate her.'"

  "Will you hate her forever and never forgive her? She's just a girl, she shouldn't bear the mistakes of the previous generation, that's not her responsibility."

  Lai Yue's response was to turn around and firmly press Qin Nian's pale lips into his mouth...

  The parking lot, which had been noisy because of them, was quiet again at this moment.

  The scene of Li Xue's low-profile kiss on Qin Nian Ge's face seemed to be frozen, clearly reflected in Gu Junxiu's eyes.

  The air was so quiet that even their breathing could be heard.

  Qin Nian Ge stared blankly at the face in front of her that had suddenly enlarged, even forgetting to cover her slightly swollen eyes.

  No matter what, she did not expect that Liang Yi would actually kiss her in front of Su Zhiwei.

  Qin Nian Ge's mind was already a complete blank.

  He is kissing her He is kissing her He is kissing her...

  In the empty mind, there is only this abrupt sentence left.

  Bang!

  A dull thud broke the stiff silence in front of me.

  Qin Nian Ge suddenly woke up, and violently pushed away Lie Xue's wing beside him, looking towards the direction of the sound.

  Su Zhiwei suddenly fainted and fell to the ground at this time.

  Regardless of whether her faint was real or fake, it successfully broke the awkwardness in front of her.

  Otherwise, in this situation, Gu Jun really didn't know how to wrap things up.

  This muffled sound not only attracted Qin Nian Ge's attention, but in the next instant, Li Kuang Yi had already let go of Qin Nian Ge and rushed straight towards her.

  "Zhi Wei——" His voice still held a hint of anxiety.

  But no one can wake a person who is pretending to be asleep, and similarly, it is impossible for anyone to wake someone who is feigning unconsciousness.

  Su Zhiwei remained motionless on the ground, and in this dimly lit parking lot, her face actually looked a bit pale.

  This sight made Lei Ying's anger subside by half, and in his mind, the same image from three years ago seemed to reappear.

  Su Zhiwei also fell silently in front of him like this.

  That scene was his Achilles' heel.

  This is the real reason he can't let go of this woman for so many years.

  Li Xueyi picked up Su Zhiwei from the ground and hastily ran towards his sports car.

  Qin Nian Ge stared blankly at his back, her heart felt like it was being tightly clenched by someone, the pain made her almost unable to breathe.

  As if possessed by someone, Qin Nian Ge suddenly called out his name: "Yu Yi Ge..."

  Hearing her call, Lixiao Wing suddenly turned his head around.

  At that moment, the dark clouds in his eyes almost swallowed Qin Nian Ge whole.

  The deep hatred, Qin Nian Ge had already forgotten how long it had been since she last saw him.

  It wasn't until after her mother and Uncle Lei got into an accident that she saw Lai Ruiyi for the first time.

  The people at the welfare institute told her that the person would take her away.

  Then she saw again the angel who had once stretched out his hand to her in the snowy field.

  Just as she hadn't even sensed a little bit of happiness in those difficult days, she saw the angel's gaze towards her.

  Darkness, cold, gloomy——

  There is also deep hatred.

  Just like now.

  Although it's been so long since then, every time Qin Nian Ge thinks back to the scene at that time, she feels as if she has fallen into an ice cave.

  She also thought that although the relationship between the two would not change, at least in these two years, Liang Yiwu's hatred had dissipated a lot.

  But unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Xue's eyes revealed that kind of gaze to Su Zhiwei again.

  The last moment, his warm lips were still printed on her trembling lips.

  And now, the hatred in his eyes made her almost faint again.

  But she couldn't faint.

  Because she knew that warm embrace didn't belong to her.

  Even if she really fell asleep now, no one would rush over and hold her in their arms like a treasure.

  Qin Nian Ge took two steps back, retreating to the side of a pillar, and leaned weakly against the cold stone column.

  Then she watched with open eyes as the man she deeply loved hugged his beloved woman, opened the door, got in the car and drove away.

  The silver-white car disappeared at the entrance of the parking lot.

  They really left.

  It was as if she had walked out of her life in an instant.

  Bang!

  Another muffled sound.

  But this time it was Qin Nian Ge who fell to the ground.

  Qin Nian Ge didn't know how much more she could take before she really fainted.

  It must be that she's still not heartbroken enough, otherwise why would she almost stop breathing, yet she can still feel her warm tears welling up again?

  It was also a kind of happiness to be able to faint directly.

  At least it won't hurt like this anymore.

  Heart-wrenching.

  When she was very young, she didn't know what love was. At that time, she asked her mother why she had to be with a married woman and suffer all the bullying.

  At that time, her mother cried and told her that love can sometimes make people helpless.

  Looking at her mother's tear-stained face, she secretly thought that it would be best to never encounter things that make people lose control for the rest of her life.

  But while she still didn't understand what love was, that person's figure had already been deeply imprinted in her heart.

  Beyond one's control.

  Yes, I have no choice.

  Ever since she tasted what love was all about, her sympathy for her mother gradually became more concrete.

  Even if that feeling brought her a lot of misfortune, Mom was just a poor woman who had experienced love.

  But she seemed to be cursed by fate, step by step walking on the road her mother had once taken.

  It wasn't until much later that a figure finally appeared in her tear-blurred line of sight.

  Gu Junxiu squatted in front of her, his voice seemingly filled with deep sighs: "Let's go, I'll send you back."

  For so long, he had been considerately watching her cry by her side, being so considerate that she forgot there was another person beside her.

  Time and time again, being seen in such a sorry state by him, Qin Nian seemed to have lost the strength to be ashamed.

  She rubbed her tears on her face in a mess, her voice was already hoarse and almost couldn't come out: "Sorry."

  In this case, Gu Junxiu would not blame her for being rude.

  He shook his head and reached out to help her up.

  Normally, Qin Nian Ge would have felt ashamed of the physical contact between them, but at this moment, she had already lost even the strength to feel shame.

  Moreover, without Gu Junxiu's support, she really didn't know if she could stand up on her own.

  Gu Junxiu half-supported and half-embraced her to help her up, looking at her nearly fainting appearance, hesitated for a moment, before politely asking in a low voice: "Shall...I carry you over?"

  His personality is really different from Lian Yi's, in this kind of matter, Lian Yi would never ask for the other person's opinion, but he even needs to politely ask for her consent for such a strong move.

  Qin Nian Ge subconsciously wanted to refuse, but feeling her unsteady footsteps, she still had to nod slightly.

  She never knew before that when people are heartbroken, they really lose even the strength to walk.

  Gu Junxu bent down and picked her up, making the same movement as Li Xueying.

  But in his arms, Qin Nian Ge felt only gratitude, without a hint of the expected flutter.

  He carried Qin Nian Ge to the side of the car, Gu Jun Xiu opened the door and helped her in, even carefully fastening her seatbelt.

  But at this time, even such an intimate action could not stir up a ripple in Qin Nian Ge's heart.

  Gu Xiu sat down beside the driver's seat, looking at the girl who was still bowing her head and crying silently. That familiar yet strange heartache seemed to be stirring again.

  He has seen women cry before.

  Having lived for twenty years or so, how could his emotional experiences be blank, and even his attitude towards emotions was somewhat perfunctory.

  The woman who shed tears because of his heartlessness was not the first one he had seen.

  But none of them were heartbroken to this extent.

  Looking at the desolation in her eyes is enough to make one's heart ache uncontrollably.

  It was as if the heavens and earth had been destroyed in a gray defeat.