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🕑 Added 2024-04-15 14:02:34 +0000 UTCChapter 346: Cold Light Dagger
The next morning.
Bai Lu received a birthday gift.
From the love of her parents, a crescent-shaped seven-pearl hairpin.
Bai Lu liked it very much and was very happy.
During the birthday meal, her grandmother smiled and said, "LuLu, the pearl hairpin on your head looks very nice, but it seems like something could be added in the middle to make it even more beautiful. LuLu, do you like white jade pearls?"
Looking at her grandmother's sweet smile, Bai Lu thought of her mother's smile and felt a little awkward.
"Grandma's white jade pearls... Could they also be a token of affection from Grandpa?"
Before her grandmother could reply, her grandfather handed Bai Lu a big chicken leg. "LuLu is really smart."
It's so difficult for LuLu... to eat dog food on her birthday.
Fortunately, on her birthday, the crescent-shaped seven-pearl hairpin turned into a seven-star accompanying moon pearl hairpin.
Her parents and grandparents all said, "Let the seven stars accompany the moon, bring beauty to LuLu, and have a healthy and happy day every day."
After her twelfth birthday, the seven-star accompanying moon pearl hairpin never left Bai Lu's head.
She remained healthy and happy until she was seventeen.
On a sunny Friday afternoon after school, the class monitor organized the whole class to go to the hospital to visit their sick homeroom teacher.
Bai Lu went too.
By the time they returned, it was already dark.
The wind blew through the sycamore trees on the roadside, yellow leaves falling, pedestrians walking on the road, warm orange streetlights glowing.
Turning the corner, two men with their arms around each other's shoulders, smoking and laughing, walked towards them.
As they passed by Bai Lu, they suddenly approached her and blew two puffs of white smoke at her.
Before this, Bai Lu had never heard of any knockout smoke among the extensive medical knowledge she had learned from her aunt.
And indeed, nothing happened.
Bai Lu didn't faint, but her vision began to blur, and she felt dizzy.
Gradually, her limbs grew weak.
The process of being drugged and being affected by smoke takes about ten minutes from exposure to fainting.
This was an experimental case her aunt told her about.
Bai Lu realized she had been drugged and tried to run, but before she could take a step, the assailant forcefully "embraced" her shoulder, stopped her, quickly stuffed a cloth soaked with drugs into her mouth, and forcibly put a mask soaked with drugs over her nose and mouth, sealing them tightly.
The strong smell of medicine filled her mouth and nose, and Bai Lu's vision became even blurrier, her consciousness still there but her mind feeling dizzy.
Her limbs lost strength faster and faster, and she tried to remove the mask, but her hand was pushed back down.
Walking became difficult, and she couldn't break free from the assailant's arm holding her, being dragged along the way.
There were pedestrians ahead, and Bai Lu wanted to call for help, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was hit by an even stronger smell of medicine.
The mask sealed her mouth, and she couldn't make a sound.
She could only shake her head vigorously, panic evident in her eyes, trying to attract the attention of the passersby for help.
But the assailant suddenly pressed her head against his shoulder, making a comforting sound.
"Alright, baby, don't be mad. It's my fault, it's my fault. Don't run out to drink every time you're angry. It's so hard for me..."
The pedestrians passing by thought they were a couple quarreling, glanced at them, and didn't look back.
The assailant's actions of blowing smoke and wearing masks were quick and skillful, and he remained calm when encountering pedestrians, making comforting lies, obviously prepared.
An accomplice, or a remnant of the criminal gang.
Bai Lu bit her lower lip, the taste of blood filling her mouth, still biting down hard, using all her strength to press her fingertips into her palm to stay awake and find the next opportunity to ask for help.
But they didn't encounter any more pedestrians along the way.
Her vision was getting blurrier.
The road ahead was getting darker and darker, and her steps heavier.
At the end of the road was a dilapidated and desolate abandoned hospital, overgrown with weeds, looking like hell from a distance.
Bai Lu's desperate gaze went from anxious to struggling, to panic, to despair...
Passing through a narrow alley.
There was a man in black from head to toe, with a hat covering his face, bending over in the alley, his right hand holding a dagger dripping with blood under the cold light, aiming at the figure beneath his feet.
Bai Lu didn't hear the assailant greet him. The man in the alley shouldn't be an accomplice. Perhaps, he was just another bad person, a villain, a killer...
But at this moment, she had no choice.
As long as it was a living person, she had to ask for help.
Bai Lu bit her lip hard, making her vision clearer, and saw an old iron bucket full of rubbish in the corner ahead.
As the assailant hurriedly passed by, she used all her remaining strength to kick over the trash can.
There was a dull metallic sound as it hit the ground.
Interrupting the man in the alley from slitting his victim's throat.
The man straightened up, the dagger dripping with blood in his hand turning back.
The eyes under the mask were dark and gloomy, unfathomable, filled with thick murderous intent, precisely aimed at the source of the disturbance, as if he was looking at a dead person.
Bai Lu tried her best to keep her eyes open, shaking her head forcefully, struggling, seeking help from him.
He squinted his eyes.
But he didn't make any move.
Despite her using all the strength she had gathered, she broke free from the assailant, only to fall to the ground again due to inertia, the assailant hastily helping her up, not daring to make any noise throughout.
Meeting the gaze of the man with eyes that seemed to predict her death, Bai Lu tried to keep her eyes open, shaking her head vigorously, struggling, seeking help from him.
He stared at her.
But he didn't do anything.
Even though she had used up all the strength she had gathered, struggling to break free from the assailant, she fell to the ground again, the assailant dragging her arm, dragging her away.
Until her sight disappeared, Bai Lu didn't see him take a step, the dagger shining with cold light still dripping blood...
The last chance for help extinguished.
The large iron gate of the abandoned hospital was rusted, the dim lights flickering, the corridor filled with the smell of decay, but there was a clean bed in the dark and damp room.
Clean white sheets, spotless.
At the corner of the bed were a bundle of nylon ropes, a bundle of hemp ropes, and a pile of dark gray iron chains.
Bai Lu was thrown onto the bed.
The assailant didn't immediately tie her up.
Instead, they argued incessantly—
"Old man, I've never seen such a delicate little girl before. Her face is even prettier than the big stars on TV, her skin is so tender it could squeeze out water, and her waist is so thin! Her legs are long and straight, perfect for high-level positions. We should use her first before delivering her!"
"The job we took is to tie people up. If we mess up the rules, how are we going to get by in this line of work?"
"What rules? You don't understand the methods of our benefactor. He's definitely going to sell her to overseas red-light districts. If we don't take a bite first, she'll be tasted by the benefactor and then thrown into the gold-selling pit!"
"Where did you get that information? Why is it different from what I received? The benefactor's brother was arrested and will be tried in five days. They're definitely going to use her as leverage..."
"Alright, alright! Anyway, no matter what, she's going to end up in the hands of the benefactor. Have you ever seen any girl who ends up in the benefactor's hands not being mentally broken before being used for other purposes? Not one! If you don't go up, I will. You can wait downstairs, and I'll take the first turn!"
Before leaving, the assailant glanced at Bai Lu and told the other assailant to hurry up and finish, and then it would be his turn.
The other assailant patted him on the shoulder, smiling and saying it's not a problem, then quickly picked up the pile of chains and threw them on the bed.
Two chains tied Bai Lu's hands to the head of the bed, and two tied her feet apart to the foot of the bed.
The assailant with a lecherous smile walked towards the bed...
Chapter 347: Wait a Moment
Bai Lu felt completely powerless, unable to move.
Her vision grew increasingly blurry.
Phantasms overlapped, her consciousness heavy, but she knew clearly what would happen next.
In the future, there would be no more happiness or joy in her life, no more health or happiness. She would forever be swallowed by today's darkness... despair...
She wanted to break free from the chains, but even lifting her fingertips was beyond her strength. She could only watch as those dry, dark, sinful hands reached for her white skirt.
Her heart turned to ashes...
"Bang!"
The sound of a gunshot halted everything.
A drop, two drops, drips of bright red blood stained the white skirt, blooming into flowers of still despair.
The sinful hand that had just touched the skirt lost its balance and fell to the side, staining the white sheets with a pool of blood.
With no more cover, her vision went from blurry to clear.
Bai Lu saw the "god" descending from the sky.
It was him.
He emerged from the deep alley.
Clad in black, gun in his left hand, cold light dagger in his right, he walked towards her amidst the dim and mottled shadows.
The dark and deep eyes under the mask scanned the figure lying on the ground with indifference, devoid of any human emotions.
Then, his gaze shifted to the chains at the foot and head of the bed.
With a swift motion, he severed the iron chains that bound her to the depths, the chains that no matter how she struggled, she couldn't break free from, with his dagger that cut through iron like mud.
The sound of the chains breaking wasn't jarring, perhaps because the bloodstains on the dagger dampened the noise.
Or perhaps he hadn't used much force to begin with.
After severing the chains, he retreated five meters away, stopping with no further action.
Only those cold, indifferent eyes remained fixed on her.
The effects of the drug Bai Lu had been given hadn't worn off yet. Her vision cleared for a moment before becoming blurry again.
With great effort, she raised her hand, tore off the heavily scented mask, and spat out the cloth soaked with drugs from her mouth.
Struggling to speak due to the heavy effects of the drug, she said, "Thank you... for saving me..."
He remained silent.
His indifferent eyes showed no sign of emotion.
Bai Lu wanted to go home, but when she tried to push herself up using the bed frame, she couldn't even touch the ground with her feet before falling back down.
She sat on the cold floor, feeling completely drained.
He furrowed his brow.
His gaze moved away from her face but didn't stray far, lingering somewhere not too close, not too far, to her right.
Bai Lu subconsciously looked in that direction.
She saw the rusty and damaged door lock, followed by the half-open door to the dilapidated bathroom.
There was a faucet in the bathroom, maybe there was water too.
Bai Lu's gradually blurry eyes lit up, and she grabbed the blood-stained edge of the bed, slowly climbing to her feet, stumbling towards the bathroom while leaning on the wall.
She pushed open the door.
Turned on the rusty faucet.
The sound of rushing water filled the room.
Thank goodness... there was water.
Bai Lu hurriedly splashed her face and rinsed her mouth, grateful for the cold water that began to flush out the effects of the drug.
Her vision started to clear up, and her consciousness became a bit more alert.
Bai Lu leaned her face under the faucet, letting the cold water wash over her mouth and nose, accelerating her recovery.
Her weakened body began to regain strength, her hands and feet gaining back their energy, no longer needing to lean on the sink for support.
She no longer stumbled when walking.
He wasn't in the room, perhaps he had already left.
Bai Lu walked quickly downstairs, not far away, she saw another thug lying on the ground, blood on his face.
In the dim light, crows flew overhead, cawing three times before disappearing into the darkness.
Bai Lu's heart tightened, and she hurried outside.
When she reached the door, she saw that the masked man who had saved her hadn't left.
He was standing under the big tree across the street.
Tall and straight, hands behind his back.
The broken street lamp flickered on his cold mask, making it look eerie and horrifying.
Seeing her come out, he turned and walked away.
Tall and with long strides, he walked slowly, not taking the main road, but sticking to the shadows on the side.
The main road was lit, even though seven out of ten lamps were broken, Bai Lu still chose to walk on it.
Light dispelled darkness, easing her nerves and fear.
He didn't follow closely, keeping a distance that was neither too far nor too close, silently disappearing into the darkness when she approached.
Bai Lu thought he had left.
But when she looked back into the darkness, she saw his towering figure.
She stopped, and he stopped too.
She backed away, and he did too.
He maintained a distance not too close nor too far from her all the way.
Until they entered the guarded area of the residential compound, where he finally stopped completely.
He didn't follow her anymore.
The place where Bai Lu was now was a safe zone, with security guards patrolling within a hundred meters.
Surveillance cameras covered every angle.
If he took one more step forward, he would enter the monitored area.
Bai Lu knew he was just escorting her back and meant no harm. Her nervousness and fear had long disappeared.
For the last time, she turned back and saw him in the darkness, showing signs of turning away.
She immediately ran back.
He turned and walked away.
"Please wait a moment, you saved me, and I won't call the police."
Perhaps it was the sincerity in her voice, or the seriousness of her tone, he paused.
But he didn't turn back.
The main road had pedestrians passing by, and his hiding spot was well concealed. Unless one looked closely, no one would notice him.
He might have walked countless times in the darkness of the night, familiar with every corner of it.
Merged with the darkness.
Bai Lu didn't know if he was a good person or a bad person, she only knew that he had saved her and escorted her home.
Regardless of the reason for his rescue, he was her benefactor.
He and her world were two extremes, and perhaps they would never have the chance to meet again in the future.
Bai Lu hadn't brought her phone or bag to school, she only had a little change and a bus card on her.
Apart from that, she had nothing else.
Nothing to prove her identity, no token to offer, except...
The seven-star accompanying moon hairpin on her head.
Bai Lu looked at the tall and cold figure in front of her, touched the pearl hairpin in her hair, and before he could step back to create distance, she hurriedly walked up to him.
She took off the hairpin and handed it to him.
"Thank you for saving me. I'm giving you this seven-star accompanying moon pearl hairpin. Whenever you have this hairpin, you can come to me for help, and I'll fulfill one request for you no matter when. If it's inconvenient for you, you can send the hairpin to me through someone else to explain the situation, or send it by mail... Even if I'm not at home, my family will understand when they receive the hairpin."
After she turned twelve, the seven-star accompanying moon hairpin had never left Bai Lu's head. Neighbors in the residential compound had seen it, security guards and security personnel knew her, and had praised her.
As long as he had the hairpin, security guards and security personnel wouldn't treat him as a casual intruder.
They would also call Bai Lu's family to inform them.
But he just glanced at the hairpin and didn't take it.
Bai Lu mentioned her father's name to ensure that nothing would be missed or unexpected.
Finally, his gaze, hidden deep in the darkness, emerged, meeting her eyes squarely.
Bai Lu's sincere eyes spoke volumes -
"I keep my word, I won't deceive you or collude with others to set you up."
He looked into her eyes for a long time before reaching out from the darkness, his hand flat under hers.
The night was too dark, the darkness too deep.
She couldn't see the palm of his hand clearly, only that it was wide, large, and his fingers were long.
She let go.
The hairpin fell into his palm.
Chapter 348: Is It Him?
He left.
After returning home, Bai Lu fell seriously ill.
Her family was terrified, and chaos ensued.
Her father blamed himself endlessly. After investigating the matter, he dealt with the benefactor and all related individuals.
Her grandfather arranged for a retired soldier as her bodyguard.
Her father and grandfather also arranged for hidden bodyguards.
Bai Lu's refusal was futile.
She told her family about the hairpin incident and her promise to "him." Everyone agreed and tacitly ignored his identity.
She also instructed the guards and security personnel to pay attention to the hairpin.
But from high school to university graduation, he never came to find her.
There was no news related to the hairpin.
He seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, leaving no trace, not even on surveillance cameras.
Accompanied by her family, Bai Lu checked all the surveillance footage from every road. From the abandoned hospital to the residential compound, his figure remained hidden in the darkness.
The paths he took were all blind spots in the surveillance.
Only seven times did he appear within the surveillance area. Every time Bai Lu turned to confirm if he was still there, he silently deviated from his path and appeared within her line of sight.
As she continued forward, he would retreat into the shadows, disappearing within three seconds.
Each appearance was cleverly timed, only a fleeting shadow passing by, impossible to capture his height or physique.
Not to mention the contours under the mask.
Bai Lu only remembered his eyes.
She had drawn his eyes.
Using AI restoration software, she tried to reconstruct his face to verify his identity with the police and relatives, but they found no records of him, not even on the internet.
Obviously, the facial reconstruction was incorrect.
The same result occurred several times afterward.
Bai Lu had to give up and wait for him to come to her.
And she waited, from the 21st century to the 90s.
Bai Lu looked at the seven-star accompanying moon hairpin in her hand, sighed, and suddenly sat up straight.
She stared fixedly into Xiao Cheng's eyes.
Hoping to find similarities in his eyes.
Just like when she asked about the hairpin, there were similarities: innate coldness, occasional tenderness, hidden tension, imperceptible possessiveness...
Everything was there.
Except the eyes of someone seeing death.
Alright, Bai Lu remembered the way he looked at death. After all, the first time she saw him, she interrupted his work, and he turned to look at death.
That look... indescribable, like an evil spirit or demon crawling out of hell into the mortal world.
Xiao Cheng didn't have such eyes.
When he beat someone, it was only cruelty, disdain, and indifference, just as Bai Lu remembered.
As for his past life...
The memories of Xiao Cheng that Bai Lu had seen were not complete; he had hidden some deep inside.
She couldn't pry.
Xiao Cheng had indeed opened his defense mechanism to her, but he could control his consciousness. Some memories he didn't want her to see would be hidden subconsciously.
To see them, she would need to expend more effort, and there was no guarantee he wouldn't notice and interrupt.
After all, he had interrupted before...
"Have you really never dreamt of the hairpin even once?" Bai Lu, being a reincarnator herself, had every reason to suspect that Xiao Cheng might have awakened memories from his past life upon seeing the exact replica of the hairpin, missing pearl included.
Dreams of fragments from his past life.
"Never."
Xiao Cheng could tell from Bai Lu's expression that the pearl hairpin meant a lot to her, but he truly hadn't dreamed about it.
Apart from the big house, Xiao Wei's matters, and her departure... nothing else.
Hearing the answer she didn't want to hear again, Bai Lu sighed and buried her head in Xiao Cheng's embrace.
But she didn't completely dismiss her suspicions.
There was no such thing as coincidence in this world.
But if that person was Xiao Cheng, why would he be involved in the "plan"?
She had mentioned her father's name to that person, who must have known that the "plan" targeted her father, and with a simple search, her grandfather would also be implicated.
Since he had saved her, why...
Could there be hidden motives?
Bai Lu decided to keep the matter of the "plan" to herself after being with Xiao Cheng. After all, anything that hadn't happened yet couldn't be defined prematurely.
But now, with the appearance of the hairpin, stirring up the past, her emotions were inevitably complicated.
She didn't know if anything had gone wrong with the "plan" after she left, or if it had been interrupted, or proceeded as planned.
She hoped that Xiao Cheng was the masked man who saved her, and he went to meet the decision-maker behind the "plan," which might explain the hidden motives.
At the same time, she feared that Xiao Cheng was the masked man, and the purpose of meeting the decision-maker was a truth she couldn't bear.
Bai Lu wasn't sure if this place was the same time and space as her past life, or a parallel world.
She could only keep away from Beijing with Xiao Cheng, eliminating the possibility of the "plan" happening again.
Regardless of whether Xiao Cheng was the masked man or not, and whether he was involved in the "plan" or not, she wouldn't arbitrarily judge him before the truth came out.
And she wouldn't forget the main point.
Before she left, the plan had just started, and it hadn't harmed her father and grandfather yet. Anything that hadn't happened yet had countless possibilities.
Nothing was set in stone, no conclusions were drawn.
Bai Lu's only hope now was that Xiao Cheng was the masked man.
She hoped that Xiao Cheng would awaken memories from his past life, remember that the hairpin was his, or that he had seen it before in someone else's possession.
"Acheng, will you dream tonight?" Bai Lu looked at Xiao Cheng with eager eyes.
Xiao Cheng asked, "What kind of dream?"
"Like the one about the big house last time." ... Dreams about buildings from the future were definitely memories of awakening.
Xiao Cheng also recalled the strange dream and, seeing Bai Lu clutching the pearl hairpin, understood why she wanted him to have that dream.
"It's hard to say."
Bai Lu held the hairpin in front of him, enclosing his eyes in one corner of the space, the similarity increasing.
"What kind of revelation do you need before the dream?"
Xiao Cheng looked through the crescent moon, gazing at the girl's eyes filled with expectation, and tightened his hold on her slender waist.
"Good things."
Bai Lu immediately asked, "What kind of good things?"
Xiao Cheng looked at her, silent.
Bai Lu decisively kissed his face once. He shook his head, so she kissed the other side.
He still shook his head.
Bai Lu decisively hugged his neck and kissed him.
After a long while...
Xiao Cheng's slightly flushed eyes lifted, and he whispered in her ear, "Really want it?"
Bai Lu vigorously nodded her head, nodding like a little chick pecking rice. "Mmm mmm mmm! Hurry up and dream!"
Chapter 349: Like You
Xiao Cheng's bewildered gaze gradually focused, looking at the bright and charming eyes of the girl, her delicate and attractive little face, and her luscious red lips after the embrace.
He lifted her up and returned to the bed.
Both lay down.
"Go to sleep."
The wind blew in from the side of the bed, and a thin blanket covered Bai Lu's waist, his large hand nestled in her embrace.
One thin blanket covered both of them.
She snuggled into his arms, holding his waist. "Can I dream like this?"
The sound of the wind accompanied by the man's low and hoarse voice echoed above their heads. "Mmm."
"Do you need any dream cues?"
She was worried that he wouldn't be able to dream.
"Such as?" Xiao Cheng asked.
How would Bai Lu know? She decisively handed him the pearl hairpin: "Such as holding the hairpin while falling asleep, maybe you can dream about something related to the hairpin."
Xiao Cheng held the hairpin and looked down at the little face lying in his arms. "Is it very important?"
Bai Lu wrapped her small hands around his big hand and nodded vigorously. "Very important."
Xiao Cheng fell silent for a moment, not letting go of the hairpin in his hand, and responded, "Mmm."
He rarely dreamed before.
After being with Bai Lu, he occasionally had dreams at night, mostly when he was away from home.
There were only two dreams he had at home, dreaming of Xiao Wei and a big house, both seemed like premonitions.
Similar things happened in reality.
The difference was that the course of events had changed.
Perhaps it was manipulated by someone.
Xiao Cheng looked at the person in his arms who seemed to change the course of events, and in his mind, inexplicably surfaced what Lao Hu had said before.
"Red Phoenix star moves, the fate is established, regrets for missing out, joy upon returning home."
That day, he and Luo Shiliu and others had finished their business in the neighboring city and returned to Pingcheng. They were planning to go to the next location when unexpectedly they met Lao Hu, who rarely came to the city.
Lao Hu said those sixteen words to him.
Xiao Cheng understood the meaning of those sixteen words, but never thought of going home.
At that time, there was a woman at home whom people said was carrying his "child." He had been giving her money regularly, and there was food and drink at home, so she wouldn't starve.
Hearing Lao Hu's words, he thought of that woman at home, with only the impression of her thin and weak figure with her head down.
And her name—Bai Lu.
Nothing else.
Lao Hu said "joy upon returning home," but he didn't believe it. He instinctively felt that the woman who had calculated against him was not his fate.
So he didn't want to go home.
But every time Lao Hu said something inexplicable, it would conveniently provide him with a clue and resolve the crisis in the end.
Moreover, when Lao Hu finished those sixteen words that day, he added one more sentence than usual—
"You must go home today..."
He could only hand the task over to others and go home.
On the way, he bought a fish. When he arrived at the alley, he saw Bai Lu being robbed.
Bai Lu even said, "Xiao Cheng is my husband. If he don't help me, who else will? If you don't return my things to me, I will let him come and beat you up tonight."
He was very surprised.
It was the first time he had heard the words "husband" from her mouth, and she said it particularly loudly.
Because the speed of chasing people slowed down, it seemed a bit bluffing, but it didn't stop him from noticing that her actions were completely different from before.
It seemed like something had changed.
He had doubts, suppressed in his heart, and after teaching the person a lesson, he went home with her...
Xiao Cheng looked at the furry head of the person in his arms. She must be the one who came that day.
"Oh right, Acheng, there's something I want to tell you that might help you with your dreams."
She lifted her head from his embrace.
Her bright eyes scattered even the faint light, clearly saying "I have great news!"
Xiao Cheng cooperatively asked, "What good news?"
Bai Lu supported herself on his chest and moved closer, whispering in his ear as he gazed quietly, "I like you."
Xiao Cheng was stunned, his heart skipping a beat, then beating even faster than before, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
The intense emotions in his eyes surged suddenly, but before they overflowed, they stopped.
This was the dream cue she gave him.
Just that.
"Mmm."
This time it was Bai Lu who was stunned.
In her imagination, Xiao Cheng's reaction to the confession, even if not as passionate as in the movies, should at least have some brief verbal response!
For example, something like "I like you too."
Even if not, there should be a kiss expressing his joy and affection for her, as he usually did when expressing his liking or happiness.
How could there be just a "Mmm"!
It was completely different from what she had imagined!
"I'm not joking, I'm serious when I say I like you."
Bai Lu leaned close to Xiao Cheng's ear again, saying loudly, "Xiao Cheng, I like you!"
Xiao Cheng nodded, pressing her head back into his embrace. "I know, I'll dream tonight."
Bai Lu: "..."
"This has nothing to do with dreaming. No, it does, but not really, just a little bit. But that's not the point! The point is I like you, I like Xiao Cheng, I like you as a person. Did I make it clear enough?"
"Enough."
Why did it sound like he wasn't clear at all, but rather a bit resentful?
Bai Lu felt that she had already made it very clear, "Acheng, confessing and dreaming are not the same thing."
Xiao Cheng: "Mmm, they're two related things."
After listening, Bai Lu frowned, decisively pulled him up, and sat face to face with him.
Her expression and tone were extremely sincere and serious. "I didn't say I liked you just to make you dream. I said it from the bottom of my heart, I really like you.
"It's good if you can dream because of it, but it doesn't matter if you can't. These two things don't need to be related. I've wanted to tell you that I like you for a long time... I didn't say it because we've been going with the flow all along, and I thought you would understand without saying it, but later I felt that saying it formally would make us understand each other better..."
Before she finished speaking, she was passionately responded to, her head held by the man's big hand, pressed down onto the bed, and kissed deeply.
She knew...
He would definitely respond.
He liked her, she had known for a long time.
She also naturally had feelings for him, but because of the "plan," she had been unable to make a decision.
Reluctant to leave, she stayed and let him use more things to overturn her inherent cognition of him.
It was both giving him a chance and giving herself a chance. Although she had been constantly overturning her cognition between right and wrong, the desired result was still elusive.
But he was good to her, meticulously good, without expecting anything in return, and she could feel it.
If it were someone else, she would only feel grateful, but for him, there was a feeling of accelerated heartbeat and affection.
She knew, she had fallen for him.
"Am I your favorite?"
The man's low and hoarse voice sounded in the intimacy, a bit cold, freezing Bai Lu's absent-minded thoughts.
Subconsciously, she replied, "Of course, you're my favorite!"
As soon as the words fell, she realized that this question seemed a bit odd: "What does it mean to be the favorite? Clearly, I only like you."
"Who is 'clearly'?" Xiao Cheng asked.
Bai Lu shook her head solemnly, "I don't know."
Xiao Cheng frowned, "Who only likes me?"
"I don't know."
Seeing the dangerous look in the man's narrowed eyes, Bai Lu decisively acted wisely: "Me."
"Me what?"
"I like you."
"You missed a word."
"Just."
Xiao Cheng: "..."
Bai Lu earnestly added, "Of course, I don't just like you. I also like the child. Although the child drives me away and knows it's unsafe at night, letting me leave during the day and giving me money, to be honest, I wanted to elope with the child at that time."
As soon as she finished speaking, her chin was pinched, and she was asked coldly, "Who are you eloping with?"
Chapter 350: You're Dreaming
Bai Lu was forced to look up at the man, his face visibly cooling at the speed of light, his voice dropping from deep and hoarse to the depths of an ancient glacier, his fiery eyes burning fiercely.
The pressure on her chin increased.
Finally, as if suddenly awakened, she replied, "It's you!"
The hand on her chin paused.
"Who else can I elope with besides you, you're the kid!"
The girl's clear and forceful explanation penetrated her ears, breaking through the anger and irritability dominating her mind, and in an instant, she regained clarity. Xiao Cheng coughed awkwardly.
At the same time, he let go, naturally placing his hand on the girl's forehead, brushing aside the slightly messy strands of hair.
Gently tucking it behind her ear.
In a very normal tone, he asked the question he didn't want to admit: "After I drank..."
"It's a kid!" Bai Lu decisively interrupted his hesitant words. "And only three years old, not a moment older!"
Xiao Cheng: "..."
Was it that serious?
Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes, released his grip on Bai Lu in all directions, and lay down on his side as if seriously recalling the past.
After a moment, a regretful expression of not being able to remember anything, he said, "I don't remember."
Suddenly, he remembered something and furrowed his brows, "Did I chase you away?"
Bai Lu nodded, earnestly accusing him, "After you got drunk, you turned into a brainless child. Not only did you chase me away, but you almost pinched my hand!"
Xiao Cheng instinctively grasped her hand, carefully checking it for injuries before exhaling in relief. However, his brows were still furrowed deeply, as if he could crush a fly.
"Why didn't you wake me up?"
Bai Lu extended her hands in front of him, saying, "Do these hands look like they can hit someone?"
The slender and fair fingers danced under the moonlight like agile and lively little elves.
Xiao Cheng suddenly remembered the hands that had come to find him with a pregnancy test, realizing that they were not the same.
The difference was clear.
He held her hand in front of him and planted a devout kiss on it. "Even if they don't, they could."
The cool touch fell on his hand, but it burned into his heart. Bai Lu smiled, her eyes filled with laughter, and she withdrew her hand.
Hugging him, she nestled into his arms like a small animal. "I can't beat you."
A hint of amusement surfaced in Xiao Cheng's eyes as he naturally embraced her.
"I won't fight back."
Bai Lu pinched the large hand wrapped around her waist, logically stating, "I don't believe that."
He didn't loosen his grip; instead, he held her tighter.
"What do you need me to do to believe it?"
"You need to dream."
"Mmm..."
"Do it right now."
"Alright."
...
The next morning.
As the day dawned, the first rays of sunlight filtered through the window lattice, accompanied by the birdsong from the branches, casting shadows on the figures entwined in the bed. Their biological clocks had already been awakened.
The man's tender and affectionate gaze lingered on the slightly flushed face of the girl in his arms.
Her hands, which couldn't harm anyone, tightly grasped his shirt collar, the force not letting go, her slender eyelashes covering her eyes that could speak, fluttered as if waking up.
Just as the omen began to rise, her speaking eyes suddenly opened wide.
Caught off guard by his gaze, she seemed a bit dazed, blinked blankly, and murmured, "Acheng?"
The lazy tone softened hearts.
Xiao Cheng moved his slightly numb arm, raising his hand to gently stroke her head. "Hmm."
Bai Lu rubbed her sleepy eyes, gradually clearing her blurry vision, her anticipation rising.
"Did you dream?"
Xiao Cheng: "..."
He had overthought it.
Thinking that the first thing she would say after waking up was his name, followed by "good morning".
Dreaming was clearly not suitable for him.
"No."
He got up and went to change his clothes.
Although Bai Lu was disappointed, she also knew that hope was not something that could be rushed.
Today's breakfast was tomato and egg noodles.
The tomatoes were grown in their own backyard. Xiao Weitian went to feed the chickens and chicks in the backyard before dawn, then went back to the old house backyard to pick tomatoes after feeding the chickens.
After picking the tomatoes, Xiao Cheng had already changed his clothes and come out.
The two brothers made breakfast and brought it to the table. Bai Lu finally finished styling her new hairstyle and came out of the room.
With a sweet smile on her face, she greeted them with "good morning" and then hurried off to wash up.
She quickly returned for breakfast.
After being showered with Bai Lu's admiring gazes, Xiao Wei finally noticed her new hairstyle today.
And, the dazzling pearl hairpin on her head like a bright moon.
"Sister-in-law, you look beautiful today."
The little flower of the motherland always tells the truth.
Bai Lu rewarded him with a big egg, "Eat more eggs to nourish your body. Later, when we go to the Xiao family village, you'll have the energy to pick fruit with Sanwa and make money!"
Xiao Wei's egg in the bowl was being cut into pieces by the cold knife flying over from the opposite side, and he could only weakly choose to ignore it.
"Are we going to pick fruit in the countryside today?"
"Yes."
Xiao Cheng had already contacted the truck team to come today, to go to the Xiao family village to transport fruit. One route went to the dock, and the other went directly to another province.
Combining land and water transportation.
Waiting for the car to arrive, waiting for everyone to gather, they could set off.
Bai Lu looked at the clock on the wall and decisively announced even better news to the little guy, "After breakfast and a stroll in the vegetable garden, we can almost set off. And we're going by truck, your brother is also coming! Happy, surprised, or unexpected?"
Looking at the dark face of his big brother, "Very unexpected, very surprised, very happy."
Xiao Cheng glanced at his stomach, his brows furrowed tightly, "After breakfast, go tell Xiao Dazhuang and the others to come over and discuss work."
Xiao Da Zhuang's house was very close to Xiao Cheng's house, and Wang Hao and Luo Shiliu's houses were not far away either. Xiao Wei could go by himself.
An honest man goes when called, and it's just right for the other two to be notified by knocking on the door.
Xiao Wei had experienced the sound of knocking on the door before, which could wake even the most soundly sleeping pig.
Chen Chunli used to hate it to the bone.
It was either a broom or a slipper that would fly out, followed by a stream of curses.
Waking up all the neighbors, Wang Hao would almost run out of the house without stopping.
But now...
Xiao Wei and Xiao Dazhuang watched from afar, coaxing the child while glaring at them, not only did they not have time to throw shoes, they didn't even have the strength to go to the next table to get a bottle, and the woman walking was struggling to walk.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Looks like Sister-in-law is too busy."
"Having a child is really scary."
"It's terrifying. All your strength is given to the child. You don't have the strength to throw a broom or a slipper, and you don't have the strength to curse. You can only stare blankly, it's really pitiful."
"Wao Zi finally had a few good days."
Wang Hao had a lot to say, but now, his days were indeed much better than before.
Following his big brother and sister-in-law to make money, he barely stayed away from being a good-for-nothing, and going home was no longer full of beatings and curses.
Perhaps it was just a temporary calm before the storm, and a peaceful life wouldn't last too long, but life had to go on, and people had to look forward, just like Sister-in-law said.
Have hope for the future.
If there's anything, just tell your big brother and sister-in-law. There's no hurdle in life that can't be overcome.
Even if there is, if he can't get over it, his big brother and sister-in-law will pull him over.
They'll never abandon him.
Tomorrow's update time is changed to 10 pm for a bonus update~
