Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Won’t You Be Sad?
Xu Xi worried that Jiang Nanshu would be upset by her unrequited love, and she was determined to amuse her and cheer her up.
Two weeks passed.
She never brought up Lu Qingyan.
Even if his name came up, she tried her best to avoid him, not wanting too much contact.
Xu Xi happily shared with Yang Jiashu and Yan Yidan that Jiang Nanshu would visit her hometown during the winter break.
That night, Xu Xi was planning the route to take Jiang Nanshu sightseeing; she was going to leave her with an unforgettable impression of her hometown so she would want to come back again.
In the middle of the night.
Xu Xi’s phone rang.
The ringtone was startling and annoying.
Xu Xi saw it was Yang Jiashu and answered the phone, suppressing her anger, “Hello? What do you want in the middle of the night!”
Her lowered voice could not hide her intense anger.
Who in their right mind calls someone in the middle of the night?
“What? Looking for Jiangjiang? She’s sleeping.”
“Ah? It’s a matter of life and death? My God, wait, I will go wake her up.”
Xu Xi hung up and immediately turned on the dormitory lights.
“Jiangjiang, something’s happened, you need to go to the bar and bring Lu Qingyan back. Jiashu says if he keeps drinking, it will be a matter of life and death.”
Jiang Nanshu was pulled up by Xu Xi.
She had just woken up from her sleep.
Her phone was full of missed calls from Jiang Yunchuan and Yang Jiashu.
Suddenly, she felt grateful that she was wise enough to keep her phone on silent while sleeping!
That’s not right…
She still got woken up.
Jiang Nanshu looked at the sky outside, listening to the howling north wind, and started to hesitated.
“My God, how much did he drink? His stomach is going to bleed.”
Jiang Nanshu bit her lip and started getting dressed, her black hair casually spread out behind her.
“Jiangjiang, I’ll go with you.”
Having said that, Xu Xi also started to get dressed.
They took a taxi to Nightlife.
It was the bar they frequented most often.
Despite the time, it was still bustling with activity.
Jiang Nanshu pushed open the private room door, and the heavy scent of alcohol hit them.
Yang Jiashu looked at her as if she was a savior, “Nanshu, please persuade him. I don’t know what got into him, he’s been drinking since evening.”
Lu Qingyan was holding a bottle in his hand, his wrist wrapped in bandages was soaked with blood, and he lay slumped on the couch, surrounded by empty bottles.
Jiang Nanshu walked closer.
As if sensing her presence, Lu Qingyan opened his eyes and saw Jiang Nanshu looking down at him.
His shallow emotions showed clearly in his apricot eyes, and his heart ached uncontrollably.
“Get out, all of you get out,” his eyes were bloodshot, his usually cool and gentle gaze now full of hostility.
He was like a cornered beast, wanting to tear at the throat of the person nearest to him.
Jiang Nanshu turned and started to walk away.
Lu Qingyan tightly gripped her hand.
The others immediately understood and left the private room, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.
Jiang Nanshu turned her head and saw that Lu Qingyan’s eyes were moist, his bloodshot gaze firmly fixed on her.
“Explain it, weren’t you going to explain it to me? Speak.”
It turned out that Jiang Nanshu indeed wanted to increase the goodwill value, planning to continue deceiving Lu Qingyan.
But later, she didn’t want to deceive the same person twice. Perhaps her scant conscience had awakened, or maybe she was grateful for Lu Qingyan’s kindness and didn’t want to push him to the brink. After an uneventful half a month, she suddenly realized that life could go on like this, with friends and family for company.
She had lived in pain for half of her life, desiring so much yet failing to grasp anything.
“I don’t have anything to explain. I was planning to deceive you, but you’re already so pitiful, I’ll let you off,” Jiang Nanshu lowered her head to look at him. “I’ve never been a good person. I can hurt others for what I want. I’m insincere and full of lies. The further away you stay from me, the wiser you are.”
His tears fell abruptly.
This was the second time Jiang Nanshu had seen Lu Qingyan cry.
The first time was that night, and the second time was now.
Jiang Nanshu saw for the first time someone cry so beautifully, his peachy red eyes brimming with sorrow.
“Do you have a conscience? Don’t you feel any sorrow? Am I the only one in such pain? Jiang Nanshu, why did I have to meet you? I should… I should have called off the engagement on the first day, it would have been better than now… Don’t torment me anymore.”
When people are extremely upset, they break down and cry.
He covered his eyes with his injured hand, biting his lip hard, but the uncontrollable sobs continued intermittently.
Jiang Nanshu only felt as if there was a piece missing from her heart.
With Lu Qingyan’s crying, a cold wind blew fiercely through her as well.
Suddenly, Jiang Nanshu felt very sad.
Just like the day Zhou Yanxu died, she was just as saddened, feeling as though a piece of her heart was gone, unable to piece it back together.
Lu Qingyan let go of her, his hand falling weakly onto the sofa.
Her memory instantly went back to when she was eight years old, following Zhou Yanxu home.
That was when Zhou Yanxu had asked if she hated her parents.
She nodded honestly: “Yes, and I want them all to die.”
Her malice was impossible to hide even at such a young age.
Jiang Nanshu still remembered the resolution and seriousness when she spoke those words.
She thought Zhou Yanxu would kick her out of the house for being a bad child.
But he just pitied her, patting her head gently.
“Being hurt by them was never your fault. The oppressors will definitely be punished. Forgetting hatred may be hard, but don’t let yourself live in pain. You must come out of it and be a carefree, healthy child.”
Thinking of this,
Jiang Nanshu looked at him and suddenly asked, “Do you hate me?”
“I do.”
Jiang Nanshu laughed at once, bending over to touch his hair: “I’m sure I’ll be punished.”
Lu Qingyan slowly closed his eyes.
Jiang Nanshu sat down beside him: “Hurting you was my fault, so within what I can do, I’m willing to make it up to you. You can ask for anything.”
[Ding, the male lead’s Disgust Value drops by 90%… 70%… 50%… 20%… 0%.
Goodwill Value continues to rise by 10%, 20%, 30%… 50%.]
Eh?
Jiang Nanshu watched Lu Qingyan incredulously.
Only then did she notice he had passed out.
She hurriedly carried him out, saying to Yang Jiashu, “What are you standing around for? Get the car over here, or we might have to collect his corpse if it’s any later.”
Yang Jiashu hurried toward the parking lot, muttering, “Such misfortune!”
Jiang Yunchuan also felt a headache: “It’s all Jiashu’s fault. If he hadn’t mentioned you were going to Xu Xi’s house for the winter holiday, he wouldn’t have suddenly come to drown his sorrows like this. I hope he’s okay.”
Xu Xi widened her eyes in disbelief, pointing at herself: “This has something to do with me?”
Jiang Yunchuan shrugged: “Don’t know…”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
She was still pondering.
This abrupt increase in goodwill value was like a dream.
She wasn’t even planning to continue the strategizing.
Could it be that Da Shachun gave her a VIP pass because she was working so hard?
Da Shachun: [Thanks for the invite. It’s all the male lead’s own emotional journey. I see it clearly now; he really is a love-struck fool. Why bother? Just throw in a few sweet nothings and you might complete the task.]