Chapter 60: This Way You Get Closer to the Tree's Heart

"I'm really fine, just stay with me."

Ze Yan pulled her into his arms again; he really wanted to hold her like this.

Gu Die rushed over in a panic, covered in sweat, but saw the two of them hugging.

Liuli saw him arrive, but just looked at him coldly and didn't say a word.

She just hugged Ze Yan like this, watching Gu Die.

She thought, since Gu Die didn't have her in his heart, he wouldn't be hurt if she was with someone else.

Gu Die only saw her cold eyes.

He wanted to explain to her; he couldn't let Shen Zeyan hold his weakness. If she really had an accident, he would accompany her.

If Bai Xu saved her, Shen Zeyan wouldn't make things difficult for her in the future, because he didn't save her, so Shen Zeyan would think he didn't love her.

But seeing the two of them together now, he felt he was a huge joke.

Gu Die didn't say anything either and left.

Liuli saw his departing figure and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

He didn't choose her, yet she still felt uncomfortable for him.

"Bai Xu, wait for me!"

Bai Xu was walking very fast in front, and Yu Ke couldn't catch up behind.

"What are you doing?"

Bai Xu asked. He turned around and saw she was still wearing high heels.

Yu Ke had gone to the company and rushed over when she heard the news about Liuli. She was fast with news at school, and outside too.

Whenever there was any disturbance, she, Su Yu Ke, always knew the first time; she was also born to love gossip.

"I, why are you walking so fast? I can't catch up even if I run."

Just then, there was a bench nearby, and Bai Xu let her sit down.

"Liuli asked me to come check on you, she said she spoke too harshly just now, don't mind it."

"What's this, I'm not angry at her, I'm just angry seeing her with Shen Zeyan, Shen Zeyan is really a bastard."

"Did you two fight just now? Are you hurt?"

Yu Ke asked while checking if Bai Xu had any injuries on his face or body.

"I'm fine, he didn't fight back at all."

The more Bai Xu thought about it, the angrier he got. Was he, Bai Xu, not qualified for him to fight back?!

"He really deserves a beating, but I just don't understand Liuli, Shen Zeyan is like this, and she still trusts him?"

"Chu Liuli, she's just a fool, okay?!"

Bai Xu exclaimed.

"She's a fool, then what are you? Do you believe I'll go tell Liuli this in a while?"

"Don't!"

"Still know how to be a coward?" Yu Ke patted Bai Xu's head. Daring to call Liuli a fool in front of her, Su Yu Ke, did he not want to live anymore?!

"But it's understandable that she told you to get out today. She might have suffered a bit of a blow today, so she said those things to you. Although Liuli is very cold, she isn't someone who would make trouble unreasonably."

"What blow did sister-in-law suffer?"

Bai Xu listened to what Yu Ke said, and understood it less and less.

"Don't you know?"

"Should I know?"

"Who told you to save Liuli?"

"Gu Die, of course, that's why I'm angry, Gu Die is so worried about her, yet she's still with Shen Zeyan."

"But, do you know why Gu Die told you to save her? Why didn't he go himself? Between Liuli and Feng Wei, he chose to save Feng Wei." Yu Ke felt a bit sorry for Liuli.

"How do you think Liuli feels? How uncomfortable? Anyway, if it were me, I would be so uncomfortable I'd die."

"Is that so? I misunderstood sister-in-law. I only knew Gu Die said she had an accident and told me to find her, so I went. I knew Shen Zeyan did it, but I didn't know Gu Die chose Feng Wei."

"My Liuli, she must be very uncomfortable now, no, I have to go find her."

"Don't yet, is she still with Shen Zeyan now?"

"Right, Liuli trusts him so much, treats him as a friend, and he still kidnapped her, this Shen Zeyan is simply a devil!"

"But why did Shen Zeyan kidnap her? And let Gu Die choose who to save? And he let Liuli go, this doesn't make sense."

"Could it be that he didn't intend to hurt Liuli from the start?"

Yu Ke asked, the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible.

"Shen Zeyan is testing whether Gu Die has Liuli in his heart."

Bai Xu said.

"Then that makes sense."

"Shen Zeyan has always wanted Gu Die to feel his pain, to let him feel the taste of losing a loved one, but Gu Die pretends to be cynical, flirting with everyone, not caring about anyone, so Shen Zeyan didn't know how to make a move."

"Then in that case, Liuli is still safe?"

"Right, Gu Die must have thought of this too. He didn't choose to save Liuli, but instead protected her."

"How come I don't understand this again?" Yu Ke felt more and more confused the more she listened.

"He chose Feng Wei, abandoned Liuli, this is telling Shen Zeyan that he doesn't have Liuli in his heart, so Shen Zeyan won't make a move on Liuli!"

"Oh, how did you suddenly become smart?"

"Am I not always smart?"

"Really?"

Yu Ke looked disbelieving, and Bai Xu reached out and pinched her face.

"What are you doing?! Let go!"

"Are girls' faces this soft?"

After Bai Xu finished pinching Yu Ke's face, he pinched his own; the feeling was different.

"Bai Xu, are you crazy?"

Yu Ke said and left, but wearing high heels, she twisted her foot instantly.

"Ah, it hurts."

Yu Ke said in a low voice.

Bai Xu saw this and pulled her back onto the seat.

When Yu Ke was held by him, her heart was about to jump out, seeing that fair face of his at such close range, although it was only for a second or two.

"Does it hurt?"

Bai Xu took off her shoe and massaged the red and swollen area gently.

"Hurts, be lighter."

"Alright."

Bai Xu's movements became lighter and lighter, afraid of hurting her.

"Looks like I can't walk."

Yu Ke said. Actually, it wasn't that exaggerated; she just wanted Bai Xu to hold her. Her mind was filled with the scene of Bai Xu holding her just now.

"Let's go to the hospital and check."

"But how to go to the hospital."

"I'll go get the car, you wait for me here."

"Hey! You're just leaving me here?!"

Bai Xu left without looking back. It wasn't that he wasn't going to take care of her, he was just going to get the car.

Yu Ke thought he would hold her to the car, but it turned out he went to get the car himself.

"Get in."

Soon, Bai Xu drove the car over. Yu Ke had no choice but to take her shoes and limp into the car.

She was still secretly dissatisfied. This Bai Xu was really something, just letting her get in the car like this?

No wonder he didn't have a girlfriend, this was the reason he was single.

"Brother Ze Yan, I don't want to go back to the Gu family today."

After a long while, Liuli spoke up.

"Then don't go back, I want to take you to a place."

"What place?"

"You'll know when you get there."

"Alright."

Ze Yan brought her to a maple tree under which he and Siyun often came when they were little.

Siyun always liked maple trees, especially maple trees in autumn.

Whenever she had any worries, she would come under this tree.

She would tell it all her troubles, like who said she wasn't sociable today, who said she was a delicate young lady, she would run here.

Whenever she wasn't home, Ze Yan knew she had come here.

The two of them often counted stars under this tree at night. At that time, they were very simple, very beautiful, and just wanted to stay by each other's side and grow up together.

Liuli felt very familiar when she arrived here, very familiar, but she had never been to this place, so why did she feel so familiar?

"How come I feel like I've been here?"

Liuli asked in confusion.

"Really?"

Ze Yan asked in return; he was always expecting her to be Siyun.

"Just a feeling, but I really haven't been here."

"Maybe you've seen a scene like this before, so it feels a bit familiar."

Right, Siyun wasn't afraid of the dark, nor was she afraid of thunder and rain, which was exactly the opposite of her. How could he expect her to be Siyun?

Liuli leaned her head against the tree and sat down, exactly like Siyun when she was little.

Ze Yan was stunned for a moment. Besides having different preferences from Siyun, Liuli's actions and demeanor looked like Siyun no matter how he looked at her.

He always felt that Siyun had returned.

"Brother Ze Yan, what are you thinking about?"

Liuli asked, seeing Ze Yan looking preoccupied.

"Nothing, I just think you and Siyun are really quite alike." Ze Yan sat down beside Liuli, "But I didn't approach you because I thought you were like Siyun, nor did I approach you because of Gu Die. When I met you, I didn't think you were like Siyun, and I didn't know you had a relationship with Gu Die."

"I know." Liuli smiled, "This place must be where you and Siyun often came."

"How did you know?"

"I can guess just by looking at your expression, your eyes are full of memories, memories of her."

She saw the beauty and sadness in Ze Yan's eyes.

"Thank you for bringing me here. Actually, I'm quite curious, what kind of person Siyun was, to be missed by both you and Gu Die for so long."

Ze Yan didn't speak, just looked quietly at the calm lake.

"Brother Ze Yan, am I really that much like Siyun?"

Liuli wanted to know if Gu Die married her because she looked like Siyun.

"A bit alike, but also not alike."

"How so?"

"You're afraid of the dark, afraid of thunder, right?"

"Mm, I'm afraid."

"Siyun was completely the opposite of you. She liked the night, and she wasn't afraid when she heard thunder, she was even excited."

Ze Yan laughed as he spoke. He remembered Siyun chasing lightning, and no matter who scolded her, she wouldn't come back.

She liked the dark night, and when lightning flashed, it brought that one second of daylight.

So she thought it was magical and beautiful.

Liuli watched him laugh and laughed herself. This beautiful boy in front of her, thinking of another beautiful girl, this feeling was also very wonderful.

"Then in what way am I like her?"

Liuli asked again.

"Like you right now."

"Me right now?"

"She liked to lean her head against the tree like you, she said this way you get closer to the tree's heart." Ze Yan laughed, "She also liked to eat ice cream, didn't eat seafood, and didn't like crowded places."

"Then this is quite like me."

"So, later when I saw you, I would involuntarily think of her." ===== CHAPTER 61 =====