Chapter 262

Hearing the sound of high heels fading away, He Lele pushed Qin Zhixiu away. "Go, Miss Du is still waiting for you."

Whether it was worth it or not, it was his own choice; she had no right to interfere.

Gazing at the thin girl in front of him, Qin Zhixiu suddenly asked in a low voice, "Can you accompany me to a place?"

Three minutes later, outside the hospital, Du Wei in the orange Lamborghini was angrily preparing to start the car when she saw Qin Zhixiu run out. The triumphant expression had only been on her face for a second before it petrified when she saw him still holding He Lele's hand.

"Sorry, Weiwei, let me borrow the car."

"What? You! Hey! Hey! Qin Zhixiu! Qin! Zhi! Xiu!"

Author's Note:

Happy Winter Solstice! Typed on my phone... Going back after lunch, will try to get home early and type more!

J, Happy Birthday!!

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The night was cool. Wrapped in Qin Zhixiu's jacket, looking at his side profile, which was even more exquisite and gentle than a girl's, He Lele's heart was surprisingly calm.

He seemed to have this magical power; as long as she was alone with him, she could stop thinking about anything. Those past days, those shameful days, the current chaotic situation—everything would be temporarily shielded ten meters outside her body, far away, without her needing to worry.

Where was he taking her?

It didn't matter.

She just wanted to cherish this rare peace.

Qin Zhixiu looked at her quiet sleeping state, a smile appearing on his full lips. Violating traffic rules, he took one hand off the wheel and gently placed it on her leg, feeling her presence, her body temperature.

He liked her.

Not limited to the liking of a family member.

"Where... is this?" Waking up from a childhood dream, He Lele looked at the pitch-black surroundings and asked without any unease.

"Did you just have a good dream?" Qin Zhixiu asked instead of answering.

"... Mm." She dreamed of childhood, those childhood days before the nightmare began. Loving and gentle parents, lively and cute little friends, kind and friendly neighbors and relatives, strict but fair teachers. However, after the nightmare began, everything changed except for her parents. How different faces a person could have, she had long since had the deepest experience.

After receiving that phone call from Xiao Ya, for two full months, every time she was alone, she had the illusion of being watched. At first, she only felt it was one person, but later there were more and more, as if the whole room was full of eyes except for her! Countless times, she suppressed her wailing and crying, and she had even thought about whether it would be easier to open the window and jump down...

But, she couldn't. Because her parents would still smile when they saw her. No matter what rumors they heard outside, they had never come home to question her once.

With such parents loving her, she couldn't bear to die.

Weak as she was, timid as she was, she could only live secretly like this.

Was it that meeting such parents had used up all her luck in this life? If that was really the case, then she truly had no right to complain about anything she encountered.

Smiling somewhat recklessly, the resentment and grievances that had been pent up in her chest seemed to fade a little. Thinking about her previous plans... she didn't know if she could hurt the enemy by a thousand, but she would definitely lose eight hundred. Should she...

Looking at the girl who was immersed in her own thoughts and changing expressions from time to time, Qin Zhixiu supported his head with one hand on the steering wheel, smiling and watching without disturbing her.

After a long while, He Lele woke up from her deep thoughts. "Uh, did you... speak just now?"

Qin Zhixiu shook his head with a smile.

"Sorry, I... was distracted. Where is this?"

Qin Zhixiu didn't answer, opened the door, and got out of the car. He Lele looked at his somewhat lonely back and followed him out of the car.

In the hazy night, the deep blue sky, the black jungle, the winding streetlights, the twinkling neon lights... She had studied in this city for four years, and although she had never been here once, He Lele still knew that this was the mountain with the best scenery in the city. Their current location should be the end of the driveway, the viewing platform on the mountainside.

"Are you cold?"

He Lele shook her head.

"I'm cold." Qin Zhixiu smiled, hugged her shoulders, and walked to the railing of the viewing platform.

The night at two or three in the morning had already passed its most beautiful time. The most brilliant scenery under the mountain was the thousands of equally glorious and neat streetlights. And these countless lights seemed to have separated the most sparkling essence and melted into his eyes, making her almost forget to breathe.

This was the most beautiful pair of eyes she had ever seen in the world.

"When I was a child, I often came here to wait for my parents."

"Hm?" Here? Weren't his parents researchers? Was the research institute on the mountain?

Qin Zhixiu pointed to the sky.

"They usually stayed in the laboratory all the time, and only rested at home for a few days when they returned from business trips. So every time they went on business trips, I would wait for the plane here every day after school. Whenever I saw a plane flying overhead, I would imagine they were on the plane." Qin Zhixiu's pure and beautiful face always wore a faint smile, as if recalling something sweet, but seeing such a smile, He Lele only felt her chest tight, her throat dry, and her nose sore.

"Until one day..." ===== CHAPTER 263 =====