chapter 69

They ran along the road until they found two people holding each other tightly behind a bush.

Ai Changhuan glanced away and immediately turned her back. Because the man’s upper body was naked, she thought she had met two people with illicit sexual relations.

But Du Yucheng exclaimed, “Zhanke, what are you doing?”

Ai Changhuan was stunned and immediately turned to look again. It happened that the man raised his head, and they stared at each other in amazement.

In the bright and cold moonlight, Ai Changhuan clearly saw Lu Zhanke’s striking face, and hiding behind him, wasn’t that Ouyang Zhenzhen?

Ai Changhuan clenched her hands into fists and dug her nails into her palms, and her eyelids suddenly twitched. She was dizzy, and her mind was blank for a moment. She could not remember anything, but her body had taken action before her consciousness.

She raised her hand and slapped Lu Zhanke hard. Then, she gritted her teeth and squeezed a sentence out of her teeth, “Shameless!”

She turned and ran away before anyone could respond.

“Changhuan!” Du Yucheng subconsciously followed.

Lu Zhanke was stunned by the slap, but he wanted to chase after Ai when he saw that she had run away, and he completely forgot that he was holding a woman in his arms.

Crying, Ouyang held Lu Zhanke with both hands and said, “Brother Lu, don’t leave me. I’m afraid.”

Lu Zhanke wanted to throw her off, but he couldn’t get out of her grasp for a while. He hurriedly shouted to Pei Mu, “Why are you just standing there? Come here and help.”

“Oh.” Pei Mu immediately stepped forward, but he was suddenly stunned. “What do you need help with?”

The commissar Pei, who had always been wise, was not wise enough at this moment. What kind of situation was this?

Lu was in a hurry. “Take this woman off me, hurry!”

Pei stopped talking and immediately started to pull Ouyang off of Lu Zhanke. He had to say that the girl was really strong. He spent a great effort to pull her off.

As soon as Lu got rid of the woman, he shot away like a sword and disappeared into the dark night.

Ouyang cried and was about to die. “Brother Lu, don’t go, Brother Lu …”

Watching at her heart-broken look, Pei seemed to understand something. He sighed and said, “Girl, you’d better give up. Lu doesn’t have you in his heart. Do you think he’ll turn around if you cry like this? Didn’t he leave without hesitation?”

Ouyang wiped her tears, gritted her teeth, and said, “You are lying to me. If he doesn’t have me in his heart, then why did he come to me?”

“…” Pei was defeated by her logic, so he hesitated and said, “I’ll give an unpleasant example. Even if he lost a pig today, he will definitely come to find it, ok? Can you say he has a pig in his heart?”

This example was indeed not appropriate, and she immediately rolled her eyes.

The night was dark, so Pei just ignored it, saying, “Are you coming or not?”

Her face changed. “My leg hurts, and I can’t walk.”

Pei turned to look at the fellow who brought them there and said, “Fellow, can you help me carry this girl on your back? Don’t worry. I will pay you a hundred yuan.”

He didn’t want to give her excessive attention, lest the young lady later say that he also had her in his heart. Thus, he’d better stay away from her.

Miss Ouyang grabbed a handful of grass angrily, and then her hands were scratched by the grass, so she cried loudly.

Pei was afraid and hurriedly asked the fellow to carry her, lest the young lady hurt herself again.

In fact, Ai Changhuan didn’t know where she was going, but she was terribly uncomfortable staying where she was. She could only keep running forward until she could no longer run.

Fortunately, she ran back and gradually left the dark place, coming under a lit lamp post.

While she was running, her legs were scratched several times by unknown objects. After that, she fell. Her clothes were torn, and her skin was scratched. She didn’t feel it when she ran. She only felt the piercing pain when she stopped.

Ai slid down the lamppost, finally fell to the ground, and could not help crying.

Du Yucheng caught up and saw Ai Changhuan crying silently. He was also worried. He squatted beside Ai Changhuan and patted her shoulder. “Don’t cry. He is not worth your tears.”

Ai ignored him because she was sad. She didn’t want to say anything or listen to anything.

“Huh …” After staying with her for a while, Du Yucheng suddenly smiled melancholically. “You said that you didn’t fall in love with Lu Zhanke. Why are you so sad because of him?”

Ai chuckled and raised her head, looking at Du in tears. “Don’t … mention him to me.”

Du Yucheng was helpless. “Does it not exist if you don’t mention it? No wonder you never mention Qin Zhan.”

Ai Changhuan’s face turned white. “What do you want to do by mentioning Qin Zhan? Why do you always talk about him in front of me? You say you are not him, yet you always talk about him. Do you know him?”

“I …” Du Yucheng seemed to be suffering, “I don’t know …”

“Anyway, neither of you guys is a good man. One mysteriously disappears, and the other hugs other women in the wild. I won’t believe either of them anymore.”

“Why bother so much. Isn’t it better to leave early?” Du Yucheng quietly rested his hand on Ai’s shoulder. “I heard that you quarreled two days ago, and this happened again today. I suggest you leave for a while and think about what you want. Maybe you haven’t fallen in love with Lu, but you’ve just gotten used to living with him. When you leave, everything will go back to normal.”

“I… I wanted to leave… but… Lu Zhanke wouldn’t agree.” Ai Changhuan had been convinced. Now the situation was chaotic. She really wanted to leave and think carefully about what she should do in the future.

The relationship between her and Lu Zhanke was also becoming more and more chaotic. She seemed to have a bit of real affection for Lu, but Qin Zhan … how could she forget about Qin?

Du Yucheng was probably right. She was just used to her life with Lu Zhanke. She should leave him.

“I will help you if you want me to.” Du Yucheng firmly grasped her shoulder, giving her confidence.

Ai Changhuan looked at Du absently. “Why should I believe you?”

His hands shrank unconsciously as if he had been stabbed, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. He said, “Why would I hurt you?”

Ai Changhuan said, “But you don’t need to help me. After all … we barely know each other.”

He was just Du Yucheng, not Qin Zhan. She and him, of course, had never known each other.

“No …” His heart wrung, but he couldn’t say anything. “Trust me, Changhuan. Everyone in this world may harm you, but I would never.”

“Don’t say it.” Ai Changhuan looked away. “Don’t say it anymore. There is no relationship between us.”

“… Okay, if you insist…”

Neither of them spoke again, and the atmosphere was extremely quiet for a moment, contrasting with the lively scene in the distance.

Ai suddenly remembered a sentence: The fun is theirs, and I have nothing.

Her eyebrows gradually furrowed, and she couldn’t help crying again. Her petite figure shivered in the cold wind and looked so pitiful.

Du took off his coat and covered her body. “Come on, Changhuan. Let’s leave this place.”

Ai Changhuan wanted to return his coat, but she inadvertently saw a scar on his arm, and she suddenly froze. “You… you …”

Why? Why was there such a scar on his arm, exactly the same as the scar on Qin Zhan’s arm, and even in the exact same location?

She suddenly raised her head and looked at Du Yucheng in disbelief. “Who are you? Tell me, who the hell are you?”

Du Yucheng did not answer, looking at Ai Changhuan.

Ai seemed to see something in his eyes, and it became increasingly unbelievable. “No, you clearly said that you are not him. You said it!”

She yelled uncontrollably, and the expression on her face was very anxious.

A bit of pain flashed in Du Yucheng’s eyes. “Why would you rather believe what you heard than believe what you saw? Don’t you know that humans are the best at lying?”

Hearing what he said, Ai Changhuan felt as if she were struck by lightning. She looked at Du Yucheng’s scar on his arm, and then looked at Du Yucheng’s face. Her mind was a tangled mess. “Who are you? Don’t lie to me, please. If … If you are Qin Zhan, then why … why didn’t you recognize me? How could you watch me fall into the abyss step-by-step? Now, why do you want to tell me this and let me know? Let me … see this scar?”

Ai Changhuan was about to collapse. Just a second ago, she had been very happy. Why did so many things happen in an instant? What was she supposed to believe now?

What should she believe? Should she believe what she felt or what she saw?

God, who could save her?

Ai Changhuan finally couldn’t help crying. Seeing Ai break down, Du Yucheng felt uncomfortable. He wanted to help her wipe the tears off her cheek, but she pushed him away.

“Go away. Don’t touch me!” With tears in her eyes, Ai stepped back step-by-step. “I don’t want to see you. I don’t want to see you!”

Du Yucheng was heart-broken by the look in her eyes. “Changhuan…” Don’t look at me like that, please!

Ai continued to step back, tears sliding down her cheeks. But it was as if her tears were dripping into Du Yucheng’s heart.

Du Yucheng’s heart was dull and painful as if it had been slashed with a knife.

He couldn’t watch Ai Changhuan disappear from him like this, and finally, he couldn’t help but rush forward and force her into his arms. “Changhuan, Changhuan, don’t leave me…”

“Go away!” Ai Changhuan pushed hard against Du Yucheng. She found that she even hated this man a little.