After A Secret Marriage Agreement With A Rival Omega - Chapter 44

Chapter 44

◎ Sheng Ruxi’s nose was sore, but her words were still clear, “Let me be good to you.” ◎

“Go? Where do you go? Do you even know what state you’re in?” Gu Shengci yelled at Jian Jixing, wanting to grab her but afraid of touching her wounds. “You two, stop arguing. I can’t handle this… Ruxi, come here, fast.”

When Gu Shengci went to pick them up, she knew that Jian Jixing had been given some basic treatment and that she had more scrapes.

Gu Shengci truly hadn’t expected Sheng Ruxi to be so angry.

Jian Jixing didn’t feel that she was in a lot of pain, but her condition was indeed not good.

Sheng Ruxi was fuming, and Gu Shengci’s physical condition was not great. Jian Jixing was the most familiar with the mounted police team. Jian Jixing sighed and shook her head, gesturing for Gu Shengci to forget about it. Before she could speak, Sheng Ruxi, who had stopped not too far away, turned back.

Only then did Jian Jixing see clearly.

Sheng Ruxi was crying, her eyes red like a little rabbit’s. This kind of crying was completely different from what Jian Jixing had seen during her acting. This was a silent, suppressed crying that was totally unlike Sheng Ruxi’s personality.

Her quick departure just now seemed more like an attempt to hide her tears.

“…” For a moment, Jian Jixing couldn’t say a single word. Sheng Ruxi’s tears were like sharp blades, but they also had a hot warmth that made Jian Jixing feel very clearly that Sheng Ruxi was worried about her.

She suddenly felt that being slapped by Sheng Ruxi just now would have been nothing.

“What I meant was! To follow me to the infirmary.” Sheng Ruxi stopped in front of Jian Jixing. She reached out to touch her but abruptly pulled her hand back without daring to make contact.

Looking at the tear in Jian Jixing’s clothes, she knew that the situation just now must have been very dangerous. “I’ll give you ten minutes to get it taken care of. Can you do that?”

Sheng Ruxi wiped her face, getting rid of the little pearls that were about to fall.

In this situation, she didn’t want to cry. But for some reason, these tears just wouldn’t stop when she saw Jian Jixing like this.

“I… I can.” Jian Jixing felt like she had just woken up from a dream. She immediately turned and spoke to the other people. This time, Sheng Ruxi didn’t stand to the side but stood next to Jian Jixing.

She held Jian Jixing’s arm. Jian Jixing was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and spoke to one of the mounted police officers.

“…Yes, he has already received basic treatment. You need to get him to the county hospital as soon as possible. He might have a broken leg. Luckily, when he fell, I was below him and grabbed him.”

The police officer’s look of disbelief fell on Jian Jixing.

“You…”

Jian Jixing said, “I’m fine. After I grabbed him, we rolled down together. But he had already hit his leg before that.”

Jian Jixing’s words were calm and composed. She described the scene in very simple terms, but Sheng Ruxi was terrified listening to it.

At this moment, a group of people called the injured person’s family and hurried to the hospital. The others snapped out of their panic and were about to crowd around Jian Jixing, but Jian Jixing waved her hand, telling them to go back and rest.

The lights in Dong Village had started to turn on one after another. Everyone already knew about the commotion tonight. It was noisy, and more and more people were gathering.

Jian Jixing didn’t want Sheng Ruxi to stay in this environment for too long. She could tell instinctively—that with every word she said about the situation, Sheng Ruxi’s fingers would tighten involuntarily.

Sheng Ruxi was worried.

Although it seemed inappropriate to say this, Jian Jixing found that when Sheng Ruxi was worried about her like this, her first reaction was happiness.

She was finally not arguing with her.

Even when Sheng Ruxi held her arm, Jian Jixing didn’t feel Sheng Ruxi’s hostility this time. She only smelled the scent of Sheng Ruxi’s shower gel mixed with a faint hint of pheromones.

Ten minutes meant ten minutes. Jian Jixing didn’t exceed the time limit. By the time she was escorted by Sheng Ruxi to get her wounds treated, it was already almost 1 a.m.

Her clothes were ruined, and her pants were torn from the outside to the inside. Sheng Ruxi was right there in front of her, so Jian Jixing felt a bit self-conscious. The village medic advised her to undress, and Sheng Ruxi went right up to Jian Jixing and stripped off her damaged pants.

When her legs were exposed, Sheng Ruxi just stood there and stared at them.

In her eyes, it was a huge wound. It was scraped from the knee all the way down to the ankle, and the skin was torn. The knee was also red and swollen, mixed with some dirt.

There were already bruises on the side, showing how hard she had fallen.

But Jian Jixing insisted she was fine and had been handling things outside for so long.

Sheng Ruxi didn’t say a word. But Jian Jixing just felt her scalp tingle. Her attention was completely drawn to her exposed long underwear, and a sense of shame instantly welled up.

I’m done for. Sheng Ruxi saw everything.

Jian Jixing twitched her mouth, trying to make an excuse for herself: “…Don’t look at it like it’s a big deal. It honestly doesn’t hurt that much.”

The medic couldn’t help but gasp. Hearing Jian Jixing say this, she felt that she didn’t care about her own injuries. She frowned: “You might have a scar.”

Jian Jixing said, “It’s fine.”

Sheng Ruxi suddenly yelled, “It’s NOT fine! Why do you always say you’re fine? Look at yourself! How is this ‘fine’?”

Jian Jixing blinked twice, not understanding why Sheng Ruxi was so agitated all of a sudden.

After yelling, Sheng Ruxi closed her eyes again, as if she was holding something back. She said to the medic, “Thank you for your trouble.”

When the medic was cleaning her wounds, Jian Jixing was glad that her injuries were already numb from the pain. Otherwise, she would have been embarrassed to cry out in front of Sheng Ruxi.

She looked very disheveled now. Her outer pants had been taken off, and the leg of her long underwear was also cut to expose her injured left leg. If she had known this would happen, Jian Jixing would have at least changed into a normal-colored pair of long underwear before she left.

In the eyes of the medic, these were minor issues. But Jian Jixing knew that once Sheng Ruxi calmed down, she would constantly bring up her red long underwear.

Although Jian Jixing’s wound was large, it thankfully didn’t require stitches. While she had many scrapes on her body, based on the current observation, none of them were fatal. This was a blessing in disguise.

Except for when the medic was checking her upper body, when she got to Jian Jixing’s arm, Jian Jixing frowned. The medic clearly noticed that something was wrong, but Jian Jixing glanced at her and shook her head slightly.

“You need to observe it for the next few days, change the dressing frequently, keep the wound clean, rest, and watch what you eat,” the medic instructed. “You’re very lucky to have been able to save someone under those circumstances. The Qin family should really worship you… You can go back and rest now.”

Sheng Ruxi had been watching in silence the whole time.

The medic saw that Sheng Ruxi’s expression hadn’t been good since she came in, so she kindly advised her: “Miss Sheng, you don’t need to be so anxious. Director Jian was just trying to save someone out of kindness. It’s a good thing she’s not seriously hurt. Qin Laosan was sent in time, and everything will be fine once they set his bones tonight.”

Unexpectedly, these words set Sheng Ruxi off. It was like throwing a match into a powder keg. Her voice was loud: “Why didn’t you go save him? Is that what I’m worried about? If Jian Jixing had—”

Sheng Ruxi’s words came to an abrupt halt. Her eyes shone brightly with obvious anger, leaving the medic speechless.

At the same time, it also scared the living daylights out of Gu Shengci and Zou Xinjie, who had just appeared at the door.

They had never seen this side of Sheng Ruxi.

Even in her anger, Sheng Ruxi was still aware of the people outside the door. She threw Jian Jixing’s jacket over her, covering her.

In the dead silence, all her anger surged up. She opened her mouth and asked, “Say something. Why aren’t any of you saying anything?”

Zou Xinjie had woken up when she heard the commotion. Jian Jixing was the director, so she had to come and see what was going on. She swallowed and said, “Ruxi, don’t get so agitated. Director Jian isn’t seriously hurt, is she?”

She didn’t know that Sheng Ruxi now hated hearing the words “fine” or “not seriously hurt,” or any combination of the two.

“It’s all your fault. Why did you have to come? If you didn’t come, we wouldn’t have been on the trending topics today, and the live stream wouldn’t have been changed to today.” Sheng Ruxi looked coldly at Zou Xinjie. “As long as you’re not dead, you’re ‘fine.’ So can you be injured like this for no reason?”

In Sheng Ruxi’s upbringing, talking to someone so inexplicably was very malicious. But Sheng Ruxi couldn’t find a way to vent. She was so angry when she heard Zou Xinjie speak that she couldn’t help but get mad. Zou Xinjie didn’t dare to retort. She just gave Gu Shengci an “I’m so innocent” look, hoping she would say something.

Gu Shengci hadn’t even said a word, and Sheng Ruxi had already blocked all her excuses.

“You’re in the same room as Jian Jixing. You must know how dangerous it is to go pick Ganoderma lucidum. And you also knew…” Sheng Ruxi paused. She took Zou Xinjie’s presence into consideration and didn’t say, “You also knew what my relationship with Jian Jixing is.” She continued, “She didn’t come back so late, and you didn’t even think to ask or notify anyone?”

Gu Shengci also couldn’t find anything to say in her defense.

She was still awake when Jian Jixing went out with the Ganoderma lucidum team, but she never thought Jian Jixing would get into trouble… When she was notified, Gu Shengci was thinking of keeping it a secret.

She had thought Sheng Ruxi was asleep. Didn’t they say Sheng Ruxi needed her beauty sleep? She didn’t expect Sheng Ruxi to not have slept at all tonight.

Zou Xinjie saw that Gu Shengci was being unfairly scolded and spoke up: “Ruxi, why are you acting like you’ve eaten a firecracker? And you, doctor, you just did a simple treatment on our Director Jian. Won’t it get infected or turn to pus? Is this okay?”

Sheng Ruxi glared at her: “Do you need to tell the doctor how to do her job? Are you a doctor?”

It was the first time Zou Xinjie had seen Sheng Ruxi’s indiscriminate attack. She also got annoyed: “Weren’t you the one who scolded her first?”

Sheng Ruxi’s chest was tight, and her voice started to tremble. She wasn’t good at arguing, but she wanted to argue, she wanted to scold. She had to say tonight: “My scolding is my business! Who told you to talk! The doctor has done her best, and you didn’t even see it. It’s not like you’re the one treating the wound.”

The medic hesitated, feeling like her room was about to become a designated arguing room. She said under immense pressure: “Please don’t argue anymore. Director Jian needs to rest…”

“You don’t need to say anything either!” Sheng Ruxi said angrily. She felt as if she was as cold as a cellar one moment and as hot as a fire the next. She was very uncomfortable, so whoever she saw was going to get scolded.

Gu Shengci shrank her neck: “Ah.”

She understood.

This young lady was firing her laser gun, but she just couldn’t bear to let a single bullet hit Jian Jixing.

The medic also silenced herself and stood to the side, feeling wronged, occasionally glancing at Jian Jixing.

The cause was actually very simple.

Jian Jixing knew that the medic’s words were just an honest mistake. She should have said, “I’m sorry,” and told Sheng Ruxi not to get so agitated.

But for some reason, she just looked at Sheng Ruxi. Just looked at her.

She used to think that Sheng Ruxi was spoiled, with a chaotic temper that would blow up at the slightest thing. A tiny issue was enough to start a fight with her.

Now she realized that wasn’t the case.

Sheng Ruxi was a pure person. She would say whatever was on her mind, and it would be too difficult for her to keep it a secret.

Dislike was dislike, worry was worry, anxiety was anxiety, and heartache was heartache.

Sheng Ruxi’s emotions were so distinct. Every time she defended her, it landed on her. She… was the person Sheng Ruxi was protecting with her words.

Jian Jixing had never dreamed of such a scene.

She was arguing for her. She was angry with her. Her red eyes were filled with worry for her, and her tears were flowing because her heart ached for her.

Jian Jixing even searched her own memories. She found that no one had ever worried about her so directly and so gently.

“Let’s go, Sheng Ruxi. I want to go back to sleep,” Jian Jixing said, trying to get up. She then frowned and her voice got softer, “It actually hurts a lot.”

When she was getting the medicine applied, she hadn’t felt any pain, but now, for some reason, it hurt. It hurt so much that her heart ached, and she also felt like crying.

Gu Shengci didn’t move. Of course, she didn’t let Zou Xinjie move either. As expected, she saw Sheng Ruxi go to Jian Jixing’s side.

She looked up at them, who were still standing there: “What are you staring at? She’s changing her pants. Get out of here, fast!”

Gu Shengci quickly pulled Zou Xinjie away. Sheng Ruxi didn’t say anything and let Jian Jixing put on the half-cut pants. When she wanted to take off the cashmere scarf around her neck, Jian Jixing’s hand gently covered the back of hers.

“You don’t have to do this. I’m not cold,” Jian Jixing said, knowing Sheng Ruxi wanted to wrap her legs. But her legs smelled of medicine. Her voice was very soft. “Let’s go. Is your room still open to me?”

Sheng Ruxi’s face was straight: “It’s not.”

“Then what should I do?” Jian Jixing teased her with a mischievous look. “This patient here seems to need a kind person to take care of me again.”

Sheng Ruxi’s face was still cold, but it didn’t matter. Jian Jixing got up on her own, walking with a slight limp. The medic looked on, hesitating to speak. Was this really okay? Was Director Jian going to be scolded again?

Fortunately, after just two steps, Sheng Ruxi caught up with her and supported her. The last time Jian Jixing was supported by her was when she had a high fever. At that time, she was delirious and had to take care of Sheng Ruxi, so it was a very uncomfortable walk.

This time was different. When Sheng Ruxi came over, Jian Jixing reached out and put her arm around Sheng Ruxi’s shoulder, leaning on her with trust.

She tilted her head and leaned close to Sheng Ruxi’s ear: “Don’t cry.”

Warm breath brushed against her earlobe, incredibly gentle and without a hint of lust. Sheng Ruxi’s breathing quickened for two seconds, then calmed down. She said softly, “Don’t think I won’t scold you.”

Jian Jixing smiled: “You can scold me all you want once we’re inside.”

There were still people outside, but Jian Jixing walked Sheng Ruxi into the room, not caring about anyone’s gaze.

Little Pigeon and Aiyetala were helping the village chief clean up. They occasionally heard some ridiculous rumors.

“…Director Jian isn’t the kind of person who would use her power to force an actress, is she?”

“But Director Jian is in this state now, so she probably can’t force anyone.”

“…”

Little Pigeon, who didn’t fully understand, asked Aiyetala: “Sister, Jian Jixing and Miss Sheng shouldn’t be fighting now, right?”

Aiyetala shook her head: “I don’t know what they tell you on a normal basis. Little kids shouldn’t be so nosy at night.”

Xiao Liang walked over and asked, “Sister Tata, it’s a good thing Director Jian stopped Uncle Qin this time. If he had fallen straight down, he might have died. Is Miss Sheng angry? I can go and explain.”

Aiyetala shook her head: “You go get Jian Jixing’s clothes from Gu Shengci and send them over, but don’t disturb them.”

It seemed she would be staying here for a while.

Jian Jixing was actually uncomfortable all over. Although it was cold here, the temperature wasn’t low enough. The situation tonight was special, and she had been sweating a lot and still felt sticky. Her legs were the most severely injured, but thankfully, she could still take a shower.

It was a good thing Sheng Ruxi gave her some dignity and didn’t offer to help. Jian Jixing quickly washed herself with warm water and heard Sheng Ruxi say from outside, “The doctor said you can’t get it wet.”

“Okay,” Jian Jixing answered. She also said, “Don’t tell our families about tonight’s incident for now, so they don’t have to worry.”

There was no sound outside. Jian Jixing had no choice but to remain silent and put on her clothes. When she came out, still a little damp, she saw Sheng Ruxi squatting by her backpack, staring at it without a word.

Inside were some small pieces of Ganoderma lucidum and mushroom stalks. The largest one they had picked tonight had already been sent to be preserved and would be delivered tomorrow.

Sheng Ruxi felt very uncomfortable looking at these small fragments. Over and over again, her mind was replaying Jian Jixing’s words about the people who used to fall and die while picking Ganoderma lucidum.

From that height, if you fell, wouldn’t you just turn into these little fragments?

Sheng Ruxi first stared at the debris in a daze, then picked up the bag, turned it over, and poured all the debris out. She then faced Jian Jixing: “Didn’t you know how dangerous it was in the past?”

Jian Jixing said, “It’s late now. Why don’t you go to sleep first? I can explain tomorrow.”

“I won’t sleep tonight unless you explain it to me clearly.” Sheng Ruxi put the bag to the side. She was so angry at the sight of Jian Jixing still standing in front of her. She led Jian Jixing to the bed and said, “If you’re tired, you can sleep first. We can talk later.”

She wasn’t so sick that she would make an injured person stay up and talk.

Jian Jixing knew that Sheng Ruxi was telling the truth. If she said she was tired now, Sheng Ruxi would let her off the hook, and maybe after a few jokes tomorrow morning, tonight’s incident would be a thing of the past.

The night was not suitable for making decisions, for making any judgments, or for thinking about any deep questions. It was too easy to make irrational choices impulsively.

Jian Jixing’s rationality was well aware of this. The pain kept her awake, but she should be sleeping. Instead, on this messy night, she said to Sheng Ruxi, “I’m not sleepy either.”

“Lie down,” Jian Jixing said, looking at her. “How about I tell you a bedtime story?”

Sheng Ruxi slowly got onto the bed, keeping some distance from Jian Jixing. She was very careful not to touch Jian Jixing’s legs or body.

“When we were packing up, someone saw a Ganoderma lucidum plant growing on the cliff about a hundred meters up. It was in the shade, so we didn’t see it before. I was already halfway down. An accident happened when he went to get it. He grabbed nothing but air, and his feet slipped.”

Uncle Qin was an experienced Ganoderma lucidum picker. He wasn’t wearing a safety rope or any safety equipment. When he slipped, he had already hit his head. Jian Jixing acted purely on instinct to save him. After giving Uncle Qin a hand, she held on and rolled down with him.

Sheng Ruxi still didn’t say a word.

Jian Jixing’s voice was faint, with no hint of the relief of having survived a disaster: “I couldn’t just watch him fall past me. I really won’t take a risk like that again.”

The light was dim. Every word Jian Jixing said created a picture in Sheng Ruxi’s mind. She hated her vivid imagination at that moment.

She seemed exceptionally smart tonight. Sheng Ruxi thought of the scrapes on Jian Jixing and the fact that she had washed herself alone. She said directly: “Is there any other injury you’re hiding from me?”

Jian Jixing paused and said, “No.”

“Take off your clothes and let me see.”

“?” Jian Jixing hesitated and didn’t move. “It’s really fine. It’s so late. We’re lying together, and you’re telling me to take off my clothes…”

“Stop joking! I’ll believe you when you let me see!” Sheng Ruxi wasn’t having any of it. She got closer under the covers to pull off Jian Jixing’s clothes. It was hard for her to use force, and she was also afraid of hurting Jian Jixing somewhere.

But when she was pulling Jian Jixing’s sleeve, she didn’t miss the subtle change in Jian Jixing’s eyes.

“What’s wrong with your arm?” Sheng Ruxi frowned. “Tell me the truth.”

Jian Jixing: “…”

Knowing she couldn’t hide it, Jian Jixing had to tell the truth: “It was dislocated when I saved him, but it was already put back in place.”

It was just that her shoulder was almost dislocated, but it didn’t come out. There was a professional in the team who knew how to handle this, and they fixed it quickly. It was painful, but it was better than a broken bone.

Jian Jixing was prepared for Sheng Ruxi to get angry and scold her for hiding it, but Sheng Ruxi didn’t say a word. She stared at Jian Jixing’s arm for a while and then quietly lay down.

She said, “Jian Jixing, I don’t like this bedtime story.” It was even worse than Jian Jixing’s random stories about Little Xi.

After a few more seconds of silence, Sheng Ruxi asked, “Does it hurt?”

Jian Jixing said, “It doesn’t. It doesn’t hurt at all now.”

“That means it hurts like hell.” Sheng Ruxi stared at the ceiling and pulled the blanket up to her eyes. “You clearly told me you were just going to check on Yan Huaixi’s homework.”

“Her homework was to get one of these things,” Jian Jixing said. She paused. “It’s to be delivered tomorrow.”

“Jian Jixing, are you an idiot?” Sheng Ruxi sat up abruptly. But she turned off the light. In the dim moonlight, her voice was fierce. “It’s just Yan Huaixi’s homework. What does it have to do with you?”

Jian Jixing thought Sheng Ruxi had calmed down, but she was suddenly so agitated again. She also felt a bit helpless.

All night, Sheng Ruxi’s reactions had left her at a loss.

If Sheng Ruxi had just scolded her and told her she deserved it, Jian Jixing would have felt better. But Sheng Ruxi wasn’t doing that. She was genuinely worried about her, which made Jian Jixing unsure of how to react.

Although her relationship with Sheng Ruxi had improved a lot recently, Jian Jixing was still not used to this side of Sheng Ruxi.

She was even more unused to someone being so good to her.

“Are you worried about me?” Jian Jixing said. “I just thought it wasn’t a big deal, so I agreed to it. I… I’m also…” After a while, Jian Jixing couldn’t continue.

She wanted Sheng Ruxi to relax, so she said softly, “Don’t look at me like it’s a huge deal. It’s just a few scrapes. Qin Laosan is the one who will be out of commission for a hundred days with a broken bone. I just need some rest.”

In the darkness, Sheng Ruxi’s breathing became lighter and shallower. Just when Jian Jixing thought Sheng Ruxi had fallen asleep, she suddenly heard her voice.

“Jian Jixing, do you have to be so hard on yourself?”

Jian Jixing suddenly didn’t know how to answer Sheng Ruxi.

She thought that if she asked what she was doing to be so hard on herself, Sheng Ruxi would probably get even angrier.

With the cover of darkness, Sheng Ruxi shouldn’t have been able to see anything.

She lay on her back, staring at the empty ceiling, but the darkness was like a movie screen. She didn’t know why she was seeing so much. The image of her seeing Jian Jixing at first glance in the crowd.

Before she grew up, in middle school, she and Jian Jixing were so childish that they would run from one classroom building to another just to be the first to give Wu Wu that bottle of water. She, who was usually too lazy to walk a few extra steps, would use all her might.

But she could never outrun Jian Jixing.

However, even when Jian Jixing disappeared into a crowd, she could always find her and follow her with ease. She never lost her.

Even after they grew up, it was still the same. In the crowded set, she could spot Jian Jixing resting quietly behind a tree with a single glance. In a chaotic crowd, she could still identify Jian Jixing at the end of the line.

Just as she had thought, Jian Jixing was the brightest star, whether it was day or night.

Jian Jixing was injured, and she didn’t mock her—Sheng Ruxi realized there was a reason for her panic. The moment she saw Jian Jixing return, she just wanted to slap her in anger, a hard one, and sternly forbid the disobedient Jian Jixing from doing anything dangerous ever again.

More than mockery, she was afraid. She was afraid of Jian Jixing’s injury, and those wounds hurt her eyes and made her heart ache.

Sheng Ruxi couldn’t even bring herself to think about it. In this strange situation and atmosphere, the answer to the question she had posed to Chu Wu became crystal clear.

The answer practically jumped, cheered, and came right in front of her.

What is love?

It’s not possession, not a fight, and not a desire to win.

It’s the person you see at first glance.

It’s the one and only feeling of seeing, the first time you feel your heart ache for someone, the inexplicable sense of owing, and on that night when she ran in the night street, it was Jian Jixing’s hand that grabbed hers.

She truly…

Hated, hated, hated Jian Jixing. How could she, without discussing it with her, occupy so many places in her heart?

Jian Jixing asked softly, “Asleep?”

Sheng Ruxi wiped her eyes. Her voice was still muffled as it came from under the covers: “You’re such an idiot.”

“No one asked you to save him. Huaixi’s plant could have been a different one. It didn’t have to be this special.”

Jian Jixing: “…”

Sheng Ruxi continued: “You could have gone to a more comfortable place for your vacation. You insisted on coming here to suffer. You could have refused Director Cen Jing. You didn’t have to do this job at all.”

Jian Jixing blinked slowly twice. She didn’t turn her head and didn’t move. A sense of powerlessness welled up in her. She couldn’t tell Sheng Ruxi that the deciding factor for her to take on this job was the person lying in the same bed as her.

“You’re an idiot. You got hurt and didn’t even dare to tell them. Why? Because you’re an idiot. You gave so much, and no one knew.” Sheng Ruxi’s voice was a little shaky, trembling through her teeth.

Jian Jixing’s voice got softer: “Stop.”

Sheng Ruxi said, “Because you’re used to taking care of others. You also feel that no one would care, that this is a small thing for you. Jian Jixing, you really think so little of yourself. You don’t know how to be good to yourself.”

It was as if a long whip, which had been lashing all around her, finally landed loudly on Jian Jixing’s body. She didn’t know how Sheng Ruxi could tell, but at this moment, Jian Jixing’s breathing was no longer steady.

But the words that came out were filled with a self-deprecating smile.

“Yes, I don’t know how to be good to myself. So what?” Jian Jixing said each word clearly. “Are you here to lecture me or to laugh at me? I can pretend that everything you said tonight doesn’t count.”

That’s not it, Jian Jixing.

In the dead of the night, sleepiness fled. She was more awake than ever. The sourness in her heart was like a shattered glass bottle, and the pieces were scattered all over the floor. Sheng Ruxi felt that Jian Jixing was a shattered glass bottle filled with marshmallows.

The shards were sharp, and every word she said didn’t cut her, but Jian Jixing herself.

But Sheng Ruxi only knew that the glass bottle was filled with soft marshmallows. She wanted to put Jian Jixing’s pieces back together.

Since Jian Jixing said that after tonight, she would pretend that everything didn’t count, Sheng Ruxi was silent for a moment, then spoke.

“That’s not it, Jian Jixing. You’re good to others, aren’t you? Then be good to me,” Sheng Ruxi said, her nose sore, but her words were still clear. “And I’ll be good to you.”