Volume 1 Chapter 58 Sleepless Night

  Now all four of them are standing upright there, the distance between them is so short, so long.

  The silence is now audible with the sound of breathing, making it easier for people to fall into panic. At this moment, they seem to be in a precarious building, next to a surging crowd that is exhausted from running. They are in the middle, being pushed and squeezed by the escaping crowds. Their entire world is turned upside down, but the sound of time can still be heard ticking away second by second, chasing after these fugitives.

  Maybe they don't understand now, but they will be swallowed up bit by bit until nothing is left.

  "Is that all, you three are the real friends, you never really accepted me, so you joined forces to deceive me." Du Ruo finally spoke up, his dry and shriveled voice carrying the low and melancholic tone of a rainy dusk.

  "We don't have it, really don't have it." Fang Li and Su Xia said.

  "Alright, Fang Li, don't think that by using this method to bite back at us, we will forgive you for the things you've done that are worse than pigs and dogs." Meng Xi thought Du Ruo was just trying to use this method to shift the blame onto their heads, so she spoke out without mercy.

  "What makes you say I'm no better than a pig or dog, just because of that photo with Mo Xiao? Shen Fangli, aren't you the same? An Junlei is my boyfriend, and yet you still have the nerve to like him, writing all over your notebook for everyone to see. You're holding onto Mo Xiao on one hand, while liking someone else on the other, can you really be at peace with yourself, playing with two boats?" Du Ruo's voice echoed through the empty stairwell, colliding back and forth, until it finally became a sorrowful melody, singing to their most innocent youth.

  "Speak up, Shen Fang Lei. Are you worthy of Mo Xiao's love? Are you worthy of mine? Even if I seduced Mo Xiao, what does it have to do with you? You're not even worthy of being loved."

  "What are you talking about! That's enough!" Du Ruo pushed Du Ruo away, because earlier when Du Ruo was being forced to answer questions, he had been backing away step by step, and now with one foot stepping on empty air, he fell down.

  Several girls suddenly lost their color, Fang Li and Meng Xi were so nervous that they couldn't help it. Fang Li kept chasing after Du Ruo all the way to the end of the stairs.

  Meng Xi just wanted to stop Du Ruo from continuing to spit blood, didn't expect it to be like this. "I didn't mean to, I wasn't on purpose, Du Ruo wake up, don't scare me!" Meng Xi desperately shook Du Ruo, seeing the blood on his hands, Meng Xi was even more frightened and burst into tears.

  Yu Ruo kept rolling down from above, and his head was bleeding. He had already fainted. Fang Li and Meng Xi were usually tough on the surface, but now they could only cry and do nothing else.

  "Hurry up and call an ambulance! He's not dead yet, what's the use of crying?" Su Xia shouted loudly at Meng Xi and Fang Li who were kneeling on the ground, while she herself was half-kneeling on the ground trying to lift up Du Ruo.

  "Du Ruo, just hold on a bit and nothing will happen." Su Xia picked up Du Ruo and ran off, Fang Li hastily took out her phone from her bag and dialed with trembling hands.

  Meng Xi collapsed to the side, paralyzed with fear. She had no idea what she would pay for this in the future, and how it would affect her life and death. At that time, they were young and ignorant, not understanding that some people's lives were destined to be different from their own. They didn't know that some things were beyond their imagination, but they still had to pay the price for their recklessness.

  Tonight, Meng Xi didn't dare go home. As soon as he saw Dan Qing, he grabbed his hand and cried. This time, Meng Xi didn't ask about Dan Qing's recent whereabouts.

  Fang Li and Meng Xi were keeping watch by Du Ruo's bedside, the sky had already darkened. When An Junli arrived after hearing the news, Fang Li looked at him with a heart full of guilt, as if she had personally pushed the person he loved down from the building.

  "What's going on? How is Du Ruo?" An Junli asked two girls who were lowering their heads.

  "We had a dispute over something trivial and Du accidentally fell off the stairs." It's always like this, at critical moments, only Su Xia dares to stand out.

  "What's going on? What is it?" Mo Xiao felt a thread of unease in his heart, he could sense that something was about to happen in his life.

  "Junli, I'm sorry, we didn't mean to." Fang Li cried as she explained, and Mo Xiao's heart was shattered by the scene.

  "Wait until Du Ruo wakes up to talk." An Junli said coldly, then walked past Fang Li directly to the head of Du Ruo's bed. In fact, she wanted to comfort Fang Li and help her wipe away the tears on her face, but he couldn't.

  "Alright, Junli, you stay and take care of Du Ruo. Fang Li, you and Mo Xiao go out and have a good talk. I'll go see how Meng Xi is doing." Su Xia said after walking out of the ward.

  "What exactly happened?" Mo Xiao asked as soon as he walked out of the room.

  "These photos were what I saw on the desk today." Fang Li handed the photos to Mo Xiao, and at this moment, she didn't have any temper, but instead believed in her heart that Du Ruo said it was a misunderstanding.

  Mo Xiao's face immediately became flustered, "Fang Li, you..."

  "Don't be in a hurry to explain, I also know that there must be some misunderstanding, but I still went to find Du Ruo."

  "Fang Li, don't worry about Du Ruo, he'll be fine. This whole thing is just a misunderstanding, but who did it? Was it my mom?"

  "Your mom?"

  "There are some things that I'm afraid you've been thinking about for a long time, but I haven't told you. My family has discussed marriage with Yuet Moon behind my back, so my dad wants Yuet Moon to win the award and then send us to England as a matter of course. For so many years, my mom has known everything about me like the back of her hand, now I also know that I couldn't hide it from her, and she's been worried that she would trouble you."

  "Your mom seems to be particularly fond of you and looks so elegant."

  "Yes, I always thought I had a considerate and good mother too. But... never mind, if my mom comes to find you, don't argue with her, just ignore whatever she says." Mo Xiao gripped Fang Li's hand tightly, afraid that the next second Fang Li would slip away.

  "So, I was saying how Wei Mingyuan and Yue Yue suddenly broke up for no reason!"

  "Yes, Yueyue can't help it either, she's doing it for their family, but my dad will absolutely not be genuinely helping their family."

  At this moment, Mo Xiao is worried about Fang Lei and the people around him. Fang Lei is worried about Du Ruo's injury and their future after she wakes up.

  At night, the ward turned off the lights, and only a few pairs of eyes were moving, as if everyone was a wolf staring at each other, not for killing, but hoping to get comfort from another person's eyes, however, every person in the darkness was equally empty.

  An Junli lit a candle and placed it on Du Ruo's bedside, the flame grew from weak to strong, finally shining brightly on the wall. The flames kept rising upwards, swaying as if the entire world was shaking violently, everyone's shadow became ferocious, everything seemed to be tossing about on an uneven sea surface.