Chapter 61: Meteor Four

  As soon as they left the mall, Xia Xiangru made an excuse to leave first. I was a bit regretful for agreeing to accompany Xia Lingcheng to watch the meteor shower. Before leaving, Xia Xiangru repeatedly reminded me to take good care of Xia Lingcheng, so my idea of sneaking away was nipped in the bud.

  I went with Xiaoling City to the surrounding area of Nanyuan, which is said to be the best viewing spot. Since it was a bit far away, by the time we arrived, the sky had already completely darkened.

  There were already many people gathered in the south garden, mostly in twos and threes, probably all here for the meteor shower.

  I walked slowly, thinking only of what wish I should make in a moment, and suddenly bumped heavily into Xia Ling City's back.

  I covered my slightly sour nose and said discontentedly: "Xia Ling Cheng, what's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly stop!"

  Xia Ling Cheng turned his head and looked at me with no expression, saying: "You go ahead of me."

  "Huh?"

  "What's wrong?" Xia Ling Cheng pulled me over with some impatience, his tone somewhat fierce, and directly dragged me to stand in front of him.

  "What exactly do you want to do?" If it weren't for Ning Jing's face, I reckon I would have slapped him a long time ago.

  "If you walk behind me, I won't be able to see you." Xia Ling Cheng pushed me forward, gesturing for me to hurry up, and said impatiently: "Girls are just a hassle. You're already not very noticeable to begin with, and yet you keep hiding in the back. Let's go faster."

  I was stunned for a moment, but didn't say anything.

  Xia Ling Cheng and Gu Chen are a bit alike, but every time they go out, he always walks behind me. I asked him the reason, but he never says anything.

  "Xia Ling Cheng, you were born into the Xia family, how did you grow up to be like this?" Perhaps it was the intoxicating moonlight that night, or perhaps it was Xia Ling Cheng's silent figure that night, but I suddenly had an inexplicable urge to understand him.

  Xia Ling Cheng obviously didn't expect me to ask him such a question, and after half a beat of silence, he slowly spoke up: "You probably know, I took my mother's surname. In the early years, my mother remarried, but later that man drove me and my mother out of the house for another woman."

  My footsteps paused for a moment.

  "My maternal grandfather had only one daughter, my mother. The Xia family was always hers because of her status as a young lady from a wealthy family, many people pursued her. In the end, my mother chose that man and married him, giving birth to me. Only later did she discover that he already had another woman outside and even had children with her."

  I couldn't see Xia Ling Cheng's expression clearly, and occasionally when I turned back, I could only see half of his face under the moonlight. I secretly guessed his mood and asked: "Then do you hate them?"

  It has been a long time since there was no response.

  Just as I couldn't help but turn my head again, a hand stretched out from behind me and touched the icy coldness, making me shiver. The hands stroked my neck with such gentleness and care that I suddenly felt an inexplicable fear and began to struggle.

  "Don't move." A low voice sounded in my ear, and the hands gradually applied force, tightening bit by bit. I felt my breathing start to get a little difficult, using force to try to pull open those hands, but the other party's strength was too great, and I couldn't struggle free no matter what.

  "Xia Ling City..." A faint and fragmented voice escaped my lips, as if time had returned to when Shen Bi Ru held me on the rooftop, that was the first time I felt death so close to myself, this is already the second time.

  Just as I was about to lose consciousness, those hands suddenly loosened, and I sat on the ground, panting heavily, trembling with a lingering fear.

  Then, a low and hoarse voice slowly rose up in the darkness, like a ferocious beast biting me to pieces: "Gu Qing, let's go down to hell together."

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