Chapter 373: Happy Lantern Festival
Chapter 373 Happy Lantern Festival
Lu Zhiyuan and Gu Ci didn't speak during the whole journey. They drove for twenty minutes and turned onto the elevated highway. Gu Ci frowned and said, "This is not the direction to Lantian Villa. Where are you taking me?"
“Who once said that you would follow me to the end of the world, but now you are afraid?”
“The oath has long been in vain, I almost forgot about it.”
“I haven’t forgotten.”
Lu Zhiyuan drove to the mountain in the suburbs and drove all the way to the observation deck. Gu Ci remembered this place. She ran away from home once in middle school and came here to watch the stars. In the middle of the night, there was no one around. The birds and crows in the mountains were singing, and she was scared. She wanted to run, but she sprained her foot. She was very scared while hiding on the observation deck. She hugged a piece of wood to encourage herself, thinking that she would go down the mountain again when it gets daylight.
Later in the night, there was thunder and lightning, and Gu Ci was trembling with fear. It was Lu Zhiyuan who found her and carried her down the mountain. At that time, her relationship with Lu Zhiyuan was already very bad, and she didn't know why Lu Zhiyuan could find her.
I was young at the time, and I had never thought about how Lu Zhiyuan came to the mountains to look for her when there was no public transportation at night, and he was still underage. He was so confused that he didn't ask her. In that kind of thunder and lightning, In the weather, as long as there is one person accompanying her, even if it is a bitter enemy.
“Why did you come to this mountain that day?” Lu Zhiyuan asked.
Gu Ci looked up at the sky full of stars. This was different from the lightning and thunder a few years ago. The starry sky tonight was particularly beautiful. The air in the mountains was good, and you could see the stars in the sky. In the center of the city, you could not see such beauty. view.
Gu Ci thought vaguely that she came to the mountains to watch the stars because she saw the starry sky posted by Lu Zhiyuan on WeChat Moments. She checked where to see the most beautiful starry sky in City A, so she took a bus to the suburbs and hiked up the mountain alone.
Unexpectedly, I forgot to check the weather forecast and sprained my foot again.
"I forgot." Gu Ci chuckled and said, "Young and fearless, I always want to do something extraordinary to arouse the concern of my family."
But she didn’t know that no one at home cared about her.
Gu Ci asked, "Lu Zhiyuan, you shouldn't be reminiscing with me. What do you want from me?"
"If Jiang Junlin wants you to be the leader of the Extreme Way, just refuse." Lu Zhiyuan said.
“This is a matter of the Jidao Dark Network and has nothing to do with you.” Gu Ci looked directly into Lu Zhiyuan’s eyes, “What’s the reason?
Lu Zhiyuan just looked at her steadily, as if stars were falling in his eyes, but Gu Ci did not avoid it. If she wanted to quit Lu Zhiyuan, she had to face him honestly.
Since my heart is already beating, there is no need for much resistance.
Like someone is not something to be ashamed of.
"The fact that Jiang Junlin is the dark master of the Jida has not been widely exposed, but many people already know it. If you become the master of the Jida, you will become a target. Xiaoci, you have been given a new life. Go to school well. After studying medicine, you will have a bright future as a good doctor, so don’t get involved in these things.”
Gu Ci laughed at herself, "I am a broken body and my heart is ill. What good future do I have?"
These words were deliberately meant to poke Lu Zhiyuan's heart.
As soon as she said it, she regretted it and couldn't bear it. She always wanted to hurt Lu Zhiyuan. No matter how painful her heart was, she wanted to hurt Lu Zhiyuan. But if Lu Zhiyuan's story was true, his pain was deeper than hers. , more, what is she doing? This is the person she wants to love and cherish. Why would she want to hurt him?
"Xiao Ci, I won't harm you." "Brother won't harm me either." Gu Ci said decisively, "Maybe you think that my brother pushed me up as a target and can contain you. But in fact, my brother is in a difficult situation. It’s not good, the Jidao Dark Network is too complicated, and he needs someone to help him. If something happens to him, I am the Jidao Dark Master, and he can only entrust it to me. "
Lu Zhiyuan frowned, "He can give it to North or Qin Wan, but why should he give it to you? Jiang Junlin wants you to contain me. This is his truest idea."
"I know!" Gu Ci was not stupid, and Jiang Junlin told the truth, "You don't need to say it anymore, my brother has already told me about this."
“Have you made up your mind?”
Gu Ci nodded, "My mind has been decided!"
Lu Zhiyuan closed his eyes and his voice was slightly hoarse, "Okay, I understand."
The matter was settled, and the two of them had nothing to say.
Gu Ci looked at the stars in the sky, "When I was a child, I liked to climb up to the top floor to watch the stars. Once I was pushed down by Gu Chuyun and fell, I was a little afraid of heights. Later, in prison, everything was cured. Lu Zhiyuan, I am still afraid of heights. I still like to watch the stars, and I’m very happy to watch them together during the Lantern Festival.”
Gu Ci took a deep breath and suppressed the unwillingness in her heart. Her unwillingness would turn her into a devil.
"I don't care why you married me back then, whether it's pity or pity, I owe you a word. I like you very much. I married you because I like you." Gu Ci looked at the moonlight. Lu Zhiyuan, "I saw you when I got out of prison. Standing in the sun, I felt ashamed of myself and felt like a moth flying into the flame. I have low self-esteem and cowardice. I dare not even say a word that I like you, for fear of hearing you say that I am sympathetic. You are the only one who will marry you. I don’t even have the courage to bear a failed relationship. Did you pay any price to bring me here from hell?”
"No!" Lu Zhiyuan objected, "You and Ziyu came back because of chance, not me."
"Really?" Gu Ci didn't believe him, "I hate it when people lie to me."
Lu Zhiyuan did not dare to look into her eyes. Gu Ci's love had always been very strong. Like a fire, it would burn her and the people she loved. When she loved someone, she wanted to dig out her heart to hold him. I said in front of you, I really love you, please believe me.
She doesn't understand that love doesn't like proof. People who love you will always put you in their eyes. People who don't love you can't prove anything even if you dig their hearts out.
"Will Zi Yu... leave?" Gu Ci asked anxiously. This was something she had never dared to think about or ask. She could only ask Lu Zhiyuan, "Will he... go back?"
“Do you want him to go?” Lu Zhiyuan asked gently.
Gu Ci shook his head, "What did he do when he went back? In that cold world, there was no you or me, so no one had a happy ending. I couldn't bear it when he went back and was all alone. I just wanted him to stay here well. "
"I know!" Lu Zhiyuan said restrainedly and gently, "I will fulfill all your wishes."
No matter how difficult it is, no matter what you have to pay, Gu Ci’s wish will be fulfilled at any cost.
Gu Ci felt at ease and relaxed. She looked at the thousands of lights in the city with a smile. "Looking at the stars from a high place and looking at the thousands of lights are very beautiful. Lu Zhiyuan, happy Lantern Festival!"
Lu Zhiyuan followed her gaze and smiled, "Xiao Ci, happy Lantern Festival."
(End of this chapter)