Chapter 367: Past and Present
Chapter 367 Past and Present Life
“Pei Ziheng! Please, please!”
“Aren’t you telling the truth? I’ll hang up the phone after counting to three, three, two…”
"Don't hang up the phone! I said! I am Xia Ling! I am Xia Ling!" Her voice came out before her brain, and gradually became lower, "Pei Ziheng, save him, please save him..."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, only the sound of breathing, heavy and slow, could be heard clearly.
"Pei Ziheng..." she called tentatively.
"It doesn't count based on what you just said." On the other end of the phone, Pei Ziheng's voice was very slow, as if he was restraining some emotion, "How are you going to prove that you are Xia Ling? Xiao Ling, when we got along Tell me a few things that only the two of us know. Let me know that it’s really you who is back.”
“Pei Ziheng! It’s been so long and you’re still in the mood to hear about the past!”
“After that, I will go rescue Li Lei.”
"Okay, I say..." Xia Ling had to give in, knowing that resisting him was useless. Thinking of the ringtone on her cell phone just now, she opened her mouth to say the first thing, "That Perfect Dream is the birthday song I wrote for you, because you gave me the most perfect dream. The night after the song was recorded, you went to the recording studio to pick it up. I go home and say, I am your most perfect dream.”
Only the two of them know about this matter. Pei Ziheng was always careful when talking about love so that no third party would hear him.
"I asked you why? You just smiled and kissed my eyes." At that time, Xia Ling didn't understand why Pei Ziheng said she was his perfect dream? It wasn't until two lifetimes later that she figured it out bit by bit. Maybe for him, "Xia Ling" is just a dream he created, gorgeous, fragile, fragile, his most perfect dream - and has nothing to do with the real her, the living, flesh-and-blood person.
“Go on.” Pei Ziheng’s deep voice.
Her thoughts were far away and a little chaotic: "One year when I was filming a music video, I picked up an abandoned little kitten. It liked to get into our bed in the middle of the night and sleep among us. If you don't like it, you have to scream. I gave it away, but I refused and even had a quarrel with you. You asked Chu Chen to secretly give it to one of my fans. Because of this, I ignored you for a month.
“The day you took me away from the orphanage, the irises were blooming so beautifully. You picked one off and handed it to me. Later I always said that it was the first time in my life that someone gave me flowers...
“I worship you like a god. When I was a child, you taught me how to write step by step, and matched my clothes piece by piece. Every time I took a nap in your study, you would cover me with a blanket..."
One by one, one by one, it’s as clear as yesterday.
There was silence on the other end of the phone, so quiet, as if she was talking to the air.
“Pei Ziheng.” But she knew that the person on the other end of the phone was not air. She begged, "Pei Ziheng, save Li Lei, you are the only one who can save him now!"
“Is Li Lei that important to you?” His voice was dry.
She wanted to say yes, but was afraid of irritating him. She wanted to say no, but was afraid that he would just let it go. She was in a dilemma, not knowing how to answer, and her palms were sweating with anxiety.
Fortunately, he didn't seem to want her to answer, and just said: "What happened, tell me."
She quickly told him the cause and effect.
His voice was filled with anger: "You were injured, why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
She was startled and whispered, "I forgot." Compared to Li Lei's life being in danger, what did her severe injuries mean? The body was numb with pain, as if it was not his own. Washed by the cold rain, blood flowed continuously from the bottom of the body.
However, she didn't care at all and just said: "Save Li Lei!"
"Tell me your detailed location." In the storm, Pei Ziheng's voice was as steady as a mountain.
“I’m at the Paragliding Club in the north of the city, at the foot of a cliff halfway up the mountain. There’s a peach blossom tree on that cliff. Li Lei is on the third hill to the east of the peach blossom tree!”
"I don't want to hear that man's name again." Pei Ziheng said every word, his voice still very calm, but as cold as if it came from hell, "I will save him, but Xiaoling, you have to break up with him and follow me. Go home.” The wind is raging and the rain is pouring.
Purple lightning struck the dark sky.
Xia Ling felt that her body was getting colder and colder. What was colder than this was her heart. Her teeth trembled: "I, I won't go back."
“I’m not negotiating with you.”
"I don't..." Tears flowed from her eyes, and she knew very well that there was no room for change in this matter. It had always been like this, whenever he made up his mind, her wishes didn't matter at all.
She paid such a heavy price to leave that prison.
Now, where do you dare to go back?
"You can think about it slowly," Pei Ziheng's voice showed no emotion, "I'm not in a hurry."
Xia Ling felt nervous. Yes, he was not in a hurry. Li Lei was in danger now. The heavy rain poured down, and there was a "bang", and another dazzling lightning struck down. She saw that the peach blossom tree on the top of the cliff was ignited by fire. It burned for a while, and was extinguished by the heavy rain in the blink of an eye. The branches and trunk seemed to be falling apart. Like, scrambling to fall down.
Li Lei…
She held the phone tighter and tighter, and finally said softly: "I'm going back."
At the other end of the phone, he hummed with satisfaction.
He came quickly and didn't keep her waiting for long. During the storm, there were two helicopters approaching from far away. One went in the direction of Li Lei, and the other came towards her, circling in a circle above her head, looking for a place to land.
The cabin door opened, and Pei Ziheng was the first to come down.
Xia Ling rarely saw him in such a miserable state. He jumped directly to the muddy ground without any rain gear or protective gear, and his clothes were soaked by the heavy rain. He stepped to her side in three steps and two steps at a time. The first thing he did was to lean down and protect her, preventing the violent wind and rain from falling directly on her.
“Hurry!” he yelled behind him.
Behind him, a team of rescue team members were arriving with a stretcher.
“Xiao Ling, how are you?!”
“How about Li Lei?!”
They all said in unison.
Pei Ziheng's eyes became cold and he did not answer her question, but stretched out his hand to check her injuries.
Xia Ling was so anxious that she grabbed his wrist: "Pei Ziheng! Tell me quickly, how is Li Lei?!" Maybe the movement was too large, the force was too strong, and the lung injury was involved. She only felt a burst of pain. The stabbing pain in her heart made her cough uncontrollably, and fishy hot liquid poured out of her mouth and lips, making her choke and uncomfortable. She coughed even harder and almost curled up into a ball.
"Hurry...tell me..." she said intermittently while coughing, and tightened her grip on his hand.
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(End of this chapter)