Dramatic changes in the movies and TV shows

Chapter 1359

After entering the house, Lin Hao placed Tang Qi on the kang (a heated brick bed) and then grabbed her feet.

"What are you doing?" Although Tang Qi had a good impression of the man in front of her, she instinctively pulled back when she saw him grabbing her foot and questioned him.

Lin Hao's hand froze in mid-air, his voice gentle yet leaving no room for refusal as he spoke:
"Don't move, your ankle is swollen. If you don't treat it in time, you won't be able to walk tomorrow."

Lin Hao's gaze was open and his tone carried a reassuring certainty as he spoke:
"Don't worry, I know a little about massage. I'll give you a massage, and I guarantee you'll be jumping around like a madman tomorrow!"

Looking into his clear eyes, Tang Qi felt a surge of inexplicable peace of mind. She bit her lip and slowly relaxed her tense body.

Lin Hao helped her take off her shoes, and his warm and strong hands grasped her slender ankles, beginning to massage them skillfully while slowly using his recovery skills.

Tang Qi's initial sensation was intense pain, which turned into a stinging pain as Lin Hao massaged her. It was quickly replaced by a warm, tingling sensation, and the pain was indeed relieved quite a bit.

When Lin Hao put her foot down, she no longer felt any pain. He then said with a look of surprise and uncertainty:

"It doesn't hurt anymore, this is amazing!"

"See? I wasn't lying to you!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

Lin Hao's gaze then swept across the simple room, naturally landing on the kang (a heated brick bed) where two quilts were laid out and two pillows were placed side by side.

On the low table next to them, there were even two rough porcelain bowls, all signs indicating that Tang Qi did not live alone here.

Tang Qi followed Lin Hao's gaze and noticed something amiss in the room. Her heart began to pound, and she unconsciously tensed up, fearing that Lin Hao would discover her relationship with Feng Cheng.

Lin Hao deliberately spoke in a normal tone:
"This kang (heated brick bed) is arranged quite neatly. I've never seen you in the village before, so you must be Technician Feng's girlfriend, Tang Qi?"

Tang Qi was stunned by Lin Hao's words, then asked nervously, "How...how did you know? Who are you?"

Lin Hao smiled and said, "My name is Lin Hao, and I'm also a technician here!"

"I've heard about your relationship with Feng Cheng before, plus the fact that someone I've never met before suddenly moved into Feng Cheng's uncle's house. Is that hard to guess?"

As he spoke, Lin Hao glanced around the simple wedding room.

Lin Hao's words acted like a key, instantly unlocking the floodgates of Tang Qi's emotions.

She followed Lin Hao's gaze and saw the glaring double bedding, the pair of bowls, and...!

She suddenly remembered the red "囍" character that she had thrown away and then he had picked up, and she couldn't deny her relationship with Feng Cheng.

What followed was a surge of suppressed resentment, fear, and the abandonment and humiliation she had just suffered, which mixed into a torrent of hatred that overwhelmed her last shred of reason.

"Him? He'd rather have never known me!" Tang Qi's voice trembled with tears, a desperate outburst of frustration.

"He's afraid of me! He's afraid that my identity will tarnish his promising future!"

"What 'wait a month,' what 'upright and honorable'... it's all an excuse! Everything he said in the capital was a lie!" Her chest heaved as she looked at Lin Hao.

The man before her was gentle and composed. He appeared when she was at her most vulnerable, picked up the "囍" character she had discarded, and treated her injuries without hesitation, even though he knew her identity.

He stood in stark contrast to Feng Cheng, who was hesitant and viewed her as a burden!

Suddenly, an extreme thought grew wildly within her: she wanted to take revenge on Feng Cheng!
She wanted to prove herself; she wasn't an unwanted burden! She wanted Feng Cheng to know that there were plenty of people who would want what he disliked or dared not have!
"Comrade Lin Hao," Tang Qi's voice suddenly became exceptionally clear, carrying a resolute tone, and she said in a trembling voice:
"Do...do you think I'm annoying?"

Lin Hao looked up at her and understood the hatred, resentment, and desperate glint in Tang Qi's eyes.

This was exactly the result of his guidance, so Lin Hao calmly replied, "How could anyone dislike a girl as beautiful as you!"

“You are just a comrade in distress who needs help.”

These words became the final straw; Tang Qi, with a sudden burst of strength, abruptly pulled her foot back.

Then, to Lin Hao's slightly surprised gaze, she threw herself into his arms.

"Then take me!" Her hot tears fell onto his neck, but her voice was stubborn.

"Right now! It's not like I'm unwanted... I want him to know just how wrong he is!"

As she spoke, Tang Qi wrapped her arms tightly around Lin Hao's neck and then kissed him passionately on the face.

Lin Hao's body stiffened slightly, then relaxed. He didn't push her away, nor did he respond hastily. Instead, he gently patted her thin back to comfort her.

"Xiao Tang, please don't do this!"

"You dislike me too?" Tang Qi suddenly sat up straight and questioned.

"No, I don't look down on you!" Lin Hao said, taking a step back behind the heated brick bed.

"Then you'll have me!" Tang Qi lunged forward again, wrapping her arms around Lin Hao's neck.

"This is wrong of us. I can't let Comrade Feng Cheng down!" he then said with a sincere expression.

"Besides, I just feel~!" she said, taking another step back.

"I don't care what you think, I care what I think!" Tang Qi said as she pressed down on Lin Hao.

She took the initiative to kiss Lin Hao, the kiss awkward yet forceful, more like a declaration.

Despite Lin Hao's best efforts to resist, he was no match for this young woman and could only helplessly submit to Tang Qi's tyranny.

The light flickered for a moment, then went out. Darkness enveloped the mud-brick house, swallowing up all sound.

……

The next morning, as dawn broke.

When Tang Qi woke up, there was no one beside her, only her coat from yesterday neatly folded up by the bed.

She felt no pain in her ankle, but her whole body ached as if she had been run over by a train. Thinking about the madness of last night, she sat up, feeling somewhat lost.

At this moment, Lin Hao held a bowl of steaming hot egg noodles, his face still bearing that warm expression, as if last night was just a chaotic dream.

"You're awake? How are you feeling? Have something to eat first!"

Tang Qi silently accepted the bowl. Lin Hao's caring words warmed her heart and soul.

The aroma of the egg noodles was irresistible, and Tang Qi couldn't help but feel tempted, but she still quietly finished eating.

She put down the bowl, looked at Lin Hao's broad back as he tidied the stove, and said in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Lin Hao, you want to hear about me and Feng Cheng!"

Lin Hao turned around, leaned against the stove, and nodded: "If you're willing to talk, I can be your listener!"

"Thank you!" Tang Qi then recounted how they met and fell in love in Beijing, the changes in their families, and Feng Cheng's confident plan to elope.

She spoke of the fear and disappointment she felt upon arriving in this desert, and then of the hesitation and retreat that shattered her completely the previous night. Her tone gradually shifted from agitation to a numb calm.

"...He loved the Tang Qi in the capital who could bring him glory, not the Tang Qi he loves now who requires him to take risks and will become a stain on his reputation."

"When I learned that most of the leaders in Weichang were his father's subordinates, I could hear the joy in his voice!"

"So he doesn't want to leave at all. He can't bear to part with everything here, even though it's a desert. As long as the leader here is his father's subordinate, he's freer than anyone else!"

At this point, Tang Qi's eyes turned ashen, and she concluded:
"I agreed to stay here because he is my lover, but now he doesn't want me anymore, and there's no way for me to survive here!"

"There's no point in me staying here. There's nothing left in Weichang and Saihanba that's worth me staying for!"

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at Lin Hao pleadingly, saying:

"Please help me, send me away, okay? I want to go to Hong Kong Island, I just want to get away from here, the farther the better!"

"I know you have a way, please!" She was in tears, and almost slid off the kang (a heated brick bed) to kneel down before him.

Lin Hao quickly stepped forward to support her, his brows furrowing slightly, before he pondered for a moment and said:

"Have you thought this through? If you leave here, as a lone woman, your situation might be even more difficult than it is now!"

"Perhaps... there's still room for things to turn around?" Lin Hao offered words of comfort.

"No! There's no room for negotiation!" Tang Qi shook her head excitedly, grabbing Lin Hao's sleeve as she said:

"I don't want to stay here for another minute, and I don't want to see him again!"

"If I stay any longer, I'll go crazy! Lin Hao, help me, just get me on the train, and I'll leave the rest to fate. I won't blame you!"

"There's no place for me here!" Tang Qi cried again.

Seeing the other person's desperate expression and heart-wrenching pleas, Lin Hao finally softened.

"Alright. Since your mind is made up." Lin Hao stood up and said.
"I'll take you to the train station right now, get you a train ticket, and arrange for you to leave Weichang!"

“But Tang Qi!” Lin Hao looked at her seriously and said, “After you leave, you must be careful on the road. You will have to rely on yourself for everything.”

Tang Qi's tears welled up again, this time mixed with gratitude and relief as she said:
"Thank you, Lin Hao... really, thank you."

In her heart, this man, who appeared like a lifeline, became the only mercy in her dark world.

Lin Hao nodded, said nothing more, tidied up the house, and then rode his bicycle to take Tang Qi to the station.

The two didn't say anything more along the way. Lin Hao actually knew that Tang Qi slept with him entirely out of revenge against Feng Cheng.

Lin Hao helped Tang Qi only to change her tragic fate. Moreover, having experienced so many worlds, he might freely release his desires, but he would never easily release his emotions.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Lin Hao never intended for Tang Qi to leave. If he were to let her leave, she might end up like the illegal immigrant who was beaten to death, just like in the original story.

So when Lin Hao brought Tang Qi to the train station, they found people at the station holding a portrait and trying to identify it.

The image was none other than Tang Qi's portrait, which people used to identify him from the time he bought the ticket to the time he boarded the train.

"What should I do? The train route is blocked, I can't get anywhere!" Tang Qi's face turned deathly pale.

Lin Hao used a scarf to cover her head as a cover, then said in a low voice, "Don't get agitated, let's get out of here first!"

"Hmm~!" Tang Qi suppressed her fear and cooperated with Lin Hao to leave the station.

Tang Qi then asked, "What should I do now? We can't leave, and we can't just go back to Uncle Feng Cheng's house!"

"No way!" Lin Hao shook his head and said, "Judging from their attitude, they won't give up until they catch you!"

"So what you did at Uncle Feng Cheng's house will be discovered sooner or later! If you go back now, wouldn't you be walking into a trap!"

"What should we do then?" Tang Qi was completely at a loss, saying helplessly.

"If this continues, they'll catch me sooner or later!"

Lin Hao feigned deep thought and remained silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said:

"The best course of action for now is to avoid direct confrontation. They have other things to do; they can't keep an eye on you all the time!"

Lin Hao chuckled inwardly. Sure enough, as long as Tang Qi had the idea of ​​leaving, every train station, bus station, and public transportation station would display a portrait of her searching for Tang Qi.

Lin Hao then continued, "I have a secluded place in Bashang that will never be discovered, though the conditions are a bit harsh!"

“I’m not afraid!” Tang Qi’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"Let's go!" Lin Hao said, gesturing for Tang Qi to get in the car, and headed directly to the underground house in Bashang.

This time, Lin Hao didn't take the desert plateau route, but instead detoured through the desert. Although the journey was a bit longer, it was actually shorter by bicycle.

After all, it's impossible to ride a bicycle on a desertified plateau.

"Look, this is it!" Lin Hao said loudly as he arrived in front of a dugout.

When Tang Qi saw the semi-subterranean dugout, she felt a great sense of disappointment and opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

She's currently on the run from capture; having a place to hide is good enough, so she can't afford to worry about anything else.

However, when Lin Hao led Tang Qi to open the cave door, it was no different from an ordinary dugout, except that it was brighter and more neatly arranged than an ordinary dugout.

Seeing Tang Qi's disappointed expression, Lin Hao smiled and said, "What's wrong? Are you disappointed?"

"Not really!" Tang Qi sighed. "At least we have a place to stay!"

Lin Hao pulled Tang Qi into his arms, kissed her on the lips, and then said with a smile, "Come with me!"

As he spoke, Lin Hao opened a wardrobe, pushed open the back panel inside, and revealed a staircase leading downwards.

"Huh?!" Tang Qi exclaimed, her eyes widening in surprise. "There's a secret passage here?"

“Since it’s a secluded residence, it has to be secluded!” Lin Hao said, taking Tang Qi’s hand and walking down the corridor into the underground.

The corridor wasn't dark; because Lin Hao had installed many mirrors that reflected the sunlight from outside, it did resemble a house with backlighting on the ground.

Upon arriving at the basement level, Tang Qi was astonished by the sight before her.

"This is the living room, with sofas on three sides, and...!"

"This is the kitchen and dining room, which can accommodate twenty people at the same time. I have prepared dozens of tons of coal..."

"This is the bedroom. The bedding here was custom-made; it's very comfortable to sleep on. Would you like to try it?"