The car was propelled sideways by the impact of the sharp, twisting metal striking it.

The tires screeched as they dragged across the ground, and the glass shattered into countless glittering fragments that exploded into the air.

Lu Jingci's body was violently thrown towards the car door by the huge inertia, and the seat belt painfully dug into the flesh of his shoulder.

But amidst the violent shock, only one thought remained in his consciousness.

Ningning.

Almost instantly after being hit, he used all his strength to swing his right arm horizontally.

He pressed down hard on Xu Wuning's head.

He leaned his body towards her without hesitation, shielding her and using his body and arms to firmly lock her head and neck in his embrace.

They protected her.

The steering wheel pierced his chest, and broken shards embedded themselves in his arm and abdomen.

Glass shards splashed into his hair, and cut thin, bloody gashes on his neck and cheek, but he seemed oblivious to them.

All the sounds combined—the sound of glass shattering, the sound of two cars colliding, the sound of tires sliding—were deafening.

The world around her was filled with a deafening roar, and Xu Wuning's mind was completely blank.

Time seemed to stand still, and after a very long time, silence finally returned.

Xu Wuning raised her hand tremblingly, but her fingers touched something wet, slippery, and scalding hot.

She lowered her head.

So much blood, so much blood.

Thick blood gushed from Lu Jingci's body, staining her chest and soaking through the white skirt at her waist.

She saw the hand he had placed on her head, saw him desperately protecting her, saw his lips lose their color, and saw his breathing grow weaker and weaker.

His blood was still flowing, soaking the steering wheel. He was barely breathing and could barely speak, but he forced his eyes open, his first concern being for her safety:

"Ningning...are you alright, Ningning?"

Xu Wuning opened her mouth, but her throat felt blocked by something, and her eyes welled up with tears, but she couldn't make a sound.

In an instant, tears welled up without warning, large, hot drops falling down and mingling with Lu Jingci's blood, flowing into the corner of her mouth.

She jerked to her feet and reached for her phone to make a call, her fingers trembling so badly she could barely hold it, tears streaming down her face like rain.

"It's okay, I'm okay, but you're bleeding, a lot of blood, Lu Jingci..."

She sobbed uncontrollably, crying, "120...120..."

She dialed the phone, explained her location, her voice hoarse and trembling uncontrollably, her whole body shaking, and there were bloody fingerprints on the phone screen.

"Lu Jingci... Lu Jingci, look at me, I'm here, please don't close your eyes, Lu Jingci, I beg you..."

Outside the car window, shards of glass littered the ground, white smoke billowed from the front of the car, and the acrid smell of gasoline mingled with the stench of blood.

A group of people had gathered around us without us noticing.

Someone was urgently shouting, "Call 120 quickly!"

Someone said, "That drunk driver was intoxicated and crashed into the wall; he's dead. But there's someone alive here! Look here..."

Someone banged on the car window and asked how the people inside were doing.

When those sounds reached Xu Wuning's ears, they all turned into a chaotic buzzing sound. She couldn't hear or see anything clearly.

All that remained in the world was the fading color on Lu Jingci's face and his increasingly faint breathing.

"It's good that Ningning is alright, don't cry..." Lu Jingci moved his fingers with difficulty, wanting to wipe away her tears, but he didn't even have the strength to lift them.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and more and more flowed down his forehead. His eyes were still straining to look at her, his voice broken and intermittent.

"...I'm fine, don't worry..."

Blood was all around him, and he lay there. Xu Wuning seemed to see large amounts of blood flowing inside the car.

He was smiling, but somehow his eyes filled with tears, and endless tears mixed with his blood fell drop by drop.

"Ningning, I've used up my three-page plan. I really have no other choice. I wanted to take you to a hotel today to ask for your forgiveness... I'm really happy today. It's the happiest day I've had in the past three months."

More and more tears welled up in his eyes, streaming down his cheeks. His breathing and voice were so soft that they seemed to shatter in the wind.

"I thought I'd be able to be with you soon, but I've been so unlucky, so incredibly unlucky. I'm so sorry, Ningning, I'm so sorry..."

"I'm so glad you're alright. I can't live without you... If I'm still alive, I'll take you another day. Please forgive me, okay? Please, Ningning, I dream about you being able to forgive me."

"I want to marry you, I really, really want to... but I don't know why I got into a car accident."

He was in so much pain he couldn't breathe, his body trembling uncontrollably, yet he forced out a broken cry with his last ounce of strength:

"So much blood, it's congealing... I don't know if I'll survive..."

"I've been so unlucky since I was a child. I've lost my mother, I've lost you, I've lost everything I care about. I thought that tonight you would forgive me, that we would get married, and that we would be very happy."

"But then, an accident happened. I'm a jinx, and I've dragged you down with me... Ningning, I'm so sorry, Ningning."

Xu Wuning shook her head desperately, then reached out and cupped his face in her hands, tears streaming down her face.

Lu Jingci grasped her fingers, his bloodied lips barely managing a warm smile, but he couldn't suppress the pain and reluctance in his eyes, and tears streamed down his face again.

His lips had turned pale, and the color was slowly fading from his face. "Ningning, don't be sad. You have to be happy, please. Whether I'm here or not, you have to be happy..."

He laughed through his tears, which rolled down his cheeks and into his hair.

"I don't ask you to forgive me quickly. If I can still live, Ningning, can you let me stay by your side for the rest of my life? I will pursue you with my whole life... A lifetime is long, but I will pursue you every day, please..."

Tears blurred Xu Wuning's vision. She saw that although he was always smiling, drops of sorrowful tears soaked her entire hand.

Her voice was completely hoarse, and she was crying so hard she couldn't breathe. "Lu Jingci, I promise you, as long as you're alright, I'll forgive you. Let's get married, let's get married, okay..."

Xu Wuning's tears fell onto his face, his breath grew weaker, and the rise and fall of his chest gradually decreased.

"Lu Jingci, don't close your eyes... please don't close your eyes, I beg you..."

He stared at her for a long time, his eyelashes trembling as if he wanted to say something, but his lips moved, only a mouthful of blood spilled out, and then he couldn't hold on any longer and closed his eyes.

Xu Wuning pulled him into her arms, her hands smeared with blood, and her cries sounded like she was being torn apart.

She cried out in heart-wrenching sobs, "Lu Jingci!"

Just then.

As the red light appeared, piercing alarms blared continuously in the surrounding area:

"Warning! A critical plot point has been detected to have shifted drastically!"

"Warning: The vital signs of the male and female protagonists are rapidly deteriorating, and their lives are in danger."

"Warning! The male lead's blood loss has exceeded the warning threshold, and the female lead is in a state of extreme shock; there is a risk of both of them dying!"

The red light flickered rapidly, and the alarm blared more and more shrillly and desperately, distorting the very sky.

But at the table, Xiao Ke and Xiao Shijie were still slumped over the table, unconscious. No one could hear or see the danger posed by the red light.

The little world was immersed in a blissful dream, and Xiao Ke was still muttering in his sleep: "Lu Jingci and Xu Wuning are getting married, drinking the wedding wine, hehe."

"Warning! Warning! The male protagonist is at increased risk of head injury and internal bleeding!"

"Warning! Warning! Please save the male and female leads in time, or the plot will irreversibly collapse, and the collapse will continue to escalate!"

Amidst a pool of blood, Lu Jingci's breath was still fading. Xu Wuning cried uncontrollably, "Why hasn't the ambulance arrived yet... Lu Jingci, I beg you, don't close your eyes, look at me."

"Little World, Xiao Ke, please save him..."

"Xiao Ke, Little World, please, save him! Don't you have pills? Don't you have the ability to turn back time? Please save him!"

Tears streamed down her face, and her helpless and desperate cries echoed across the sky.

"I'm begging you, please come out quickly, Xiao Ke, Xiao Shijie, please save Lu Jingci... I'm really begging you."

That person, who had never bowed his head to anyone before, and who had always been arrogant, was now begging others to save Lu Jingci.

The intense pain in her heart made it hard for her to breathe, and she clutched her heart tightly.

At that moment, she saw through her own heart.

It was as if something deep within my chest had cracked open, broken through the ice wall, and emerged from the earth.

She cannot lose Lu Jingci, not in this lifetime. In all the years she has been with Lu Jingci, whether happy or sad, she cannot lose him.

She had long been accustomed to his presence and had long since fallen for him. She was happy when he was happy, sad when he was sad, and in pain when he was in pain.

At this moment, she suddenly realized that Lu Jingci had already quietly occupied such an important place in her heart, and that her feelings for Lu Jingci had been so deep all along.

She can't live without Lu Jingci, she can't...

Seeing that he could no longer contact the small world and Xiao Ke, Lu Jingci in his arms had already collapsed.

She pounded on the car window, pushed it open forcefully, and pleaded with passersby for help, "Please, save him, save Lu Jingci..."

Tears streamed down her face. For the first time in her life, Xu Wuning knew what helplessness and loss meant.

Tears streamed down her face, large drops falling in torrents, her voice hoarse as she pleaded, "Save Lu Jingci, I beg you..."

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