"Xu Wuning..."
Lu Jingci's fingers began to tremble violently as he called her name, in the same tone he used when waking her up.
It seemed that as soon as he called her name, she would frown, turn over, mutter "Lu Mianhua, don't make a sound," and then continue sleeping.
But this time, there was no response.
"Xu Wuning," he called again, stubbornly repeating her name, "Stop making a fuss."
His voice was hoarse, and he was trembling so much he could barely stand. "If it really doesn't work, let's not do it today, okay... Don't scare me, please, Xu Wuning..."
"I just took the key, I didn't mean anything by it... Don't you want to go home? How about I take you home?"
He pressed his face against hers, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his lips trembled so much they turned completely pale.
He is not breathing.
She really stopped breathing.
There's nothing left.
Her heart stopped beating.
"Xu Wuning!"
Lu Jingci's voice shattered instantly, his eyes reddened, and he cupped her face in his hands, his thumbs frantically rubbing against her cheekbones.
It seemed that if he rubbed hard enough, she would wake up, then frown and scold him, "Lu Jingci, you're hurting me."
But still, there was nothing.
She lay in his arms, her body cold and her breath suffocating.
Lu Jingci's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
Suddenly, he staggered and picked her up again, falling twice as he went, but carefully held her in his arms and gently placed her on the bed.
His hands trembled even more violently. Thinking that Dr. Liang was closer to the Yanjin Hotel than to the hospital, he dialed Liang Qinghe's number with trembling hands.
That side.
Upon receiving his call, Liang Qinghe immediately became very respectful: "President Lu, what's wrong? Is there anything I can do for you?"
Lu Jingci knelt by the bed, holding Xu Wuning's icy hand, his shoulders trembling violently.
He tried to speak, but found himself seemingly voiceless, unable to utter a sound, only his body trembling uncontrollably.
Finally, he choked out a few words, his voice broken: "Quick...come here quickly, to the Yanjin Hotel. Xu Wuning is cold, she'll be cold..."
After saying the word "cold," he kept warming her hands, trying to make her warmer, and before he knew it, his eyes were filled with tears.
But the speed at which he warmed his hands couldn't keep up with the speed at which Xu Wuning's body grew colder.
"Please, Liang Qinghe, come quickly..."
"Xu Wuning, don't be so cold, okay? Don't be afraid, you'll warm up soon..."
"What, Mr. Lu? Does Miss Xu have a cold?"
As soon as Liang Qinghe finished asking the question, he realized something was wrong. In all the years he had known President Lu, he had never heard President Lu's voice sound so flustered, and it even contained the word "begging".
His expression changed, and he quickly grabbed his car keys and rushed over. "Okay, Mr. Lu, I'll be right there!"
……
When Liang Qinghe arrived, he pushed open the door and stood there in shock, unable to react for a long time.
The once noble and refined person was now hunched over, his black hair disheveled, his whole body trembling, curled up in a corner, staring blankly at the motionless figure on the bed.
He heard the door open and suddenly looked up at Liang Qinghe.
He practically tumbled to his feet, his knees hitting the carpet with a dull thud, but he didn't even notice.
"Quickly, please...please look at Xu Wuning, I beg you..."
"She's cold, she's so cold."
"I can't live without Xu Wuning..."
His knees bent.
Liang Qinghe's pupils trembled. He grabbed his arm and braced himself against him, his voice urgent and panicked:
"Mr. Lu, please stand up! Please stand up! I want to see, I want to see!"
Liang Qinghe was terrified. Just how serious was Miss Xu's condition? Why did it seem like President Lu was acting strangely? Was she about to kowtow to him?
Lu Jingci remained bent over, one hand gripping Liang Qinghe's arm tightly as if grasping at a lifeline, while the other hand reached out and tremblingly pointed towards the bed.
His tears finally fell, streaming down his face, blurring his vision.
Liang Qinghe released his arm and quickly walked to the bedside.
He saw Xu Wuning lying there, seemingly asleep. He reached out and took her pulse at her wrist.
There is no pulse.
In an instant, his face turned deathly pale, and his eyes widened in horror.
Unwilling to give up, he tried probing the other side.
There's still nothing there.
Miss Xu, how could she... just disappear...?
Liang Qinghe's legs went weak, and he stumbled back several steps, completely unable to recover his senses.
How could this be? How is this possible? How could it be gone?!
He turned his head and looked at Lu Jingci.
Lu Jingci stood two steps behind him, without coming over.
He stood there, barefoot, his hair disheveled, his face streaked with tears, and blood dripping from his bitten lips.
He just stared at Liang Qinghe, as if waiting for an answer.
Liang Qinghe opened his mouth, looked at President Lu's expression, and realized that he couldn't say the words "she's dead".
"Mr. Lu," his voice was dry, his Adam's apple bobbing as he spoke with difficulty, "...What happened?"
He asked incredulously, "Miss Xu has always been in very good health. I even reviewed her medical report last month, and all the indicators were normal. How could she suddenly die?"
"Could it be cardiac arrest? Overexertion? Or some kind of shock?"
"Shocked?" Lu Jingci murmured these two words absentmindedly. His breathing and voice were so light that they seemed to disappear with a gust of wind. "Dead?"
He suddenly laughed, a laugh that was so eerie that Liang Qinghe looked at him with concern.
But as he laughed, tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn't hold them back as they streamed down his cheeks.
"She was definitely frightened..."
"She stayed in the bathroom for forty minutes. I pressed her, but she wouldn't come out... She was huddled in a corner, trembling all over. She was afraid of me."
As he spoke, large drops of sorrowful tears streamed down his face, wetting his hands and falling to the floor.
"She was just trying to stall for time. I blocked her at the bathroom door, I forced the door open, I forced her to come out..."
"She must be terrified... She must not have had a proper rest in a long time, all to avoid me."
His bloodied lips barely managed a smile, but he couldn't suppress the despair and pain in his eyes. He squatted there, tears streaming down his face like rain.
"I shouldn't have brought her to the hotel... I shouldn't have argued with her."
"It's all my fault, I was wrong, I did something wrong, I killed her..."
He spoke slowly and deliberately, his eyes bloodshot, "Liang Qinghe, I killed her..."
He got up, staggered to the bedside, and tremblingly reached out to touch Xu Wuning's face.
"Ningning, don't scare me... wake up."
"I'll never lock you up again, okay... Wake up, look at me, Ningning."
"Ningning..."
Perhaps it was due to excessive grief.
Suddenly, he coughed heavily, then released his hand, revealing a glaring red stain on his palm.
Fresh blood flowed down.
His body fell backward without struggling or supporting himself, like a dying person who had lost all hope of survival, simply falling straight down, his head hitting the floor hard.
But those eyes remained filled with tears as they gazed at the quiet figure on the bed.
"Ningning..."
Endless tears mingled with his blood, leaving a large, shocking stain on the carpet...
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