Beside the road.

The red light grew increasingly blinding, and the surrounding environment gradually began to dissipate.

Seeing Xu Wuning press her head again, Lu Jingci assumed she was unwell, and his trembling voice even sounded like he was about to cry, "Ningning, are you feeling very uncomfortable? What's wrong with you?"

"Don't scare me, Ningning..."

The alarm blared louder and louder in her mind, and Xu Wuning's face grew paler and paler: "Lu Jingci, can you see the red light around us?"

Lu Jingci shook his head. "I can't see it."

His eyes were tinged with red. "Ningning, why do you look so pale? I'll take you to the hospital. Let's go now."

He grabbed her hand and hurriedly tried to take her away.

Instead, Xu Wu Ning grasped his hand, their fingers intertwined.

"It's too late, you don't need to go, I'm fine."

She looked at the boy in front of her, recalling scenes from the past.

In junior high, he followed behind her, hiding where she couldn't see him, always watching over her. Every time she said she hated him, his hands would tremble, and he would hide in a corner and shed tears.

In high school, their relationship finally improved. During breaks, he would bring her warm milk, and on rainy days, he would always carry an extra umbrella in his bag. He was very careful to treat her well.

After graduation, he confessed his feelings to her, but she severely humiliated him and threw the gift on the ground.

During his four years of university abroad, he would curl up alone in the corner of his bed, looking at her photo every night to fall asleep. He lost a lot of weight during those four years and rarely smiled anymore.

Later, after he returned to China, she pursued him because of a system task, but she discovered the secret room and tried to run away again, abandoning him once more.

This time, he didn't chase after her as if nothing had happened. The resentment and despair that had accumulated over the years turned into a twisted, possessive, and morbid rage, and he imprisoned her.

As a result, she suddenly died.

He died so suddenly, so decisively, without even leaving him a word of farewell.

He believed he had driven her to her death, and coupled with his own father's statement that he didn't deserve to live, he squatted in front of the idol and committed suicide with a knife.

So many years.

He did many things in secret, but she never knew, and he never mentioned them.

He got into a car accident while trying to buy her an ice cream, and when he came back, he simply said, "Something came up at home."

At the hospital, he hoped to recover quickly and see her as soon as possible. He returned to school full of joy, only to be met with the words: "I hate Lu Jingci. I won't join any group with him in it."

He must have been so heartbroken at that moment, because his fingertips under his sleeves were trembling the whole time.

Xu Wu calmed all her thoughts, and for some reason, she felt a strange bitterness in her heart.

Beside the road.

The boy thought her head was still hurting, and tears welled up in his eyes with heartache. "Ningning, do you really not need to go to the hospital? Your face was so pale just now."

He half-squatted in front of her, his eyes filled with undisguised anxiety and concern, clean and pure, without the dark, suffocating desires that followed.

Xu Wu gazed at him. Perhaps because he was so young, his nose would turn bright red when he cried, and all his emotions were written on his face, as open and honest as a pool of clear water.

Therefore, she felt compassion.

She gently raised her hand and tenderly touched his head.

Even if she was unhappy about being imprisoned, she should have gone to find the future Lu Jingci, not the current boy.

Because today's young people genuinely care about her.

The flashing red light around them grew increasingly intense.

The distant view has disappeared, and it is spreading inch by inch toward here.

Xu Wuning knew it was too late.

Her fingertips were also fading little by little, disappearing from the edges, but she didn't look down to look. Instead, she pressed her palms even harder against Lu Jingci's head.

She gently stroked his head, "I want to spend more time with you too..."

Lu Jingci was still looking up at her, his worry still lingering, and his tear tracks glistening in the sunlight.

"Ningning, what are you saying?"

Xu Wuning choked up, sniffed, and felt a surge of bitterness.

She tried to hold back her tears, but she couldn't help it; large tears streamed down her face.

"Lu Jingci..."

Her voice was hoarse and nasal, but she forced a smile, though tears continued to stream down her face.

"Listen to me, you didn't get into a car accident this time, you should be happy, and you need to take good care of yourself."

"Don't run so fast just to buy me ice cream. It's okay if it melts. And next time you buy ice cream, remember to buy one for yourself, okay?"

"Although it's only been a few days since school started, you've been getting up early every day, haven't you? From now on, don't come to school so early every day to fetch water for everyone, and also take care of your own rest."

"I know that thermos was a gift from you... I really like it."

"Also, from now on, when you're eating in the cafeteria, don't hide behind the pillars anymore. Find a comfortable spot and stop huddling in the corner. I want to see you..."

"Lu Jingci, this time, don't be like a shadow, always following behind others, okay?"

"You are the most important person. Take care of yourself, okay?"

Lu Jingci stared at her blankly, tears welling up in his eyes. "You...how did you know I was hiding behind the pillar..."

"I know."

Xu Wuning was still talking, tears streaming down her face, making his heart ache.

He panicked immediately, frantically rummaging through his pockets for a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

"Ningning," his voice trembled with even more tears, carrying the awkwardness unique to young people, "Ningning, don't cry..."

"Did I do something wrong? Don't cry, tell me, I'll change, I'll change everything."

"I won't stay behind the pillar anymore, okay? If you don't like it, I'll change it, I'll change it right now... Ningning, don't cry..."

Xu Wu Ning just shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "I didn't do anything wrong, it's not your fault."

"Ningning," he called her name in a hoarse voice, "I'm not the most important person."

"Ningning is the most important..."

Xu Wuning's tears streamed down her cheek.

She realized that at that very moment, upon hearing those words, she had acted impulsively and even felt that she could forgive Lu Jingci's imprisonment years later.

Because, to him, it seemed, the young boy had a get-out-of-jail-free card.

She opened her mouth, as if to say something more.

Before he could finish speaking, the intense red light exploded again without warning.

It was even more intense than the last time.

The entire world was being completely distorted and dissipated.

This time, it all turned into fragments.

"Ningning..."

Lu Jingci's voice came from a very distant place, fragmented and discontinuous by the shattered scenery.

Xu Wuning could no longer see him, and with tears streaming down her face, she gave him one last smile.

Lu Jingci.

"Take good care of yourself……"

As the last word fell, all the world scenes vanished.

A thick white fog rolled in.

Xu Wuning's consciousness faded, and she fainted again...

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