Having been given a second chance at life, who would still want to pursue her?

Lin Qingxue's eyes gradually reflected the figure of the person who had just arrived.

Her lips, which she had been biting, suddenly relaxed, and her eyes were instantly moistened by the surrounding mist.

"you..."

"Why are you here?"

Chen Jianji looked at the person who was curled up tightly in a ball.

And the composure she had been maintaining on her pale face.

Upon seeing himself again, he shattered into pieces.

Immediately, the vulnerability and grievance that quickly rose in her eyes became particularly evident.

Chen Jianji's intended insults suddenly vanished.

Snapped!

He held the umbrella open expressionlessly.

He squatted down in front of Lin Qingxue.

The umbrella completely covered her.

Lin Qingxue lowered her head, raised her hand to wipe the rain from her cheeks, and then curled up her knees to cover her face.

His lips were tightly pressed together, and he didn't say anything more.

Chen Jianji chuckled.

"Don't act like you're the one who's wronged."

"I can't get through on the phone, and they don't even send a message saying where they are."

Upon hearing this...

Lin Qingxue suddenly lifted her face from between her legs, her voice soft and low.

My phone is dead.

"You messed with my phone last night, and the charging cable came loose, so it wasn't charging."

Chen Jianji's face stiffened, but he quickly asked back.

"You knew it would rain, right? You dared to run down the mountain in a downpour; I almost fell several times. Are you out of your mind?"

"I don't remember you being that stupid."

Lin Qingxue first looked him up and down, and seeing that he was alright, she spoke in a muffled voice.

"I didn't tell you to get down."

Chen Jianji abruptly put the umbrella down.

He jumped up in an instant and turned to leave without a second thought.

"Then you can stay here by yourself."

Lin Qingxue was stunned.

She didn't expect that just wanting to vent her emotions would lead to such a heartless reaction from the other party.

"wait..."

She put her phone away, gripped the umbrella, and tried to get up.

But a sharp pain shot through her lower back and abdomen, causing her to gasp.

"hiss..."

Lin Qingxue swayed and lost her balance, about to fall to one side.

Just then.

She unexpectedly found herself in a damp but warm embrace.

Lin Qingxue was stunned.

Slowly raising her eyes, she met a pair of impatient gazes.

"I really don't know what you're up to!"

"You're the one who provoked me; I should be the one who's annoyed, okay?"

"You're the one who caused all this trouble. I haven't said anything, so why are you getting so angry?"

Lin Qingxue pursed her lips and remained silent.

Chen Jianji looked down in confusion, only to see that her face was growing paler.

His expression shifted, and he was about to say something when...

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see some faint bloodstains on the back of Lin Qingxue's waist.

Are you injured?

Chen Jianji's expression changed, and he pushed her into his arms.

Then he simply lifted up her clothes at the lower back.

"Don't look..."

Lin Qingxue struggled a little.

But Chan Kin-kee just scoffed.

"Don't move!"

Lin Qingxue stopped what she was doing immediately and gently leaned into his arms.

Chen Jianji frowned and lifted the corner of his shirt.

On her fair and slender waist, a bloodstain stood out starkly.

Chen Jianji breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not deep; it looks like it was scratched by a tree branch.

"It's not a serious injury, why are you hiding?"

Chen Jianji, expressionless, helped her sit back down against the rock.

Lin Qingxue turned her head to the side, a blush rising on her pale cheeks, her voice carrying a hint of stubbornness.

"It's inconvenient for ordinary friends to see this directly."

Chan Kin-kei laughed in exasperation.

"Can't ordinary friends look after someone who's injured?"

"If you cause trouble here, won't I be interrogated by the police later?"

As he spoke, he lifted his shirt and put it to his mouth.

Seeing his expression, Lin Qingxue turned around and asked in confusion.

"What are you doing?"

"Pah! Pah!"

After spitting a few times to the side, Chen Jianji muttered something.

"Damn, is what they show on TV fake? It's so hard to bite, how did they manage to bite through the fabric?"

Upon hearing this...

Lin Qingxue then understood what he wanted to do.

While I found it somewhat funny, my eyes inexplicably stung.

Fortunately, the wind and rain were raging at the time, so nothing could be seen.

Before Lin Qingxue could react, the hem of her clothes was lifted up again.

Her pupils suddenly contracted.

Tear it apart!

Chen Jianji bit off a piece of fabric directly from the hem of her clothes.

"Your clothes are of poor quality, but convenient."

He explained casually, while taking a long piece of fabric and biting it off.

The wound on Lin Qingxue's lower back was tied up.

Only after all this was done did Chen Jianji look at Lin Qingxue.

The other person was staring at him with a deep, unsettling gaze, and there seemed to be a throbbing vein on their forehead.

Chen Jianji glanced at her.

"I paid for these clothes, and you have a problem with that?"

Lin Qingxue remained silent.

Chen Jianji ignored her and remained crouched, only turning his back to her.

"If you can still move, get on yourself, I'll carry you back."

"It's not that I don't want to leave you here, it's that I'm afraid of having trouble getting a statement from the police later!"

Lin Qingxue remained motionless.

"Hurry up!"

Chen Jianji urged impatiently.

"oh..."

Lin Qingxue then responded softly.

She held an umbrella in one hand and gently placed the other hand on Chen Jianji's shoulder.

Until I crossed my arms and hugged him from behind.

Lin Qingxue felt a pair of large hands gripping her legs tightly.

Then my body felt weightless.

Chen Jianji stood up, his back bent.

The person behind me seemed to be heavier than he was in my previous life.

Although she didn't become as plump as she did after getting married and having Xiaotong.

But it's no longer uncomfortable.

Lin Qingxue had no idea what he was thinking, so she just hugged him tighter.

Her cheek rested on the back of his neck, the surrounding water and wind cold and damp.

Here, it's a bit warm.

Chen Jianji turned around, looked at the rushing water on the mountain path leading back, and frowned.

He tightened his grip on the person behind him.

"Hold on tight, this road is not easy."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingxue looked up and pointed to a road below.

"That's closer to where we can take shelter from the rain."

"I just came from there too, the road isn't too difficult."

Chen Jianji looked in the direction she pointed, and he remembered that there were indeed some low houses there.

But then he suddenly became puzzled and couldn't help but ask.

"Then why didn't you stay where you were sheltering from the rain? What were you doing coming up here?"

"And where's your backpack?"

Lin Qingxue remained silent.

Chen Jianji glanced at her from the side and saw that she had her head down and her hair was loose, covering her face.

But one could vaguely see that his face was somewhat pale, and his eyelids seemed a little sleepy.

Chen Jianji tightened his grip slightly, slowly turned his head, and tried to find topics to chat with her to keep the conversation from getting dull.

"You're embarrassed to admit you were cheated in business, right?"

"Trying to sneak back and pretend nothing happened?"

"I'm truly impressed."

Chen Jianji coldly mocked as he walked in the direction she pointed.

"Who gave you permission to secretly hide it from me?"

"You should have said so earlier! Liu and I are both here, how could we possibly get scammed?"

"No, I have to call Brother Liu and ask him to stop it."

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered this matter.

He stopped quickly, bent over a little more, so that he could free one hand to take his phone out of his pocket.

But just then...

Lin Qingxue, standing behind him, tugged at his sleeve.

"They weren't lying to me. They changed the route at the last minute, so it's normal for the price to go up a bit."

"There's no need to stop others."

Chen Jianji paused, his eyes darkening slightly, but he still didn't pick up his phone again.

He just bounced the person behind him a little tighter.

"That's true. If you want to sell trinkets, stocking up won't cost much, maybe a few hundred or a thousand at most."

"It's not as much as the money you spend on that guy surnamed Li."

Lin Qingxue slightly raised her head.

"I didn't spend any money on him..."

"Isn't that the cost of driving lessons?"

"It's already been refunded..."

"Then how come you said you've spent it all? The prize money must have been around 30,000 yuan, right?"

"It was 50,000, but after I followed up, they sent another 20,000..."

A sound as low as a mosquito's buzz rang out.

Chen Jianji suddenly stopped.

"Fifty thousand?! You spent it all on that guy surnamed Li?"

He had an urge to throw this person down!

Lin Qingxue felt a little unsteady, so she hugged herself tighter and calmly replied.

"no."

"Then how does he have the money to travel?"

"Ayan went to work on a construction site; it's daily pay there..."

Construction site?

Chen Jianji's eyes flickered slightly, but his expression remained calm as he continued walking forward without saying another word.

Seeing him like this, Lin Qingxue felt somewhat uncomfortable.

She touched his shoulder with her finger.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Jianji said expressionlessly, "That's quite a friendly way of addressing me."

"Why didn't you let him come find you here during this downpour?"

Lin Qingxue paused, a wry smile appearing on her pale face.

It was subtle, yet genuine.

The two of them, standing together in the rain, seemed to be able to let down the walls they had deliberately built around their hearts.

Lin Qingxue pressed her face against his shoulder.

"Everyone in the neighborhood calls me that, it's not just me."

As she spoke, she muttered a complaint under her breath.

"You're nobody to me, so why are you interfering?"

......