Qin Sheng's lips trembled, but she couldn't say a word. She couldn't help but step back. Her vision was blurred by layers of mist, and she couldn't see their faces clearly.
She staggered out of the office.
"Qin Sheng!" Gong Mochen suddenly stood up. His weak feet hadn't even taken a step before he fell to the ground...
Ye Wei ran forward and supported the man, preventing him from falling down.
However, her body was too small and the man's body was too big, so it was very difficult for her to hold on.
Outside the door, Qin Sheng's mind was blank. When she heard the man calling her, she was so happy that she thought he regretted his words. In the end, when she turned her head, she saw the two of them hugging each other.
Why was the air so thin? It made it difficult to breathe. Her brain, which was deprived of oxygen, started to feel dizzy. She felt as if her mind and body were separated.
She started walking away, the scene of Ye Wei and Gong Mochen hugging replaying in her mind over and over again. It was as if her soul was still watching the scene in the office.
Suddenly, the screeching of car brakes, the loud blare of a car horn, and the sounds of people cursing echoed around Qin Sheng.
"Don't you want to live anymore? If you want to die, you should find another car to jump in front of! Damn it, I'm so unlucky! Why is it me who runs into someone who wants to die when I go out?" the driver cursed.
"You can testify for me, right? She was the one who rushed into the road!"
"Could it be that she's suicidal?"
"She's so young and she's suicidal. Doesn't her family know what to do with her?"
"I don't know... The morals of the world are declining!"
The noisy voices finally brought Qin Sheng back into the here and now. As her mind returned, she saw clearly that there were cars on both sides of her, and they were almost touching her body.
She looked helplessly at the people around her who were scolding her, as well as the passersby who were poking at her. She was so miserable that she didn't know how to explain that she wasn't suicidal.
"You guys are blind! Don't you realise that this is a miss of the Qin family? My girlfriend and I had a falling out, so she ran off. You can all get lost now!"
The man pulled the girl into his arms.
Qin Sheng looked up and saw Ha Siqi's face. She said in a daze, "I didn't mean to run out into the road..."
Ha Siqi held the girl's hand. Her empty eyes made his heart ache and he wanted to help her be at peace.
"I know you didn't mean to. Don't be afraid. I will protect you!"
He held the girl's head in his arms. Her eyes were so empty that no emotions could be seen. He knew this wasn't right. He would rather have her cry than be like this!
"I didn't mean to..." Qin Sheng said in a low voice.
She let the man hold her. She was obedient like a doll that could be manipulated by others. She didn't have any emotions of her own.
"I know, I know... Qin Sheng, what's wrong with you? If you want to cry, cry. Don't scare me!"
Ha Siqi realized the problem. It seemed that this was the only sentence that the girl could say.
A group of bodyguards ran from behind them and rushed towards the cars, grabbing the driver inside.
"Did you scare my lady?" the bodyguard asked sternly.
The few drivers were scared silly. This time, they were sure that they did not encounter any scams, but they were also sure that they were in big trouble!
"No! No! I didn't know it was your lady. Please spare me! I won't do it again!"
"We won't do it again! We won't honk the horn anymore!" one of the other drivers said.
The drivers looked so frightened. They'd used disrespectful words to someone who was related to Gong Mochen. This wasn't something that could be solved with hundreds or thousands of dollars!
The drivers were taken away by the bodyguards, and their cars were also driven away.
The onlookers on the road were afraid of getting into trouble too, so they all ran away.
When the road was restored to normal traffic, the cars tacitly drove around the two people standing in the middle of the road, giving them a large circular area.
Qin Sheng leaned in Ha Siqi's arms and looked at the endless stream of cars around her. She didn't know that a pair of eyes had been fixed on her the whole time.
In the CEO's office on the top floor of the Gong Group, the man standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window was staring at the girl downstairs.
He saw her run away while crying. His heart ached so much that he'd lost control and shouted her name. His weak body almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Ye Wei held him. He asked Ye Wei to help him to the window to watch Qin Sheng leave. He could only be at ease when he saw her leave safely.
However, he saw a scene that made him nearly suffocate. His girl was almost hit by a car!
Ye Wei's arm was supporting the man's body. She felt his entire body tremble when Qin Sheng was about to be hit. She thought that no one knew better than her how much that girl meant to him.
She raised her head and looked at the man's face. The man's chiseled jawline, deep eyes, and injured gaze made her sink into him.
'There should be at least one time in her life...
'To forget herself for someone.
'Don't ask for the result, don't ask. Walk together.
'Don't ask for what you once had.
'She didn't even ask for you to love me
'She only wanted to meet you in my most beautiful years.'
She silently recited this poem. She thought that she was ultimately unable to replace Qin Sheng.
'Gong Mochen, let me protect you. I won't ask you to love me. I only ask you to let me be by your side,' her thoughts silently conversed with her.
Qin Sheng didn't know how long they had been standing in the road. She didn't even know how she came to be at the Ha family's residence. When she regained consciousness again, she found herself lying on Ha Siqi's bed.
She sat up, looking at the man beside her and the unfamiliar room.
"You're awake? Drink the medicine." Ha Siqi's big hand touched Qin Sheng's forehead.
"What's wrong with me?" Qin Sheng felt that her head was fuzzy.
"You have a fever and fainted because of it. Drink the medicine." Ha Siqi picked up the medicine and brought it to the girl's Lips.
Did she have a fever? Qin Sheng touched her head, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on her hand.
She opened her mouth and took the medicine. She didn't frown, though the medicine left a bitter taste in her mouth. Ha Siqi fed it to her; one pill, followed by some sugar. She was afraid of suffering from the fever, so she gladly took the medicine.
She couldn't help but think of Gong Mochen again, remembering how he had been with her.
Love was a habit... How could she break the relationship between the two of them just because of a word from him?
"Drink some water, it'll make the medicine go down easier," Ha Siqi said. The girl only swallowed the medicine and hadn't drunk any water. He was still holding the extra sugar he'd prepared for her in his hand.
It seemed that all of Gong Mochen's instructions were superfluous.
Qin Sheng didn't feel the medicine go down. There was no longer any taste in her mouth. Her heart was so empty that she felt uncomfortable.
"I want to go home. Can you send me home?" she asked.
"Tomorrow is our engagement party. You can stay at my place. It would be better for you to leave tomorrow instead," Ha Siqi said.
"Engagement party? Who is going to come?" Qin Sheng asked.
"Everyone will come. The Qin family, everyone in the Ha family, and the dignitaries of this country," Ha Siqi said.
Would HE come too? Gong Mochen's image appeared in Qin Sheng's mind.
It turned out that missing someone was painful...