A black Aston stopped by the roadside. Because the Aston was driving on the left reverse lane, fearing that a bus might come by, it parked at the intersection.
The car door opened, and Gu Qimiao saw a man in a black trench coat step out.
Unable to see the man's face clearly at first, she didn't pay much attention. She glanced quickly and turned her head to check if her bus had arrived.
Hearing the man shout loudly, Gu Qimiao looked around herself. Seeing that she was the only one there, she looked back at the man in confusion. He was now only three or four hundred meters away, and Gu Qimiao finally saw his face clearly.
Wasn't he the man she saw on the news last night? The one she had escaped from marrying—Lu Jinxi!
Gu Qimiao's immediate reaction was to run!
Lu Jinxi noticed her intent to escape and accelerated his pace, still shouting, "Yinyin!"
Hoping she would remember him and stop running.
However, she ran even faster.
Just then, a bus arrived. Gu Qimiao quickly waved to stop it and swiped her bus card, just hoping it would start quickly.
Several people were getting off the bus from the back door. The driver saw someone running ahead, seemingly waiting to get on.
Lu Jinxi, tall with long legs, took a few quick steps and boarded the bus.
Gu Qimiao looked around in panic, terrified. Just as Lu Jinxi was about to follow her, the driver called out, "Young man, pay your fare."
Lu Jinxi, impatient, took out his wallet. Lacking small change, he threw a red bill directly.
By now, the driver had closed the back door and was slowly starting the vehicle. After paying, Lu Jinxi looked up again. Inside the bus, she was no longer there, but through the bus window, he saw a red figure running quickly outside.
The driver, who had just started driving, stopped when he heard the shout. Seeing the person who paid a hundred yuan but didn't take the bus at all, he grumbled "crazy" before slowly stopping since the bus hadn't left the station yet.
Gu Qimiao had run far enough before looking back. She saw that Lu Jinxi had also gotten off the bus. Turning her head again, she started running hard.
Lu Jinxi just stood in the snow, watching her escaping figure, and didn't pursue further.
His heart seemed colder than the snow.
Gu Qimiao ran for an entire bus stop before boarding another bus, panting. She hadn't run this fast even when participating in track competitions before.
As the bus drove quite a distance away, Gu Qimiao still felt anxious. If she had been caught, who knows what fate awaited her.
But she didn't understand. She tried recalling when she knew that man, but couldn't remember ever meeting him. Why did he keep chasing her?
And he kept yelling "Yinyin" just now. Who's Yinyin?
"Central Hospital arrived!"
The announcement inside the bus interrupted Gu Qimiao's train of thought.
Following Mo Ming's words, she bought some lunch and brought him a pack of cigarettes, his regular brand.
She asked the nurse station to find Mo Ming's room. Pushing the door open, she saw a foot hanging high, wrapped in white plaster, which looked rather cute.
The man wore a blue-and-white striped hospital gown, his handsome face pale, a faint hostility in his brows, looking displeased at everyone.
Seeing her come in, Mo Ming glanced at her then looked elsewhere.
Gu Qimiao put down the things she was holding and asked, "Didn't you just have the plaster removed last week?"
"You still have the nerve to mention that! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have to stay in this damned place!"
"Don't move around. Your bones might shift again."
"Just curse me! Where are the cigarettes?"
While taking the cigarettes from her bag, Gu Qimiao said, "Smoke less."
Mo Ming tore open the cigarette box, put one in his mouth, and reached out for the lighter, but his leg hanging up couldn't reach it. Gu Qimiao quickly took the lighter, lit it, helping him light the cigarette.
He took a puff, turned his head away from her direction, and exhaled white smoke. "You've angered me so much that I have to smoke more every day and live fewer years."
Gu Qimiao said irritably, "When did I anger you? If you know smoking too much shortens your life, quit it then."
Mo Ming breathed heavily in anger, took two quick puffs on the cigarette...