Chapter 68: The Letters He Wrote to Me
“The time we met was still too short. Speaking of love, it always feels a bit unbelievable, but, I really fell in love with you…”
“After meeting you, my life gained a lot of joy and happiness. I had many things I wanted to tell you, but ultimately I could only tell you in this way. Shi He, I really wanted to be with you for a lifetime.”
“I once had another kind of life. I grew up alone, saw the doctor alone, took medicine alone, and studied alone. Those kinds of days lasted for a very long time. Recalling it, only loneliness remains…”
“Shi He, I booked a checkup with the doctor next month and learned about the relevant surgery. When I saw you uncomfortable, I would think of how many times you must have experienced pain during all those years I hadn’t met you. Please forgive my selfishness. I hope you can hear the sounds of this world and become healthy.”
Pages of letter paper filled with dense handwriting were turned over. Most of the contents were exhortations for him, as well as apologies.
He shouldn’t have said sorry to him.
The Alpha sitting in front of the desk lowered his head. He took off his hearing aids, his whole person sinking down along the edge of the desk, hurting to the point of being unable to breathe, until tears slid down from his eye sockets, blurring the handwriting.
“Mianmian, it hurts me even more.”
Love is truly strange. Being loved hurts, and not being loved also hurts.
“When you were writing this, did it also hurt a lot?”
In his twenty years of life, ever since he could remember, Shi He had almost never shed tears. He was always a sharp existence.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t cry—how could there be a child who didn’t cry?—it was just that during his growth, he preemptively sealed off the ability to shed tears.
Shi He stayed in the bedroom for the entire night, sleepless.
The next day, when the special assistant came to deliver breakfast and reported on the progress, the Alpha with pale features walked out of the bedroom, seemingly devoid of human vitality, his condition looking even worse. The assistant skillfully called for the family doctor to administer a nutritional IV drip.
“Boss, eat a little bit at least.”
Shi He didn’t even cast a glance. After washing up, he walked to the changing room. “You eat.”
The assistant sighed, only able to think of the words “walking corpse.” He was practically holding on with a single breath. Previously, with Young Master Ruan’s company, the boss’s condition was much more stable than in the past two years.
Now it could only be said that it had worsened compared to before.
Ten minutes later, Shi He and the assistant got into the car, heading to the abandoned villa located in the suburbs of Huajiang.
“Su Ning refuses to speak. Su Ning’s younger brother started crying and throwing a tantrum after seeing Su Ning, and the two brothers almost got into a fight. It looks like they can be starved for a few more days. Today at 3:00 AM, Su Ning relented and said he wants to see you.”
“We followed your arrangements and waited until 9:00 AM to inform him that you agreed to meet.”
The Alpha leaning against the seat had his eyes closed. On the back of his pale hand, there was a needle puncture, receiving the nutritional IV drip. “I know.”
The vehicle drove for an hour, making many twists and turns before arriving in front of an abandoned villa. The family doctor removed the needle. Shi He pressed an alcohol cotton pad against the back of his hand and got out of the car.
This place used to be a key real estate development project in Huajiang twenty years ago.
Because the capital chain broke, it was now a wasteland, overgrown with weeds.
Using the same method, Shi He was much more ruthless than Ruan Zhimian.
Ruan Zhimian placed Su Ning in a vacant villa; Shi He directly placed him in a wasteland, with small animals visiting at night.
When Shi He entered, Su Ning’s younger brother was lying next to Su Ning, seemingly unconscious. Su Ning no longer had yesterday’s appearance; he was thoroughly bedraggled and pathetic. He anxiously pleaded to Shi He for help.
“President Shi, take my brother away.”
“I’ll tell you everything.”
The Alpha’s pale, handsome face lowered. He kicked Su Ning’s hand away. “Do you think you have the qualifications to make demands of me right now?”
“I…”
A night passed, and Su Ning finally realized the reality: Shi He didn’t have a shred of normal empathy for him, not even a tiny bit of concern. He had just been pushed into the sea by Ruan Zhimian, rescued, and hadn’t been awake for a day.
Shi He completely did not care about his life or death.
Last night, Su Ning tried to escape and fell down the stairs. Now his leg hurt so much he couldn’t move. No one called a doctor for him, let alone send him to the hospital.
“My patience is limited. If you don’t speak now, you won’t need to speak for the rest of your life. You should know, I have no moral bottom line.”
Shi He turned to leave. Su Ning hurriedly said, “A while ago, I had a dream…”
“In the dream, Ruan Zhimian dated you and then dumped you. He passed away two years after marrying Han He’an. Ten years later, you met me, and we would be together.”
“Shi He, we are a destined pair. You must be with me to have a future…”
The Alpha in front of him suddenly squatted down. Just as Su Ning thought he had gained a sliver of hope, he heard a sentence: “If you die right now, the story can’t be pushed forward.”
In an instant, a chill ran through his entire body.
“No, Shi He, it’s not like that.”
He was a complete madman.
After Ruan Zhimian left, Shi He became even madder.
Why could Ruan Zhimian make Shi He become different?
He was the protagonist.
Su Ning didn’t want to die. He fabricated nonsense, “If I die, you will also die.”
“Who can confirm that what you’re saying is true?”
One of Shi He’s gloved hands reached over, grabbing Su Ning’s neck tightly once again. He was actually saying to Su Ning, “Let’s try.”
Su Ning waved his two hands in the air, grasping at nothing. The feeling of bordering on death—no one would want to experience it twice in a row.
The Alpha calmly and objectively observed the surroundings.
Nothing appeared.
If the factors influencing Ruan Zhimian would not influence him, then that meant… Su Ning was not important.
He released his hand and threw Su Ning back onto the ground. “Send him to Sanchuan Hospital.”
Sanchuan Hospital, a psychiatric hospital belonging to Huajiang University.
Su Ning crawled on the ground. “I don’t want to.”
“Shi He, the person you should like is me.”
“Shi He…”
Responding to him were only the sounds of Shi He’s departing footsteps.
Su Ning couldn’t understand where exactly he went wrong. He only appeared a bit earlier to cooperate with Han He’an to push things back on track. The one in the wrong was clearly Ruan Zhimian. He pushed him into the sea for no reason, and now vanished without a trace, not even offering him compensation.
…
After leaving the villa, Shi He made a phone call. “Find him.”
The vehicle drove all the way back to the apartment. Shi He closed his eyes and rested for a while. The nutritional IV drip continued. When he got out of the car, his condition was finally a bit better.
At the apartment entrance, Old Master Shi had just arrived. He walked over leaning on his cane, furious. “What exactly are you going crazy about?”
“You don’t go to the company, and you don’t go for follow-up appointments. You stay at home all day.”
The elevator doors opened again. Wen Song and Gu Xici appeared; they had rushed over as soon as they heard the news. The two of them supported Old Master Shi, “politely” persuading him, directly taking the person away.
The elevator doors closed, blocking even the old butler who had come along outside. Gu Xici lifted his eyes, his voice faint, “Shi He’s condition is unstable right now. Your appearance will only be detrimental to him.”
Wen Song’s smile was very obedient, but as soon as he opened his mouth, it was full of sarcasm. “Grandpa Shi, I say, you’re at an old age, why not do some good deeds and accumulate some virtue for yourself.”
“Every time Shi An takes advantage of Shi He being in poor condition, he deliberately comes in front of you to sow discord.”
“With us here, don’t even think about letting this kind of thing happen again.”
Shi He coldly swept a glance over the people from the Shi residence and walked straight home.
The two little kittens, one black and one white, were sleeping on the bunny slippers in front of the shoe cabinet. Hearing the door open, they slowly opened their eyes, “Meow, meow.”
As if asking why Ruan Zhimian hadn’t come back.
Shi He reached out, rubbed their two little heads, and picked them up to feed them. “I will bring him back.”
“Meow, meow.”
The two kittens stretched out their claws and pressed them against Shi He’s fingers.
What you promised the meows, you cannot deceive the meows.
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