Lima syndrome

"Buzzing—"

As soon as Bai Zhiyan sent the message, Xu Shiyuan called.

Looking at Xu Shiyuan's name flashing on the phone, Bai Zhiyan's brows furrowed more and more, thinking that this guy was really getting more and more unreasonable.

On the other side, Xu Shiyuan was so delighted by the news that he agreed that even his hand that was making the call was shaking slightly. He wished he could pass through the screen and meet Bai Zhiyan right now.

I don’t know how long it took, so long that Xu Shiyuan thought Bai Zhiyan would hang up the phone on his own initiative, but to his surprise, the other party answered the call.

"Hey?"

Hearing the voice he had been thinking about day and night, Xu Shiyuan almost burst into tears. In his twenty years of life, he rarely showed his emotions after he turned ten, but now all of that was overturned because of this person.

"Ji Yan, Zhi Yan, you finally pay attention to me. I haven't heard your voice for a long time. I saw the news about the Bai family. Are you okay now? Is Bai Jiying good to you? Do you have--"

"Stop it, Xu Shiyuan."

He had so much to say and so much to ask, but Bai Zhiyan only used a few words to make him stop instantly and he didn't dare to say another word.

"We have come to this point now. I really don't know what else you want to say. Whether it's the past time in Silver Star or what you did to me some time ago, I want to forget everything. What on earth do you want to do by being so entangled now?"

Xu Shiyuan felt bitter when he heard Bai Zhiyan's cold and emotionless words. Even through the screen, he could still imagine Bai Zhiyan's cold expression.

"Sorry……"

"I've heard enough apologies. If that's all you want to say to me, just shut up."

"No!" Xu Shiyuan subconsciously held the phone tightly, "I just want to hear your voice so much."

Bai Zhiyan's brows were already tied up by his words. His good upbringing allowed him to tolerate Xu Shiyuan's nonsense and not hang up the phone directly.

But Xu Shiyuan obviously misunderstood his silence, thinking that the other party was tacitly allowing him to continue speaking.

"Zhiyan, I know that what I did in the past was wrong. You can punish me however you want. I don't expect you to forgive me, I just hope you can give me a chance to atone for my sins—"

He kept talking, but Bai Zhiyan didn't say a word. Just when he was happy and thought that the other party was listening to his confession seriously, Bai Zhiyan interrupted him again.

"Xu Shiyuan."

Bai Zhiyan's cold voice was full of impatience when he spoke again, and Xu Shiyuan came back to his senses as if awakened from a dream.

"If all you want to do is talk nonsense, I don't think there's any need for us to meet. Let's hang up."

"No, it's not Zhiyan I——"

Just at the moment of speaking, Xu Shiyuan suddenly saw a butterfly flying towards him and landed on a steel frame not far in front of him.

This is a gray-brown butterfly with thin white stripes.

The butterfly seemed to have magical powers. The moment Xu Shiyuan saw it, he forgot his words to keep Bai Zhiyan. He couldn't help but reach out his hand to catch the butterfly.

"boom--"

Before Bai Zhiyan hung up the phone, he heard a chaotic sound of wind and a loud bang, followed by a chaotic sound of electric current. Until the phone was hung up, Bai Zhiyan never heard Xu Shiyuan's voice again.

He looked at the stop call interface and felt confused. It was Xu Shiyuan who was in a hurry to call and had something to say, and now he was also the one who was in a hurry to hang up.

After that, Bai Zhiyan never thought of contacting Xu Shiyuan again. He didn't want to meet him in the first place, so now that Xu Shiyuan didn't come to harass him, he was naturally happy to have some free time.

But this peace was broken three days after their phone call ended.

Xu Shiyuan's mother contacted Bai Zhiyan.

From his mother's words, we learned that when Xu Shiyuan talked to him that day, he was actually on the elevated platform at the construction site.

There was a problem with the equipment on the construction site. Some people said that they saw Xu Shiyuan suddenly lean forward and reach out to grab something when he was on the elevated platform, but there was a problem with the safety rope on Xu Shiyuan's body, and Xu Shiyuan fell directly from a height of ten meters. If the foreman on the third floor had not built a canopy to provide shade for the workers and to cushion his fall, Xu Shiyuan would probably have died on the spot.

His mother called because she saw that the last call on his phone was with Bai Zhiyan, and thought they had something important to say, so she contacted him.

Bai Zhiyan didn't feel sorry at all for Xu Shiyuan's injury, nor did he feel guilty or self-blame.

I was even thinking happily in my heart, Xu Shiyuan, now you also experience the feeling of falling from a height, right?

But he couldn't bear to refuse Xu's mother, who looked like his own mother. Finally, when he learned that Xu Shiyuan had woken up, Bai Zhiyan still went to the hospital.

Before coming here, Bai Zhiyan would never have thought that one day he would come to the hospital because of Xu Shiyuan. When he smelled the familiar smell of disinfectant, Bai Zhiyan gradually felt at ease.

Although he already knew about Xu Shiyuan's situation from Xu's mother, Bai Zhiyan was still shocked when he actually saw his appearance.

Xu Shiyuan's left arm and left leg were entangled, his left leg was hung high, the abrasions on his face were wrapped with gauze, there were large bruises around his exposed eyes, and his face was three points whiter than the snow outside the window.

After seeing who was coming, Xu Shiyuan's half-dead face showed some emotion fluctuations. He tried to straighten up to make himself look less embarrassed, but the sound of his voice still betrayed him.

"Zhi, Zhiyan, you're here."

Bai Zhiyan walked to the bedside, pulled over a chair and sat down, looking at Xu Shiyuan expressionlessly.

Xu Shiyuan forced a smile, trying to break the awkward atmosphere.

"I look ahem - ugly now, don't I? I didn't expect to meet you like this, but I'm really happy that you can come to see me..."

It seemed that his physical strength was not enough to support him to say so many words at once, and he had to take a breath after each sentence.

"I really know I was wrong, Zhiyan, I, I beg you, please give me a chance to atone for my sins."

Even if he fell from a high platform and was facing the possibility of breaking his limbs and being smashed to pieces, he still did not forget to put on a miserable and painful look to gain sympathy.

He always knows how to use his favorable conditions to maximize his benefits.

It's just that he used the wrong object.

The other party was none other than Bai Zhiyan, who had been oppressed by him with violence and threatened with death, and who had a deep blood feud with him in his previous life.

It was Bai Zhiyan who wished him to die the most.

So Bai Zhiyan is still watching him act without saying a word.

"I know you must hate me because of what happened before, but I really..."

As Xu Shiyuan spoke, his eyes became red, and a tear seemed to be about to fall. His tough yet pitiful appearance could easily make people feel sorry for him, but Bai Zhiyan felt only endless annoyance and thought it would be a pity for him not to go on to act.

"I really can't live without you, Zhiyan, I really can't live without you."

Bai Zhiyan's ears were almost callused from hearing such words. He ignored Xu Shiyuan's "sincere" remarks, suppressed his impatience and said the first words he had said since arriving here.

"Xu Shiyuan, why did you fall from the elevated platform? I heard from the workers that you were reaching for something."

Bai Zhiyan's sudden question obviously stunned Xu Shiyuan. He looked at Bai Zhiyan's expression at the moment and found that the other party didn't listen to what he had just said.

He gave a bitter smile and nodded slightly, "I did want to catch something. I saw a dark butterfly at that time, just like a flower."

He paused here, and when he spoke again, his voice was a little muffled, "Just like you."

This answer did surprise Bai Zhiyan, but he quickly suppressed his unnatural expression and said to Xu Shiyuan very seriously: "You are hallucinating, Xu Shiyuan, it's February now, where did the butterflies come from?"

"Hallucination?"

Xu Shiyuan was stunned for a moment, then loudly refuted, "Impossible! How could it be an illusion!"

Bai Zhiyan ignored his riot and sat in front of him, watching calmly as his face gradually turned red due to the ups and downs of his emotions.

After realizing that he had lost control, Xu Shiyuan slowly suppressed his restlessness. He wanted to reach out and grab Bai Zhiyan's hand, but his hand was still bandaged, so he could only slightly sideways to get closer to Bai Zhiyan.

"Zhi Yan, I know you may not believe what I say now, but I really, really didn't lie this time."

He only showed one eye, which contained too many things. He stared at Bai Zhiyan's eyes like a bloodthirsty beast.

Bai Zhiyan wondered if he could show his other eye to share his emotions, would it not be as scorching as it was now.

"Before I fell, I clearly felt someone pushing me."

"My injury this time was not an accident."

"Zhiyan, someone wants me dead."

With every word he said, Bai Zhiyan's brows furrowed a little, because he really couldn't imagine who would do such a thing to harm him.

"You have too many enemies."

This is the conclusion Bai Zhiyan finally came to.

“No, Zhiyan, you know whose it is.”

Xu Shiyuan's eyes were still fixed on him, as if he wanted to get a precise answer from him, or to cut a piece of flesh from him.

"It doesn't matter to me who wants to harm you." Bai Zhiyan stood up and straightened his clothes. "I came back today because my aunt asked me to. Now that I've seen you, I should go."

"Zhi Yan, no, don't leave!"

Xu Shiyuan managed to prop up his broken body and grabbed Bai Zhiyan who was about to turn around and leave.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

Sensing the impatience in Bai Zhiyan's tone, Xu Shiyuan was stung by his indifference. Even with such a strong sense of self-esteem, he threw away his face and refused to let go.

"Zhiyan, when I fell from a high altitude and the strong winds around me kept entangled and tore my body, the only thing I thought of was you."

"I just want your forgiveness, I beg you not to do this to me..."

"Ha——" Bai Zhiyan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, turned to look at Xu Shiyuan's eyes that were hiding his tears, and finally swallowed the swear word.

"I've told you clearly that I will never forgive you. From now on, I will pretend that I have never known you, and I will forget everything that happened between us on Silver Star."

"Xu Shiyuan, after I leave, we are strangers to each other."

"leave?"

Xu Shiyuan quickly grasped the important information in his words, "What do you mean by leaving? Zhiyan, where are you going?"

"literal meaning."

"Where are you going? Jiyeon, are you, are you going to leave with Cha Kyung-chan? Why are you leaving Jiyeon, why?"

"Don't mention Che Jingcan, this has nothing to do with him!"

When Bai Zhiyan heard Che Jingcan's name, his emotions lost control for a moment.

"Zhi Yan, please don't... I beg you not to..."

Xu Shiyuan's heart was filled with fear, and he almost didn't dare to continue listening to what Bai Zhiyan was going to say next.

Bai Zhiyan didn't give him a chance to dodge. He grabbed the hand that was tightly pulling his clothes and pulled it open little by little.

"I will go to a place where you will never find me, so that you will never find me or see me in this life. You will not find any trace of me in the air you breathe, the land you walk on, or the scenery you pass by. I will make myself disappear from your life without a trace, as if I had never existed."

"I will make sure that every time you think of me, you won't remember my smiling, crying, or expressionless face. I will make sure that when you wake up in the dark night, all you can think of is the way I said goodbye to you today."

"I will forget you, forget everything about you, and let you be like the nameless and inconspicuous flowers and plants on the roadside in my life."

"I will also make you forget my voice, my body temperature, and even this body, so that you will never be able to touch my heart that beats again and again as a human being."

Xu Shiyuan's face turned pale again because of his words. He tried to hold back his tears with trembling lips but they burst out uncontrollably first.

"no, do not want……"

Finally, Bai Zhiyan finally pulled Xu Shiyuan's hand away.

"Xu Shiyuan, this is my final farewell to you."

But Bai Zhiyan still underestimated how difficult Xu Shiyuan was. Just as he was about to leave, Xu Shiyuan jumped off the hospital bed and grabbed his legs tightly.

"Don't go, Zhiyan, I beg you not to go!"

The wound he had bandaged began to bleed, and the gauze wrapped around the abrasion on his face was rubbed open by his movements, revealing a piece of yellowing skin that was covered with medicine. It looked hideous and terrifying when mixed with his tears.

"What are you crazy about, Xu Shiyuan!"

"I beg you not to leave me...I beg you..."

Bai Zhiyan reached out to push Xu Shiyuan who was clinging to him, and suddenly his heart ached. In a trance, he remembered that in the early morning of Christmas, Che Jingcan also cried and jumped out of bed to keep him regardless of his own injuries.

Xu's mother, who had been guarding outside the door, heard the noise in the room. Thinking that the two people had quarreled, she immediately ran in to check what was going on. As a result, as soon as she entered the room, she saw her son lying on the ground, holding Bai Zhiyan's legs tightly.

Seeing Xu's frightened mother Bai Zhiyan finally regained consciousness. After pulling himself away from his past memories, he firmly and forcefully pulled Xu Shiyuan's hand away without any room for rejection.

"No, don't go, Zhiyan, don't go!"

"Goodbye, Xu Shiyuan."

This was the last sentence Bai Zhiyan left for him.

Xu Shiyuan couldn't stand up, and he crawled to grab his trouser legs but found only air.

Xu's mother, who was standing by, felt so distressed when she saw how miserable he looked. She wanted to help him up but Xu Shiyuan held him tightly.

"Mom, please stop him. Mom, please stop him, okay? I can't live without him. I beg you, Mom!"

Seeing his crazy state, Xu's mother was so heartbroken that she just kept shaking her head and crying.

When Bai Zhiyan reached the corner of the floor, he heard a heart-wrenching roar.

"Bai Zhiyan——"