Lima syndrome

Bai Zhiyan felt a stabbing pain in his brain as he watched the earth-shattering news on TV.

The internet is now flooded with news about Bai Jitai being attacked in a mental hospital and taken to the hospital. This kind of thing could have been suppressed and resolved privately, but there were people who couldn't stand Bai Jiying taking over the Rijiang Group and were trying to make it worse. They had to expose all of the Bai family's little things.

"Buzzing—"

The cell phone rang. Bai Zhiyan pressed his aching forehead, checked the caller ID, and answered the call.

"It's me, big sister. What's going on?"

"Ji Yan, you should also know about Bai Jitai's affairs. Because of him, I have more things to deal with now. I don't want you to be implicated by these family affairs, so the arrangement of sending you abroad must be put on the agenda."

Even through the screen, Bai Zhiyan could feel the fatigue on Bai Jiying. He couldn't help Bai Jiying with what was happening now. Perhaps the only thing he could do was to stay away from here and not give anyone with ulterior motives the opportunity to use him to hurt Bai Jiying.

"Only when you are no longer in Country H will I have no worries."

"Ok, I see."

After a moment of silence, he smiled easily, "I can have the ending today, really thanks to you, thank you, sister."

Bai Jiying noticed that there seemed to be a sense of relief in his words and tone. Although they were clearly words of thanks, they gave rise to a sense of heaviness.

"Don't thank me, Zhiyan, this is what I should do as the eldest sister."

"Well, sis, I'm really glad to have you as family."

These were Bai Zhiyan's heartfelt sigh. In his previous life, he didn't even live to see Bai Jiying return to Country H. If he could get a little comfort at that time, then would he have tasted a little sweetness in his unbearable life?

"I can't be with you in the future, but I hope you will always be happy."

"Yes, I will."

After hanging up the phone, Bai Zhiyan's heart was still pounding.

He will soon be able to leave this painful place, and every day from now on will be a new life for him.

Bai Zhiyan couldn't help but smile. He had to meet someone else before leaving.

In the restaurant where the two had dined together, Bai Zhiyan met Ji Chengxun, whom he hadn't seen for many days.

Ji Seung-hoon has been busy with Bai Ji-tae's affairs recently and has just had some free time. At this moment, there are dark circles under his eyes and he is visibly tired.

Seeing his condition, Bai Zhiyan was a little worried, "Seung-hoon, are you very tired recently? I see that you don't look very well."

"It's okay." Ji Seung-hoon waved his hand and took off the scarf that Bai Zhiyan had knitted for him.

"It's just that there are still a lot of follow-up work to be done after Bai Jitai was arrested, but now it's all done. I'll be fine after a few days of rest."

"Yeah, that's good."

Ji Seung-hoon called the waiter to help take the order. During the process, he saw Bai Zhiyan hesitant to talk and finally broke his awkwardness and asked the question first.

"Ji Yan, do you have something to say? Why do you look so confused?"

"Yes……"

Bai Zhiyan lowered his eyes somewhat dejectedly, his hands on his legs still tightly grasping his pants.

"I'm leaving here soon. Today should be the last time we see each other."

"Leave here?" Chi Chengxun was a little surprised, but then he figured out the reason, "Although I can understand, but..."

His smile was a little forced, "It's just too sudden. I thought you would at least choose to graduate from Silver Star."

"I grew up here and my mother is still here. If these things hadn't happened, I wouldn't have chosen to leave. But there are also too many painful memories here. I want to let go of all of this and go to a new place to embrace a new life."

Bai Zhiyan let go of the hand that was still tangled in his pants and looked up at him, "Seung Hoon, although I really don't want to leave you and my elder sister, I want to forget the pain and unpleasant past. This is the only way, and it can only be this way."

"I understand where you're coming from. Zhiyan, if leaving here will make you better, it doesn't matter if you never come back."

Ji Seung-hoon smiled warmly. He raised his hand across the dining table and gently patted Bai Zhiyan's head.

"But please don't lose contact. If you really miss us, you are always welcome to come back."

Bai Zhiyan wanted to say goodbye to him with a smile like an adult, but when he really saw his gentle and kind smile, he couldn't help but tears in his eyes.

"Well, I will."

Because he was preparing to leave, Bai Zhiyan didn't go to school as Yinxing started school early. During this time, Che Jingcan also sent him messages and called him, but in order to prevent him from knowing that he was leaving, Bai Zhiyan kept making excuses that something happened in the Bai family.

Che Jingcan was also very busy with the recent events in the Che family and didn't have the energy to keep pestering Bai Zhiyan.

Until Che Jingcan finally had some free time and returned to school.

I don’t know if it was destined by God, but the day Bai Zhiyan was leaving was Valentine’s Day. The day before, Che Jingcan kept complaining to him about how the damn Yinxing had to go to class on Valentine’s Day.

When he arrived at the airport, Bai Zhiyan took a look at his chat history with Che Jingcan. The dialog box stopped at Che Jingcan asking him when he would go to school today, and he did not respond.

No, he would never reply.

Just before boarding the plane, he sent a farewell text message to Liu Zhimin, thanking her for taking care of him for so long. Then he blocked and deleted all of Che Jingcan's contact information and broke up the small mobile phone card.

Goodbye Country H, goodbye everyone.

After experiencing all kinds of torture from the group, Che Jingcan returned to campus and realized how happy it was to be a quiet student.

Especially students who have boyfriends.

Bai Zhiyan's attitude towards him has always been a little cold these days, but he can also understand that he must be in a very bad mood after the incident in the Bai family.

Bai Zhiyan didn't say whether he would come to school today, but Che Jingcan had already made preparations the night before. Whether it was gifts between lovers or handmade chocolates, he had prepared everything.

He also booked a restaurant for their first meal together, and afterward they could go to his basement cinema to drink and watch a movie, and finally he managed to get her to stay overnight.

With a hopeful heart, Che Jingcan walked into the classroom with a smile on his face.

The first thing he did was look for Bai Zhiyan. Although he had expected that he might not come to school today, his excitement was still a little dampened.

After returning to his seat, he saw couples in the class giving each other chocolates. He felt itchy and couldn't help but secretly took out the chocolates from his backpack.

A burgundy velvet box, only the size of a palm, contained less than ten heart-shaped chocolates.

He made this chocolate bit by bit according to the tutorial on the Internet. He had never cooked before, let alone made chocolate.

Even these few pieces of chocolate were the ones he successfully selected after careful selection and were considered to be acceptable quality products.

"Wow Kyungchan, did you make this chocolate yourself?"

"Oh, you scared me!"

Liu Zhimin didn't know when she walked up to him, but he was in a trance and didn't notice her.

"Why are you so elusive, little girl?"

He hastily put the box away and his arm hit the table, causing a tingling sensation.

"What? I've been standing here for a long time." Liu Zhimin pouted but was not angry.

"Ahem - what are you doing here?" Che Jingcan coughed lightly a few times to hide his panic.

"Of course I'm here to give out chocolates!" Liu Zhimin smiled and handed him a piece of chocolate that looked tastier than the ones he made. "I give it to my classmates every year."

After Che Jingcan took it, he remembered what he had made and said sourly, "You really have time."

Liu Zhimin didn't hear his hidden meaning and kept urging him to try it with a smile.

Che Jingcan stuffed the whole piece into his mouth with the stupid idea that just because it looks good doesn't mean it will taste good. However, he felt something was wrong after chewing a few bites.

"Jingcan, who are you giving the chocolate to?"

"What do you care who I give it to?" He still felt something was wrong after swallowing it.

"Then let me guess--" Liu Zhimin glanced at the empty seat next to Che Jingcan, Bai Zhiyan, and smiled slyly, "It's Zhiyan brother, right? After all, you two are already dating."

"You little bitch, why are you talking so much?"

Che Jingcan blushed and cursed. Not wanting to be teased any more, he quickly changed the subject, "Liu Zhimin, have you ever given chocolates to all your classmates?"

"Yeah, how's it going? My cooking skills are pretty good, right?"

"What about Bai Zhiyan? Have you ever given it to Bai Zhiyan?"

"I have such a good relationship with Brother Zhiyan, so of course I have given it to him."

Liu Zhimin paused and thought, could this person be asking this because he is jealous?

"What, when?" Che Jingcan's voice was trembling. He asked Liu Zhimin anxiously, "When did you give it to him?"

"Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve." Liu Zhimin was a little flustered by his questioning, "Is there any problem?"

After hearing the answer, Che Jingcan's mind went blank, his hands and feet couldn't help but tremble, and his whole body was stiff and cold, as if he had been struck by lightning and was standing straight in place without moving.

Liu Zhimin was frightened by his sudden change. Before she could say anything, the message alert on her cell phone broke the deadlock.

But after she saw the news, she exclaimed and looked at Che Jingcan with an extremely complicated look.

"Jing, Jingcan, did you have a conflict with Zhiyan? Where did he go?"

Che Jingcan quickly realized who was sending the message to Liu Zhimin at this time. With red eyes, he snatched Liu Zhimin's phone to check it, then collapsed back into his seat in an instant.

"Jimin, I am no longer in Country H when you see this message. Thank you very much for being my friend during this period of time. Thank you for giving me gifts and standing up for me when I was in trouble. Being your friend may be the happiest thing for me in Silver Star. Even if we will never see each other again, I will keep the memories of being with you firmly in my heart. I am going to pursue the freedom I long for. In the days when we can't see each other, I still hope that you are beautiful, kind and good."

Liu Zhimin was frightened by Che Jingcan's pale face. She wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

She had no choice but to send messages and call Bai Zhiyan, but no matter how she contacted Bai Zhiyan, there was no response.

Che Jingcan took out his phone with trembling hands to send a message to Bai Zhiyan, but found that Bai Zhiyan had blocked him and could not get through to him on the phone.

He smashed his phone viciously, rushed out of the classroom and ran to Bai's house without looking back. He wanted to find Bai Zhiyan and ask him why he did this.

But when he arrived at the Bai family, he found that the house was already deserted. Bai Jiying didn't live here in the first place. After Bai Zhiyan left, she directly sold this house that never had any warmth.

Che Jingcan walked out of the Bai family with a tense face and headed straight for Rijiang.

"Where is Bai Zhiyan? Is Bai Zhiyan here? Bring Bai Zhiyan out to me!"

"Sir, sir, please calm down first."

"Tell Bai Zhiyan to come down!"

The front desk clerk was frightened by him and quickly called security to stop him.

"Don't fucking touch me! Tell Bai Zhiyan to come out and see me!"

Cha Kyung-chan got into an argument with the security guard in the lobby, and the noise startled Bai Ji-young who was about to go out. She recognized Cha Kyung-chan and waved her hand to tell the security guard to let him go.

"Master Che, what's the matter with you?"

"Sister Bai." Che Jingcan stood in front of Bai Jiying, panting, "Is Zhiyan here? I want to see him, Sister Bai, can you let me see him?"

Bai Jiying didn't know what the relationship between Che Jingcan and Bai Zhiyan was, but seeing him begging her eagerly, he felt that there must be something wrong between them.

"Come up with me first."

After the two arrived at Bai Jiying's office, Che Jingcan began to look around, looking for Bai Zhiyan.

"Don't look for him, he's not here."

"Where is Zhiyan? I can't contact him, and there's no one from the Bai family either. Where did he go?"

Bai Jiying sighed and poured him a glass of water, "Don't look for him. Zhiyan told me that he is leaving here and going to a place where no one knows him. He will never come back."

"impossible!"

Che Jingcan waved away the water cup, "We were still chatting yesterday, how could he leave!"

"I don't know what your relationship with Zhiyan is, and why you are so anxious to find him, but there is no need for me to lie to you. And he has said goodbye to everyone around him. As for why you don't know..."

Bai Jiying didn't finish her words, but Che Jingcan already understood what she meant.

"You said he said goodbye to everyone around him, but he didn't tell me, right?"

Che Jingcan suddenly felt heartbroken beyond words. He knelt on the ground, pressing his chest. Every breath he took felt like a burning flame.

The last time he was in so much pain that he couldn’t breathe, Bai Zhiyan was by his side. It was Bai Zhiyan who pulled him back from wanting to die. What about this time?

Will you hold my hand tightly this time when I feel suffocated like you did before?

In a trance, he seemed to see that unforgettable face, and the man's mouth opened and closed as if saying something.

Finally he heard what he said before he completely lost consciousness.

"Cha Jingcan, leaving without saying goodbye is the greatest punishment I can give you."

(End of the article)