My whole family is the protagonist, and I am the only cannon fodder!

It is indeed a good question. Lu Zaozao sometimes thinks so too. Is it her ordinary and unpleasant appearance that makes the Lu family hate her so much, or is it the Lu family's dull atmosphere where she is treated as dust and everyone ignores her that makes her become so unpleasant.

Perhaps the two are causally related to each other, and even today, it is hard to explain clearly - perhaps we can only say that it is fate.

Feeling that his vision had become clear again and his consciousness had completely returned, Lu Zaozao used his uninjured hand to hold Deng Deng in his arms, then gently patted Lin Zhao's shoulder and said, "I'm leaving."

Lin Zhao shook her shoulders in disgust, and looked at Lu Zaozao's dark figure that was gradually passing by her and getting farther and farther away. She couldn't help but yelled, "Wait a minute."

Lu stopped early, but didn't turn around. His voice was a little rough and hoarse, "What's wrong?"

"Do you want me to take you to the hospital?"

"No need, just go and do your own thing." Lu Zao Zao said, "It's just a small matter."

Lin Zhao rubbed her back teeth with the tip of her tongue, and her eyes gradually turned colder - this kind of thing was just a small matter, then what kind of thing could be considered a big thing. She had always been intolerant of other people's suffering, but she could turn a blind eye to her own pain.

The banquet hall was too noisy and too brightly lit, making people feel at a loss. Next to them sat He Feng, who kept chattering like an idiot, and Wen Miaoyi, who looked dazed and occasionally embarrassed by He Feng's words. The utensils and marble floors around them, which were wiped spotless, constantly contrasted with Lin Zhao's upset and angry face.

Lin Zhao felt that if she continued to sit there, she would probably become impatient and kill the two people next to her with different expressions.

So I got up and walked away from the group of people to find this particularly quiet place. I didn't expect to bump into Lu Zaozao. Sometimes people are just doomed to fail. I walked out along the dark red bloodstains winding along the ground and sat on a bench on the shore. The lake was like a mirror, reflecting the half moon in the bright starry sky above.

The moonlight shines through the treetops, casting mottled reflections on the ground, and everything is shrouded in hazy and mysterious light and shadow.

Entering the bathroom, Lu turned on the faucet very low, trying not to let the water flow to the wound on his wrist. The sparse flow of water washed away the blood on the palm of his hand, and flowed into the smooth porcelain white washbasin little by little, occasionally splashing a few drops of vermilion blood.

The cell phone suddenly vibrated several times in his pocket. Lu Zao Zao realized later that it had also vibrated several times before, but it seemed that he had ignored it. At that time, he did not have the extra emotion or mind to read the messages and reply.

The wound on the wrist still hurts, but the bleeding rate has slowed down. It's still bleeding—it's within an acceptable range, and not as painful as the last time the wound became ulcerated and inflamed after being soaked in water, so it's still bearable.

He opened his phone and prepared to reply to the messages, thinking that they were all from Li Jianan. After all, the other party always talked a lot, and even if Lu Zao Zao didn't have time to reply in time, he would still keep sending messages.

Unexpectedly, this time it wasn’t him, but Xie Huinian.

After locating the location, he sent a very precise location via text within a few minutes.

Lu didn't reply early.

[Not too far from the banquet hall. ]

If you can't find it, stay where you are.

【Send me your location and I will come to find you】

【? 】

[If you don’t want to come here today, you can go to the cat cafe in the city center]

Then, a voice message was sent after a long interval, only one second, like a string of very light sighs overflowing from between lips and teeth. It only said three words. It was Xie Huinian calling her name, "Lu Zaozao."

Lu Zao Zao was swiping through the page. Ever since he sent her the message that he had arrived and sent her the exact location, she hadn't replied to any of his messages. Moreover, such a long time had passed and she still hadn't sent him the message "wait". So it was normal for him to send her so many messages now - but it was indeed a little abnormal.

Lu Zao Zao quickly replied to the other party.

[Sorry, something delayed me just now. ]

[I can’t personally give it to you now. Please go to the banquet hall and wait. I will send someone to give it to you in ten minutes.]

After all, she really couldn't walk out in such a state. There were traces of blood on her cuffs, but luckily she was wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt today, so it was hard to see anything. But her complexion was really bad, and her pale face in the mirror looked like a sickly person who was so weak that he would faint in the next second.

After handing the bottle to the waiter and confirming that Xie Huinian had received it, he had to rush to the hospital. The doctor might once again advise him not to do such an impulsive thing that would hurt himself. Lu Zao Zao stared at a drop of blood splashed on the marble wall next to him and smiled helplessly.

After cleaning the blood on the corner of her clothes, Deng Deng followed her out of the bathroom. Lu Zao Zao lowered her head and moved forward step by step, looking at the ground. Deng Deng behind her suddenly shouted and rushed forward at lightning speed.

Lu Zao Zao was startled by this sudden movement. Following his physiological instinct, he raised his head and looked forward.

Xie Huinian stood in a dim light, his eyes dimmed by the light. He looked back and forth at her, lingering on her wrist for a second or two before finally fixing on her face. A hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.

Lu Zaozao's first reaction was that Xie Huinian was most likely lying - he should still be sick, because his complexion did not look very good, with the kind of weakness and paleness that came from long-term illness, not like his face was in pain.

Xie Huinian's chest was still rising and falling, his breathing was heavier than usual, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead because of running so fast and covering so many places.

Their eyes met, speechless. After a few seconds, Xie Huinian slowly approached her. As the distance between them shortened, Lu Zao Zao could hear Xie Huinian's breathing gradually becoming smoother, as if his heart had finally settled back into his chest and was at rest.

In this place, even the sounds of wind and insects disappeared completely. All unnecessary and noisy sounds were blocked outside the walls, leaving only the slow and shallow breathing of the two people.

"Why don't you reply to the message?" Xie Huinian's voice was a little hoarse, and his eyelashes trembled slightly when he spoke.

Lu Zaozao did not answer this question, but just raised her neck more straight to better look into Xie Huinian's eyes, which always contained complex emotions but did not show them. After a long time, she asked, or rather, she finally asked -

"Xie Huinian, you still remember me, right?"