Moonlight falls into my arms

"Huh? Why did they come out so quickly?" The receptionist stared blankly at the person who ran out.

Ruan Li entered the password to open Jiang Yuci's door; she had asked him to change the password last time.

Jiang Yuci didn't change, and Ruan Li knew he wouldn't.

Ruan Li often wondered why he always went along with her and treated her so well.

It was as precious as a treasure that had been waited for so long and was finally obtained.

The saying "love can be deceiving" is true.

Jiang Yuci's love and doting were not hers at all.

Ruan Li stood at the door, her gaze fixed on the shoe cabinet beside her. On her first day here, the shoes he had prepared for another woman were placed here.

Her toiletries are always kept on the washbasin.

Later, because of Ruan Li, all those things were gone. Ruan Li thought that she was more important to Jiang Yuci than she was.

Looking back now, it's really laughable.

How could someone who has loved for ten years let go of their feelings just because she's been here for a few months?

"Meow..."

Ruan Li looked down at the fishbone spinning at her feet; it was the one she had brought back...

A tear fell.

It was as if she could finally hold back, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She has nothing.

Jiang Yuci is not hers, and Jiang Yuci's love is not hers.

Only the fishbone was hers.

"Come with me, okay?"

Ruan Li reached out with her fingertip, and the fishbone made a meowing sound.

He raised his paw and touched it with her.

Ruan Li picked up her cat and went to Jiang Yuci's study. She took out the yellowed photo from her bag, picked up a ballpoint pen from the table, wrote a sentence on the blank space behind the photo, and took nothing else.

Just as she came, she left with nothing.

Jiang Yuci and Huo Xingzhou came out, and Jiang Yuci took out his phone to call Ruan Li.

The first call didn't go through.

He sent a message to Ruan Li, then paused.

Huo Xingzhou stopped beside him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Ruan Li's account has been deleted."

His voice trembled as he spoke, and his heart pounded faster. He could not hear his own voice; instead, he could hear the powerful beating of his heart.

"Her, why?" Huo Xingzhou didn't react. "Did you two have a fight? Is it because you didn't pick her up today?"

Jiang Yuci disagreed.

He quickly went to the public account app to find Ruan Li's account. His eyes fell on the screen, and the only account he was following had its profile picture turned gray and the ID had become a string of unfamiliar numbers.

Jiang Yuci felt a sudden, sharp, tingling pain in his heart.

He took out his phone to call Zhao Manman, but before he could even speak, he left the law firm.

Huo Xingzhou stood to the side, watching him hurry to leave, and for a moment forgot to follow.

"This girl is also..." Huo Xingzhou ran out to find Jiang Yuci, but it was the first time he had seen him so out of sorts.

Jiang Yuci frowned deeply, held the phone to her ear, and spoke louder than usual, "What exactly did you say to her! Where is that photo?"

"Of course I show the photos to the people who are supposed to see them."

Jiang Yuci hung up the phone and immediately drove to Ruan Li's rented apartment.

The car was unable to control its speed at times and almost ran red lights several times.

Fortunately, Huo Xingzhou was cursing beside him. As soon as the person arrived, Huo Xingzhou felt that the car hadn't even come to a complete stop before the person next to him opened the car door and got out.

He clutched his chest and vomited several times next to the trash can.

Turning around, Jiang Yuci was already in the elevator, and no one else was there.

Jiang Yuci went up to the seventh floor. Ruan Li's door was open. He breathed a sigh of relief. He had been tense just now, but now he suddenly felt at ease.

Leaning against the doorframe, he looked inside, but his eyes suddenly went blank: "Ruan..."

Li Luo and Cheng Yu, who were tidying up inside, paused.

The house had clearly been emptied, with only a few unwanted items remaining. The two were packing up when Li Luo saw Jiang Yuci. Unlike usual, he didn't show her the respect he was used to, and coldly asked, "What are you doing here?"

Where is Ruan Li?

“She’s gone.” Li Luo threw the trash in his hand. “I don’t know why she left, but you should know very well that who else could make her sad but you?”

"Give her a call for me..."

Cheng Yu stood in front of Li Luo and pushed Jiang Yuci aside with one hand: "She said she doesn't want to have any contact with you anymore. She also deleted my and Li Luo's contact information. We just came over to pack our things. She has already moved out, and we don't know where she went."

Li Luo gripped her phone tightly: "She called me, her voice was hoarse from crying. What did you do?!"

Jiang Yuci stubbornly insisted on taking Li Luo's phone, and Li Luo didn't stop him, handing it to him.

Indeed, Li Luo no longer had Ruan Li's contact number on his phone.

Ruan Li is really gone.

Nothing is left.

Before Li Luo could say anything more, Jiang Yuci returned her phone and headed towards the elevator, pressing the down button several times.

Huo Xingzhou had just come up when he saw Jiang Yuci running down again.

His eyes were red and bloodshot as he grabbed the person and asked, "They're not here anymore?"

Seeing Jiang Yuci's silence, Huo Xingzhou knew there was no need to ask; if Jiang Yuci were still here, he wouldn't have come down.

Where are you going now?

Huo Xingzhou thought to himself that this would be difficult to find. Ruan Li had no parents and no fixed address. He didn't even know where she was.

If she moves to a different place, to a different house, Jiang Yuci will probably never be able to be with her again.

Huo Xingzhou used to not understand how Jiang Yuci could like someone for ten years, but now he could understand why Jiang Yuci was so flustered by Ruan Li's departure.

How could someone who's liked someone for ten years not panic?

They were clearly together, but now they don't know where he has gone, and there's no guarantee they'll ever find him.

Seeing his condition, Huo Xingzhou refused to let him drive no matter what.

Huo Xingzhou strapped the person into the passenger seat with a seatbelt and then got in to drive.

Jiang Yuci stared at the messages on his phone, afraid of missing any messages Ruan Li sent him.

Huo Xingzhou wanted to say that Ruan Li was unlikely to send any more messages.

"What about the phone? It's gone too?"

Huo Xingzhou looked lost in thought when the person in the passenger seat didn't respond.

He sighed. He had just arrived in his car when Jiang Yuci, who had just lost her mind, came back to her senses. Huo Xingzhou had just pulled out the car keys when he was already gone.

He sighed again: "Why be a doctor? You should be an athlete."

Huo Xingzhou had a gut feeling that Ruan Li probably wasn't at his house, and by the time he came back to check on the cat, it had likely already been taken away.

It was originally someone else's cat.

Huo Xingzhou stood at the door of Jiang Yuci's house. The door was wide open, and the people so close to him had forgotten to close it.

As soon as I stepped inside, I was struck by how unusually quiet the room was.

Huo Xingzhou hadn't visited Jiang Yuci's home in a long time and was surprised by the changes in his family.

Seeing the pink cushions on the sofa, and the hair ties and comb on the coffee table, he paused for a moment, then walked into the kitchen.

The trash can was full of vegetable leaves; Jiang Yuci had actually used the kitchen.

Huo Xingzhou knew he could cook, but he had never seen him cook, nor had he ever eaten his cooking.

The last time I visited Jiang Yuci's home, it was cold and impersonal, like a showroom, with no human warmth.

Huo Xingzhou stared at the two koi carp on the platform, with fish food next to them. The fish in the tank swam around and were very lively, clearly well cared for.