grief

Following the clues provided by Ran Luo, Qiao Yuxi and Geng Ye found the abandoned basement.The door was closed tightly, and he approached step by step, his heart trembling uncontrollably.He was afraid, he didn't dare to imagine Lou Yi's appearance now, he had never been so frightened that he couldn't control himself at this moment.

"Yu last, do you want to call the police?" I don't know if he was infected by Qiao Yu last, the always irritable Geng Ye quieted down, his voice was a little nervous.After what happened last time, he didn't have the slightest opinion of the police, so he couldn't help but ask at this moment.

"You can't call the police. If Lou Yi is really...in short, you can't call the police." Qiao Yuxi took out the key and slowly opened the door.

In the dark and damp basement, there is only a wooden bed and a quilt.The quilt was slightly raised, and it could be seen that someone was wrapped in it.

The temperature in the room was very low, even colder than outside, Qiao Yuxi felt cold all over, and whispered with trembling lips: "Lou Yi?"

"Ah!" The person under the quilt suddenly jumped up.

Qiao Yuxi was startled, managed to calm down, and saw the person in front of him.

Under the disheveled hair was a dirty face, with sunken eye sockets, dull eyes, slightly parted lips, and a series of monosyllables "ahhhhhh".

He was only wearing a single shirt with black blood stains on it.There was a chain tied to his flailing arm, and the other end of the chain was firmly fixed on the wall, making harsh friction sounds as he moved.

Qiao Yuxi carefully identified it, but couldn't be sure if it was Lou Yi, so he tentatively called again: "Lou Yi?"

Hearing Qiao Yuxi's voice, the man froze for a moment, his eyes moved blankly, the shaking of his arms began to increase, and the chains jingled.

"Feather, this is not Lou Yi, we must have found the wrong place, let's go!" Geng Ye really couldn't accept that this person might be Lou Yi.

"Geng Ye, he is." Although this unkempt man was far from his impression, his intuition told him that this was Lou Yi.

"Then back off."

Geng Ye gritted his teeth, jumped onto the wooden bed, and reached out to brush the man's messy hair away.The man backed away in horror, desperately dodging, and hit the wall, still repeating the monosyllable "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" in his mouth.

"Geng Ye, he seems to be very scared, you still..."

Before Qiao Yuxi finished speaking, Geng Ye quickly brushed the hair off the man's forehead, and wiped his face with his sleeve fiercely a few times.

"Lou Yi, it's really you, what's wrong with you?" Geng Ye grabbed Lou Yi's shoulder and shook it vigorously.

Qiao Yuxi hurriedly pulled Geng Ye away, grabbed Lou Yi's arm to calm him down: "Lou Yi, don't be afraid, I am Yuxi, and Geng Ye and I are here to save you, don't worry, no one will hurt you anymore... ..."

Lou Yi seemed to understand what he said, and calmed down, but his eyes remained dull.

"Feather, is Lou Yi..." Geng Ye didn't know whether he should express his thoughts, the current Lou Yi was not a normal person at all.

"Geng Ye, we can't stay here anymore." Qiao Yuxi saw Lou Yi's anomaly, fearing that something might happen again, took out the key to unlock the chain for Lou Yi, and urged Geng Ye to leave.

"it is good."

"Ahhh..." Lou Yi began to struggle again.

"Lou Yi, trust me, we won't hurt you." Qiao Yuxi tried to comfort him again, "We must leave now, otherwise..."

"Ahhh..." Lou Yi struggled harder and harder.

"Lou Yi, stop messing around!" Geng Ye held Lou Yi's arm tightly, "If you invite someone here, we won't even think about leaving."

"Geng Ye..." Qiao Yuxi's voice trembled a little, and his face turned pale.

"What's wrong?" Geng Ye was puzzled.

"Tongue... tongue..."

"What?" Geng Ye didn't understand for a moment.

Qiao Yuxi grabbed Lou Yi's swaying head and opened his half-open mouth a little more.When his eyes touched Lou Yi's mouth, Qiao Yuxi was instantly shocked, and he collapsed on the wooden bed.

Geng Ye looked at Lou Yi's empty mouth in disbelief, first startled, then burst out a series of curses, his eyes filled with tears unknowingly.

"Lou Yi, don't be afraid, no matter which bastard did it, I will make him pay the price!" Geng Ye hugged the stupid Lou Yi tightly, buried his head in his dirty single clothes, tried his best to suppress his sobs.

Lou Yi seemed to feel the unusual atmosphere, and finally calmed down.

"Geng Ye, get out of here first." Qiao Yuxi forced himself to calm down, took off the windbreaker and put it on for Lou Yi.

The three of them were about to leave when a bright spot of light attracted Qiao Yuxie's attention.He walked over slowly, and every time he took a step, the heaviness in his heart increased a bit, and he secretly prayed that his guess was wrong.

But reality is often unsatisfactory.

A black gold necklace lay quietly on the floor, and the cold light hurt Qiao Yuxie's heart.Qiao Yuxi naturally recognized it, he personally designed it and put it on for Ouyang Liling.

Ouyang Liling regards it as a treasure and almost never leaves her body.

Now, the necklace turned up in the basement where Lou Yi was imprisoned.No matter how much he wanted to deceive himself and others, he could no longer find an excuse for Ouyang Liling to get off the crime.

"Ouyang Liling..." The voice of gnashing of teeth behind him made Qiao Yuxi's heart sink to the bottom of the valley.

He picked up the necklace, and the cold touch spread to his heart through his fingertips, and his heart shivered with cold.

Putting it in his pocket, Qiao Yuxi tried his best to keep his voice calm, but there was still a hint of tremor: "Geng Ye, let's send Lou Yi to the hospital first, and we'll talk about other things later."

"...Okay." Facing Lou Yi with a dull expression, Geng Ye couldn't raise any objections.

On New Year's Eve, this time of family reunion, Lou Yi entered the hospital.

After getting the clues provided by Ran Luo, Qiao Yuxi had thought about many scenes of the four of them getting together, but it was not like this, looking at Lou Yi who had fallen into a mad state through the glass of the ward.

Fireworks are blooming outside the window, and the sound of firecrackers is in your ears.The TV in the hospital was showing the Spring Festival Gala, and the patients sitting side by side watching the program burst into laughter from time to time.

The festive atmosphere permeated everywhere, no matter how hard it was to infect Qiao Yuxie.

He had denied the conclusions he had drawn thousands of times, and tried his best to excuse Ouyang Liling, but the reality slapped him loudly, waking him up and pushing him to the brink of despair.

Heart, the pain is unbearable.

"No, I have to go to Ouyang Liling!" Geng Ye paced irritably in the corridor, but he still couldn't give up the idea in the end.

"Geng Ye, don't worry. Lou Yi's situation is not stable yet, and if something happens, it will depend on you. At this time, you must not conflict with Ouyang Liling again."

Yi Yan was wearing a hospital gown and sitting on a bench in the corridor.I don't know if it was because he was too worried, but since he saw Lou Yi just now, his face has become quite pale.

"Could it be that I have to bear it all the time?" Geng Ye stopped and stared at Qiao Yuxi, "Yuxi, you should say something."

Qiao Yuxi leaned against the wall expressionlessly, without saying a word, and reached into his pocket, tightly clutching the black gold necklace.Hearing Geng Ye's words, his eyes flickered, but he still didn't raise his head, nor opened his mouth.

"Yu Zhi, what are you thinking?" Geng Ye stepped forward, "Now the evidence is solid, it was Ouyang Liling who did it. Don't tell me you still can't let him go and want to protect him and excuse him?"

"..."

"Yuxi, don't be stupid." Geng Ye grabbed Qiao Yuxi's shoulder, "Ouyang Liling is no longer the original Ouyang Liling! He cut Lou Yi's tongue and drove Lou Yi into insanity , he is simply inhuman, and he must be made to pay the price!"

"..."

"I see, we should call the police, yes, call the police..."

"Don't call the police!"

"Don't call the police!"

Qiao Yuxi and Yi Yan spoke in unison, and looked at each other after speaking.

"Why can't you call the police? Yi Yan, even you are protecting Ouyang Liling."

"I'm not protecting him, it's just..."

"I'll take care of this matter, Lou Yi, just leave it alone." Qiao Yuxi interrupted Yi Yan with a firm voice.

"Then tell me, how do you deal with it?" As it was about Ouyang Liling, Geng Ye could not rest assured of Qiao Yuxie.

"I'll go find Ouyang Liling..." Qiao Yuxie sighed softly, "In short, take good care of Lou Yi and Yi Yan. Maybe... I won't be back for a while..."

"Qiao Yuxie, what exactly do you mean? You think we are a drag on you, and you want to get rid of us and go have a good time with Ouyang Liling, don't you?"

Geng Ye became anxious, and began to speak indiscriminately.

"Geng Ye, don't talk nonsense!" Yi Yan frowned and scolded.

"I..." Geng Ye knew that what he said was serious, but he didn't want to apologize. If Qiao Yuxi didn't give him an explanation, he would never let it go.

"Geng Ye, there are actually many ways to punish people. The one you choose is the most direct and the most tolerant." Qiao Yuxi took out the black gold necklace, a strange cold smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and his voice was low, "Believe me, hatred born of love is more violent and cruel than pure hatred..."

"Feather, the most important thing now is to wait for Lou Yi to recover, other things..."

"Yi Yan, you are so stupid, Lou Yi can't recover." Qiao Yuxi's smile gradually widened, and he held up the black gold necklace in front of Yi Yan's eyes, "I want him to die, tell me, okay?"

"Yu last, what's wrong with you?" Yi Yan was anxious.

Geng Ye also noticed that Qiao Yuxi's expression was not right, so he hurried forward: "Yuxi, I'm sorry, I just..."

"Hush—" Qiao Yuxi turned her head, put her index finger on her lips, and signaled Geng Ye to keep silent.

"Feather last..."

"Don't talk." Qiao Yuxi chuckled twice, "Ouyang Liling has done so many unforgivable things, how can I let him go...uh..."

Yi Yan slashed at the back of Qiao Yuxie's neck with a knife, picked up the unconscious man, and said to Geng Ye who was watching him: "The Yuxie was stimulated, if this continues, I'm afraid he will lose his mind. First Let him sleep and wake up."

"I'm going to find Ouyang Liling."

After waking up, Qiao Yuxi didn't change his mind, he took out the group photo that had been treasured in his wallet, took the lighter and lit it, watching Ouyang Liling's face in the photo turn into ashes, Qiao Yuxi straightened his collar in front of the mirror.

Geng Ye sat aside and didn't speak.

"I'll leave Lou Yi to you and Yi Yan. You must stop causing trouble and don't make Yi Yan worry." He took out the card and handed it to Geng Ye, "Lou Yi's treatment needs a fee, and there..."

"I don't want your money!" Geng Ye waved his hand away.

"This is not for you." Qiao Yuxi put the card on the table, "The password is the same as before."

"Yu Zhi, have you never thought of forgetting Ouyang Liling?"

Geng Ye couldn't take it anymore.Although Yi Yan had already warned him not to talk nonsense, so as not to irritate Qiao Yuxie, he felt that Qiao Yuxie's method was really inappropriate.He is very clear about Qiao Yuxi's feelings for Ouyang Liling, let alone overnight, it may be difficult to let go in this life.

Qiao Yuxi stopped in his tracks, pondered for a while, and then said: "Geng Ye, I really never thought about really forgetting him. I always hoped that what happened was just a misunderstanding. One day the truth will be revealed, and I will be able to Go back to him, as before, trust him, rely on him, desperate..."

"..."

"What a beautiful and ridiculous idea, now it seems so stupid... Although it is a bit late to wake up now, it is still too late, after all, you are still intact, aren't you?"

"Feather, what are you going to do?"

"Do what I have to do." Tormenting others, self-torturing, a miserable game.Unexpectedly, I could not escape this most vulgar life routine after all.

"Yu Zhi, Yi Yan and I don't want you to go to him. If Lou Yi is awake, he won't agree with you." Geng Ye finally stopped losing his temper indiscriminately, but his rare calmness, Can't change anything.

"Geng Ye, maybe the Qiao Yuxi who walked out of this door is no longer Qiao Yuxi...do you mind?"

"Feather, if you really want to do something, let me do it, I don't want to..."

"It's too late." Qiao Yuxi walked out slowly, "Geng Ye, it's too late."