Chapter 13: She really has changed a lot (Addition 21)
While Leng Qing Qiu was fighting in the underground boxing gym, Lu Zhiyin was lying on a bare wooden bed.
Long Qinxin didn’t seem to be preparing dinner for her. After putting the collar back on Lu Zhiyin’s neck, she held her and lay down on the bed.
Gently stroking the thin iron chain attached to the collar, Long Qinxin’s eyes flickered with an inexplicable light.
Burying her head in Lu Zhiyin’s neck, Long Qinxin gently bit Lu Zhiyin’s shoulder, feeling the girl’s delicate skin.
She hugged the girl in her arms tightly, and soon fell asleep.
Unlike Long Qinxin, Lu Zhiyin couldn’t sleep. The feeling of her shoulder being wet made her restless, so she had to close her eyes and count sheep dejectedly.
As she counted, she started to worry about Leng Qing Qiu. It wasn’t that she was worried about Leng Qing Qiu’s safety; she was worried about how she would explain things when she saw Leng Qing Qiu later.
If she told Leng Qing Qiu that she had been kidnapped by Long Qinxin, Long Qinxin would probably be in danger again. But if she told Leng Qing Qiu that she just wanted to be away from her for a while, she would probably get into trouble.
“Alas…”
With a sigh, Lu Zhiyin really hated being caught between the two of them…
…
While Lu Zhiyin was worrying about her future, Leng Qing Qiu had already beaten her opponent badly in the boxing gym.
“…”
Leng Qing Qiu stood straight in the arena, looking coldly at the thin man covered in blood.
She looked at her fists. The gloves on her fists were stained red with her opponent’s blood, and she herself was basically unharmed.
Her opponent was probably fighting in such a competition for the first time and went on stage without any preparation. With her homemade gloves, Leng Qing Qiu easily made her opponent suffer.
“Ha… ha…”
Blood flowed from the wounds on his skin and dripped onto the ground of the arena. The man knelt on the ground, panting, trying hard to stand up.
Leng Qing Qiu’s punches were heavy, and with her specially made gloves, Leng Qing Qiu was quite sure that the guy in front of her had lost his fighting ability.
Leng Qing Qiu walked slowly to the thin man crawling on the ground and looked up at the audience seats in the distance.
The fanatical mad audience members shouted her nickname, urging her to kill the defeated man in front of her.
He had no ability to resist but was unwilling to admit defeat, and still lingering on the arena was just a waste of everyone’s time. If it were the Leng Qing Qiu of the past, she would probably have beaten the man in front of her to death.
“…”
Leng Qing Qiu silently raised her fist. Just as she was about to strike, she suddenly remembered the promise she had made with Lu Zhiyin not long ago.
She had said she wouldn’t kill anyone anymore.
Leng Qing Qiu’s eyes dimmed, and she changed her mind.
She kicked the man who refused to admit defeat off the arena.
The fanatical audience members in the stands paused for a moment, seeming to not understand Leng Qing Qiu’s actions.
Leng Qing Qiu didn’t want to care about what the audience thought. She walked off the arena. Although no one surrendered and no one died, Leng Qing Qiu was undoubtedly the winner of this match.
…
“Why didn’t you kill him?”
In the lounge, the female boss was already sitting on the sofa waiting. As soon as Leng Qing Qiu entered, the boxing gym owner’s question reached her ears.
“…No reason. I just feel that everyone is fighting for a living, so there’s no need to kill them all.”
Sitting on the sofa, Leng Qing Qiu looked at the chipped coffee table not far away.
She took off her gloves and threw them onto the coffee table. The clinking of the glass shards was a bit noisy.
Leng Qing Qiu was a little unhappy. Why could Lu Zhiyin deceive her with a clear conscience, but she had to keep her promise to Lu Zhiyin?
She felt a bit strange, but it was done now, and she couldn’t regret it.
Thinking to herself, Leng Qing Qiu reached out her hand.
The female boss understood and took out a stack of banknotes from her embrace and placed them on the coffee table, pushing the banknotes toward Leng Qing Qiu.
“Here, this is your five thousand yuan.”
Shaking her head a little boredly, the boss casually crossed her legs.
Leng Qing Qiu glanced at her and didn’t bother with her. She put the money in her pocket and was ready to leave.
“Remember to come again if you need money.”
When she reached the door of the lounge, the boxing gym owner’s voice came.
“…Mm.”
Leng Qing Qiu paused her steps and then nodded imperceptibly.
She wouldn’t come again. It was always risky to show her face.
Leng Qing Qiu quickened her pace.
After leaving the underground boxing gym, Leng Qing Qiu let down her hair. Coupled with the black mask she wore, she was unlikely to be recognized.
She bought a bottle of antibiotics and a bottle of vitamins at a roadside pharmacy, changed into a new set of clothes at a clothing store, and threw the old clothes into the trash can. Leng Qing Qiu then bought a sleeping bag and a cotton coat, and went to the grocery store to buy a kettle, a box of bread and a box of mineral water, and a lighter.
After doing all this, she started heading towards the unfinished building where she had stayed the night before.
By the time she finished boxing and came out, it was completely dark. The police’s search intensity had decreased significantly, and Leng Qing Qiu’s speed of movement had also increased.
Despite this, it was already late at night when she returned to the unfinished building with bags and packages.
“Alas…”
With another sigh, Leng Qing Qiu put down her things and lit the discarded wood with a lighter to start a fire.
She placed the sleeping bag near the fire and crawled into it, staring blankly at the flickering flames in front of her.
She thought of Lu Zhiyin again, of the girl’s whimpers and hums when she was bullied, of her eyes filled with longing that turned into a pool of spring water, of her soft, cold lips.
After spending so much time with Lu Zhiyin, Leng Qing Qiu realized that she couldn’t bear to be alone anymore.
“…I’ve really changed a lot.”
Touching her lips, Leng Qing Qiu decided to go back and see her after some time. She seemed to be unable to leave Lu Zhiyin.
Watching the orange-red flames and feeling the warmth of the fire, Leng Qing Qiu slowly closed her eyes. After a long while, she finally fell asleep.
In the quiet night, the girl’s faint snoring was almost imperceptible.
…
Even after Leng Qing Qiu finished boxing and returned to her residence to sleep, Lu Zhiyin was still awake.
Being held by Long Qinxin didn’t make her feel safe. Her heart was beating very fast, and Lu Zhiyin didn’t know how to calm her mind.
The hot air exhaled by Long Qinxin next to her hit Lu Zhiyin’s neck, making her body and mind even more restless.
After much thought, she finally decided to try anything and brought her left wrist to her mouth.
“…Mmm…”
She bit her wrist. The pain and the salty taste in her mouth drove away the restlessness in her heart.
Her heart gradually calmed down.
If hurting herself before was to make herself less guilty, then hurting herself now was probably to cover up her hatred for this world and these so-called female leads.
She let go of her mouth, and with her mind calmed, Lu Zhiyin could finally fall asleep.
She thought that she would defiantly take revenge on these bastards.
