Chapter 56: Enemies Become Companions
After an unpleasant time spent on the bus, the car arrived at its destination late at night.
Lu Zhiyin and the other two got off the car.
“…”
Unlike the city they were originally in, this city was more prosperous, with wide two-lane roads, flower beds in the center, pale yellow streetlights, and various brightly lit shops on both sides of the road.
All of this made Lu Zhiyin think she had returned to reality.
The moon was bright and the stars were few. Lu Zhiyin looked up at the vast night sky and lowered her gaze. Without further delay, she acted according to the plan she had made with Zhu, and took Ouyang Qing and Zhu to a hotel near the platform.
“Let’s rest for a night, and go out to play tomorrow.”
She and Zhu planned to stay here for three days.
Three days later, she would assassinate the deity.
…
“Are you really not messing with me?”
On the other side, Long Qinxin was lying on her own sofa, looking suspiciously at Leng Qingqiu, who was pacing restlessly nearby.
Rarely, she and her arch-rival were under the same roof without arguing.
“Is there any need for me to lie to you?”
Leng Qingqiu irritably ran her hand through her hair.
Being with Long Qinxin made her feel disgusted, but she couldn’t find her childhood friend on her own, so she had to come to Long Qinxin for help.
She had arrived at Long Qinxin’s apartment building early, but Long Qinxin had kept her outside for a long time before finally letting her in.
“Tsk… To be honest, I hate you, I hate you immensely. You stole my childhood friend. If I could find her on my own, I wouldn’t have told you she was still alive.”
Leng Qingqiu gritted her teeth, barely managing to suppress the urge to beat Long Qinxin.
The thought of this person sending her to the police station and her precious childhood friend dying by her side made Leng Qingqiu grind her teeth in hatred.
With no family and no friends, her childhood friend was one of the few people who had always stayed by her side. In the past, Leng Qingqiu might have underestimated how important her childhood friend was to her, but by the time she realized it, it was too late.
Fortunately, she now had a chance to make amends. How could she give up this only opportunity just because she disliked someone?
“Zhiyin is still alive. That Lu Shiyu at school is her.”
Leng Qingqiu patiently explained.
“I dug open Zhiyin’s grave, and that’s how I confirmed that Lu Shiyu is Zhiyin.”
“Think about it, can there really be people exactly the same in this world? Whether it’s hair color, eye color, body shape, or face. There aren’t even two identical leaves in the world, so how can there be identical people?”
Leng Qingqiu’s words were tinged with a sense of urgency.
“…”
Stunned, Long Qinxin easily believed Leng Qingqiu’s words. As Leng Qingqiu said, she really had no reason to lie to her.
Moreover, Long Qinxin still loved Lu Zhiyin in her heart, and she was willing to believe that Lu Zhiyin was alive.
The resurrection of the dead, a miracle that should never have happened, had become a reality.
However, Long Qinxin did not feel joy.
She felt a wave of panic.
What had she done in the past few days?
She had threatened Lu Zhiyin, forced Lu Zhiyin, taken Lu Zhiyin’s first time, and then brazenly kicked Lu Zhiyin out of her home.
How could she have done something so absurd?
It could be predicted that she must be hated now.
Long Qinxin didn’t have the luxury to question Leng Qingqiu about digging up the grave; her mind was in chaos.
“How could it be, how could it be her…”
Shaking her head, Long Qinxin recalled her first meeting with Lu Zhiyin and the grand promises she had made to her.
She said she would protect her and treat her well.
She hadn’t done any of it.
Collapsing onto the chair, Long Qinxin felt helpless.
She didn’t know how to face the girl she had hurt more than once.
“I… I…”
She stammered, unable to say a word.
“Fuck.”
Seeing Long Qinxin collapsed on the sofa, Leng Qingqiu swore.
She paced back and forth anxiously in the living room.
“Stop regretting and blaming yourself. Do you know what I saw today? I saw Zhiyin getting on a car leaving this city with someone. Given what we did to her, she probably won’t come back.”
Leng Qingqiu came here to get Long Qinxin’s help, not to watch Long Qinxin become dejected with self-blame and regret.
She walked to the balcony and punched the floor-to-ceiling window fiercely.
The glass shattered, and fragments flew everywhere, creating a dense, crisp sound as they landed on the ceramic tiles.
Leng Qingqiu’s hand was cut by the glass, and bright red blood drops kept falling.
Leng Qingqiu didn’t care. She stared intently at Long Qinxin.
The sound of shattering glass brought Long Qinxin back to her senses.
She stood up from the sofa.
“If you don’t want to never see her again, help me find out where she went. I noted down the license plate number of the car she took. You’re very rich, right? Use your money and connections to have people inquire in the cities along the car’s route.”
A long-distance bus would likely pass through more than one city, and on her own, it would take a hundred years to find Lu Zhiyin.
This was also why Leng Qingqiu came to Long Qinxin for help.
“…Ah… ah, yes, I should have someone look for her.”
Long Qinxin was somewhat dazed.
She was very scared, scared of her lover looking at her with hatred, scared of her lover asking her where the protection she had promised was, scared of her lover ignoring her.
Of course, what Long Qinxin feared most was never seeing Lu Zhiyin again.
Long Qinxin and Leng Qingqiu had both lost all their relatives. It could be said that Lu Zhiyin was their only hope.
“I should go find her and apologize to her in person… How could it be… How could I have treated her like that… I just, I just didn’t know it was her…”
Muttering to herself, Long Qinxin picked up the phone.
Leng Qingqiu wrote down the license plate number on a piece of paper and handed it to Long Qinxin.
She heard all of Long Qinxin’s murmurs and scoffed at Long Qinxin’s thoughts.
Apologies? What use were apologies now? Would she be forgiven? Absolutely not.
Leng Qingqiu had committed countless sins, so she understood what was unforgivable.
She didn’t intend to apologize, nor did she expect to be loved again. Now, she only wanted Lu Zhiyin. To confine her, to prevent her from leaving, even if she hated herself forever.
Leng Qingqiu did not intend to tell Long Qinxin her plans.
In Leng Qingqiu’s eyes, Long Qinxin was a complete fool.
“How long will it take to find her?”
Looking at Long Qinxin, who had hung up the phone, Leng Qingqiu suppressed her contempt for her.
“…I’ve already found them.”
Long Qinxin pursed her lips, and her answer was beyond Leng Qingqiu’s expectations.
“Their car was strange; it had no stops along the way, only a starting point and an endpoint.”
As Long Qinxin spoke, Leng Qingqiu inexplicably thought of Ouyang Qing.
She didn’t know Ouyang Qing’s name, but she naturally connected the unusual bus with that person.
“Then shall we go find them now?”
Barely overcoming her fear of that strange person, Leng Qingqiu suggested.
Long Qinxin naturally had no objection. She just wanted to see Lu Zhiyin as soon as possible.
