CH 39.5

Do You Still Hate Her? 29 – “Young Lady, I’ve come to take you home.”

Xia Yuan laughed enough, then took out a fruit knife from his pocket and said, “You two bastards can die with me, and I won’t lose.”

After speaking, Xia Yuan suddenly raised the fruit knife and walked towards them.

Shang Lu immediately stepped aside, while Ou Yi still protected her with one hand, his gaze fixed on Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan wasn’t in a hurry to attack Shang Lu. He had always looked down on women. In such a situation, Shang Lu would surely be weak and crying, feeling that keeping her would be a burden to Ou Yi, shifting the attack completely towards Ou Yi.

Ou Yi realized this and separated from Shang Lu, avoiding Xia Yuan’s attacks.

Meanwhile, Shang Lu opened the fire extinguisher behind her and took the opportunity to smash it hard at Xia Yuan from behind.

The pain made Xia Yuan’s reaction momentarily sluggish, and Ou Yi also took advantage of this moment to grab the knife from his hand.

The two struggled, and the fruit knife cut through Ou Yi’s shirt and even his arm, faintly oozing blood. Fortunately, the fruit knife fell to the ground as well.

Shang Lu discarded the fire extinguisher and immediately went to pick up the fruit knife from the ground.

Xia Yuan wanted to fight for the knife, but just a few centimeters away, Ou Yi pressed him to the ground.

At this moment, Xia Yuan didn’t want to continue struggling with Ou Yi. He wanted to regain the fruit knife to regain the upper hand.

Shang Lu looked at the fruit knife in her hand, and she could feel her hand trembling. Her mind also briefly went blank.

This is a knife.

Xia Yuan had completely gone insane; he actually wanted to kill them.

But upon seeing Xia Yuan’s ugly expression, she instantly calmed down and found her rationality.

She couldn’t use the knife to attack Xia Yuan; doing so would only divert Ou Yi’s attention.

What she needed was to get away from here, call the police, and seek help from passersby.

Shang Lu tightly held the knife and her purse, and after finding her mobile phone inside it, she disregarded everything else and ran outside.

The call was already connected, and Shang Lu’s voice carried uncontrollable panic, “I need to call the police! North City Road! Yuelan Tea Restaurant parking garage! Someone is attacking with a knife!”

It was now 8:30 in the evening, and the sky had turned dark.

Shang Lu rushed out of the parking garage in a panic, her shouts for help attracting numerous onlookers to stop and watch.

Looking at the people around her, Shang Lu couldn’t care much and directly removed her hat and mask.

In an instant, she was recognized.

“Is that Shanglu? It’s Shanglu!”

“What’s going on? What happened?”

Shang Lu looked at the people in front of her, breathing heavily. Due to extreme nervousness, speaking was somewhat difficult. She could only point in the direction of the underground parking garage and say each word slowly, “Xia Yuan, wants, to kill, Ou Yi.”

The names Xia Yuan and Ou Yi were known to everyone among the younger generation. The sentence Shang Lu uttered sounded like a joke that wouldn’t even be made on April Fools’ Day.

A commotion erupted in the surroundings, and passersby exchanged puzzled looks.

Someone asked, “Is that Xia Yuan and Ou Yi we’re thinking of?”

“What’s the situation inside?”

Naturally, some people wanted to go in and help, but because the situation sounded too absurd, they hadn’t reacted yet and didn’t dare to enter hastily.

Shang Lu knelt on the ground, looking up at the people in front of her. She wanted to say something, but she felt like she couldn’t utter a single word.

She appeared like a soulless puppet, devoid of much expression, with even her muscles feeling stiff.

Because she hadn’t cried or shed tears, and she didn’t seem that panicked, at least not displaying the expected breakdown one should have when faced with a serious matter like murder, many people didn’t believe the truthfulness of her words at this moment. Some bystanders had even started discussing whether this was the Xiao Taoyan variety show’s new way of pranking the public for their show. After all, this program team of that show was infamous for their unethical behavior, and Shang Lu was another label associated with this show.

Shang Lu had no idea how to convince these people. She could only stand up and try to lead them inside together.

However, her legs inexplicably lacked strength. She couldn’t even stand up and ended up falling back to the ground.

It hurts.

Her knees hurt badly.

Immediately, a long-haired girl stepped forward, wanting to help Shang Lu and scolded her boyfriend beside her, “Go inside and take a look.”

“What if it’s really a murder…?” The boyfriend muttered with some fear. However, upon seeing his girlfriend’s disappointed expression, he mustered the courage for love and turned to the surroundings, asking, “Who’s coming in with me?”

Others exchanged uncertain glances, their hands unsure whether to be raised or not, searching the crowd to see if there were any hidden cameras filming.

Before they could find an answer or reach a decision, someone burst into the crowd.

He didn’t say anything, just glanced at Shang Lu, then ran towards the parking lot.

His obstructive suit was also thrown beside her.

Shang Lu had never thought she would see Chi Yan here. It felt like a dream come true.

But the moment she saw him appear, she felt a slight sense of reassurance in her wildly beating heart.

She looked at Chi Yan’s figure, then reached out with trembling hands to pick up the suit.

With Chi Yan taking the lead, the others, whether they wanted to help or see what was happening, almost all rushed forward and followed towards the underground parking lot.

“Shang Lu, are you okay?” The girl supporting Shang Lu asked with concern, while another girl quickly handed her a tissue.

With the help of the two girls, Shang Lu managed to stand up, holding onto the suit jacket Chi Yan had left behind.

It was the only thing that could put her at ease in this situation.

Soon, the sirens of police cars blared.

It was said that Ou Yi and Xia Yuan were taken out with blood on them and sent to the hospital. Only Shang Lu, as the person involved, wasn’t in too bad condition, so she went back to the police station with the police first to give her statement.

At the time of the incident, there was another car owner in the garage who witnessed the whole process from their car. They also followed to the police station.

After giving her statement, Shang Lu sat in the lounge, still holding onto the suit jacket, waiting for Meng Zhichuan to come pick her up.

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Shang Lu slowly looked up and said, “…Chi Yan.”

She only said these two words, and she still hadn’t fully regained her control of her stiff face muscles.

Because at the moment when she saw Chi Yan return safely, Shang Lu felt like crying, but when she tugged at the corners of her lips, what emerged was a smile that was much uglier than tears.

But as long as she thought that there might be a second person in this world who could lose their life because of her, she felt a pain in her soul as if it were being forcibly stripped from her body.

If her existence only led to hurting others time and time again, then what meaning did she have in this world?

Was what her father said right? Did she kill her mother? Could those servants be right too? Is she forever a bringer of misfortune and disaster?

… No, absolutely not.

Reason urged her to refute, but emotions were so strong that they almost devoured her reason.

Her body trembled uncontrollably, a mixture of extreme fear and helplessness, as if she wanted to grasp something but couldn’t hold onto anything.

Chi Yan was still wearing the same shirt as earlier, albeit with some bloodstains and dirt now, clearly having been involved in the fight.

Despite experiencing so much, he appeared unfazed, the handsome face still carrying the same mischievous smile, lazily saying, “Young Lady, I’ve come to take you home.”

As he spoke, he approached and covered her eyes with one hand.

Completely covered.

Soon, the warmth from his palm seeped through, making his own heart uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, she released her grip on his suit and instead clung tightly to his shirt. Her sobs grew more urgent, yet no sound escaped her lips.

Chi Yan sighed, seemingly a bit helpless.

He sat beside Shang Lu, pulling her into his embrace. He allowed her face to press against his shoulder, his chin resting gently on her forehead. In a low voice, he said, “I’m here, this time I’m here.”