chapter 76

The man let out a scream and subconsciously reached out to cover his head, releasing his grip on Ai Changhuan.

Ai jumped up from the ground, kicked the man fiercely, and hurried out.

But after only a few steps, she was tripped by something. She sprained her ankle and fell to the ground.

As she tried to get up, there was a sharp pain in her ankles, and the man lunged at her, grabbed her by the leg, and pulled her back.

While pulling, he scolded, “Bitch, how dare you punch me. Do you wanna die? I will have you killed after you make out with me.”

“Help. Help!” Ai screamed towards the door.

But there were only a few people in the waiting hall, and no one would hear because the restroom was at the end.

It made the man even more unscrupulous. He grabbed Ai’s leg, overturned her body, and made her fall flat on her back. Then, he got his stout body ready to pounce like a ravening wolf.

“Scream. Come on. Scream! No one will come to help you. Be a lamb… Bitch, you’ve kept me waiting so long. Come on, make out with me….” Then, he got his smelly mouth over Ai’s cheek, “Come on, let’s fool around here…”

Ai felt nauseated. While calling for help, she brought her hands over the man’s piggish face and scratched it fiercely.

When she fought with Lu Zhanke, she always kept a sense of proportion and never put forth her strength. But with this man, she really exerted all her strength. Scratched by her nails, his face was streaked with blood.

“Ah!” The man leaned back with a scream. Just as Ai was about to run away, he caught her and slapped her in the face. “Bitch, do you wanna blind me!”

She was battered until she vomited blood, but she cursed, “Go to the hell, you asshole. Pah!”

Naturally, these words brought her a savage beating.

But this time, the man hit her on the head. A few punches later, Ai was dizzy, and she fainted. Before she fainted, she felt her clothes being ripped.

The only thought that crossed her mind was that she was toast.

Ai had a very long dream in which she ran in a dark and narrow alley with a faceless man chasing behind her. A voice in her head told her constantly, “Changhuan, run, run!”

But the man moved very fast, and he caught up to her after a short while. A gleaming knife appeared before her. She widened her eyes and watched the sharp tip of the knife coming towards her. Her heart thumping, she wanted to escape, only to find that she could not move a step.

The point of the knife came closer and almost pierced her heart. When she was in despair, a hand suddenly reached out and firmly grasped the knife.

The knife was so sharp that it cut through the skin, and blood was drawn. Ai looked up and fell into a pair of deep charming eyes. It was Qin Zhan.

Then, Qin Zhan lifted his leg and gave the man a flying kick.

It was at this moment that Ai fell in love with Qin Zhan. It was a vision of eternity.

To save her, Qin Zhan had injured his arm, and it left an unusual scar.

“Qin Zhan. Qin Zhan. Qin Zhan!” Screaming, Ai woke up from the nightmare, only to see all white. Where was she?

A sharp pain came from her head first. She reached out to touch it and found that it was something like gauze.

“Huh?” As soon as she said a word, a slitting pain came from the corner of her mouth. Looking at her other hand, she found it was in a plaster cast and that from her neck.

The pain stung her nerves. Little by little, she could recall what she had temporarily forgotten.

The unanswered call, the dim bathroom, the constant battering, and the filthy paws reaching her. The deluge of memories was so furious that it crushed her with a blow.

Had she… Had she already been…

She dared not think any further. Looking at her hands wrapped like dumplings, she burst into tears.

She suddenly felt that her entire body was dirty!

She threw back the covers, jumped out of bed, and ran towards the door.

She did not want to stay here. She hated staying here. Being surrounded by the whiteness only made her look filthier.

Before her hands touched the door, it had been pushed open from the outside. The person standing at the door was Lu Zhanke.

They looked at each other and paused for a while. Ai first came to her senses, froze for a while, and then stepped back immediately with fear filling her eyes.

Lu Zhanke was here. That was to say, he knew it. He already knew it!

When the thought echoed in her mind again and again, she got to know what real fear was. She was afraid of seeing dislike and disgust in the eyes of Lu.

No! Ai was so frightened that she turned to the window, opened it, and climbed up with both hands and feet. She could only use one hand, so it was very difficult for her to climb up.

But she must get out of here, for she did not want to see Lu.

For a moment, Lu was stunned. Then, he immediately rushed over when he saw Ai run away, and he wrapped his arms around Ai from behind.

Ai struggled to pull herself free, but it was no use doing so because she was now weak. But he still tightened his arms for fear that she would leave from his arms.

“I finally found you. Are you leaving me again?” Lu said softly, leaning towards her ear.

There was unprecedented sorrow in his voice, along with a shred of fragility and despair.

Hearing those words, Ai heard her heart pounding. She almost cried out, but she still bit her lips, and slightly choked, “Let go of me!”

Lu embraced more tightly. “No.”

“Why are you doing this?” Ai closed her eyes. She was in despair. How could she deserve his warmth? She should leave. Otherwise, she would stain his eyes and stain his hug.

Thinking of this, Ai grabbed his hand around her waist. “Lu Zhanke, don’t hold me like that. Let me go…”

“I will never let you go. Even if you break my fingers, I will hold you in my arms. Even if I lose my arms, I will cling to you with my legs. Even if you go to the ends of the earth, I will follow you and never leave your side.”

Lu had never said such love words because he thought these words were too sweet. But now he realized that something would never be known by the other if he did not confess it, and he would miss out on true love. So, he was determined to get that off his chest.

The scene when Lu found Ai distressed him.

“Changhuan, because I had let go of you, I almost lost you and could not see you again. I swear, I won’t ever let go of you.”

Ai was going to pull herself from his arms, but she suddenly froze for a while, her fingertips quivering. Her mind was a mess of emotions. “It is no use saying these now. I have already… already…”

She could hardly go on, and tears ran down uncontrollably.

“What?” Lu paused for a moment, not understanding what she said.

Before he caught on, Ai had turned around, pushed him away, and said with an apathetic face, “Go. I don’t want to see you.” Lu did not expect her to get back to him, but he heard what she said, he was heartbroken.

He suppressed the bitterness in his heart and stiffly turned up the corners of his mouth. “You are weak now. I can’t go.”

Ai could not help but recall what had happened before. She was crushed. Breathing heavily, she stared at Lu with reddened eyes. “I am dirty now. I was touched by that bastard. You… You don’t… Don’t bother me, and don’t appear in front of me again. I beg you.”

Choked by her sobs, she could not say anything more, and she cried out.

After a couple of words from Ai, he finally understood the reason why she was crying so bitterly.

On the one hand, it broke his heart. On the other hand, it made him glad that the reason Ai did not want to see him was not that she hated him.

“Changhuan, listen to me.” Lu tried to calm her down. “You…”

Only after saying several words, he was interrupted by her crying. “I told you not to say anything. Get out of here. I don’t want to see you!”

“Changhuan!” Lu moved forward and tried to grab her hands.

But Ai desperately stepped back, looking like she was about to break down. “Stay back. Don’t touch me!”

“Changhuan, listen to me…” Lu stepped forward, his hands holding her shoulders to make her stand still.

But Ai just hit his shoulder hard and pressed against his chest, trying to push him off. “Get out of here. Get out. Don’t touch me. Don’t lay a finger on me. Help. Help!”

“Changhuan!” Lu Zhanke shouted her name, trying to calm her down, but he only provoked more fierce resistance.

Resignedly, Lu Zhanke took her head in his hands and kissed her deeply on the lips. The kiss was unprecedentedly domineering. Fierce enough, as it were, to suppress the impulse of the heart, but there was also a shred of tenderness in it.

Ai’s eyelashes trembled, and two lines of tears ran down her cheeks, wetting their pressed lips. A kind of bitter taste came to them.

Ai seemed to have been stimulated and provoked by something. Suddenly, she stood on her tiptoes, held Lu Zhanke’s neck, and kissed him back fiercely.

Lu kissed her to appease her mood, but he did not expect that she would suddenly kiss back so fiercely.

But it was not the time to enjoy. He resisted the urge to embrace her when he thought of Ai’s wounds, and he had to push her away. “Changhuan, don’t do that…”