Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After Xiao Yi left, Xia Yanran sat in the cave for a very long time.
There were several instances where she really wanted to leave.
Who cared about what he became? It was fine as long as he was alive.
Whatever happened to him in the future had nothing to do with her.
However, her instincts told her that Xiao Yi was hiding something from her.
A person like him would tell her directly if he was really tired of her, and would not use another woman to anger her.
Also, there was also what the shop’s lady boss told her which was lingering in the back of her mind. She said that the young girl who had saved Xiao Yi was almost strangled to death by him.
Although Xiao Yi was a little violent, he would not stoop that low to hurt a young girl.
The more Xia Yanran thought about it, the more wrong it felt.
He must be hiding something from her, and did not want her to find out about it.
If something had gone wrong, there must be a demon behind it!
Xia Yanran was an optimistic person. Despite seeing him as a devil at first, she was able to adapt and continue to live strongly.
This time, she could not leave him be, just because of the things he had said to her.
She needed to find out exactly what had happened to him.
Xia Yanran cleaned up the food that she had thrown on the floor, before she got up from the floor and walked out of the cave.
Xia Yanran searched around the mountain for a while. Her ankle began to hurt more and more, but she held the throbbing pain in. She did not dare to stop before she found Xiao Yi..
Finally, she found Xiao Yi squatting under a large tree behind the cave.
He was all scrunched up, his breathing heavy as it came and went very quickly.
The faint moonlight was on him and Xia Yanran could not see him clearly. All she could see were his shoulders that kept trembling.
Something was wrong!
There was definitely something wrong!
His breathing was too heavy and hurried, as they knocked at Xia Yanran’s heart like a sledgehammer.
She walked towards him with big strides.
“Xiao Yi!”
She ran in front of him, though before her fingers could touch his shoulders, he suddenly shouted coldly, “Scram!”
He did not look up, but his voice was rather low and hoarse. Xia Yanran’s heart trembled.
She did not care about the fear she had, as she squatted in front of him and placed her hand on his shoulders lightly. “Xiao Yi, what’s wrong?”
Just as she finished her words, she was pushed away roughly.
Xia Yanran fell to the floor, as her palm scratched against a thorny vine, creating a deep cut. Pain spread from her palm.
She could not care about this pain at all, as she stood up again to approach the man.
Before she spoke, the man suddenly looked up as his large hands grabbed her slender wrist and dragged her down the mountain.
“Scram, scram far away from me!”
Xia Yanran stared at his red eyes and tensed expression, her heart constricting ruthlessly in pain.
What exactly happened to him?
His hand that was holding onto her wrist was extremely hot, as if he could burn her skin.
He was like a ferocious wild beast right now, and could swallow her anytime.
“Don’t come near me again!”
He was losing more and more of his emotions, as the red in his eyes shone brightly, as if he was an enraged criminal.
Xia Yanran was even starting to suspect if he would lose all rationality and kill her if she continued to stay with him.
The strength he used to hold onto her wrist was very strong, so much that she felt like her bones were about to get smashed by him.
Xia Yanran gritted her teeth in pain.
Just as she thought her bones were about to be smashed, he suddenly let go of her.
His tall and thin figure took a few steps back.
He squatted down once more, hugging his head with both hands as his body shivered.
Groans left his throat, as if he was an injured wild beast.
Xia Yanran saw the veins on the back of his hands popping up.
Xia Yanran had never seen him like this. It was definitely a lie to say that she was not scared.
However, she was not a person inexperienced of the harsh realities of life. She was a reporter, and had gone undercover when she was reporting the scandalous truths about the Entertainment Town…
No…
She remembered clearly about what the Entertainment Town’s boss would do when young girls were disobedient. He would make them experience the thing that could ruin their lives the most.
Drugs.
Was Xiao Yi like this because…
No…!
Xia Yanran widened her eyes in disbelief, as hot tears fell from them.
He was groaning painfully and shivering.
Then, it was like he could no longer control the pain anymore. He stood up, looking at Xia Yanran before he attacked her crazily like a beast that had lost all rationality.
He had already lost all of his rationality.
Xia Yanran felt danger, and she hurriedly took a few steps back. However, her ankle was injured, and it was impossible for her to win against a person who had lost his rationality.
She was caught very quickly.
He pinned her to the ground, his large hand strangling her strongly.
Xia Yanran used both her hands to move his hands, rasping out with all she had, “X-Xiao Yi, wake up! I’m Yanran, I’m Xia Yanran!”
The man could no longer listen to anything now. His large hands were like chains, holding her down strongly.
She could not breathe anymore.
Was this what what it felt like to die and feel your life slipping out of your fingertips?
The oxygen in her lungs decreased by the second.
Her face turned completely red, as her lips kept trembling. Her fingers grasped at his hands with all of her strength. “Xiao Yi, it hurts so much, are you going to strangle me to death? Cough, cough, cough…”
It was difficult for her to make any sound now, her words coming out bit by bit. She no longer knew what she was saying, her mind a jumbled mess of chaos.
The man did not know what he was doing at all. He did not know who he was strangling underneath him.
All he knew was that he felt really uncomfortable, like countless ants were biting him. It was really painful, and all he wanted was to vent that discomfort out.
Xia Yanran stared at the sky above her with red eyes. The weather was pretty good tonight, with an endless sea of stars in the sky. She heard that after people passed on, they would also become one of the stars in the sky.
“Xiao Yi, if I die, who will accompany you in the future…”
She closed her eyes, as a warm drop trickled out of her eye.
She did not want to die, she did not want to become a star.
If she died, he would definitely feel guilty about it once he sobered up tomorrow!
She did not want to see him continue being this pathetic again.
That tear fell onto Xiao Yi’s hand.
It was like a drop of hot wax, burning Xiao Yi’s skin slightly.
His lost rationality woke up a little. Glancing at the woman who was almost suffocating from his grip, it was as if he had suddenly woken up from a dream.
He let go of her immediately, getting up from her as he leapt backwards.
Xia Yanran felt like all of her bones were about to fall apart. A dark purple bruise formed on her neck where he had strangled her. It was so painful that even breathing was intense agony for her.
However, she could not spare any time to care about herself, because the man whose drug addiction was acting up, was starting to lose control again. He stood in front of a large tree, banging his forehead against the tree trunk time after time.
The smell of blood seemed to spread in the air.
Xia Yanran knew what kind of pain and torture a person would experience when their drug addiction acted up.
She could not bear to see him hurt himself like that. It was why even though she was afraid of approaching him in case he strangled her again, she still ran forward and hugged her with all of her strength.
However, he pushed her away ruthlessly in the next second.
She got up from the floor and hugged him again.
She used all of her strength, as her scorching hot tears fell on his neck. “I’ll accompany you no matter what. Don’t be afraid, I’ll help you quit this drug addiction!”
