Three years ago, in the sanatorium of country M, Xu Zhiyan and Zhong Qing stood outside the rehabilitation area, looking at Xu Ruo, who was communicating with the doctor inside, Zhong Qing rubbed his hands uneasily.

"Any idea how he got like this? He saw you being taken away outside the hotel and went after the car despite my obstruction, he thought you had been kidnapped, he thought you were going to get hurt. ”

"Zhong Qing, what kind of charm do you have? Gu Xiu likes you, Xu Ruo likes you, Gu Zihan can't forget you? Xu Zhiyan stood beside Zhong Qing and said the most cruel truth in the most indifferent voice: "My brother has become like this for you, and he has been ruined for the rest of his life, Zhong Qing, it's all because of you." ”

"Zhong Qing, you hurt everyone, why are you the one standing here now! Why did my brother spend his entire life in a wheelchair! ”

Zhong Qing broke out in a cold sweat, and she looked up at Xu Zhiyan blankly, the anger and resentment in the latter's eyes almost swallowed her.

yes, why not her? Why didn't Gu Zihan kill her directly? If she dies again this time, she will be completely freed, right? Zhong Qing clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh, and she had to keep herself awake in this way.

"If it weren't for my brother, I would have wanted to kill you." Xu Zhiyan took a deep breath and said, "Zhong Qing, because of you, my brother was injured, if you want to make up for it...... You know what to do. ”

"Break up with Gu Xiu, you don't deserve him! You left him at his most difficult time, do you know what he has become now, what kind of life he is living? You'd better never appear in his presence again, your presence is a disaster for him! ”

Zhong Qing looked at Xu Ruo, who was barely holding on to a wheelchair and wanted to stand up, her heart was cut open, and when she saw Xu Ruo unable to stand and fell to the ground, she subconsciously covered her mouth.

"He doesn't feel any pain in his leg anymore." Xu Zhiyan's hands were covered with glass, and tears flowed down his face: "My younger brother ...... How could he be like this! ”

Zhong Qing almost bit her lip, she stabilized her emotions and said, "I will stay here and take care of Xu Ruo until he can stand up, I swear." ”

"You swear? How much is your oath worth? My brother has become what he is now in order to save you, if he can't stand up for the rest of his life, can you take care of him for the rest of his life! Xu Zhiyan's eyes were bloodshot, and she looked at Zhong Qing hatefully.

However, in the next second, to Xu Zhiyan's surprise, Zhong Qing nodded and said, "I can." ”

"What did you say?"

"Xu Ruo in order to save me from becoming like this, I owe him, I will definitely pay it back, if I can exchange my leg for him, I would rather be the one who is in a wheelchair now, but this is impossible." Zhong Qing's voice was very soft, but very firm: "So if he can't stand up for the rest of his life, I will take care of him for the rest of my life, this is what I owe him." ”

Xu Zhiyan stared at Zhong Qing for a long time, and before it happened in the future, any promises were empty words.

"What about Gu Xiu?" Xu Zhiyan asked, "Will you see him again?" If he came to you again, would you reconcile with him? You know that if Xu Ruo likes you and sees you and Gu Xiu together, it will hurt him more than losing two legs. ”

Listening to Xu Zhiyan's words, Zhong Qing smiled slightly.

Zhong Qing's smile made Xu Zhiyan a little uncomfortable, and she asked Zhong Qing, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"What are you afraid of?" Zhong Qing turned his head and asked Xu Zhiyan, "Xu Zhiyan, do you think he will come to me after I hurt him so much?" Will he still like me? ”

Xu Zhiyan stared at Zhong Qing's eyes and said, "What about you?" Do you still like him? ”

"I like him." Zhong Qing said without hesitation: "No, I should say that I love him very much, and it is because I love him that I want to break up with him, because I know that the person he cares about is not only me, but also his mother." "If Yun Ling is safe and sound, the premise is that the two of them must break up, Zhong Qing will leave Gu Xiu without hesitation, just like now.

Xu Ruo in the rehabilitation area sat back in the wheelchair with the help of the doctor, Xu Zhiyan wiped his tears, and said to Zhong Qing before entering:

"You'd better stop hurting Xu Ruo's heart, Zhong Qing, you know what to do."

Zhong Qing didn't speak, the smile on the corner of her mouth slowly converged, and finally turned into a piece of loneliness.

She likes Gu Xiu, or rather loves her deeply, but no matter how much she cares about Gu Xiu, there is a "responsibility" in front of her that she can't escape.

Zhong Qing is not ruthless, but too soft-hearted, and she feels guilty about Xu Ruo, so she promised Xu Zhiyan to take care of Xu Ruo, and because of this, she must be ruthless to hide her love for Gu Xiu in her heart.

Breaking Gu Xiu's heart, Zhong Qing knew that she couldn't turn back, not to mention that now that Xu Ruo was still recovering, it was even more impossible for her to go back to Gu Xiu, even if she told him the truth about everything.

For three years, Zhong Qing didn't dare to go to Gu Xiu, but after knowing that he was doing well, he stopped asking Gu Ziyu about his situation.

I didn't expect Gu Xiu to come to him, and in the three years since she and Xu Ruo left, the situation has changed so much.

At 1:40 a.m., Zhong Qing woke up from her dream, the faint smell of disinfectant lingered on the tip of her nose, her body was covered with a coat, it turned out that she had fallen asleep on the chair outside the monitoring room at some point.

Unexpectedly, he dreamed of the past, Zhong Qing pressed his temples, walked outside the guardianship and looked inside, his father was still asleep.

"You're awake."

Gu Zihan's voice was like a ghost, and suddenly sounded behind him, Zhong Qing turned around suddenly, looking at the face that she couldn't forget, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.

"I heard that you were back, I thought it was fake news, but I didn't expect it to be you." Gu Zihan picked up the coat that fell on the ground, smiled and walked towards Zhong Qing, the latter's brain was blank, at this time she saw Gu Zihan's face, but what came to her mind was the picture of Xu Ruo being crippled by Gu Zihan in front of her eyes.

The blood-red color covered his vision, and Zhong Qing wanted to call someone, but his throat seemed to be choked, and he couldn't shout a word.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Gu Zihan stopped a few steps away from Zhong Qing, and he said, "I saw you falling asleep here alone just now, I was afraid that you would be cold, so I covered you with clothes." ”

Zhong Qing bit her lip and finally regained her senses.

"It seems that that the knife didn't kill you back then, Gu Zihan, you are really ghostly!" Zhong Qing hated that she hadn't pierced Gu Zihan's heart at the beginning, and she knew that Yun Ling's situation was not good at the beginning, and she would not agree to Gu Zihan's conditions at all.

"You're blaming me, aren't you?"

"You lied to me." Zhong Qing gritted her teeth and said, "Back then, you already knew that Aunt Yun's situation was not right, and she tied me just to force me to break up with Gu Xiu...... You didn't get Aunt Yun to the hospital in time at all! ”

Gu Zihan said: "I mean what I say, I sent her to the hospital at the same time you broke up with Gu Xiu, it was because of her own bad life that she had drug rejection, and I had no choice." ”

Zhong Qing looked at Gu Zihan without any guilt, and finally couldn't help but roar out the anger in her heart: "If you and Wei Mengjun hadn't kidnapped her, how could she not have been treated in time!" Gu Zihan, you madman! Even if you die, you won't be able to pay for your sins! ”

"Yes, I'm crazy, what about you? Zhong Qing, you kept your promise and left Gu Xiu back then, what was the result? Yun Ling is dead, you are also gone, Gu Xiu has nothing! Gu Zihan laughed a few times, as if he was very happy.

Gu Zihan lost everything, why didn't he Gu Xiu? After going around in a big circle, the people he cared about had left him, Gu Xiu wanted to succeed back then, and now he is standing at the top of the pyramid, but he has lost all the people he loves.

In fact, this is the most cruel protection for Gu Xiu, Zhong Qing looked at Gu Zihan who was laughing, and only felt that his scalp was numb.

Gu Zihan pressed Zhong Qing's wrist, and he said viciously: "Now that I have nothing, I'm not afraid of anything, it's best not to let me know any weaknesses of Gu Xiu, even if it's you, I won't let ...... go"

"What, it's distressing?" Gu Zihan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Want to protect Gu Xiu? It's very simple, as long as you stay away from him, Zhong Qing...... You were his weakness back then, and now you are his only weakness......"

"Do you still dare to admit that you like him? Zhong Qing, you are not destined to be together, look at everything that is happening now, it is because of your selfishness back then! I said, I won't let you be with Gu Xiu, and I will never ......"

Gu Zihan's words expressed the deep fear in Zhong Qing's heart, she didn't want to be anyone's weakness back then, so she had been trying to be a person who could protect herself, but she still broke Gu Xiu's heart at the beginning.

Now, how can Zhong Qing, who has nothing, be worthy of Gu Xiu? How could she admit that she still liked him? She will not be Gu Xiu's weakness, let alone be with Gu Xiu, not because she doesn't love, but because she loves deeply, so she can't let him be hurt again.

Long after Gu Zihan left, Zhong Qing's palms were still in cold sweat, and she held her forehead for a long time before sitting down. Hearing the most cruel reality from Gu Zihan's mouth, Zhong Qing only felt that the world was spinning.

Wrong! Wrong! Everything is wrong! Wrong from the start! If he hadn't left Gu Xiu at the beginning...... Isn't it the way things are today? But if he had told Gu Xiu about being threatened by Gu Zihan at the beginning, would Gu Xiu still be able to live until now?

It turns out that the cruelest thing in the world is not to choose the wrong path at a fork in the road, but to know that both roads are dead ends, and no matter how much you regret the ending, it is unacceptable.

Zhong Qing sat down on the bench, she covered her head with her hands, and her mind repeatedly played back in her mind the desperate look of Gu Xiu back then.

At the corner of the hospital corridor, Gu Xiu leaned against the wall, and when he heard the conversation between Gu Zihan and Zhong Qing from beginning to end, there was no wave in his eyes, and he was holding an unlit cigarette, exactly the same as three years ago.