Chapter 1018 - 15

Chapter 1018: Chapter 15

"No!"

Le Zhengsheng shook his head anxiously, "I don’t look down on you! Listen to me, come down now! It’s very dangerous up there... It’s the sea below!"

"The sea?"

Cui Ruoya’s expression was dreamy, "I know, it’s the sea... So what? I like the sea, I want to jump down from here!"

Her last words were shouted out.

"Don’t!"

Le Zhengsheng was panicked, "Ruoya, in my heart, you’ve always been an independent, optimistic girl. Without me, you’d live well too! Why be so stubborn? I’m not that great..."

He said as he quietly moved forward.

"Don’t come over!"

Cui Ruoya stopped him, yelling softly.

Le Zhengsheng had to stop, "Ruoya!"

Cui Ruoya laughed, picked up her phone, and dialed Gu Xiaoning’s number.

Gu Xiaoning, nervously, answered, only to discover it wasn’t Le Zhengsheng.

"Hello..."

"Hehe." Cui Ruoya laughed, squinting at Le Zhengsheng not far away, "Did you know? He’s here! He’s right in front of me now!"

Gu Xiaoning was startled, her heart suddenly felt empty...

"Why aren’t you talking?" Cui Ruoya raised her voice.

Gu Xiaoning clenched her palm tightly, clinging to the last bit of stubbornness, "You’re lying to me! I don’t believe you, I will keep waiting for him!"

"Fine!" Cui Ruoya sneered, "Then wait until the end of time! He won’t come..."

The tone shifted, "A Sheng..."

"Ruoya!"

Gu Xiaoning held her phone, her body slightly trembling. She heard it, A Sheng’s voice! He said he would come over! But, he didn’t come! He went to Cui Ruoya instead!

Stunned, Gu Xiaoning felt ice-cold all over... How could it be so cold? Was the sea breeze too strong?

Le Zhengsheng closed his eyes in regret, gritting his teeth as he dialed Ling Yu’s number.

"Hello?" Ling Yu was quite surprised, "Mr. Le Zheng? Do you have a matter?"

"Ningning is here..." Le Zhengsheng said urgently, "She’s on the aft deck right now, I... can’t leave, go check on her, see what’s wrong, I’ll be there soon!"

Ling Yu was taken aback, "Why would she come here?"

"Stop asking! Go quickly!"

Le Zhengsheng hurriedly hung up the phone, casting one last look toward the direction of the aft deck, "Ningning, wait for me!"

He turned and ran forward!

Breathless when he arrived, Cui Ruoya was standing on the railing, her dress fluttering in the wind, seemingly about to fall at any moment.

Le Zhengsheng steadied his mind, "Ruoya, come down now!"

He reached out his hand, "Come... give me your hand!"

"A Sheng." Cui Ruoya smiled at him but didn’t move, "You came?"

Seeing her like this, Le Zhengsheng felt a twinge of fear... From her eyes, he saw genuine despair! Liking someone but being unable to have them, no one understood this feeling better than he did.

"Ruoya." Le Zhengsheng took two steps closer, "Come down first... whatever you want to say, let’s talk it out, okay?"

"Say what?"

Cui Ruoya shook her head, "What’s left to say? No matter what, you’ll never be with me! A Sheng, I know... I had a miscarriage, went through that with someone else, and you look down on me, right? But do you know? I was so lonely, that’s why!"

...

Cui Ruoya hung up the phone, tears streaming down her face.

She could deceive Gu Xiaoning, but she couldn’t deceive herself!

"A Sheng..."

Le Zhengsheng continued to hold up his hand, "Come down! Ruoya..."

"..." Cui Ruoya shook her head, "I’m not just trying to scare you, today I really... want to jump! A Sheng, I have no other way, only this... will make you remember me forever! If so, then it’s worth it!"

She turned, with one foot in the air, and stepped forward.

"Ruoya!"

Le Zhengsheng was shocked, Cui Ruoya’s frail body really jumped down!

"Ah!"

Le Zhengsheng lunged forward, only to see the waves splashing on the sea surface!

Without much thought, he immediately climbed over the railing and jumped down after her!

In an instant, the deck was in an uproar.

The aft deck was far from here.

Gu Xiaoning lowered her head, lost in thought.

Thud thud thud... there were hurried footsteps on the deck, as Ling Yu ran over, breathing heavily.

He stopped in front of her, "Ningning?"

"..." Gu Xiaoning raised her head, her eyes glistening, her smile looking worse than crying, "You came?"

Ling Yu was at a loss, flustered, "You’ve cried? Um, is it because of me? You’re waiting for Le Zhengsheng, right? Then I’ll... call him! Um..."

Before he finished, Ling Yu was startled.

It was Gu Xiaoning who reached out and grabbed his lapel...

"Don’t leave." Gu Xiaoning lowered her head, her forehead resting against his chest, "I’m so embarrassed right now, please... just stand like this for a while."

Ling Yu didn’t dare move, raising his hand, wanting to hold her... but he didn’t dare to act rashly.

"Sob sob." Gu Xiaoning cried, "Only now do I realize, really... letting go once means forever!"

Ling Yu opened his mouth, unable to comfort her.

"Don’t laugh at me, I was dreaming... thinking that if the truth came out, A Sheng would return to me!" Gu Xiaoning choked, "But, in two years... too much has happened, we’ve been apart for too long! Too long, too long..."

Ling Yu bowed his head, finally, slowly lowered his hand, placing it on her shoulder, gently bringing her into his arms.

"Cry louder if you need to."

"Wah..." Gu Xiaoning burst into tears, crying out loud.

——

Le Zhengsheng rescued Cui Ruoya from the sea, but her condition was serious, requiring observation in the Intensive Care Unit.

After a flurry of chaos, Le Zhengsheng finally left the hospital.

The first thing he did upon leaving was to dial Gu Xiaoning’s number.

Originally thinking she would be angry and not answer, but Gu Xiaoning quickly picked up.

"Hello?"

Hearing her calm voice, Le Zhengsheng felt a bit dazed, "Ningning?"

"Yes, it’s me." Gu Xiaoning said, very faintly, "What’s the matter?"

"Uh..." Le Zhengsheng was taken aback, "Where are you now? You were looking for me earlier, I had something to do, so I didn’t come... Didn’t you say you had something to tell me?"

"Oh." Gu Xiaoning’s voice was soft and gentle, very much like her nature, making one feel very comfortable.

"It’s nothing now." Gu Xiaoning sighed, "There was something indeed... but now, indeed, nothing."

Le Zhengsheng held the phone, his expression chaotic, "Ningning, when you say this... are you angry?"

"What? Angry?" Gu Xiaoning laughed, "No... I’m not angry, you’re overthinking, anything else?"

"..." Le Zhengsheng was silent for a while, "No..."

"Then, I’ll hang up." Gu Xiaoning paused.

The phone tone turned into a busy signal, she really hung up!

Le Zhengsheng stared blankly at the phone, his mind a blank slate, just like that... it’s over?

Before dawn, Ling Yu had to leave.

He tried to be careful, but Gu Xiaoning still woke up, her sleep in pregnancy wasn’t that deep.

"Did I wake you up?"

Ling Yu smiled apologetically, "I’m leaving now, go back to sleep."

Gu Xiaoning rubbed her eyes, glanced at the clock on the wall, and remembered what Le Zhengsheng had said when she met him a few days earlier.