CHAPTER 394: 392 SHE SAID, ZHONGLI WUZHI IS HEARTLESS

You can’t blame a grown man like him for shedding the tears of a coward, he was truly overwhelmed by emotion.

If he had known this day would come, he wouldn’t have cared whether she was a lesbian or not; even if she was, he would’ve straightened her out!

"Zhongli... Wuzhi..."

Lu Xiaoer’s lips met as she whispered his full name, then she let out a gentle laugh,

"People say that Young Master Zhongli is a playboy, surrounded by countless women..."

"You can’t judge a person just by looks, nor by what you hear. I’ve told you many times, I wanted you to see me with your heart, to listen to me with your heart..."

"Two years ago, there was a female model named Weng Qinghao, considered a top model at the forefront of fashion... You should remember her when I mention her name..."

Lu Xiaoer’s voice was very soft, so soft that her sentences were broken and mostly breathy...

Zhongli Wuzhi stopped what he was doing, her fuzzy syllables clear to him.

Weng Qinghao was a woman he had dated in the past.

He admitted that before meeting Lu Xiaoer, he wasn’t so... chaste, nor did he see anything wrong with having a few women around.

He was Young Master Zhongli, what kind of woman couldn’t he have?

Weng Qinghao was one of his smarter and more obedient companions from the past, and she had accompanied him for a longer time.

He had elevated her to the top position in the modeling world, and she, recognizing the favor and understanding the ways of the world, was an adult after all. They both got what they needed without anything to hide...

Why would Lu Xiaoer... suddenly bring up Weng Qinghao?

"Back then... you had at least four or five women around you, right? But Young Master Zhongli wasn’t satisfied, and you set those fox eyes on me..."

Zhongli Wuzhi’s heart contracted,

"What I feel for you... is different from them..."

He explained weakly.

In their youthful frivolity, these scions of wealthy families seemed to subconsciously regard women as assets to boast about and take pride in.

Whoever had more women, whoever had the most beautiful women, seemed to have more face.

Especially those glamorous, voluptuous female stars, who often became their most sought-after possessions.

He felt he was fundamentally different from others, yet the vanity of a young, spirited man was the same...

Looking back now, the very things he used to brag about and take pride in have become stains he desperately wants to erase.

The superiority of the past couldn’t be upheld in front of Lu Xiaoer.

"Yes, not the same... Weng Qinghao said the same thing to me after breaking up with you..."

Zhongli Wuzhi’s gaze lifted, his brows unconsciously furrowing into a "川" shape.

"But Weng Qinghao also said... even if it’s different now, it will be the same in the future. All the women around Young Master Zhongli are outstanding, are beautiful, do you have the confidence to hold his heart forever... But even if you have confidence, Zhongli Wuzhi is heartless."

"...Lu Xiaoer, is it because of what Weng Qinghao told you, that you..."

"It’s not..."

"..."

"Partly, she said you were heartless, and upon my observation, it did seem so. But it wasn’t until the Dongheng earthquake, when you rushed to the disaster area apparently looking for me, but ended up being dragged around by the rescue team, seeming lost yet determined to take part in the rescue... That’s when I felt... maybe I had fundamentally misunderstood Zhongli Wuzhi."

"It was then that I became sure... you’re not heartless..."

"Then why did you lie to me... saying you were a lesbian?"

"Hehehe... But you actually believed it... You’re so silly..."

Lu Xiaoer looked into the pitch-black space.

Breathing had become difficult, but she insisted on not making a sound of crying, only the tears kept falling.

"You’re so silly, and Lili is too... I think heaven has already been kind enough to me. With such a bombardment and collapse, yet there’s still a space for me to properly say goodbye to you..."

"Please don’t talk like that... I beg you, don’t say those words..."

"I could vaguely hear the sounds from outside. You’re digging an underground passage, but it’s so slow... I know how grand Angus Church is, so I also know how difficult the rescue operation must be..."

"Zhongli, I want you to promise me... take Lili and leave this place... Caesar is really not safe, the rebel army has already made it their prime target."

"I have a feeling that this is far from over, it’s not even halftime..."

"You know how stubborn Song Lili is, even if it’s with a corpse, she’ll definitely rescue you before she leaves."

"She’s stubborn, but she’s also rational."

"Rational? A pregnant woman running into a battlefield, is that what you call rational?"

Zhongli Wuzhi scoffed at this.

But after he said that, there was no response from the other end.

Panic-stricken, he called out to Lu Xiaoer many times...

"Who did you say... is pregnant?"

Lu Xiaoer’s voice was trembling...

Zhongli Wuzhi was stunned, "You didn’t know... she’s pregnant?"

"I didn’t know!"

Lu Xiaoer suddenly shouted in a low voice, "If I had known, I would’ve never told her where I was, I wouldn’t even have contacted her!"

...

Zhongli Wuzhi didn’t expect Lu Xiaoer to be so agitated.

"Has she gone mad! What about Wen Nian! Has Wen Nian gone mad as well? How could he, how could he allow Lili, Lili..."

Lu Xiaoer bowed his head and covered his face, filled with immense remorse!

And Zhongli Wuzhi realized clearly that he had said something wrong...

"Just by myself, I’m endangering two lives, so Lu Xiaoer, if you don’t hold on, I won’t let you off even as a ghost!"

In Zhongli Wuzhi’s dazed state, he didn’t notice when Song Lili had climbed to the outside of the cockpit, hearing Lu Xiaoer’s emotionally charged scolding.

"Lili..."

"You’re not going to die! Zhongli, come down!"

...

"If six people aren’t enough, then sixteen!"

Zhongli Wuzhi seemed to hear a flurry of movement near him and a cacophony of M-country’s language.

He couldn’t understand it, but looking towards the sounds, he saw about a dozen firefighters with various tools jumping down into the tunnel two by two.

The drilling sound was uniform, the speed at which bricks, stones, and earth were being excavated grew faster...

The firefighters’ rescue efforts were much stronger than the soldiers under Qiao Ke’s command.

"How did you convince them..."

Song Lili had sharp eyes; while voice calling with Lu Xiaoer from a distance, she had already seen the rescue fire truck.

The firefighters were packing up their tools, either evacuating or taking turns.

But whether they were evacuating or rotating, she couldn’t let them leave!

"M-country people, G-country people, what’s the difference... Aren’t the people of neighboring countries brothers and sisters... Xiaoer joined the international rescue organization, they came for him, how could they stand by and watch? I was too narrow-minded to think of them living through chaotic times..."

Song Lili murmured, then she took over the excavator controls from Zhongli Wuzhi.