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Edited by Psycho S.
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After a while, a group of Mo Luwei's bodyguards arrived, about to force Bing Shi out of the ward.
Bing Shi stood up, and raised her hands, "Touch me, and the sniper outside won't hesitate to take action."
'Come closer to me, I dare you. I want to see some action!'
As though someone was able to hear Bing Shi's thoughts, a man who didn't believe what she said stepped forward to take her out. A warning bullet shot through the window, making a hole in the floor.
The glass gave a loud sound as it shattered, while dust pillowed the floor as it was impeded by the warning bullet.
Everyone but Bing Shi jumped in fright, too terrified to move. Hiring such people from the internet was highly unlikeable, most were scams, one needed to have real-life connections or loads of money. Did Li Jie have any relations with the underworld?
Not really. Binfinity's facilities were protected by heavily armed guards, who were authorized to protect the plant and the material in it. Bing Shi had been carrying around important equipment inside her backpack, giving an excuse for a guard to follow her around.
Bing Shi walked towards Mo Luwei, and as she stood before him, she raised the corner of her lips mockingly, "It's going to cost you everything to take me down."
"Really?" With a sneer, Mo Luwei wanted to squeeze her jaw but didn't do so because of that warning bullet. Instead of getting closer, he got a good look at Silika's face and engraved it in his heart so he could ruin her life later.
Mo Luwei let out an oppressive aura and gave Su Min an ultimatum. His voice was fierce; he was so demanding that he sounded like a devil, "Su Min, if you dare to leave Pujing City, even if it's just half a step, I'll kill your parents and destroy their graves! They'll roam the world for all eternity, with no place to stay in the afterlife! Su Min, don't you love me? If I ask you to abandon Li Jie, would you do it?"
Li Jie showed an upset expression, but he didn't interfere. He was waiting for Su Min's answer. In his mind, he wondered if Su Min could censor Mo Luwei's cursing and instead focus on the last parts of his hateful speech. He knew that it was a farfetched thing to hope that she could. She had been suffering so much he doubted she could be as quick-witted as she once was.
His doubts proved to be right after he heard Su Min's answer. She completely didn't hear the last parts of Mo Luwei's speech; she was far too distraught to notice the trap in Mo Luwei's play of words. There was no point in showing Su Min proof that they could take Mo Luwei down.
"Let them go! They're innocent." Su Min hated her incompetence. She swallowed down her pain as she chuckled ironically, "I promise not to leave Pujing city. But it's not because I love you! It's because Li Jie is too good! He's too perfect. I don't deserve him."
"Ouch," Bing Shi grasped her heart in Li Jie's stead. She touched her forehead with the back of her palm as she voiced out humorous lines melodramatically, "Senior Li, the rejection... my poor heart can't take it."
"..." Li Jie covered his twitching mouth.
Su Min watched Li Jie hide away his mouth, and she felt herself smile a little bit too. She knew this was the right thing to do.
Li Jie watched that crazy fangirl lift the seriousness of the situation. She was taking control of the heavy mood and turned it into a dramatic comedy. This made everyone look plain silly, especially Mo Luwei.
"Let these people go? I not only want to destroy Li Jie but also you," Mo Luwei glanced at Bing Shi, still trying to push his might through. Thinking that it wasn't enough, he tried to intimidate everyone. The words he spoke lingered in Su Min's ears, "I want to destroy everything good in your eyes and heart. I want to ruin those few things that like you so you'll live in misery for the rest of your— mmmpf!"
"I would be careful with the things you say," Bing Shi shoved a tissue into Mo Luwei's mouth with a disdainful sneer. She was trying to keep this civil, so no blood would be drawn!
After catching Mo Luwei's attention —his face was hilarious with the crinkled tissue in his mouth— she carried on speaking, "You may have a few bodyguards, but Senior Li has a whole army of my types all around the world. Would you be able to take them all on?"
Mo Luwei spat the tissue out and yelled fiercely. He chased after the speeding Silika while cursing throughout the hospital halls. All his wrath and attention had shifted to Silika.
Finally, alone, Li Jie looked at Su Min. He was about to say something, but a message from his crazy fan interrupted the silence.
(Silika Lin): She needs a change of place. Could you clean up the crime scene? Mainly the window, the floor, and the bullet. Thank You!
Li Jie deleted the message after reading it aloud to the curious Su Min, "You heard my fan. I have a whole army protecting me, so don't you worry about me. Your recovery is far more important so... you better have a good rest," he smiled gently at Su Min.
Su Min noticed that her vision was becoming blurry. Reaching up with her hand to touch her cheek, she realised that she was weeping. Finally she realised the extent of Li Jie's love for her.
Li Jie respectfully didn't mention Su Min's tears and carefully went about covering her with a bedsheet. He tucked her in carefully like she was the most precious thing he'd discovered.
'He looks at me... like I'm something worth loving.' With this thought, Su Min stifled the urge to cry harder.
'No... not something,' Su Min stared deeply at Li Jie who was working on getting her pillow fluffed just the way she liked it. 'Someone.'
Su Min had wanted to be loved and here, the loyal Li Jie was here to love her despite all her selfishness: in spite of her horrible actions of leaving him for Mo Luwei. She bit her bottom lip and tasted the salt of her tears gathering on the tip of her tongue. She refrained from saying something silly to Li Jie. Something like, "Maybe I could learn to like you".
He didn't deserve a shred of false hope from her. Su Min didn't want to mess up again. Not with Li Jie. Not with someone who could handle her at her worst. He deserved someone better than her.
"I've loved you since your freshman year... I would do anything for you." Li Jie unexpectedly confessed to her when he was finished propping her onto the pillow he fluffed. Su Min opened her mouth to say something, but he gestured with his hand in the air for her to stop.
Now was the time for him to talk.
The tone of Li Jie's voice was grave as he told Su Min with absolute certainty, "If you asked me to kill Su Luqin..." Here, he paused so he could lean closer to Su Min's face.
Her eyes were wide open, her mouth an 'o'. It would have been a funny sight to see, but to Li Jie, this was only one of many beautiful expressions on her face that he adored. He held her crying face in his hands and wiped the droplets of water delicately after bopping her on the nose. This action made Su Min sob harder.
"Oh, silly girl," he whispered as he leaned his forehead against hers.
He was sharing his vulnerability to Su Min, as she was just as vulnerable to him. He could feel his own heart crack with anguish just by staring at Su Min's defenseless eyes.
"If you asked me to kill Su Luqin," he repeated again. His voice was so soft he didn't notice the way it cracked imperceptibly with the heavy admittance in his words.
"I would ask you how you wanted me to kill her," with that, he placed the sweetest kiss upon Su Min's forehead as though he were sealing a promise in his sinister words.
"I'm sorry," Su Min wailed as she collapsed against Li Jie's sturdy body. He grunted as he held her tightly in his arms, though there were no complaints of the wet sensation he could feel on his shirt.
"Hey, it's okay..." He whispered, defeated, "It's okay."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she repeated as she sunk into a deep abyss of despair. How could such a good man like Li Jie love her? How could her heart not beat for Li Jie's unwavering adoration? How could she not feel something when he'd admitted that he would do as she says- even going so far as to murder that woman?
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Anyone with a second male lead syndrome?
*Raising both my hands crazily*
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