âUncle, how can you be so heartlessâ¦â
âYou donât even know how sad I am. It hurts⦠I really want to see you againâ¦â
âBut you said that you wanted to completely disappear from my world. You said that as long as you didnât want me to find you, I would never be able to find you againâ¦â
âHow can you be so heartlessâ¦â
Zuo Yue kept nagging. Xu Chengfeng carried her all the way to the car. When he opened the car door, he put his arm behind her and was about to carry her in when Zuo Yue suddenly turned around and buried her head in his arms.âIâm in so much painâ¦â
Xu Chengfeng lowered his eyes and frowned. He lowered his head and asked with concern,ââWhere does it hurt?â
âIt hurtsâ¦It hurtsâ¦â Zuo Yue sniffed and suddenly raised her head, looking like a dying fish that was about to lose its breath.
Only then did Xu Chengfeng believe that she really seemed to be in pain. He immediately observed her body carefully and then held her head to look at her face. He did not find any injuries. As he was observing, Zuo Yue raised her hand and covered her heart.âIt hurts! It hurts here!â
Xu Chengfengâs hand paused slightly. He looked at the little woman who was looking at him with reddened eyes, and sighed as he carried her into the car.âStop fooling around. I warned you a long time ago not to drink anymore, especially not so much. Did you ignore my words?â
âIt hurtsâ¦â Zuo Yue leaned against the leather chair and hammered her chest in discomfort.ââIt hurtsâ¦It hurts every dayâ¦It hurts every dayâ¦â
Xu Chengfeng looked at the little girl and quietly buckled her safety belt. Then, he tucked her messy hair behind her ear. He held her face and looked at her for a moment before letting go and closing the car door.
Zuo Yue didnât know where he would take her, but she kept screaming in pain along the way.
*****
The car stopped at a mountain villa area in Los Angeles. Xu Chengfeng carried Zuo Yue, who had fallen asleep, out of the car and carried her directly to a detached villa halfway up the mountain.
The cold wind blew, and Zuo Yue instinctively curled up in his arms. She shivered and burrowed into his embrace. He lowered his eyes to see her uncomfortable expression and quickened his pace.
The streetlights near the mountain villa area shone on Xu Chengfengâs face. His face flickered between the night and the lights, and his expression was unusually cold and serious.
Zuo Yue had been lying in his arms, not knowing where she was until Xu Chengfeng carried her into the villa and carried her all the way to the bedroom.
Zuo Yueâs body had just been placed on a wide and soft bed. She subconsciously opened her eyes, but in the darkness, she felt that the man beside her was Xu Chengfeng. She immediately raised her hand and grabbed his wrist as he was about to leave.âDonât goâ¦Uncleâ¦Donât⦠Donât goâ¦â
He could tell that she was still drunk and could not tell reality from a dream. Xu Chengfeng did not say anything and directly pulled her hand down.
Even if Zuo Yue could not differentiate between reality and a dream, she could clearly feel that he seemed to be angry.
She quickly sat up on the bed and staggered out of bed. Just as Xu Chengfeng was about to leave the bedroom, she pounced on him and hugged him tightly. Xu Chengfeng stopped in his tracks and his body stiffened instantly. Zuo Yue buried her head in his well-defined back and said with red eyes,ââPlease donât disappear from my life. Iâd rather see you every day and feel uncomfortable than never see you againâ¦â
Xu Chengfeng did not seem to care about her. He pried her hands away from his body. Zuo Yue walked to him unwillingly. In the darkness, she raised her head and stubbornly looked at his face in the darkness.âUncle, have you ever loved me? Have you ever loved meâ¦â
âZuo Yue.â Xu Chengfeng couldnât take it anymore and raised his hand to hold her wrist. He lowered his eyes and looked into her confused eyes.âIâve already said what I should say. I wonât argue with you now that youâve drunk too much. Iâll go boil some water.â
âNo!â Zuo Yue hugged him tightly just as he was about to push her away.ââDonât go anymore⦠Uncleâ¦Grandpa was deadâ¦I donât have a grandfather anymoreâ¦
It was the first time I faced life and death⦠Grandpa just lies there, so quietâ¦My heart is so uncomfortable⦠However, I saw you standing beside me from afar, but I didnât dare to approach youâ¦â
Xu Chengfeng held her down and turned around to carry her to the bed.
Zuo Yue continued to pester him until Xu Chengfeng threw her back onto the bed. The moment her body landed heavily on the bed, Zuo Yue was so dizzy that she could not sit up for a moment. She only groaned in discomfort on the bed and muttered,âI feel like vomitingâ¦â
âEndure it!â Xu Chengfengâs face darkened.
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned on the lights and walked out. Then, the lights in the living room lit up as well.
This was a place that Zuo Yue had never been to before, but it had everything she needed. Xu Chengfeng went to boil water, and Zuo Yue tossed and turned in bed, feeling nauseous. In the end, she couldnât stand it anymore and got up from the bed. She staggered to the door and looked outside, but she didnât know where the bathroom was. She could only walk out with a confused and helpless expression. However, when she walked to the back of the sofa in the living room, she couldnât hold it anymore. She leaned against the back of the sofa and bent over to retch on the ground.
However, she hadnât eaten much in the past two days. Although she had drunk a lot, she couldnât throw up. After retching for a long time, she finally leaned against the sofa in discomfort. Her body slowly went limp and she fell to the ground weakly. Then, she raised her head and looked around with a strange expression.
Where was this place?
Xu Chengfeng came out after boiling the water. When he saw Zuo Yueâs expression, his brows furrowed slightly. He walked over, but he was not as gentle as before. He went forward and pulled her up. His actions were not gentle either.
Zuo Yue stared blankly at him. He was half-drunk and half-awake, not knowing what to say, but he instinctively felt that he was angry.
âZuo Yue, didnât I warn you not to drink anymore?âXu Chengfengâs voice was cold.
Zuo Yueâs eyes trembled and she barely recovered from her intoxicated state. Her eyes gradually regained focus as she looked at the man in front of her and said slowly,ââWhat does it have to do with you whether I drink or not? A man who had planned to leave my life completely. If it werenât for my grandfatherâs death, he wouldnât have appeared again. Why should he care about me?â
Xu Chengfengâs gaze was extremely cold in an instant.
âWhy I drink, who I drink with, and whether I drink or not, it doesnât seem to have anything to do with you.âZuo Yue looked at him indifferently and looked around at the same time.ââWhere did you take me? Since this uncleâs identity has changed so completely and he can be so calm, why didnât he bring me back to the Xu family directly?â