As Ou Yunchen looked up, he was startled!
Where had Mo Qingyun, who had been sitting in the sea, gone?!!!
Ou Yunchen scanned both sides of the coastline, and indeed, there was no sign of her!!!
Ou Yunchen nervously ran to where Mo Qingyun had been sitting. A wave washed over, and he seemed to see a person lying in the sea!!!
Ou Yunchen, shouting Mo Qingyun's name, took off his clothes and shoes and rushed in.
Ou Yunchen: "Mo Qingyun!!!"
But fortunately, Mo Qingyun had only submerged herself in the sea for a short while, and the waves had not pulled her too deep.
Ou Yunchen quickly swam towards her. When he grabbed Mo Qingyun's arm, Ou Yunchen finally felt relieved.
However, as Ou Yunchen desperately pulled her out, Mo Qingyun resisted. She would rather drown than be rescued.
Ou Yunchen suddenly realized that Mo Qingyun hadn't been swept away by the waves by accident; she had intended to commit suicide!!!
For a moment, Ou Yunchen began to fear. He began to reflect on whether he had been too cruel to Mo Qingyun.
This little mute was already unfortunate enough. She had lost her mother, her brother, become mute, and lived in a welfare home...
She had lived very hard before meeting him. Ou Yunchen could have been the one to save her, but he always took away her hope...
Not only that, but he had deeply hurt her...
He cursed himself as a bastard and even vowed that he would treat this little mute well.
In his panic, Ou Yunchen seemed to have lost Mo Qingyun. She was no longer visible on the sea surface. Ou Yunchen, terrified, quickly dived into the water.
Mo Qingyun closed her eyes, letting her body gradually sink, as if the clamor of the world outside had nothing to do with her.
She was too despairing. Her brother had once been her hope. Later, she met Ou Yunchen and treated him as family!
Now, her brother would never be found, Ou Yunchen didn't want her anymore, and Pingping had also left. What reason did she have to live?
Even if she died, no one would remember her...
Just as Mo Qingyun was ready, someone grabbed her and kissed her lips.
Mo Qingyun opened her eyes. It was Ou Yunchen's face!!!
Was this a blessing from God before her death?
Because she missed him so much, she wanted to see the person she loved most one last time before leaving this world?
Mo Qingyun slowly raised her hand. Ou Yunchen seized her shoulder and swam to the surface with her.
When they surfaced, Ou Yunchen gasped for air, not daring to relax, for fear that in a moment of absentmindedness, Mo Qingyun would escape again.
Ou Yunchen, disregarding Mo Qingyun's emotions, was determined to drag her to shore. Mo Qingyun also realized that it wasn't a hallucination; Ou Yunchen was truly by her side!
Finally reaching the shore, Ou Yunchen was exhausted. He lay on the coast, gasping for breath, his hand tightly gripping Mo Qingyun's wrist. They lay flat on the shore, gazing at the sky dyed red by the setting sun.
Ou Yunchen: "Why did you want to die?"
Mo Qingyun couldn't answer. She lay quietly beside Ou Yunchen, but Ou Yunchen asked again. When he roared and asked for the third time, Mo Qingyun began to cry.
Ou Yunchen sat up, knelt on Mo Qingyun, and shook her shoulders forcefully. After scolding her many times, Ou Yunchen also cried. He had never cried before, yet he cried for a mute.
Ou Yunchen: "I saved you so many times, not for you to just give up and drown yourself in the sea!"
Ou Yunchen: "Don't you like me? Then keep liking me. Did you give up just because I yelled at you a few times?"
Ou Yunchen: "You said you were looking for your brother. Go find him! Did you try? Did you stop looking just because you were cursed by some trash online?"
Ou Yunchen: "Your good friend died, and you don't want to live anymore?"
Ou Yunchen: "You knew her since you were little. A child with Down syndrome lived for so long, and you want to commit suicide for what reason? Are you worthy!!!"
Mo Qingyun cried louder and louder. Ou Yunchen grabbed her and dragged her towards the sea.
Ou Yunchen: "You want to die, right? Fine, let's go. I'll accompany you. I owe you in this life anyway. You don't need to find your brother anymore, and I won't seek revenge. Let's die together!"
As Ou Yunchen dragged Mo Qingyun towards the sea, Mo Qingyun struggled to retreat. She cried and shook her head with all her might.
She didn't want to die anymore, or rather, she was afraid to die. She feared Ou Yunchen would really accompany her. She hoped Ou Yunchen would be well.
Unable to drag Ou Yunchen, Mo Qingyun squatted on the ground, hugging his legs.
Perhaps it was the crying or the sound of the waves, but Ou Yunchen seemed to hear Mo Qingyun stutter out a word, "Don't."
Ou Yunchen froze. He stared with wide eyes at Mo Qingyun, who was squatting beside him, trying her best to stop him from moving forward.
But what he saw was only the mute, crying her eyes out, pleadingly looking at him.
Perhaps she hadn't spoken, and Ou Yunchen had misheard.
Ou Yunchen reached out and pulled Mo Qingyun up. They were soaked, and as the sea breeze blew, both of them shivered with cold.
Even Mo Qingyun's face was so pale from the cold that her slightly bluish lips made her look even more pathetic.
Ou Yunchen found his suit jacket, which he had taken off on the shore, and quickly draped it over Mo Qingyun. He also wrung out her wet hair.
Ou Yunchen: "Promise me you won't do anything to hurt yourself. I can endure torture myself, but I can't let you get hurt."
Mo Qingyun was anxious to say something, but without a pen and paper, she couldn't communicate with Ou Yunchen.
Ou Yunchen gently kissed Mo Qingyun's forehead, then put his arm around her shoulder and slowly walked back.
As they walked back disheveled, the sky grew darker and darker, and Ou Yunchen shivered more and more violently.
When Mo Qingyun realized that Ou Yunchen must be shivering from the cold, she proactively took off the suit jacket, but Ou Yunchen insisted she wear it.
In the end, they both shared the suit jacket, one arm around the other's shoulder and the other around the waist, warming each other.
Finally returning to the welfare home, Ou Yunchen was helped into the car by Mo Qingyun. He looked much worse than her.
Ou Yunchen's head was swimming, but he insisted on driving Mo Qingyun home.
However, after driving for a while, Ou Yunchen couldn't bear the discomfort any longer. Sweat poured down his forehead non-stop.
Mo Qingyun touched Ou Yunchen's forehead. It was bad; he had a fever.
The car stopped by the roadside. Ou Yunchen glanced out the window, then turned back to Mo Qingyun and said, "Either you sleep in the car with me tonight, or you stay in the motel next door with me. I'll take you tomorrow when I feel better."
Mo Qingyun looked at Ou Yunchen, who had a high fever, and then at the dark surroundings of the highway. It seemed that only this car motel was still lit, so she could only nod in agreement.
After getting out of the car, Mo Qingyun touched Ou Yunchen's body. He was burning hot all over.
Front Desk: "Hello, two people?"
Ou Yunchen: "Two rooms."
Front Desk: "Okay."
Mo Qingyun quickly waved her hand and then held up her index finger.
Front Desk: "One room?"
Mo Qingyun, while supporting Ou Yunchen, nodded.
Front Desk: "Okay, please wait a moment."
Ou Yunchen tilted his head. At first, he was surprised, but seeing Mo Qingyun's very determined look, he smiled. This fool, how dare she? To save money?! He had caught a cold, not become incapacitated, wasn't she afraid he'd get up in the middle of the night and have his way with her?!
When they opened the door, the small guest room had nothing but a bed and a tiny bathroom.
It was consistent with the style of this rural motel, incomparable to a star hotel.
Mo Qingyun stopped the receptionist who was leaving and quickly flipped to a pen and paper.
Mo Qingyun wrote: "Is there a pharmacy nearby?"
The receptionist gave them a meaningful look and slowly pulled out a box of contraceptives from his pocket.
Front Desk: "No pharmacy, but I have these. Two yuan each, various flavors, standard size. How many do you want?"
Ou Yunchen looked at the gaudy condoms and burst out laughing.
Mo Qingyun's face suddenly turned red. She was too embarrassed to look.
Mo Qingyun wrote again: "Thank you, no need..."