The mute girl stood at Ou Yunchen's door, bag in hand, hesitating to enter. Only when Ou Yunchen called did Mo Qingyun put on a smile and walk in.
But as soon as she entered, she saw Ou Yunchen applying an ice pack to his face, with a pile of broken glass at his feet, looking utterly disheveled.
Mo Qingyun hurried over, moved the ice pack, and looked at his red face. She knew immediately that this guy must have been beaten.
With a pang of concern, Mo Qingyun placed her hand on Ou Yunchen's shoulder, causing him to hiss in pain.
Mo Qingyun quickly and carefully opened Ou Yunchen's collar.
Ou Yunchen: "That damn girl, she really bit hard!"
Mo Qingyun looked at his bitten shoulder. What was initially a pang of concern turned into anger. If Ou Yunchen hadn't done something to wrong the girl, how could he have been bitten like this?
Ou Yunchen: "What are you looking at? Aren't you going to help me get the medicine and clean it?"
Mo Qingyun glared at Ou Yunchen, took the first-aid kit, and placed it on the coffee table. Just as she was about to apply medication, she remembered what Su Ruiyi had said...
Pouting, she threw the cotton swab and medicine onto Ou Yunchen.
Mo Qingyun's sign language: "Serves you right! Clean it yourself!"
Ou Yunchen: "You!"
Ou Yunchen didn't understand why she was so angry. He watched her slam the door shut and return to the guest room.
Ou Yunchen: "Aren't you going to cook anymore?"
Ou Yunchen: "Hey! I'm talking to you!"
Ou Yunchen: "Mute! Little mute! Even if you're not hungry, I am!"
Mo Qingyun suddenly pulled the door open. She angrily signed, "Starve to death! Scumbag!"
*Bang*—
Mo Qingyun slammed the door shut again.
Hungry, injured, and scolded by the little mute, Ou Yunchen felt even more wronged.
Looking at the closed bedroom door, the lingering scent of Su Ruiyi's perfume in the room, and the lipstick marks not wiped clean from his lips, Ou Yunchen fell into a dilemma again.
Su Ruiyi, who seemed muddled, was actually sharp-minded.
She had guessed correctly...
First, if he couldn't get Su Ruiyi to marry that banking heir, he would have broken his promise to Mrs. Su. Mrs. Su hadn't given him shares for nothing; he had to cut ties with Su Ruiyi.
Second, he had to use e/
"Miss, Mr. Axe is looking for you."
Mo Qingyun: "Darling, we'll wait for you downstairs."
After a gentle kiss on the cheek, Mo Qingyun reluctantly left the room.
Ou Yunchen looked at the open diamond ring box on the table. Tonight, he would place that diamond ring on Mo Qingyun's ring finger in front of all the guests.
When he was alone in the room, Ou Yunchen opened the drawer. A handgun lay inside.
The lobby downstairs was packed with distinguished guests. As Axe and Mo Qingyun descended the stairs, silence fell upon them.
Axe raised his glass. Mo Qingyun linked arms with Axe. Tonight was the happiest day for the siblings.
Axe: "Thank you all for coming. Tonight, I will hand over my most precious sister to the man she loves. I hope you all will bear witness to their love. Come, let us raise our glasses and bless this couple."
With a gesture from Axe, all eyes turned to Ou Yunchen, who stood on the terrace. Mo Qingyun, at the bottom of the stairs, extended her hand, waiting for Ou Yunchen to reach her side.
Under everyone's gaze, Ou Yunchen calmly and steadily descended the stairs, his eyes resolute, until he stood before Mo Qingyun.
Mo Qingyun excitedly covered her mouth, tears welling up. Perhaps she had waited too long for this moment. With everyone's blessings and her brother's witness, she would have her wish.
Ou Yunchen slowly reached into his coat pocket, slowly kneeling on one knee. Axe also tightly embraced Mo Qingyun's shoulders.
Mo Qingyun impatiently extended her hand, eagerly awaiting the moment the diamond ring would be placed on her finger.
Ou Yunchen's gaze instantly shifted from tenderness to coldness. He seized the moment. The instant the gun was drawn, he aimed it at Axe beside him and fired a precise shot into his heart.
With a bang, the man fell. Mo Qingyun screamed in terror, shouting for help, calling out Axe's name...
Ou Yunchen had never felt such a sense of cathartic release. He stood beside them, looking down as Axe's blood slowly flowed out.
Mo Qingyun: "Why? Why would you do this to me?"
Ou Yunchen pulled off the necklace around his neck and threw it onto Axe's corpse.
Ou Yunchen: "He owes me this."
At this moment, Mo Qingyun snatched the gun from Ou Yunchen's hand and, with trembling fingers, aimed it at him.
Mo Qingyun: "Why did you become my enemy..."
Ou Yunchen: "Put the gun down. I won't hurt you..."
Mo Qingyun: "But I love you..."
Another shot rang out. When Ou Yunchen opened his eyes again, a bullet flew through the air, piercing Mo Qingyun's throat.
A heart-wrenching pain surged through Ou Yunchen's entire body.
Mo Qingyun's eyes never left the man before her. Until the very last second before she fell, her eyes were filled with a mixture of love and helplessness.
Gradually, Mo Qingyun's pupils dilated. Everything around Ou Yunchen seemed to lose its color.
Ou Yunchen: "No, no!!!"
—Ou Yunchen's dream ended—
Ou Yunchen gasped for breath, the feeling of suffocation returning.
When he opened his eyes again, he found Mo Qingyun squatting beside him, looking concerned.
Mo Qingyun's sign language: "Are you alright? Did you have a nightmare?"
Ou Yunchen's forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat. It was indeed a nightmare.
Mo Qingyun handed Ou Yunchen a glass of water. She was still the mute girl; the one in the dream felt too unreal.
But the despair and grief of watching Mo Qingyun die before his eyes did not subside with his awakening from the nightmare. His heart still ached faintly.
Ou Yunchen immediately got up and hugged Mo Qingyun tightly, constantly telling himself, she's not dead, she won't die, it was all a dream, just a nightmare!
Mo Qingyun gently stroked Ou Yunchen's back, while Ou Yunchen wished he could embed her into his body.
He was starting to feel afraid, afraid that the dream would become a reality.
He didn't want to see the disappointment in Mo Qingyun's eyes. As soon as he closed his eyes, that final look was deeply etched into his mind!
Ou Yunchen: "If one day, I hurt you, will you hate me?"
Mo Qingyun thought for a moment, then shook her head.
Ou Yunchen: "Don't hate me..."
Mo Qingyun gently helped Ou Yunchen up, walked him to the bedroom door, and watched him lie down on the bed, tucking him in.
Just as Mo Qingyun was about to leave, Ou Yunchen grabbed her hand.
Ou Yunchen: "Will you leave me?"
Mo Qingyun paused.
Mo Qingyun's sign language: "I will always be with you."
Then, Mo Qingyun gently kissed Ou Yunchen on the forehead.
Mo Qingyun's sign language: "Goodnight."