They Regretted it After Their Hearts Turned to Ashes - Chapter 24

Luo Zhi didn’t wait for the hand to fall on his head.

So many things had happened that had drained the last of his strength.

While protecting his arm from falling, Luo Zhi’s body also quietly sealed off all perception of the outside world.

Luo Zhi sat still, unconscious, his head and neck drooping softly along the pressure of that point.

The unconscious body no longer bears any force, Luo Zhi was about to fall into the muddy water, and was stopped by the hand in time.

The man stretched out his hand to support Luo Zhi, stroked his shoulder, and tried to call him.

Luo Zhi’s body could not give any response.

…

“What’s the matter.” The secretary tidied up the power cord, and in a low voice came back to ask Mr. Ren’s assistant, “How much evil did this person do?”

The assistant was completely confused, staring at the darkened picture of the video, shaking his head heavily.

Ren Chenbai never told people more about Luo Zhi, and they only heard from the more senior employees in the company that the relationship between the two people was obviously very good when they were young.

Obviously very good, Mr. Ren will sometimes bring Luo Zhi to the company, and when he has a meeting or is too busy with work, he will let his son lead Luo Zhi upstairs and downstairs to play around.

…

I heard that they were only teenagers at the time, and Ren Chenbai led Luo Zhi wherever he went, never allowing anyone to bully him.

I heard that two people are always inseparable, even if they are temporarily separated for some reason, they will get back together soon.

I heard that Ren Chenbai didn’t even need to call Luo Zhi. He has always been able to guess Luo Zhi’s location, can guess what Luo Zhi is doing, and he can find it after a few searches.

The assistant didn’t dare to say more, just reached out to turn off the computer.

He operated the mouse to save the files one by one, subconsciously glanced at the video again, and was suddenly surprised: “Is it this person?”

The secretary looked over and asked, “Which one?”

On the screen of the video, the man probably found out that Luo Zhi’s condition was wrong, hugged Luo Zhi, who had passed out unconscious, and stood up with a frown.

The facial features became more recognizable because of the more angles turned, and the assistant recognized the face.

“Mr. Ming’s generation… You don’t watch the news? Didn’t there just have an accident on a cruise ship? They belonged to their family.”

The assistant clenched his fists, his face turned pale, and cold sweat slowly oozes out of his forehead: “Why is it a cruise ship again?”

The incident of the cruise ship wreck has been abuzz these days, and relevant news is everywhere.

The modern cruise accident is not as exaggerated as in the movie, because the follow-up rescue measures are quite professional. The tourists only injured more than 100 people and lost 32 people.

These 32 people were found one after another. Some were rescued by passing fishing boats, and there was no time to contact them. Some were in a coma after falling into the water, and their identities could not be counted in time… In short, 31 people have all gone missing. .

The last one, some personal belongings were salvaged from the sea, and have been sent back to the family for processing.

…

Everyone knows what this means.

Mr. Ren asked him to check Luo Zhi’s whereabouts. The assistant hadn’t even left the company, but when he was going downstairs in the elevator, he opened Weibo and searched it with the idea of ​​hitting his luck.

According to experience, Luo Zhi’s whereabouts are actually not difficult to find at all. There will be Luo Zhi’s whereabouts every three to five in Li Weiming’s square, and then more people will block him. Luo Zhi will not be invisible, and there will always be someone who can block him.

The assistant just habitually entered the name again and clicked search.

The buffered dot turned to its head, and the related results that jumped out were no longer the same as before, except for the endless abuse, slander, and criticism, even if they saw it, it was inevitable that they would feel a vicious curse.

…but also like an outrageous curse.

The assistant swallowed dryly, picked up the phone, turned on the screen, and read the news again.

He was actually thinking of someone with the same name – of course, the chance of such a name being repeated is ridiculously small. But what if? There are so many people all over the world, maybe there are one or two people who flip through the dictionary without looking at the meaning and name them randomly…

Otherwise, why did President Ren need to do this and ask him to investigate Mr. Luo’s whereabouts?

Otherwise, why is Luo Zhi still on the list of only one person left until now?

…

Ren Chenbai returned to the private hospital where Luo Zhi once lived.

He didn’t have anyone to accompany him, he just asked for a clean and empty lounge, where he waited for Luo Zhi.

He considered all the possible places Luo Zhi could go.

Luo Zhi’s car was destroyed by him. If he wanted to leave the city or even the province, he had to take public transportation. Although it may take a little more effort, it is not difficult to find.

Not to mention, it is unlikely that Luo Zhi will leave like this.

It wasn’t because Luo Zhi didn’t want to go—Luo Zhi probably wanted to leave a long time ago.

I didn’t go before because Luo Zhi was worried about Luo Cheng, and now I don’t go because my mother’s tomb is in the city’s cemetery.

Luo Zhi often went to the cemetery to talk to his mother. Sometimes he stayed for a day, and he would report to his mother about everyone’s current situation and chat with his mother about him.

In the early years, Ren Chenbai hated Luo Zhi more than he did now. He was disgusted by this kind of hypocritical guilt. He once had people forge his mother’s will, saying that he never wanted to see Luo Zhi again.

When he received the will, Luo Zhi was leaning against the tombstone with his knees curled up, his head down and lightly playing the guitar song he just wrote.

Luo Zhi didn’t believe the so-called will at all.

The person sent by Ren Chenbai said that Young Master Luo took the will and revised the typo and punctuation according to their heads.

Luo Zhi lowered his eyes, his voice was cold and arrogant, word by word, he picked out the flaws that Aunt Ren absolutely could not have appeared, and picked out all the evidence that this letter could not be written by Aunt Ren.

Luo Zhi tore the will to shreds, and the white paper scraps were not thrown on the ground or into the fire. Throwing it on the ground dirty Auntie Ren’s tomb, and throwing it into the fire makes Auntie Ren upset. He carried the guitar all the way to the outside of the cemetery. After walking for a whole day, he finally stopped in front of a trash can on the edge of the city that was barely far from the cemetery, and threw all the torn pieces of paper into it.

At that time, Luo Zhi became so stubborn that he could walk for a day without eating or drinking, and then sat on the beach in the winter and played the guitar for a second without stopping.

… Since when did Luo Zhi’s body have so many problems?

The more Ren Chenbai thought about it, the more upset he became. He pressed his forehead hard, stopped thinking about those irrelevant things, and forced his consciousness to return to speculation about Luo Zhi’s whereabouts.

Luo Zhi would not believe the forged will, which was not surprising to him.

Luo Zhi’s temper is like this, he will never believe anyone he trusts, no matter how many people come to smear, shake, or make up lies to lie to him.

But does this matter really have no effect on Luo Zhi?

Ren Chenbai looked at his fingers, he moved them slowly, grabbing a ball of air that he couldn’t hold.

How could it not be affected?

Knowing this, the only person who has the ability to forge a will can be the Ren family.

Luo Zhi is very smart, he will know what the meaning of this thing is.

The second day after returning from the sea, Luo Zhi packed up his things and quietly moved out of Ren’s house without telling anyone.

Ren Chenbai knew that Luo Zhi had found the new residence, and also knew that Luo Zhi slept in a car before finding the new residence.

Later, Luo Zhi was old enough and got his driver’s license, so he didn’t need to find a chauffeur. The movement of that car is also becoming more and more free and wide-ranging.

But no matter how free, Luo Zhi never left the city.

The car took Luo Zhi, like an invisible kite string, firmly tied to his mother’s tomb.

Therefore, the private hospital where he is now is also the one that is most likely to be close to Luo Zhi. He is waiting for Luo Zhi here, and there is a very high chance that he can get it.

He can definitely wait. He will keep waiting, and after Luo Zhi, he will try to treat Luo Zhi not so badly.

Luo Zhi will recuperate here, he will not be tortured by the Luo family again, and he will not push Luo Zhi to that family again.

Ren Chenbai couldn’t sit still, and he was even a little surprised that he was still sitting safely in the lounge.

So he went downstairs to the emergency room and stared at the people coming and going.

It turns out that there are so many mishaps and unintended disasters in this world.

The lights of the ambulance shook people’s heads, and there were anxious family members everywhere. Some were seriously ill, some were seriously injured in a car accident, and there were more chaotic situations that were difficult to judge. Only the panicked and chaotic cries could be heard.

He also saw a boy lying motionless on an emergency trolley, who had drowned after sneaking into a reservoir to swim.

The paramedics knelt on the cart to perform CPR, and the family members were in a hurry and were so frightened that they didn’t know what to do, so they could only run wild.

When he was about to enter the elevator, the boy suddenly choked out a mouthful of water and gasped for breath, and his body also responded.

The middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes in the car lost his strength in a blink of an eye, his legs slumped instantly, and after being helped a few times by others, he staggered to stand up, and stumbled into the elevator.

Ren Chenbai stood in the crowded crowd in the hall.

…

Maybe he thought things too simple.

Even the most calm person may not be able to deal with these situations.

Seeing the person closest to you in danger and hanging by a thread is not a feeling that can be rehearsed and simulated in any situation.

The kind of intense fear and despair that can’t grasp anything, the unsuspenseful struggle in the face of death, should not be compared with any kind of situation.

Maybe Luo Zhi was really just panicking at the time.

Although this kind of self-deceiving thought seems reasonable, it is actually very difficult to stand up to scrutiny – he knows Luo Zhi better than anyone else.

The more dangerous Luo Zhi was, the calmer he became. It was a blazing fire that became more conspicuous the darker the group environment.

At that time, Luo Zhi could never panic, could never be frightened into a panic.

…

But after all, he also found an excuse for Luo Zhi and himself.

He could use this excuse to just cover up everything in the past and never touch it again.

The crowd suddenly backed away to make way for the new family.

The family drove by themselves. The husband rushed in with his unconscious wife sweating on his back, followed by other family members. The emergency doctor who was ready immediately rushed up to take over. Everything was too fast for anyone to react to.

It was all so flustered that two teenage boys were left in the lobby after a crowd poured into the elevator.

The security guard went over and wanted to take them to rest first, while the older one guarded the younger one.

They are going to wait for their mother here, and they won’t leave until they wait.

…

There are people constantly wandering around waiting for some result.

The doctor trotted back and forth quickly, and the family members looked worriedly.

The patient struggled in pain, or fell into a coma, and some had fallen into a peaceful trance.

Everyone is waiting.

Waiting for that hope, but also fearing another conclusion.

The appearance of all beings repeated every day in the emergency room.

Ren Chenbai slowly stepped back until his back touched the cold wall.

He suddenly realized that he had made a mistake in coming here.

He just wanted to wait for Luo Zhi to confirm what happened to Luo Zhi now, but he was not ready to see this at all.

He suddenly had a severe headache, and the endless restlessness and irritability about Luo Zhi raced in his mind, and then everything suddenly went dark.

He saw Luo Zhi slowly walking towards him step by step, holding his hand.

Luo Zhi seemed to have become smaller, and looked only in his teens.

The hand that was holding him was very warm, and he couldn’t help but want to take away the warmth. He was too cold, so he desperately inserted his icy fingers into it spasmodically and forcefully.

Luo Zhi groaned as he clenched his grip, but he still didn’t show it on his face.

Luo Zhi never seemed to learn to show pain.

Luo Zhi was most afraid of pain.

What is he doing?

What is Luo Zhi doing?

Why did Luo Zhi come to pull him, why did he control him, why didn’t he keep him there…

“Brother Chenbai.” Luo Zhi reached out and hugged him, “Don’t do this.”

Luo Zhi said, “Don’t be sad.”

Luo Zhi’s own face was also pale. He saw a terrifyingly deep blood mark on Luo Zhi’s arm, as if Luo Zhi had bitten it out himself. blood line.

But Luo Zhi’s eyes were very calm, the kind of calm that the more sad, the more fearful, the more desperate, the clearer the blood oozing.

Luo Zhi’s hands were shaking, and he could see that Luo Zhi was ringing in his ears, because when Luo Zhi walked over, he didn’t hear the voice on the side at all, and he was staggered for a few steps.

But Luo Zhi didn’t say anything, so he didn’t know what happened.

Why is Luo Zhi so sad? he does not know.

He didn’t know what Luo Zhi was upset about, nor why he couldn’t stand.

He didn’t know why he was standing in the corner of the emergency room. He was trying desperately to find something in the crowd. What was he looking for? Why couldn’t he find it? He had a terrible headache.

He had a terrible headache and fell to his knees.

“Don’t be sad, it’s not your fault, Brother Chenbai, it’s not you.”

Luo Zhi half hugged and half hugged the ground to support him, Luo Zhi was not strong enough, he was dragged by him and kneeled on the ground, blocking the sight of people coming and going.

Luo Zhi was shaking himself, but he still tried his best to hold up his body to protect him, and patted him on the back: “Aunt Ren is already prepared, it’s not you…”

…what is not him?

Why did he not have such a memory at all?

Why is Luo Zhi still running to take care of him? Doesn’t Luo Zhi know what’s going on with his body?

Almost as soon as the idea came up, changes followed.

The body that hugged him slowly became cold, and the corner that sheltered him, supported by the teenage Luo Zhi with all his strength, finally began to slowly collapse under the erosion of years and months.

Ren Chenbai shuddered fiercely, and he shouted out: “Luo Zhi!”

Luo Zhi’s body softened before his eyes.

Ren Chenbai finally couldn’t control himself anymore, even though he knew it was an illusion, he still hurriedly stretched out his hand to fish in fear.

He grabbed Luo Zhi’s body and hugged Luo Zhi tightly in his arms, trying to help Luo Zhi up again.

Unable to hold it, Luo Zhi’s body became cold a little bit, as cold as a sharp ice ball was slicing his flesh.

Is it because he stole all the warmth from Luo Zhi just now? He can return it to Luo Zhi, he can return it all, Luo Zhi must wake up now, he will not be angry with Luo Zhi anymore for anything.

He will try to be good to Luo Zhi, he will not do those things again, doesn’t Luo Zhi just want him to be like this? He can do it.

He broke his face with Jian Huaiyi and went to help Luo Jun deal with Jian Huaiyi. He would let Li Weiming cool down and he would not use them to force Luo Zhi back.

He never mentioned the past again, he never mentioned anything, nothing happened.

He treats Luo Zhi well, he will go to bandage Luo Zhi’s wound, he knows that Luo Zhi was very cold that night by the sea, and he will not let Luo Zhi be so cold in the future.

So Luo Zhi must wake up and look at him now.

Luo Zhi must look at him.

Ren Chenbai grabbed Luo Zhi’s shoulder, he could feel that his body was probably too stiff to move, but fortunately, he grabbed Luo Zhi’s shoulder in a hallucination.

He kept shaking Luo Zhi’s shoulders hard, and said to Luo Zhi words that he himself did not understand.

Luo Zhi finally opened his eyes again.

Ren Chenbai shook his hand in surprise, wanting to hug him, but he hugged a salty and cold pitch-black ice water.

Ren Chenbai looked up blankly.

Luo Zhi opened his eyes, those eyes were very dark and clean, a little strangely clean, and the pupils inside were quiet and did not reflect light, and they had long since been unable to hold anything.

Luo Zhi floated in the water, his body floating and sinking as the water washed away.

His face was paler than the drowning boy Ren Chenbai had just seen, probably because it was colder, and there was even a little snow-white velvet ice on his brows.

He looked tired, but he exuded a heartfelt relief and comfort.

“No.” Ren Chenbai whispered, “No, that’s not the case.”

A **** smell began to flow from his throat, Ren Chenbai flexed his knuckles and pressed against his temples, completely erasing the image from the hallucination: “It’s not like that.”

“How can you—” Ren Chenbai tried his best to swallow the accusation halfway through. It was the first time he apologized to Luo Zhi like this, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s not your problem.”

“It’s me, how can I speculate on you like this, how can I curse you to death.”

Ren Chenbai whispered: “Don’t do this, Luo Zhi, you can punish me, but you can’t do this.”

“I’m afraid of your death.” Ren Chenbai admitted intermittently and stumblingly, “I’m afraid of your death.”

He had been afraid of Luo Zhi’s death for a long time, not because of some ridiculous reason “to want Luo Zhi to be punished alive”, it was just a logic he made up for himself, with that logic he would not have to face the torture and struggle of hatred.

He was afraid of Luo Zhi’s death.

In the hospital that day, he shook off Luo Zhi but saw Luo Zhi fell to the ground. He was so scared that he almost completely lost all reason.

“Don’t do this, Luo Zhi.” Ren Chenbai lowered his head and begged him, “I’ll let you go, don’t scare me.”

…

The dark boundless sea of ​​ice drained with a clatter and disappeared without a trace.

Luo Zhi fell to the ground.

The arm behind him finally fell.

The thin wrist bone hit the cold hard tile with a deafening sound.

Ren Chenbai woke up briefly from an inexplicable hallucination.

He was still standing in the corner of the emergency room with his phone in his hand.

He leaned against the wall, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, and his body was still shaking uncontrollably. But getting out of the hallucination still gave him a sigh of relief, almost giving birth to some happiness for the rest of his life.

Ren Chenbai slowly moved his cold hands and pressed his still beating chest.

He didn’t want to disturb the people in the hospital, so he walked to the vending machine and bought himself a bottle of water.

When he picked up the mobile phone and wanted to scan the code to pay, he suddenly realized that the mobile phone showed that he was on a call.

It was the assistant who called him.

Ren Chenbai frowned.

He had no memory of the call at all, almost five minutes had passed, and he didn’t even remember what they said.

… Could it be that he was infected by Luo Zhi and his brain became abnormal?

Ren Chenbai laughed at himself, he calmed down and picked up the phone: “What were we talking about just now?”

“Mr. Ren?” The assistant seemed to have waited for him for a long time, and his voice sounded immediately, “Are you all right? Is it okay…”

“What’s the matter with me? I lost my mind just now.”

Ren Chenbai asked, “What are you looking for from me?”

The assistant seemed to be stunned by this question. After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his voice slightly: “Mr. Ren, you asked me to check… Mr. Luo’s whereabouts.”

The assistant whispered, “I was just reporting this to you.”

Ren Chenbai’s heartbeat just calmed down, but he froze for a while because of the name.

He didn’t speak right away, took a few deep breaths and told himself it was okay.

He had already figured it out, he had figured it out thoroughly—fortunately, he had already figured it out, and he would treat Luo Zhi well.

He will never mention the past to Luo Zhi again.

It seems that because he finally figured this out, his heart also eased a lot, and the whole person even gave birth to some long-lost relaxation and warm expectations.

Luo Zhi’s body must be quite difficult to regulate this time.

But it doesn’t matter, he will take care of Luo Zhi.

Just like when Luo Zhi first arrived at Ren’s house, they are still the same as before, no longer making trouble.

“It turned out to be this.” Ren Chenbai smiled, and his tone softened a lot. “Where did you say it? What did I just say to you?”

On the other end of the phone, the assistant stopped abruptly.

Ren Chenbai waited for a few seconds, then slowly frowned: “Speak.”

Ren Chenbai asked, “What did I just say to you?”

The assistant was shivering, and timidly and quickly answered a few words.

Ren Chenbai stood a little dazed.

He did say that.

He did say that.

Those memories that were temporarily blocked automatically suddenly returned, and Ren Chenbai remembered the situation just now. He was standing in the corner of the hall and received the investigation results from his assistant.

It took a lot of effort for him to understand the survey results. He felt that the assistant was probably crazy, and he used such a nonsense thing to prevaricate him.

Just before the hallucination appeared, he heard these words ringing in his mind, and then a severe headache suddenly engulfed his consciousness without warning.

…

“How could Luo Zhi die in the shipwreck?”

“Stop joking,” he said.