The Number-One Male Lead Who Does Not Like to Eat (38)

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Early the next morning, Si Jiu was awakened from her dreams by the System, which announced that Xie Yu was dragging a suitcase and preparing to leave.

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It kept whining that he must have moved away.

Once he was gone, he certainly would not call again. Bedtime stories, delivery missions, and all the rest would become nothing but wishful thinking.

It went on and on.

Si Jiu already had a terrible temper when roused from sleep, and its nagging nearly drove her over the edge.

There was no chance of getting back to sleep.

As Si Jiu brushed her teeth sluggishly, the System continued its nonstop commentary.

“He’s putting on his shoes, sob sob sob!”

“He’s locking the door, sob sob sob!”

“He’s pressed the elevator button, waah waah waah... Hurry up!”

“For fuck’s sake, stop rushing me.” Si Jiu irritably raked her fingers through her hair. She did not even bother changing out of her pajamas, simply shoved her feet into her slippers and dashed out of the apartment.

When she ran toward the elevator, its doors were already sliding shut.

“Xie Yu, wait!”

The man standing inside with his head bowed abruptly looked up.

“I have something to tell you. Wait!”

Xie Yu’s arm twitched, but he did not raise it. He let the elevator doors close.

Si Jiu: “Fuck!”

“Host Dad, I’ve brought the other elevator down for you. It’s here. Get in, hurry, hurry! He pressed the button for the first floor.”

Sure enough, the elevator beside it stopped at Si Jiu’s floor and opened at once. There were already two people inside, and they jumped when Si Jiu charged in.

Then they watched her press the button for the first floor, while the elevator continued descending.

“What the hell is going on? Wasn’t this one going up?” one of them asked.

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The other person looked equally bewildered.

“I’m sorry,” Si Jiu said.

The two stared at her in utter confusion.

When the elevator arrived, Si Jiu apologized once more, then sprinted out after Xie Yu.

With his long legs and towering frame, Xie Yu walked incredibly fast. He was already far ahead of her.

Si Jiu huffed and puffed as she chased him, but she could not run quickly in her slippers. In the end, she kicked them off and continued after him barefoot.

Xie Yu had already reached the ground-level parking lot. A man stepped out of a black business van, took his suitcase, placed it in the trunk, and opened the door for him.

“Xie Yu, wait!”

Xie Yu paused halfway into the vehicle, but did not turn around.

The man glanced at the girl running toward them in the distance. “Brother Xie, I think she’s calling you.”

“Go.”

Xie Yu got into the van and shut the door. He was wearing a mask, so the man had no way of making out his expression.

The man climbed into the driver’s seat. Seeing that the girl was drawing closer and closer, he hesitated. “Perhaps we should—”

“Drive.”

The man had worked with him many times, but this was the first time he had ever heard Xie Yu speak in such a harsh tone. He instinctively fell silent and hurriedly started the van, driving away.

Si Jiu barely managed to lunge at the back of the vehicle before it pulled away, filling her mouth with exhaust fumes.

She had never chased after a man so miserably in her life. She could not help swearing, then continued running after the van.

The System was enjoying the spectacle far too much and began playing background music in her mind:

“For all the pain of clinging to love, for all the wounds of clinging to hate, I can no longer tell love from hate...”

The man kept glancing at the rearview mirror. As the van slowed more and more, he finally summoned the courage to speak again.

“Brother Xie... she’s still chasing us. It looks like... she isn’t even wearing shoes. It’s rather pitiful.”

Xie Yu clenched one hand tightly, but gritted his teeth and said, “Drive faster.”

If they drove faster, she would not be able to catch up, and she would stop chasing him.

Let it end this way.

Since he was determined to stay away, he would leave her completely.

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“Sigh.”

The man sighed and stepped on the accelerator.

At the same time, Xie Yu finally could not restrain himself. He turned around and looked through the rear window.

Si Jiu’s figure was growing smaller and smaller in the distance. He could not see her expression, nor tell whether she was crying.

Suddenly, she stumbled and fell hard onto the ground.

Xie Yu even forgot that he was inside a vehicle. He abruptly rose to his feet, only to slam his head against the roof with a loud clang.

“Brother Xie!”

“I’m fine.” He covered his face in dejection.

The business van moved onward through the traffic, and silence settled over the vehicle.

Xie Yu said nothing, and the man did not dare speak either. He could clearly feel the suffocating pressure filling the air.

Meanwhile, Si Jiu dragged her battered, bleeding leg back toward the building, raging furiously in her mind.

“Fuck your background music! I nearly died falling down! You bastard, you’re an orphan!”

The System, having caused trouble, meekly replied, “Sob, sob, sob... I’m sorry.”

“Fuck!”

Si Jiu lowered her head.

The System asked cautiously, “Host, are you... sad?”

Si Jiu pressed her lips together and did not answer.

Sad was too strong a word, but she did feel somewhat stifled inside.

Tsk!

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