After Escaping Chapter 31

Twenty-eight. Sober

Pei Shuyun sat in front of the desk and concentrated on sketching the flowers and leaves on the paper. The black ink from the pen tip fell on the paper, and the flower patterns could be seen in just a few strokes.

Gu Yu put a cup of milk tea on the table, looked at his thin profile, and said, “This stuff is too sweet, don’t drink too much.”

Pei Shuyun said “hmm” and said nothing more, but the ink on the tip of the pen quietly slipped a little.

Gu Yu didn’t care about his disregard. Pei Shuyun was not very rude when he was concentrating on painting, but he also liked Pei Shuyun’s serious look. He only said: “There is something going on at the company. I have to go out and won’t be back until later. Ke Yi will bring you dinner. You can be good at home alone, okay?”

Pei Shuyun then stopped writing, with reluctance in his clear eyes, and after a long time he nodded dissatisfied.

Gu Yu rubbed his head with a smile, turned around and went out, but did not notice that the look in Pei Shuyun’s eyes gradually faded. After raising his hand to smooth the messed up hair, he turned his gaze to the closed door.

At nine-fifteen, Pei Shuyun put down the brush in his hand and tore the drawing paper into pieces one by one. He watched the flowers and leaves outlined in pen and ink fall off as the paper shredded, and finally fell to the floor.

At nine thirty-five, Pei Shuyun tore open the packaging bag of milk tea. The strong fragrance made him faintly nauseated. He poured all the milk tea into the sink without mercy, watching the milk tea disappear at the bottom of the whirlpool as the water washed away.

At nine fifty-five, Pei Shuyun stood at the door of the living room, listening to the silence outside the door. After turning off the alarm outside the door, he opened the door and walked out of the apartment.

At this moment, the weather was sunny and cloudless, and everything was exceptionally clear and bright. Gu Yu was standing at the foot of the steps wearing a long windbreaker, with an unextinguished cigarette burning between his fingers.

Gu Yu turned around and looked back, and their eyes met in the breeze.

“Yunyun, you’re really awake.” Gu Yu’s face was full of joy. He didn’t consider Pei Shuyun’s deception over the past few days and stepped forward to hug him.

Pei Shuyun turned sideways and hid. He didn’t seem to care that his concealment was exposed, and his face was calm and indifferent.He stood high on the steps and looked at the man below with cold eyes, as if looking down at an insignificant ant. Only the tip of his eyebrows furrowed slightly showed his disgust for Gu Yu.

Gu Yu smiled bitterly and understood that Pei Shuyun would not forgive him so easily. He was so wrong that he didn’t even know if there was any possibility of recovery.

“Yunyun, I’m sorry.”

These were the words he spoke to him most during those chaotic days.

“Yunyun, I was so wrong. From now on, I promise to respect everything about you, pursue you well, love you, and compensate you. As long as you forgive me, I will pay any price.”

“Yunyun, give me another chance. I didn’t know how to love before, but I can learn. Let’s start over, okay?”

“Please, forgive me…”

The last tone was almost pleading. This was the first time Gu Yu humbled himself and begged the man in front of him for forgiveness.

“Gu Yu, you are so disgusting.”

Pei Shuyun finally spoke out his first words from the heart since he woke up.

He raised his eyebrows with endless indifference in his eyes, casting a sarcastic look at Gu Yu.

“I will never forgive you.”

Gu Yu swayed slightly, raised his head and stepped up the steps, walking towards Pei Shuyun step by step.

“Yun Yun, then don’t leave. Whether you blame me or hate me, I accept it, as long as… uh!”

Pei Shuyun took out the scissors from his arms and plunged them into Gu Yu’s shoulder. The sharp blade penetrated the flesh and blood instantly soaked through the area and dyed the shirt red.

“You’re right, you owe me this, and you deserve to bear it!” Pei Shuyun whispered softly into his ear, but his strength was merciless.

The blood was gurgling outwards, and Gu Yu gradually lost strength, but he still tried his best to support his left shoulder, raised his hands and tried to hug Pei Shuyun into his arms.

Pei Shuyun failed to leave in the end. There were bodyguards around the apartment. Although they did not dare to cause trouble to him, they would not let him leave easily.

Although Gu Yu’s injuries looked horrifying, they were not serious. The bleeding stopped shortly after being wrapped with gauze.

He didn’t seem to care about his injuries, he just stared at the person in front of him with burning eyes, as if he had made a vow: “Yunyun, you can’t leave me, not when you’re not awake, and even more not now.”

The days in the apartment were not peaceful. After that, Pei Shuyun escaped three more times. The last time he came back with someone in his arms, Pei Shuyun leaned in his arms and told him the long-standing hatred in his heart.

After another lingering sex, Pei Shuyun fell into a deep sleep from exhaustion.Gu Yu sat in the darkness and lit a cigarette.

It took a long time for the flickering fire to extinguish. Gu Yu sighed, placed a serious kiss on Pei Shuyun’s forehead, put on his coat and walked into the darkness outside the door.

The girl had just graduated from the police academy and was not very aware of the danger around her. By the time she noticed it, Gu Yu was already standing behind her.

It was too late to hide the camera in her hand, so she could only protect it tightly in her arms and stare at Gu Yu warily.

“Do you think you can bring me down after collecting my evidence?” Gu Yu said in a funny tone.

After all, the girl was still young and her methods were not very clever. Gu Yu could guess the girl’s existence from Pei Shuyun’s panicked response when he escaped and the low-quality drug he gave himself in the water cup.

“Police Officer Lin Xiao, you are an excellent police officer, but you should also understand that sometimes you should act stupid and there is no need to act too showy. You must know that if I want to, you will disappear into the corner of this apartment tonight.”

“So what?” A trace of fear flashed in Lin Xiao’s eyes, but his body did not move at all. “You illegally deprive others of their personal freedom, imprison and torture them. Even if you cover up all evidence of crime, sooner or later the light of the law will shine into the corner where a moth like you hides!”

The little girl’s world is very righteous and insists on black and white.Gu Yu looked at her stubborn appearance and seemed to see another soul through her figure, which made him raise the corners of his lips.

“You are right, I was indeed wrong.” Gu Yu looked at her, “You are very good, Lin Xiao. I believe you will take good care of the victim, right?”

Lin Xiao was in a daze and didn’t understand what Gu Yu meant.

“Shu Yun no longer believes in me. Since he trusts you now, take him away from here.”

Gu Yu turned around, took two steps, and then said, “Also, don’t tell him what happened tonight. His life has been damaged enough by me. I just hope that he can be happy and smooth for the rest of his life.”

All the entanglements should end here. He put an end to this wishful relationship. The hole caused by the intertwining of love and hate was irreparable and disappeared.

He thought that the fawn in captivity loved to escape and would never stay in the world he had arranged for him.The fierce taming methods left both of them covered with bruises, and he had no choice but to compromise and choose to let go.

Maybe it was just because he couldn’t stand the hatred in Xiaolu’s eyes. It was unprecedentedly intense. After many misunderstandings, he could never make up for it.

On the day Pei Shuyun left, the long rain finally turned into the first snow of winter.

Pei Shuyun didn’t look back, maybe because he didn’t know the presence of others behind him, or maybe he didn’t take any notice at all. He resolutely boarded the car parked on the roadside and closed the door quickly.

In the cold wind, Gu Yu stood at a hidden intersection, watching the car go further and further away, disappearing at the end of the street.

Snowflakes were falling densely, making him unable to open his eyes.