The Downtrodden Villain In A Redemption Romance Novel Chapter 25

Chapter 25 Questioning

The two of them were silent all the way and quickly returned to Ping An Hotel.Xu Wen tensed his nerves and didn’t really relax until he locked the flimsy door of 306 with his backhand. He pressed his back against the door panel and let out a long breath. What followed was the feeling of exhaustion and burning pain in his palms.

Lu Qingrang glanced at him silently, turned around and left the room.Not long after, he came back with the simple iodine solution, cotton swabs and a small roll of gauze he bought from the landlady, using the money Xu Wen had just exchanged for his watch.

“Sit down.” Lu Qingrang’s voice was very soft, but it contained a meaning that could not be refused.

Only then did Xu Wen belatedly look at his bloody palm. He didn’t feel it when he was rubbing it against the wall. Now he relaxed, and he gasped in pain.He sat down beside the creaking bed as instructed.

Lu Qingrang unscrewed the cap of the iodine bottle and dipped a cotton swab into it. He wiped the wounds on Xu Wen’s palms and the gravel embedded in the flesh with careless movements.

The cold tingling sensation made Xu Wen subconsciously want to shrink his hand, but Lu Qingrang gently pressed his wrist with his fingertips.

The room was very quiet, except for the slight breathing of the two people and the slight sound of cotton swabs being wiped.Under the dim light, Lu Qingrang lowered his eyelashes and looked focused. His pale profile looked particularly fragile under the light and shadow.

Seeing Lu Qingrang like this, and thinking of the thrilling scene in the alley just now, Xu Wen’s anger and fear that had just calmed down finally burst out, and he said in a very angry tone: “Do you know how dangerous it is for you to run out just now?! Then this place eats people without spitting out their bones! If something happens to you, I…”

He choked, and the next words turned into a heavy gasp, leaving only repeated reproaches with a trembling voice, “Do you know how dangerous it is! Do you know!”

Lu Qingrang looked at Xu Wen’s cheeks that were flushed with excitement and was silent for a moment.Then, he smiled very softly, with a self-deprecating and bitterness that was too strong to be resolved.

He didn’t refute, and he didn’t even pause for a moment while wiping.

He just lowered his head deeper and took over all of Xu Wen’s anxiety with silence.This silence was like a soft wall, making Xu Wen’s fist feel like it was hitting cotton, feeling powerless and annoyed.

The wound was simply treated.But the air between the two was frozen.

Xu Wen looked at Lu Qingrang’s lowered profile and regretted that he had spoken too harshly, but the annoyance in his heart had not gone away.

Feeling a bit at a loss, he took out the dry bread and water he bought before and handed them over, trying to break the suffocating deadlock: “First… let’s eat something.”

“Thank you.” Lu Qingrang responded softly, with no emotion in his voice.

He took the bread obediently, tore open the package, and began to eat in small bites. His movements were almost rigid, as if the one-sided conflict never happened.

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Xu Wen was still immersed in his own irritable mood at first, until he saw Lu Qingrang stuffing bread into his mouth almost mechanically. He had been feeding him for more than half a month. How could he not understand that with Lu Qingrang’s usual food intake, he should have stopped long ago.

A strong uneasiness suddenly surged into my heart!He suddenly reached out his hand and snatched away most of the bread left in Lu Qingrang’s hand.

“Lu Qingrang! What are you doing!” Xu Wen’s voice was raised with fear, and he was questioning.

It was at this moment that he clearly saw that Lu Qingrang’s lowered head was shaking slightly, and his thin shoulders were tense.

Xu Wen’s heart seemed to be grabbed hard, and all the sounds were stuck in his throat.He subconsciously reached out his hand and held Lu Qingrang’s face forcefully but yet gently.

The tentacle is a piece of cold wetness.

The pair of peach blossom eyes that had gradually regained some sparkle were now glowing red, and the thick long eyelashes were wet with tears and stuck together awkwardly.

His eyes were filled with crumbling mist. The moment he raised his eyes, a hot teardrop slipped down without warning and hit Xu Wen’s mouth, burning his fingertips to tremble.

Xu Wen froze completely. All the prepared sermons, worries and irritations collapsed in front of this drop of tears.

“…I’m sorry,” Lu Qingrang’s voice was broken and filled with unsuppressible sobs. Every word seemed to be squeezed out of his throat with difficulty, “I know…I am useless…”

He looked at Xu Wen with overwhelming pain and helplessness in his eyes. Finally, the extremely suppressed emotion broke through the crumbling embankment:

“I’m scared…I’m afraid something will happen to you…”

“But… I don’t want… I don’t want to just be a burden to you…”

These words were as light as a sigh, but so heavy that Xu Wen’s heart suddenly shrank, and he felt unprecedented sadness and heartache.

Xu Wen listened to Lu Qingrang choked with sobs and expressed her worries about him intermittently.Those vague words were like tiny needles piercing his heart.

For a moment, all the irritability and self-righteous protection seemed so ridiculous and pale.

He keeps saying it’s good for you, but uses his actions to push the other person into deeper helplessness and panic.He just wanted the other person to live, but he forgot to ask the other person how he wanted to live.

He was not just the time traveler with the mission of the system. At this moment, he clearly saw Lu Qingrang’s sensitive and proud heart, and saw the dependence and concern for him that was carefully hidden.

“Stop talking…” Xu Wen’s voice was hoarse. He stretched out his arms and gently hugged the trembling Lu Qingrang into his arms.

He could feel the stiffness of the body in his arms and the uncontrollable slight trembling.

“It’s me, Lu Qingrang, who should say I’m sorry.”

Xu Wen’s chin gently rested on the top of Lu Qingrang’s hair, feeling the cool touch, and said clearly and solemnly, “It’s not your fault, it never has been.”

He tightened his arms, as if to convey his strength and determination: “I was too self-righteous. I only cared about myself and ran rampant without considering your feelings…I forgot that you would also worry about me.”

He stepped back slightly, held Lu Qing’s tear-stained face with both hands, awkwardly and carefully wiped away the hot moisture with his thumb pads, and forced the other person to look into his eyes, his tone was unprecedentedly serious and committed:

“I heard it, your fear, your unwillingness… I heard it all.”

“I promise you, I won’t do it next time. I won’t take risks alone again, and I won’t make you so worried again.”

“We’re in this together, right?”

His eyes were firm, with a reassuring power, trying to dispel the heavy uneasiness and self-denial in Lu Qingrang’s eyes.

[Redemption Value Update: The system prompts silently.

Lu Qingrang looked at him blankly, tears still falling silently, and he nodded with difficulty.

His tense body finally relaxed completely at this moment. It was as if all his strength had been taken away from him. He gently pressed his forehead against Xu Wen’s shoulder, seeking some real support and warmth.