The Downtrodden Villain In A Redemption Romance Novel Chapter 59

Chapter 59 Sickness

When the two returned home, Lu Qingrang placed the shopping bag containing the brand new suit in his hand.

As soon as Xu Wenze entered the door, he nestled on the sofa, holding his mobile phone with his head down, his fingertips tapping quickly on the screen, with a smile on his lips.

“Xu Wen,” Lu Qingrang prepared a change of clothes, walked to the sofa, and reminded in a gentle voice, “I’ve got your clothes, go take a shower.”

Xu Wen’s attention seemed to be completely attracted by the mobile phone in his hand. He just said a vague “hmm” without raising his head.

Lu Qingrang looked at him quietly for two seconds, his eyes darkened, then stepped forward and patted his shoulder gently.”Xu Wen?”

“Ah? Oh, okay!” Xu Wen raised his head as if he had been awakened, with a bit of pleasure immersed in the chat on his face.

He met Lu Qingrang’s calm and questioning gaze, subconsciously shook his phone, and explained casually: “Brother Lu, do you remember Xiaoyue? She is the little girl at the front desk of the company, the lively one. She knew that I was leaving, and she was expressing her reluctance to me. She said she was very sad.”

“Really?” Lu Qingrang lowered his eyelashes, covering up the flash of emotion in his eyes, and answered in a calm voice.

“Hmm,” Xu Wen didn’t notice and continued, with a helpless smile in his tone, “She insists on asking me to go to the station tomorrow morning, saying she has a farewell gift for me. I have been refusing for a long time, but this little girl is quite persistent and said she is ready.”

He put away his phone, stood up, and moved his shoulders: “So I have to go out tomorrow morning.”

Lu Qing let the fingers hanging by his side bend almost imperceptibly, and gently pressed his fingertips against his palm.

He raised his head, and his face had returned to its usual gentleness, even a little indulgent: “Okay. Go take a shower first, the water has been mixed for you.”

Xu Wen didn’t doubt that he was there, so he responded, took his clothes and walked into the bathroom.

Soon, the sound of gurgling water came faintly through the door panel.

Lu Qingrang was the only one left in the living room, and in the quiet air, there still seemed to be the relaxed and cheerful aftertaste of Xu Wen’s mention of others just now.

His eyes slowly moved to the sofa, where Xu Wen had been sitting just now, and then fixed on the mobile phone that had been casually thrown by the owner on the edge of the bed, with the screen still warm.

…

It’s late at night.

In the small rental house, only the occasional sound of cars passing by outside the window and the even and long breathing of Xu Wen beside him were heard.

He slept deeply today. The excitement of leaving his job during the day and the exhaustion of walking at night made him fall into a deep sleep almost as soon as he touched the pillow.

After confirming that Xu Wen was completely asleep, Lu Qingrang sat up almost silently.

He didn’t turn on the light, only the cool moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting an outline of light and dark on his profile.

Lu Qingrang leaned on the head of the bed, turned slightly sideways, reached out, and took the mobile phone from the edge of the bed very carefully.

The screen lit up, and a white light reflected on his face.Under the light and shadow, his eyes seemed calm, but there were indistinguishable emotions surging deep inside.

Lu Qing entered Xu Wen’s mobile phone password with his fingertips, and the lock screen was unlocked.

My fingertips slid across the screen, making almost no sound.

He directly clicked on the green icon and found the dialog box with Li Yue.

He began to read word for word.

Li Yue: [Brother Wen!You are so uninteresting!You didn’t even tell me you were leaving your job in advance!】

Xu Wen: [Haha, it happened suddenly. It’s my fault. It’s my fault.(Holding fists)]

Li Yue: [I don’t care!You have to make it up to me!Are you free tomorrow morning?I’m going to the station to do some errands, and I’ll give you something on the way. Just treat it as a farewell gift!】

Xu Wen: [Hey, it’s too troublesome. There’s no need to be so polite.】

Li Yue: [No trouble, no trouble!I’m ready!It’s decided, at ten o’clock tomorrow morning, we’ll be at the coffee shop next to the station!Don’t let the pigeons fly!】

Xu Wen: [Then…Okay, thank you, Xiaoyue.】

Li Yue: [Okay!See you tomorrow!】

…

The record ends here.

The content of the conversation itself was polite and normal, showing the familiarity and friendliness between colleagues.

But Lu Qingrang’s fingertips stayed on the sentence “No pigeons are allowed to fly” and did not move for a long time.

The air around him seemed to have solidified, and something cold and sticky slowly spread from the depths of his heart.

He sat on the head of the bed, raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and his Adam’s apple rolled up and down uncontrollably, as if he was struggling to swallow some invisible but throat-burning sourness.

The cold light of the mobile phone screen reflected the tight line of his jaw.

What to do?

Don’t want him to go.

I don’t want his attention to fall on anyone else.

His sight could only stay here.

Leave him alone.

Leave him alone.

This idea grew crazily and swallowed up all his sanity in an instant.

Lu Qingrang’s eyes opened suddenly.

The struggle and pain of a moment ago were no longer visible in those eyes, leaving only an almost cold calmness and determination to achieve the goal at all costs.

He turned his head and took a deep look at Xu Wen’an’s sleeping profile next to him in the dim light. His eyes were so complicated that he had an almost crazy possessiveness surging through his eyes.

He quietly lifted up the quilt and got out of bed without any hesitation. His breathing was steady and normal, and his movements were skillful as if he was just going to pour a glass of water or check whether the doors and windows were closed.

Lu Qingrang glanced at Xu Wen’s sleeping silhouette for the last time, his eyes calm, and then turned and walked to the bathroom.

Without turning on the light, he closed the door and the darkness completely swallowed him up.

In the darkness, he stood under the showerhead and took off his pajamas mechanically and quickly, his movements so neat that they were almost numb.

The subtle sound of cloth rubbing against skin was particularly clear in the silence.

Then, he stretched out his hand and without any hesitation, turned the water valve in the completely cold direction.

“Wow——”

Biting cold water poured down from above his head, instantly engulfing him in the chill.

The water penetrated into his thick black hair and flowed down in strands from the ends.The water droplets slid down along the forehead, bridge of the nose, and tight thin lips, gathered on the chin, and finally dripped on the clear-cut collarbone.

More water flows along the curve of the neck and over the chest, meandering between the tight texture, outlining the muscles, and finally merges along the legs and into the feet.

Lu Qingrang stood motionless in the cold water, letting the biting cold greedily erode every inch of his skin and plunder every ounce of heat from his body.

All the muscles in his body were tense due to this sudden torture, and a layer of fine goosebumps quickly appeared on his skin.

He leaned back little by little, pressing his entire back against the cold tile wall.

He raised his head and faced the spray of water, as if he was enjoying this carefully planned self-abuse.

While his body endured severe discomfort, the corners of his mouth curled up very slowly, bit by bit.

It was a pale and sickly smile.

He closed his eyes and allowed the coldness to erode him, leaving only one burning thought in his mind.

Tomorrow, you won’t go.

You’ll be there…by my side.