"Go play with your brothers!"
A few thugs sneered.
They grabbed Xiao Xiao and dragged her into the alley.
"Stop right there!"
Xiao Ye's expression instantly turned grim.
His steps towards Liu Qiaoqiao's car abruptly recoiled.
Xiao Ye cast one last glance at Liu Qiaoqiao in the car, then his figure swiftly pursued the thugs.
Liu Qiaoqiao sat inside the car, her tears blurring her vision.
She watched helplessly as Xiao Ye, for a stranger,
rescued without looking back.
How ironic.
Liu Qiaoqiao said to the driver, "Let's go."
The night was pitch black.
Even the moonlight seemed to have dimmed.
Liu Qiaoqiao had completely given up on Xiao Ye.
...
"Liu Qiaoqiao still has feelings for Xiao Ye, but this time, the misunderstanding between them has deepened."
"It's all these thugs' fault, instead of picking up people at the bar, they snatched Xiao Xiao."
"Girls walking alone at night should pay more attention to safety."
...
"Damn... these thugs aren't human, my scalp is crawling, Xiao Xiao is dead!?"
...
The masses on Blue Star thought this was just an ordinary night.
That something like a death wouldn't happen.
Yet, on such a night, it became a hidden blade.
The masses on Blue Star saw Xiao Ye go to save Xiao Xiao.
These thugs pushed Xiao Ye aside and frantically tugged at Xiao Xiao's clothes.
Xiao Xiao resisted and screamed.
Xiao Ye, with all his might, knocked down the thugs again and again.
But it was too late.
Too late.
"Hao Ming..."
Xiao Xiao's blood-stained hand gently fell onto the ground.
The scene shifted.
Hao Ming heard the police call, and he arrived at the scene in a daze.
The first thing he saw was Xiao Ye, covered in injuries, sitting outside the alley entrance.
He froze.
"Brother Xiao, you got drunk and fought with someone last night?"
Hao Ming playfully bear-hugged Xiao Ye, but his reaction was off.
Xiao Ye's face was stiff and pale, his gaze fixed on Hao Ming.
Hao Ming realized something was wrong; he was called by the police...
"Why did the police call me to the alley entrance, and why didn't Brother Xiao go to the hospital when he was injured?"
Hao Ming realized something, his gaze fell upon the police officers coming and going.
The police carried out a stretcher, a body covered by a white cloth.
Hao Ming's legs suddenly went weak, he looked at Xiao Ye in shock.
Xiao Ye remained silent.
He was consumed by deep self-reproach.
"Hao Ming... I..."
"Brother Xiao, don't say anything, please don't say anything."
Cold sweat beaded on Hao Ming's forehead, his breathing grew heavier.
He suddenly wanted to leave the scene, he didn't want to approach the police.
But the police proactively approached Hao Ming.
"We found you through the deceased's contact list... the deceased was a beautiful young woman, was she your lover?"
Hao Ming's pupils contracted violently.
He stiffly lowered his head, meeting Xiao Ye's eyes.
"Tell me quickly that it's not Xiao Xiao."
Xiao Ye's expression was complex.
He didn't know how to face Hao Ming.
"Brother Xiao, I'm begging you!!"
Hao Ming's body trembled, fear washed over his face.
Xiao Ye said hoarsely, "Last night, I almost saved Xiao Xiao, but when they saw Xiao Xiao resisting, they smashed her head against the wall..."
Hao Ming seemed unable to accept such a cruel truth.
He staggered back a few steps, offering a pale smile to Xiao Ye, "Didn't we also have a drink last night... I wish I hadn't let Xiao Xiao come along."
Under the police's watchful eyes, Hao Ming walked to the stretcher.
He reached out and pulled back the white cloth, confirming the deceased.
Xiao Xiao was barely clothed.
The blood on her forehead had congealed, looking particularly tragic.
Hao Ming's tears immediately flowed.
He suddenly pounded his head with his hands, as if filled with immense regret.
The force was so great, it was as if he intended to smash his head off.
"I should have taken you home, how could I let the drunk you... get into the car alone!"
"Xiao Xiao, I'm sorry."
Hao Ming took off his own clothes and, with trembling grief, covered Xiao Xiao.
His heart felt like it had been ripped open.
Hao Ming's legs went weak.
"Brother Xiao, why did this happen..."
Hao Ming numbly approached Xiao Ye, his expression suddenly turning somber.
"Where is the murderer? I'll kill him! I'll kill him!!"
Seeing the distraught Hao Ming, Xiao Ye held up his brother's collapsing body.
"There were three thugs in total, I remember all their faces..."
Xiao Ye promised Hao Ming, "If the police don't catch the culprits, I will definitely avenge Xiao Xiao."
Hao Ming could bear it no longer.
Just last night, Xiao Xiao was such a vibrant girl.
This life had vanished in an instant.
"Brother Xiao, were these bastards born horny?"
Hao Ming scratch his head with a bitter laugh, "Damn it, this world allows men to drink, but not my girl to walk alone at night?"
"Why is it that these scum deserve to die a terrible death!"
Although Hao Ming never openly declared his affection for Xiao Xiao,
they were a match made in heaven, their relationship was as deep as Xiao Ye and Liu Qiaoqiao's before.
"Before Xiao Xiao had her accident, she asked me if you ever thought of marrying her."
Xiao Ye knew Hao Ming was in pain, but he suppressed the words as he conveyed them.
Hao Ming nodded abruptly, "Of course, I did. I thought if we got married early, Xiao Xiao would manage me, so I wanted to play for a couple more years. Now, it's all over, I'll never have Xiao Xiao to manage me in this lifetime..."
Xiao Ye watched him sit down beside him, weeping silently.
The police took Xiao Ye and Hao Ming to the station for registration.
Outside the scene.
The masses on Blue Star were infected by the atmosphere of grief.
They couldn't help but shed tears.
"How could these lovebirds, so deeply in love, be separated by death..."
"I'm getting old, I can't bear to see such partings."
"If Liu Qiaoqiao had stayed by Xiao Ye's side last night, would Xiao Xiao's fate have been different?"
Liu Qiaoqiao's car still had a driver.
If they could have helped Xiao Ye call the police in time.
If the driver had helped Xiao Ye drive away the thugs, could an innocent life have been saved?
Liu Qiaoqiao felt countless eyes on her.
But, at this moment, she was also speechless.
Why did it turn out like this...
Liu Qiaoqiao had never expected a life would be lost. Because after she drove away, Xiao Ye couldn't save Xiao Xiao.
When she saw Xiao Xiao, she felt so much like her past self.
Full of yearning to marry Hao Ming.
Liu Qiaoqiao lowered her head silently.
She appeared somewhat ashamed, "I'm sorry."
The Samsara World is a real space.
Although Liu Qiaoqiao is from Blue Star, she cannot be regarded as a virtual background.
She had the opportunity to save that girl with Xiao Ye.
However, Liu Qiaoqiao, due to her misunderstanding of Xiao Ye, did not choose to do so.
Liu Qiaoqiao gave a bitter smile, "Is it because of this that you want to get revenge on me?"
For a fleeting moment.
Liu Qiaoqiao could no longer hate Xiao Ye.
Xiao Ye, because she stood by and did nothing, had such a huge misunderstanding towards him...
That's why he wanted to get revenge on her later.
It was that she had never truly understood Xiao Ye.