Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Choice

Pei Yuheng left He Linglong with a multiple-choice question, which was equivalent to asking himself a question: Do you want to watch He Linglong die and let Chu Xiong go?Or force Chuxiong to show up and leave He Linglong a way out? In fact, she didn't have the courage to guard He Linglong like this, waiting for her to die slowly.She had always hoped that He Linglong would not be able to help but call for help, to the people outside the window, to the people downstairs, or to herself.Then, let it all be exposed, and let things wait for the end it should have. But Linglong didn't.She just patiently and silently waited, groaning once or twice, but she never begged, as if she had accepted her fate and was willing to die.Or, does she regard this as the highest sacrifice to love?

Pei Yuheng said to himself: I don't want to fulfill her!In fact, she simply couldn't let a person die in her own hands. Do you want to take the initiative to contact Chuxiong?Force him to show up, make him kneel in front of her and beg, make him swear to God that he will never betray her again? No, did all of this just to win back Chuxiong's heart?Even if he is willing to come back, is he still the same as before?Can she accept it herself?Can they go back to the old days? The phone rang, and the number showed that it was from "Ye Ying".Yu Heng took a deep breath, and said coldly, "You've only called now, and you're much more stupid than I imagined."

"Heng, is it really you?" Chu Xiong didn't seem to believe it, but he couldn't believe it, "You took Linglong away?" "And what do you think? When she turns into a swan and flies away?" "Where is Linglong?" "In a place no one can find." Yu Heng clenched his lower lip until blood oozes.He asked Linglong as soon as he opened his mouth, without feeling ashamed or begging, only questioning and accusing.Where did he leave her?She hated him and wished he could die!She wanted to curse him with the most vicious words, but she couldn't help but shed tears, "Over the years, you have never forgotten her, have you? You ran away for her, were unhappy for her, and even killed for her... ...Then what are we all these years together? I am your wife, have you..."

What she wants to ask is: Over the years, have you ever truly loved me, even for a day? In these days, she asked him face to face more than once in her imagination: Could it be that the previous love and vows were all fake?She loves him so much, but how can she think that his person is by her side, but He Linglong is always hidden in her heart, so what should she be?Did he ever really love her? But in this situation, how can I ask the question? The other end of the phone was silent for a long time, Yuheng almost thought that there was a problem with the line, Chu Xiongfang sighed quietly: "Yuheng, how did you become like this?"

Yu Heng laughed back angrily: "What qualifications do you have to ask this question? When you cheated me and played me around, when you stood by and watched me preside over your funeral, you should know that I can't do it again. I used to be! I became like this, how about you? How many sweet words have you said to me, are they all fake? Have you changed, or have you never been sincere? " She couldn't go on, choked up and couldn't breathe.He killed and set fire by himself, but felt that she was not gentle enough, she was no longer an angel of love!He sent her down to the 18th floor of hell to be tortured, but in turn he blamed her for being ruthless!How dare he!

After another long silence, Chu Xiongfang asked, "You know everything. What do you want?" Pei Yuheng was furious - you know it all.What do you want? ——This is also the first sentence that He Linglong said after waking up. The two of them really understand each other!She gritted her teeth and said word by word: "Two choices: Either you kneel down and beg me with the confession, to see if I will let He Linglong go soft-hearted; or you continue to live freely and never want to see her again. " She dropped the phone. As the sun was setting, the roosters were perched in the nest. Pei Yuheng stood by the door, watching the setting sun fading away the afterglow.It has been a long time since I have seen such a rural twilight scene of "the sun is setting and the cattle and sheep are coming down".

After all the tourists left, the ancient village returned to tranquility. She bolted the courtyard door and went to the second floor. She was slightly surprised to see He Linglong lying motionless on her side on the bed with a pale face.Just as she was about to reach out to sniff her breath, Linglong opened her eyes. Yuheng breathed a sigh of relief, a little bit unbearable.Ordinary people starve for three days to lose weight, but this He Linglong has already shown signs of dehydration after only one day and night without eating or drinking. Her cheeks are sunken and her lips are chapped. She is really a delicate swan.

The early winter nights in the countryside are already very cold, especially the old houses with high and deep roofs, the colder the night feels.Linglong shrinks her body shyly, her shadow looks thin and fragile, as if it will turn into a wisp of smoke at any moment and embed itself in the bed.Yuheng brought the water glass close to her lips, and she impatiently began to sip it. After drinking it, she felt weird and asked, "Where's Chuxiong?" "He already knows that I took you away, and he will probably find you here soon. Congratulations, you don't have to die."

"What will you do with him?" "It depends on how important you are to him, and whether he is willing to sacrifice for you." "Then you won't be satisfied." He Linglong smiled suddenly, "If he begs you for me, it will only make you more sad; if he ignores my life and death, your plan will fail. Both sides will lose. Why bother?" As if a sword was stabbing at his chest, Pei Yuheng swayed slightly and could hardly stand up.She was hit so hard that there was a hole in her chest and blood was gurgling out.She had already lost, from the moment Chu Xiong walked with He Linglong again, even earlier, from the day she fell in love with Chu Xiong, she had never won at all.

Once love becomes a competition, whoever loves deeply will lose miserably. She has already been defeated. Pei Yuheng turned around and went downstairs, almost unable to reach the end step by step, finally returned to the living room, leaned on the eight immortals table and sat down slowly, his limbs were indescribably tired and numb, and his heart was mixed. In the dim light, all the unpleasant events of the past were brought up.She seems to have never had a real childhood, and her ears are always filled with endless quarrels between her parents, or it is dead silent.The two of them were at odds with each other about everything except one: how ridiculous this marriage was.

And she was the product of mistakes. Many children are often asked the same question: Do you like your father or your mother?But she couldn't answer it, because no one liked her.No one celebrated her birthday, no one took her to the children's playground, they always gave her a box of crayons impatiently: play with yourself. So, she hugged the box of pens and huddled in the corner to draw, draw, draw, and became a talented painter. After her parents divorced, she was sent to her grandmother's house.And when her grandmother died, she officially became an orphan.Fortunately, at that time, she had already been admitted to the university and moved into the student dormitory, so she no longer had to struggle with low self-esteem for the question of "where to live tonight". Before meeting Chuxiong, she had always been an autistic person, and was often misunderstood as proud because of being overly reserved.And when she fell in love with Chuxiong, she gave him all of herself, and at the same time regarded him as her all. Today, he let her know once again that she is still a person who has been despised and abandoned!It's that fallacy that no one loves!She is the real outcast! No, she has grown up, she is no longer the child who is at a loss with a box of crayons, she can no longer be betrayed and abandoned by others, she must make the person who hurt herself pay the price! The phone rang again, this time it was Li Wang who asked, "Where are you?" "I just returned to Xi'an." "Is there no truth to me?" Li Wang was a little disappointed, "Ye Ying was here just now." Yu Heng was startled: "What did he ask you for?" "He asked me, if you came to Changnan, where would you go?" "what do you say?" "I said that if you're not in the Blue Flower Hotel, you're going to Sixi. Yuheng, you didn't come back to Changnan to see me, right?" Yuheng didn't know how to answer, so he could only ask around: "What else did Ye Ying tell you?" "He said he saw me hurt on the TV news, so he came to visit, but I could see that he was here for you. And..." Li Wang hesitated, "He cares about you very much. He tried his best to restrain himself, but his skin was tight and the corners of his mouth were pursed, which was an expression of shame. The relationship between him and you is not just an uncle and younger siblings. Yuheng, what happened when you were in Sixi?" "Maybe it's because he feels that he's sorry for his brother." Yu Heng replied half-truthfully, and then put away the line, his heart beating wildly.She knew that a good show was about to be staged. At the other end, Li Wang was inexplicably lost.He obviously felt that Yuheng had a secret and concealed many things.In the past, they talked about everything from heart to heart, how did they become so strange in a blink of an eye? And that Ye Ying is also really strange, he pretended to condolences, seemingly relaxed, but his forehead and eyes were flat and there was no trace of a smile, but the lines between his eyebrows were faintly visible, clearly hiding a lot of thoughts, and he fought against himself so hard .When he asked where Yuheng was, he unconsciously pursed his lips, fearing that he might miss some information.Why is he so nervous about Yuheng's whereabouts? Li Wang secretly hated himself for being slow to react after being injured, how could he answer Ye Ying so easily.Wouldn't it be safer to reply him that he didn't know, and then contact Yuheng to ask for clarification before making a decision?He hated himself even more because he was trapped in the hospital bed and couldn't be free. Not to mention that the doctors and nurses wouldn't let him out of the hospital, even if he managed to get out without the eyes of everyone, he couldn't do much with his current physical strength and spirit. The only thing he can trust is Fang Fang.But at this moment, Fang Fang went home to take a shower and change clothes. Li Wang made several phone calls, first went to Qinghua Hotel, then to Tongji Inn, and easily found out Yuheng's whereabouts.If he can ask, Chu Xiong will also ask, maybe he has rushed to Sixi by now.Why is he so anxious to find Yuheng?Will Yuheng be in danger? The more he thought about it, the more worried Li Wang decided to ask Jiang Hong for help: "Team Jiang, according to the proprietress of the Sixi Inn, Pei Yuheng is now in the old house of the Ye family in Sixi, and Ye Ying is probably heading there. I feel something is going to happen. , can you send someone to follow over to have a look?" "Tell me specifically what it is?" Jiang Hong asked like an order. "I can't tell, it's just a kind of intuition and judgment. Can you check it?" "Firstly, no one reported the case, and secondly, there was no evidence to show that a case was about to happen. Is it reasonable to send the police out for no reason?" Jiang Hong said earnestly, "Xiao Li, the Chuxiong case has been closed for a long time, and you haven't Put it down, no wonder Fang Fang has been jealous with you, saying that you don't distinguish between public and private, which is not very professional." "Captain Jiang, I didn't..." "I didn't say you did anything wrong, I just reminded you to pay attention." Jiang Hong slapped Tianzao and said comfortingly, "I won't go to Sixi, but Ye Ying's house is not far away, wait a minute I'll take a turn along the way to have a look." Li Wang punched the bed resentfully, but he was limp and had no strength. Illness is the will to torture people like this. At this time, when someone pushed the door, Fang Fang came back.Li Wangru got a treasure: "You are back!" Fang Fang was surprised, but also a little happy: "Why, I've only been walking for a while, and I'm in a hurry?" "I have something to ask you - can you go to Sixi?" "Go to Sixi?" After Li Wang explained the whole story in a few words, he pleaded: "I also know that this is out of procedure, and I cannot call the police formally, but you are my friend, so it is okay for me to ask for help personally? I really think Yuheng is in danger, and no one can do it except you. help me." A hundred sarcasm and sarcasm rushed to Fang Fang's lips, but seeing Li Wang's face full of pleading and anticipation, she couldn't say it.Pei Yuheng promised himself that he would never appear in front of Li Wang in the future; but what if Li Wang desperately wants to catch up now? I am indecisive when I am bootstrapping.Jiang Hong's phone call came: "The Ye family is really weird. According to the neighbors, He Linglong went out yesterday afternoon and didn't come back. Ye Ying even asked the property manager if she had seen her; Ye Ying went out and came in several times this morning. , Linwan drove out alone. I asked people from the Children’s Palace and the team, and they all said that they hadn’t contacted their colleagues since they resigned. Neighbors in the community said that the two seemed to say they were going on a trip a few days ago, but they didn’t know what they planned to do. where to go." "Going on a trip, how could we split up?" Li Wang was almost sure that something happened, "Captain Jiang, please send someone to Sixi, we can't wait until something happens to solve the case, we know it's wrong, why don't we stop it in advance?" What about sexual crimes? Even if nothing happens, it’s not too much trouble to go there, right?” "Are you teaching me how to handle the case?" Jiang Hong laughed half-truthfully, "It's already late today, let's go tomorrow. I'll see who is more appropriate to send." Fang Fang was so anxious that he kept gesticulating at Li Wang, and finally saw him close the line, and couldn't help complaining: "You really can't speak, how can you teach the leader the other way around? Fortunately, Team Jiang doesn't care. Boss, I have to give you some shoes." Li Wang frowned: "Team Jiang explained that it will be settled soon, but Ye Ying must have already set off for Sixi. There is something wrong, and there will be no time for anything tomorrow morning." "I'll go." Fang Fang finally said.Anyway, Pei Yuheng said: Love is unconditional support regardless of the reason.It is better to go to Yuheng by himself than to let him go in person.I sold this favor to him today, I am not afraid that he will not return it in the future! "Are you really willing to go?" Li Wang was overjoyed, "Fang Fang, thank you." Fang Fang smiled: "Don't worry, I'll find a car right away." The fairy a thousand years ago carefully painted her skin, wanting to be a beautiful woman; the woman a thousand years later painted her face carefully, hoping to become a fairy. Pei Yuheng puts her makeup on in front of the mirror, brushing her eyebrows with one stroke, applying her lips with one stroke, and applying powder layer after layer, meticulously. She feels like Hua Mulan who joined the army, and also like a painted-skinned demon in "Liao Zhai". A big drama is about to be staged, she must go all out and not be bullied. Looking at the beautiful but solemn face in the mirror, she imagined Chu Xiong kneeling at her feet begging bitterly.No, it is impossible for Chu Xiong to do that. If he really did, he would be even more sad for He Linglong. This is a losing bet, no matter what the result is, she will be the one who gets hurt. However, once a war is launched, there is no turning back, either surrender the flag, or fight to the end.She has no way out. Chuxiong will find Sixi soon.If he was allowed to find He Linglong, he would lose his bargaining chip, and the situation of the battle would change immediately.Maybe Chuxiong will kill himself to silence him, and then fly away with Linglong. he will.He had already killed his own brother and replaced him, would he still feel sorry for his own life?Maybe he will kill himself, and even pretend to commit suicide, making people think that she came back to Sixi to die for love.At that time, no one will expose him again. Yu Hengming knew that for the present plan, the best strategy was to leave immediately, at least transfer He Linglong.There are a lot of empty houses in Sixi, just find one and throw it in, let her sleep for a night and a half, and when tourists enter the village tomorrow morning, they will naturally find her.At that time, the account between himself and Chu Xiong should be settled. New plans came up and down, but she just didn't want to move.She is tired, revenge is a very exhausting thing, she has no energy to continue this farce of cat chasing mice.If revenge is not possible, then let Chu Xiong kill him himself. He has fallen in love with him wrongly, so why should he be afraid of donating his life?It would be good to die in his arms and let him miss him for the rest of his life. Rather Stick to your guns.Even if she, He Linglong, is a priceless bottle of exquisite bone china, she will never be a counterfeit product. Be it life or death, tonight will be the last time she and Chu Xiong will see each other.What kind of ending will their story have? She didn't know how long she had been sitting like this, but she heard a knock on the door, very loud and urgent. Yuheng knew it was Chu Xiong, and he came faster than he thought.What should come will always come, let everything end quickly, right? She stood up and walked out step by step. In the yard just swept, a lot of fallen leaves had accumulated in just half a day, swirling in the wind to create an atmosphere, more and more like a ghost movie.She answered the door lightly, "Come", and gently opened the latch, and said "Come", as if welcoming guests. The dim light of the slanting moon shone on the faces of the two of them, and they were a little stunned for a moment, as if they had met each other in a lifetime, which seemed real and unreal. They all exposed themselves, one is a murderer, the other is a drugged kidnapper, facing each other with swords and guns, life and death.They used to be the most loving couple, how did they get to this point? After a while, Chu Xiong spoke first, "Where is Linglong?" Yuheng was annoyed in his heart, but he remained calm and said in a calm tone: "You should first ask her if she is dead or alive." "Before I came, you wouldn't let her die." Chu Xiong narrowed his eyes, "Before, I couldn't imagine you would do this. Kill people? You can't do it." "But you can do it! You killed your own brother!" "It was an accident! I didn't know he had a brain tumor..." "It's all the same!" Yu Heng yelled, "You watched him get sick. If you were willing to call and send him to the hospital immediately, it would be too late. How do you feel when people who are exactly like you die little by little? Seeing your wife make a fool of herself by guarding the fake corpse at the funeral, don’t you think it’s funny and enjoyable?” "I didn't..." Chu Xiong choked. They are husband and wife, and they know each other too well. Every sentence of Yuheng hits his heart, leaving him speechless. How does it feel to watch someone who is exactly like you die little by little? That day, Ye Ying came to the house to pick a fight, uttering obscenities, scolding him for adultery with his sister-in-law.He wanted to clarify, but thinking about what happened back then, he couldn't help but fight back, accusing Ye Ying of cheating and adultery first.Ye Ying laughed loudly, took the wine on the table and drank it by herself, and swears at each other, her words became more and more obscene and vicious, and she deliberately described how Linglong was so obsessed with her on the bed. He couldn't bear it anymore, picked up the vase and slammed it on the back of Ye Ying's head.Ye Ying fell under the table and began to groan loudly, her face was distorted, her eyes opened wider and wider, she wanted to support the table to stand up, but she grabbed a few times in the air with both hands, but she couldn't use her strength at all. He called for help, but he couldn't speak. There was a "hehe" sound in his throat, and saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth, and then he convulsed and died.He stood blankly, watching, except for nervousness and surprise, he didn't feel much, not even fear.I also thought about calling for help, but I didn't want to.At that moment, all he could think about was how Ye Ying was sorry for him, how he had hurt Linglong, and how they had hurt both of their lives. He watched Ye Ying struggling in pain, and there was a hint of revenge in his nervousness.Then, a thought came up, as if it had been lurking there for many years, and it would germinate only when the opportunity was ripe. He thought of the plan of the golden cicada to get rid of the shell and replace the peach with a dead body, and immediately executed it. As for Gu Haowen becoming a scapegoat, he never expected that he had even forgotten that he was pushed down by Lao Gu just now, let alone Ye Ying's head was hit and his head hit the belly of the table. will be lumped together. He just wanted to create the illusion of an accident, but in the end it turned into a manslaughter case.He can't be at ease. At that time, the whole process was so fast that there was no time for hesitation and deduction, but later, when he recalled that scene again and again, he was chilled. As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw Ye Ying lying under the table and moaning in pain. He appeared in his dream, distorted, pale and hideous, exactly the same as himself.No, it was clearly him.He died and died in his dreams, night after night. When he participated in the funeral of "myself" presided over by Yuheng, when he saw the corpse marked "Name: Chuxiong" being pushed into the cremator, he felt the scorching heat from the bottom of his heart. He really felt that he was dead, Chu Xiong no longer existed, and the one who survived was a man named Ye Ying, who was He Linglong's husband. If there is no Pei Yuheng, he will accept his new role with peace of mind, and live calmly as Linglong's husband. But Yuheng didn't let him go, insisted on reminding him, stinging him, exposing him! In Sixi, he came back with her to take care of "Chuxiong"'s funeral, let him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, broke ground and built a grave for him, everything hurt him so deeply.Seeing Yuheng's shapeless shape and his belt getting wider, he felt distressed, and couldn't help but propose to accompany her on a tour of Wuyuan, to make her feel better.But being with her is really torture for him like purgatory. Her every move, smile, every word and deed make him feel sorry for him. He loves her, and he knows how much he loves her more than ever.Hatred allowed him to face his brother's death without making a fuss, but love made him lose his mind several times, almost showing his feet, and it was hard to support him. He couldn't help asking, "How did you find out?" "You said that if you love someone deeply, you can tell by holding his hand." "You knew it was me when you were in Sixi?" "But I can't be sure until I go back to Xi'an and see your fingerprint on the mortgage contract." Chu Xiong secretly sighed.It's so secretive!I only thought of erasing all my fingerprints on the scene, but I didn't expect that there was a backup in Xi'an. But, who would have thought of it?Who would have thought that he could deceive a shrewd police detective, but lose to his wife who doesn't eat fireworks? He couldn't help laughing: "God wants to kill me, what should I do?" The tone seemed to say "The stock fell again today, I really can't help it." Yuheng stared at him, but didn't speak. Chu Xiong spread his hands and said in a negotiating tone: "Yuheng, I am the one who is sorry for you. I have no problem with whatever you want, but please let Linglong go, she has suffered enough damage." Live in He Linglong. Yuheng was secretly hurt, but determined not to let Chuxiong see his sternness, so he said lightly, "He Linglong is upstairs, you can take her down." She sat at the table of the Eight Immortals, unable to move for a long time.Seeing him again was more shocking than she expected.She made up her mind.Now that Chu Xiong had already come to the door and found out that He Linglong was only a matter of seconds, she didn't have to hide it from him anymore, so she just let him do it.She wants to see how these two people get out of this door! After a long time, Chu Xiong helped He Linglong to come down slowly. Obviously, the two of them had discussed everything upstairs. A strange smile appeared on the corner of Yuheng's mouth, and he sat upright like the hostess of the house: "Have you decided how to choose?" Chu Xiong supported Linglong to sit down, and asked, "How can you let us go?" "Write down a confession, write down everything that happened, and then you can take her away." "Isn't that equivalent to handing over the handle to you, and to be at your disposal at any time?" "Yes, I will come up with all kinds of requirements, so that you can't live or die, and live in nightmares every day and night. As long as you go against my will, I will hand over the confession to the police." "What if I don't write?" "Then I will report you now, unless you kill me, you can leave." "You know he won't do this." He Linglong begged, "You promised to change your life, as long as I disappear forever, you can go back to the past. I quit, please let him go, okay? " back to those days?Pei Yuheng suddenly laughed nervously, remembering a classic line from an unknown novel: "We can't go back." How apt!At this point, it is impossible to go back to the past.The love between soil and water is between you and me. There is so much love. If you pinch one you, pinch one me, break it at any time, pinch one you again, and pinch another me. What a love.However, once you go through the fire and burn it into ceramic bottles and jars, you can only be broken into pieces, and you can't start over again. You can't go back to the past, you can't find the original you, and there is no previous me. She kidnapped He Linglong and forced Chu Xiong to show up. Originally, it was just for revenge, out of reconciliation, and to ask him a question—the question she struggled with the most: three years of love, did you really have it? Earth, loved me? But now, the three people are close to each other, is it still meaningful to ask this sentence?Even if he answered, would she believe it? She suddenly realized that the play that she wrote and directed by herself couldn't be performed here.What is the book in the back?What kind of ending does she hope for?How should the curtain call be? Let them go, and then live alone with a secret in your arms?Of course he was not reconciled; but let him make an oath to break up with He Linglong and return to his side?But also unwilling.What would such a husband who had killed and betrayed him come back to do?Do you want to play with him for the rest of your life?What's more, even if she occupies the stage, she is not the heroine in his heart. How ridiculous, he himself is a counterfeit, but they are still fighting hard, forcing him to judge: Linglong and Yuheng, who is the real one and who is the fake? She could only be willful and stubborn: "You love each other very much, don't you? You love each other enough to kill for each other. Then choose yourself, who will do it, who will take care of it?" "I can indeed kill someone for him!" He Linglong suddenly changed her soft tone and said firmly, "Pei Yuheng, don't push people too much!" Yuheng smiled desolately again: "No longer playing the role of white swan? Finally revealed the true face of Auginia, isn't it?" She took a step closer, "So, do you do it yourself, or do you want to instigate Chuxiong to kill his wife?" ?” "You want to see who Chuxiong will help before we strangle each other to death, right?" The two faced each other like two beautiful leopards.Chu Xiong hurriedly stopped in the middle, persuading: "Yuheng, why do you have to force me so hard? I remember you said that if you really love someone, no matter what happens, you will never hate him." "If it's true love..." Yuheng looked into Chu Xiong's eyes with infinite sadness: "But then I found out that love is just an illusion. In fact, I have never had the love I thought I had." "That's not the case!" Chu Xiong blurted out! Caught off guard, He Linglong suddenly jumped up, strangled Yuheng by the throat, and threw her to the ground, cursing with all her strength, "If you want to do this, you will drive everyone crazy, won't you? Isn't it? " The two rolled over, they were the most ferocious beasts in the field, tearing and wrestling, either you die or I live. Chu Xiong was shocked: "Linglong, don't do this!" "Strangle her!" He Linglong screamed, her hair was disheveled, and she looked crazy, "If you don't kill her, she will kill us both!" Chu Xiong was stunned, and stepped forward to forcefully separate the two.At this moment, the knock on the door rang again!