Chapter 91: Heartache

“Xiao Ya, are you mad? It’s my fault, okay? Can you call me back?”

“Xiao Ya, I remembered that today is the one-year anniversary of when we met. I didn’t expect you to still remember this day.”

“Xiao Ya, you’re not answering my calls or replying to my messages. I don’t know where you’ve gone. I would be very worried.”

“Xiao Ya, be good, stop messing around. Pick up the phone!”

It’s annoying! What’s wrong with her?

Young girls are really troublesome! Especially this Yi Ya. Yi Yi’s personality was much better than hers!

Lü Yang sat down heavily on the sofa, threw his mobile phone aside, and subconsciously picked up the remote control to turn on the TV.

“Regarding the Death Killer, experts remind the public not to panic too much, but young women should avoid going out alone at night, especially during heavy rain like tonight…”

Hearing the words “Death Killer” from the TV news, Lü Yang’s heart sank…

Wasn’t the Death Killer’s target young women around Yi Ya’s age? And… it was said that the Death Killer usually chose very pretty girls.

Xiao Ya… please don’t…

Lü Yang suddenly felt like he couldn’t breathe. He quickly grabbed his mobile phone again and sent a long message to Yi Ya.

“Xiao Ya, I heard the Death Killer has been active in Guishe City these past few days. They specifically target young girls like you. It’s so late and the rain is so heavy. It’s very dangerous for you to be running around alone outside. Be good, listen to me, stop messing around. Whatever big issue it is, we can talk about it when you come back. Once you’re back, I’ll do anything you want. Just come back quickly!”

After sending this message, Lü Yang looked around for an umbrella. Although he didn’t know where Yi Ya had run off to, continuing to worry and waiting at home was unbearable. He decided to just go out and look around.

There’s no umbrella at home?

Didn’t Yi Yi buy an umbrella?

Without Yi Yi, where would there be an umbrella?

If there had been an umbrella at home that day, Yi Yi would have taken it and gone back after borrowing the vinegar from him. She wouldn’t have stayed at Lü Yang’s place to cook. Lü Yang wouldn’t have thought about improper things after being comfortable and attempted to assault her. If he hadn’t done that, she wouldn’t have become his girlfriend. If she hadn’t become his girlfriend, she probably wouldn’t have picked up that damn Eerie Computer. If she hadn’t picked up the Eerie Computer, she wouldn’t have disappeared.

Why think about this? Hurry and find Xiao Ya!

The mobile phone rang.

It was the message alert tone.

Lü Yang rushed over in one swift move, grabbed the mobile phone from the sofa.

It was a message from Yi Ya!

The message was only one short line. After reading this line, all the blood in Lü Yang’s body rushed to his head. Like a madman, he dialed the phone while rushing out the door, leaping down the stairs and charging into the pouring torrential rain.

“Yi Ya is with me. Death Killer.”

…

“Xiao Ya! Xiao Ya! Xiao Ya!!”

Lü Yang was completely drenched, running blindly around the streets in the heavy rain. His face was pale, his whole body trembled, and his voice was already hoarse.

Under the dim and gloomy streetlights, some passersby holding umbrellas while waiting for buses watched indifferently as Lü Yang, without an umbrella, shouted and ran around like a madman in the rain.

Cars frequently sped past, splashing mud and water all over, splashing onto Lü Yang’s face and body, then being washed away by the torrential rain falling from the sky.

At one moment, Lü Yang felt as if he was in the Black Mist outside Qingyuan Residential Area during the first Mysterious Domain.

“Yi Yi, I’m sorry! I didn’t take good care of Xiao Ya… All of this is my fault…” Lü Yang knelt down in the muddy water by the street, covering his face with his hands, his heart aching so much he couldn’t breathe.

The last time he felt this way was when his maternal grandmother passed away.

Since then, he had always tried hard not to let his heart ache again, until today.

…

Night.

A night of torrential rain.

Three hours later.

A young girl holding a small red umbrella stood at the entrance of Jing’an Residential Area, anxiously looking up and down the streets. Although she held an umbrella, because the rain was so heavy and she had stood there for too long, she was still completely drenched.

Lü Yang, soaked like a drowned rat, exhausted and desolate, walked back along the street. When his figure appeared at the entrance of the residential area, the girl trembled, and the small red umbrella in her hand instantly slipped to the ground.

“Xiao Ya!?”

Lü Yang looked at Yi Ya in great shock. Along the way, he had thought of every terrible outcome, but the only thing he hadn’t imagined was finding Yi Ya standing right at the entrance of Jing’an Residential Area when he returned.

“You… why did you run so fast? And you didn’t answer my calls!” Yi Ya looked at Lü Yang like a child who had done something wrong, feeling very aggrieved.

After she left Lü Yang’s place, she had been crying, feeling very upset. She didn’t go back to the place she rented with Lin Yin and the others. Instead, she went out alone with her umbrella, walking around aimlessly. Unconsciously, she walked to the place where Lü Yang had saved her a year ago.

At some point, Lü Yang’s calls started coming one after another, then Lin Yin’s, then Lü Yang’s again, and later… Lü Yang sent message after message. Yi Ya read every one… until that message about the Death Killer.

Then… she…

Then soon after, she saw Lü Yang rush out of the residential area like a madman, shouting her name all the way. Yi Ya couldn’t catch up to him, hesitated and didn’t call out to him. When she tried calling his mobile phone again, she couldn’t get through.

Lü Yang’s cheap mobile phone had broken soon after getting wet in the rain.

“Weren’t you captured by the Death Killer!?” Lü Yang rushed towards Yi Ya.

“It was just a joke…” Yi Ya pouted. Not only Lü Yang, but she also paid a big price for this joke… waiting at the entrance of the residential area for that madman to return.

“A joke!?” Lü Yang raised his fist high in extreme anger.

Yi Ya was startled and quickly closed her eyes.

“Hahahaha… A joke!?” Lü Yang laughed hoarsely with his face tilted towards the sky. His fist fell limply. This fist… could smash his own head, but it could never hit Yi Ya.

“I, Lü Yang, lost my parents when I was little. My maternal grandmother passed away five years ago. Since then, I’ve had no relatives in this world, no sense of belonging at all! One year ago today, I saved you from those four thugs. I got three stab wounds, but I have no regrets and don’t expect you to repay me for anything…”

“You took care of me in the hospital for a whole month, brought me food every day, and even bought me new clothes and shoes. I know you don’t have feelings for me, you just wanted to repay the favor. But from then on, I secretly made up my mind to treat you as my own family to protect! Even if it costs my life, I won’t let anyone hurt you again!”

“Later, you brought Yi Yi to me, although you don’t remember any of it… Do you know the place you sisters hold in my heart? What were you trying to prove!? Your sister is gone, and if I lose you too, what meaning would there be for me, Lü Yang, to live in this world!? A joke! Making a joke about the Death Killer! Were you trying to drive me crazy!?” Lü Yang roared madly.

“I was wrong… I’ll never do it again…” Yi Ya sobbed as she walked towards Lü Yang. She looked up at him, letting the harsh rain fall on her cheeks.

Lü Yang stretched out his arms and held Yi Ya tightly in his embrace.

It was exactly as he had just said—he simply couldn’t bear such a loss. Yi Yi and Yi Ya had long become inseparable parts of his life. And everything that happened tonight made him clearly realize that Yi Ya’s place in his heart was far greater than he had previously thought.

In the torrential rain, Yi Ya lifted her head and looked stubbornly at Lü Yang.

The distance between their two hearts had never been as close as tonight. Her beauty was always so breathtaking…

Had he really never loved her?

Making one crazy, breaking one’s heart—this is love.

Lü Yang’s lips pressed violently against Yi Ya’s face and lips. Yi Ya didn’t avoid him, she just closed her eyes and let her body go soft, allowing Lü Yang his madness.