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Qiao Xuan stared at him blankly, unable to say a single word.

She knew that Sheng Liang had always been living her own life, step by step. If one day he finally got what she wanted, her heart would be even emptier.

However, did he really recognize her? Was he sure it wasn't because he needed a substitute that he chose her?

Seeing the doubt in her eyes, Sheng Liang used one hand to hold her face, and slowly kissed the trace of red on the side of her lips. ”I will use my remaining life to prove my feelings for you, as long as you give me a chance, give me a chance to make up for the mistakes I made, okay?”

Qiao Xuan's lips trembled slightly, and her fingers anxiously grabbed onto the corner of her clothes. Perhaps it was because she had believed and been disappointed too many times, and therefore, her heart had almost become numb. She did not dare easily agree, because she knew that she would not be able to endure another round of disappointment.

She was stunned for a long while, until she saw Sheng Liang's body sliding down the wall.

Sheng Liang sat on the ground and leaned his back against the wall. A corner of his coat was opened when it slid down, and Qiao Xuan saw that his shirt was completely drenched in blood.

It was impossible to change the gauze here. Qiao Xuan could only find a sheet inside and tear it into strips, then use it as bandages to wrap Sheng Liang up.

”Tighten up.” Sheng Liang saw that she was entangled and crying at the same time. He extended his hands out to help her wipe them away, but he didn't have much strength left in his arms, so he was afraid that she would worry so he gave up.

”You said it before, as long as you're alive, you'll definitely protect me,” Qiao Xuan no longer dared to look at his expression. Just hearing his voice made her heart ache to death, ”You won't go back on your words, right?”

”Nope.” Sheng Liang felt that his body was already numb, although Qiao Xuan had used a lot of strength, he could not feel any pain, he only felt that his body had become colder and colder, ”I haven't even waited for you to forgive me.”

Qiao Xuan held back her tears and tied the knot one last time, raising her head to look at his pale face, she was extremely afraid, ”If you die, you will never think of getting my forgiveness.”

”Yes.” He looked at Qiao Xuan and said, ”Is your phone still there? Call Luo Jie, he should be nearby, before I came, I've already told the police, the police should be here soon, you'll be fine.”

What he said was that she would be fine, but what about him? Was he planning to give up?

Sheng Liang, I don't hate you anymore, I have forgiven you. Didn't you say that you want to start over with me, when we leave this place, we will be together again. You owe me a child, I want you to return it to me! She grabbed Sheng Liang's hand. His hand was so cold, she kept rubbing it for him, she was really afraid that she wouldn't be able to feel the temperature in the next second.

A smile surfaced on Sheng Liang's lips, but that smile was so faint that it seemed as if it could disappear at any moment: ”That child from before, I buried her under our Begonia tree. The doctor said that it was a girl, so I gave her a name, Midsummer.”

Qiao Xuan's heart trembled. She didn't know that Sheng Liang had actually done these things, that the place he said he would take her to, was to see their child?

She had always thought that he wouldn't like the child, so from beginning to end, she hadn't told him about his pregnancy.

She had done wrong, she should have told him, he was the father of the child, he had a right to know.

Qiao Xuan's tears rolled down, she hugged Sheng Liang, and kept apologizing.

A hubbub of noise came from outside the door, as if a lot of people had gathered outside. They couldn't wait to get their keys to open the door, so they all tried their best to break it open.

Qiao Xuan looked down at Sheng Liang, only to see that he had fainted.