Sweetie, sleep with me tonight.

A deafening sound came from the other end of the phone, which was quickly drowned out by a buzzing sound and gradually subsided.

Jiang Xu called out several times, but there was no response from the other end.

My phone is off.

Jiang Xu was extremely anxious. He turned around and rushed out of the room, but as soon as he reached the door, his legs trembled again, and he fell to the ground.

The phone was flung out, passed through the gap in the second-floor railing, and fell straight down.

Jiang Xu realized something and looked down.

Sure enough, his legs, like countless pieces of information code, were slowly spreading upwards along his calves, gradually loosening and disintegrating.

The familiar scene immediately made Jiang Xu realize something.

He's about to disappear.

There is one hour left.

He only had one hour left.

Jiang Xu shouted loudly for Aunt Zhang to come up.

When Aunt Zhang saw him fall to the ground, she was so frightened that she rushed over and helped him up.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

Jiang Xu grabbed her hand, his face filled with anxiety: "Quick! My mom's in trouble! She's on Lingshan Highway, call the police and get help!"

Seeing that he was so anxious he was about to cry, Aunt Zhang didn't dare to delay and immediately called the police.

Aunt Zhang called He Zhuo, but he didn't answer his phone. Even He Zhuo's assistant, who was with He Zhuo, couldn't reach her.

"Aunt Zhang, you...you don't need to worry about me," Jiang Xu said weakly, "you need to go to the scene immediately to check the situation...hurry!"

"Okay, okay, I'll be right there!"

After Aunt Zhang left, Jiang Xu struggled to climb to the desk, sat down, took out paper and pen, pressed down on his violently trembling hand, and painstakingly wrote down each word, stroke by stroke.

-

Ling Shi Group.

He Zhuo leaned back in his office chair, his eyes closed, his hands unconsciously gripping the armrests tightly.

His face was deathly pale, his brows were furrowed, and his breathing was rapid and heavy, as if he were enduring unbearable pain.

"No...no...XiXi...XiXi!!"

He Zhuo suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily.

After a while, He Zhuo realized that he had just been dreaming.

He immediately took out his phone to call Jiang Youxi, only to find that her phone was switched off.

A strange unease suddenly welled up inside me.

He Zhuo opened WeChat and saw her reply to his message—

I've already taken a taxi there, and I'm currently passing by Lingshan Highway.

Just as He Zhuo was about to reply to the message, a news article suddenly popped up.

The words "Lingshan Highway" and "horrific car accident" were very eye-catching on the news and immediately jumped into his view.

He Zhuo paused, then quickly opened the news to take a look.

Upon seeing the photos of the car accident scene, He Zhuo's pupils constricted, and he quickly stood up and rushed out of the office.

"Hey, Mr. He, where are you going?"

He Zhuo quickly got into the car, which sped out of the company building and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

He Zhuo's hands trembled violently as he frantically called Jiang Youxi while accelerating.

Answer the phone.

Jiang Youxi, please, answer the phone...

No matter how many times he called, Jiang Youxi's phone remained switched off.

The car quickly arrived at the scene of the accident.

Thick smoke billowed from the scene, and police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances were all gathered there to do their best to rescue people.

He Zhuo stumbled out of the car and was about to rush over when he suddenly felt something strange under his feet.

He paused, then moved his foot to look.

It's a mobile phone.

A familiar phone charm came into view.

He Zhuo slowly bent down, reached out his trembling hand, and picked up the phone.

The phone screen was smashed and covered in cracks.

He tried to turn on his phone and saw the familiar wallpaper of the two of them. His mind went blank, and he instantly lost the ability to hear the sounds of the outside world.

The hand trembled more and more violently, and it could barely hold the phone.

He Zhuo completely lost control of his emotions and rushed into the car accident scene like a madman, searching for Jiang Youxi.

"Xi Xi... Xi Xi!" Ignoring the danger, he searched through the wreckage of the car with his bare hands, trying to find Jiang Youxi's figure there.

He found Jiang Youxi's cell phone, bag, and even the name tag she always wore at work—everything related to her was found.

But she wasn't among them.

His hands were cut and bleeding, and his once neat clothes were now in disarray.

No matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find her.

He Zhuo completely broke down, repeatedly calling Jiang Youxi's name, as anxious and lost as a child.

"Ah Zhuo!"

Just as he was at a loss, a familiar female voice suddenly came from behind him.

He Zhuo froze, and his previously lifeless pupils gradually ignited with an incredulous light.

He slowly turned around and looked behind him.

Jiang Youxi stood behind him, wearing the shockproof suit he had given her that morning, her face showing the panic of surviving a disaster and worry for him.

In that instant, He Zhuo completely lost his composure, and the thing in his hand fell to the ground.

He strode over and embraced her firmly.

The joy of finding what he had lost filled his heart and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"You're still alive...you're still alive, aren't you?"

The man's voice was hoarse, filled with deep panic.

They clearly still couldn't believe she was standing there safely.

Sensing his extreme unease, Jiang Youxi hugged him back, giving him a sense of security: "He Zhuo, I'm fine, don't worry."

"I thought... I thought you had left me, just like in my dream."

"In a dream?"

He Zhuo released her and carefully examined her body from head to toe: "Are you injured anywhere?"

Jiang Youxi shook her head: "No, it's all thanks to this shockproof suit I'm wearing, it saved me at the critical moment."

Jiang Youxi explained her close call just now.

Zhao Fei seemed to have gone mad, his face contorted in extreme, maniacal laughter: "He loves you so much, if you die, he'll live in agony for the rest of his life! If I'm not happy, none of you will live either!"

Jiang Youxi gripped the handrail tightly: "He Zhuo owes you nothing, so why won't you let him go?!"

"Let him go? If it weren't for him, would Zhao Yuan have called the police to arrest me?! If he hadn't deliberately refused to pay, would I have been forced to steal and sell things for money, and almost been beaten to death?! I've fallen to this state all because of Chi Kuo!"

"You're talking nonsense! You got involved with drugs and couldn't control your desires, what business is it of anyone else's?!"

Zhao Fei scoffed disdainfully, "Do you know how I survived all these years in prison? They beat me, cursed me, bullied me! They even deliberately let those perverts humiliate me! Jiang Youxi, how can you expect me to swallow this?!"

Jiang Youxi was utterly shocked.

She never expected that Zhao Fei would be treated this way in prison all these years.

No wonder he harbored such deep hatred; he immediately began plotting against them as soon as he emerged.

That turned out to be the real reason for his revenge.

"That's your own fault! Even if Zhao Yuan hadn't called the police, do you think you could get away with it given all the crimes you've committed?"

"Yes, the more I see you happy and content, the more pain I feel. I wish I could kill you, skin you alive, and eat your flesh so you could experience the same suffering I have!"

Zhao Fei's face was contorted with rage; hatred had turned his eyes bloodshot, making him look like a demon out of control.

Jiang Youxi noticed the car was speeding up and her heart tightened: "What are you trying to do?"

"What do you want?" Zhao Fei's expression suddenly turned serious, his eyes widening like a sinister psychopath. "I want you to come with me to the underworld!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the car shot off like an arrow.

Seeing that she was about to crash into the rocky hill ahead, Jiang Youxi didn't think twice. In the critical moment, she took off her coat, pushed open the car door, and jumped out!

The shockproof suit she was wearing sensed danger and immediately activated, firmly enveloping her entire body.

Jiang Youxi rolled a long way before finally coming to a stop.

boom!

What followed was a violent impact.

The taxi with license plate A.21349 crashed hard into the rocky hill, bounced up, tumbled in mid-air, and then crashed heavily to the ground.

Gasoline leaked and filled the air.

The car was engulfed in flames, and Zhao Fei, covered in blood, was trapped underneath it, his body slowly being consumed by the fire.

"This shockproof suit that Xiaoxu gave me?"

"Yes, and Xiaoxu just called me and said she's recovered her memory..." Jiang Youxi paused, then suddenly remembered something, "Oh no! Is Xiaoxu about to disappear?"

He Zhuo's expression changed: "Get in the car quickly!"

The two quickly got into the car, which sped away.

Jiang Youxi frantically called Jiang Xu's cell phone, but no one answered.

The car quickly returned to Yue Lan Ting. As soon as the car stopped, Jiang Youxi hurriedly got out and rushed into the villa to the second floor.

They rushed to Jiang Xu's room and saw the boy lying on the floor. Their eyes widened in shock: "Xiao Xu!!"