Qiao Hua's hands stilled. She slowly raised her head to look at Gu Wenze, wondering if she had misheard. "What did you say?"
Gu Wenze's voice sounded as though it had been torn from a shredded throat. "Go. Go back to your own world."
A buzzing filled Qiao Hua's ears as she stared blankly at Gu Wenze.
Gu Wenze wanted her to leave?
"Have you lost your mind?" Coming to her senses, Qiao Hua looked at him in disbelief. "You want me to leave with Chen Xingjian? Do you know what that means?"
Gu Wenze clenched his fists. "I know."
It meant he would never see Qiao Hua again. They would truly belong to two different worlds.
But at least that way, Qiao Hua would still be alive.
Qiao Hua seemed to guess what he was thinking. She lunged at him and bit his shoulder hard. "You bastard! Chen Xingjian nearly killed me, and you actually want me to leave with him?"
Gu Wenze did not even furrow his brow. He silently endured the pain, gazing yearningly at her face, flushed with fury. "He's a smart man," he said softly. "Between staying here and going to prison or taking you away, he'll definitely choose the latter."
Gu Wenze looked nothing like he was joking. Qiao Hua's voice trembled slightly. "You really want to send me away?"
"I don't want you to disappear." Even though Gu Wenze tried hard to appear calm, the tremor at the end of his words betrayed his emotions. "If you go back, at least you'll still be alive."
He had clearly made up his mind. Countless tiny needles of pain pierced Qiao Hua's heart. "Gu Wenze, you were the one who insisted I stay back then, and now you want to send me away. Am I