Pure Darkness

Chapter 59

Fu Ziyu & Han Yumeng Side Story

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‘One Day’ (Part 2)

At this moment, Fu Ziyu suddenly looked up and looked at his surroundings. Her face changed, and she asked the customer service assistant next to her, “Where is the young lady who came with me?” He did not realize Han Yumeng was behind him. He immediately came forward and said, “Ziyu, I'm here.” Fu Ziyu's expression relaxed as he looked at it. The assistant lowered his head to smile as he walked away. He held her hand and said, taunting himself, “I'm afraid you're leaving again.” Han Yumeng was silent for a while before she replied, “How can I do that? I never want to leave you again.” His voice is too flat. Fu Ziyu dropped the clothes she was holding, turned around, and hugged her.

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The shop assistant remained silent, and passers-by kept rushing. They hugged for a very long time.

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It's dark. As dusk closes around them, Fu Ziyu stands on the ground floor of his apartment block, watching him leave in his mediocre black car. One day has passed. The once-in-a-lifetime day, when he was blessed with his presence beside her once again, had come to an end. She wanted to smile, but she found her eyes were already full of tears. He turned and went upstairs. Each step felt like he was walking in the wilderness.

He got home and turned on the lights. The whole apartment was quiet and gray. He opened the curtain and stood in front of the window for a long time, as if he would stand like that until the end of time.

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Han Yumeng returned to the hidden location. The interior was dark, and the man did not sit quietly by the window waiting for him, as was his custom. He felt his entire body become weak, and he almost fainted. Many of the shopping bags in his hands fell to the ground.

Suddenly, someone strangled him from behind. He felt cold all over, but he still had to pretend to be calm and keep smiling, as if he was enjoying himself.

“You stayed with him all day,” the man hissed in his ear.

He laughed lightly. “Isn't that your plan? Lure him, deceive him, and, in the end, drown him with Simon King?”

“Ya.” The man suddenly let go of her, and threw her on the floor. Han Yumeng banged her head against the wall. In the darkness, fresh blood flowed and blurred his gaze, and he could no longer see clearly.

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“Ziyu, please trust me. I will never cheat you.”

“I know.”

“We have to wait for the right time, then we will escape together to somewhere far away.”

“Oke.”

“You should leave your friends because of me. Are you ready?”

“ . . . I'm willing.” He smiled faintly as he said, “Jinyan already has Jian Yao. So, even though I will go with you somewhere far away, I can feel comfortable.”

. . . . .

“I'm sorry, Ziyu, how much should you lose for my sake?”

“But I have you.”

“You are very . . . want to trust me?”

“I trust you.”

“Why?”

“Because you are my only true love.”

……

After that, a series of escape plans began to run.

He managed to lure away*sniper stationed in the opposite building.

*T/N (diao hu li shan) – lights up. to lure the tiger away from its mountainous region; ara. to lure the enemy away from its territory

He uses a devious plan to leave no trace*, switches to an identical car that, however, has no explosives planted in it by a masked killer, and drives off in exactly the same direction.

*T/N (jin chan tuo qiao) – lights up. crickets release their carapace; figs disappear leaving empty shells; cunning escape plans.

He was convinced that the masked assassin was currently west of Beijing, in the direction of the animation industry park, so he headed north with Fu Ziyu, the one who had been killed, and then headed north with him, plan to disappear into the wilds of the Mongolian prairies before reappearing. Even the masked killer could not trace the whereabouts of a bird in the vast ice of Siberia.

At first, everything went well.

They drive at high speed along a straight highway as dusk approaches. He whispered, “Ziyu, I'm sorry, I have deceived you! The masked assassin controlled me the entire time, his strength and influence far exceeded your expectations, and he was even stronger than Xie Han, whom Simon King captured. I have been waiting for this opportunity. Let's run away, and he won't be able to threaten or hurt our friend again!”

Fu Ziyu held her hand gently and said, “Oke. When you're tired of driving, switch places with me. Driving me is not bad. ”

Han Yumeng was really surprised. It was only then that he realized that he really knew everything, and had known it for a while.

He turned his head to look at her. Suddenly, her tears fell. “Why haven't you asked me anything these past few days?” You just happily follow me.

Fu Ziyu just looked at him gently, with a gentle as usual expression on his bright and handsome face.

“Yumeng, I also considered whether I should tell Bo Jinyan,” he said. “But, I know, whether you are still under the control of the masked killer now or not, in these past few years, your hands are covered in blood. Jinyan, she hates all evil. If I tell him, not only will it make things difficult for him and Jian Yao, you will also definitely be sent to prison. So, I decided to be selfish and just think about myself first, this time only. I didn't tell him.”

“I know it would be dangerous to go with you. I also know that we have to keep moving from one place to another from now onwards. The first day you came back, I thought for a long time. I think about the life I have left, and what I care about. I care about Jinyan, and I care about my friends. However, they can still live happily without me around. I care about my relatives, but, actually, ever since you disappeared, I've been separated from our relatives on both sides. I care about my job as a doctor, but, if I go with you to Siberia, even on that land of ice and snow, he said, I can still open a small clinic and treat the locals there. That would be amazing.”

“For many years, I think I have lived well. I take care of Jinyan, I help many patients, I have many girlfriends. However, looking back now, I realized that I've been dead since you left me. Empty shell* which is left quiet and quiet, and live each day smoothly and steadily, thinking that he lives with full of vigor.”

*T/N (qu qiao) – soul-containing bodies

“You have said before that the standard used to measure happiness in life is not the length, but whether we always love each other. Only now do I truly understand the meaning of these words. I want to be with you; wherever we go, no matter how long we live, whether it's a day or two, no matter the danger, it doesn't matter. I love you, and nothing ever changes and will never change my love for you. As long as I'm with you, even if it's only a minute, or a second, I've been blessed indefinitely.”

……

As the sky darkened, Fu Ziyu took over the wheel. Han Yumeng leaned slightly against the chair, looking at his profile in the dark. This was the happiest moment of his life. He knows he feels the same.

For a moment, Han Yumeng stared at the white poplar trees that lined the street.

Faintly, he had a hazy impression of a mask in the middle of the trees.

He once again looked at the hideous gray clown mask.

In an instant, his heart was gripped by a cold sensation and his entire body trembled slightly. He slowly turned his head and looked at Fu Ziyu by his side. He was completely unaware of this situation; the corner of his mouth was still raised forming a warm smile. When he saw her looking at him, he once again held her hand gently.

How did he show up here? How could that masked killer appear here? He must have confirmed, had seen it for himself, that he had gone west to Beijing today. Where did he make a mistake?

But there is no way to find out.

When they pulled Fu Ziyu from the car, Han Yumeng snatched the gun from under the seat and fired a frenzied shot, but she could not determine their enemy. He raised the gun to his temple and closed his eyes.