Defeated By Love

Translated by Fairy_Dust 

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IMPORTANT NOTE: I made a mistake on Novel Update. If you came from there you might have noticed that the author name on the site is 仃已 but that’s a mistake. The author’s name is ACUTALLY 竹已. I tried fixing it but it wouldn’t work so until I can fix it, please just know that author’s name is 竹已 and that all credit goes to them! 

Now on with the story!

Leaving the hospital, the nearby lights faded.

The raindrops smashed onto the ground, stirring up water splashes, which reflected the dark sky.

The street lamps at the end of the road were going crazy, flashing one after another as if it was going to go out in the next moment. Shu Nian turned on her phone’s flashlight, illuminating the road ahead and slowly walked forward.

The cold wind was mixed with fine rain, which poured onto her neck one after another. Her chest seemed to be pierced by something sharp, inexplicably hurting.

Shu Nian squeezed the umbrella handle tightly and exhaled dully.

Did she recognise the wrong person?

After all, it had been many years. The Xie Ruhe in her memory was just what he looked like when he was young.

He had dark black hair, the same eyes as now, blue-and-white striped school uniform and white-washed sneakers. He stood tall and straight. He didn’t like to talk and didn’t like to laugh.

He was so gloomy that people didn’t dare to approach him.

He was always on his own. It was like he was living in his own world.

And the man just now.

He had a cold look and was wearing a black windbreaker. Obviously, because he was sitting in a wheelchair, he was a lot shorter than the average human, but he was still arrogant. His facial features were slightly different from when he was an adolescent; they are tough and distinct.

A familiar scent blew across her face.

Shu Nian sniffed.

She had no ulterior motive, nor did she want to be close. It was just that he seemed to have been waiting there alone for a long time. She didn’t know if anyone was going to pick him up. She also didn’t know why he was… in a wheelchair.

So she just wanted to talk to him.

The weather was very cold and the rain didn’t seem to want to stop. She could give him the umbrella. Her home was not far away, she could run back or buy an umbrella at a nearby convenience store.

It was only a short sentence.

But he didn’t listen and she didn’t have the same stubborn courage as before.

She didn’t know why Xie Ruhe suddenly acted like that.

Fang Wencheng’s expression was complicated, he reached out and pulled up the first gear. He half-lifted the clutch and drove forward. The headlights showed a stray dog running by on the side of the road.

He exited the small trail and went onto the main road.

The woman walked on the sidewalk. Fang Wencheng drove the car and kept a distance of about five metres from her. From time to time, honks would blare behind him urging him to go faster, making him restless.

A few minutes passed.

“Young Master.” Fang Wencheng grimaced, his hands began to sweat as he drove. “The people behind us will not get out of their cars to hit me, right?”

Xie Ruhe was still looking at the woman outside the window. He did not move and did not answer his words.

There was a car zooming pass on the other lane.

Behind him was the sound of honks, one after another and occasionally unpleasant curses from a man could be heard.

Soon, Fang Wencheng couldn’t stand it anymore and cautiously glanced at the rear-view mirror: “Master, do you want to know where the lady lives?”

Xie Ruhe didn’t speak.

Fang Wencheng swallowed, feeling that he was not doing his job: “I don’t think it is appropriate for us to drive like this. We might scare the lady.”

“…”

“What I mean is, if you like her, why don’t you just ask her for her contact information…?”

“…”

Fang Wencheng scratched his head and made another suggestion: “Or I could go out of the car and follow… what do you think?”

Those words seemed to strike one of Xie Ruhe’s nerves. His eyebrows twitched. He slowly retracted his gaze and pulled out a smile, but it was a smile without any warmth.

After a few seconds, Xie Ruhe’s expression froze and the arc on the corner of his mouth disappeared.

The temperature in the car instantly dropped below freezing point.

Xie Ruhe’s voice was light, mixed with a little irritability, it made the listener feel wary. His tone was extremely hostile and it gradually intensified as each word was spat out——

“Then let me, a lame man drive, right?”

Because her mind was all focused on the matter of just meeting Xie Ruhe.

Shu Nian was a little depressed. She was distracted and her guard was not as tight as usual, but she soon discovered that… there seemed to be a car following her.

Afraid that she was just thinking too much. Shu Nian secretly looked over, pretending to be casual.

It was a Black Bentley and she could see a man in the driver’s seat. There was no one in the front passenger seat and she couldn’t see the back seats clearly.

Shu Nian lowered her eyes and took out her mobile phone from her pocket. She cautiously entered 110 on the dial key. She hung her head and covered her sight with the umbrella, pretending to be stuck in a puddle. Walking and stopping randomly.

She continued to pay attention to the car with her peripheral vision. The black Bentley would do whatever she did. If she walked, it would follow. If she stopped, it would also stop.

The car was stuck in the middle of the road, moving at the speed of a tortoise. It ignored the honking behind it, insisting on moving at that speed while purposefully putting up a sign telling the whole world-“I’m following someone, don’t disturb me”.

Shu Nian’s face instantly became pale, as if all her blood had been drained. She subconsciously walked to the innermost side of the sidewalk. Her steps quickened and her breathing became laboured.

There was only one thought left in her head.

Go to the nearby police station.

No matter who was following her, as long as she went to the police station, she would be safe.

Shu Nian increased her pace.

Her white shoes kept stepping into puddles, getting splashed and stained. The light was dim and the wind was bitter. Her head was ducked, like a small homeless animal trembling cowardly on the streets on a rainy night.

It didn’t wait for Shu Nian before turning.

Because she kept her head down all along and didn’t look at the road ahead, she bumped into the chest of someone. Shu Nian’s breathing stagnated, like a startled snake, she took a few steps back and looked up.

“Sor…”

She didn’t get to finish her apology as at the same time, there was a loud sound behind her.

Bang——

It was the sound of a car colliding with another car.