translated_Chapter 39

39: Away from the Oasis

“How could you become like this? Qiu Ci, how could you be like this?” Qiu Shi’s heart contracted painfully: “Give me a chance to end it all.”

Qiu Ci simply watched her collapse.

Was it because of whom? Tsukimi Rin? Or him?

Qiu Ci leaned down: “It’s almost over, don’t rush.”

Qiu Shi shook her head: “You can’t do this, Qiu Ci, a life for a life.”

“I didn’t kill anyone, they chose it themselves.”

“You drove them to desperation, if you didn’t kill them, who did? Qiu Ci, how could you be like this?”

“Are you really going to kill your only younger brother for your girlfriend?” Qiu Ci looked at Qiu Shi innocently.

Many things in the living room were in disarray because of their argument.

“Instead of questioning me, shouldn’t you be more concerned about Miss Tsukimi? She just lost her parents and was betrayed by her lover.”

Qiu Shi laughed in anger: “I really should have abandoned you at the orphanage back then and gone to America with my father.”

“You certainly wouldn’t have done that then. We were the only children at the orphanage who had relatives. We were born with each other, very lucky, at least that’s what you thought then.”

Qiu Shi released Qiu Ci: “If anything happens to Tsukimi Rin, I will really kill you, Qiu Ci.”

“Then you’re too pitiful, without me, without Miss Tsukimi, without father.”

Qiu Shi smirked: “I still have Jing Yueming, don’t push me, he’s also important to you, right? Otherwise, why would you keep writing letters?”

“Just for fun, you’re overthinking it.”

Qiu Shi’s so-called questioning was just empty threats, and then she left.

Su Yuyang even asked if she wanted to stay for lunch.

She didn’t make it.

Just as Qiu Shi bought a plane ticket to Japan, she received a call from Tsukimi Rin.

She answered it immediately: “Hello, Rin Rin…”

“Qiu Shi… are you not in Japan?”

“Don’t worry, I’m just about to go over.”

“Don’t come, never come again. Qiu Shi, I beg you, don’t pester me anymore, I can’t take it.”

The anger in Qiu Shi’s heart flared up again: “What do you mean?”

“We broke up. You go inherit your company, get married, have children, none of that has anything to do with me. I’ve already lost so much because of you.”

“Rin Rin, don’t be like this, I really only have you.” Qiu Shi hugged the phone helplessly, alone on the desolate streets of France.

“Enough, Qiu Shi, imprisonment, surrogacy, you ruined my parents’ company, drove them to their deaths. What reason do I have to be with you? Don’t use your brother as an excuse, let’s end it. I won’t seek revenge, don’t come looking for me, don’t come to Tokyo, I really don’t want to see you again.”

“Rin Rin…” Before she could finish speaking, the other end hung up.

Tsukimi Rin, wearing a hospital gown, hugged the phone that had been hung up and cried silently.

Beside the bed was a young man: “Miss Tsukimi, congratulations, you’ve finally gotten rid of this demon.”

Tsukimi Rin took a deep breath: “Did she know nothing about your scheme?” She had met that young man once, yet they were closely connected.

Qin Yishan, who had been studying abroad for many years, was engaged to Qiu Shi a few years ago, but now he was trying to trap Qiu Shi step by step.

Qin Yishan peeled a juicy tangerine: “Detective, we didn’t scheme against her, we just wanted to help you. These are all things that really happened, we just put them in front of you.”

The photos on the table were of Qiu Shi in China, kissing a young boy in a Porsche. Judging from the angle, it was a secretly taken photo, and there were also photos of them shopping and eating…

Tsukimi Rin felt a pang of pain in her heart.

“Your parents have already been arranged to go to the Chinese countryside. They will be worry-free for the rest of their lives and very happy. In order to get you to leave her quickly, the tactic of making it seem like your parents had an accident wasn’t very good, but we were genuinely trying to help you.”

Tsukimi Rin sneered: “She wasn’t even sincere with me, let alone you…”

“Ding-a-ling–” A slightly muffled brass bell rang.

“Allen told me that you once lived in that villa in France and spent the spring there, and you even took a key with you, but you’ve already thrown it away. Allen is a romantic person, and I couldn’t bear to see it torn down and turned into a park, so I bought it. If Miss Tsukimi wants to go back, she can go back anytime. There are all kinds of people in the world, and there will always be fools willing to be good people.”

Tsukimi Rin’s heart was made into the clapper of the bell, hammered by the walls, one by one.

Escaping doesn’t need a key, only returning home does.

“Miss Ai La was suitable to be a leader, but not suitable to be a lover. She loved everyone she liked equally, which easily hurt her partner. I hope you won’t encounter someone like that again in the future.”

“I won’t. Why did Qiu Ci want me to leave there? What are they doing?”

“Just some things between siblings.”

“Am I…”

“Whether it’s Qiu Shi or Qiu Ci, stay away from them in the future. They grew up in an orphanage, and people who have been traumatized in childhood tend to be a bit paranoid.”

“I understand.”

“Good luck to you.” Qin Yishan broke the tangerine in half, placed it on the bedside table, and turned to leave the hospital room.

Only Tsukimi Rin was left in the room, and she finally burst into tears.

Although the phone kept ringing with call notifications, she couldn’t answer it.

Can’t answer the phone, can’t answer the phone, can’t answer the phone.

This was what Qin Yishan had repeatedly emphasized.

He not only brought Qiu Shi’s intimate photos with the boy, but also warned Tsukimi Rin.

Even if he didn’t warn her, Tsukimi Rin wouldn’t dare to wade into this muddy water again.

When her father went bankrupt and collapsed, Qin Yishan came to Japan, took over the last shell of her father’s company, and helped him pay off the liquidated damages.

He also sent the elderly couple to China to retire.

He released news of a suicide, letting Tsukimi Rin come to Japan, away from the chaotic New York.

Everything was developing in a good direction, but everyone was forcing Qiu Shi away from the oasis, leaving her isolated and helpless.

France is rainy, especially this season.

The red maple leaves were damp.

Qiu Shi was also soaked, and more than a dozen calls went unanswered.

She leaned weakly against the maple tree.

In the end, she decided to return to China first.

What Qiu Ci wants to do, he will do thoroughly.

For twenty-seven years, Qiu Shi realized what kind of younger brother she had.

Qiu Shi returned to China once again.

She followed Mr. Louis to leave China as a child, came to China to seek refuge as a teenager, and came to China to work hard at the age of twenty-one. It’s been six years.

It’s been ten years with Tsukimi Rin.

It’s been twenty-seven years with her younger brother.

It’s been twenty-eight years, they’ve been together since they were in their mother’s womb.

As soon as she got off the plane, Qiu Shi didn’t know where to go.

She couldn’t find the key to the original apartment.

For a moment, she couldn’t remember any friends she had in China.

She randomly picked up a car and wandered aimlessly around the city.

She gripped the steering wheel, wishing she could crash to her death on the highway.

Anyway, she had nothing left.