The lighting measured around five or six feet long and just so happened to be in the middle of the stage. Although only a few students were participating in the play, everyone who was standing in the center tried to move away. But, as the light fell down, everyone was unable to react in time.
As of the moment, Chu Jiao had two classmates, one who played her mother and one who played the person she liked, in her vicinity. Seeing the both of them standing dumbfounded and motionless in this unexpected situation, she simply let go of Du Xiruo and pushed them aside to prevent them from being gravely injured.
Since Du Xi was so unscrupulous in her grand scheme, she surely wasn’t afraid of getting injured in the process, but alas, her classmates were innocent.
Right there on the stage, there were only a few dimly-lit lights on the walls around the venue, making it harder to see where one was going. Chu Jiao was anxious to save the people around her when she suddenly felt a tugging force from the pendant hanging on her neck.
Although she couldn’t see exactly who had pulled the pendant off of her neck, Chu Jiao knew in her heart that there could be no one else besides Du Xiruo!
However, she was not in a hurry to retrieve it. Instead, after confirming the safety of the two classmates she had grabbed at the side, she quickly stood up and started to rescue the others who were in jeopardy.
“Jiaojiao!”
Yan Zhan solely relied on the faint lighting and his intuition to navigate around him, and after jumping onto the stage, he fervently rushed to Chu Jiao’s side.
“Brother Yan, I’m here,” Chu Jiao said, holding the man’s trembling hand while softly soothing him, “I’m fine. I’m fine.”
Yan Zhan sighed in relief, anxiously taking the girl into his arms and giving her a hard kiss on the cheek, “Are you hurt? Did you get hit somewhere?!”
Chu Jiao gently patted him on the back, “No, not at all. I’m not hurt. I’m not hurt at all.”
Only upon hearing this did Yan Zhan finally relax.
Chu Jiao pushed his chest away and said in a serious tone, “It’s more important to save these people first.”
The light fell off unexpectedly while she was at the center of the stage. Although Chu Jiao was able to save two of her companions, she couldn’t save everyone, so someone had still ended up getting hurt amid this hullabaloo. Chu Jiao blamed herself a little but hoped that they were all fine.
At this moment, Yan Zhan was finally free of his worries and was able to turn his attention to care for the others. Together with Lieutenant Li and the other parents, who had caught up to the stage, they all removed the lights and rescued the students who were trapped below.
The wounded were quickly sent to the hospital, which meant that the performance could not go on. Parents of each family were looking for their children, while Du Shourong also came to the stage to find his ‘niece,’ confirming her physical condition himself with concern brimming from his actions.
“Uncle, I’m okay.” Du Xiruo’s face was pale, but she hugged Du Shourong looking slightly flustered, “Thanks to classmate Chu Jiao’s help.”
Du Shourong felt a cold object being discreetly tucked into his cuff, leading the huge boulder he was feeling in his heart to be finally put down. He immediately turned around and hotly thanked Chu Jiao with a face full of gratefulness, “Governor Yan, your fiancé is really an outstanding and brave woman. In the juncture of calamity, she was still able to help my Little Ruo. Indeed, an excellent paragon of you!”
Chu Jiao was embarrassed to accept this flattery.
Yan Zhan nodded slightly, appearing to accept this ‘sincere’ gratitude. He then turned to greet Yoshida Hideaki, who had been silently watching this lively event from the comfort of his seat, before taking Chu Jiao’s hand and leaving.
Adjutant Li was left in charge to investigate the cause of the accident.
Such a man, who had experienced countless assassinations like Yan Zhan, would naturally notice the accident that had happened this time was too much of a coincidence.
If it were set up by someone…His eyes darkened stealthily. He was undoubtedly going to make sure that that person’s life was worse than death itself.
Inside the car, Yan Zhan was uncharacteristically calm and silent.
“Brother Yan?” Chu Jiao weakly shook her tightly held hand, “Don’t worry, I’m completely unharmed.”
She just assumed that Yan Zhan was still worried about her. After all, the situation this time around was indeed a bit more dangerous than before.
However, she only saw the man turn around, lean forward, reach out his hand, and unfasten the buckle of her wide robe.
“What are you doing? And in broad daylight!” Chu Jiao quickly clutched the loosened neckline and glared at the man.
The expression on Yan Zhan’s face didn’t improve. Instead, his face looked graver.
“Was today’s incident…” He gazed at her porcelain white neck and slowly took out the pendant from his own neck. “Related to this thing?”
This was something the girl had hung on his neck two days ago.
“This is the heirloom of the Chu family,” The girl knelt in front of him and hung the small necklace around his neck again. “You have to keep it safe. Treat it as my betrothal gift to you.”
This time, Yan Zhan couldn’t help but break into a raging laugh and then bit the young girl’s lips, “This betrothal gift seems a bit light…”
“Why, I only have this! Are you going to look down on me because it’s light?” Chu Jiao raised an eyebrow.
“No,” Yan Zhan stuffed the pendant carefully below his uniform before hugging the girl and promising, “You are enough for me.”
A few days ago, Chu Jiao called Adjutant Li and asked him to make a replica of the pendant, calling the pair ‘lovers’ pendants.’ This small act made Yan Zhan feel as though his heart was eating honey, and he didn’t hold any doubts about it.
That was…up until now.
When he saw the girl’s neck completely bare with nothing hanging on it.
Yan Zhan: You liar!
[Completed]
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