Chapter 4 Overbearing President’s Runaway Wife (4)
If Bai Xiyu didn't lead these people away at this moment, before long, they would probably search Qinghua Street. Not only would he be unable to save Qin Zerong, but the female lead would also be unable to marry him.
He knew that there was a cliff in the southwest of Qinghua Street in a dim area with a somewhat lengthy hillside, but even locals didn’t know much about it, that at the shaded side of the peak there was an area with high cliffs.
It was almost midnight at this time, it was starry and the moon was bright. A blended fragrance of grass and soil hovers at the gap between the hills and from time to time, there were a couple of insect sounds. Bai Xiyu lifted up the pile of garbage on his back and saw that there was a white mist on the peak not far away.
Bai Xiyu smiled faintly. He wanted to lead this group of people here as well as pretend that he didn't know anything, it was the unfortunate appearance of heaven cutting off all men’s paths.[1]
He could hear countless footsteps progressively approaching him. Bai Xiyu turned his head slightly and, as expected, he saw a group of people dressed in black at his back.
Bai Xiyu roughly swept a glance. There were around thirty people from the opposite party. Although he was quite confident with his martial arts, he wasn’t that insane as to think that he was capable of defeating the thirty practitioners.
Thus, he quickened his pace and continued to run to the hill’s misty peak.
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Bai Xiyu stood at the peak of the hill, standing tall, white mist floating around him. He was still as he waited for the multiple men chasing behind him to hurrying over there.
To his understanding, this hill was known as Changke. In ancient history, there was an infatuated woman named Mo Changke. Her husband hadn’t returned after ten years of enlisting in the army. The villagers suspected that Changke had an affair with her neighbor and wanted to marry Changke off to her neighbor. Changke didn’t obey and lept down from the extremely high cliff, using her body as a pledge. Thereupon, this hill was named Changke.
Seeing that the continuation of this story has neither developed nor reversed, the climax gave people the same feeling as being struck at the neck. It also contradicts the modern era’s feminism to a certain extent, that was why it has rarely spread for the past few decades, and nowadays, only a few people know about it.
Right now, Bai Xiyu felt that his jump might make rename this hill. His story would be complete, a stand-alone, and would have a breakthrough in gender development.
If Qin Zerong placed a bit more effort into it, he would immediately be entangled in loving affection with the female lead, and Qin Zerong and the female lead’s happiness would complement his current bleak ending. It would be quite touching thinking about it.
The name Xiyu Hill would be really nice.
Hurray! Hurray!
In a blink of an eye, those chasers in black had finally arrived behind him. Bai Xiyu’s back faced them, the pile of broken plastic bottles on his body hadn’t been placed down yet.
The moonlight on the white mist provided a good screen for the plastic bottles, that was why, until now, not a single person had discovered that on Bai Xiyu’s back, it was actually a pile of rubbish.
The moonlight was clear and cool, there was still a white mist at his feet. There were various lush, unknown flowers and plants growing around him, but at this time, there was no sound of insects, only silence.
Someone from behind him said, "Qin Zerong, you can't escape. Why don't you obediently come back with us and we’ll spare your life."
"I won’t hand over Zerong to you." Bai Xiyu looked at the cliff below his feet, his voice calm and stable.
"Mr. Bai, why are you doing this?" People behind him persuaded Bai Xiyu, "Give Mr. Qin to us, and you’ll leave safely, Mr. Bai. Isn't that okay?"
Bai Xiyu lowered his head, seemingly contemplating. After a while, he was heard saying, "No."
The voice wasn’t loud, but it was enough for the people behind him to hear clearly.
The people behind him said, "Then we can only ask Mr. Bai and young Qin to go back with us."
Bai Xiyu didn't even turn his head. Looking down at the white mist at his feet, he knew that underneath the mist was an extremely high cliff. Bai Xiyu tilted his head to glance at the pile of things on his shoulders. He smiled slightly.
He softly said, "Don't think about it."
He threw himself and jumped off the extremely high cliff in front of him.
The many men behind him blankly stared at the spot he was before.
You look at me, I see your dumbfounded face.
No one could have expected that Bai Xiyu would be so decisive as to jump off the extremely tall cliff when they speculated she would without a single hint.
"Boss, what should we do?" someone asked their leader in a low voice.
The black-clothed middle-aged man standing in front of the group spat at the ground and cursed, "F**k, what else can we do? Let’s go back, I don't believe he could survive from a jump off a cliff this high!"
"Go back!"
Everyone withdrew like a wave from Changke Hill. The night was cold and without a sound, the branches gently swayed, and there seemed to be billions of stars scattered above at the nine heavens.
But silence fell on Changke Mountains.
No one paid attention to this.
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Naturally, Bai Xiyu wouldn't leave so easily.
But although the headquarters sent DiDi[2] to save him, giving him a lot of space to cushion him during his fall, his fall still wasn’t very gentle.
Bai Xiyu found a few rattans and branches under the cliff, and simply fixed them onto his broken leg. Afterward, he started to head to the next halo site.
Damn. Fortunately, the protagonist's halo was sent out, but it's a frickin pity that the line of cinnabar moles was really broken!
Hiss—
Mom, it really hurts!
Bai Xiyu turned his head and glanced at his broken leg. He whimpered twice yet he continued to crawl forward.
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Three years later.
In a poor small backward mountain village.
"According to the known conditions, Xiao Gang departed fifteen minutes earlier than Xiao Ming at a speed of 100 meters per minute, while Xiao Ming's walking speed was 120 meters per minute. We can assume...today's class ends here." Bai Xiyu closed the textbook in his hand, and said to the more than thirty local students sitting in the dilapidated classroom, "Okay, dismissed."
The students stood up and said in unison, "Goodbye, teacher!"
There were students that were big and small, the oldest was already fifteen or six years old, and the youngest was nine years old. They wore colorful, patched-up, ill-fitted clothing, but their voices were crisp and loud, full of vitality and hope. Bai Xiyu gazed at them, unaware of the small smile he showed.
After the students had left, Bai Xiyu sat at a wide desk tidying up the reference books he used for teaching. Suddenly, he heard someone knocking on the door. Bai Xiyu turned his head and saw a girl in her twenties wearing a blue cheongsam[3] standing at the doorway. The skirt didn't fit well, moreover, the style was from a long time ago. It was somewhat old-fashioned, but the material was good and didn’t have a single wrinkle on it.
The girl looked delicate and pretty, but her complexion was still a bit pale.
Bai Xiyu asked, "Miss Pei, what's the matter?"
Pei Qingqing lowered her head slightly and said to Bai Xiyu, "Teacher Bai, I want to come over to thank you. I know you rescued me that day, if you didn’t..."
Bai Xiyu interrupted Pei Qingqing's following words. Although he was willing to give the male and female protagonists a halo, it didn't mean that he was also willing to listen when the female protagonist looked for him to complain. Bai Xiyu wore a smile and said, "It's nothing, as long as you’re safe then it’s fine."
Translator Notes:
[2]DiDi Chuxing Technology, DiDi for short, is an app that provides transportation services which includes taxi, private cars, ride-sharing and bike-sharing. It also provides delivery services.
[3]Cheongsam, or qipao, is a close-fitting dress from Shanghai. You’ve probably seen them in movies before as it’s an iconic Chinese garment but here’s a picture nonetheless:
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