Chapter 1049 Strange Behavior
Chapter 1049 Strange Behavior
Jiang Mubai was startled by Cheng Yunchuan's action. She quickly reached out and grabbed his arm, "Yunchuan, calm down!" She turned to look at Lu Ziyang, with a hint of pleading in her tone, "Can you explain what's going on?"
Lu Ziyang chuckled, slowly straightened his collar, then took out a photo from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Mubai. "This is our engagement photo when we were kids. You should still remember it, right?"
In the photo, two children were wearing festive clothes, holding hands, with bright smiles on their faces. The girl was Jiang Mubai, and the boy... Jiang Mubai looked carefully and vaguely saw that it was Lu Ziyang when he was a child.
"I... I don't remember..." Jiang Mubai's voice trembled. She tried hard to recall but could not remember this memory.
"Don't remember?" Lu Ziyang raised his eyebrows with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "It doesn't matter, I will help you remember it slowly." As he said that, he put his arms around Jiang Mubai's waist and held her tightly against him.
Jiang Mubai's body was stiff. She instinctively wanted to push Lu Ziyang away, but she didn't dare. She felt like a butterfly trapped in a spider web, unable to escape no matter how hard she struggled.
Cheng Yunchuan watched Lu Ziyang hug Jiang Mubai, the anger in his heart erupting like a volcano. He suddenly swung a punch and hit Lu Ziyang hard in the face.
"Let her go!" Cheng Yunchuan roared.
Lu Ziyang staggered after being hit, and a trace of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes became sinister and vicious. "Cheng Yunchuan, you'd better not challenge my bottom line. Mu Bai is mine, and no one can take it away from me!"
As he spoke, he pushed Jiang Mubai behind him, then pulled out a gun from his waist and pointed it at Cheng Yunchuan.
"What do you want to do?!" Jiang Mubai shouted in horror.
Lu Ziyang ignored her and just stared at Cheng Yunchuan, his eyes full of murderous intent. "Today, I will make you disappear completely!"
The atmosphere in the villa hall froze instantly, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. Jiang Mubai stood between the two people, feeling like a prey being stared at by two beasts, and she could be torn to pieces at any time. She was terrified, but she didn't know what to do.
At this moment, a siren suddenly sounded outside the villa, getting louder and louder. Lu Ziyang's face suddenly changed, he glared at Cheng Yunchuan fiercely, then grabbed Jiang Mubai's wrist and dragged her to the second floor.
"Where... where are you taking me?" Jiang Mubai asked in horror.
Lu Ziyang did not answer, but quickened his pace, dragged her into a bedroom, and locked the door. He pushed Jiang Mubai onto the bed, and stood at the door, listening vigilantly to the noise outside.
The sirens were getting closer and closer, and seemed to stop at the door of the villa. Then, there was a rapid knock on the door.
"Open the door! Police!"
Lu Ziyang's face was terribly gloomy. He glanced at Jiang Mubai on the bed, and a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes. Finally, he took out a small bomb from his pocket...
The small bomb flashed a cold light in Lu Ziyang's hand, just like his twisted state of mind at the moment. Jiang Mubai curled up on the bed, fear flooding her like a tide. She didn't understand why the once gentle and considerate Lu Ziyang became like this now.
"Yunchuan..." Jiang Mubai called Cheng Yunchuan's name softly with trembling lips, as if this could bring him some comfort.
There was a noisy sound of footsteps downstairs, mixed with the voices of the police. Lu Ziyang's face became even gloomier, and his fingers, which were tightly holding the bomb, turned white due to the force.
"Don't come over! Otherwise I will detonate the bomb!" Lu Ziyang yelled hysterically, his voice echoing in the empty room.
Jiang Mubai widened her eyes in horror. She couldn't believe that Lu Ziyang would really do this.
"Zi Yang, calm down! Think about what we did before..." Jiang Mubai tried to persuade Lu Ziyang, but before she could finish her words, she was rudely interrupted by Lu Ziyang.
"Shut up! What qualifications do you have to talk to me about the past? You betrayed me a long time ago!" Lu Ziyang's eyes were filled with hatred and madness, "If it weren't for Cheng Yunchuan, we would have been married now! It's all because of him, all because of him!"
Jiang Mubai's heart felt like it was being pricked by needles. She knew that Lu Ziyang's paranoia had reached a point where it was irreversible.
At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and Cheng Yunchuan appeared at the door. He saw the bomb in Lu Ziyang's hand at a glance, and his face turned pale instantly.
"Mubai!" Cheng Yunchuan shouted anxiously. He walked towards Jiang Mubai step by step, his eyes full of worry and love.
"Don't come over here!" Lu Ziyang raised the bomb again and pointed at Cheng Yunchuan, "If you come over here again, I'll detonate it!"
Cheng Yunchuan stopped walking, took a deep breath, and tried to keep himself calm. "Zi Yang, listen to me, Mu Bai doesn't love you at all. You will only hurt her and yourself by doing this."
"You're talking nonsense!" Lu Ziyang was even more agitated, "Mu Bai loves me, she's just bewitched by you! I won't let you take her away!"
"Really?" Cheng Yunchuan sneered. He turned to look at Jiang Mubai with a hint of provocation in his eyes. "Mubai, tell him who you love?"
Jiang Mubai's heart trembled suddenly. She looked at Cheng Yunchuan's determined eyes, and a warm current surged in her heart. She took a deep breath, mustered up the courage and said: "Ziyang, I'm sorry, the person I love is Yunchuan."
Lu Ziyang's body froze, and he looked at Jiang Mubai in disbelief, as if he had heard something incredible. The bomb in his hand slipped and fell to the ground with a dull sound.
"No...impossible..." Lu Ziyang muttered to himself, his eyes became empty and blank.
Just then, several policemen rushed into the room and subdued Lu Ziyang.
Jiang Mubai collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. Cheng Yunchuan hurried forward to help her up and held her tightly in his arms.
"It's okay, Mubai, it's okay..." Cheng Yunchuan comforted Jiang Mubai gently, his voice trembling slightly.
Jiang Mubai hugged Cheng Yunchuan tightly, tears streaming down her face. She knew that she had finally escaped this nightmare.
However, at the moment when the two were hugging each other, the bomb on the ground suddenly made a "beeping" sound, and the red indicator light flashed faster and faster...
"Beep, beep--" The sharp alarm sounded like a death warrant, hitting Jiang Mubai's nerves again and again. The red numbers on the bomb jumped, as if it would explode in the next second. Cheng Yunchuan hugged her tightly, but his eyes were unusually calm, and he quickly scanned the room, looking for any possible escape route.
"Mubai, don't be afraid, I'm here." His voice was low and firm, like a warm current flowing into Jiang Mubai's cold blood.
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