I picked up the dagger that Leon had thrown at my feet earlier and called out to Mu Chen and then tossed it to him.
Mu Chen dropped the stone in his hand, picked up the dagger I threw at him and ran towards Jiannan.
Jiannan turned around and ran. As he ran, he said teasingly, “Nala, I’m so sad that you did this to me.”
He ran in a weird way. His body was a bit to the left, so it looked like he was hurt badly.
Seeing that Mu was about to catch up with him, he suddenly ran to the edge of the dam and jumped off.
By the time I ran to the edge of the reservoir, the water had returned to calm. He had already swum away.
As Mu sat on the floor to rest, I quickly untied the ropes from Ying Hua’s hands and then slowly tore the tape off her mouth.
Ying walked up to Mu, but she didn’t say anything, just looked at him.
Mu smiled and said, “I’ve lost my glasses, can you help me find them?”
Then we found Mu’s glasses, but they were covered in blood. I found a tissue in my bag and wiped them while Ying stood next to Mu, but she still didn’t say anything.
Then a car came. It was Leon’s car. He even came back again.
He walked towards us in long strides, “Sister, are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Mu’s hurt badly. Take him to the hospital quickly, we can’t carry him.” Ying said with a sad tone.
Mu waved his hand and said, “I’m fine. Let me have a rest before we go. Ying, you should be more careful of him from now on, don’t let him trouble you again.”
Ying’s lips moved, and then she said sorry to Mu.
“Are you okay?” Leon said to me.
I remembered the situation where he was walking towards me with a dagger and I couldn’t help but feel disappointed in him. I turned my head to the side and ignored him.
“Leon, why did you leave us alone and run away? Why would you do such a thing?” Ying scolded.
“You don’t blame Leon. When Jiannan Lyu thought he was gone and I was dead, he would let his guard down completely. That’s when we got a chance to sneak up on him. He controlled his strength when he hit me with the stone. He knew I wasn’t dead,” said Mu.
“Are you okay? Do you want me to help you up?” Leon asked.
“No, thanks, I can do it. Jiannan Lyu is just venting his anger, and he doesn’t really mean to harm Ying.” Mu stood up and said.
“It’s true that he didn’t do anything bad to me. Although he talked about treating me cruelly, he didn’t hurt me.” Ying said.
“He dived into the water, didn’t he?” Leon asked.
“He’s hurt badly, too. He’ll leave another way out no matter what he does, and he won’t die. He shouldn’t be able to trouble us again for a short time. This matter must not let the police know, or they might find out about the old case back then. Just let this matter pass.” Mu said.
Leon didn’t say anything, which was considered a tacit agreement.
Actually, I could see that they didn’t even try to call the police. They didn’t bring anyone with them. It looked like they didn’t want anyone to get involved in the feud between them and Jiannan.
After Mu took a break, he then stood up and walked to the place where there were cars. It was my car he was walking towards, “Nala, can you take me to the hospital?”
I answered yes, opened the door and let him sit in the back seat.
Mu didn’t let Leon and Ying drive him to the hospital, but let me do, which was very meaningful.
Ying and Leon also looked at each other, but didn’t stop him.
I started the car and took a look at Leon standing in the moonlight, and the scene of him walking towards me with a dagger came back to my mind and I was in an unspeakable state of distress.
“You were scared tonight, weren’t you?” Mu, who was sitting in the back seat, asked me softly.
“Yes.” I don’t hide my feelings either. I did freak out and I was still in a cold sweat.
Mu sighed, “You don’t blame Leon. He wouldn’t really want to kill you. He knew that Jiannan Lyu won’t let him kill you.”
I didn’t say anything. I hoped so too, but I couldn’t convince myself for the moment.
“Do you know why I’m riding in your car? Why don’t I let them take me to the hospital?” Mu said again.
“Why?”
“I don’t want Ying to think she owes me a favor, so she wants to drive me to the hospital in return. If she really wanted to care about me, she’d be in your car at this point.”
His words made me feel sad for him. He actually wanted Ying to get in my car and take him to the hospital with me.
He was actually disappointed that Ying didn’t do that, but he still had to comfort me.
“It’s not necessarily that Ying doesn’t care about you. It’s just that it’s hard for her to forgive you for what you did to her before in a short time.” I said softly.
“I know.” Mu sighed, “Ying and I are not destined to be together. I hurt her too much. Is she still dating that infamous movie star?”
“I’m not sure about that. I don’t think she’s dating him. Are you referring to the movie star with the marijuana smoking scandal? There’s no way Ying would be with someone like that.”
“I got someone to pick up that guy’s drug use. I would never let those bad people stay around Ying.” Then he paused, “Even though I’m not a good person either.”
“Do you have a deep hatred with Jiannan Lyu?” I changed the subject. He was hurting right now, and I didn’t want him to keep getting hurt over the topic of Ying.
“Yes, a very deep hatred. He was forced away by me and Leon. We had beaten him until he vomited blood, so it’s normal for him to hate us.” Mu said. “The past is so complicated, it’s hard to explain.”
Then we all fell silent. I soon found out that Leon’s car was following me. Of course Mu noticed them too.
At the hospital, Mu went to have his wounds treated. Leon, Ying and I, stood in the aisle waiting.
I reckoned that Mu was fine, so I didn’t wait any longer and left the hospital. I was ready to drive home.
I didn’t want to go back to Maple Vila, I wanted to go back to my old house.
That was when Leon caught up with me, “Are you still mad at me?”
Without looking back, I returned, “No.”
“Did you really think I would kill you for my sister?” Leon came over and grabbed my arm.
“I don’t know. I’m scared. I’m tired now too, and I want to go home. Please don’t stop me.”
“What do you mean you don’t know? Do you really think I’m so cruel? I know I scared you, but it was the only thing I could do in that situation. I knew Jiannan Lyu wouldn’t really want me to kill you. If he wanted you dead, he could have just kidnapped you, why would he need to kidnap my sister? Yet what makes me wonder is why you go wherever he tells you to go. What’s your relationship with him? Why would he lead you there?”
His words made me angry. “What do you think my relationship is with him? Well, just as you thought, we are the kind of relationship you want, Ok?” I said to him.
I broke away from Leon’s hand and opened the door to get in the car. Leon came after me and I quickly locked the door and started the car.