Chapter 119: He Never Imagined How He Would Die

The sudden silence in the office made Fang Zhou feel a bit uneasy.

He glanced down at Chu Xinran, only to see tears falling onto her clothes. She was crying!

Fang Zhou panicked, not understanding why Chu Xinran was crying.

Wasn’t it just a photo? He wasn’t dead or incapacitated; why use a photo to remember the past?

“Are you… okay?”

Fang Zhou asked, remembering Chu Xinran’s past extreme behavior. He didn’t dare leave at this moment.

Chu Xinran slowly lifted her head, her teary eyes looking at him, “No, that was one of the few photos we had together.”

Fang Zhou didn’t like taking photos, so there were mostly selfies of Chu Xinran or secret shots she took of him.

Formal photos of the two were rare.

Although there were a couple more, Chu Xinran’s favorite was that one.

The two of them stood openly at the school gate, as if performing some kind of ceremony.

This was a sacred feeling unique to Chu Xinran, something Fang Zhou wouldn’t understand.

“Why don’t you look for backups elsewhere?”

Fang Zhou feared women’s tears, especially Chu Xinran’s, which were like a wounded fawn’s, evoking pity.

“No, there’s only that one.”

Tears kept falling from Chu Xinran’s eyes, her nose red from crying, looking pitiful.

A gentle breeze blew in from the window, lightly moving the strands of hair on her cheeks, adding a sense of fragility.

Fang Zhou genuinely felt she might fall apart.

“Then you should look for a technician to see if it can be recovered.”

His nonchalant tone made Chu Xinran feel worse.

What she treasured dearly was worthless to him, so he could easily say, “If it’s gone, it’s gone.”

These past years, it turned out, she was the one stuck in the past.

She was the clown in Fang Zhou’s eyes.

Chu Xinran suddenly laughed, wiping her tears as she did.

“No need, if it’s gone, it’s gone.”

She turned and moved towards the window, her expression a mix of crying and laughing, making her intentions unclear.

Fang Zhou panicked, thinking: No way, is she going to do something drastic?

Why else would she go to the window?

Why suddenly say it doesn’t matter?

He nervously stepped forward, only to be reprimanded by Chu Xinran, “Don’t come near me! I hate you!”

Her tears flowed freely.

With only two steps to the window, she quickly moved, climbing onto the window ledge!

!!!!

Fang Zhou rushed forward, pulling her back.

“Xinran, what are you doing! Get down!”

“Let’s talk it out, don’t be impulsive!”

Chu Xinran was light, and Fang Zhou easily pulled her down.

“Leave me alone! Waaa, if you don’t care, what’s the point of living!”

Chu Xinran struggled, trying to get back to the window, pushing Fang Zhou away with one hand and grabbing the wall with the other.

Her struggles almost scratched Fang Zhou’s face.

“I’m not leaving you alone! Who said I didn’t care!”

To calm Chu Xinran, Fang Zhou gently explained, “You think it’s a pity that photo is gone? I’ll take another one with you, okay?”

Damn, he should have known Chu Xinran wouldn’t be so easy to handle.

Fang Zhou never thought she’d get suicidal over a photo!

It was his own carelessness, not noticing Chu Xinran’s emotions.

Girls are sensitive, especially harmless-looking yanderes like Chu Xinran, who might do unpredictable things to themselves if they felt hopeless.

“You’ll take another one? How?”

Hearing Fang Zhou’s offer, Chu Xinran calmed down a bit, her struggles less intense.

“I’ll take another one with you, is that okay?”

What else could he do? He didn’t understand data recovery.

Especially in the mountains, where could he find a professional to recover data?

He could only take another photo with her.

“Take it now.”

Chu Xinran stopped struggling, looking seriously at Fang Zhou, demanding they take the photo now.

She thought Fang Zhou was stalling and would forget about it once the moment passed.

“Alright, alright, let’s take it now.”

Fang Zhou had no choice but to agree.

First, calm her down; everything else could wait.

Chu Xinran pulled away from him, grabbing her phone. As she turned it on, she saw her reflection in the black screen.

The girl in the screen smiled slightly, a small but clearly smug smile.

“Come over.”

Chu Xinran opened the camera, set it to selfie mode, and called Fang Zhou over.

He took a couple of steps, appearing in the camera.

Chu Xinran checked and found Fang Zhou still a bit far, enough space for another person between them, making her dissatisfied.

“Come closer, what is this?”

Fang Zhou moved closer.

Chu Xinran pouted, “Is it so unpleasant to take a photo with me?”

Fang Zhou, fearing her overthinking, quickly put on a professional smile.

“Of course not, I’m very happy, see?”

Finally satisfied, Chu Xinran handed him the phone before taking the picture.

“You hold it; I look better that way.”

Fang Zhou smiled wryly, recognizing the common trick many girls used before taking photos.

They cared about their image, noticing every little detail.

“Alright.”

Fang Zhou took the phone, found a good angle, and snapped a photo.

But as the shutter clicked, he felt a soft touch on his cheek. The photo captured Chu Xinran kissing him.

!!!!

Fang Zhou quickly retrieved the phone, opening the gallery to delete the photo.

Chu Xinran grabbed the phone, “Don’t delete it!”

Fang Zhou, stronger, snatched the phone and deleted the photo and the recently deleted folder.

Chu Xinran, dissatisfied, complained, “What are you doing?”

Angrily, Fang Zhou threw the phone back to Chu Xinran, “If you keep this up, I’m leaving.”

What was this? Pushing boundaries, right?

Seeing him angry, Chu Xinran panicked. He really seemed different, more assertive than before.

“I’m sorry, I was wrong.”

She apologized softly, hoping for another chance to take a photo, but Fang Zhou refused.

“I’ll look for similar photos at home and send them to you.”

With that, he left the office, not caring about Chu Xinran’s emotions.

Everyone had emotions, and so did he.

If that intimate photo remained, he couldn’t imagine how he would die.