Can't Take My Eyes Off You novel Chapter 3

"Jiang Yao! Damn! You're out of your mind!" Wen Xuehui was so agitated and shocked that she cursed at her best friend. She wasn't cold-blooded, but at a time like this, as she watched the soil getting slippery and starting to slide off the slope, she was unwilling to sacrifice three lives in order to save the guard.

"Xuehui, he is Lu Xingzhi! He is my husband!" Jiang Yao's tears rolled down her cheeks like a broken pearl necklace. "Lu Xingzhi! Lu Xingzhi! Can you hear me? I'm coming for you! Please stay alive!"

At this moment, Jiang Yao finally realized the genuine feeling of fear. She was afraid that Lu Xingzhi's life would end at this very moment. She was afraid that she would lose the husband she had avoided for many years.

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Have you ever thought about how agile and strong a person could be?

You could survive without legs, you could survive without arms, and you could survive without half of your stomach and liver.

On the other hand, have you ever thought about how fragile a person could be?

In the blink of an eye, a living person has become a black and white portrait on the altar.

Just like that, he died.

This was the fragility of life, the weak and feeble life.

"Almost two years ago," the young comrade said. "The captain was transferred shortly after you came to the village to be a volunteer doctor."

"So, he was already there when I went to your base to assist your team doctor. I see. At that time, were you all aware of our relationship?" Jiang Yao clutched her chest in pain. The pain was indescribable”it felt like a virus that was gradually consuming her body's perception system. "No wonder you always called me sister-in-law whenever you saw me."

She had naively thought then that ˜sister-in-law' was just a collective term for married women.

It was only now that she realized how close Lu Xingzhi was to her. She was providing her assistance in his base while he was hiding from her.

She knew that he must be afraid that she would once again avoid him and leave this small village should she have found him here.