Bab 35: Biarkan Dia Pergi (5)
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He Jichen menatap jalanan kosong di depannya cukup lama, lalu perlahan mengalihkan perhatian ke jalan.
Di sana, seorang perempuan berjongkok di tanah, tubuhnya meringkuk di bawah cahaya kuning pucat dari tiang lampu.
Wajahnya tertunduk sehingga He Jichen tidak bisa melihatnya, tetapi sekali pandang ia tetap mengenalinya.
Bahunya sedikit bergetar, seperti sedang menangis.
Tanpa sadar, He Jichen mempererat genggaman pada setir sambil menyaksikan pemandangan di depannya.
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Ji Yi berjongkok di tepi jalan, kepalanya terbenam di antara lutut. Alisnya berkerut, satu tangan menekan perutnya, tangan yang lain terkepal erat.
Sebelumnya ia baik-baik saja, tetapi entah kenapa perutnya tiba-tiba sakit.
Awalnya, ia mengira nyeri tajam samar itu hanya masuk angin, jadi ia tidak terlalu memikirkannya. Siapa sangka rasa sakit di perutnya justru bertambah saat ia terus berjalan menuju gerbang sekolah? Akhirnya perutnya sakit sekali sampai ia sedikit sulit bernapas, dan kakinya begitu lemas hingga tak bisa melangkah lagi. Ia hanya bisa memegang perutnya, duduk, dan berharap rasa sakitnya perlahan hilang.
Setelah sekitar empat atau lima menit, rasa sakitnya agak mereda. Dengan kaki gemetar, Ji Yi baru saja hendak berdiri ketika tiba-tiba perutnya kembali diserang nyeri tajam. Kali ini, rasa sakitnya beberapa kali lebih hebat dari sebelumnya, seperti perutnya diiris pisau. Sakitnya sampai membuatnya mengaduh, dan air mata bercucuran. Lalu, ia kembali duduk di tanah.
Gelombang rasa sakit itu tidak hanya tidak mereda, tetapi semakin hebat. Ji Yi sangat kesakitan sampai tubuhnya mulai bergetar. Ia sadar ada sesuatu yang tidak beres. Ia ingin mengulurkan tangan meraih ponselnya untuk meminta bantuan.
Rasa sakit membuat jari-jarinya gemetar tak terkendali. Ia mengerahkan seluruh tenaganya untuk menarik tasnya ke depan. Ia hendak menarik ritsleting ketika gelombang nyeri lain menusuk ke dalam tubuhnya. Ji Yi sangat kesakitan hingga tubuhnya bergoyang, hampir membuatnya jatuh ke tanah. Ia menenangkan diri, menahan napas, dan diam tak bergerak sejenak sebelum menggertakkan gigi. Ia mengulurkan jari ke ritsleting, tetapi sadar rasa sakit telah menguras tenaganya begitu banyak sampai ia tak sanggup menjepit ritsleting, apalagi menariknya hingga terbuka.
Ia merasa kesadarannya mulai goyah. Ia memaksa diri untuk bertahan dan tidak pingsan, tetapi rasa sakitnya semakin tajam, dan punggungnya basah kuyup oleh keringat.
Sesekali, ia mendengar deru mobil yang melintas di jalan perlahan menghilang di kejauhan.
Tepat saat rasa sakitnya begitu hebat hingga ia mulai kehilangan kesadaran, ia mendengar suara samar yang tak asing dari atas kepalanya, "Kenapa kau duduk di sini?"
Ji Yi mengira itu hanya halusinasinya. Ia tertegun sesaat sebelum dengan lemah mengangkat kepalanya.
Di depannya ada sepasang sepatu kulit hitam pria.
Ji Yi mengerutkan alis, berusaha keras mendongak. Baru saja ia sempat melihat pinggang pria itu, rasa sakit di perutnya membuat pandangannya menghitam. Seluruh tubuhnya jatuh terkulai ke tanah.
Chapter 35: Let Her Leave (5)
Translator: Paperplane Editor: Caron_
He Jichen stared out at the empty street in front of him for quite some time before he slowly turned his attention to the road.
There was a woman crouched on the ground with her body curled up under the pale yellow light from the lamppost.
Her face was lowered so he couldn’t see her face, but he still recognized her with a single look.
Her shoulders quivered slightly as though she was crying.
He Jichen subconsciously tightened his grip on the steering wheel as he watched the scene before him.
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Ji Yi crouched by the side of the road with her head buried between her knees. Her eyebrows were furrowed, and she had one hand pressed against her stomach, with the other tightly clenched into a fist.
She had been fine just now, but for some reason, her stomach suddenly started to hurt out of the blue.
At first, she assumed the faint, sharp pain was just trapped gas, so she didn’t think too much of it. Who knew the pain in her stomach would grow as she continued to walk to the entrance of the school? It ended up hurting so much that it became a little difficult to breathe, and her legs were so weak that she couldn’t walk any further. All she could do was hold her stomach, sit down, and hope for the pain to gradually disappear.
After about four or five minutes, the pain had dulled quite a bit. With trembling legs, Ji Yi was just about to stand up when suddenly, her stomach was struck again by a sharp pain. This time, the pain was several times more intense than before as though her stomach was cut by a knife. It hurt so much that she let out a grunt, and tears came pouring out. Then, she sat back down on the ground.
Not only did the wave of pain not subside, but it grew more intense. Ji Yi was in so much pain that her body started to tremble. She realized that something wasn’t quite right. She wanted to reach her arm out to grab her phone to call for help.
The pain made her fingers tremble like crazy. She used every bit of her strength to drag her bag in front. She was about to pull the zipper when another wave of pain bore into her. Ji Yi was in so much pain that her body swayed, almost causing her to fall to the ground. She steadied herself, held her breath, and remained quietly still for a moment before she gritted her teeth. She reached her fingers over to the zipper but realized that the pain had exhausted her so much that she couldn’t find the strength to pinch the zipper, let alone pull it open.
She felt herself become a little disoriented. She forced herself to hold it together and not faint, but the pain grew increasingly sharp, and her back was completely drenched in sweat.
Every now and then, she heard the whistling of passing cars on the road slowly disappear in the distance.
Just as she felt so much pain that she started to black out, she heard the faint sound of a familiar voice above her head, “Why are you sitting here?”
Ji Yi thought she was just hearing things. She was stunned for a while before she groggily lifted her head.
In front of her was a pair of men’s black leather shoes.
Ji Yi furrowed her brows as she tried hard to look up. Just as she caught a glimpse of the man’s waist, the pain in her stomach caused her vision to go dark. Her entire body slumped to the ground.
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