"President …" Lin Nuan greeted Chu Xun first.
She didn't greet her earlier because there was someone between them and she could pretend not to see her. Now that Chu Xun was standing beside her, Lin Nuan couldn't pretend not to see her.
Chu Xun nodded, unable to hide her awkwardness.
The rain didn't stop. Chu Xun and Lin Nuan stood together, calming down from the initial awkwardness and fear.
She gazed at Lin Nuan and suddenly said, "Lin Nuan, actually … I saw you in Iraq!"
Lin Nuan, who was staring at the water splashing on the ground, turned to look at Chu Xun. Her face was pale, and her fists were clenched tightly. Looking closely, her body seemed to be trembling slightly.
"I … was also at the Jiang family's factory. I don't know if you still remember me!"
Chu Xun was afraid Lin Nuan would remember her even if she said it now.
That was the most shameful thing that Chu Xun could not forgive herself for in her entire life.
Even if Chu Xun knew, even if she didn't look at Lu Xiangsi in fear, she would still die!
But she didn't want her gaze to betray Lu Xiangsi!
Compared to Lu Xiangsi's clean and fearless gaze when she stood up, Chu Xun was so small, so weak, and so shameful!
That was the biggest pain in Chu Xun's life.
Lin Nuan gazed at Chu Xun. Indeed, she didn't have any impression of her. She shook her head and said, "I don't remember anything."
Chu Xun frowned and her throat choked. She wanted to say something but didn't have the courage. That incident was driving her crazy!
Chu Xun took out a lady's cigarette from her pocket and lit it up with trembling fingers.
"I did something … especially shameful!" Chu Xun took a deep puff of the cigarette and said.
Lin Nuan didn't know what shameful Chu Xun was talking about, but she was in Iraq and knew what it was like there. In that place, as long as one could survive … nothing was too much.
"In a place like Iraq, life is precarious. There's no place for dignity …" Lin Nuan didn't ask what it was, only saying calmly.
Hearing this from Lin Nuan, who had also been in Iraq, Chu Xun believed it more.
She exhaled a puff of white smoke and stared at the heavy rain. Tears streamed down from the corners of her eyes as she slightly raised her head and said, "Lin Nuan, do you remember … when those armed men rushed into the venue and forced us all out of the car with their guns?"
In that case, Chu Xun was also among the last batch to leave?
Lin Nuan remembered that among the last batch of people to leave, there were quite a few other women besides her and Lu Xiangsi …
"At that time, the leader of the militants grabbed my collar and pointed a gun at my head, asking who Lu Xiangsi was!"
Lin Nuan remembered that she had lowered her head, not daring to look up. Lu Xiangsi squeezed Lin Nuan's hand tightly, then stood up and walked out.
"My gaze betrayed Lu Xiangsi …"
When Chu Xun said this, she could no longer hold back her tears.
Lin Nuan was very surprised.
Back then, Lu Xiangsi had instructed Lin Nuan to lower her head and not resist, and she only cared about Tuan Tuan in her arms …
But Lin Nuan's intuition told her that Lu Xiangsi had already made up her mind to stand up and not implicate others. Otherwise, Lu Xiangsi wouldn't have entrusted Tuan Tuan to her, and she wouldn't have squeezed Lin Nuan's hand tightly when the militant asked who Lu Xiangsi was.
"In that situation, everyone was in danger, but I … shouldn't have been so afraid of death! It was my gaze that killed Lu Xiangsi! Killed … Tuan Tuan's mother! So Lin Nuan wholeheartedly wanted to be with Fu Huai 'an, firstly to repay him for saving my life, and secondly … for Tuan Tuan! I was afraid that if Fu Huai 'an was with someone else, they wouldn't like Tuan Tuan as much as I do! Even if it was just out of guilt, I would still love Tuan Tuan as much as my own life! Who else … could do that? "
Chu Xun lowered her head and wiped away the tears on her cheeks with the hand holding the cigarette. After that incident … Chu Xun's life was in the deepest part of her heart, and she had always felt that her life was a struggle at death's door.
"You must have felt that I was despicable when I went to Fu Huai 'an's place and stripped naked in front of him!" Chu Xun turned around and looked at Lin Nuan, her eyes filled with hurt. "But Lin Nuan, if I hadn't already reached the end of the road, why would I have chosen such a despicable method?"
Lin Nuan looked at Chu Xun quietly. Seeing her sobbing, she took out a tissue from her pocket and handed it to Chu Xun.
Chu Xun paused for a moment, then reached out to take it and wiped away her tears. Her eyes were unbelievably red, and tears kept flowing out.
"Even without your gaze, Sister Xiangsi would still stand up …" Lin Nuan waited for Chu Xun to calm down a little before speaking slowly. Because Lu Xiangsi … was such a brave and noble woman, how could she let others die for her?
All these years, Lin Nuan had never met anyone with more noble sentiments than Lu Xiangsi!
After all, a person's true sentiments could only be shown at critical moments like life and death.
"Before Sister Xiangsi got out of the car, she entrusted Tuan Tuan to me. Before the leader shouted that if Lu Xiangsi didn't stand up, he would beat this woman to death first, and that he would rather kill the wrong person than let her go, Sister Xiangsi had already decided to stand up!"
Lin Nuan wasn't lying.
There were quite a number of women there, and if those terrorists wanted to kill all the women there, no one would be able to escape!
That was why Lu Xiangsi squeezed Lin Nuan's hand hard!
Although Lin Nuan and Lu Xiangsi had only known each other for a short time, their personalities were similar, and she understood what Lu Xiangsi meant. Lu Xiangsi was begging Lin Nuan to take good care of Tuan Tuan!
Under those circumstances, Lu Xiangsi couldn't speak up, so she could only use this method to beg Lin Nuan.
"President Chu, everyone is afraid of death! Under those circumstances, even if you were to betray Sister Xiangsi, it would be understandable! "Lin Nuan's voice was calm.
Chu Xun gazed at the heavy rain, her tears falling like pearls from a broken necklace.
"It's all in the past, President Chu!" Lin Nuan continued, "Sister Xiangsi is already dead. If President Chu, you really feel guilty …"
Lin Nuan paused for a moment, and after some deliberation, she said, "President Chu, you're known as the 'Iron Lady' of the news industry, and you're also the winner of the highest journalism award. You can do more than you think, and you can do many things that I want to do but can't! If I were you … I'd devote my entire life to stopping the flames of war, to prevent anyone from subconsciously choosing to give up their dignity when they have to choose between their lives and dignity! Instead of using guilt as an excuse, doing things that even you feel ashamed of … Actually, you just want to be with a man! President Chu … you shouldn't be like this. "
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