This apartment had been vacant for a long time, with the electricity and water bills unpaid, so both were cut off. A couple of days ago, Bai Lu could still fill her stomach with the snacks she had bought here previously, but after two days, the snacks were all gone, and the room was especially cold.

Bai Lu curled up into a small ball on the sofa, feeling that she couldn’t go on like this and had to leave.

If she couldn’t leave by plane or train, she could still take a car or taxi. As long as she left Nancheng, everything would be easier!

With this in mind, Bai Lu got up from the sofa, found a thick piece of clothing in her suitcase to put on, and then left the apartment with her suitcase.

She wore the hood of her down jacket so she wouldn’t be easily recognized.

But just as she walked out of the apartment building, Bai Lu noticed a sports car driving over from not far away!

It was Lu Li’s sports car!

How could Lu Li know she was here? She had only contacted Lou Xi, so had Lou Xi betrayed her whereabouts?

Bai Lu didn’t have time to think about anything else and immediately hid with her suitcase in the small garden beside her.

In the high-end residence, even in the dead of winter, the landscaping was done well, lush and verdant, perfectly concealing Bai Lu’s petite figure.

She watched as Lu Li parked the sports car downstairs and quickly got out of the driver’s seat, heading upstairs without casting a single glance in any other direction.

From afar, Bai Lu watched Lu Li, and it seemed just as Lou Xi had said, he had lost quite a bit of weight in these few days. His tall and thin figure appeared even leaner, and he was wearing only thin clothes, looking like he had rushed out from home in a hurry.

Was he going crazy trying to find her these past few days?

Was he regretting the cruel and brutal things he did to her that day?

Suddenly, Bai Lu saw Lu Li seemingly stop in his tracks, standing at the entrance, without going inside as if he had noticed something.

Bai Lu immediately hid within the greenery, her heart pounding.

Afraid of being discovered by Lu Li, afraid of being taken back by him, afraid of being treated that way again.

The inherent bad nature of a man cannot be eradicated. If he was capable of doing it once, he would certainly do it a second and third time, so Bai Lu didn’t want to be with Lu Li anymore.

But a man like Lu Li, always in a position of superiority, wouldn’t easily accept her voluntarily leaving him, so he was surely furious now, wanting to find her and abandon her after he got tired of playing.

Bai Lu judged Lu Li with her theoretical knowledge.

After an unknown amount of time, Bai Lu’s heartbeat slowly returned to calm, and her tense emotions eased. She cautiously peeked out once more.

There was no longer any sign of Lu Li at the entrance; he had already gone inside.

Bai Lu let out a long breath, immediately taking her suitcase to leave, not wanting to risk staying here any longer.

She didn’t want to contact Lou Xi either; she was in the same camp as Lu Li now and wouldn’t help her anymore.

Bai Lu hurriedly left the community, hailed a taxi, and told the taxi driver she wanted to leave the city. She even gave the driver an extra five hundred bucks for the job, and, of course, the driver took it, speeding away swiftly.

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When Lu Li arrived, the place was deserted, with only the snack bags in the trash can reminding him that Bai Lu had indeed been there!

But without seeing Bai Lu in person, Lu Li knew he was a step too late.

He furiously kicked the wall, but it was his own foot that ended up hurting.

Some people, some things, you only know to cherish them after they’ve been lost.