The Distance Between Life and Death Is Just a Thin Line

"Quit it. It's bad for your health," Yiren still said.

"Some things can't be quit just because you want to," Ji Minze said faintly. For example, missing someone! But he still put out the cigarette.

"I have to go now. Be careful on your way back," Ji Minze said, stood up, and left the bar.

Yiren looked at Ji Minze's back, and her vision became a bit blurred. This man always tugged at her heartstrings, no matter when.

She lowered her head and sipped the Baileys. It tasted really good, but at this moment, she felt a bit numb.

After a while, the bartender Sheng Nan walked in and said to Xiaotang,

"There was a car accident outside. A man was drunk, climbed over the guardrail, and walked into the middle of the road and got hit..."

Yiren's mind went blank all of a sudden.

Minze!

She left the bar counter and rushed out of the bar. When she saw the accident scene, the guardrail was surrounded by people.

"Minze!"

She tried to squeeze through like crazy, but a hand held her back. She turned around and saw Ji Minze standing safely behind her.

At that moment, she laughed, with tears welling up in her eyes.

It turned out that the person lying on the ground waiting for the ambulance wasn't Ji Minze.

The distance between heaven and hell was just between her trying to squeeze into the crowd and Ji Minze holding her hand. It was so close! So close that she felt she had touched the gates of hell and heaven.

"I thought it was you..." Yiren said with lingering fear.

"I wish it were me. I've never seen you so worried about me," Ji Minze looked at Yiren and said. Just now, he was standing at the door smoking. A man came out. Maybe he had drunk too much, so he directly climbed over the guardrail and walked into the middle of the road.

He didn't go up to look because he was afraid of blood. Soon, he saw Yiren rushing out and calling his name. He knew that Yiren thought it was him who had had the car accident. At that moment, he knew that Yiren still cared about him so much.

"Don't curse yourself!" Yiren held back her tears and said to Ji Minze. "I'll go get my bag. Wait for me, and I'll drive you back."

Yiren said and went into the bar to get her bag, and soon came out.

Yiren drove Ji Minze to the Ji Family Garden.

"Ask Dongfang Hao to drive the car back from the bar's parking lot tomorrow," Yiren said to Ji Minze.

"Happy birthday!" Less than an hour before twelve o'clock, Ji Minze said to Yiren.

Yiren was stunned for a moment. Ji Minze actually remembered her birthday. Over the years, besides Long Zeming and Cheng Yuxuan, few people remembered her birthday.

"Thank you!" Yiren came to her senses and said, then reached out to open the car door for him. "Get some rest early. You have to go to work tomorrow."

"Yiren," Ji Minze held her hand.

"Hmm?" Yiren turned to look at Ji Minze and responded. She didn't know what else he wanted to say to her.

"Come back, come back to me," Ji Minze looked into Yiren's eyes and said.

He had been holding back from saying this to her, but what happened tonight made him understand that if he didn't fight for it, he might never have the chance. Maybe the next person lying there could be him because no one knew what would happen the next second.

He was afraid of hurting her and didn't dare to get close to her. But at this moment, he strongly realized that the torment of their love but not being able to be together was far greater than their lives.

Yiren looked at Ji Minze, not knowing what to say. She finally understood that they loved each other but had been tormenting each other all the time!

"I can be your lover," Yiren finally said.

"What do you mean?" Ji Minze asked, looking at her in confusion.

"I don't want to be your wife, but I want to be with you, so I can be your lover." She didn't want to put any burden on Ji Minze. Being his lover was better than being his wife! At least this way, no matter what happened in the future, Ji Minze wouldn't be in such a difficult situation.

"What are you thinking about again!" Ji Minze held Yiren's face and said to her.

"Nothing! I just think that being a lover has less responsibility and burden."

"I like this kind of responsibility and burden."

Just then, Yiren's phone rang.

"Sorry, I need to answer this call." Yiren said, picked up the phone, and saw that it was Yan Ziyun's number. She answered it. "Ziyun, it's so late. Haven't you gone to bed yet?"

"Sis, why didn't you answer your phone when I called?" Yan Ziyun's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I was in the bar just now. It was too noisy, and I didn't hear it," Yiren said apologetically.

"Come back quickly. We're waiting for you to cut the birthday cake!"

"Okay! I'll be back soon." Yiren hung up the phone, feeling a warmth welling up in her heart. During this time, she had truly realized the preciousness of family affection. She turned to Ji Minze and said, "I have to go back. They're waiting for me to cut the cake!"

"Okay! Drive slowly. Call me when you get home," Ji Minze said.

Yiren nodded.

Ji Minze opened the car door and got out. Yiren waved to him, then closed the car door and left the Ji Family Garden.

When Yiren got home and just stepped into the house, many petals and lottery tickets fluttered onto her, accompanied by the cheers of the crowd.

My goodness, this is too exaggerated!

Yiren was a bit dumbfounded.

"Happy birthday!"

Then she saw Long Zeming standing in front of her. This was their first meeting less than three months after they had separated.

"When did you come?" Yiren asked in surprise.

"Half an hour before you came back," Long Zeming looked at Yiren and said. The person he had been thinking about day and night was now right in front of him.