Chapter 11

Chu Ge and I returned to the country.

Zeng Yicheng asked someone to contact me, wanting to see me once.

I thought about it and ultimately agreed.

When I saw him again, I didn’t expect that in just a few months, he would become so haggard, as if all his spirit had been sucked out of him. He was completely devoid of his former high-spirited self.

“Xiaoxiao, while you were gone, I had a dream.” His voice was hoarse, as if he was in agonizing pain.

“Just like this time, you saw Ning Kexin and me together, and then you drove away. On the road, you got into a car crash…”

Although Zeng Yicheng had his head down, I still saw the tears slipping through his fingers.

Those days and nights of incomparable suffering that I went through, it was finally his turn to bear them.

Whether intentional or not, I believed he truly regretted it.

At this moment, I suddenly felt a sense of closure.

“I’ve been having this dream continuously lately. Xiaoxiao, tell me it isn’t real, right?” Zeng Yicheng’s eyes were red, looking at me pleadingly.

I smiled and shook my head. “That’s not important anymore, Zeng Yicheng.”

I watched his face dim bit by bit. How familiar it was to me—that was the look of hope being snatched away.

Zeng Yicheng closed his eyes. “Do you think I want you back just for your money and status?”

He asked cautiously, “If I give everything to you, including the company we founded together, could you still come back to me?”

I remained silent.

If I cared about those things, I wouldn’t have defied my family back then to build everything from scratch with him.

I sighed, looking at this familiar yet foreign face. “No need. I’ve already started a new life.”

After saying that, I waved to someone behind him. Zeng Yicheng turned his head and saw Chu Ge waiting outside impatiently.

His face turned deathly pale.

I didn’t say another word, paid the bill, and left.

The moment I walked out the door, Chu Ge tightly grabbed my hand. “I know a Japanese restaurant that’s incredibly delicious. Shall I take you there?”

I smiled. “Sure.”