"If she were with another man, you would wish her happiness, wouldn’t you?" Lin Yishan’s eyes remained locked on his face without shifting.
Unable to bear her accusatory gaze, Wa Zicong brushed past her and returned to the living room, "We’ve already broken up, let’s not talk about her anymore. Since you didn’t get a chance to cook tonight, let’s order takeout."
Lin Yishan laughed coldly in her heart: Just broken up. If he had truly accepted the breakup, why deliberately avoid mentioning his ex? It was clear he still had demons to face.
Unexpectedly, this man was still thinking about his ex? Thinking about that deaf girl, Gu Nuan?
Wa Zicong made a phone call and ordered a pizza. He opened the refrigerator and took out a can of beer.
Seeing him seemingly drinking to drown his sorrows, Lin Yishan couldn’t hold back any longer and blurted out, "I’ll tell you the truth, she’s got a man now!" Get full chapters from 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⟡𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕥⟡𝕟𝕖𝕥
Wa Zicong turned his head, his gaze falling fiercely on her malicious face.
Meeting his eyes, Lin Yishan felt them different than before—cold and merciless, with a subtle undertone of anger smoldering beneath.
She shivered unconsciously.
"I said, let’s not talk about her anymore. You’re so eager to discuss her, don’t you think that makes you foolish? How can you even compare with her?"
Wa Zicong pulled the tab on the can, took a sip of beer, then put the can down on the table, and said, "I ordered pizza for you, I need to go back to the office for something, and I might have a business trip tomorrow."
"What?" Lin Yishan looked up.
"Don’t be so surprised. You’re marrying a man who needs to make money. Otherwise, how would we afford your luxurious lifestyle in the future?"
Lin Yishan had no response.
Wa Zicong picked up the car keys he had thrown down earlier and walked out.
It was only later that Lin Yishan realized he hadn’t taken his briefcase for work.
Driving his new car on the road, Wa Zicong found his mind in turmoil, flashing through scenes of their high school days in the small county town.
He and she would ride their bicycles to and from school together.
Her hair was neither long nor short, always hanging just to her shoulders because she found long hair bothersome, though her mother liked her to keep it long. Because of this, she always wore a small ponytail.
Her refreshing appearance under the summer sun gave off a charming scent of lemons.
Back then, he was so drawn to such a unique girl in school.
Yes, she was deaf, but that did nothing to lessen her allure for him.
Whether she could hear or not didn’t matter to him.
On the contrary, her adorable appearance had stayed in his mind to this day.
He was thinking of her, and he knew very well that her image had never left his mind for a moment. Otherwise, why would he have been so eager to talk to her that day he saw her at Changda? He actually wanted her to leave Changda and come to work at his company, maybe then he could see her every day again.
A truck sped toward him from the opposite direction, jolting Wa Zicong. He swerved sharply, nearly driving off the road, stopping just a fist’s width from a large tree by the roadside.
Even so, it seemed the engine started smoking. His head hit the car seat, which snapped him to a clearer state of mind.
He had woken up from the dream.
He was the one who left her. Because he couldn’t stand the ridicule of being a motherless orphan, when she was a student and he had already entered the workforce as a man. Having experienced the bitter taste of being penniless and powerless, having to suck up to everyone more servilely than a servant, he found it degrading.