Inside the house, Jiang Zhiyi perked up his ears the moment he heard Shen Weiyi’s voice.
He thought she had come back to see him, and he had even prepared to pretend to be unconscious, but despite closing his eyes and waiting for a long time, she never came in.
Shen Weiyi went up to her room on the second floor to pack her bags, and soon after, she came out pulling her suitcase.
Gu Xun and Li Yue had just returned from outside when they saw her and couldn’t help but be stunned, then asked in confusion, "Where are you going?"
"Have fun, I’m going back," Shen Weiyi said.
Seeing Xu Chenxi here, she had lost all mood.
Staying would only add to her frustration.
Shen Weiyi never liked to persist stubbornly; since she wasn’t happy here, she might as well go back.
There would be plenty of opportunities to come to this place in the future.
In the house, when Jiang Zhiyi heard the conversation outside, he could no longer pretend to be seriously ill and rushed out of the room directly.
Seeing the luggage in Shen Weiyi’s hand, his already pale face turned even paler in an instant, and he looked at her anxiously and aggrievedly, "You’re going back?"
Shen Weiyi met his gaze and said, "Yes!" She hadn’t done anything wrong, so she didn’t feel unable to face him. She came when she wanted and left when she wanted—that was her freedom.
Jiang Zhiyi’s face was so pale it was almost transparent, and in a hoarse voice, he asked, "Do you hate me that much?" Now, she didn’t even want to stay in the same place as him?
Because he was here, she wanted to leave?
"Understand it however you want!" Originally, she had come out to relax, but now, she just wanted to leave quickly.
The young man stepped forward and grabbed her hand, "Shen Weiyi, you need to clarify what you mean."
What did ’understand it however you want’ mean?
Was she now so uninterested that she couldn’t even bother to explain things to him?
Did it mean that no matter what he thought, said, or did now, she no longer cared?
Shen Weiyi: "It’s exactly what you’re thinking, I really hate you now, hate all of you, so I hope you can avoid appearing in front of me in the future." In the past, she hadn’t thought to put it so bluntly, after all, he was someone she had liked. Even if they weren’t together anymore, she hoped for a peaceful separation, wanting neither to harbor any resentments.
But now, it seemed that wouldn’t work!
Without being clear, the other person simply wouldn’t let go.
Continued entanglement would only cause pain for both.
"Are you serious?" Jiang Zhiyi’s eyes reddened, and he looked at her with tightly pursed lips.
"Yes!" Shen Weiyi suddenly felt a little sad, but still resisted the heartache and said, "I’ve been serious since the moment I mentioned breaking up, you just haven’t been willing to accept reality. Jiang Zhiyi, we have already broken up, and we’ll never get back together. So, from now on, don’t come looking for me again, and don’t do anything meaningless." With that said, she turned and walked outside.
Being ’just friends’ was absolutely impossible.
Because some people, upon just seeing them, you’d feel weak, and being close would just make things painful. The best solution is to become strangers.
The young man punched the wall beside him, panic flashing in his eyes for a moment as he took large strides to follow her.
Only to see her boarding a taxi.
"Shen Weiyi." Jiang Zhiyi shouted loudly.
The reply he got was the taillights of the taxi.
Watching the car disappear at the gate of the villa, the young man couldn’t help but feel his eyes sting.
He had a premonition that this time, he was truly going to lose her.