Li Qingshen stood at the bathroom door, watching her figure disappear from view, yet he never spoke a word, nor did he chase after her.
Long after, he blinked and came to his senses, staring at the bedroom where the girl had stayed many times. Her scent still lingered, but all the things that belonged to her had been taken away by her.
Li Qingshen’s gaze was profound yet carried a certain sadness. It wasn’t until his phone rang that he answered, just listening, not speaking. After hanging up, he still stood inside the room, dazed for a long time, then finally walked out the door.
Momo returned home, not knowing where to go, bought a lot of instant noodles, and just stayed at home watching TV.
She constantly flipped through TV channels without stopping.
Finally, she landed on the entertainment news channel of City X and saw the live broadcast of a press conference.
Li Qingshen and Jian Chenxi stood there, as the vice president of ES announced that Jian Chenxi’s concert and new song would be orchestrated by Li Qingshen.
Flashes of light kept flickering at them.
The scene was beautiful, a handsome man and a beautiful woman.
Momo lowered her head, looked at herself, wanted to laugh but couldn’t muster a smile, only feeling full of sorrow and loneliness. Suddenly, a phrase came to mind, very melodramatic:
"The bustling excitement had always been theirs; she had never had anything."
Momo picked up the remote and turned off the TV, then sat on the sofa in a daze, all alone.
Niange felt that the press conference was just as glaring.
He watched the roomful of people continuously congratulating Jian Chenxi, reminding him of Momo, who had recently been shelved by ES and caught in a scandalous storm.
He then looked at Chenxi, feeling that the woman once again became that proud peacock, laughing arrogantly and nobly. Niange pulled a wry smile, feeling a constriction in his heart, and stood up to head toward the exit.
Niange left without a sense of direction, ending up going straight to the washroom and randomly selecting a stall. After entering, he didn’t use it for its intended purpose but rather carelessly lit a cigarette and started smoking.
Not sure how many he had smoked, Niange felt his phone vibrating. Looking down, he saw it was Chenxi calling. He didn’t answer and lit another cigarette. The phone kept ringing, so he simply turned it off, then got up, planning to leave.
But he heard voices outside the washroom.
"Every star in ES is a beauty, huh!"
"If you ask me, the most beautiful is still Momo!" The rightful source is novel⚑fire.net
"Ha, that chick is indeed gorgeous!"
"That’s true, she’s like a little elf, and rightly so. The women who work as chicks in bars are all elves!"
"The elf is a woman worn out by men, a woman who’s for sale!"
"Heh, speaking of selling, you know the recent rumors are boiling over. Back in the day, which bar did she sell in, and how come we never bumped into her?"
"Heh, if we’d bumped into her back then, we’d have been lucky, could have had a bit of fun earlier. She’d been clean back then, but now... probably filthy to death. Wouldn’t touch her even if she was free!"
"Cut it out. A chick that pretty, I don’t believe a word of it!"
"Honestly speaking, she is indeed beautiful. Now she’s being shelved by ES, right? Who knows, we might take the opportunity to... you know..."