Fog Returns to the Capital

Chapter 140 True feelings are always fickle.

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Yan Xuting's voice was very low, as if he had lost all his strength, so low that it was indistinct, yet he spoke each word clearly, "I don't want to get married."

"In the months we've been together, I think I've done a pretty good job as your boyfriend."

Looking at Li Wu, whose face was deathly pale, Yan Xuting spoke in a low, slow voice, as if suppressing countless emotions, in a tone that sounded so desolate, "Your heart is not with me, and I do not wish to force it. I am not indispensable to you."

“I, Yan Xuting, am not indispensable to you, Li Wu.”

Yan Xuting repeated it again, emphasizing each word, as if he were speaking to her or to himself.

Hear the words.

Li Wu paused, wanting to say something, but when she met Yan Xuting's gaze, she suddenly felt that saying anything would be futile.

After a few seconds of silence.

She still said, "At least when I agreed to be with you, I wanted to start over."

Yan Xuting's gaze remained fixed on Li Wu's face, but after hearing what she said, his gaze paused almost imperceptibly.

"Then I should thank you for at least being sincere towards me."

Yan Xuting slightly curved his lips, but the curve was so faint as to be almost imperceptible, and he looked somewhat dejected. "It seems that I haven't lost too completely."

Done.

Yan Xuting turned around and walked out without looking back.

But after taking a step or two, he suddenly stopped.

But he still didn't turn back.

“Li Wu, ever since I met you, you’ve been too clear-headed, always knowing what you should do. Sincerity is always fickle, you’d better bet right.”

"Otherwise, if I find out one day that you're living a life worse than what I could give you, then it can only be said that you have bad taste and don't deserve the happiness you deserve, and I'll just say I misjudged you."

As the last word faded, Yan Xuting strode away.

Li Wu stood there alone, watching Yan Xuting's resolute departure, and couldn't help but tear up.

Before I knew it, fine snowflakes began to fall again. But—

Before the crisp snowflakes could even touch Li Wu, a large black umbrella had already been raised over her head, shielding her from the swirling snow.

Zhou Jinghuai stood beside Li Wu once again.

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A few days later, the vice dean approached Li Wu and said that an academic seminar would be held in the south soon, and asked her to attend it with Academician Wu from the institute.

At the beginning of last year, Li Wu's research findings had a significant impact on the biomedical field. Having her represent the institute's young researchers to engage in academic discussions and exchanges with top scientists and renowned scholars in the field was the most appropriate choice.

The time was a bit tight, so we set it for three days later.

Academician Wu, along with his assistant and Li Wu, made up the three of them.

Because the area has a biological research laboratory, it's quite remote, and you have to transfer again after getting off the high-speed train.

It was almost evening when they arrived at their destination. However, someone came to pick them up and took them to the guesthouse in the old town.

The place was in an alley, and it used to be used by the military. It looked rather old, but it was very clean and tidy.

Li Wu's room is at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

The room wasn't big, barely big enough to fit a bed and a desk, but it was very clean, and the desk was spotless.

Two windows were opened on the south-facing wall. The gentle twilight from the horizon poured in through the windows, like a warm, soft light spreading across the floor.

It has a sense of the twilight years.

A little while later, Academician Wu's assistant came and knocked on her door, "Professor Li, dinner is ready."

Li Wu agreed, put down her bag, and went downstairs.

The restaurant is just a short walk from the alley entrance.

only.

Li Wu never expected that she would meet Zhou Jinghuai in such a place.