It fell from his fingertips

Zhou Yanchen was the first man Tang Luoqing ever liked.

He brought her unparalleled warmth, allowing her to experience a different kind of love than her grandmother's, and letting her know that her parents' love was real.

But it was also Zhou Yanchen who made Tang Luoqing clearly see that not every man who says he loves you can keep his true feelings unchanged.

Tang Luoqing's clear eyes gradually dimmed, and her heart felt as if it had been stabbed hard by something, causing her eyelashes to tremble slightly with pain.

Her instinct was to refuse, not wanting to give the other person another chance to hurt her, even though she... really couldn't bear to.

But this was something she had indeed promised her grandmother.

At that time, Grandma could no longer breathe on her own, and her hand trembled as she spoke. Those were... Grandma's last words, spoken with all her might.

Tang Luoqing couldn't ignore it.

At that moment, Tang Luoqing felt a sharp pain in her heart, her breathing became labored, and hot tears welled up in her eyes and slid down her cheeks.

She didn't know why she wanted to cry so badly, she didn't know if it was because of the man in front of her or because of her grandmother.

In short, Tang Luoqing took a deep breath, trying to hold back her tears, and nodded slightly, agreeing: "Okay."

The next moment, Zhou Yanchen's previously dim eyes suddenly lit up, and the listless aura around him vanished.

He stood up, bent down, and hugged Tang Luoqing into his arms.

Zhou Yanchen pressed his forehead against Tang Luoqing's forehead, and his lips slowly drew closer.

Just as she was about to touch Tang Luoqing's lips, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she raised her hand to block them.

Zhou Yanchen was taken aback, and the eagerness in his eyes froze for a moment.

After a moment of silence, probably realizing he had acted too hastily, Zhou Yanchen kissed Tang Luoqing's forehead before speaking in a hoarse voice, "I thought you really didn't want me anymore."

Tang Luoqing gazed into Zhou Yanchen's deep eyes, thought for a moment, and then told the truth: "That was originally the plan."

But she didn't want her grandmother's last wish to be in vain.

After a slight pause, Tang Luoqing continued, "There won't be a next time."

Zhou Yanchen nodded vigorously immediately: "There won't be a next time, don't worry, there definitely won't be a next time."

That evening at dinner, Zhou Yanchen was in an exceptionally good mood, a smile playing on his lips the whole time, all the grievances and gloom in his eyes vanished. During the meal, his gaze was fixed on Tang Luoqing the entire time, and he took the initiative to serve her food and peel shrimp, his every move was extremely gentle.

Seeing that the two had reconciled, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou looked much more relaxed.

"By the way, didn't Jin Bai come back this afternoon? Where is he?"

As if remembering something, Zhou's mother glanced up at the second floor, then casually looked at the maid beside her and asked curiously, "Did you go out again?"

The maid replied, "Yes, the young master has gone out again."

Zhou's mother didn't think much of it and nodded casually, assuming that her eldest son had gone out to work again.

But Tang Luoqing's hand tightened around the chopsticks, her heart skipped a beat, and her mind was in turmoil.

Zhou Jinbai came back? Then he...

No, he won't hear anything.

After dinner, Zhou Yanchen took Tang Luoqing's hand and got into the car.

Zhou Yanchen drove, while Tang Luoqing sat quietly in the passenger seat.

As the car left the Zhou family villa area, Tang Luoqing held her phone, her tone devoid of emotion: "Just drive to the Ruyue Hotel. I'll send you the address."

Zhou Yanchen's smile froze, and he frowned slightly: "Aren't you going home?"

Tang Luoqing sent the address to Zhou Yanchen's phone, then turned to look at the scenery rushing past the car window: "I promised Grandma I'd give you another chance, but... I won't go to your house again."

"What do you mean, 'my house'?"

Zhou Yanchen's heart sank, and he hurriedly pulled the car over to the side of the road: "What do you mean? Baby, that's our home, and you bought everything in there."

Tang Luoqing watched the car stop, turned her head, looked at Zhou Yanchen seriously, and emphasized again: "Zhou Yanchen, that's not my home."

Seeing this, Zhou Yanchen's panic instantly turned into grievance and resentment. His Adam's apple bobbed repeatedly, and he asked with a hint of suppressed accusation, "So you still haven't forgiven me? Is that right?"

"But do you know that I got a severe beating from my brother because of you? I even gave up such a huge project while searching for you everywhere. You know how much I sacrificed for that project, but you..."

Zhou Yanchen's emotions surged violently, and he pressed his palms hard on the steering wheel.

His brows were furrowed, and his voice betrayed barely suppressed frustration.

But then, upon meeting Tang Luoqing's reddened eyes, she immediately realized her loss of composure and quickly composed herself, forcibly suppressing the anger in her heart: "I'm sorry, baby, it's just... I've been so tired and scared of looking for you lately."

Zhou Yanchen had a really bad few days. The Haicheng project collapsed and encountered several problems in just a few days. Even the other party changed their mind about the cooperation that had been agreed upon. Later, he found out that someone had set a trap to try and ruin him, the second young master of the Zhou family.

If he had been a little more attentive, he could most likely have avoided this common situation in the business world.

But unfortunately...

So his project, which he had worked so hard on for several months, appeared to be a success on the surface, but in reality, it needed to be salvaged in many ways.

Fortunately, his brother had been taking strict precautions against various problems, so the actual losses were not significant.

But it also means that he can no longer follow up on this project.

Zhou Jinbai took over the project personally with his calm and decisive methods, which can be regarded as cleaning up the mess for his younger brother.

As for him, the second young master of the Zhou family, feeling ashamed, he took leave from work and stayed at home, deliberately not eating for a few days, betting that Tang Luoqing would soften her heart and come.

He just didn't expect that after all this trouble, when his career was so unsuccessful, Tang Luoqing was still tormenting him.

As Zhou Yanchen recalled the setbacks and despondency of the past few days, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

He leaned closer to Tang Luoqing and hugged her: "I'm sorry, I controlled my emotions, it won't happen again."

Tang Luoqing didn't say anything, and it was unclear what she was going to say.

Although Zhou Yanchen had been very good to her in the past, recent events have gradually shattered her impression of him and destroyed the almost perfect image she held of him.

So, Tang Luoqing wasn't so surprised that Zhou Yanchen was now suppressing his temper and speaking loudly.

The car continued and soon arrived at the hotel as agreed.

Tang Luoqing unbuckled her seatbelt, refused Zhou Yanchen's request to follow her, and turned to enter the hotel.

Back in her room, she let go of all her tension, feeling completely drained. Exhausted, she lay down on the sofa and suddenly realized how incredibly long the day had been.

At that moment, the phone screen lit up.

Tang Luoqing picked up her phone and saw a WeChat message from Zhou Jinbai. The message contained only a few simple words: 【Have you decided?】

Tang Luoqing's breath hitched.