Hunt her

It's also possible that he didn't know the box existed.

Yan Xu took out the message box, opened the lid, and inside was a stack of message papers that she had neatly arranged.

Yan Xu reached out and touched the notes on the paper, his heart as still and lifeless as if it had sunk to the bottom of a lake: "Goodbye."

She put the note into the metal basin and lit it with a lighter. The flame grew quickly, but as time went on, the note burned out and the fire went out.

From then on, her relationship with Shen Yi was like ashes in a basin, gone with a gust of wind.

After leaving the residential area, Shen Yi drove straight to a nearby bar.

He walked into the bar, and a strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol hit him.

Someone is mixing drinks at the bar.

Shen Yi walked over and sat down, his tone icy: "Make me a drink with the strongest aftereffects."

He doesn't like drinking, but if alcohol can temporarily make his brain forget some unpleasant things, he's willing to indulge.

Under the dazzling lights, Shen Yi's striking features were made even more alluring.

He swallowed glass after glass of pungent liquor, his eyes glazed over as he stared at the glass.

He muttered to himself, "Am I really that bad? Why can't you just like me?"

The bartender was used to seeing people drowning their sorrows in alcohol because they couldn't have the love they wanted.

The bartender handed him a drink with a lower alcohol content: "There are no feelings you can't forget, only dead ends you're unwilling to walk out of."

Shen Yi's head was spinning. He wearily opened his eyes and looked at the bartender. "Make a phone call for me..."

Regardless of whether it's a dead end or not, he wants her.

Shen Yi read a phone number to the bartender, and when he dialed it, a girl's voice answered.

Bartender: "Hello, a gentleman is drunk at the bar. Could you please come and pick him up? The location is..."

Yan Xu gripped her phone tightly: "Okay."

The phone hangs up.

Shen Yi sat obediently and waited for her to come and take him home.

He waited for a very, very long time, so long that he felt like he was about to fall asleep, but Yan Xu still didn't appear.

Xiao Yuanyang ran into the hotel and saw a tall figure leaning over the bar in the distance.

His exasperated past woke him up: "Wake up, it's time to go home."

"I have no home anymore." Tears streamed down Shen Yi's face again, and her body slumped downwards. "She doesn't want me anymore."

Xiao Yuanyang frowned, unable to bear Shen Yi's life-or-death state: "Is Yan Xu all you can think about? What about Uncle Shen and Aunt Gong? Let's go back, don't let them worry."

Xiao Yuanyang put his hand on his shoulder and dragged him out of the bar.

Shen Yi kept muttering, "She doesn't want me anymore... How could she not want me? Bad woman, a bad woman who took advantage of me and then left me alone."

"..." Xiao Yuanyang couldn't take it anymore and went straight to a nearby hotel to check in.

After leaving Shen Yi on the bed, Xiao Yuanyang called Yan Xu: "He's drunk. I'm taking him to a hotel now. If you still care about him, come and take care of him. If you don't, just let him fend for himself."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Yan Xu conceded: "Where is he?"

......

In his dream, Shen Yi seemed to hear Yan Xu apologizing to him.

He slowly opened his eyes following the sound and saw Yan Xu right in front of him: "He must have been drinking too much and was dreaming."

Shen Yi hugged Yan Xu tightly: "I'd accept it even if it were a dream."

Yan Xu stroked his back. This should be the last time she saw him. After this... there would be no more.

Perhaps it was reluctance, or perhaps she wanted to be willful one last time.

Yan Xu took the initiative to kiss Shen Yi's thin lips, imitating his usual way of kissing, with varying depths.

The familiar touch of skin prompted Shen Yi to respond instinctively.

That night, Shen Yi had a very long dream...

In his dream, Yan Xu seemed to love him very much, holding him and kissing him for a long time.

Even in his dreams, he could clearly feel her cautiousness, her fear that he was uncomfortable or unhappy.

But when I woke up the next afternoon...

Shen Yi propped himself up and rubbed his temples, only to realize that Yan Xu was not there; it was just a dream.

Yan Xu left the hotel just as dawn broke the next day.

She went into the pharmacy, bought a box of birth control pills, and took them.

I dragged my tired body home.

Shen Yi, this is the only thing I can do for you.

In the days that followed, the two tacitly disappeared from each other's lives.

Shen Yi also moved back to the Shen residence and returned to Shenyi Technology Company to start working, and began to catch up on the work that had fallen behind.

Yan Xu also handled Youyu Technology's projects in an orderly manner.

The two were like two completely unrelated parallel lines, never overlapping, and no one even knew they were a couple.

On one occasion, Shen Yi made an unprecedented decision to give an interview. Although only his back was shown, Yan Xu still recognized him.

He is indeed the prospective heir to the Shen Group and the founder of Shenyi Technology.

You kept it from me for so long just so you could stay by my side a little longer. Thank you for your hard work.

You are free now, Shen Yi.

In the interview video, the host asked Shen Yi, "I didn't expect you to be so young. Are you married or single now?"

Upon hearing this question, Yan Xu's heart skipped a beat.

In the video, Shen Yi's back still appears broad and reassuring.

He remained silent for a long time before finally speaking: "I had someone I liked, but she didn't like me."

The host exclaimed in surprise, "You're so outstanding and handsome, yet you still suffer heartbreak in love."

Shen Yi joked, "Maybe my career is doing too well, which has affected my relationship."

Who knows...

Yan Xu didn't read what Shen Yi said after that.

She was afraid that some things she had finally managed to forget would be brought back to her mind because of Shen Yi.

Once she gets through the cutoff, she'll be able to completely forget him.

"Thump! Thump!"

"Enter!"

Xiao Jingxing walked into the office carrying a box of rose cakes: "I just went out to buy them."

"I'm not eating it." Yan Xu shook her head. "I don't like sweets lately."

Looking at her increasingly gaunt face, Xiao Jingxing hesitated, then said, "Alright."

Since Yan Xu and Shen Yi separated, she has returned to the state she was in before going to Yunzhao County.

He has no appetite and can't muster much enthusiasm for work, spending his days expressionless like a work machine.

He advised her to go out more, but Yan Xu said, "Work is more important."

Xiao Jingxing knew that she wanted to keep herself busy with work so that she wouldn't think about anything or anyone.

Xiao Jingxing knew he couldn't persuade her otherwise: "Have you prepared your dress for tonight's ball? Do you want me to help you prepare it?"

Yan Xu: "I've made the arrangements. I'll head over tonight."

Xiao Jingxing: "Okay."

Yan Xu continued working, while Xiao Jingxing stood by, unsure of what to do, before getting up to leave the office.

He couldn't bear to see her so self-deceptive in the end: "Xiao Xu, there's no right or wrong in relationships. You're not wrong, and neither is he. Don't dwell on the past, but don't waste the present either."

"I understand, Brother Jingxing," Yan Xu replied mechanically, without any emotion. "I'm fine, don't worry."

Xiao Jingxing sighed, "Well, I'll be going now."

After closing the office door, Xiao Jingxing seemed to share the same gloomy mood as Yan Xu.

In the past, when he saw her with Shen Yi, he wished he could break them up immediately, because in his eyes, Yan Xu had always belonged to him since childhood.

But when they actually separated...

Yet he felt sorry for Yan Xu.

Shen Yi treated Yan Xu very well, to a degree that Xiao Jingxing could never reach.

But such a good partner no longer belongs to her.

Having something is more painful than never having it.

Yan Xu put down the documents in his hand, and his hand involuntarily clicked on the interview video again.

The host then asked Shen Yi another question: "What are your goals for the future?"

Shen Yi curled his lips: "Open a bed and breakfast and a hardware store."