Three years after our breakup, my ex-boyfriend dragged me to get our marriage certificate.

After leaving the private room, Qiao Suining went straight to the lounge.

She saw Lin Qingyi sitting on the sofa, curled up in a small ball.

Qiao Suining paused for a moment, then quietly walked over and sat down beside her.

"Qingyi, I'm so sorry."

Qiao Suining sighed, "I thought the He family had exposed He Zhixu's mistress, so they..."

"It's alright," Lin Qingyi said in a muffled voice. "I understand."

I'm not upset, just a little tired. I was called over before I even had breakfast.

"You're lying." Qiao Suining pursed her lips. "Qingyi, you can be yourself in front of me. You don't need to pretend anymore."

Ji Yuhuai publicly admitted his relationship with Lin Qingyi. Wasn't this just nailing her to the pillar of shame?

Ji Yuhuai clearly has a girlfriend, yet he kissed Lin Qingyi in public, cementing her position as a mistress.

Qiao Suining didn't think Ji Yuhuai had just rescued her like a hero.

"Qingyi, do you still like Ji Yuhuai?"

Qiao Suining squatted down in front of her and looked up at her.

"Of course I don't like it," Lin Qingyi answered crisply.

"It's fine if you don't like it." Qiao Suining smiled and got up to take a gift box from the wardrobe next to her.

"You said you would come to my party, so I prepared a dress for you."

Qiao Suining opened the gift box; the pure white satin fabric shimmered softly under the light.

"If you wear this dress, I guarantee no one in the entire room will look better than you."

Qiao Suining bent down, cupped Lin Qingyi's face in her hands, and said earnestly, "Qingyi, there are plenty of good men in this world. Ji Yuhuai is nothing special."

Those who came to the banquet today were all handpicked by me.

In terms of education, family background, assets, and personality, they are a hundred times better than Ji Yuhuai.

Lin Qingyi looked at her, and the redness in her eyes finally turned into tears.

This tear contains emotion, but even more so, it is filled with guilt.

"Oh dear." Qiao Suining blinked. "Don't be touched. Hurry up and go change your clothes. I'll find someone to bring you some food."

Lin Qingyi sniffed and buried her head in Qiao Suining's chest. "I also want a pair of high heels."

*

He Zhixu listened to his parents' lectures, letting them go in one ear and out the other.

All I could think about was the image of Ji Yuhuai kissing Lin Qingyi.

He had to find Ji Yuhuai and get to the bottom of this!

He honestly apologized to his parents and then used the excuse of going to be with Qiao Suining to slip away.

When he found Ji Yuhuai, the first thing he saw was a cloud of gray smoke.

Ji Yuhuai leaned against the corner of the sofa, one arm draped over the backrest, the other hand holding a cigarette.

His hair was a little messy, and his originally exquisite and elegant suit was loose, with even two buttons undone at the collar.

He Zhixu frowned; he had never seen Ji Yuhuai like this before.

He was firmly bound by the so-called rules and decorum of the He family.

He Zhixu greatly admired Ji Yuhuai's carefree and unrestrained nature, and even his ability to love and hate intensely.

But at this moment, Ji Yuhuai's spine was bent, like a string that had been suppressed for too long, finally unable to hold on and sinking deeper.

He Zhixu suddenly realized that there was no need for him to ask any further questions.

"Ah Huai."

He Zhixu lowered his voice, "So Qingyi is the Wanwan you mentioned."

During the years he spent abroad, he rarely chatted with his family due to the time difference.

It was probably three or four years ago, or even longer.

He received a call from Ji Yuhuai; it was the early hours of the morning in China.

Ji Yuhuai, however, was as excited as a fool, sharing his excitement and joy with him despite the twelve-hour time difference.

"Brother, a really fierce little girl has come to my house."

"Her eyes are dark, and she looks at people very intently."

But she only had eyes for Ji Shi'an! When she looked at me, she only glanced at me out of the corner of her eye.

"I like her so much, I've liked her since I was little, I have to win her over... Wanwan..."

He Zhixu couldn't remember what Ji Yuhuai had said back then.

All he knew was that the girl Ji Yuhuai fell in love with when he was young was the one who stayed at the Ji family home, was tricked by Ji Yuhuai into becoming his tutor, and was then seduced and taken by him.

He always remembered that the girl's name was Wanwan, how did it become Lin Qingyi?

"Wanwan is my dog."

Ji Yuhuai suddenly smiled, as if he remembered those dark, bright eyes.

If Lin Qingyi knew she was being treated like a dog, she would be furious and bite him on the collarbone.

"..." He Zhixu frowned. "I'm very confused right now."

He knew very well how much Ji Yuhuai loved Lin Qingyi.

wrong.

The more you loved them then, the more you hate them now.

So what should he do now?

"That's true, it's normal that you can't figure it out with your intelligence."

Ji Yuhuai took a deep breath, and smoke slowly escaped from his nasal cavity.

"It's all in the past between her and me."

Ji Yuhuai stared at the wisp of smoke for a while, "I only admitted it in public today because I saw how scared you were and wanted to help you out of that predicament."

Don't overthink it or misunderstand. How things are between you and her is your business.

He Zhixu was stunned. He looked at Ji Yuhuai's cold and hard profile and couldn't tell if it was real or fake.

"Is it really over?"

He Zhixu asked.

Lin Qingyi was the apple of Ji Yuhuai's eye, and He Zhixu knew this all too well.

Over the years, Ji Yuhuai's emotions have become abnormal, even somewhat insane, all because of Lin Qingyi.

"A few months ago, you suddenly came to Tianjin to visit an art studio. Can you honestly say it wasn't for Lin Qingyi?"

He Zhixu felt that he had been tricked.

He was even a little scared. Luckily, nothing had happened between him and Lin Qingyi, otherwise...

"I kicked her out of Beicheng. She's desperately short of money. If I don't give her the opportunity to make money, she'll use all sorts of tricks to come back to Beicheng and disgust me."

Ji Yuhuai smiled sarcastically, "She's obsessed with you, so she doesn't care about coming to me and Xixi to cause us any trouble."

"..." He Zhixu was speechless.

"It's because you lacked self-control and got entangled with her. Don't complain about how wronged you are, and don't blame me." Ji Yuhuai said frankly, yet ruthlessly.

"After all, flies don't land on eggs without cracks."

He Zhixu coughed twice. "Don't speak so rudely. Who is the fly and who is the egg?"

Ji Yuhuai gave a cold smile. "Although you're not exactly a gentleman."

But I know her character better than you do.

To describe her as a fly would be too polite of me, even if I were being inaccurate.

He Zhixu rubbed his temples. "Fine! I'm not playing your nonsense anymore. I'll break up with her, okay?"

"I saved you today, aren't you going to continue helping me?" Ji Yuhuai said leisurely.

"How can I help you?" He Zhixu asked subconsciously.

"Keep her hanging on, don't let her have a chance to come in front of me, to disgust me and Xixi."

Ji Yuhuai forcefully stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, stood up to leave, but saw a pure white figure standing at the door.