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"Brother Chen, look!"

"Isn't that the ex-girlfriend you were talking about?!"

Li Qiang nudged Jiang Chen, who was inspecting the wood, with his elbow, his voice tinged with barely suppressed amusement.

Jiang Chen looked up.

From the direction of the village entrance, Su Weiwei was seen limping towards her own yard.

Her once exquisite makeup was now somewhat smudged by tears.

She looked exactly like a down-on-her-luck noblewoman who had just crawled out of a mud pit.

"Oh my god, this is so embarrassing!"

When Wang Dagou saw Su Weiwei's miserable state, he laughed out loud without any restraint.

Jiang Chen looked at the woman who had once haunted his dreams.

At that moment, she appeared at her own doorstep in a disheveled state.

His heart remained completely undisturbed.

Even feelings of disgust seemed so insignificant.

There was only tranquility.

A kind of calm as watching strangers perform.

When Su Weiwei saw Jiang Chen, she quickened her pace, appearing impatient even though she was limping.

"Chen..."

She opened her mouth and let out a cry that was choked with sobs.

The voice was melodious and poignant.

If Jiang Chen had heard this voice two years ago, his heart would probably have shattered into eight pieces.

Jiang Chen looked at Su Weiwei's hand holding the "golden high heels" and subconsciously took a big step back.

Then, he stretched out his hand, palm facing outward, and made a "pause" gesture.

It's like dealing with an unrelated person trying to break into the cordon.

"stop!"

Jiang Chen's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable chill.

"Hey lady, who are you?"

"We are going to carry out construction; please keep away from unauthorized personnel."

Su Weiwei's steps came to an abrupt halt, as if she had been nailed to the ground.

Her expression froze.

The hope that had been ignited in those eyes upon seeing Jiang Chen instantly dimmed again.

She thought Jiang Chen would be surprised.

I will miss it.

There might even be a pang of heartache.

But to her utter surprise, he would pretend not to know her!

How dare he?!

She was his first love!

Su Weiwei bit her lip, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

She sniffed, her voice trembling with a hint of grievance.

"Chen...you...are you still blaming me?"

"I know I was wrong back then. I was too young and immature."

"For the past two years, I have been thinking about you every moment, and I dream about you every night."

"I...I was deceived. They all said that the man was rich and powerful, and that he could give me happiness."

"But I later discovered that he wasn't a good person at all; he was just a hypocrite!"

Su Weiwei burst into tears.

She tried hard to recall how Jiang Chen used to love her when she cried, looking so pitiful.

She believed that as long as she showed enough remorse and hardship, she would succeed.

Jiang Chen will definitely soften his heart.

But Jiang Chen felt no emotion whatsoever as he listened to her "heartfelt confession".

He didn't even bother to respond.

He was so tired of hearing these clichés and melodramatic plots.

He simply turned his head and saw his younger sister, Jiang Ling, who had been disturbed by the commotion outside, peeking out of the doorway.

He shouted.

"Ling'er, go get a bottle of disinfectant!"

"It seems like something unclean has gotten into the yard!"

"Clean her up quickly, or it will ruin our logistics station's grand opening!"

Upon hearing her brother's words, Jiang Ling also saw Su Weiwei's disheveled appearance at the door.

Although the little girl didn't know what had happened, she obediently said "Hey" and turned to go inside to find disinfectant.

Su Weiwei's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

She never expected Jiang Chen to say such a thing.

Something unclean?

She dressed up beautifully and came specifically to see him!

But when she saw the Audi A6L gleaming coldly in the sunlight in the corner of the yard...

When I saw the watch on Jiang Chen's wrist, which shone with a golden light in the sunlight.

The raging anger in her heart was forcibly suppressed once again.

Tolerate!

She told herself she had to hold back!

What does face matter?

Money is everything!

As long as she can win back Jiang Chen, she can have all of this back!

She forced out a smile that looked even worse than a grimace.

She gently placed the high heel, stained with "gold," beside her feet.

Then, she tried to take a step forward and reach out to pull Jiang Chen's sleeve.

"Chen, I know you have money now."

"But I really didn't come here for the money!"

"I just... I just wanted to see the place where you grew up."

"I want to walk the paths you walked, to feel the essence of your life..."

As Su Weiwei spoke, her eyes were filled with what she thought was "deep affection".

But Jiang Chen's movements were much more agile than she had imagined.

He easily dodged Su Weiwei's outstretched hand by turning to the side.

A hint of a cold smile played in his eyes.

"The place where I grew up?"

"Okay."

Jiang Chen raised his hand and pointed to the back of the yard, where Wang Dagou and the others had just finished cleaning the pigsty but hadn't had time to renovate it yet.

There was still a faint smell of pig manure inside.

"That's the pigsty over there. I used to go there to feed the pigs when I was a kid."

"Would you like to try it out?"

Jiang Chen had just finished speaking.

Wang Dagou, who had been eavesdropping nearby, could no longer hold back.

He chuckled, completely oblivious to the world around him.

They laughed so hard they almost fell over, and wanted to pound the ground in laughter.

"Brother Chen, you're so funny!"

Wang Dagou laughed so hard that tears almost came out.

He wiped his eyes while adding a sarcastic remark.

"This...this is the lady you mentioned, Brother Chen, the one who'd 'rather cry in a BMW'?"

"They look more like beggars to me."

Su Weiwei could no longer hold back.

Tears really fell.

Those weren't tears of performance; they were tears of utter humiliation, tears of genuine breakdown.

"Jiang Chen!"

Su Weiwei let out a sharp cry, filled with hysterical despair.

"Do you have to treat me like this?!"

"We...we were in love, after all!"

She doesn't understand.

Why does this man in front of me seem so unfamiliar?

Jiang Chen looked at her and simply said a few words.

Don't insult the word "love".

"Also, your makeup is smudged."

His gaze swept over Su Weiwei's tear-streaked face and the lipstick stains remaining on her lips.

"Like a female ghost."