I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"I really don't understand the world of the rich."

Liu Chenmin said in a low voice, "Ruyan, was the original owner of this villa the person you said was more outstanding than me?"

Liu Ruyan nodded and said, "Yes."

Liu Chenmin remained silent. In his mind, he had already imagined Chen Ya as a nouveau riche old man with a lot of money, who would stop at nothing to lure innocent girls.

And Liu's father clearly thought the same thing.

He said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, come home with me right now! And tell me honestly, have you... had a relationship with that person?"

Lu Yu reminded him somewhat awkwardly, "Uncle Liu, the program is still being filmed..."

Mr. Liu didn't care about the program at all and shouted, "Is there any? Our Liu family will not tolerate a woman who disgraces the family!"

His outburst of anger startled even Liu's mother.

Liu Ruyan blushed slightly and said, "Although I really want to, my teacher has always treated me like a child, so I haven't..."

For a moment, Liu Chenmin felt as if he was experiencing symptoms of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.

He frowned and said, "Ruyan! You need to understand, when a man reaches his thirties or forties, he's at the peak of his career. He has wealth and status, which makes him very attractive to women. But at this time, his life experience is also enough to easily deceive younger women. You mustn't be fooled..."

Liu Ruyan blinked: "The teacher isn't that old, he's only 27."

"Huh? 27 years old? Huh?..." Liu Chenmin was interrupted halfway through his sentence, suddenly at a loss for words.

He's already 28.

He's even a year younger than her.

Mr. Liu's expression was also strange. The question swirling in his mind was: Where did his daughter meet this rich second-generation?

The circle is so small, how come this matter has never reached my ears?

Liu Ruyan said to the camera: "Actually, I've always wanted to tell my parents how I've spent the past three years, but I've never had the chance to say it. Now that this has happened, I'll just say it. I'm afraid I won't have the courage to say it again in the future."

"I will tell you what kind of person the teacher is, how I met him, how I studied with him, how I became a writer, and how... I fell in love with him."

"It was an afternoon three years ago, in spring. The hyacinths were in full bloom, and willow catkins were floating in the air all day long."

"That afternoon, I decided to die."

Chapter 26 The season when hyacinths are in full bloom, the girl decides

In March, the season when hyacinths are in full bloom, the girl decides to die.

Actually, it wasn't just the hyacinths that were blooming beautifully; the daylilies were also in full bloom, and the trumpet vines, roses, and crabapples were all blooming in a lively and vibrant manner.

From her window, she could see a flowerbed filled with fresh flowers, and the room was filled with their fragrance, creating a rich and fragrant atmosphere for the season.

The hyacinths on the windowsill have already been watered, and the suicide note is neatly placed on the table.

She didn't suddenly want to die. There wasn't a specific, triggering reason for her wanting to die.

It's just that at a certain stage in life, you suddenly feel like you've hit a wall and can't go on.

She put on a simple, plain white pantyhose, followed by a white chiffon camisole.

She wore a Lolita-style pink and white dress over it, with lots of lace trim.

There was also a pleated collar, tied with a red ribbon, and the bodice was fastened with brass buttons and tied with a bow.

She wore pink lace-trimmed leather shoes and a white headband with floral embellishments.

She wore each piece very carefully because it was her favorite outfit.

Since it's the last day of my life, there's no reason not to wear my favorite clothes.

The Persian cat stood on the wardrobe, its beautiful heterochromatic eyes fixed on her. She pinched the cat's cheek and said:

"Shamisen, shamisen, if I die, will you eat me?"

Shamisen didn't want to answer the question, pulling his face away from her hands like a plug being pulled from a water pipe.

"Miss, it's time to go eat," the nanny announced.

Liu Ruyan said, "I won't eat it."

The nanny pleaded, "Miss, the master has specially invited a professional Japanese chef to prepare kaiseki cuisine today, and he has instructed you to go and eat it."

Originally, Liu Ruyan felt incredibly relieved after deciding to die today, but now she suddenly feels very sad again.

Her father never physically punished her, but he would punish her nanny if she misbehaved.

Liu Ruyan went downstairs, and her father and mother were already sitting at the table.

"Wearing clothes like this again? Don't you have any other clothes to wear?" Her father frowned at her.

"I……"

"Ruyan, haven't you been in a bad mood lately? Your father specially hired a chef from Japan. Come and try it, what do you think?" Her mother looked at Liu Ruyan with a big smile.

"What is this?" Liu Ruyan looked down at the pale green and red contents of the bowl, feeling no appetite at all.

"Water shield soup, what a delicacy, drink it while it's hot."

The father explained to the mother, as if showing off his knowledge: "Water shield can only grow in the purest water. It won't grow if there is even a little pollution. It is the purest and best natural thing."

Liu Ruyan took a sip, and a sour taste rose up, making her want to vomit.

But she held back and forced herself to swallow it.

As her parents continued discussing how grand the kaiseki meal was, the sound of bowls and spoons clattering filled the air, and Liu Ruyan felt as if they were very distant from her.

After finishing the meal, she felt even hungrier.

The nanny was tidying up clothes when she went over and asked, "Sister, have you ever ridden a bus?"

"You've already been here, what's wrong?" The nanny was still busy.

"How can I take the bus?" Liu Ruyan asked.

"Wait at the bus stop, and get on the bus when it arrives."

Liu Ruyan asked, "Then how does it know you're waiting there? Are there sensors at the bus stop?"

The nanny turned around, looked at her with a smile, and then hugged her.

"My dear lady, you are so adorable."

Liu Ruyan pushed her away: "Not knowing how to take the bus is not cute at all."

"No, it's very cute."

With her suicide note tucked in her arms, Liu Ruyan secretly slipped out the door.

Pretty clothes aren't necessarily practical, and she soon began to regret choosing little leather shoes.

My feet hurt when I stepped on the sun-baked cement pavement.

Fortunately, the bus stop had a sunshade. Liu Ruyan walked around the stop but did not find any sensor-like devices.

So she sat obediently on the bench at the station, her hands on her knees, sitting upright.

If a bus sees someone sitting at a bus stop like this, it will know that she is waiting for it.

Twenty minutes passed, and Liu Ruyan began to feel soreness in her lower back.

Just as she began to doubt whether she was waiting for the bus the wrong way, the bus finally arrived.

After getting on the bus, the driver asked her to pay with coins, but she couldn't find a single penny on her person.

Fortunately, a boy paid for her meal. So she sat down next to him.

Throughout the journey, the boy kept secretly watching her. In fact, many people in the entire carriage were secretly watching her.

However, she sat very upright and did not speak.

She got off the train at Liyuan Station.

The pear orchard has a central garden with a lake and many benches along its banks.

This was the place she longed for; she planned to end her life here.

But how exactly to carry it out was another question nagging at the girl.

For example, where should her suicide note be kept?

The suicide note couldn't just be kept in her pocket. By the time people pulled her out of the lake, the paper was so crumpled that it was impossible to read what was written on it.

If it's left on the bench and picked up by a passing child, it might be mistaken for a primary school student's composition.

Besides, with so many people around, what if someone rescues me after I jump?

Based on her experience swimming in her own pool, she knew that jumping in like that wouldn't sink.

Speaking of the swimming pool, Liu Ruyan remembered that when she sneaked out, she saw many fallen leaves in the swimming pool at home.

At the time, she felt the image was unpleasant. She was in a hurry to leave and didn't think about why.

Looking back now, it's clear that in the ending of Hemingway Faulkner's "The Great Gatsby," Gatsby dies in a pool filled with fallen leaves, shot dead.

So she started to worry again. Before leaving, she should at least tell her father to find a way to clean up the pool.

The blazing sun began to wane, then gradually dimmed, and the sky changed color from azure to orange-yellow, and then to purple.

The number of pedestrians in the garden increased, and then decreased.

March is not a hot season; the evenings are cool, and a thin mist floats by the lake, drifting past the young girl's neck.

She glanced at her watch; it was already 2 a.m. Besides her, there was another person sitting on the bench next to her.

At this time, Liu Ruyan couldn't think of any other purpose for sitting here besides suicide.

It was a man, wearing a gray-blue trench coat, the collar of which covered his face, and a hat on his head.

Liu Ruyan thought this person must be very smart, wearing so many clothes so he wouldn't be cold at night, as if he knew he would be sitting there until dawn.

She couldn't help but shiver. Then she realized she had to make a decision; otherwise, she would freeze to death.

Liu Ruyan stood up and walked towards the man, standing gracefully in front of him.

The man looked up, his face peeking out from under his collar.

The streetlight shone on his face, and Liu Ruyan's first reaction was, "He's so handsome."

Then, she reached out and handed over the suicide note: "Please take this to my parents for me."

The man looked at her for a while, then asked, "Why?"

"I am preparing to commit suicide. This is my suicide note."

“That’s not what I’m asking,” the man said. “I’m asking why I should listen to you.”

Liu Ruyan looked up and thought about it, and felt that he also had a point.

“Give this to them, and they’ll give you money,” she said.

The man rolled his eyes: "From the moment I came into this world, I swore to become the freest man in the world."

That doesn't make sense. He was just a baby when he came into this world, how could he possibly make such a vow?

However, Liu Ruyan kept these words to herself. She still needed him to deliver the message.

“But even free men need money. Nobody is without money,” Liu Ruyan said earnestly.

The man snatched the suicide note from her hand.

"Let me read what you've written."

……

At this point, Qin Yunchu interjected, "This person is... your teacher, right?"

She forcefully suppressed the words "Chen Ya" from her mouth.

Liu Ruyan nodded: "Yes. He is the teacher."

Chapter 27 How to evaluate this suicide note

During the video call, Mr. and Mrs. Liu clenched their fists.

Only my silly daughter would do something like this: encountering such a suspicious person in the middle of the night and actually going up to talk to him.