Chapter 2
Flashback.
Hours ago.
"Zhiyin, I didn't think carefully about coming to Beiyao before the wedding, but now I need to make arrangements for tomorrow's wedding, okay?"
Because Lin Qingfei was injured, Qin Jue temporarily broke the appointment, so he had to postpone the wedding.
Ruan Zhiyin realized very clearly that from the moment Qin Jue proposed to her, the wedding held a different weight in their hearts.
She looked calm and looked out the window silently.
The city is bustling, with tall buildings everywhere.
Maybe the air condition was too cold, Ruan stood in front of the French window, grabbing her left arm with right hand and overlooking the surging traffic. But she could not feel the slightest sense of reality.
It's like going back to being 16 years old.
After a long silence, she spoke again, "Jue, I remember when I first returned to Ruan's house, I lost the Jade Buddha that the dean had given me, and after searching for a long time, I couldn't find it, so I hid in the attic and cried alone. Later, you found me hiding in the attic, and without telling anyone, you secretly helped me find the Jade Buddha."
Her voice was ethereal and soft, and Qin Jue couldn't help but fall into memory along with her words, and his heart softened.
Afterwards, he gave a low smile, "At that time I thought, why would you hide and cry just because you lost something? But seeing you cry too seriously, I can only help you find it."
Ruan Zhiyin smiled.
In fact, she knew that Qin Jue had not found the Jade Buddha. It's just that the demeanor and upbringing that the boy had cultivated since he was a child made him unable to watch the girl wipe her tears and just sit back and ignore it, so he bought one that looked the same.
"Why do you suddenly bring this up?" Qin Jue asked.
"I just suddenly felt that losing that Jade Buddha was actually not so worthwhile to be sad."
After saying this, most of the emotions in her heart dissipated.
The reason why she cried at that time was more like that when she first returned to Ruan's house, she received all kinds of gazes around her and suppressed too many emotions.
Later, she was admitted to A university and went abroad, receiving a lot of praise from outsiders. At that time, the Jade Buddha that Qin Jue bought for her disappeared, but she didn't seem to feel anything.
Time will heal everything in the end, and nothing can't be changed. So what has she been obsessed with all these years?
It seems that she has been thinking about one thing for too long, and finally made up her mind at this moment.
"Jue, the marriage ends here—"
"Let's break up."
The sudden word was like a heavy stone smashing into the calm water.
The two sides suddenly fell into a stalemate but turbulent silence, and the atmosphere gradually became depressing.
After a long silence, the man's deep voice carried an indescribable anger—
"I admit that I shouldn't have missed the wedding. You have an emotional misunderstanding, and I will explain it to you when I go back. But Zhiyin, don't use such words as canceling the marriage and breaking up. You've crossed the line."
Qin Jue's remarks contained some rebuke, making Ruan Zhiyin dumb for a moment.
They have known each other for eight years and dated for three years. In her impression, he has always been gentle and polite.
When they were abroad, Qin Jue treated her well, and Ruan Zhiyin felt that they could make it to the end. Even in the few quarrels after returning to China, he never had such an uncommon lapse.
However, at this moment, Qin Jue, the groom who escaped marriage for his ex-girlfriend, scolded her for not making a joke about canceling the wedding and breaking up?
Ruan Zhiyin really felt a little ridiculous, but she knew very well that she was not joking at all.
It's not that she didn't give Qin Jue a chance, nor did she trust him, but she reluctantly piled up too much disappointment from his repeated lies and bias.
Maybe Qin Jue loved her too, but he couldn't let go of his feelings for another woman.
She couldn't continue to be decent in the relationship.
Too tired.
She let go of him and let go of herself.
However, Qin Jue was forgiven for not believing her. After all, she had be into him for eight years and had been following him step by step. Even in the two years when it was difficult for him to break up with the Qin family, she always accompanied him.
Anyone with discerning eyes knew how much she likes Qin Jue, and it is hard to believe that she suddenly gave up at the point of getting married.
She was about to say something when a pretty girl's voice ring out on the other side of the phone, interrupting her abruptly—
"Jue, can you pass me the water glass?"
The woman's voice is not unfamiliar, revealing self-evident intimacy. At this moment, Ruan Zhiyin still felt a moment of embarrassment.
The next second, she sneered and hung up the phone.
She knew that Lin Jingfei spoke out on purpose, but she didn't want to have this endless quarrel anymore.
Recalling the decision just now, she even felt an unprecedented relaxation.
Just as she was in a trance, there was a knock on the door, and Kang Yu walked in hesitantly——
"Miss Ruan, Mr. Qin's assistant called me and said the wedding will be postponed until tomorrow?"
Qin Jue was busy with work and didn't make many appearances. These days, Kang Yu communicates with the wedding matters about the groom through this assistant Zhai.
As soon as she finished speaking, a tall woman suddenly appeared behind her. The woman stepped on high heels rattling, and directly passed Kang Yu into the room angrily.
"Yinyin, what does Qin Jue mean?!"
Gu Linlang put one hand on her hip, with her brows frowning, and her cheeks were dyed crimson with anger.
She put the phone in front of Ruan Zhiyin.
The news headlines on the screen is sensational—
[New young actress Lin Qingfei is suspected of slashing her wrist and sent to the doctor late at night, accompanied by her rumored boyfriend]
In the photo, the man is in a tailored dark suit. The tie was crisp, which made him look elegant and stylish.The profile of the gentle and handsome face is clear, with the frowning eyebrows. The bridge of HIS nose is straight, and the thin gold-rimmed glasses reflect the lens.
He is tall and broad, and he wraps around the petite woman in his arms.
Lin Jingfei's pretty face was shy and timid, but her face was faintly weak and pale.
It is indeed a very dazzling scene-
However, about Lin Jingfei's pale face, Ruan Zhiyin looked like she had rubbed too much powder.
In the end, the media was worried about the Qin family and did not reveal Qin Jue's face, but it was not difficult for those who knew him to recognize.
The watch in the man's wrist was given by Ruan Zhiyin on his birthday last year. The side of the dial is engraved with the initials of their names.
Qin Jue liked it very much when he received it. He held her in his arms with warm eyes and a smile, and asked her to take off the watch that Qin's mother gave him when he was an adult, and put hers on.
Then he never took it off.
The warmth at that time is vivid in her mind. Now, seeing the man carefully guarding another woman out of the hospital, Ruan Zhiyin felt a surge of pain even though she was determined to let go.
When feelings become habitual,
it does take time to forget.