Can!

She was greeted.

It was a heavy, forceful, and merciless slap.

"Smack—"

"Smack—"

"Smack—"

Oh no, it was three slaps!

These three slaps were not delivered by anyone else, but by Zhou Cheng, the man who loved her to the core.

The blow knocked blood out of Lin Jiaoyun's teeth, causing a ringing sound in her ears and making her vision go black. She collapsed to the ground, her mind still reeling from the intense pain.

"If we're talking about being shameless, no one in the entire capital is more shameless than you."

Zhou Cheng looked down at Lin Jiaoyun, witnessing her silent tears and her disheveled state, but he was not moved in the slightest: "Cheng Xianyi is my fiancée. You dare to utter another word that would tarnish her reputation."

"I'll beat you to death, you brat!"

"I may not hit women, but you, you're nothing but a slut! Get out!"

Cheng Xianyi is his fiancée.

hehe.

What about yourself?

What do these three years amount to?

Lin Jiaoyun raised her head with red and swollen eyes, staring blankly at Zhou Cheng. She longed to see a trace of heartache and love in Zhou Cheng's eyes, or... or any other emotion, even hatred and resentment.

But no.

Not at all.

So cold and indifferent, so heartless.

Click—

It looks like something broke.

Lin Jiaoyun clutched her chest, swaying as she stood up. She couldn't believe Zhou Cheng would be so cruel to her. Stubbornly and confidently, she shouted, "No, it's not like that. You wouldn't hit me for her sake."

"There must be a reason for this, there must be. She drugged you. Cheng Xianyi must have done something to you."

"Zhou Cheng, open your eyes and look clearly. I am Lin Jiaoyun, the woman you love most. How can you be so heartless to me? Please wake up! I beg you, please wake up!"

"Waaah... I'll never mess with you again, Zhou Cheng, please don't do this, I'm really scared..."

Lin Jiaoyun gripped Zhou Cheng's arm tightly.

Zhou Cheng tried to shake it off several times, but he couldn't get rid of the octopus.

She clearly regretted it, or rather, she couldn't accept the ending at all, and was still stuck in Zhou Cheng's past love for her.

soon.

Lin's father and young master Qin, who had been chasing after her, arrived. They heard Lin Jiaoyun's heart-wrenching cries from afar.

Neither of them had ever seen Lin Jiaoyun lower herself so much. She actually cried for Zhou Cheng? Or was she begging Zhou Cheng to wake up and not be misled by Cheng Xianyi?

"Yun'er! Yun'er, stop making a fuss, come back to the Lin residence with your uncle."

"Zhou Cheng...you really went too far. She's the woman you've liked for so long. She's so gentle and talented. How could you treat her like this and make her cry so sadly? It broke my heart to see her like this." Young Master Qin was heartbroken.

Zhou Cheng sneered and slapped Lin Jiaoyun away.

Lin Jiaoyun tried to rush forward again, but her father slapped her awake, his old face grim as he angrily said, "Enough! Haven't you made enough of a scene? You've completely disgraced the Lin family!"

"We can talk about this in a couple of days. Come home with me now!"

Lin Jiaoyun was forcibly dragged away by her father. She turned back while crying, staring at Zhou Cheng with pleading eyes, her eyes filled with tears and a pitiful look.

She was disappointed.

The man who used to have eyes only for her, this time, didn't even furrow his brow.

He... no longer sees her.