Chapter 96: Seize the Day

Qian Anan died in the bathroom of her room.

According to information revealed by netizens with access to news channels, Qian Anan left a suicide note before her death.

In her suicide note, she said that she had done something wrong and that she could only use her life to exchange for peace of mind.

Half of the netizens do not believe this statement.

How could a person who prays for peace of mind do so many inhuman things?

However, soon, an official notice gave the final conclusion to the matter. Qian Anan did die of suicide, but the official did not report the specific cause of the suicide.

When Lin You heard the news, he still felt a sense of unreality.

She had thought countless times about making Qian Anan and others pay the price they deserved, but this price did not include death.

After get off work, she waited for Shi Jingyuan at the entrance of the underground garage.

Shi Jingyuan came out of the elevator and she followed him quickly.

Shi Jingyuan was talking on the phone the whole time and didn't give her a chance to ask questions.

After getting in the car, Shi Jingyuan put on the Bluetooth headset, placed his phone on the center console, held the steering wheel, smiled at her, and drove out of the garage.

Shi Jingyuan finished his call only after the car got on the elevated road.

He then asked, "Do you have anything to ask?"

Her hesitant expression was written directly on her face.

Lin Youdian nodded, pulling at the seat belt awkwardly with his hands.

"Qian Anan..."

Shi Jingyuan tilted his head slightly and glanced at her quickly, "Hasn't the official announcement already been made? She committed suicide."

For some reason, Lin You felt a sense of relief in his heart.

"What? Do you think I was the one who did it?" Shi Jingyuan smiled noncommittally.

Lin You pursed his lips and suddenly said firmly: "I don't think you are that kind of person."

But if he doesn't do it, there are people who want to please him and do it for him.

Just like when Shi Yanran wanted to deal with her, she would never hesitate to ask Shi Yanran to take action, and there were so many people around her who were willing to be her pawns.

The car drove down the overpass and waited for two traffic lights before Shi Jingyuan spoke again.

His voice was low and deep, but his tone was extremely serious.

"Lin You. This world isn't black and white. How can there be so much fairness?"

"Efforts and rewards are never completely proportional. Similarly, the consequences of evil deeds are not necessarily directly related to the extent of the evil done."

His ambiguous words seemed to answer Lin Xian's previous question.

But this answer made Lin You's heart, which had been relieved, rise again. She pursed her lips and didn't say anything for a long time.

He was telling her that even if Qian Anan's crime did not deserve the death penalty, her death was related to this incident.

Shi Jingyuan touched her head with his free hand and said, "Don't think too much about it. This matter has nothing to do with you or me. It's her own choice."

As for why she made this choice, it seemed meaningless to them.

Lin You didn't say a word along the way.

Until the two of them arrived at the large flat near Shi Jingyuan's company, Lin You stood there without moving after entering.

When Shi Jingyuan looked back at her, he found that her eyes were a little red.

She looked up at him, her voice trembling, "Shi Jingyuan, actually...it's not that I have no feelings for you at all."

Shi Jingyuan was surprised that she said this suddenly, but his face was calm.

"I know."

With his intelligence, it is impossible that he cannot even tell the falsehood of a woman.

Lin You continued, "But I can't accept you, just like you... won't accept me in the end."

What she was talking about in the end was their future.

The gap between them is so huge that whether they can finally be together is never something they can decide for themselves.

Shi Jingyuan's face darkened slightly, and he raised an eyebrow and asked, "So?"

Lin You: "So... if no one knows when death will come, then we should just... live one day at a time."

That was her decision.

Don't look to the future, just fight for the present.

When their eyes met, both of them could see each other's rationality from each other's pupils.

After a long time, Shi Jingyuan nodded.

"good."

The next second, Shi Jingyuan pulled her into his arms, not giving her a chance to breathe.

The relationship between adult men and women is like Pandora's box. Once it is opened, the momentum is completely out of control.

Lin You and Shi Jingyuan seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding. From that day on, they lived independent lives, but were madly entangled with each other at night.

Countless times late at night, Lin You was so exhausted that he fell into a deep sleep without any strength left.

But I woke up in horror from one nightmare after another.

The dream she had most often was about Qian Anan. Sometimes Qian Anan was restless in her dreams and continued to bully her in every possible way.

Sometimes, Qian Anan would kneel in front of her, begging for mercy, asking her to forgive, and asking her to let everyone go.

Every time after waking up from a dream, Lin You would open the window and look at the lights of the city through the panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows of the large flat.

Ever since she talked it out with Shi Jingyuan, Lin You started living an unclear life with him.

They have not established a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, but they are still attracted to each other's scent.

To use a phrase that Chen Lingling always said in the past, sleep with whoever you like. We are all adults, and the relationship will be complete only if you can sleep with whoever you want in your lifetime.

Speaking of Chen Lingling, her belly was getting bigger day by day. After winter came, she put on thick clothes and it was impossible to hide it from others.

Gossip about her soon spread throughout the company.

"Who would have thought that I, who calls myself the king of melon-eating, would one day be able to eat my own melon?"

In the cafeteria, Chen Lingling couldn't help sighing when she talked about it.

"Do you know how I felt this morning when I heard that I was being kept by a bald, widowed old man? I felt like I had eaten a mouthful of shit?"

Lin You glared at her coldly, "You're still pregnant. Can you speak more politely? Pay attention to prenatal education."

Chen Lingling touched her belly and pretended to apologize to the baby.

Lin You burst out laughing and asked casually, "But Kongxue Laifeng, how did you make people misunderstand that you have an old man?"

Chen Lingling laughed when she thought of this.

"It's really speechless. I was just delivering a document a few days ago, and the client happened to be a bald, widowed old man, and that's when this kind of talk started."

So these days, all the gossip on the streets is just hearsay, but few of them are true.

Lin You had almost finished eating and asked with concern, "All this gossip will fade in a few days, but your baby is already four months old, don't you have any plans for the next step?"

Of course Chen Lingling understood what she meant.

Chen Lingling was picking at the food on the plate, a hint of sadness flashing in her eyes.

"But the child's father is not available right now... Don't worry, I know what to do."

Lin You later thought that the biggest mistake she had made was to trust Chen Lingling's words of propriety too much.

If she had asked a few more questions in a firmer tone at that time, perhaps such a tragic thing would not have happened.