In his memory, she had always been strong, and had never appeared so fragile, as if she would break at the slightest touch.

Just when the man thought Yi Yi would burst into tears or become disheartened, he saw her manage to force a smile.

Her smile looked more like a grimace...

"What exactly happened?"

"It's nothing. I... I thought I still had a chance to get out, but now it seems I was overthinking it. He probably wouldn't be willing to give up what he has now and go through all this trouble to come find me."

The man snatched the phone, his fingers inadvertently tracing the screen, his fingertips touching something icy cold.

She...cried.

"Most men are heartless."

Yi swallowed the salty liquid from her lips, pretending not to care, and forced a smile at the man. "You're right, I overestimated myself."

"Is this what you look like when you smile? It's uglier than when you're crying."

The man's eyes betrayed his undisguised disgust.

See? He's quiet when he's quiet, but when he does speak, he can drive you crazy—just like Mu Nanxun! She needs comforting right now, she really needs comforting!

Mu Nanxun, it's Mu Nanxun again!

He's all lovey-dovey with Xia Bingqing right now, she doesn't want to think about him anymore, she doesn't want to!

She said she didn't mind, but her heart... why did it hurt so much, so much that she could hardly breathe?

Yi Yi, don't be so spineless, don't be so spineless!

The tears I had been holding back suddenly burst forth like a flood, unstoppable.

At first, she was just sobbing silently, but then it turned into heart-wrenching wailing.

With a "whoosh," the man was startled.

"Mu Nanxun is a bastard, he's a complete bastard!"

"Waaaaah... He said he'd keep me by his side forever, that I was the apple of his eye, and now look at him, he's already jumped into someone else's arms! Waaaaah, you bastard, you bastard Mu Nanxun!"

"Xia Bingqing, what's so great about Xia Bingqing? She's not as pretty as me, doesn't have as good a figure as me, doesn't have as nice a voice as me, and doesn't eat as much as me! What's so great about her!"

"Waaah... Why are you in such a hurry! I've only been here for a little over ten days, and you're already hooking up with someone else, Mu Nanxun, you scum!"

The man listened to her intermittent wailing as a flock of crows flew overhead.

Are all women such fickle creatures? I just thought she was strong, and then she burst into tears like this! What a hassle!

The man tried to cover his ears and escape this troublesome place, but when he turned around, Yi caught him red-handed.

"Don't go, boohoo... I'm so sad, you can't leave! I... I'm asking you, am I really that bad?"

"Um."

The man answered without thinking, simply to brush her off.

Hearing this, Yi Yi cried even harder, wiping her snot and tears on the man's sleeve. "Even you think so. Waaah... Am I... am I that much worse than Xia Bingqing? Am I not as pretty as her, not as well-proportioned, or not as gentle as her?"

This was the first time a man had ever been annoyed by a woman. He didn't know anything about Xia Bingqing, he didn't even know her, so how could he know if she was pretty, had a good figure, or was gentle?

Seeing the woman's tear-stained face, and the shiny, unidentified object on his sleeve, the man felt like his head was about to explode.

He shouldn't have given her his phone to make that stupid call.

"Looking at you right now, even a sow would be prettier than you!"