Chapter 3: I Broke Up with Shen Yichen

Qin Shuzhi slept until noon, only to be awakened by a nightmare.

In her nightmare, she was grabbed by two thugs who lunged at her with wicked grins on their faces.

Then, she was startled awake.

Qin Shuzhi habitually reached for her phone on the bedside table, only to realize that it had run out of battery last night.

So she got up, took her phone out of her bag, plugged it in, and turned it on.

As soon as I turned on my phone, nine missed calls popped up.

It was Shen Yichen who made the call.

Before Qin Shuzhi could react, another call came in.

It was still Shen Yichen.

Qin Shuzhi suppressed her disgust and anger and pressed the answer button.

The person on the other end seemed surprised that the call had gone through, and paused for a moment before asking, "Have you had enough? Finally answered the phone?"

After waiting a while without receiving a response, Shen Yichen asked in a somewhat displeased tone, "Do you know how many times I called you this morning?"

Qin Shuzhi said coldly, "Get to the point."

Whether it was because he felt guilty for leaving her behind last night, or because he sensed Qin Shuzhi's coldness, Shen Yichen's tone softened a bit as he explained, "Yan Yan hurt her leg last night, so I took her to the hospital..."

"Shen Yichen, we've already broken up. Don't tell me about your dirty secrets with your white moonlight, it makes me want to vomit."

Unexpectedly, after three years of being together with Shen Yichen and getting engaged two months ago, she couldn't compete with his ex-girlfriend who had only been back for a month.

"Qin Shuzhi," Shen Yichen gritted his teeth, "dare you say that again?"

"If you can't hear me, I'll say it again: last night, the moment you chose Zhou Siyan, it was over between us. The marriage is off. You can inform your family yourself. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other. Even if we bump into each other on the street, there's no need for us to greet each other!"

Qin Shuzhi finished speaking in one breath and hung up the phone immediately, then blocked and deleted his number and WeChat account.

Hearing her words in his office, Shen Yichen was so angry that he suddenly stood up and shouted into the phone, "Qin Shuzhi, how long are you going to make a scene over such a trivial matter?"

After he finished speaking, he realized that Qin Shuzhi had already hung up the phone. He was so angry that he slammed his phone to the ground.

When Chen He, the assistant, came in and saw this scene, he paused for a moment.

"What's up?"

Shen Yichen asked irritably.

"Mr. Chen, this was brought back from the tent on the mountaintop." Chen He handed the beautifully wrapped gift box to the table.

Shen Yichen took a look and saw that it was the birthday gift he had given Qin Shuzhi last night. He frowned, "She didn't take it?"

"Yes, and the cake and flowers are still inside the tent..."

Seeing his increasingly grim expression, Chen He quickly said, "Perhaps Miss Qin forgot to take it last night, Mr. Chen, how about... you take it to Miss Qin now?"

On his birthday, Chen He abandoned his fiancée on a mountaintop to go find his ex-girlfriend. Even Chen He felt that his boss had gone too far.

However, Ms. Qin is generous, kind, and deeply loves her boss. As long as the boss sincerely apologizes, she should be able to be forgiven.

Shen Yichen rubbed his temples in frustration. "Forget it, she's still throwing a tantrum. Let's wait until she calms down."

Chen He: "..."

——

Awakened by a nightmare and then receiving a call from Shen Yichen, Qin Shuzhi felt a terrible headache and simply collapsed back into bed to sleep.

She didn't know how long she had slept, but when she heard the doorbell ring, she groggily got up to open the door.

Standing outside the door was Qi Yishan.

"Hey, I knew you'd be home by now."

She came in with a grin, closed the door, and winked at Qin Shuzhi, "So? Did anything... interesting happen between you and my brother on the mountaintop last night?"

Qi Yishan is her best friend and also Shen Yichen's cousin. Their mothers are sisters.

"Yes," Qin Shuzhi said expressionlessly. "The story is absolutely wonderful."

"real?"

Qi Yishan smiled knowingly, "I knew you two must have..."

"Shen Yichen and I broke up."

Qi Yishan stared at Qin Shuzhi in astonishment, thinking she had misheard, "...Break up?"

She was about to say something when she suddenly noticed Qin Shuzhi's left hand, which was bandaged, and exclaimed, "Zhibao, what happened to your hand?"

Sitting on the sofa, Qin Shuzhi told her what had happened last night.

"It's that green tea bitch Zhou Siyan again!" Qi Yishan jumped up from the sofa in anger.

"No, has my brother lost his mind? He actually left you alone on the mountain and almost got you..." bullied by thugs.

Qi Yishan was furious when she saw Qin Shuzhi's pale face.

"No way, I'm going to turn against my own family right now and tear that green tea bitch apart to vent your anger."

"Don't go, baby."

Seeing her about to storm out, Qin Shuzhi quickly reached out and grabbed her.

"I have broken up with him. From now on, I don't want to have anything to do with him anymore."

Furthermore, Qi Yishan and he are cousins, and Qin Shuzhi doesn't want her to fall out with him because of him.

"...Are you really planning to end things with my brother?"

Qi Yishan looked at her, feeling both distressed and anxious. "Although I also think my brother deserves to die, Zhou Siyan is clearly playing tricks on you to steal my brother away. If you break up with her, won't she get her way?"

"I don't care about things that can be stolen."

Qin Shuzhi knew, of course, that Zhou Siyan had deliberately called Shen Yichen away last night to tell her that in Shen Yichen's heart, Zhou Siyan would always be more important than Qin Shuzhi.

Over the past month, Qin Shuzhi had indeed been heartbroken and distressed by Zhou Siyan's various provocations, and had even had several arguments with Shen Yichen, but now...

It's just trash. Since Zhou Siyan wants it, I'll give it to her.

Qi Yishan hugged her tightly, feeling sorry for her. "Baby, are you feeling very sad right now?"

"Yeah, it's pretty sad."

Qin Shuzhi rested her head on her shoulder, filled with regret, "I think it wasn't Shen Yichen who went blind three years ago, it was me who went blind."

Qi Yishan was a little confused: "Huh?"

"Tell me, how could I have ever fallen for such a piece of trash?"

"..."

Qi Yishan scratched her head. "This is also my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have known... this piece of trash."

Qin Shuzhi met Shen Yichen at Qi Yishan's 20th birthday party.

Qin Shuzhi said, "Don't make false accusations. This has nothing to do with you."

Qi Yishan straightened Qin Shuzhi's body and stated her position very seriously, "Don't worry, Bao, I will always stand by your side. Even if he is my brother, if he dares to cheat on you, I will not help him."

Qin Shuzhi held her hand, "Sisters are the best."

Qi Yishan looked down at her injured hand and asked with concern, "Is the wound deep?"

"Hmm, it was quite deep and long, and a lot of blood was lost..."

As Qin Shuzhi was saying this, she suddenly remembered something and slapped her forehead in annoyance, "I forgot to ask that kind person from last night for his contact information. He's the one who paid my medical bills."

"That……"

“But I know where he lives.” Qin Shuzhi pulled Qi Yishan up. “Yishan, come with me.”

——

An hour later.

Qin Shuzhi and Qi Yishan arrived at Shi Yuanxing's residence.

Qin Shuzhi stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Behind her, Qi Yishan was holding a bag containing a pair of men's slippers and a shawl.

"Didn't you say your benefactor was a young man? How come he lives in the suburbs?"

Seeing that she had been knocking on the door for a while without getting an answer, Qi Yishan asked again, "Are you sure you haven't come to the wrong place?"

"That's right, I went into this place last night," Qin Shuzhi confirmed.