"You don't need to apologize to me. On the contrary, I should be thanking you for what happened earlier."

She kept her head down, fiddling with her fingers, and spoke with a tone that was more casual than polite.

Ye Xinning was polite and courteous to him, as if there was no relationship between them and she was simply thanking a stranger who had helped her.

Realizing that Ye Xinning had this attitude towards him, Shen Lin's face showed bitterness and helplessness.

After losing his memory, he didn't know Ye Xinning well enough. He didn't know her likes or dislikes, her personality, or her seemingly firm but actually soft heart.

But after regaining his memories, he knew all of this far too well.

She was polite, courteous, and suppressed all her true emotions, all because of three words.

not give a damn about.

The familiar feeling of heartache returned, and Shen Lin pursed his thin lips, remaining silent.

He wanted to say something to Ye Xinning, but when the words reached his lips, he didn't know how to begin. He also didn't know if Ye Xinning really wanted to hear what he said at this moment.

The two remained silent until Ye Xinning finally broke the silence.

She didn't look at Shen Lin, but lowered her head and said calmly, "That person just now, was he Xia Wan's father?"

"Um."

Upon receiving Shen Lin's reply, Ye Xinning's suspicions were confirmed.

The main reason she couldn't guess the man's identity at the time was that she was too nervous. Once she calmed down and thought about it, it would be easy to guess.

"You orchestrated the Xia family's bankruptcy?"

"Everyone has to pay the price for their actions."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xinning understood.

She smiled gently, without asking Shen Lin why he helped her get revenge, nor what his motivation was.

She simply said again, "Thank you."

This is the first time she has thanked him today.

Shen Lin's gaze was deep. Before appearing in front of Ye Xinning, he had made many guesses, such as how to tell Ye Xinning that he had regained his memory, and how to apologize to Ye Xinning and ask for her forgiveness.

All the assumptions were shattered when Ye Xinning spoke to him with such rationality. He found himself speechless, unsure of where to even begin.

"Alright, it's getting late. I'm already way late, so I'm leaving now."

As she spoke, she stood up and said, "You should also hurry back to the Shen Group." After a moment of silence, she looked up at him and smiled faintly, "Shen Lin, we've been divorced for quite some time now. You don't need to concern yourself with my affairs anymore. Life is long, and we all have to move forward."

After Ye Xinning finished speaking, she prepared to leave, but Shen Lin suddenly stood up, took her hand, and hugged her from behind.

When he spoke again, his voice was full of remorse, "Ningning, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I'm bad, I'm a jerk, I forgot the most important thing. I beg you, please don't sentence me to death like this, please give me another chance?"

He hugged her from behind, the two were very close, Ye Xinning could feel the burning heat on his body, and... his trembling hands.

Ye Xinning looked down at those hands and remained silent for a long time. When she spoke again, her voice was so cautious that she didn't even realize it herself.

"You...remember?"

Shen Lin nodded. "I remember everything. After I woke up in the hospital with you that day, I remembered everything. I remembered that you saved me five years ago, I remembered that you were the one I fell in love with five years ago, and I remembered all the little things we had. Ningning, I love you. I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have forgotten you, I shouldn't have hurt you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Ye Xinning stared into Shen Lin's eyes, and she heard every word he said clearly.

He said he remembered.

He said he loved her.

He said, "I'm sorry."

Ye Xinning couldn't describe what her feelings were like at that moment.

For the past five years, she has never stopped hoping that Shen Lin could regain his memory, and she has never stopped wishing that Shen Lin could remember her and every moment they had loved each other.

But now that Shen Lin is standing in front of her and tells her that he remembers, she finds that she feels more calm, a calmness that even she finds strange.

At that moment, she even felt that fate was playing a cruel trick on her.

She once married Shen Lin at all costs in order to help him regain his memory, enduring his unwarranted insults, his disdain, and all the darkness that a loveless marriage brought her.

After she finally accepted that Shen Lin would never regain his memories and went through countless mental preparations before divorcing him, Shen Lin remembered.

In this completely unexpected situation, Ye Xinning even wanted to laugh. What else could this be but a prank?

Why is Ye Xinning so unlucky? In the past, she tried her best to keep her parents from separating, but they still did.

She met Shen Lin five years ago and hoped to be with him for life, but Shen Lin later lost his memory.

After marrying Shen Lin, she longed for him to regain his memory, but all she got after waiting was endless pain.

After seeing everything clearly, she got a divorce and was ready to start a new life. But fate played another trick on her, and Shen Lin regained her memory.

Ye Xinning remained silent. Shen Lin held her tighter and tighter, his voice trembling. "Ningning, I know I said a lot of hurtful things to you after I lost my memory, and I did a lot of unforgivable things to you. I know all of that. I will change. Give me time, and I will make it up to you. I will change the influence of Shen Lin in your heart. Please believe me, okay?"

Shen Lin pleaded again and again; Ye Xinning had never seen him so humble before.

But does all of this really matter?

When Ye Xinning asked this question in her heart, she already had an answer.

She raised her hand and slowly pulled away from Shen Lin's embrace, stepping back to a safe distance before turning her back to him and saying, "Shen Lin, none of this matters anymore. From the moment I divorced you, our relationship had already reached its end."

"No, no, divorce wasn't my wish. I lost my memory at that time..."

Before Shen Lin could finish speaking, Ye Xinning interrupted him, "But undeniably, that person was you, wasn't it?"

Shen Lin froze, remaining silent for a long time, his eyes filled with sorrow as he looked at Ye Xinning.

Ye Xinning took a deep breath and continued.