Peach stared at me, mouth agape, incredulous. After a long pause, she exclaimed, "Her?...How could she be here?"

"I don't understand either... Peach, what kind of woman do you think Lu Jia is?"

"She's a rather unpredictable person... but I think... during the years she's been with you, she's truly in love... as for coming to Dali, it's not like her usual style. I've always believed she's not a woman who likes to drag things out."

"Yes... Before this, I never thought we would meet again."

"Could it be that she wants to get back together with you?"

I shook my head: "The chances of that are slim. She's already studying abroad. If we get back together, we can't have one of us in Dali and the other in France, can we?"

"So what are your own thoughts? Do you not rule out getting back together with her?"

"It's impossible for them to get back together."

Peach asked pointedly, "Is it because of Ye Zhi?"

Is there anything wrong with this?

“No normal person would think she was wrong, after all, it was Lu Jia who proposed to break up. But I’m afraid Lu Jia doesn’t think so… By the way, after you broke up, has she dated any other men?”

She said no.

"You should think about this matter more carefully yourself."

As I tapped my head with my fingers, I considered various possibilities; just then, Peach seemed to remember something and said to me, "Michael, I have something to tell you."

"Um?"

Peach's expression was somewhat serious. After a moment of contemplation, she said, "I remember that before you and Lu Jia broke up, Lei Lei seemed to have met with Lu Jia once... Logically speaking, it's unlikely that they would have met alone."

I froze, my fingers trembling slightly involuntarily, following my emotions. After a moment, I said to Peach in a reproachful tone, "Why didn't you tell me about something so important?"

Peach explained, "Back then, I didn't know you and Lu Jia had broken up... By the time I found out, Lei Lei was already gone, and Lu Jia had gone abroad. Do you think it would have made any sense for me to tell you then?"

I pressed further, "Who was it? Who did they invite?"

“I don’t know. I only heard Leilei say that she was going to have dinner with Lu Jia. That day, she specifically asked me to ask the boss for leave… I was busy going to work at the time, so I didn’t ask any more questions.”

"What exactly did they talk about?...Did she tell you when she got back?"

Peach recalled for a moment and replied, "No, the venue was extremely busy during that time, and I was always drunk when I came back, so I didn't pay attention to this matter."

I lay heavily back on the sofa, my mind filled with the swaying figures of Lu Jia and Wang Lei. I desperately wanted to peek inside, but I couldn't hear a word they were saying... I was anxious and worried!

When I came to my senses, I realized that this was just my imagination, and the only people in this world who truly knew the truth were Wang Lei and Lu Jia... Wang Lei was gone, so only Lu Jia remained.

I racked my brains trying to figure out if there was any necessary connection between her meeting with Wang Lei that day and her coming to Dali today.

Then, I had a strong feeling that something that could change everything must have happened behind the scenes that I couldn't see.