Upon hearing this, Su Yan's expression clearly darkened.

"Brother Yao, what do you mean by that? Don't you believe me?"

He Yao sneered, "Trust? Don't you find that word ridiculous now? What did you take my trust for! What did you take me for!"

When he roared, his spittle flew everywhere, almost hitting Su Yan's face.

"They used to say you were indecent, and I even defended you. But now it seems they weren't wrong. You, a woman, don't even have the most basic fidelity. You take advantage of your youth, squandering your body and taking advantage of others. Do you expect us honest men to take care of you when you're old? Bah! Shameless!"

Su Yan's face was extremely ugly. "He Yao, it's 2020 now. You've long forgotten your Qing Dynasty. What are you talking about loyalty with me for? What is our relationship? Why are you pointing fingers at me?"

"So this is the kind of woman you are. I was blind to believe you were my soulmate. I poured my heart out to you, even showing you my most vulnerable side. And what did you do in return?"

He Yao turned to leave with a wry smile, but Su Yan called him back.

"He Yao, I don't know if it was because of the conversation or something else, but we've already come to this point. I still need to explain what needs to be explained. But after the explanation, we'll be even, and we can pretend we never knew each other and were both blind."

Su Yan angrily took out her phone, pulled up the photos of her having dinner with Duan Sisi last night, and handed them to He Yao.

"See? Who am I having dinner with?!"

He Yao was stunned when he saw the photo; all his anger froze on his face.

"But Mr. Yi clearly tagged you..."

He looked up and saw Su Yan's eyes reddened with shame and indignation, and all the words he wanted to say caught in his throat.

"What do you know!" Su Yan shouted in shame and anger, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"He did have feelings for me, but I clearly rejected him. Otherwise, why do you think he would have kicked me out in a fit of anger?"

When He Yao touched her tears that seemed to have broken off a string, his heart softened instantly, and a sense of guilt only surfaced a beat later.

He stepped forward, but Su Yan couldn't avoid him.

He raised his hand to pull Su Yan, but before he could touch her, Su Yan dodged him in disgust.

Su Yan's chest heaved violently due to her emotional state.

“I know he’s a rich kid, and I know how powerful and capable he is. But because I already have someone in my heart, I’m not afraid even if I offend him and he retaliates against me.”

She changed the subject, giving a wry smile.

"I just never expected that the person I've always been thinking about wouldn't even give me the slightest bit of trust. He even listened to those people's gossip and treated me like that kind of woman."

"Yan Yan, I'm sorry."

He Yao panicked and apologized while trying to grab Su Yan's hand.

Su Yan flung her away, "Don't touch me! You don't deserve to touch me! I trusted you so much, I believed everything you said, but what about you? You don't even have the most basic trust in a relationship. I'm very disappointed, and I need to reconsider our relationship."

He Yao was stunned, then hurriedly stepped forward.

"Yan Yan, let me explain. I was just too in love with you, so I was misled by those messages and said those things. Believe me, I said those things only because you're in my heart."

Su Yan wouldn't listen to anything anyone said, she just kept walking forward, her steps were very fast.

He Yao was helpless behind them. He wanted to chase after them, but he didn't dare to, fearing that the sound of the two of them struggling would disturb the other people in the company.

Su Yan stopped abruptly as she reached the entrance to the rooftop.

She didn't turn around, but kept her back to He Yao, her voice sounding very sad.

Before you, I had never understood love, nor had I ever been with any man. When I met you, I thought I had found the person I truly wanted to spend my life with. But I never expected...

When He Yao heard that Su Yan had arrived, he choked up and couldn't continue speaking; he was heartbroken.

"Yan Yan".

He was too tongue-tied to utter a single word of comfort; all he could do was call her by name.

Su Yan took a deep breath. "Even so, thank you. Thank you for making me lose all hope in love. I think I will never open my heart to anyone so easily again."

Goodbye, and don't come looking for me again.

Su Yan said those words and then turned and went downstairs.

He Yao stood there blankly, like a puppet who had lost its soul.

It seems he lost her; he lost the girl who truly loved him.

What should we do? What can we do?

He Yao frantically opened his WeChat and asked his friends in the group for help, hoping to get some good advice, but unexpectedly, he was met with ridicule instead.

[Bro, you're not actually in love, are you? Really? Really?]

[Is someone really that foolish? To give up an entire forest for one woman?]

"Brother, listen to me. No matter how beautiful that woman is, you'll get tired of her after a couple of days. Hurry up and move on."

···

I have a feeling my brother got tricked.

When He Yao saw these messages, he was furious and almost lost control, smashing his phone in anger.

How could a bunch of scoundrels understand how good Su Yan is!

While he was cursing them, he completely forgot that he was one of them.

He Man saw that Su Yan had returned in a cheerful mood, with faint traces of crying on her face, and guessed that she had gone to Chairman Yi to fake cry.

She was seething with hatred, yet also filled with anxiety, making it impossible for her to concentrate on her work.

Upon hearing any noise in the office, she assumed it was Yi An coming to bother her, and panicked so much that her legs were trembling.

The most terrifying things are often the disasters that come from nowhere.

Heman spent the day in such anxiety and unease, but never received her due punishment.

She returned home dejectedly, even forgetting to add salt to her cooking, which drew a scolding from her husband when he came home from get off work.

It's unclear what words triggered He Man, but her taut string snapped instantly. She flipped the table, stood up, and started cursing at the child's father.

"All you do all day is nag and complain about this and that. What else can you do? Every day after get off work, you either play games or watch TV. Have you ever taken care of the kids? Have you ever helped with the housework?"

The child's father was stunned by the yelling and stammered, "I have to go to work, don't I?"

This statement greatly provoked He Man.

"I don't go to work! After work every day, I still have to do this and that, I have to be wary of backstabbers in the office, I have to take care of my child, I..."

Heman couldn't continue speaking, so she squatted down on the ground and burst into tears.