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Cai Wenchuan froze, his blood seemingly stopping. He suppressed his unusual emotions and asked Ye Wenyu, "Do you know her?"

Ye Wenyu immediately said, "No, no, I don't know them either. We only met once. I don't want to have anything to do with the Lin family." It was as if a huge weight had been lifted from her chest, and her tense expression relaxed.

Cai Wenchuan nodded slightly, but his heart felt as heavy as the earth. Xiaoyu didn't want anything to do with the Lin family, but he, too, had been inextricably linked to them since childhood. Sigh—

Next, Cai Wenchuan was sent to Germany to study for a year by the school, while Ye Wenyu focused on her studies and part-time work. She found five part-time jobs and was constantly spinning around like a top. Time flew by and passed day by day amidst her hard work.

To earn her tuition and living expenses for her sophomore year, and to pay off the 50,000 yuan debt for her stepfather's medical treatment by the end of the year, Ye Wenyu did almost every kind of job imaginable. She worked as a tutor, a restaurant waitress, a courier, a flower deliveryman, and so on.

She was busy and tired every day. When she got back to her dorm, she felt like her bones were about to fall apart. But sometimes she thought it was okay to be tired. When she got back to her dorm, she could fall asleep as soon as her head hit the bed. That way, she wouldn't suffer because of missing Cai Wenchuan.

Because of her, Cai Wenchuan went to study in Germany. From then on, she was all alone on campus. Cai Wenchuan would call or message her almost every day, but sometimes Ye Wenyu was working and couldn't answer his calls.

Cai Wenchuan knew that she was mostly working to earn tuition and living expenses, and he felt sorry for her. He transferred money to her through Alipay and WeChat, but Ye Wenyu never accepted it. She was so proud that she insisted on earning money through her own abilities.

Cai Wenchuan could only respect her wishes.

That evening, Ye Wenyu was working as a waitress at a restaurant. As she hurried out of the restaurant after work, she felt a tall, muscular figure stagger past her. A strong smell of alcohol wafted over, making her frown and wonder how someone could drink so much! Every cell in his body reeked of alcohol. She glared at the man, but he seemed oblivious, brushing past her and staggering ahead of her. His figure was as tall as a giant. Ye Wenyu paused, stopped, and looked ahead, feeling that the figure was very familiar.

Her bewildered gaze followed the figure ahead, watching him stagger to a luxury car, open the driver's side door, get in, and then the engine roared to life—

What?! Like a bolt from the blue, Ye Wenyu's eyes widened. This person was so drunk, yet he actually wanted to drive away?! Wasn't he playing with his own life and the lives of others? If there was a car accident, he would harm himself and others. Even if he was lucky and didn't have an accident, there were traffic police like ants on that road ahead, with a checkpoint almost every hundred meters. If he dared to drive away like that, it was practically a direct drive to the detention center!

Ye Wenyu was a kind-hearted person. Seeing that the Mercedes-Benz SUV was about to start moving, she immediately ran forward and ran to the driver's seat.

As she got closer, she could see clearly that the Mercedes SUV was black, with a large, boxy body and very sharp lines. Its market price was at least five million, making her, who was already petite, appear even smaller.

She clenched her fist and mustered her courage to gently knock on the driver's side door.

Normally, she would never have gone up to someone's luxury car and knocked on the door, for fear of being accused of being a poor woman who didn't know her place and was trying to flirt with a rich man. But today was a special case, and if she ignored it, a terrible car accident could very well happen in a few minutes.

The car window finally rolled down slowly, revealing the driver's face, and a strong smell of alcohol wafted out.

Ye Wenyu waved her hand to dispel the pungent smell of alcohol from her face. She frowned and shouted, "You're drunk, and you're driving yourself! Can't you find a designated driver?!" She looked up, intending to warn the drunk driver, but the moment she saw him, she froze, as if struck by lightning. The driver was none other than Lin Tingfeng!

What a small world!

Lin Tingfeng also recognized the meddlesome woman in front of him. He opened his eyes and thought he was drunk and dreaming, reuniting with her in his dream.

Is the girl standing outside the car window really the one I've been longing for? Longing is like a toothache; it begins inexplicably, then lingers, an unending, persistent pain. And even in the deepest anguish, it remains unknown to others.

Although they haven't seen each other these past few days, he misses her every moment.

But when he calmed down and looked at the person in front of him, her big, watery eyes were filled with shock, fear, and disgust. That familiar, inexplicable stare made him realize that it wasn't a dream; it was all real. She was right outside his car, kindly reminding him not to drink and drive.

He laughed, silently looking at her, his heart filled with mixed emotions: the joy of reunion, the helplessness and confusion of being controlled by her, and the melancholy and anger of not being able to have her.

Ye Wenyu felt a flush on her face. She lowered her head. Since the drunk driver was Lin Tingfeng, she didn't want to be a liar. She wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but drunk driving was a dangerous thing. She felt she had made a mistake by just ignoring him and letting him drive away.

Therefore, she turned her face away and turned her body to the side, but her feet did not leave. Her body remained in a "neither go nor stay" posture. Her expression was very conflicted, and her heart was like a reed in a strong wind, swaying violently from side to side.

Lin Tingfeng was indeed drunk. He rarely gets drunk, but he's been in a bad mood lately, so he often drinks to drown his sorrows. It started with him meeting up with a few friends and clients, then he brought his driver along, and now he drives himself to drink alone because he finds his loyal driver too nagging. He always dutifully tries to persuade his driver to drink less while driving, because drinking is bad for his health.

Many nights, he would get drunk and drive home unsteadily, with neon lights trailing behind him, loneliness a constant companion, etched into his very soul.

For this reason, he got drunk today and plans to drive himself home.

When a person drinks alcohol, they can no longer be as clear-headed and rational as when they are sober. Ye Wenyu could see the danger, but he clung to a sliver of hope and pretended not to see it.