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He had had enough of the argument he had at the Lin Group last time. It became widely known, and many people were gossiping about him behind his back.

Therefore, Jiang Zhiming said gently, "It's too cold, Tingyue. Let's talk in the car." He tried to take a step forward, put his hand on Lin Tingyue's shoulder, and persuade her to get in the car, but her body was very stiff.

Lin Tingyue sneered, as if her legs were nailed to the ground. Her face was full of suspicion and pain as she coldly said to him, "You have repeatedly sided with her, so I felt that you were up to something. Today I followed you here, and sure enough, you came to see her! You two are indeed in contact in private! Tell me, Jiang Zhiming, what exactly is your relationship with her?!" Her tone was icy.

Lin Tingyue's inner pain was indescribable. She simply couldn't understand it. She had only mentioned Jiang Zhiming twice in front of Ye Wenyu. The first time they met was because she was worried that Ye Wenyu would misunderstand that she and Cai Wenchuan were a couple if she saw them often together. So, in order to prove her innocence, she brought Jiang Zhiming out and introduced him to Ye Wenyu as her boyfriend.

Unexpectedly, it was her fault from the very beginning; she had practically let a wolf into the house.

Looking back on their first meeting, Jiang Zhiming acted differently. He was initially against meeting her friend, but when he saw Ye Wenyu sitting opposite him, his face showed shock and joy, and his eyes lit up like stars in the sky. That momentary daze, in retrospect, was not the expression a man would show to an ordinary friend.

Therefore, she couldn't help but wonder if Jiang Zhiming's feelings for Ye Wenyu were really just ordinary friendships, based on their one or two meetings.

Unexpectedly, following him all day yielded results: he came to see her, and the two of them did something shameful in the library!

Seeing Lin Tingyue's sharp tone, as if she wouldn't stop arguing, Jiang Zhiming felt a headache coming on, as if a little person inside his head was cutting his brain with a knife. He composed himself and said to her, "I have nothing to do with her. Don't make a big deal out of this. You're not dressed warmly enough, and it's so cold. You'll catch a cold if you stay outside for too long. Come on, let's get in the car." He tightened his grip on her shoulders, but Lin Tingyue remained as still as a stone.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the north wind is blowing the hems of their coats.

To urge her to get in the car, Jiang Zhiming even put his other hand on Lin Tingyue's shoulder, trying to turn her around so they could get in together.

However, to everyone's surprise, Lin Tingyue forcefully slapped Jiang Zhiming's hand away and said to him fiercely, "Jiang Zhiming, don't forget what happened back then!"

As if struck by a thunderbolt, Jiang Zhiming froze, and in an instant, hot blood rushed to his face. At this time, it was gradually approaching nine o'clock in the morning, and many students had already come to the library to borrow books and study. Some curious students began to gather around to watch them.

They became the center of attention. The gazes of the onlookers felt like awls piercing their skin.

Lin Tingyue shrieked, "Without me, your mother would have died long ago!"

Jiang Zhiming was furious. He clenched his fists at his sides and shouted at Lin Tingyue with a livid face, "I'm warning you, get in the car right now!"

Back then, Lin Tingyue took the initiative to pursue him, but he was not moved. He thought that although he was poor, he was smart, highly educated and had high emotional intelligence. After graduating from university, he found a good job in S City and had a bright future.

He was pursued by a girl from a wealthy family. She was very beautiful and young, but after spending a few time with her, he found that Lin Tingyue was empty-headed, like an idiot, wasting her time at a third-rate university, and was vulgar and superficial. The two of them had no common language on an intellectual level.

He likes girls with a fragrant soul.

He enjoys reading, thinking, and writing, but Lin Tingyue is only interested in high-end clothing, luxury watches, and countless luxury brand bags in shopping malls.

He could read for an entire afternoon, while Lin Tingyue would fall asleep with a book in hand, and then her eyes would light up when she saw a designer handbag.

They were from different worlds. Every time he was with Lin Tingyue for more than five minutes, he would inwardly marvel at how stupid, vulgar, vain, and materialistic a woman could be.

Therefore, he doesn't love her.

However, things took a turn for the worse when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. The family had no money and needed immediate surgery. It was Lin Tingyue who helped him in time, allowing his mother to have the surgery and she is now alive and well.

For this reason, he and she got together.

The harsh reality forced him to abandon his original intention and be with her. Everyone said that marrying her would save him fifty years of hard work, but now he thought, what use would those empty and meaningless fifty years be if he didn't work hard?

Therefore, he has been unhappy for the past two years. It feels like a huge stone is always pressing on his chest, making it hard for him to breathe and causing him depression and sorrow. He has rarely smiled in the past two years. It is extremely painful for a person to go against his original intentions, face people he looks down on every day, and do things he doesn't like.

He always wondered when he could live according to his own heart, love the people he wanted to love, and do the things he liked to do.

Life is so short and fragile, and it only happens once, never to be repeated, like the dew on the tips of the grass in the morning. Why did he have to live such a wronged and repressed life?

Until Ye Wenyu appeared, she shared the same background as him, was just as proud, and even had the same fate: her mother suddenly jumped to her death, while his mother had cancer but survived. He chose Lin Tingyue, and she chose Lin Tingfeng. Their choices were the same.

He fell for her, perhaps at first sight; perhaps when she learned of her mother's suicide and he was the only one by her side; perhaps when he learned of her relationship with Lin Tingfeng.

In short, after arguing with Lin Tingyue today, he suddenly understood his own heart; he had indeed fallen in love with Ye Wenyu!

He had had enough of two years of oppressive living and was in great pain.

"I'm not arguing with you." Jiang Zhiming composed himself, quickly walked past Lin Tingyue, got into his car, and drove off, leaving Lin Tingyue behind in the dead of winter.

She has a car and a driver, so there's no need to worry about her not being able to get home.

In the previous life, Lin Tingyue and Jiang Zhiming had an argument, and in this life, they had an argument at almost the same time.

The story begins with Ye Wenyu and Cai Wenchuan getting together. When Jiang Zhiming heard this news, he was shocked. He strongly disapproved of Ye Wenyu being with Lin Tingfeng, but at the same time, he also disapproved of her being with Cai Wenchuan.