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As a result, the cell phone kept ringing in the library.

Curious, Ye Wenyu stood up and glanced at his phone. She saw the words "Tingyue" flashing on the screen, and her heart sank. In that instant, her face turned as pale as a sheet of paper.

He could never escape his inner demons!

All her efforts had been in vain, and all her hopes had turned into despair. Thinking of her current situation, she felt a strange sense of despair.

When the library staff saw that Cai Wenchuan still wasn't answering the phone, their faces darkened, and they snapped, "What's the use of apologizing? Just hang up or answer the phone!"

Cai Wenchuan was stunned for a moment before frantically trying to turn down the volume on his phone, explaining to the staff, "I'm putting my phone on silent, on silent."

The world finally quieted down. Ye Wenyu looked at Cai Wenchuan's phone, where Lin Tingyue's number was silently flashing. She knew that Cai Wenchuan still didn't dare to answer Lin Tingyue's call, but he also couldn't bear to hang up on her.

She stood with her hands gripping the edge of the library study table, and felt a "thud" as all the blood in her body drained from the soles of her feet.

The library staff nodded in satisfaction when they saw that the surroundings had finally quieted down and the other students had also lowered their heads to read their books again. They glanced at Cai Wenchuan with curiosity and said to themselves, "What a mess! He has to hesitate for so long over a phone call. If it's someone he likes, he should just answer the phone. If it's someone he dislikes, he should just hang up."

Upon hearing this, Cai Wenchuan's face turned ashen, alternating between pale and flushed.

Ye Wenyu thought to herself, rather than letting him run away like this, it would be better to teach him to face it calmly. Only by bravely facing pain can one find relief.

Although she was in great pain at that moment, the edge of the table she was holding felt like a turbulent sea rather than a table.

Therefore, she calmed herself down, tried to put on a smile, and said calmly, "Wen Chuan, answer the phone."

Cai Wenchuan stared blankly at Ye Wenyu like a child, asking her, "Is it Lin Tingyue calling? Can I answer it?" He looked at her like a child looking at his parent.

Ye Wenyu was heartbroken, but she still smiled. In that instant, she gazed at Cai Wenchuan in front of her. She knew she would never love him again. She had never loved him before, she didn't love him now, and she would never love him in the future. Therefore, she composed herself and, as if educating a child, asked, "Why can't you accept it? Do you have something to hide?"

"No, no—" Cai Wenchuan looked flustered; he was just hiding something.

"Then answer the phone." Ye Wenyu was heartbroken, but appeared calm on the surface.

Cai Wenchuan nodded, glanced at his phone, and mustered the courage to answer the call.

When Cai Wenchuan answered Lin Tingyue's call, Ye Wenyu sat opposite him, watching coldly. Gradually, his chest filled with withered leaves, and the library became as quiet as a tomb.

Since they started dating, nothing bad has happened, but nothing good has happened either.

Everything went on uneventfully, like that of an old married couple.

Ye Wenyu found her heart to be like a calm lake, devoid of any particular surprises or unexpected pain each day. Their relationship felt like that of teacher and classmate, an old married couple, or siblings—in short, not like that of lovers.

That feeling of being instantly moved when you see Lin Tingfeng, that sense of security and comfort, that sweet happiness, that heart pounding and eyes shining – none of that was present in Cai Wenchuan's presence.

She always told herself that it was okay, feelings can be cultivated slowly, and that it was impossible for them to be like dry wood meeting a raging fire.

So she continued to date him calmly, hoping that one day love would sprout like a bud in spring.

But to her utter surprise, instead of receiving Cai Wenchuan's love as she had hoped, she received a call from Lin Tingyue!

Why did Lin Tingyue suddenly call Cai Wenchuan? What happened?

Over the past few days, she had learned through rumors that Lin Tingyue and Jiang Zhiming had broken up. Could it be that Lin Tingyue had finally realized how good Cai Wenchuan was and now wanted to steal him away as her boyfriend?

Ye Wenyu wasn't without nervousness. She was nervous because if such a thing really happened, she wouldn't be able to explain it to Uncle Cai. She hadn't considered the pain she would feel from losing Cai Wenchuan. Since she hadn't considered it, then most likely there wouldn't be any heart-wrenching pain.

Sometimes, there are advantages to not loving someone.

Therefore, when Cai Wenchuan answered the phone, she stared intently at his face.

Cai Wenchuan's face was deathly pale, his lips trembled as if they were filled with scalding hot oil, and his hands trembled as well, like leaves in the wind, as if he were holding a red-hot piece of iron instead of a cell phone.

In short, everything is heartbreaking.

Ye Wenyu's heart felt like it was being pricked by needles.

Lin Tingyue said something on the other end of the phone, and a few seconds later, Ye Wenyu saw Cai Wenchuan suddenly stand up as if he had been burned, his face filled with shock and sadness.

She also became concerned and asked worriedly, "What happened?"

Cai Wenchuan's eyes were filled with panic and his expression was anxious. He said into the phone, "Okay, okay, I'm coming right away!" Then he hung up the phone and ran out of the library like a gust of wind.

He ran a few steps, then remembered something, turned around in a flash, walked up to Ye Wenyu, took her hand, and said to her, "Come with me."

Ye Wenyu asked, "Shall we go together?" "Where to?"

He took Ye Wenyu's hand and held it tightly in his palm, as if it weren't his girlfriend's hand, but his own reason. It was the cornerstone that prevented his life from collapsing.

The two of them rushed out of the library, and while looking for a place to park, Ye Wenyu asked Cai Wenchuan, "What happened?"

Cai Wenchuan finally found his car in the parking lot in front of the library. He said to Ye Wenyu, "Old Master Lin is dying and specifically asked to see me."

Old Master Lin? The father of Lin Tingfeng and Lin Tingyue? Ye Wenyu's curiosity was piqued, and countless question marks popped up all at once like bean sprouts in summer.

In her memory, she had only seen Grandpa Lin once in her previous life, and now, thinking back, she couldn't even remember what he looked like. If Cai Wenchuan hadn't suddenly mentioned him, she would have thought he had been dead for many years. It turned out he had been alive all along, but had lived for many years as a patient who couldn't move, essentially a vegetable.

It's strange, why did Old Master Lin want to see Cai Wenchuan before he died?