The things they did and the places they went to were all things that Shen Jiahe and his group had done and been to.

From beginning to end, she had no genuine feelings for him whatsoever.

He was completely a substitute.

The reason she suddenly proposed breaking up three years later was because Shen Jiahe had already divorced and was returning to China.

Shen Jiahe got divorced, and she felt that she had hope again.

So, they couldn't wait to get rid of him as their stand-in and wanted to sweep the whole thing into the dustbin of history.

He didn't want Shen Jiahe to know, and he didn't want it to affect his pursuit of Shen Jiahe in the slightest.

That's why she's so cold-hearted, treating him like a complete stranger.

Upon learning all this, he completely lost hope and broke down.

Even though the villa was in his name, he neither respected nor allowed himself to continue living there.

This was his last shred of dignity and his bottom line.

Even if he ended up on the streets, only able to make a living by doing odd jobs, living in a dark and damp basement, and suffering from stomach cancer, he would spend his days in constant pain.

He would never accept charity.

Now, after his rebirth, he immediately severed ties with the Jiang family.

But Shen Jiahe's engagement happened on the same timeline as in her previous life.

Just like in her previous life, Liu Ruyan chose to come to him and ask him to be her substitute.

Realizing this made Jiang He extremely angry.

"Why! Liu Ruyan, why are you treating me like this? Do you think I, Jiang He, am some lowly person?"

"Why should I be the substitute just because you can't have the one you love?"

"You are insulting me and trampling on my dignity!"

"No, Jiang He..."

Liu Ruyan panicked and instinctively tried to explain.

She absolutely, absolutely must not let anyone else know that she likes Shen Jiahe!

But Jiang He interrupted him without hesitation.

"Shut up!"

"I'm saying this one last time: Get out! Get out of here right now! Don't ever show your face in front of me again, and don't disturb my life again!"

"Otherwise, I wouldn't mind telling Shen Jiahe about this."

"Liu Ruyan, you don't want Shen Jiahe to know that you, who have always been so well-behaved and sensible, have actually been secretly in love with him all along, right?"