Chapter 1 Five years later, Lu Jingxiao returns to China with his fiancée.
Luo Zhiwei suddenly opened her eyes. The cold sweat on her face showed what she had just experienced. Those unbearable words were still echoing in her ears.
"Luo Zhiwei, do you really want to break up with me?"
"I'm leaving and I won't be coming back. Are you sure you want to break up with me?"
"Just coax me a little, I'm easy to coax. You can even lie to me, but please don't tell me you don't love me, I can't stand it."
...
"Luo Zhiwei, your mother is dead. I'm in charge of this family now. You'd better break up with that pretty boy boyfriend of yours, or I'll kill him!"
"The head of the Wang family has taken a liking to you. Go have a meal with him and remember to mention the cooperation."
"So what if you were taken advantage of? What's the big deal? You should be glad you have a face that makes people want to commit crimes, otherwise you would be of no value to me."
“If you don’t listen to me, I won’t transfer a single share of the shares your mother left you to your name.”
......
She was in a simple space, with no unnecessary decorations, clean and tidy... but her heart was riddled with holes.
The psychologist sitting to the side calmly adjusted his glasses and sighed for a moment.
The psychologist looked at the test results in his hand with a very serious expression: "Ms. Luo, your depression has worsened. Have you really been taking your medication on time? And your anxiety, I feel... this counseling session was completely useless."
Psychologist Liang Wan was very frustrated.
Five years have passed since Miss Luo's mother passed away, and she has become like this ever since. Despite cooperating with treatment over the past few years, her condition has not improved.
This time, however, it worsened her condition.
Luo Zhiwei calmly sat up, her expression indifferent: "I'm sorry, doctor."
Thinking of the unopened fluoxetine in the bedroom drawer, a rare pang of guilt welled up in her eyes.
Luo Zhiwei kept her head down and didn't say anything, just sat there quietly.
Her mind suddenly went blank, and the images in her dream reversed, leaving her suffocated by the dream.
Lu Jingxiao, it's been five years. You really have a cruel heart.
Liang Wan said helplessly, "Miss Luo, you have to cooperate with our treatment. Psychological counseling and medication are the only effective methods... You're constantly plagued by nightmares and you're not cooperating with the treatment. I really don't know what to do."
I have never seen a patient like this before.
Despite cooperating in all aspects, the condition just wouldn't improve; in fact, it gradually worsened.
She was starting to doubt herself.
Just as Luo Zhiwei was about to speak, a notification popped up on her phone.
Lu Jingxiao, president of the Lu Group, has made a grand return to China with his fiancée!
Luo Zhiwei's heart skipped a beat when she saw the three familiar words.
So, you already have a fiancée.
After Luo Zhiwei raised her hand to turn off the screen, she stood up and said, "Dr. Liang, that's it for today's treatment. I won't be coming back for the follow-up treatments. I'll leave it to fate."
If you can live, then live; if you can't, then death is peace.
A woman as filthy as her doesn't deserve to live in this world anymore.
Now that Lu Jingxiao has a fiancée, she no longer needs to wait.
A person like her should be humbled to the dust, hidden from the light and the sun.
Luo Zhiwei left without waiting for Liang Wan to react.
**
The drizzling rain mirrored Luo Zhiwei's mood: gloomy, depressed, and utterly terrible.
Luo Zhiwei didn't care how heavy the rain was; she just walked along the sidewalk in despair, seemingly unaware of what lay ahead.
The huge LED screen on the commercial building repeatedly played the news of Lu Jingxiao's return to China.
A major comeback.
He and his fiancée are getting married soon.
...
Every frame of the scene was etched into Luo Zhiwei's heart.
For the past five years, she didn't know what kind of willpower she had to keep going. In her heart, subconsciously, she felt that Lu Jingxiao would wait for her, and she endured it for five years.
When Lu Jingxiao and his fiancée appeared on the screen.
She then realized what it meant to be heartbroken.
At the crossroads, cold rain lashed against Luo Zhiwei's face, blurring her vision so much that she couldn't see anything, not even the traffic lights.
For some reason, she stepped forward to cross the road, but... the light in front of her was red.
squeak--
Bang--
Before Luo Zhiwei could react while standing in the middle of the road, she saw a McLaren swerve suddenly and crash into a tree.
She glanced at it, looking disheveled yet composed, without much feeling, and turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, the driver's side door suddenly opened, revealing an all-black umbrella, just like the standard equipment on a Rolls-Royce.
The dignified man slowly opened his umbrella and stepped down.
The man in the rain walked towards Luo Zhiwei step by step. Every step he took seemed to tread on Luo Zhiwei's heart, forcing her to look directly at him, yet she couldn't bear to look away.
This face had haunted her dreams for years.
When he actually appeared in front of her, she hesitated.
Only one word was on Luo Zhiwei's mind: run!
But as soon as she took a step, the man grabbed her arm, his sinister voice echoing in her ear: "Luo Zhiwei, it's been five years. What have you become, neither human nor ghost?"
It was a voice familiar to Luo Zhiwei, but the tone was full of sarcasm and no longer gentle.
Luo Zhiwei tried to escape, but Lu Jingxiao grabbed her arm, his voice icy: "You made me crash into a tree, and my rare car is totaled. Have you thought about how you're going to compensate me?"
"I...I didn't mean to."
Luo Zhiwei didn't speak for a long time, and she seemed to be in the wrong.
Because when she looked back at Lu Jingxiao, she saw the red light turn green, which meant she had run a red light. Therefore, Lu Jingxiao, trying to avoid her, crashed into a tree.
No matter how you look at it, it's her fault.
But... Lu Jingxiao said this car is a limited edition, which means it's no longer in production.
She didn't have the money to pay compensation.
"You think you can offset my losses with just a 'it wasn't intentional' statement?" Lu Jingxiao's voice was sinister and didn't sound very pleasant.
Despite his hatred for the woman in front of him, his umbrella unconsciously tilted towards Luo Zhiwei, shielding her from the rain. The rain pattered against his back, and both of them looked somewhat disheveled.
"How much is this car? I..."
"The price before production stopped was 26 million. Now, it's doubled." Lu Jingxiao's lips curled into a sneer. "Considering we've known each other for a while, I'll give you 60 million. Bank transfer or Alipay?"
Luo Zhiwei was driven to the brink of despair.
60 million?
She might not even be able to come up with 60,000, so where would she get 60 million?
"I'm sorry, I don't have any. I...can I pay in installments?"
This apology isn't just about what happened now, but also about the hurtful words spoken five years ago...
Lu Jingxiao didn't answer. Instead, he took out his phone and dialed 110 without even unlocking the screen.
"110? This is Lu Jingxiao. I need to report a crime. A pedestrian ran a red light... my car is totaled..."
"Intersection of Yujing Road No. 45..."
Being a headline figure in today's news made the police response time much faster.
"Since you are all here and there were no casualties, let's go back to the police station to make a statement and discuss compensation matters."
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