Chapter 120 Encountering an Old Acquaintance
"Yes, I came back to take care of some business and also to visit my alma mater."
Li Jiao sat down beside her, her gaze sweeping over her still slightly red eyes with a probing look, "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Shuangmiao avoided her gaze and said vaguely, "It's nothing, I just remembered some things from the past."
Li Jiao smiled knowingly, without delving into it, then seemed to suddenly remember something, her tone carrying a subtle undertone.
"Speaking of which, I also ran into an old friend yesterday."
Shen Shuangmiao's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and she had a bad feeling.
Li Jiao looked at her with a meaningful gaze.
"Zhu Jin also came back, and stood alone on that little hill for a long time."
She pointed to the direction where Shen Shuangmiao had just been sitting.
Shen Shuangmiao stiffened for a moment.
He came back yesterday too?
Li Jiao observed her reaction, her tone tinged with a mixture of sighing and bewilderment.
"I greeted him, but he seemed out of sorts. He was cold and expressionless, and he seemed distracted when I talked to him. It was like he wasn't even in his body."
"I only heard from others later that you two got divorced? He seems to have been really hit hard by this."
Shen Shuangmiao pursed her lips and did not reply.
Li Jiao seemed oblivious to her unusual behavior, her tone carrying a seasoned, knowing air:
"Honestly, Shuangmiao, you two were the golden couple we all knew back then, the envy of so many people. It's such a pity that things have come to this."
She sighed softly.
"Judging from the way he acted yesterday, he definitely still has feelings for you. Can't you two have a proper talk again?"
As Shen Shuangmiao listened to Li Jiao's words, she felt a growing sense of unease.
The relationship between her and Zhu Jin was beyond repair; it couldn't be salvaged by just one conversation.
Those hurts have already destroyed the beauty of the past.
Shen Shuangmiao forced a smile at Li Jiao, her expression distant: "Thank you for your concern, but it's all in the past. I'm getting married to someone else soon."
A look of obvious surprise flashed across Li Jiao's face. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.
"Oh, I see. Congratulations!"
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.
Shen Shuangmiao stood up: "I have something to attend to, I'll be leaving now."
Li Jiao also stood up and nodded.
Shen Shuangmiao's mind was in turmoil. With her head down, she walked quickly along the familiar tree-lined path, wanting only to leave this place as soon as possible.
She stopped abruptly as she passed the confession wall on campus.
Shen Shuangmiao's gaze fell on an inconspicuous corner.
There, in familiar black marker handwriting, was written a line of words.
"May Shen Shuang and Miao Zhu be together forever."
The handwriting was very new, standing out starkly among the faded graffiti around it.
The signature lacked a date, but considering Li Jiao said he had come yesterday…
Was this message left by Zhu Jin yesterday?
Shen Shuangmiao remained frozen in place.
How is that possible?
What does this mean exactly?
Is it just nostalgia? Or is it an unwillingness to let go?
She found that she could not fathom Zhu Jin's thoughts at all.
Shen Shuangmiao returned to the studio dejectedly, unable to calm down for a long time.
She found Fu Xuan and told him about seeing the writing on the confession wall.
His tone betrayed an undisguised panic.
"Fu Xuan, I understand him less and less! What exactly does he want? On one hand, he buys an island and plans to disappear, and on the other hand, he runs back to school to write those kinds of things! Does he have no intention of letting go at all?"
Fu Xuan frowned after hearing this.
But after a moment of contemplation, he leaned toward the more rational possibility.
Fu Xuan patted Shen Shuangmiao's shoulder and comforted her, "Miaomiao, don't scare yourself."
"Perhaps that was just his farewell ceremony?"
Fu Xuan analyzed, "Going back to where we started, leaving our mark, and then starting a completely new life—doesn't that sound quite reasonable?"
"But……"
“No buts.” Fu Xuan interrupted her, his tone firm. “Don’t forget, he’s already bought the island. That’s real money, a solid safety net! If he really wanted to fight for it, would he have made such preparations?”
He looked at Shen Shuangmiao's still pale face and emphasized his tone.
"Besides, you're getting your marriage certificate the day after tomorrow. It's a legal procedure. Even if he still has some inappropriate thoughts, he should be sober by now."
Upon hearing this, Shen Shuangmiao barely managed to maintain a sliver of reason.
yes.
We're about to get our marriage certificate.
Zhu Jin has also bought the island.
Perhaps that really was just his obsessive way of saying goodbye.
She forced herself to accept this explanation.
Now that things have come to this, she has no choice but to accept this explanation.
After talking with Fu Xuan for a while, Shen Shuangmiao left directly, absentmindedly packing her things and returning home.
Zhao Mobai called her and asked her to come out for dinner.
Shen Shuangmiao then drove to her destination.
When she arrived at the destination, she found that in addition to Zhao Mobai, there were also several of his friends.
Those friends were people she had never met before, but judging from their body language, they seemed to be quite familiar with Zhao Mobai.
"These are a few of my core friends." Zhao Mobai stood up, pulled Shen Shuangmiao over, and introduced them to her in a generous and natural manner.
Shen Shuangmiao greeted everyone and sat down.
These people then started calling her "sister-in-law."
Suddenly, Shen Shuangmiao remembered Zhu Jin.
Ever since she got together with Zhu Jin, not many of the people around Zhu Jin liked her. They had always disliked her and never treated her well.
Everyone always felt that Zhou Wu was the more suitable person for Zhu Jin, and over time even she herself came to think so, believing that she was the one who delayed the marriage between Zhou Wu and Zhu Jin.
Now that she's with Zhao Mobai and sees how kind so many people are to her, she suddenly realizes that there are many people in this world who are also kind to her.
Unlike the people around Zhu Jin.
Over the years, he has endured far too much malice from Zhu Jin's side.
Only now, when everyone is starting to treat her kindly, has she realized that even outside of Zhu Jin's social circle, she can still be a popular person.
She can be someone who receives positive feedback from others.
Just how much mistreatment did she suffer at Zhu Jin's hands?
Shen Shuangmiao felt increasingly depressed as she thought about it, and drank a few more glasses of wine.
Zhao Mobai immediately and calmly blocked her way.
"Why drink so much? You'll wake up with a hangover and a headache the next day."
Shen Shuangmiao forced a smile and gave him a bright smile.
"I see."
After she finished speaking, she put down her wine glass and obediently moved closer to Zhao Mobai, watching him talk to his friends, but she was thinking about something else.
One of the men glanced at her several times.
As Shen Shuangmiao got up to go to the restroom, she suddenly looked at Zhao Mobai with a serious expression.
"Brother Mobai, are you sure your wife is truly sincere towards you?"
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