Chapter 147 Zhou Mu Goes Abroad, Old Friends Reunited
"I'm sorry, Aunt Yan."
"Mumu, you, you can speak now?"
Yan Songyu heard Zhou Mu's voice and was just as surprised as Feifei.
Zhou Mu nodded and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
"It's okay, it's okay, it's not your fault, it was my own fault for blocking it." Yan Songyu cried tears of joy, "As long as you're okay, as long as you don't hurt yourself anymore."
No one asked Zhou Yue what her suicide note said, and Zhou Mu didn't say either.
Perhaps she had truly vented her emotions, perhaps she had truly come to terms with things, or perhaps Zhou Mu no longer wanted to hurt others unintentionally. She began to actively cooperate with the psychologist's treatment, and soon, even without Feifei's company, she would no longer lose control of her emotions.
Yan Songyu was left with an unsightly scar on her right hand, but she felt much more relaxed. Moreover, Zhou Mu had also come to terms with the incident. Sometimes she felt that the injury was worth it, but in order to prevent Zhou Mu from blaming himself, she had scar removal surgery.
Soon after, news of Jiang Chengli's death arrived; like Zhou Yue, he had committed suicide.
Just like in his previous life, Feng Yu hired someone to torture the two of them in prison. Despite their elaborate schemes, the ending was the same in both lives.
Yan Songyu's anger, which had been building up inside her, finally dissipated.
Looking at Zhou Mu, who had recovered, Fei Fei, whose face was beaming with joy again, Yan Binghua, who was still healthy, and Feng Yu by her side, she felt genuinely happy!
However... this happiness did not last long, because Zhou Mu was leaving.
Zhou Mu chose to study in the UK. She wanted to start over, see a different world, and find the meaning of her existence and the value of her life.
On the day of her departure, besides the Yan family and Han Jie who came to see her off, she also met an unexpected person—Qu Chaoyue.
"Phew, luckily I made it." Qu Chaoyue ran all the way and stopped her before she boarded the plane.
Zhou Mu looked at the panting person and smiled slightly, "Thank you for coming to see me off!"
Qu Chaoyue looked at her distant smile, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes, "Do I really have no chance?"
He had already subtly confessed his feelings to Zhou Mu, but she had clearly rejected him. To save face, he impulsively said that Zhou Mu had misunderstood.
However, when Zhou Mu was suffering from depression, he visited her many times, and even harbored a subtle hostility towards Yan Songyu and Feifei because he felt sorry for Zhou Mu's plight.
Today, he wants to give himself one last chance.
However, he was destined to be disappointed.
Zhou Mu's smile remained unchanged as he gently shook his head. "We can't be lovers, but we can be friends, if you'd like."
Qu Chaoyue lowered his head and smiled bitterly, then suddenly hugged Zhou Mu, "Then let's just be strangers."
He'd stand by her side as a friend, but if she ever found someone else, he'd be insanely jealous!
"if……"
He wondered if, that afternoon, he hadn't brought people to ambush Zhou Mu, would she have liked him? Would she have given him a chance?
If he could have foreseen that one day he would fall in love with Zhou Mu, and that he would miss her because of his past mistakes, he would have protected her and cared for that poor little girl as she grew up.
But life... has no "what ifs"...
Zhou Mu wasn't the first girl Qu Chaoyue liked, but she was the girl he fell in love with at first sight and wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Unfortunately, he had already lost his chance.
He ultimately decided against making a fool of himself, and fearing he wouldn't get the answer he wanted, he preferred to attribute everything to a mistake he made in his youthful arrogance rather than receive an answer that she wouldn't like him at all.
Yan Songyu gave Zhou Ning a card, but Zhou Ning never used it. The busy and exciting life abroad gradually made her forget her unbearable past.
She also met an old friend, Kong Ying, in England.
The chubby boy has transformed into a muscular hunk. At 190cm tall, he doesn't look short even among foreigners. His once round face has become angular, and his eyes are exceptionally bright and expressive. The black diamond earring in his left ear adds a touch of dashing and unrestrained charm.
Zhou Mu didn't recognize him at first. Kong Ying had said he would go back to China during winter and summer vacations, but he couldn't go back for various reasons. Later, their contact gradually decreased, and he had changed so much that it was Kong Ying who called out her name first.
"Zhou Mu!"
"Who are you……"
Kong Ying leaned closer to her and said, "Take another good look at this handsome face."
Zhou Mu felt that his eyebrows and eyes were familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he was.
Kong Ying tapped her forehead in annoyance, "I'm Kong Ying!"
Zhou Mu then suddenly realized, "This isn't my fault, it's because you've changed so much! Even if Feifei recognized you, she definitely wouldn't."
"Nonsense, Feifei will definitely recognize me!" Kong Ying glared at Zhou Mu.
Zhou Mu naturally knew that Kong Ying had a crush on Fei Fei, which was said to have started in kindergarten, but now... Fei Fei already had Han Jie.
She looked at Kong Ying, hesitant to speak, "You..."
How are you?
Kong Ying and she asked the same question at the same time.
Zhou Mu smiled gently and began to recount what happened after he left.
Yan Songyu and Yan Feifei's unwavering care over the years has finally brought her peace of mind, and she is now able to face everything from the past with equanimity.
Kong Ying was disappointed to learn that Feifei had a boyfriend, but he was quickly drawn to the dramatic events that had happened to them. After Zhou Mu finished telling the story, he gently patted Zhou Mu's shoulder to comfort him.
"The past is the past. This is the best arrangement. We all have a bright future ahead of us!"
Zhou Mu joked, "Even if your future doesn't include Feifei, would it still be wonderful?"
"Um."
Kong Ying, unusually, didn't argue with her, but simply nodded. "Actually, I expected this. I've been absent for so long, it's to be expected that someone would replace me. Besides, Feifei and I were just... friends."
Zhou Mu agreed, "It's great that you think this way. Feifei has found her own happiness, and you will too."
Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is a wonderful and heartwarming thing. The estrangement between Zhou Mu and Kong Ying quickly dissipated, and they became even closer than before, not because of Fei Fei, but because they were good friends to begin with.
Finally, five years later, Feifei sent Zhou Mu her wedding invitation to Han Jie.
Kong Ying also had a share. After Zhou Mu and Kong Ying reconnected, Fei Fei and Kong Ying also reconnected, though not frequently.
"Are you going back?" Kong Ying asked.
"Go back!"
Zhou Mu's voice was firm; she had decided to return to China, but she only intended to take this opportunity to visit and reconcile with the past.
As for the future, she will settle in England because she has a new life there and people she cares about.
Yes, she fell in love with a blond, blue-eyed British gentleman who healed Zhou Mu's broken heart.
Kong Ying: "Then I'll go back this time too."
"You're not planning to go back and disrupt the wedding, are you?" Zhou Mu said.
Kong Ying rolled her eyes at her. "Can't I just go back to attend an old friend's wedding and visit relatives while I'm there?"
"Yes, but the fact that you've dated so many people over the years makes me really suspicious."
"It's just that I haven't met anyone I like yet. If I did, I'd definitely make a move." Kong Ying said helplessly, then suddenly remembered something and frowned. "Why are you like my mother, urging me to get married?"
Kong Ying's mother once thought that Kong Ying and Zhou Mu were budding together, so she secretly asked Kong Ying to bring Zhou Mu home for dinner every day.
Until that day, Zhou Mu brought her boyfriend to Kong Ying's house. As soon as they left, Kong Ying's mother kicked him out of the house and scolded him for being useless.
Zhou Mu: "Okay, I was wrong."
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