61 Sorry, we don’t have a future together
The feelings of reading a novel and writing a novel are completely different.
Every word in Sister Paoqiu's writing is as smooth as butter, and those golden sentences that touch people's hearts often make Ni Yue feel that she is his substitute.
However, when Ni Yue started writing the novel, she spent an hour carefully considering her words and sentences before she could write a few lines. Even though she deliberately imitated Sister Paoqiu's writing style, the words still seemed to be missing something and looked awkward no matter how she read them. Only then did she realize how difficult it was to write a novel.
I remember that Sister Paoqiu once wrote in the preface of a novel:
For me, writing is a process of redemption and self-reflection... The most difficult part of writing is not choosing words or constructing sentences, but pouring out one's heart and lungs, peeling off one's flesh and blood layer by layer, and injecting the soul hidden inside into the text without reservation.
That’s right!
Ni Yue felt the same way. Words can be copied, tampered with, and used at will, but the soul is irreplaceable!
So, with a bitter face, she walked over to the window where the whispering was, handed her phone to B Wang, and begged him for help, "I really can't write anymore. The more I write, the less it feels like something written by Paoqiu Jie. What do you think I should do?"
"Let me feel it!" King B took the phone with a smile and handed over a cool green wine bottle with his other hand. "I forgot to introduce you to our new flavor - bitter melon, it reduces internal heat. Try it!"
Ni Yue rolled his eyes and said, "You think life isn't bitter enough? You want bitter melon-flavored wine too?!"
I took it and took a sip, savoring it carefully. It was indeed bitter but tasty.
The rain was getting heavier and the noise was so loud that it seemed like it was going to break through the roof, but she suddenly became interested. She stood up, took out a transparent plastic umbrella from the cupboard, put on a pair of red rain boots, then turned around, pushed open the door to the terrace, and stepped into the rain.
A thin layer of water had accumulated on the ground of the terrace, and ripples were appearing one after another. She jumped into the center of one ripple after another, splashing water everywhere.
Is there anything happier in the world than going crazy in the rain?
She held her umbrella high above her head, danced and treaded the water, singing her signature song, which was never in tune, at the top of her lungs:
To the clouds ~ beyond the mountains ~ into the sea ~
Which way should I really go?
…
Seeing that there was no one around, King B read aloud in a low voice.
As the last word came out, he looked up at Ni Yue, his eyes flickering, as if someone was setting off fireworks in his eyes.
"You write very well!" His voice trembled with excitement. "You should keep writing, not for Miss Running Ball, but for yourself. Keep writing! You will be as successful as her!"
After saying that, he handed the phone back to her and patted her head gently.
Ni Yue had never seen King B like this before. He looked a bit like a brother, but also a bit like a father. "Really? You're not saying this just to coax me into being a ghostwriter?!"
"Of course! Your writing is very creative. Although you can see traces of deliberate imitation, it has your own thoughts in it, and it feels very different when you read it... I'm even starting to think about whether asking you to be a ghostwriter is unfair to you..."
Such sincere flattery made Ni Yue unconsciously intoxicated by it.
She stared at King B, completely unaware that a dark shadow was quietly approaching her.
"Ni Yue!"
King B's words were suddenly interrupted by a roar.
The voice was both familiar and unfamiliar. Ni Yue's heart trembled. Before he could turn his head, one of his wrists was clamped tightly. The next second, he was dragged towards the path next to him.
King B was stunned for half a second and recognized the person as his old customer - the young nurse from Huajin Hospital. Although the person looked completely different from usual, King B knew him a little and thought nothing would happen, so he wisely did not chase after him to save the beauty.
This scene was also seen by Zhang Chenling and Xu Zhiqian who were not far away. They were surprised at first, then they smiled and turned away.
…
Ni Yue would recognize the staggering figure in front of him even if it turned into ashes.
Even though she took the initiative to erase this man from her world, even though she pretended nothing happened all day long, deep down in her heart, she has always been like a resentful woman, secretly chewing on the pain every day, secretly counting the days, secretly mourning the relationship that ended with lies - today is the seventh day since Chen Yuang disappeared.
Cum on the first seven days of their breakup.
...Ni Yue staggered, his stomach churning, and he felt physically uncomfortable. He tried to shake off Chen Yuang's hand, but he held his wrist tightly, as if it would be strangled in the next second.
Tears filled my eyes unknowingly.
This fellow toils my muscles and bones, torments my mind, starves my body, and leaves me destitute—is he a god-sent man to bestow upon me a great mission?!
The grief and anger in his heart turned into a roar, "Chen Yuang, stop right there!"
The lioness-like roar finally stopped Chen Yuang in his tracks.
Ni Yue stumbled and nearly bumped into him, taking the opportunity to shake off his hand. Rubbing his wrist, he demanded in a hoarse voice, "Am I your luggage? You just picked me up and left without even asking for my opinion?"
Chen Yuang's shoulders shook and he turned around.
Ni Yue's grievances instantly turned into question marks, and he was stunned:???
She couldn't believe her eyes: the person in front of her, no, the monster in front of her, was Chen Yuang???
Chen Yuang's face was covered with several pieces of gauze, his signature chin was also completely wrapped in gauze, both eye sockets were a little swollen, showing varying degrees of purple-blue, his eyes were full of red bloodshot, one corner of his mouth was torn, and brighter red blood was flowing on the dried bloodstains.
Her expression was broken, yet she still had her usual arrogance. "I've only been gone for seven days, and you've already changed men?"
"Me? There's nothing between me and King B..." Ni Yue instinctively wanted to explain, but the next second he felt that he had been tricked and almost fell into a self-proving trap. He immediately asked back, "Do I need to explain to you? Where were you when I needed an explanation?"
Chen Yuang was startled, then tried to calm the situation, "Then listen to my explanation!"
"I don't want to listen! I don't want to listen!" Ni Yue shook his head and covered his ears while speaking, "I don't want to hear your story with that woman! I don't want to hear a single word!"
Chen Yuang stepped forward and pulled her hand away. "Where are these women? They're two men!"
"What?" Ni Yue felt like his head was filled with mush, and the more he listened, the more confused he became.
"You know that man too!" Chen Yuang's Adam's apple moved up and down.
Only then did Ni Yue notice the red scars on his neck. He lowered his gaze and saw marks of varying depths on his dark blue plaid shirt, as if stained with blood. Only then did he seriously consider the origin of his bruises. "Did you have a fight with a man I know?"
Her mind began to search for any connections between her and Chen Yuang—the number of men they knew in common was mere handfuls: Brother Xiao Ma? Xu Zhiqian? Young Master? ...
She looked at Chen Yuang with a confused look on her face.
Unexpectedly, the next second she heard a name from his mouth that shocked her: "Zhou Yanan!"
Chen Yuang gnashed his teeth, his eyes red as if dripping blood, "I beat Zhou Yanan!"
In order to highlight his masculinity, Chen Yuang only spoke half of the words.
To be precise, the two of them beat each other up.
Seven days ago, that evening when everyone was caught off guard.
Chen Yuang replied to Ni Yue's message, saying that he would meet her after she finished giving the young master a bath. Then he rode his shared bike to the gym, but unexpectedly ran into Isabella at the door.
She had just finished exercising and hurried out, and the two of them bumped into each other.
"Why are you so anxious? Where are you going to have fun?" Ever since he knew that this woman was having an affair with the Didi driver, Chen Yuang not only lost his guard against her, but also treated her as a good friend and was very intimate with her.
Isabella smiled. "My cousin is in Shanghai again! Last time, he spread my story to everyone, causing me to lie to my mother. This time, he wants to treat me to a meal to make amends. I'm going to give him a good meal!"
"Huh?" Chen Yuang raised an eyebrow. "Is that your cousin, the Chinese Warren Buffett who was reported by his ex-wife's PPT—Zhou Yanan?"
He couldn't help but clench his phone tightly. The last time they were outside the whispering room, Isabella had sent him the PPT.
When he found out that the woman he loved was once the number one girlfriend of this scumbag, his heart was broken into eight pieces.
…His chest heaved violently as if it was about to explode, but he quickly calmed down. An idea suddenly popped up in his mind, "Where are you eating? Do you mind taking me with you?"
"Huh?" Isabella was a little embarrassed. "I don't mind, but if you let it slip and reveal what happened between me and the driver, won't I be in big trouble?"
"Don't worry, I'll play dumb and say nothing! Just consider it as a way of repaying me for taking the blame for you. Let me eat at the table of this Buffett knockoff and learn some investment techniques from him, okay?"
Isabella couldn't stand Chen Yuang's pestering, so she had to take him to the hotel to find Zhou Yanan.
Unexpectedly, this scene was seen by Ni Yue and the young master.
What happened next was even more shocking.
…
"You beat up Zhou Yanan?!" Ni Yue's face was pale and his lips trembled as he repeated his words.
So, Chen Yuang already knew who Zhou Yanan was, and also knew about his past relationship with Zhou Yanan?
Chen Yuang blinked his half-broken eyes and said, "I didn't mean to beat him up. I didn't actually plan to do anything. I just wanted to meet him on impulse."
Zhou Yanan deserved the beating.
That night, Zhou Yanan saw Isabella bringing a man with her. Without even asking, she playfully said, "Cousin, why did you bring someone with you without telling me in advance? My ex-girlfriend is also in Shanghai, and she's been thinking about me forever. How about I call her right now and ask her out for a double date with the four of us?"
As he said that, he picked up his phone to make a call.
"You dare?" Chen Yuang suddenly rushed up and threw a right hook at his chin.
The two men quickly started grappling with each other.
Chen Yuang enjoyed fitness, but wasn't particularly skilled in combat. While his punches against Zhou Yanan landed well, he took a lot of hits himself. After a few rounds, his buttocks and chin were broken into three pieces, his black-framed glasses were knocked off, and his eyes were stained with stars. His body was also covered in bruises.
The next room in the hotel housed a family of three traveling from Macau. When they heard the fight, they were so scared that they called 110 to report the incident to the police.
…Ni Yue seemed to be listening to a fairy tale. She opened and closed her mouth for a long time before she said, “But you don’t have to hit Zhou Yanan. I deleted his contact information a long time ago. He never contacted me.”
Chen Yuang looked embarrassed. "You're right. I only found out when I got to the police station that the 'ex-girlfriend' he was referring to wasn't you, but another girl. He has several 'ex-girlfriends' in Shanghai... But I don't regret beating him!"
"...So, you've already seen that PPT, right?"
Ni Yue's neck was tense, and a hurt expression appeared on his face. "But you never asked me for confirmation. You pretended to know nothing because you assumed that the accusations against me were true?"
"I..." Chen Yuang stuttered, unsure how to explain. "I only saw that PPT a few days before our fight. Isabella sent it to me. We've been busy and haven't had the chance to meet, so I didn't have time to ask you for confirmation... Besides, I didn't expect to run into Isabella again that day... I really didn't mean to hide it from you."
"Isabella..."
Ni Yue chewed on the name over and over again, the expression on his face became unpredictable, and a hint of sarcasm crept up to the corner of his mouth. Without asking, he knew who this name represented.
If the box opening and online violence she experienced a few months ago was a collective encirclement at the social level, then this time, Chen Yuang and his Isabella's behavior of stripping off her vest and panties was a targeted and precise strangulation.
She was stripped naked, but she didn't know it.
"So, why did you go see Zhou Yanan?" Her voice was chilling, as if it were ice. "If your original intention wasn't to beat him up... then what was it? Did you want to see what my ex-boyfriend looked like? Are you curious about what kind of man could deceive me? Or do you want to compare and see who's better, you or him?"
"Why do you think so of me?" Chen Yuang looked stunned. "I don't want to compete with him!"
"Then what do you want to do? Huh?" Ni Yue's nasal question was suffocating.
Chen Yuang felt like there was something stuck in his throat.
He even began to doubt his real motive for meeting Zhou Yanan - why did he want to meet that scumbag so much in the first place?
Why?
His thoughts became vague, and he tried hard to go back to the moment seven days ago, wondering what he was thinking.
Yet the memory pained him.
The pain brought him back to the present.
"I can only say that I really didn't think too much about it at the time! But, I was detained at the police station for seven days before being released, and the first thing I did was come to see you... How could you have such an attitude?"
He was obviously hurt too.
That's right, the reason why he disappeared was because he was locked up in the police station for fighting, slept on the hard bench for seven days, and ate prison food for seven days!
The first thing I did after regaining my freedom was to find a power bank to charge my phone.
As soon as the battery was fully charged, he couldn't wait to turn on the phone and call Ni Yue.
Can’t get through!
Only then did he realize that he had been blocked, and he was devastated. Thinking that Ni Yue couldn't find him during these seven days, he must be sad, angry, and emotional, so it was normal for him to be blocked.
He was reluctant to go home and kept running around like a headless fly. Unexpectedly, he met Ni Yue in Xiaosheng B.
But unexpectedly, she was chatting so happily with King B, without a trace of sadness on her face.
Moreover, after learning all this, she not only did not appreciate it, but also ridiculed and questioned him so coldly and ruthlessly.
His vision became blurred, and Chen Yuang realized that he was crying in the wind, and he quickly lowered his head and rubbed his eyes.
Then, in a hoarse, almost pleading voice, he said, "I've been locked up in the small dark room for seven days. Please stop torturing me. Can you open WeChat first? I'll go home and take a shower, and we can talk later."
"I'm sorry," Ni Yue shook his head, his voice cruel and cold: "There is no future for us."
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