Hubei Province.

A coffee shop.

Lv Bailian and her best friend Zhao Jingjing recounted her unbearable past, "I was very disappointed with him at that time, so I stopped him from writing and asked him to go out and find a job.

He was obedient and went out to find a job.

Maybe it was because my hard work did not get the reward I imagined, or maybe the difficult life in the past two or three years had worn away my original enthusiasm. In short, I was inexplicably depressed during that time.

Then, I met that jerk.”

Hearing this, Zhao Jingjing knew that this was the point, and she immediately sat up straight and listened to her best friend's story.

Lu Bailian said with mixed feelings: "I was also out of my mind at the time. Under the care and concern of that scumbag, I subconsciously ignored my identity as a married woman and got closer and closer to him. Finally, one drunken night, I had sex with him."

Although she had some guesses in her mind, Zhao Jingjing still found it incredible when she heard this. She asked, "Sister Lian, what happened next?"

Lu Bailian sighed and said, "At first, I felt guilty, but the fact is that no matter whether it is a man or a woman, there are only zero times and countless times of cheating. That time of cheating was like opening Pandora's box, and I indulged in it.

She was even bold enough to bring that scumbag home to have secret affairs, leading an extremely exciting life."

"This..." Zhao Jingjing looked at her best friend whom she had known for more than ten years and really didn't know what to say. She really couldn't imagine that her best friend would do such a thing.

Lv Bailian recalled that scene. Even though fifteen years had passed, she wanted to slap herself hard. She said with regret, "I really lost myself at that time. As the saying goes, 'If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself'. One time when I was having a secret affair with that scumbag at home, he finally bumped into us after he resigned and came home..."

Thinking of that scene, Zhao Jingjing couldn't help but ask, "Sister Lian, how did you handle this matter at that time? Your ex-husband must have been very angry, right? Didn't he chop that scumbag with a knife?"

"He was very angry, but he was able to control himself and not act impulsively. He said that flies don't bite seamless eggs. If I was raped, he would definitely chop the scumbag to pieces even if it meant exchanging one life for another. But if it was consensual..."

At this point, Lu Bailian shook her head and stopped talking about the scandal that made her regretful. She continued, "The next day, I went to handle the divorce procedures very calmly without arguing with him.

Perhaps he was still nice to me during those two or three years of marriage, so in order to protect my reputation, he kept the reason for the divorce a secret, and only told others that we had personality incompatibility. Until now, no one among our relatives and friends, including my parents, knew the real reason why I divorced him.

As for what happened between me and that scumbag, you already know it. Not long after I got divorced and got together with him, he changed his mind and started flirting with other girls. "

Zhao Jingjing took a sip of coffee and sighed, "Sister Lian, after hearing what you said, your ex-husband was actually quite good. It's a pity that his ability to make money was a little poor."

Hearing this, Lu Bailian, who had always been strong, burst into tears.

Zhao Jingjing was stunned when she saw her best friend burst into tears. She asked cautiously, "Sister Lian, did I say something wrong?"

Lv Bailian cried and said, "Jingjing, I regret it so much, you know? He wrote three books and all three failed. After I sent him to work, he didn't give up writing. Instead, he carefully prepared the fourth book without telling me.

This book, on which he had put so much effort, was finally a success. He resigned that day and went back home to tell me the good news, but he never expected that reporting the good news would eventually turn into catching an adulterer. What a joke of fate!

After divorcing me, his fortune skyrocketed, his income increased year by year, and now he is worth over 100 million yuan!"

Zhao Jingjing was stunned after hearing this, no wonder her best friend cried, if it was her, she would probably cry even harder, this was not just a joke like grabbing red envelopes, this was a real mistake!

If my bestie had been able to control herself, she would definitely be a billionaire now. She could eat whatever she wanted every day and go wherever she wanted to go. She wouldn't have to worry about work or not having enough money to spend...

In short, a slight difference in thought at the beginning led to completely different results today.

Zhao Jingjing felt sorry for her best friend.

"Sister Lian, have you ever thought about apologizing to him and begging for his forgiveness?"

Lu Bailian wiped her tears with a tissue and laughed at herself, "Not only have I thought about it, I've also taken action. After breaking up with that scumbag, I asked him to meet and sincerely apologized to him."

Zhao Jingjing interrupted, "He won't forgive you?"

Lu Bailian shook her head and said, "No, he forgave me and thanked me for my support and encouragement during the two or three years of our marriage. But when I tried to talk about getting back together, he gave me a look that I still remember. I can't describe that look, but when he looked at me with that look, I didn't have the courage to mention getting back together.

In fact, based on my understanding of him, I have always known that there is no room for maneuver in this matter.

Because I touched a man's bottom line. Cuckolding is something that normal men cannot tolerate. He can choose to forgive me after the divorce, but if he wants to get back together, that is impossible. "

Zhao Jingjing sighed and said, "Sister Lian, it's all over. It's useless to dwell on it. You should be more open-minded and find a good man to marry again!"

Lu Bailian finished the coffee in the cup and said with a wry smile: "I know that dwelling on this will not help, but everyone has the same problem, they will be upset about missed opportunities. Those who can accept it calmly have a strong heart.

To be honest, if my ex-husband had not been successful later, and had just failed in every book he wrote, I would have felt a little regretful for missing out on this marriage, but it would definitely not have made me think about it for more than a decade and regret it day and night.

So, Jingjing, do you understand?"

Zhao Jingjing nodded and said, "I understand. This is human nature. It's like buying a lottery ticket and losing it because of carelessness. If the lottery ticket didn't win, then it's lost and there's nothing to worry about. But the lost lottery ticket happened to win, and it won the first prize. This regret is destined to be unforgettable for a lifetime."

Lu Bailian said like a chick pecking at rice: "That's the truth."

Zhao Jingjing thought for a moment and asked, "Sister Lian, if you can't be husband and wife, can't you be friends?"

Lu Bailian asked the waiter to refill her cup and sighed, "Although there are examples in this world where couples can be friends even though they can't be husband and wife, these examples are few and far between. Under normal circumstances, divorced men and women are unlikely to become friends.

Let’s not talk about husband and wife, let’s just talk about boyfriend and girlfriend, can they still be friends after breaking up?”

Zhao Jingjing thought of her ex-boyfriend and nodded, "We really can't be friends."

After taking a sip of coffee, Zhao Jingjing asked again, "Sister Lian, what do you think now? It's been fifteen years since you divorced him. Are you going to stay single forever?"

Having said that today, Lu Bailian no longer hid the truth from her best friend of more than ten years, and said with a little hope: "The reason why I haven't looked for another one is because my ex-husband is still single. I don't know what's going on in my mind. I know there's no possibility for me to be with him, but as long as he doesn't get married, I won't have the idea of ​​getting married. Maybe I still have fantasies deep in my heart!"

Zhao Jingjing understood her best friend's mentality. She wanted to persuade her but didn't know where to start. After all, more than ten years of obsession was not something she could let go of easily.

So, she stopped trying to persuade her and started to find out about her best friend's mysterious ex-husband.

Today, Lu Bailian also opened her heart and basically answered every question. The conversation lasted until about 11 o'clock in the evening.

When she returned home, took a shower and prepared to go to bed, Lu Bailian habitually opened the Qidian website and found her ex-husband's serialized work. She planned to read the updates before going to bed.

Ever since her ex-husband started writing books, she has been following every one of his books. Even after their divorce, she never stopped. So she watched her ex-husband rise to the altar step by step and become a billionaire.

On the bookshelf, Lu Bailian saw at a glance a single chapter published by her ex-husband. The title of the chapter was very simple, just two words: Good news!

Lu Bailian couldn't wait to click in and take a look.

"Old book friends who have followed Sanchi for many years all know that Sanchi entered the marriage hall 18 years ago, but unfortunately the marriage only lasted less than three years before it came to an end.

In the past fifteen years, Sanchi has had two brief relationships, but both ended in breakup due to incompatibility of personalities.

Originally, as I grew older, Sanchi thought I would be a single dog for the rest of my life, but I never expected that more than a month ago, good news came from the sky and the beautiful Zongmeng was brought to me.

Today is the auspicious day that I register my marriage with the Beauty Alliance. I am making this note here as a witness that I will love our Beauty Alliance well in this life and will never leave her no matter she grows old, gets sick or dies.

Well, that's all I have to say. Thank you all for your continued support of Sanchi."

After reading this short chapter, Lu Bailian was stunned!

When she came to her senses, she found that she was already in tears.

At this moment, Lu Bailian's mood was extremely complicated, with three parts of discomfort, three parts of regret, three parts of relief, and one part of helplessness due to dashed hopes.

It was unknown how long it had been before Lu Bailian picked up her phone and sent a text message to the phone number that she would never forget in her life. The text message contained only three words: Congratulations.

…

C City, Guangxi Province.

In a franchised tea shop, Li Jing is leisurely drinking tea and chatting with his friends.

As a social celebrity with friends all over the world, Li Jing's tea shop is never short of friends. Every day there are at least a few friends coming to drink tea and chat with him.

When several men get together, talking about women can be said to be an eternal topic. At this time, several middle-aged men are talking about the women they missed the most and regretted it the most.

A middle-aged man who was barely 1.7 meters tall but very handsome sighed, "The woman I missed back then was really a top-notch one, but it was a pity that I didn't know how to cherish her at the time. By the time I knew how good she was, she had already disappeared without a trace. I couldn't find her even if I wanted to. Alas..."

"Brother Jin, you are a guy who never owes women anything, but you still have such a wonderful woman who you can't forget?"

"Brother Jin, what kind of amazing woman did you miss? Tell us about it!"

"Brother Jin, tell me your story."

"Okay, then I'll tell you."

Under the urging of the crowd, Brother Jin recounted his love story back then, "That woman was very beautiful, had a great figure, and was very obedient to me. The only drawback was that her family was relatively poor, and she was just a little sister selling clothes.

I was young and ignorant at that time, and all I wanted was to find a rich woman, so I kept dragging my feet and refusing to marry her.

She is a very smart woman and must have guessed what I was thinking. One day, when I was playing cards with my friends, she sent me several messages saying that she was at the train station and was about to leave the city.

If I am willing to marry her, I will go to the station to find her before the train starts and register for marriage with her. If I am not willing to marry her, then she will completely disappear from my world and I will never be able to find her.

At that time, I was playing cards with great enthusiasm and didn't pay enough attention to her. I only sent her a message, asking her to stop making trouble and that I would go to see her after playing cards.

As a result, the card game was over, and when I tried to contact her, I found that I could no longer contact her.

I went to the train station to look for her but couldn't find her. I went back to the rental house and found that all her things had been taken away. I went to her workplace to look for her and found that she had resigned.

In short, she must have completely given up on me and left very decisively, leaving me no way out.

People are always so mean. They don't know how to cherish what they have until they lose it. Later, I looked for her frantically and tried every possible way.

It's a pity that more than a decade has passed and there is still no news from her. I still regret it so much that I want to bang my head against the wall when I think about it."

Hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help but say, "Brother Jin, this girl is not simple. She is so decisive and sticks to her words. If you give her a chance, she can really achieve great success."

Brother Jin sighed and said, "She said she wanted to work hard with me and build a career. Unfortunately, I didn't listen to such empty talk at the time. I only wanted to find a rich woman. I was really blind!"

Friend A said, "This girl is really ruthless. If you had ended the card game early and went to the train station to find her, your life would have been completely changed."

Brother Jin nodded and said, "I can't say I can achieve much success with her, but I will definitely not live worse than others."

Li Jing asked: "Brother Jin, have you ever been to her hometown to look for her?"

Brother Jin shook his head and said, "I have never been to her house. I only know that she is from Cen City. But a city is so large, and I don't know the exact address. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find her home."

Just as they were chatting, a beautiful and elegant girl walked into the tea shop.