Chapter 222 Can you do me a favor and show your face?
That slender, familiar figure came into view.
The hedgehog-like quills all over Shi Yanzhou's body quickly melted away.
His eyes were filled with an intense, unyielding affection.
"slight……"
"You're back?"
Lin Wei changed into her slippers and was slightly taken aback when she saw Shi Yanzhou standing in the center of the living room.
The man in front of me had lost a lot of weight.
His once-fitting shirt now hung loosely, he had stubble on his chin, and dark circles under his eyes.
Shuang's usually gentle eyes were now filled with tired, bloodshot veins.
He looked haggard and travel-worn.
His father was seriously ill, and he must have been under tremendous pressure.
A hint of heartache flashed in Lin Wei's eyes as she took a few steps forward.
"Brother Yanzhou, how is Uncle's health lately?"
Shi Yanzhou was at a loss; he hadn't seen her in so long.
She stood before him, carrying with her familiar cool aura.
His heart pounded, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch his stubble-covered chin.
To cover up his embarrassment,
"...Fortunately, the condition has stabilized for the time being, and the patient is still under observation in the hospital."
He raised his eyes, looking at her with a mixture of greed and restraint.
He steered the conversation back to her, his tone cautiously probing.
"Weiwei, how have you been lately...?"
"After finishing up some things at my company in Jiangcheng, I... I thought I'd come and take a look."
Lin Wei felt a pang of sadness seeing the man's helpless expression.
“That’s good. My uncle is seriously ill, and I haven’t visited him yet. Let’s go together when I return to Jiangcheng.”
Shi Yanzhou's face was filled with a flattered smile.
"Okay, let's go together when we get back to Jiangcheng."
But the images of those men's items in the bathroom kept popping into my mind.
He suppressed the overwhelming sorrow churning within him, his Adam's apple bobbing, unable to meet her eyes.
He asked the question cautiously.
"slight……"
"Are you... in a relationship?"
"I saw...men's things in the bathroom."
Looking into the sadness in the man's eyes, Lin Wei felt as if she were looking in a mirror.
Inside is the self from the previous life, the one who loved but could not be loved, and was covered in wounds.
That feeling of carefully holding one's true feelings
She knew it all too well.
It was so familiar that it made her heart clench slightly with pain, and a wave of heartache washed over her.
She felt sorry for him.
It's like feeling sorry for the self who used to lick their wounds alone in the dead of night.
However, she did not love Shi Yanzhou.
This relationship, from beginning to end, had nothing to do with romantic love.
She was grateful to him, relied on him, and regarded him as an important and dear friend.
He was the one who pulled her out of the darkness, but he couldn't give her the love she wanted.
This clarity caused her pain.
She looked into the deep affection and vulnerability in his eyes.
The words that utterly shattered his hope were stuck in his throat; he simply couldn't utter them.
She knew better than anyone that people deeply in love would never turn back, even if they hit a brick wall.
She didn't know... how to avoid hurting him...
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Jiangcheng.
Lin Yanlin slumped on the sofa.
He turned the phone over and over in his hand, weighing it like a hot potato.
He patted his chest and assured her that he could definitely persuade his aloof and powerful older sister, Lin Wei, to come.
He went to participate in a financial interview program planned by his ex-girlfriend.
The boast was made, but no one expected how it would end.
Why should my older sister appear in public?
Just thinking about my older sister's face, which screams "Don't touch me!"
Lin Yanlin felt that he must have been out of his mind to take on this job.
"But I can't go back on my word..."
A man's word is his bond.
Moreover, he made a big promise to Zhao Yan, and now he's backing down. Where does that leave his pride?
How can I stand up straight in front of her in the future?
Lin Yanlin picked up his phone, deleted and rewrote, rewrote and deleted again.
In the end, he typed out a long string of incredibly flattering words.
"The most beautiful, intelligent, and domineering older sister in the universe."
You admire your younger brother the most, and he has a request that concerns your lifelong happiness... [Pity][Pity][Pity]
My ex-girlfriend's financial interview program especially needs a business elite like you—good-looking and with a broad perspective—to anchor the show.
Could you please do me a favor and show your face?
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