Chapter 55055 Let's break up
Xue Yi stood up, walked to the door of Yu Zeyuan's room and knocked gently.
Yu Zeyuan stood behind the door, wearing plaid pajamas, one hand holding the door frame, the other hand wiping his half-dry hair with a towel. "What's wrong?"
Xue Yi clenched the key in his right palm and said only three words: "Follow me."
She turned and walked towards the room opposite, which had been closed.
He had been curious about this room before, but out of respect, he never asked.
The door opened and it was pitch black inside.
Xue Yi pressed the switch, and the light instantly illuminated the entire room.
Yu Zeyuan was stunned when he saw the scene inside the house.
The four walls and several large blackboards were densely covered with sticky notes and photos. They showed elderly people, children, people with disabilities, and many ordinary workers, with various materials and detailed contact information attached to them.
"This is?"
"This is all my persistence and hard work over the past five years."
Xue Yi's voice was unusually calm. "Didn't you ask me before how we can truly help those left-behind children and families?"
"These are the answers."
She took a few steps forward, her eyes scanning every photo on the wall. "My senior year, I went to the mountains to teach for a year. I saw with my own eyes how the villagers flocked to the city one by one. The village, once full of laughter and joy, gradually became silent, with only the elderly and children left. I tried to persuade them to stay, but it was no use. To them, hometown seemed synonymous with poverty."
"Later, I realized that the core of the problem wasn't poverty, but deep-rooted beliefs and realities. The only thing I could do was to change my hometown, to show them that it was no longer a place of rugged terrain, poor soil, and isolation.
So, holding on to this belief, I worked while collecting information and exploring truly feasible paths.”
Yu Zeyuan was so shocked by the information she sent him that he was speechless. After a long while, he whispered, "So... have you found a way?"
Xue Yi's voice, full of determination and strength, was in my ears: "Found it."
"After years of hard work, I've been able to leverage existing resources to provide job opportunities in factories, hotels, and restaurants for those who want to leave the mountains. For those willing to stay, I teach planting techniques tailored to local geological conditions. And for children who want to continue their studies, some partner schools offer tuition waivers. But I'm just a beneficiary; whether they can truly seize these opportunities is up to them."
Yu Zeyuan was a little puzzled and asked softly, "You spend so much time and energy doing this... is it worth it?"
"Some things aren't worth it, they're just about whether or not you should do them. And I always feel like there's a force somewhere pushing me in this direction."
She turned around and stared deeply into Yu Zeyuan's eyes: "These are the causes I am destined to fight for. This road will be difficult and may not bring any commercial benefits, but I will not give up."
"So, let's break up."
Yu Zeyuan stood there in a daze. The first thing that came to his mind was not sadness, but an indescribable anger. She unilaterally announced the end without even asking him whether he was willing or not!
"I don't agree!"
He gritted his teeth, really confused: "Why can you consider so many people, but not my feelings?"
"It is precisely because of this consideration that I proposed breaking up."
Xue Yi tried to keep her tone calm. "This road is too long. Even if you are willing to accompany me, your family will never agree. I don't want you to be caught in a dilemma. This is the best option."
Just as Yu Zeyuan was about to retort, he was interrupted by her next words.
"And this is just the tip of the iceberg. In the future, we will not only have to deal with your family's tangled web of relationships, but also my family's mess, which may be even more complicated and difficult to deal with than it is now.
Taking a step back, perhaps, as you said, we've only just started, and it's too early to talk about this. Have you ever thought about what we would do if an emergency were to arise?
Xue Yi looked at him expectantly, "By then, can I rely on you? Can you take on everything for me?"
Yu Zeyuan frowned, subconsciously avoiding her gaze, and said hesitantly: "I really have never asked this question..."
Xue Yi smiled softly, as if expecting something, and interrupted, "I know you want to help me, but you don't have the ability to do so right now. Actually, I don't care about these things. It's just that your attitude when encountering problems is to avoid them instead of facing them. This makes me lose confidence in you and the future, and only feel disappointed."
She sighed softly, her tone revealing fatigue, "I'm really tired."
Yu Zeyuan never expected that his most unbearable side would be revealed so bloodily and mercilessly.
His face turned pale instantly, and an unprecedented sense of shame rushed to his head. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out to defend himself.
Xue Yi looked up at Yu Zeyuan's dim peach blossom eyes and said with a determined heart, "I've said everything I need to say."
Without hesitation, she turned and left, returning to her room.
Yu Zeyuan clenched his fists as he heard the door close softly.
Xue Yi is right.
If she really entered the Yu family in the future and suffered injustice, with his current awkward identity and status in the family, he would be unable to protect her and could not give her the support she wanted.
Maybe breaking up is really the best choice.
After realizing this, he closed his eyes in pain, finally understanding why those who clearly still loved each other gradually became strangers. It turned out that it wasn't that the love had faded, but that they were afraid that their presence would bring harm to the other person.
Yu Zeyuan stood there for a long time, and finally returned to the room. He silently changed out of his pajamas, picked up his suitcase, and before leaving, he took a look at this place that had given him a brief warmth.
The door is locked.
Xue Yi didn't come out of the room until there was no sound outside. She looked at the empty living room and breathed a sigh of relief. A sense of relief welled up in her heart. Then, small and prickly emotions surged up like a tide, causing a dull pain that could not be ignored.
Finally, it's all over.
*
"I'm home, the little raindrops are nice."
"Okay, I'll pick it up later."
Xue Yi hung up the phone, simply changed her clothes and went out.
The weekend is the peak traffic season, and she was stuck in traffic soon after she started driving. This is also the reason why she was reluctant to buy a car in Suzhou. It only takes half an hour to get there, but it took more than an hour.
"I'm starving. You're finally here! Did you buy the crab legs noodles?"
"I went through a lot of trouble to buy this. Isn't it the same to order takeout?"
"Takeout can never compare to the aroma of food fresh out of the pan!"
"Okay, okay, you're the only one who's picky."
Xue Yi put the takeaway box on the dining table, and Xiao Yudian at her feet couldn't wait to pull up her trouser legs.
She squatted down, gently stroked the little raindrop's head, then hugged it, buried her face in its furry neck and rubbed it, as if trying to absorb a little warmth from it.
Little Raindrop keenly noticed that its owner was in a low mood. It whimpered a few times and licked her cheek with its tongue, as if silently comforting her in its own way.
"Wow, it still smells the same, so authentic! How long will you stay this time? Have you finished all the things at home?"
"We have to leave tomorrow. Everything is almost settled."
"You're worthy of being my bestie. You can handle such a difficult problem. Kudos to you! So...what about you and brother Ozawa?"
"We've split up."
"What?!!"
Guo Yingying, who was busy chewing on a crab claw, paused and looked up in disbelief: "When did this happen?"
Xue Yi said calmly: "Yesterday."
"No way? You've only been together for how long? You're breaking up so soon? Who suggested it?"
"I."
Guo Yingying immediately pushed the takeaway aside. Gossip was the biggest thing in the world: "What's going on? What happened? Tell me quickly."
Xue Yi stood up from the ground. She felt very suffocated and needed an outlet to vent, so she told her everything that had happened in the past few days.
………
Guo Yingying smacked her lips after hearing this. "Tsk tsk, I'm not saying anything harsh about you, but you just let such a handsome, wealthy man go? Are you crazy? Just have a good relationship, why are you overthinking it so much?"
Xue Yi pursed her lips and said, "I'm not you. I can't help but think about the future."
"Okay, okay, I respect your choice."
Guo Yingying thought for a moment, then tried to comfort her from a different angle: "But putting aside his family background and looks, he's certainly immature and has a bad temper. What if we end up fighting? And you'll definitely have to accompany him as he grows up, like raising a son. Just thinking about it makes me tired. Forget it, the sooner we break up, the easier it will be."
Xue Yi subconsciously defended him, "He's not as bad as you say. His bad temper is a disguise to protect himself from getting hurt. He's actually quite simple and kind to his friends and everyone around him. It's normal for him to be immature because he's young."
"Since you're so protective of him, why do you want to break up?"
"I'm just... afraid that one day he'll have to choose between his family and me, and end up choosing the former."
"Not really? I don't think Brother Ozawa is that kind of person."
"Maybe once or twice, but what about ten or twenty times? I can't stand having a time bomb buried in my relationship."
Guo Yingying was silent.
It's really hard to say about love. The more serious you are, the less you can tolerate any flaws.
Xue Yi sees things too clearly and is too clear-headed, so she is unable to start a relationship and doesn't know whether it is good or bad.
"I'm going back first. I have to pack my things."
"Okay, I'll pack all of Raindrop's toys and snacks for you."
The way back was not so congested.
As soon as the little guy came in, he ran around the room with great joy, extremely excited. With his company, the empty space in Xue Yi's heart was also filled a little.
The next day, she was packing her luggage when her cell phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello, who is this?"
"Sister Yiyi, it's me."
Xue Yi was stunned when she heard the long-lost voice on the other end of the phone. It turned out to be Lin Wei.
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