After learning that Ye Xinning had left, Shen Lin stopped eating and drinking for days, and was basically kept alive by intravenous nutrition.
Everyone knows that Ye Xinning's departure is a huge blow to Shen Lin.
After Ye Xinning left, Shen Lin assumed that she must have gone with Ji Jianshen.
Given how wonderful Ji Jianshen is, it's only natural that Ye Xinning chose him.
However, just three days after Ye Xinning left, Song Zhengchu, Ji Jianshen, and Ye Rouxin arrived at the hospital.
Shen Lin lay on the hospital bed, his face pale, looking at the three people who had suddenly appeared.
Xi Yuan and Shen Yu were both there at the time. When they arrived, Shen Yu was the first to stand up.
"Zhengchu, Chairman Ye, you've arrived. It's been a long time. What brings you here so suddenly..."
Shen Yu was interrupted by Song Zhengchu's cold voice before she could finish speaking.
"Shen Yu, don't speak yet. We're here to find Shen Lin."
"Dad, Mom." Although Shen Lin was very weak, he still struggled to sit up in bed and took the initiative to greet them.
Upon hearing the word "Mom," Ye Rouxin's face turned cold. "Mr. Shen, I really can't accept being called 'Mom.' We only came here to know if Mr. Shen is satisfied now that Ningning is gone?"
Xi Yuan asked in confusion, "Why would Chairman Ye say such a thing? With Ningning gone, Shen Lin won't be having a good time either."
"Is he not feeling well? Ningning originally didn't plan to leave. If he hadn't pressed her so hard, threatening her with his own life, why would she have left?" Ye Rouxin couldn't stop her tears from flowing whenever she thought of Ye Xinning, who had disappeared without a trace. "Once, when Shen Lin lost his memory, she left once. Now, she's gone again. Shen Lin, if I had known that my Ningning would end up like this after marrying you, I would have refused to let her remarry you no matter what."
Shen Lin sat on the bed, repeatedly processing what Ye Rouxin had said.
His gaze shifted to Ji Jianshen, who hadn't uttered a word since appearing in the ward. "Didn't he leave Nancheng with you?"
"Who told you she left Nancheng with me? We haven't seen each other since we had dinner together that day."
Ji Jianshen's words made Shen Lin's face turn even paler, and his deep eyes were filled with surprise.
“Ningning is gone. We don’t know where she went. We came to find you just to know what you said to her. Why did she suddenly leave all by herself without giving us any news?” Song Zhengchu looked at Shen Lin and asked in a cold voice.
"Was it really me who drove her away?" Shen Lin murmured.
Was it really his self-harm that drove her away?
He assumed that she had gone to France with Ji Jianshen, and at least that way, with Ji Jianshen and Song Zhengchu by her side, they could take good care of her.
But now we know that she left alone, and no one knows where she went.
Shen Lin's hands, hanging at his sides, were clenched tightly together; he was so heartbroken he could hardly breathe.
“I don’t know, I don’t know… She would go alone. I thought she went to France.”
Upon hearing Shen Lin's words, Song Zhengchu and the others' faces turned cold. "So, you're telling me you know nothing?"
Shen Lin remained silent, his eyes filled with sorrow.
Seeing that Shen Lin knew nothing, Song Zhengchu and the others said no more and left the ward.
After they left, Shen Lin instructed Wen Zhu and the others to investigate Ye Xinning's whereabouts.
However, after several months of investigation, they still couldn't find out where Ye Xinning had gone.
It was at this moment that Shen Lin realized that Ye Xinning's choice was not him, nor Ji Jianshen, but to go to a place where they were not.
Since Ye Xinning left, Shen Lin has been unable to sleep well every day, constantly wondering where she is and whether she is doing well.
Can she take care of herself all by herself?
Every night, Shen Lin hoped to see Ye Xinning in his dreams, but since Ye Xinning left, he has never dreamed of her again.
Is it because she's always blaming him that he can't dream about her?
...
In the first year after Ye Xinning left, Shen Lin never gave up searching for her.
Ye Xinning contacted everyone, both domestically and internationally, and he went to ask and seek out every single person he met.
He went to find Ye Weiran and asked her if she knew where Ye Xinning had gone.
Ye Weiran simply shook her head.
He went to find Su Wan, but Su Wan just looked at him helplessly and said that.
"She's decided to leave, and no matter how you look for her, it's useless. She's capable enough to keep all of us from finding her. You should know that. If she wasn't determined, how could her parents and us, her close friends, not know where she went?"
Su Wan is Ye Xinning's best friend, but she still doesn't know where Ye Xinning went.
“Chen Lin, she has her reasons for choosing this way. Let’s stop looking for her. Give her time and space. Perhaps she can figure out many things she couldn’t understand before. Of course, you can also start your new life.”
After saying her last words, Su Wan turned and left, not giving Shen Lin a chance to say another word.
Starting a new life?
Such an ordinary sentence felt like a knife stabbing into Shen Lin's heart. How could he start a new life?
She's all he has in his life now, so how does he begin?
Shen Lin closed his eyes, his gaze filled with sorrow.
In the first year, after failing to find many of Ye Xinning's friends, Shen Lin began to frequently travel to different countries on business trips.
Every time he went on a business trip, after finishing his work, he would go out for a walk by himself. Although he knew that the chances of meeting Ye Xinning were almost zero, he still dreamed about it.
Lu Jingyan and Ye Weiran's reunion was a chance encounter in Vancouver, and perhaps he will also reunite with Ye Xinning in a similar chance encounter.
However, what Shen Lin didn't know was how much help Lu Jingyan's friends had secretly given him when he reunited with Ye Weiran.
As for him, the possibility of searching for Ye Xinning in the vast sea of people was naturally very slim.
In the following year, Shen Lin still had no news of Ye Xinning. Everyone around him knew that the so-called business trip and the so-called chance encounter were just a way for Shen Lin to deceive himself.
Three years after Ye Xinning left, Shen Lin seemed to realize that what she said in the recording was true.
—Shen Lin, don't look for me. You won't be able to find me even if you do.
Yes, Ye Xinning genuinely wanted to keep it a secret; he truly hadn't received any more information from her.
In the third year, Shen Lin seemed to gradually get used to life without Ye Xinning. His daily life consisted of going to work, coming home, drinking with friends, and occasionally going back to the old house to see the child.
By the way, the child later got a name, but it wasn't chosen by Shen Lin, and he still couldn't fully accept the child.
The name was given by Shen Yu, meaning "silent scenery".
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