I lowered my head slightly and replied, "I feel quite sad when you say that, and I hope you won't stay in this industry anymore."
Peach reached out and hugged me, then cried, cried very sadly...
I patted her on the back and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Michael, I'm so sad... so incredibly sad!"
"Is it because you can't bear to part with this man you've finally started to like?"
"Not entirely... I felt sorry for Leilei, and then I thought of myself... You know what I mean?"
Peach swallowed, but suddenly couldn't continue...
My heart tightened again, but fear did not overcome my curiosity, so I said to her, "I know you want to talk to me about Wang Lei... Go ahead and tell me. I have the right and obligation to know everything about her. I am not only her only fellow townsman in Shanghai, but also her family."
Peach pulled away from my embrace, her makeup ruined. She choked back tears as she told me, "You know what? The day before the accident, Peach borrowed 150,000 yuan from me… I remember it so clearly; she said it to me with a smile that day. She said she'd decided to never be a princess again, that she wanted to be your woman and come to Dali with you; she also said that Lu Jia had wasted such a good man like you, so she no longer wanted to hesitate in the face of such an opportunity… Originally, she wanted to stay in Shanghai for another year, to earn enough money before going to Dali to find you, but she couldn't wait any longer. She felt that after all these years of hardship, only the thought of going with you brought her happiness, so she didn't want to wait even a day longer…"
At this point, Peach was already sobbing uncontrollably: "Michael... wasn't Leilei pitiful?... She had no idea that you never intended to leave Shanghai. You were just fooling around. All you ever cared about was buying even a one-bedroom apartment in Shanghai... But she risked her life for you. She said she was already tainted, so she couldn't possibly go out with clients while thinking of you. That's why she resisted so desperately, trying her best to leave you with the last bit of beauty. Actually, she could have avoided this accident! She clearly could have... She was so pitiful. Her greatest happiness while she was alive was simply fantasizing about going with you... Haha, her happiness was just a fantasy... And you only truly decided to leave Shanghai after she died!... You said she risked her life, and all she got was this... How could I dare to touch the murderous knife of love?... People like us don't deserve love anymore!"
I just stood there, frozen in place, and then, amidst all sorts of stares, I felt completely invisible... Peach didn't give me a chance to speak either; she walked towards the security checkpoint with the utmost despair, and soon disappeared from my sight...
Amidst the comings and goings of people, I gradually came to my senses, but then I was overwhelmed with immense pain... My pain at this moment stems from that regret of being just a hair's breadth away.
Peach isn't entirely right...
I regret it. If God gave me another chance, I would have brought Wang Lei to Dali that day, and to hell with worldly views, to hell with being immoral, to hell with a one-bedroom apartment…
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