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Zhang Susu thought for a moment, nodded, and stood up with a resolute expression on her face. Before leaving, she reminded her, "Remember, listen to me. You don't need to return those houses and jewelry to him. That's compensation for your lost youth!"
Ye Wenyu ignored it completely, letting it go in one ear and out the other.
Half an hour before her meeting with Lin Tingfeng, Ye Wenyu arrived at the rendezvous place early. Her heart was pounding like a drum, as if a great show was about to begin, with the drums and gongs already beating loudly before the characters even appeared on stage.
It was a coffee shop with many seats on the second floor. Ye Wenyu chose a seat by the window. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows made the entire coffee shop very bright. From where she was sitting, she could see, with just a slight tilt of her head, the spot where Lin Tingfeng's wife had gotten out of the car and hit her last time.
That place, a mixture of blood and tears, pain and shame, has always been like a needle piercing the depths of her heart.
The reason she chose this coffee shop to break up was that she wanted to harden her heart to do it. When Lin Tingfeng tried to persuade her to stay, she looked up and saw that place, which allowed her to be as hard as stone, without any hesitation, so as not to make her brother Wen laugh at her or worry her mother.
Lin Tingfeng had not yet arrived. He seemed to know that this matter was not in his best interest, so he had no desire to arrive early.
Ye Wenyu ordered two coffees and waited there, lost in thought. The weather was cold, so the coffee shop was nearly empty, feeling particularly desolate. From where she sat, turning slightly to her right, she could see the house Lin Tingfeng had bought for her. Many warm and happy times had passed in that home; it was impossible not to feel nostalgic. From where she sat, turning slightly to her left, she could see the campus of Q University, its south gate towering high—the ivory tower that countless students aspired to.
As she looked around, she saw heaven on one side and hell on the other, light on her left and darkness on her right, hope on one side and despair on the other. When Lin Tingfeng arrived and tried to use his charm to sway her, all she had to do was raise her head, look left and right, and then make a wise choice.
Choosing this coffee shop to break up made Ye Wenyu feel much more at ease.
At the appointed time, Lin Tingfeng appeared on time. Ye Wenyu did not dare to look up at him, because of shame, fear, and so on.
She inexplicably recalled that she had agreed to be with him because she loved him, but over the past three years, she had suffered a lot of pain. Love is probably an asymptote; you can only approach it, never reach it.
Lin Tingfeng was tall and strong. When he appeared in the coffee shop, almost all the female customers would look up at him curiously, then blush and whisper among themselves.
He was a charming man at all times. However, his eyes were only on Ye Wenyu. Even though she sat there alone with her head down, without even standing up to greet him, he didn't mind at all and hurried over to her.
"Xiaoyu—" he greeted gently, his voice filled with weariness. It was as if he had been frantically searching for her all over the world for the two days and nights she had been missing. In fact, last night, she had seen him from the shadows, holding his wife's hand, walking hand in hand with their two children, looking very happy and loving.
Lin Tingfeng's acting skills are truly superb.
Thinking of this, Ye Wenyu's sense of shame vanished. She mustered her courage, raised her head, and looked at him with her large, clear eyes, as bright as autumn water. She nodded slightly to him.
Faced with Ye Wenyu's sudden change, Lin Tingfeng was stunned. He sat down opposite her and carefully examined her. He found that she seemed to have changed a lot after not seeing her for two days, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what had changed.
Seeing the changes in her, his heart, like a dandelion in autumn, began to flutter and scatter.
The bewildered look on her face seemed to have disappeared, replaced by calm and composure.
Ye Wenyu said to him, "I ordered coffee." Lin Tingfeng nodded, picked up the coffee and took a big gulp. It was very bitter, like the bitterness of Coptis chinensis, seeping out from every pore.
It's winter now, and the sky outside is overcast, like a heavy lead plate. The plane trees on both sides of the street have lost all their leaves, the north wind is howling, and there are very few pedestrians on the road. Even if there are a few people, they all walk briskly with their heads down and shoulders hunched.
It was extremely bleak and extremely cold.
Looking at the scenery outside the window, Lin Tingfeng felt extremely uneasy, as if something terrible was about to happen!
A deep chill slowly crept up his spine.
Xiaoyu's face was extremely pale, like a dead person. Her big eyes were very tired, as if she had suffered a huge blow. Her chin was clenched and her small face was stiff. The two had been together for several years. Based on Lin Tingfeng's understanding of Ye Wenyu, whenever she showed this expression, it meant that she had made a very important decision in her heart, and no one could change it.
The past is not as cold as ice. Lin Tingfeng couldn't help but recall that three years ago, when she had just started university, she fell ill on the street. He took her home and cared for her. Then the two of them traveled to England together, and he proposed to her that she be his mistress.
On that moonlit night, she called him. When he arrived at Q University, she saw this expression on his face: his small face was stern, his chin was clenched, and he looked very stubborn and persistent, tired and haggard. At that time, she had been forced by life to make up her mind to be with him regardless of status.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Wenyu finally spoke. She tried to make her voice sound thoughtful and calm as she slowly said, "Tingfeng, thank you, and I'm sorry!"
"Thank you, I'm sorry!" These six words struck like a thunderbolt, and Lin Tingfeng's hand holding the coffee cup began to tremble.
She was leaving him! He knew it; he didn't know what had happened, but he knew something terrible must have occurred.
My heart is like an ant in a flood, filled with fear and anxiety.
Ye Wenyu was like someone participating in a 100-meter race; once she started, she wanted to run to the finish line in one go. Therefore, before Lin Tingfeng could speak, she continued in a light and quick voice, "I have made up my mind to end that kind of life. Please respect me, okay?"
Because of her inner tension and fear, she clenched her hands tightly together under the table until her fingers turned red. At the same time, her back began to sweat profusely. It was winter, but soon she felt that her back was completely soaked with sweat. Her inner clothes clung tightly to her skin, sticky and wet, which was very uncomfortable.
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