Chapter 2 Return of the Ring

Wen Zhixian buried his head in her shoulder. Qin Zhaoli felt a wetness on his shoulder and patted her on the back.

She cried for a long time and whispered, "Gu Yuchen."

Qin Zhaoli was stunned. They grew up together. She didn't even dare to think that it was Gu Yuchen. No matter what, he would never hit Zhiran.

She sobbed quietly: "I went to his house and accidentally broke the cup his ex gave him."

Qin Zhaoli was immediately furious and stroked Zhihan's back. He had heard that they were going to get married and they were expected to get the marriage certificate soon, but who knew it would turn out like this.

"The eggs in the pot are ready. I'll use them to put on your face."

When Qin Zhaoli was applying an egg to her face, he saw the scratch on her knee and asked, "What happened to you?"

She lay on her side on the bed with her eyes closed and said, "I accidentally fell."

After she fell asleep, Qin Zhaoli left her house and called Song Kairui.

Hepburn Bar——

After Qin Zhaoli entered the room, he picked up a bottle of red wine from the counter, said "Please put it on Yuchen's account", and walked into the inner box.

She was a regular here, and the managers all knew her. Seeing her fighting attitude, no one dared to stop her.

She pushed open the door of the private room and threw the bottle of red wine towards Gu Yuchen, but it missed and broke into pieces at his feet.

Song Kairui took a deep breath and stood between Qin Zhaoli and Gu Yuchen: "What's wrong? I just came here to have a drink, don't try to kill me."

"What's wrong? Ask him what's wrong." Qin Zhaoli, who is 1.73 meters tall, has a strong aura with a cold face.

Gu Yuchen drank all the wine in the glass and squeezed his right hand until the knuckles turned white. The memory of slapping Zhihan that day was very clear in his mind.

Song Kairui turned to look at Gu Yuchen: "What's wrong?"

"He called Zhixian."

Song Kairui put away his cynical look and said seriously, "Did you hit Zhixian? No wonder you kept looking for me to drink these past two days. I was helping you out, but you hit Zhixian because of that?"

The four of them grew up together and their parents were also good friends. There was no need to talk about favoritism. It was wrong to fight. Besides, Zhihan was younger than them, so if it came to favoritism, she would definitely be on the side.

"How is she?" Gu Yuchen loosened his right palm and asked weakly.

"Won't you go and see it yourself?"

Gu Yuchen slowly closed his eyes, "Let her calm down, I will calm down too, and go again after a while."

Qin Zhaoli suddenly laughed briefly and nodded, "Okay."

After she finished speaking, she left. When she left the private room, she glanced at Song Kairui. Song Kairui swallowed and said to Gu Yuchen, "I'm leaving, otherwise she'll be mad at me."

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When she woke up, she smelled a fragrance in the air and she was hungry again.

There was a sound coming from the kitchen, maybe Zhao Li had arrived.

"Zhiyan, are you awake?" Song Kairui brought the last steamed fish to the table.

She rubbed her sore eyes and said, "Kai Rui, you are here too."

When Song Kairui saw her slightly swollen face, he thought that Gu Yuchen was really cruel.

He did not mention anything about Gu Yuchen, and laughed softly, "I didn't come because I was afraid you would be poisoned to death by Zhao Li."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sinister voice came from behind him: "Song Kairui, speak softly next time, don't let me hear you."

Although she said that, she actually pulled Song Kairui over to cook for him. The noodles at noon were only cooked, so she only fed him all of them because she was free and hungry, otherwise it would have been really hard to swallow.

After the whole meal, only Wen Zhihan was eating seriously. Song Kairui and Qin Zhaoli only took a few bites and looked at her the whole time.

"You and...ah——" Song Kairui had just opened his mouth when he was kicked by Qin Zhaoli unexpectedly.

Wen Zhixian looked up at them and said, "I'm fine. Ask whatever you want to ask."

Song Kairui glanced at Qin Zhaoli, and seeing that she didn't want to stop him, he asked: "You and Yuchen are still..."

He didn't finish his words this time. Wen Zhixian said "wait a minute" and ran into the bedroom. When he came back, he was holding a small blue velvet square box in his hand.

She placed the box next to Song Kairui's hand and said, "Please bring the ring to him."

What are you asking? He even returned the wedding ring I had chosen. Let alone getting married, we probably have to break up now.

"You've liked him for so many years, can you really just decide that?" She had always vaguely felt that whenever they were together, her eyes were always on Gu Yuchen, and this relationship was more than just the past two years.

Wen Zhixian touched the left side of his face which was still stinging. "No, but I'm afraid of the pain. He woke me up."

If it weren't for this slap, she could still comfort herself that it was just a cup, but this slap shattered all her hopes for him.

In her eyes, there were only zero and countless times he had assaulted her. This time it was because of a cup left by his ex. What about next time? What about the ex next time?

She liked Gu Yuchen, and had liked him for many years. She secretly stood behind him and watched him from afar, but one must have a bottom line, and one cannot lower one's bottom line again and again for anyone.

She knew that Gu Yuchen was a cancer growing on her body. She couldn't let her emotions get the better of her just because this cancer had been on her body for too long. This cancer would corrode her and penetrate deep into her bone marrow. She could only endure the pain and dig it out, and leave the rest to time. It would heal one day.

All she has to do is take the first step.

"Now that you've made up your mind, don't regret it." Both of them are good friends, and this emotional aspect is not something they can interfere with. All they can give is comfort.

Wen Zhixian gave them a pale smile and said, "Okay."

After they left, she closed the door and took a deep breath. There was a tube of ointment on the table. She picked it up and took a look at it. She felt a warm feeling in her heart and it seemed that her heart was not so painful anymore.

She immediately sat in front of the dressing mirror and started applying the ointment. This is her face!

What if it gets disfigured?

While applying the ointment, I blamed myself for not paying enough attention. I applied a thick layer of ointment, hoping that the swelling would be completely gone by tomorrow.

She took out her cell phone from her bag, turned it on and saw that Zhao Li had sent her many messages. Apart from Zhao Li, there were messages from the coffee shop clerk. She paused her finger on the pinned name, Yuchenchenchen (her future husband), and added two little love emoticons.

He didn't send a single message to himself.

The more she read the note, the more ironic it became. When she clicked on it and prepared to delete it, her finger hovered over her phone. What else would it do to delete a friend except for a momentary pleasure? Their parents had always been good friends...

Thinking of this, she immediately clicked the delete friend button. It was a temporary relief, and it was time to erase him from her world.

She collected all the photos of Gu Yuchen from the study. She herself didn't expect that she could organize so many things.