"What kind of hell is this place?"
Almost as soon as Ye Xi got out of the taxi, she regretted it, holding up her skirt. She really didn't know that such a desolate and dirty place existed in a bustling city like the capital.
But since Fu Yinze had laid bare her past with Yuan Kai in Japan, including all the hidden and unspeakable thoughts she had harbored over the years, she panicked, became confused, and scared, and started to speak recklessly.
The moment those impulsive words left her mouth, she knew her relationship with Fu Yinze was completely over. Those words couldn't be easily erased with a few sweet words. Others might not know what kind of person Fu Yinze was, but did she? He appeared to be a refined gentleman, polite and courteous, but in reality, he was cold-hearted, selfish, and self-centered. He might tease you when he was interested in you, but only if you never crossed the boundaries he set for you.
She used to dream that one day she would become the most special one in his heart, and she had been working hard for it. But Tang Ning's appearance shattered all her delusions.
So she dared not force it. Now she only wanted to try her best to keep what she still had, and the opportunity to keep it lay with Yuan Kai.
She didn't know about others, but Yuan Kai was different. He loved her so much; whenever she was sad or upset, no matter how far away he was, he would be there for her immediately. No matter what, he would always be by her side…
It was this thought that made Ye Xi get up and follow Fu Yuankai without hesitation after seeing him chase after him.
But I never expected that I would end up in a village in the capital city.
Thinking of this, Ye Xi pinched her nose with disgust and ran quickly past a green trash can overflowing with garbage. After running about ten meters, she felt like she had come back to life. Then she began searching around the residential buildings in front of her, while a question arose in her mind—
What is Yuan Kai doing here?
Almost simultaneously, Fu Yuankai, who had just gotten his hands on Tang Ning's phone and turned it on, received a call the next second.
On a whim, Fu Yuankai swiped to answer the call, and then heard a young boy's voice on the other end of the phone—
"Hello, is this Tang Ning? I'm xxx. I heard you've been trying to borrow money because of family issues lately. Have you managed to borrow any? If not, I have a few tens of thousands of yuan here. I just got some from a fast food advertisement. If you need it urgently, you can take it..."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yuankai's heart skipped a beat. He felt that something unexpected had happened during the two days he was away.
With a dry throat, Fu Yuankai asked in a hoarse voice, "What happened at home? What happened to Tang Ning's family?"
"Who are you……"
The person on the other end of the phone probably hadn't expected a man to answer, and was momentarily stunned, but still cautiously replied, "Actually, I don't know much either. I just heard that Tang Ning's father had some trouble these past few days and urgently needed money, so she borrowed from almost everyone she knew at school, including classmates and teachers. But nobody was rich, so in the end, they didn't lend her much money..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Fu Yuankai hung up the phone and then opened Tang Ning's WeChat with trembling hands.
Sure enough, the chat logs were all records of her borrowing money from various people at the film academy. Some were more polite, saying they were willing to lend her three or five hundred, but couldn't come up with more, and even asked if she had any difficulties. Others were sarcastic and cynical, clearly not on good terms with her. Worse still, some of the boys even took the opportunity to use foul language. To these people, Tang Ning only replied with a thank you and then stopped.
She even borrowed from these people; what kind of difficulties did she encounter?
Fu Yuankai scrolled down the list one by one until he finally found himself at the very bottom.
The chat interface was almost entirely filled with WeChat messages from Tang Ning. At first, she asked if he was there because she had something urgent to discuss with him and hoped he could call her back when he had time. Later, she urged him anxiously to answer his calls and reply to his messages.
Later, perhaps because she was really desperate, she carefully expressed her desire to borrow money to him, saying that she really didn't know anyone else and had no other choice. She also said that she would enter the entertainment industry, whether as a stunt double or an extra, and she would definitely work hard to earn money to pay him back. She said that her father was too kind and was deceived by his student, not because of gambling or anything like that, and hoped that he could understand that she didn't want his money.
Then, after hearing the news about the earthquake in Japan, she worried that he might be in danger. She didn't want to borrow money anymore; she just wanted him to come back safely, and so on...
Not only on WeChat, but the call logs also showed that she kept calling him from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., but only the last call was answered.
But all those missed calls and unread WeChat messages are now completely gone from his phone. Ha, not a single one…
Fu Yuankai's hands trembled violently, and his fingers, gripping Tang Ning's phone, turned white from the excessive force.
After what seemed like an eternity, he slowly reached out and placed his hand on the neatly folded white envelopes on the table…
"Yuan Kai, this letter is as if I were seeing you in person..."
It might be in keeping with the season, it might be a coincidence, or it might just be the rainy season; the weather is just that unpredictable.
A bolt of lightning flashed by, followed by a series of thunderous roars.
Ye Xi, who had just arrived at the foot of a building, was startled. She quickly took out her phone and frantically dialed Fu Yuankai's number.
Meanwhile, Fu Yuankai was completely oblivious to his incessantly vibrating phone. His grip on the letter tightened, and he trembled. Another clap of thunder woke him as if from a dream, and he ran downstairs like a madman. At the same time, Tang Ning's letter kept playing on repeat in his mind.
"This seems to be the first and last time I've written to you. We've been together for four whole years. You probably don't know, but I fell in love with you the moment we first met. You seemed to shine in the crowd, making me unable to see anyone else. It was as if only you were colorful in my eyes, and everyone else was gray. That's why I secretly lined up behind you in the cafeteria, just wanting to be a little closer to you, just a tiny bit closer..."
Fu Yuankai ran downstairs almost in one breath, his eyes bloodshot, and came face to face with Ye Xi, who was anxiously making a phone call.
"Yuan……"
She excitedly went to greet him, only to be shoved hard by Fu Yuankai.
"Get out of my way!"
He roared like that.
In Japan, besides himself, only Ye Xi could access his phone. With so many WeChat messages and call records, even with signal problems, he wouldn't have missed a single one. There's only one reason: they were deliberately deleted by someone.
Including the last call log, it wasn't him who answered. Who could it be? He didn't even know what Ye Xi and Tang Ning talked about after that. Then she never called again, never sent a text message, and finally just turned off her phone. Heh heh...
Pushing Ye Xi aside, Fu Yuankai went straight to his car parked by the roadside.
"Yuan Kai!"
Ye Xi watched in disbelief as Fu Yuankai pushed her away and then abandoned her in this remote place, starting his car and driving off without looking back.
What exactly happened...?
At the same time, Tang Ning, who was sitting in the passenger seat of Fu Yinze's car, also received an excited notification from 54088 immediately.
"Tangbao, Tangbao, 100! 100! Fu Yuankai's favorability rating just reached 100 in a split second!"
After the notification, there was a cheerful sound of gold coins falling.
However, she did not receive any gold coins. The system page only showed that she had gained 96 points, which was Fu Yuankai's system rating.
"What's that sound?" Tang Ning asked herself in surprise.
Even if congratulations were given for winning over Fu Yuankai, there should have been firecrackers or flower-scattering sounds. Why is her little system so different?
"What sound? Tangbao, are you talking about the system's celebratory sound effects? This is what our boss stipulated. She said her previous system was stingy and loved money, so she specially changed all the celebratory sound effects of our systems to this, saying that she wanted her system to hear this sound every day and be happy."
Although it felt that the boss's expression at the time didn't seem very kind, it didn't care and opened for business, hehehe.
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning did not press the matter further, but simply looked at the neon lights outside and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.
Fu Yin, who had just stopped at a red light, turned his head and saw Tang Ning's smile. He asked softly, "What are you laughing at?"
Tang Ning turned her head. "Nothing, I just thought of something interesting."
She smiled gently.
That letter was a weapon she deliberately left for Fu Yuankai; how could it not be worthy of her writing skills if it didn't reach 100?
In fact, ever since she arrived in this world, she hadn't really put much effort into winning over Fu Yuankai, simply because she could clearly see at a glance that the scoundrel had feelings for the original owner, but those feelings were so subtle and hidden that she had long been used to them and had overly ignored them.
All she had to do was ignite his passion completely, then leave, letting him realize the truth of his own heart...
Now, you see it clearly.
Tang Ning scoffed inwardly.
Meanwhile, Fu Yuankai, who was driving over here, floored the accelerator, his mind replaying Tang Ning's every word uncontrollably.
"...During the four years we were together, my happiest moments were waiting for you to come home in our little house. I was happy every single day. Every single thing in the house was chosen by the two of us. Even though I couldn't see you, just seeing those things made me feel so happy! Some classmates said I was silly for turning down so many film and television offers, but I think they're the silly ones. Life is so short. It's so hard to meet someone you love and who loves you back. You're already so busy, and we don't have enough time to spend together. If I go out to film TV series and movies, we might really never see each other again. I don't want that."
"But then, slowly, slowly I started to regret it! Especially when I first saw the news about you and Sister Ye Xi, I couldn't sleep a wink that night, even though I usually sleep very well. But I just couldn't forget the way you looked at her in that trending photo. From that day on, I knew that I probably could never compare to her in your heart..."
“I went to the film set to be her stand-in, partly to see you, and partly to see what kind of person Sister Ye Xi is. But when I saw her, I realized clearly that you may never have belonged to me. Maybe I was just a substitute for Sister Ye Xi from beginning to end, to you.”
"Dad had some trouble and called you a lot. Finally, Sister Ye Xi answered. The moment I heard her voice, I knew I couldn't even keep up the pretense. Maybe I was a mistake from the very beginning! I can't pretend anymore, Yuan Kai. I'm human, I have a heart, I feel pain, I get hurt, I bleed. I don't have the courage to tell you we're breaking up in person, so I'll say it in this letter. This relationship that should never have started ends here, starting today. I hope you and Sister Ye Xi will be happy and joyful together in the future. I'm leaving now. The key is under the flowerpot by the door. Goodbye."
"Tang Ning".
Bang--
Because Fu Yinze's villa was halfway up the mountain, and Fu Yuankai was driving too fast, the front of the car suddenly crashed into a railing not far away when he was turning a corner.
The airbags deployed, the car stalled instantly, and an alarm sounded.
Just then, large raindrops finally fell from the gloomy sky, quickly forming a continuous sheet.
Splash—
Heavy rain is coming.
A bloodstained finger suddenly emerged from the overturned car window, followed by the sound of a forceful kicking of the car door.
After seven or eight bangs, the car door, deformed from the impact, was finally kicked open from the inside. A man in a white shirt slowly crawled out, blood staining his bangs and his fair face. He casually wiped it away and then limped slowly toward the villa not far away, dragging his injured leg...
He was dizzy and didn't know how long he walked before he finally arrived at the villa's front door. He then picked up a potted green plant from the side and threw it directly onto the villa's front door.
"Tang Ning, I'm sorry, I'm back... Please come out, please come out! I was wrong, I made a mistake, I came back late... You asked me to help you with your father's matter, go and resolve it now! Then we can be like before, no... no, not like before, you can do whatever you want, whatever you want... Please come out! Didn't you say you liked me the most? Please come out and see me, please come out and see me..."
As he spoke, Fu Yuankai's injured leg finally gave way, and he knelt on the ground, pounding on the door of the villa in front of him with his fists.
Upon hearing these words, Tang Ning, who had just run behind the door, raised her arm and gently bit the back of her hand, but tears still fell uncontrollably.
Unexpectedly, the next second she was turned around by the person behind her, her chin was gently lifted by his fingers, and his cool lips pressed against hers.
Tang Ning suddenly opened her eyes wide, but all she saw was Fu Yin's smiling eyes.
"I want you to look at me."
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