Qin Yaxin's expression remained indifferent. Looking at her, Zhou Zhiyuan's eyes revealed pain: "Xinxin, are you really going to abandon our relationship?"
"Mr. Zhou!"
Emphasizing her words, Qin Yaxin said expressionlessly, "That year, I broke up with you cleanly, and since I was able to make the decision to break up with you, I wasn't just saying it casually... You contacted me more than once afterward..."
But I have never wavered in my decision, nor have I ever regretted it. Why can't you look forward and instead stay in the past?
Furthermore, the relationship between us shouldn't have existed in the first place. Although I didn't know you were married beforehand, I indirectly caused harm to your wife at the time. To be honest, if my sister-in-law hadn't woken me up in time, I might have continued down the wrong path...
There's something you might not know: your wife—now you should call her your ex-wife—almost died that New Year's Eve. It was my sister-in-law who saved her life…
"What? My ex-wife had suicidal thoughts?"
Zhou Zhiyuan was utterly shocked.
"It wasn't that I had that thought, it's that I almost fell off the stone bridge and into the river!"
Qin Yaxin said, "Mr. Zhou, we did have feelings for each other, but that's in the past. I'm making this clear today: I don't want you to come to me again because of those so-called feelings, causing me trouble or even problems!"
In Qin Yaxin's view, she had made herself very clear, but Zhou Zhiyuan seemed not to have heard her. He asked:
"Does your sister-in-law know my ex-wife?" Upon hearing this, Qin Yaxin frowned. She didn't want to respond, but she was being stared at stubbornly. If she didn't answer, it probably wouldn't be easy for her to leave.
How did your sister-in-law and my ex-wife meet?
Zhou Zhiyuan asked another question.
"That year you were hospitalized, on the very day your wife and daughter visited you, my sister-in-law ran into them downstairs at the inpatient building. She overheard them mentioning you, and after learning about your relationship with them, she turned and left the hospital..."
Qin Yaxin didn't continue, knowing that Zhou Zhiyuan should already understand.
"I see……"
Zhou Zhiyuan looked dejected. He remained silent for a long time. Looking at him, Qin Yaxin said, "Take care. It's best if we don't meet again in the future. If we happen to bump into each other, just nod and say hello."
If possible, she would rather be a stranger!
Unfortunately, they are both in positions of power and might end up in the same production crew someday. They've known each other for years, which isn't exactly a secret. If they happen to bump into each other and ignore each other, all sorts of gossip might spread.
Qin Yaxin took a taxi with her suitcase. It wasn't until the taxi had driven a hundred meters away that Zhou Zhiyuan slowly came to his senses, only to find that Qin Yaxin was no longer in front of him.
Looking at the vehicles and pedestrians passing by on the road, a bitter smile appeared on his lips as he murmured, "Is there really no hope between us?" As soon as he uttered these words, the answer in Zhou Zhiyuan's heart was crystal clear.
The girl he once deeply loved would definitely never look back at him... This is not hard to see from their breakup that year; otherwise, she wouldn't have remained unmoved when he repeatedly contacted her, and she wouldn't have had no contact with him for more than three years...
Furthermore, it's no wonder that after New Year's Eve that year, he felt that his wife, Xia Wei, now his ex-wife, had changed... Aside from work, she focused solely on their daughter, Nan Nan, and no longer showed him any concern or care.
At first, he didn't take it seriously, but time saved him. The atmosphere at home made him feel incredibly oppressed, especially when he was alone with his wife, Xia Wei.
The other person didn't even glance at him. It turned out that the problem was that the other person had attempted suicide before. After being rescued, perhaps he came to his senses on his own, or perhaps he was enlightened by someone, which led him to give up the idea of suicide.
At that moment, Zhou Zhiyuan felt like a complete failure as a person.
He had previously divorced his wife, Xia Wei, but she disagreed.
When their marriage finally fell apart, it was his wife who filed for divorce, and she was adamant about leaving with nothing, just to take their daughter Nan Nan with her!
The moment he received the divorce certificate, he was overjoyed, but also filled with mixed emotions.
He was happy that he was single again, and could go find the girl he admired, give her a complete love, and start a family with her... but reality gave him a heavy slap in the face.
—After they broke off their relationship back then, it was destined to end between them!
His marriage ended, and he couldn't win back the girl he admired... In his career, he hasn't made any progress in recent years, while she, the girl he liked, has won several awards to date.
She has roles in TV dramas and movies, and last night she even became a Best Actress!
The gap between him and her is widening. To put it bluntly, he is no longer worthy of being with her!
...
At the end of the year, Qin Yaxin finished filming a movie. Before returning to Beijing for the Spring Festival, she heard from an actress with whom she had a fairly good relationship that Zhou Zhiyuan had held a wedding with a new actor in their industry a month earlier.
To be honest, Qin Yaxin just smiled and didn't say anything.
Tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve. Not only did Qin Yaxin go home for the New Year, but Qin Boyan and his wife also returned to Beijing. Right now, the Qin family's living room is very lively.
"Brother, my sister-in-law hasn't changed at all. She's still just like when she married into our family. She's young and beautiful. You must have accumulated eight lifetimes of marriage experience to have married such a wonderful wife like my sister-in-law!"
After dinner, Qin Yaxin and Qin Yaxuan helped Qin Boyan's wife, their second sister-in-law, clear the dishes. Then the three of them took the dishes to the kitchen to wash. As for Song Lan, neither Qin Boyan's wife nor Qin Yaxin and Qin Yaxuan allowed Song Lan, their eldest sister-in-law, to do anything.
Unable to persuade the three of them otherwise, Song Lan sat in the living room and chatted and laughed with Qin's father, Qin Yuhang, and Da Bao.
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