Chapter 124 Xiao Jiu, this isn't a breakup, it's a farewell.
The air in the room seemed to have stopped moving.
Zhou Yanchuan stared at her, his thoughts unreadable, simply letting time pass by.
Just as Wen Jiu was about to turn and leave, a low, husky voice rang out.
Are you willing to do that?
My heart felt like it was being gripped by an invisible hand, aching and weak, making it hard to breathe.
She choked up, "I'm willing to give it up."
"After the breakup, will you still contact me?"
"ignore."
"And you're not following me anymore?"
"Um."
"Xiao Jiu, this isn't a breakup, it's a final farewell."
Wen Jiu stood there, glistening tears sliding down her cheeks, her nose and the corners of her eyes were red and bleeding.
It was as if I was recalling my conversation with Zhou Qiyong in the car back then.
“You are a good child, but you are not suitable for Yanchuan.”
"You can date, but I hope you'll leave on your own initiative when the time comes."
...
From the moment they got together, their fate of parting was already sealed.
Zhou Yanchuan looked at the quiet yet broken face in front of him.
Superficial liking can no longer describe the relationship between the two.
Those carefree days, those tender and affectionate moments, and the deep, soul-stirring joy of sleeping neck to neck all came from her.
She had long become a drop of blood in his heart; the slightest disturbance would cause that pain to spread through his veins and to every part of his body.
But now they have to forcibly cut it out.
Zhou Yanchuan looked at her, his eyes veiled in a thin mist, making it impossible to discern his true emotions. He suddenly asked, "How do you plan to repay that three million?"
"Find He Shixu."
Would you use his money?
"meeting."
Zhou Yanchuan chuckled: "Do you think I'm stupid?"
Wen Jiu couldn't help but shed tears, but her words became more and more resolute: "No matter how I repay it, it has nothing to do with you."
It doesn't matter?
"It has nothing to do with me now. Where were you when we were together?" he asked calmly, choosing the most serious question, while his fingertips gently caressed her skin.
As if finding it amusing, she asked softly, "Or are you thinking about how to leave me even when you're sleeping?"
Wen Jiu's heart skipped a beat.
"You're so heartless."
The wind howled past the window.
Wen Jiu heard herself ask, "Then what should we do? Should I sleep with you a few more times?"
"Wen Jiu!"
This was the first time Zhou Yanchuan had ever been angry with her since they met.
Even when he saw her being intimate with other men, he didn't say anything, but when he heard her say that about him, he became jealous.
“Zhou Yanchuan,” Wen Jiu paused, clenching her hands in embarrassment, “I beg you, just for the sake of us having talked and slept together, let’s just leave it at that, okay?”
The moment she uttered those words, it was as if she could hear the crisp sound of branches snapping in a summer night's downpour.
Zhou Yanchuan glanced at her, his Adam's apple bobbing a few times, but he didn't say a word before turning and walking towards the door.
The door was opened and then slowly closed.
The motion-activated lights in the hallway turned on and then went back to darkness.
Wen Jiu's eyelashes trembled slightly as she slowly squatted down.
This time, I'm truly all alone.
*
The lag in time was perfectly demonstrated in this matter; at first, no one noticed anything amiss between Wen Jiu and Zhou Yanchuan.
As Wen Jiu and He Shixu grew closer, the group of people at school realized something.
Li Yue leaned against the wall, looking down at the person washing their face at the sink. As if sensing something, she carefully chose her words: "You and Zhou Yanchuan..."
Wen Jiu straightened up, pulled out a face towel, and calmly wiped her face, without hiding anything: "We broke up."
Li Yue's expression froze for a moment.
Although I knew the girl had these thoughts, I never imagined it would happen so suddenly.
She opened her mouth, and after a while, she found her voice: "Really broken up?"
Wen Jiu smiled and said, "How could this be fake?"
How can you still laugh? Aren't you in pain?
"It's alright," she said calmly. "I thought I would feel terrible, but it seems like I can still control it."
Li Yue didn't quite believe it.
But seeing the girl's calm and natural expression, he was a little doubtful: "Are you really alright?"
“Hmm,” she nodded to her, took an orange from the table and handed it to her, “Try it, it’s quite sweet.”
Li Yue reached out to take it, and after peeling it open and taking a bite, she frowned: "It's so sour."
"Sour?" Wen Jiu asked incredulously, breaking off half of the piece from her hand and putting it in her mouth with a puzzled expression. "Isn't it quite sweet?"
Li Yue wanted to say something more, but looking at the girl's quiet and beautiful appearance, her throat felt sore that she couldn't make a sound.
*
After the breakup, Wen Jiu had more time to herself. Many times, she would go straight to the restaurant after leaving the library. After being spotted by her classmates a few times, the rumor spread that she and Zhou Yanchuan had broken up.
"Did they break up? I haven't seen them together lately."
"How did they manage to break up so quietly?"
"I heard from a friend that Zhou Yanchuan's family doesn't approve."
"I would definitely disagree. How could someone from a family like his agree to marry a girl from an ordinary family?"
...
Wen Jiu was being stared at more than before, some out of sympathy, others simply wanting to see her reaction.
There were also some sarcastic glances, as if to say, "You've woken up from your daydream."
She reacted calmly, continuing to do what she was supposed to do, and even participated in some competitions in preparation for her future postgraduate admission.
However, her friends were too careful to say anything after learning about her breakup.
Wen Jiu reassured them that she was fine.
But they thought she was putting on a brave face.
In fact, Wen Jiu felt that she was really fine. She didn't know if it was because she had cried all her tears the night she broke up, but she had been quite calm these days. It was just that her heart would clench for a moment when she occasionally thought of that name.
He Shixu would occasionally come to see her, not to do anything, just to have a meal with her.
The man's identity was conspicuous, not to mention that there was Zhou Yanchuan before him.
Having come into contact with both of these men at once, whether out of contempt or jealousy, Wen Jiu became an unavoidable topic of discussion among the students around her.
They said she found someone new right after breaking up, that she was shrewd and resourceful, and the hype was so great that Wen Jiu felt like she was being deified.
Li Yue often got into arguments with her classmates in her major because of her issues.
Wen Jiu, oblivious to the truth, said that what they said wasn't wrong.
"What do you mean it's not wrong?" The girl was so angry she wanted to slam her fist on the table. "Which of those things they said you did?"
"Find another job."
Her answer was natural.
Li Yue paused, then frowned: "Why are you talking about yourself like that?"
She noticed that the girl seemed unchanged since their breakup, but if you knew her well, you would realize how much she had changed.
That gentle and mild-mannered girl seemed to have vanished overnight.
She would never have said such a thing before.
It was as if a part of him had disappeared along with Zhou Yanchuan's departure.
Li Yue tried to say something, but the girl seemed to be surrounded by an invisible glass dome; unless she opened it herself, no one could get in.
As time passed, one day when Wen Jiu came out of the library, she unexpectedly saw the person she hadn't seen for over a month.
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