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Because of a moment of impulsiveness, Zhe Zhe deeply resented her lack of determination. Just then, someone moved out of the employee dormitory, so she packed some things and moved in.
When Zou Tiao returned from a business trip, he found a layer of dust had settled in his home, and on the table lay a note: that night was just an accident, and he didn't need to take responsibility.
Zou Tiao crumpled the note into a ball and tossed it into the trash. So what if it was an accident? Just because she said it was an accident, did that mean it really was? It depended on whether he accepted it or not.
After work, Zhe Zhe saw Zou Tiao's car parked at the company entrance. When she saw him come out, the car pulled up, and the window rolled down to reveal a slightly weary face. "Let's go eat."
"Zou Tiao, can we not get entangled?"
"What's wrong? Am I not good enough for you?"
"No, it's just that there won't be any outcome anyway. Why waste each other's time?"
The car stopped by the roadside. Zou Tiao leaned on the steering wheel and looked at Zhe Zhe. She had matured compared to before; she spoke and acted with her own rhythm now. Unlike in the past when he could easily sway her emotions, those feelings had transformed into genuine ones over time.
Suddenly, Zou Tiao felt a surge of resentment. Why was he still trapped in the past while she could move on without hesitation?
He spoke with deep resentment, "If you hadn't insisted on breaking up back then, we could have had children by now."
"What do you want? To have your cake and eat it too? You enjoy your happiness while I bear the blame. Is that it?"
That was their first confrontation after reuniting; memories are like that—we forget many details but retain the emotions from that time.
Zhe Zhe remembered clearly receiving that box of videotapes and seeing her ex-fiancée's condescending face: "Si Zhe Zhe, let me show you the truth. Your self-righteous feelings are so ridiculous."
In the videotape, she saw him saying during a toast, "Oh? That Si Zhe Zhe is so hard to deal with? I'll give it a try."
Next to him, Zhao Jingze said, "Go ahead and try. What about A Wu? She'll probably eat Si Zhe Zhe alive."
"Just playing around; I'm not going to marry her."
Laughter surrounded them.
Those wealthy young masters always liked to treat people as toys, turning life into a performance. But toys take things seriously; they can develop feelings in what they mistakenly believe is a game, laughing and crying, experiencing sorrow and sadness—this is all real.
So later, after he went through great difficulties to break off the engagement with Awu, she left a videotape in his house without saying a word and left Y City. Little did she expect that he would find her again two years later, when everything was supposed to settle down.
Two years later, Si Zhezhe was no longer someone who would run away when faced with difficulties. She sat in the car and looked at him, saying, "If you insist on turning the tables to feel better, I can play along. But finding a job isn't easy for me, so don't show up at my company."
Zou Tiao was angry but then smiled.
"Si Zhezhe, do you think I came to find you just because I couldn't swallow my pride?"
Not receiving an answer from her—she just looked at him with a straight gaze—Zou Tiao nodded and then shook his head, unsure of what to say.
"Okay, okay..."
Even though he had been carefree in the past, he never imagined it would lead to this day. If he had known he would fall for a woman like this, he wouldn't have allowed himself such a reckless past.
For a moment, Zou Tiao wanted to beat up the person who said, "A Prodigal Son Returns Home Is Worth More Than Gold." After a wayward son returns, he could seek someone else, but how could he ever regain the trust of the person he had hurt?
"Then let's leave it at that."
If you can be more at ease, then play by your own rules; we are just "playing around."
Forced into this game, Zou Tiao couldn't take it anymore and went out drinking several times, with his unfortunate friend Zhao Jingze becoming an innocent bystander.
"Didn't you just reconcile? Why are you drinking again?"
Zou Tiao waved his hand dismissively. "If you want to live like an underground lover, you'll be troubled too."
Zhao Jingze scoffed, "You caused such a ruckus with your family for her, and you ended up in this position. You haven't even regained your place as her boyfriend, just a lover? Why don't you just tell her?"
"It's useless. She's just an ungrateful wolf that can't be raised. If I told her, she'd just call me an idiot."
Yes, she was someone who would bare her heart and soul when she felt recognized, but once she didn't, she wouldn't care if you lived or died.
Their beginning was tainted by other factors; she couldn't accept it. Even though he had broken off his engagement with Awu and had prepared everything—the ring, the house—she still left without saying a word.
Now he was the one desperately trying to get close to her. Whoever cares loses. Don't be fooled by her seemingly weak and clingy demeanor; she was actually very clear about things. Otherwise, how could she have casually joked with him in the car that day?
In his youth, he was brash and would say anything to save face. He lied to her about the bad atmosphere at home, claiming his parents didn't care about him, coaxing her into trying many things without her ever complaining.
Later, he became reluctant to let go. She thought he had changed for the better—no longer depressed or irritable—and was overjoyed. But after that, she didn't ask anything.
She didn't even give him a chance to explain, holding onto her anxiety until the end, right up until she left without warning.
Women are terrifying.
Zou Tiao pressed his face against the glass window. "Aze, I have no confidence at all right now. I'm just clinging on; does she even want what I'm offering?"
A can of beer clattered to the ground, rolling everywhere.
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