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  Bai Muchuan’s voice sounded very gentle.

  However, Xiang Wan’s expression was stiff.

  “Hands off me!”


  “Xiang Wan……”


  “Let go of me!”


  She lifted her head to look at him. She looked serious and indifferent.

  Bai Muchuan looked at her, his gaze was ever-changing.

  About slightly more than 10 seconds later, he let go of her hand, slowly.

  Xiang Wan’s expression seemed relieved a little. “Fine, since Mr. Bai is willing to shoulder all of the room charges, so be it. You have a lot of money anyway! Just don’t complain that I took advantage of you!”


  Bai Muchuan replied as gently as he could, “Xiang Wan, must we really talk like this?”


  “Yes! We need to talk like this!”


  “.……” Bai Muchuan seemed a little angry. “We have been together all this while. Are you really sure you want to do this?”


  “Of course!”


  “Even if you’re keeping a dog or a cat, you wouldn’t bear to leave them after keeping them for long!”


  “Yeah!” Xiang Wan smiled. “What a pity though! You’re neither a dog nor a cat.”


  “.……”


  There was a long period of silence.

  The atmosphere between them fell to the freezing point.

  Finally, Bai Muchuan nodded self-mockingly.

  “Fine, seems like everything I’ve done for you has gone to waste. No, all that I’ve done had been fed to a dog!”


  “It’s the same for me!” Xiang Wan showed no sign of backing down. “I take it that my feelings had been fed to a cat!”


  “.……”


  Bai Muchuan did not say another word.

  He lifted a hand like he wanted to hold her, but he took it back and slipped his hand into his pocket.

  They looked at each other for a while.

  He smiled coldly. “So you’ve already decided? You’ve really thought it over?”


  Although Xiang Wan did not say a word, her silence was as if telling him she was done.

  There was anger showing in Bai Muchuan’s eyes. His other hand clenched into a fist.

  “Xiang Wan, my feelings are not to be played with or tested. I can only tolerate this attitude of yours once. If you leave today, don’t ever look back.”


  “Mm.” Xiang Wan smiled faintly. “I’ve sent Blackie back via pet transport to Jin City.”


  She expressed her determination with those words.

  Bai Muchuan’s Adam’s apple moved. He seemed to want to say something but ultimately, nothing came out.

  Xiang Wan’s hand gripped the handle of her luggage as she took another look at him.

  “I’ll get going now!”


  Bai Muchuan kept quiet as he looked at her.

  The distance between them was less than 20 centimeters, but it felt like the sea and the mountains had separated them.

  Such a scene was also uncomfortable to most who were watching.

  Fang Yuanyuan could not take it. There was as though an animal scratching within her heart. She wanted to come up to them and get them to patch up.

  However, no matter what she said, Bai Muchuan and Xiang Wan just looked at each other. They seemed to be very adamant about it.

  At the very least…… they were much more at ease than the onlookers.

  “Sis, don’t be like this!” Fang Yuanyuan pulled Xiang Wan, wishing that she would change her mind.

  However, Xiang Wan did not move.

  “Captain Bai……” Fang Yuanyuan looked toward Bai Muchuan like a mediator. “Girls need to be coaxed too!”


  Bai Muchuan remained at his spot without a word.

  This was so awkward!

  Quan Shaoteng walked over as well.

  He was more straightforward. He had ascertained that the one who insisted on a breakup was not Bai Muchuan. “Hey, what’s wrong with you? This brother of mine is such a great catch, and he’s so good to you; why are you dumping him? Let me tell you, there are too many women who are interested in him. If you still insist on leaving…… don’t come back crying in the future!”


  Xiang Wan glanced at him calmly. “Since he’s so good, why don’t you both get together?”


  That comment caught Quan Shaoteng unaware, and he sneezed. “Fine, fine, fine, I won’t persuade you anymore! The thoughts of you women are really worrying. Little Bai, let’s go for a drink and find some other girls! There will always be other women for you out there!”


  “.……”


  Wasn’t he just trying to make things worse?

  Fang Yuanyuan looked at him in exasperation.

  Quan Shaoteng looked back with displeasure as well.

  Both of them were the same, they just wanted to defend the one they wanted to defend.

  As for Cheng Xin, such a scene was too exhilarating for her!

  Too exciting!

  Too exciting!

  Although this did not concern her at all, she felt like she had to butt in.

  “Captain Bai, Captain Cheng asked Mei Xin to collect an appraisal report earlier. Do you think we should go back now?”


  Bai Muchuan ignored her.

  However, he looked at the time from his watch.

  After that, he looked at Xiang Wan. “Do you need me to give you a lift?”


  “No need!” Xiang Wan smiled. “The more you behaved like the perfect boyfriend, it will only make me seem unreasonable. Captain Bai, don’t make me look bad.”


  This dumbfounded Bai Muchuan.

  The corners of Xiang Wan’s mouth lifted upwards as she saw Cheng Xin pricking up her ears to listen.

  “Maybe what Captain Quan has said is true; you’re too good and I’m too ordinary. Even if you managed to keep me for now, we’ll still break up one day. We’re adults. We know what we wanted and should bear responsibility for our decisions. I’m not blind; I shouldn’t keep a relationship which is not suitable for me. I can’t afford to.”


  Her hand squeezed the handle of the suitcase.

  At this time, her mobile phone rang.

  After picking up the call, she looked at Bai Muchuan.

  “My cab has arrived! Goodbye, Captain Bai!”
……

  The wheels of the suitcase rolled against the floor of the lobby, and the sound was not that pleasant to the ear.

  Nobody spoke!

  Fang Yuanyuan was dazed for a while then ran after Xiang Wan.

  Bai Muchuan turned slightly to look at her back view, squinting his eyes.

  Quan Shaoteng poked him in the arm. “Chase after her!” He reproached him in a low tone.

  Bai Muchuan did not move.

  “D*rn, you never watched dramas before? She’ll definitely be crying now. You should chase after her, give her a loving embrace, and a few passionate kisses. You’ll get her back for sure if you do that!”


  “.……”


  What plot was that?

  Seems like Young Master Quan had watched a lot of idol dramas in an attempt to end his bachelorhood…… and that was the result?

  Bai Muchuan did not move an inch.

  Quan Shaoteng looked at the revolving door of the hotel. He looked so anxious like a cat on hot bricks.

  “Hey! Don’t waste my efforts that I’ve done for your earlier! I’ve reproached her earlier, now it’s your turn to make her feel better—hurry and go!”


  Bai Muchuan did not have any reaction.

  Soon, Xiang Wan placed her luggage into the trunk and hopped into the cab.

  The cab started and drove on further away from them.

  Bai Muchuan stood there for a long time before he squeezed a sentence with a hoarse voice.

  “Return to the station!”
……

  Young Master Quan did not waste his effort by watching idol dramas.

  In the cab, Xiang Wan’s face was tear-stricken.

  Tears were flowing down her cheeks, uncontrollably. There was hardly any sound besides the occasional discreet sniffle if one paid attention to hear that. There was no expression on her face either.

  Fang Yuanyuan was busy wiping Xiang Wan’s tears and grumbling what a jerk Bai Muchuan was.

  No matter what happened, no matter when or who was in the right, the first person Fang Yuanyuan would defend would always be Xiang Wan……

  By this time, seeing how Xiang Wan was in so much pain, Fang Yuanyuan’s initial thought that it was just a simple tiff was completely thrown out of her head.

  So the reason for their breakup was really not because of some bickering!

  Fang Yuanyuan was now convinced that Xiang Wan really wanted a breakup!

  “Don’t cry anymore, babe!”


  “You can confide in me…… is he seeing another woman?”


  “Is it that wretch, Cheng Xin?”


  “Tell me about it, you’ll see how I’ll deal with her!”
……

  Throughout the journey, Fang Yuanyuan was the only one who was talking.

  Xiang Wan stayed quiet.

  One would confuse her for a stone statue if not for the tears that wouldn’t stop flowing down her cheeks……

  The flickering neon lights outside the car window were both familiar and unfamiliar to her.

  Every light was like the dancing fireflies.

  The lights lit up in Xi City, telling the stories of separation and reunion.

  Fang Yuanyuan was now quiet as well.

  She had seen too many instances of a horrible breakup.

  However, none of those had made her this upset.

  While she watched Xiang Wan’s tears, it reminded her of all those past incidents and difficulties she had with Huang He. She pouted slightly; her hand which was wiping off Xiang Wan’s tears seemed to stiffen. Finally, she couldn’t continue anymore. She hugged Xiang Wan and burst into tears……

  On the other side of the brightly lit city.

  In a hotel, Meng Chi was standing before the full-length window in his room, hands resting behind his back.

  He was wearing a fine tailored and pressed suit, with an indifferent expression on his face.

  He looked far away into the skyline of the city with a severe expression. In those dark eyes that seemed deep, there was a gloominess that one could not fathom.

  “She really left?”


  “She did!”


  “Hur! For all we know, it could be a show!”


  “From the looks of it, it didn’t seem so.”


  Meng Chi snorted and said nothing further.

  He did not seem to be glad or displeased. No one could tell.

  The room was quiet without a sound.

  A while later, there were some sounds coming from the door.

  “CEO Meng, Miss Xie is here!”


  Meng Chi turned around, a glint flashed past his eyes. “Let her in……”


  “She……”


  his assistant said that in his head.

  Xie Wanwan was standing about 10 feet away from him; her gaze felt chilly as she looked at him.

  “Are you the one?”


  She sounded as though she was confronting him.

  Meng Chi waved his hand and his two assistants left the room.

  He sat on the sofa calmly then patted on the space beside him. “Come sit here!”


  Xie Wanwan looked at the man in front of her with indignance, like a cat whose tail got stepped on. The unfriendliness in her tone got stronger, and she seemed like she was about to lose her cool.

  “I’m bleeping [when taken word for word in Chinese, it can mean ‘my mom’] asking you a question! What have you bleeping [your mom] done?”


  “Your mom…… had died long ago,” replied Meng Chi coldly, “my mom…… is still alive.”


  There was a cool, gleeful tone in his casual voice.

  “Meng Liang, if you’re smart enough, you should call me ‘Brother’!”


  Xie Wanwan looked at him coldly. “I thought you’re very clear that I’m not related to the Meng Family!”


  Meng Chi snorted with contempt as if he had just heard a joke with a haughty look on his face. “You’re not related to the Meng Family? So how did you get out of that hellhole school? How did you become the popular A-list celebrity today? Meng Liang, don’t forget the kindness we have given to you!”


  Xie Wanwan’s chest was heaving as she confronted Meng Chi.

  “I only want to know, are you the one?”


  Meng Chi took a sip of a cup of tea which was on the coffee table.

  “Didn’t the police give you an answer? If it’s me, do you think I’ll be sitting here?”


  Xie Wanwan’s eye grew livid in anger and spoke loudly. “Xiang Wan saw you! She said she saw you!”


  Meng Chi massaged his temples for a while before looking at her as if she was a fool.

  “Xiang Wan? So you believed her words but not mine?”


  Xie Wanwan remained silent.

  A while later, she gasped.

  “Both of them were getting along fine! If you’re not the one who did something, why would she and Bai Muchuan breakup?”


  “Huh?” Meng Chi raised both his eyebrows; his smile grew wider gradually. “So you’re pinning the blame on me for their breakup? And you…… didn’t you used to like Bai Muchuan? Now that he broke up with his girlfriend, shouldn’t you be drinking to celebrate this occasion?”


  Xie Wanwan looked at him coldly. “He was really happy when he’s with Xiang Wan. Now that she left him, he wouldn’t be happy!”


  “Hahahahaha……!”


  As if he had heard a truly absurd joke, Meng Chi laughed so hard that his tears almost got squeezed out.

  “Meng Liang, are you really kind-hearted or are you just stupid?”


  “.……”


  Xie Wanwan just looked at him without a word.

  Meng Chi stared at her watery eyes. “Don’t be so agitated. Why don’t you take a moment to remember what you’ve been through in your life? Meng Liang, so many people have humiliated you, disappointed you, and seen you not as a person…… Are all these not enough to get rid of your ridiculous kindness?”


  Xie Wanwan felt as if her throat was stuck. “I’m not kind.”


  Meng Chi sneered. “If you’re not kind, you wouldn’t be here to confront me!”


  Xie Wanwan’s gaze fixated on him, scrutinizing him.

  Meng Chi returned her gaze quietly and chuckled.

  “I’m not a good person.”


  “.……”


  “I’m not a bad person either.”


  “.……”


  “I’m only an ordinary person.”


  “.……”


  “I did nothing. They are destined to be torn apart! Fate would severely tear them apart eventually even if they didn’t break up now!”


  “.……”


  Xie Wanwan stood there for a long time.

  She was deliberating over Meng Chi’s words, along with her own memories as she tried to reorganize them.

  “There’s something that I think you’ve got it wrong!”


  Meng Chi looked at her with a smile and took another sip of tea. “What is it?”


  She said, “I’m no longer in love with Bai Muchuan.”


  Meng Chi’s hand paused for a while then looked at her with disbelief.

  “In Nanmu, Vulture’s Mouth, when a silly man was willing to sacrifice his life for me, I knew that I have put down the one I have been obsessed with.”


  “.……”


  This time, Meng Chi was the one who kept quiet.

  “Feelings can change,” continued Xie Wanwan, “even though back then I thought my feelings for Bai Muchuan will never die…… I got to know that I’m actually wrong. I can fall in love with another man. My heart would race for him, and I feel like I’m alive again. Even if he had never told me he loves me…… I know very well that I will never tell him the same.”


  Meng Chi let out a gasp. “Who is he?”


  Xie Wanwan’s gaze seemed to stare into space. “I’ve never tried to die for another person. I actually love myself a lot. I won’t give up my life just for anyone else, and I did not expect anyone to do the same for me.”


  She paused for a while and stared at Meng Chi gloomily.

  “But someone did it. He loves me like his life.”


  “Haha!” Meng Chi sneered. “What kind of ridiculous dream are you having?”


  “Meng Chi, what I wanted to tell you is…… nothing is irreplaceable. Love, hate, feelings, and grievance; there is nothing that you can’t let go!”


  Meng Chi pressed his lips tightly together.

  “Meng Liang, will you believe me if I say it’s not me?”
……