Wei stiffened. There was a long silence in the air.

  "I want my memories back, Wei. Give them back to me," Lihua said in defeat as if she had lost all her strength.

  "Lihua," Wei panicked and grabbed her hand. "Please listen to me…… L-Let's talk. I will tell you everything, okay?"

  He looked nothing more than a child who had a nightmare.

  And it was……

  This very moment was nothing but a nightmare to him. He was wishing that he might snap out of his dream. But the reality was cruel.

  Lihua didn't respond. She simply walked past him, leaving him stood rooted on his spot.

  Fu Renshu widened his eyes and blocked her eyes. "Madam, where are you…"

  She lifted her gaze. "Assistant Fu……you are Wei's closest aid, right?"

  "……Yes."

  "Did you know everything?" She asked with a monotonous voice.

  He trembled.

  Lihua broke into a sad chuckle. "I see……you are also silent. Just like…"

  Her eyes stung in pain with tears. "I-I treated you like my older brother……an annoying brother who liked to bully his sister but even so who cared for her a lot."

  Fu Renshu shook.

  "I was wrong…I was wrong…" she mumbled to herself.

  She walked out in a daze.

  "Lihua…" Xia Nuan was extremely worried for her. She immediately followed her out. Mo Huojin glanced at Wei in silence.

  His gaze mirrored Lihua's. Lifeless and blank.

  He knew that Wei loved Lihua a lot. It was some horrible coincidence that she turned out to be Jia's sister. But even so, Mo Huojin had already realized that Wei's love for her was genuine. He felt it at that time when he first talked to him. The jealousy and possessiveness was evident.

  But no matter how sincere his feelings were, it won't change the fact that he chose a deadly wrong path.

  Mo Huojin didn't know whether to feel angry or pitiful at him. He silently walked away.

  The air inside the cafe had turned so heavy that Wei forgot to breathe.

  Ruomei clapped her hands and laughed as she stood him. "Just look at the mighty Mafia King being reduced to such a pathetic state now. Will anybody believe that you are THE Jiang Wei under whom people used to tremble in fear?" She sneered.

  Wei said nothing.

  "Say, Wei. How does it feel to lose your love right before your eyes? How does it feel to be lonely?" She chuckled.

  Suddenly, Wei grabbed her neck and banged her back on the wall.

  "Ah!" She winced in pain. But more than that, the crushing grip with which Wei strangled her made it hard for her to breathe. Tears pooled in her eyes and she coughed hard.

  "L-let me go…" she tried to shake off his hand but to no avail.

  "Why did you come back?"

  She gasped and her eyes started to roll back in dizziness.

  "Why would you do that?" His fingers dug in her skin with every drop of his anger spilling through it.

  "Why did you tell Lihua everything? You…… you should really have died back then. It was a mistake to pity you and let you go. I should have killed you."

  Fu Renshu quickly pulled him back. "Boss!"

  Ruomei gritted her teeth and somehow, pushed his hand away.

  "Why did I do this?" Her eyes turned slightly red in anger and disgust. "Because I wanted to make you taste your own medicine, Jiang Wei!"

  Her chest heaved up and down in breathlessness.

  "You dare ask me!? Who gave you the fucking right!?"

  Fu Renshu stared at her in shock.

  He had never seen Ruomei talk like that to Wei before. She was always crazily following him everywhere but now it was as if she wasn't the old Ruomei anymore.

  "Why did I do this? Then why did you break my heart too Wei!? Do you have any idea just how much I loved you? I worked my ass off to become the capable daughter-in-law of the Jiang family! I worked my hardest to be a useful wife to you who knew about business and who could support you!"

  For the first time she met Lihua again, she was finally shedding tears.

  "And you. What did you do, Wei? You made me the happiest when you agreed to our engagement. But then you say that it was a mistake?"

  Wei blinked his eyes.

  Ruomei raised her hand and slapped Wei across his cheek.

  Wei froze as his face was tilted to the side.

  "Boss!" Fu Renshu was aghast. "You!" He glared at her. "Do you want to die? How dare you hit Boss?"

  "Shut up! Stay out of this. If Wei wants to know the answer then let him."

  Ruomei laughed as her tears slid down. "On the night we were supposed to be engaged, you call and say that it was a mistake? You say that it was an accident? Do you……have any idea how I felt at that time?"

  Wei blankly stared at her.

  "I was waiting for that day for so long. I had worked so hard to stand as your equal and make you notice me. Wei. You were my love and my dream. But then you suddenly say that your agreement was a mistake……You refused to come to the ceremony. You crushed all my hopes, Wei. You humiliated me in front of everyone. And then you brought Lihua the next day as your wife."

  Her fingers balled into a fist.

  "Hahaha……you just casually broke the engagement on the phone as if it wasn't a big deal at all. Do you think it's a joke to agree to something so important as this whenever you want and then go back on your words whenever you want? Do you even consider me as a human, Wei!?"

  Her voice sharply resounded in the place. That hit so hard that Wei could say nothing in response.

  "I did everything I could and then suddenly one day, I saw some other woman so easily take my place. Until the very end, you didn't feel an ounce of guilt. That's why I came back to ruin your life. This is your retribution, Jiang Wei! You snatched my happiness away from me. Now it's your turn to feel how pain feels like!"