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She could only stand on the edge of happiness. To her, warmth was merely a desire that she could not reach.

Zhan Yan finally drove the car to the coast road. The ocean that was shrouded by darkness was unfathomably deep in color. Huge waves rolled around, as if they were going to devour a fresh life anytime.

Alone on the rocky shore, she placed a handful of white chrysanthemums at her feet. She stared blankly at the horizon where the sky and sea met. This was where her grandmother had been buried. Six years ago, she had personally poured her flowers and her grandmother's ashes into this sea.

"Grandma, I'm here. Yan Yan came to see you." Zhan Yan placed her hands on her cheeks, and called out to the ocean.

Because of Lu Ruping's rejection of her, Zhan Yan grew up by her grandmother's side. Her grandmother was the person closest to her in this world, so she gave her the best education, the endless love, and even left her a large amount of wealth after her grandmother passed away. However, Zhan Yan gave the money to the Hope Project in the name of his grandmother. Many people said that she was being unreasonable and said that she was acting, but Zhan Yan just didn't like it when people were trying to gain something without working hard. She felt that that wealth did not belong to her.

The first time he saw Ji Weiyang was at his grandmother's funeral. Ji Weiyang was wearing a well-ironed black suit as he bowed three times in front of the portrait of his grandmother. Ji Weiyang was the weakest and most outstanding amongst all of his generation, but her impression of him was also limited to that, because in the following years, they had never interacted with each other again. After that drunk accident, from then on, there was no longer any color in her life, and besides, there was only endless anticipation.

She lowered her head, and her tears fell one by one onto the back of her hand. She felt that she was very useless. When her grandmother was still alive, she told her that Yan Yan was a delicate girl, so there was no need to pretend to be strong. At that time, she had her grandmother's embrace, but now that her grandmother was gone, she could only rely on herself to survive.

"Little girl, why are you still sitting here? The sea breeze is strong at night, so it's very dangerous. The light of the flashlight flickered around Zhan Yan. It was the old man who was patrolling the night in Seaside Park.

Zhan Yan quickly wiped the tears off her face, took off her high heels, and carefully walked down the reef one step at a time.

When Zhan Yan drove back to the villa at the top of the mountain, it was already past midnight. She entered the house tiredly, her long hair disheveled from the sea breeze, while her hands were still holding onto her red high heels.

In the darkness, when she saw Ji Weiyang on the sofa, she was first shocked, but then she remembered that it was already the 8th today.

No one turned on the lights. In the darkness, Ji Weiyang calmly stared at her with eyes that were even darker than the night. After a moment of silence, Zhan Yan walked past him and straight toward the bedroom, completely ignoring him.

Ji Weiyang laughed mockingly, put out the cigarette on his fingertip, got up and walked towards his bedroom. Pushing open the door, he saw Zhan Yan sitting on the Floating Window. The bedroom was also pitch black, the mottled light outside the window were landing on her pale white face, infecting her with an inexplicable sense of desolation.