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The night was quiet. Within the villa on the mountain.

Zhan Yan sat on the leather sofa in the living room alone. Her surroundings were empty and quiet.

After marrying for three years, the number of days she had lived with Ji Weiyang could be counted on one hand. He sometimes spent a whole day with her on the eighth, but most of the time he looked through the financial statements while she sat beside him, holding a medical book. When he was at home, Zhan Yan would cook personally. Her cooking skills were not good, but he was never picky.

Zhan Yan pressed her hand to her forehead, her eyes shut, his expression showing pain. No matter how hard she racked her brains, their memories of each other were pitifully small. The only sweet time was not long after their marriage. That day, Ji Weiyang drank some wine and was slightly drunk, half kneeling at her feet, his expression serious and focused, her voice low and hoarse. He said: "Yan Yan, give me a baby face, I will definitely love her, love her, and cherish her to the heavens."

At that time, she was very bashful. Her head was lowered, not even daring to look into his eyes. However, her heart was filled with joy. She thought that was the love she wanted.

However, in the end, it turned out that love was just a lie and her wishful thinking.

Now, her self-righteous love was gone, along with her little Yan and her right hand, which could no longer hold the scalpel. All that was left was a body full of scars and a heart full of holes.

After paying a heavy price, Zhan Yan finally understood: In this world, there is such a person who taught you how to love, but he didn't.

Zhan Yan struggled out of her painful memories and opened her eyes. Her fine eyelashes were smeared with a layer of mist beads. She got up and went upstairs, pushing open the first door on the left. This was originally a children's room, but now it was filled with children's clothes and toys.

Zhan Yan packed these things one by one. The last thing that was sealed was a colourful photo that was taken when she was four months old. The little girl in the picture was still blurry, but she was already a tiny living being that carried all of Zhan Yan's reliance and hope.

Hot tears fell drop by drop onto the image silently. The hand holding the picture trembled. After a long while, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to seal the photo into a box. She then placed those boxes into the sunless storage room. All these things that had once belonged to her would forever be sealed away in this dark corner.

Just as Zhan Yan returned to the living room, his phone started buzzing. It was a message from an unfamiliar 'friend'.

In the short video, Ji Weiyang and Lu Anqi were tightly hugging, it was hard to leave them.

She said, "Viyan, if it weren't for Wei Zhanyan, could we still be together?"

And he answered almost without hesitation: "Yes."

"Really? You didn't lie to me? "

"Mmm."

Closing the phone, Zhan Yan's lips raised into a wry smile, but tears quietly flowed down her face. Originally, she had always been a superfluous existence. She should not have become an obstacle between them. It was not too late for her to help them now.

Zhan Yan was like a ghost, shuttling back and forth in the large and empty villa, and finally entering into the cloakroom.

She picked out a pure white dress that Ji Weiyang brought back from a business trip to England not long ago. It was designed by a renowned and kept a low profile. Her chest was inlaid with brilliant natural pearls.

She stood in front of the mirror and stared blankly at the girl in the mirror. She wore a white dress over her chest. She looked pure like an angel, and alluring like a devil at the same time. "Her waist-length hair was loose at her waist, and she had a lazy look in it.

Zhan Yan left the villa covered by the moonlight. This villa was in the golden area of S City, because the other side of the mountain was the ocean.

Zhan Yan took off her crystal high heels on the beach and walked towards the shore barefooted. Under the vast night sky, the deep sea seemed endless, and the waves in the distance were rough and billowing. The howling sea breeze shook everyone's eardrums, making them feel somewhat aghast.

Zhan Yan's expression was calm as she slowly spread open her arms, allowing the sea breeze to lift her long hair. Her chin was slightly raised and her long eyelashes tightly closed. Remembering the conversation she'd had with her grandmother when she was a child, she said: If she died one day, she would be buried at the bottom of the sea, and she would be as free as a fish in the next life. Her grandmother was buried in this ocean, and now it was her turn.

She picked up the phone in her hand and then dialed Ji Weiyang's number. Before she died, she was still hoping to hear his voice for the last time.

The phone was quickly connected, but the other end of the line was silent. Zhan Yan did not speak, he was equally silent. The receiver rang the sound of the sea breeze blowing and Ji Weiyang's light breathing. The corner of Zhan Yan's mouth slowly rose, and tears slowly flowed down her pale cheeks.

The hand that she was holding the phone with slowly drooped down. Her palm loosened and the phone fell straight onto the beach. Soon, the signal was cut.

Zhan Yan walked towards the sea barefooted. The cold seawater covered her ankles but she did not feel anything at all.

She was really very tired, very tired. The current Zhan Yan felt that ending this would be the best release for him. In a daze, she saw her grandmother and Xiao Yan waving to her from afar.

Grandmother, Little Yan, I'm here. Wait for me … Don't leave me alone.

She walked towards the depths of the ocean step by step, allowing the icy cold sea water to reach her knees and drown her waist. The emotionless and cold water put her consciousness on the edge of being clear and blurry, and what appeared in her mind was Ji Weiyang's handsome and calm face.

Who said that before a person dies, they will definitely miss the person they loved the most in their life, and yet, they will also hurt you the most. All that love and hurt, had long been deeply branded in Zhan Yan's heart. She had tried so hard to love him, to love him humbly and patiently, but she had never been able to be together with him. Perhaps, this was fate!

It takes a minute to fall in love with a person, but it takes a lifetime to forget. The deeper the love is, the more engraved the pain is.

But, Vuyo, I don't want this love to be my business alone.

Vuyo, did you love him? You loved it.

The phone that was stuck in the sand was vibrating non-stop, the caller ID showed that Du Xiaomo's name was flashing nonstop. She had worked overtime at the hospital, but never thought that something would happen to Zhan Yan in such a short period of time.

When she and Gao Yuxuan rushed to the seaside in a hurry, they only had time to see the waves on the sea surface and the corner of Zhan Yan's white robes.

"Zhan Yan!" Gao Yuxuan roared, he tore off his jacket and recklessly jumped into the sea. Du Xiaomo anxiously stood by the ocean and called the number 120 for emergency treatment.

When Zhan Yan was rescued, her body was frozen stiff. The medical personnel quickly carried her into the ambulance and headed towards the hospital. Inside the car, Zhan Yan's consciousness was half unconscious, her hands restless. She kept mumbling something. Du Xiaomo pressed her head against her lips, and finally heard her muttering Ji Weiyang's name nonstop.

Even on the verge of death, there was only one man in her heart.

Zhan Yan and Du Xiaomo sat outside of the operation room and waited for him. The phone that Zhan Yan left on the beach was always in Du Xiaomo's hands. Inside the phone, she saw that video, and from her point of view, it was probably the fuse that Zhan Yan wanted him to use.

"Ji Weiyang you bastard!" Without any warning, Du Xiaomo erupted. After a roar, she slammed her phone onto the ground, and it shattered into pieces.

The operation lasted for only an hour, when the doctor walked out from the operation room and announced that Zhan Yan's life wasn't in danger. It was just that the doctor's expression wasn't too good. Because Zhan Yan's life was definitely not a fortuitous one. Some women would become depressed after an unexpected miscarriage, and Zhan Yan was one of them. Moreover, her condition had reached a point that could not be ignored.

In the sickroom, Zhan Yan lied on the snow-white sickbed, unconscious. Gao Yuxuan sat by her side as he held her ice-cold little hand in his broad and strong palm.

If not for him stopping her, Zhan Yan would have told Ji Weiyang the truth long ago. Then, her child wouldn't have died, wouldn't have lost her right hand, and she wouldn't have been forced to divorce her. If it hadn't been for this chain of attacks, Zhan Yan would not have been born out of despair.

In the end, it was his selfishness that had indirectly harmed Zhan Yan.

The next morning, Zhan Yan woke up. She stared at the ceiling, her clear eyes blank.

"Zhan Yan, you're awake! Is it really worth it just for a man? " Du Xiaomo held onto her petite hand that was almost completely devoid of heat.

Zhan Yan's lips carried a bitter smile, even if she wanted to die, it wouldn't be so easy. "Why save me? If I live, I will be a walking corpse. If I die, it would be a relief."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Zhan Yan, you are still young and you will still have a long time to live in the future. Du Xiaomo comforted her gently.

Zhan Yan quickly recovered and left the hospital. Du Xiaomo rented a small apartment for Zhan Yan in the city, the location was not bad, and the price was reasonable, but the house was indeed very small, it was only 30 square meters, but Zhan Yan lived in peace.

She would follow her doctor's advice to bring Zhan Yan to see a therapist every week, but she did not seem to cooperate with him. No matter how the doctor guided her, she would not say a word. had always been worried about this, but he only replied with a smile, "Don't worry, nothing like this will happen again. Even in the face of death, you will need courage, and such courage doesn't always exist."

Other than that, Zhan Yan did not display any unusual feelings, and she did not mention anything about Ji Weiyang at all, as if such a person had never appeared in her entire life.

Zhan Yan started to look for work on the web, only knocking against walls everywhere. In a coastal developed city like S City, there was no shortage of talented people with education and experience. Zhan Yan was a doctor, but she was not able to take a scalpel.

Being a cleaner in a five-star hotel downtown was not a decent job, but because it was a service industry, it paid well. Exhaling looks always needed to survive.

Before going to work, Zhan Yan changed into a grey uniform in the locker room, with her long hair tied behind her head.

"Zhan Yan, I feel a bit dizzy today, so I'm afraid I can't do my high altitude homework. A girl walked over and grabbed the mop in Zhan Yan's hands without any explanation.

Zhan Yan lowered her head in thought, and obediently wrapped the safety belt around her body.

The other girl at the side could not bear to watch any longer, "Zhan Yan, she swaps with you every time she takes high altitude homework. Isn't this clearly bullying!?"

Zhan Yan looked over with hesitation. She remembered that the girl was called Xiang Qing, and they entered the hotel the same day. "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what I do." Zhan Yan lightly pulled at the corner of her lower lip.

Qu Qing sighed, neatly put on her seatbelt, and followed her out. The two of them walked to the door one after the other. At the corner, two or three women were sitting around, whispering to each other.

"Did you see the new one? "Aiyo, if I had that face, I would have given away my money a long time ago. I can't believe I'm still suffering here."

"You said that Zhan Yan? "You're pretty smart, but it's a loss to do this."

"Then what's the right thing to do? The young lady sitting in the podium? "

A burst of laughter followed.

Zhan Yan stood there, as calm as ever, as though they were just talking about the weather today, it had nothing to do with her. However, Xiang Qing was a straightforward person and shouted, "You all have nothing else to do, right? "They will gossip here."

When the group of women saw Zhan Yan, they all revealed an awkward expression, and walked out with their heads lowered.

Zhan Yan wore her seat belt and was hung outside the twenty story building, carefully cleaning the glass with the tools in her hands. This was a type of special mirror glass, from the outside, all she could see was her own reflection, but from the inside, she could see everything clearly.

As a result, at this moment, Zhan Yan did not know that across the thick glass wall, a stern and deep gaze was staring straight at her.

"Viyan, what are you looking at?" Lu Anqi walked over, and intimately wrapped her arms around his, following his gaze, her expression immediately became ugly and distorted.

Her forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat, and a few strands of messy hair were casually stuck to her forehead. There was a kind of unspeakable sadness to it, because in such scorching weather, her skin would probably be roasted until it hurt, but her expression was dull and serious.

This newly completed hotel was part of Ji's, because the hotel had the highest class music hall in S City, and not long after, she had a concert to hold here, so he pulled Ji Weiyang over to look at the stage. He never expected to meet Wei Zhanyan here, it was truly a coincidence.

"Director Ji, we have already vacated the stage for Miss Lu's concert. Rest assured, we will definitely cooperate fully." The hotel manager said respectfully.

"Yes." Ji Weiyang responded softly, his gaze still on the outside outside. Zhan Yan's delicate figure was reflected in his eyes, and the look in his eyes suddenly became extremely deep and complicated.

Lu Anqi took the opportunity to wrap around him, attempting to divert his attention, "Weiyang, I'm tired, how about you send me back?"

Ji Weiyang hesitated and retracted his gaze, then lightly looked at Angel, "I still have some matters to take care of, let the driver take you."

"But …" Angel wanted to argue, but Ji Weiyang had already quietly pushed her away, his attitude so resolute that there was no room for discussion.

Lu Anqi was unwillingly taken away by the driver, but when Ji Weiyang raised his head to look outside, he saw that Zhan Yan was no longer there.

At this time, Zhan Yan had already finished her work and was changing her clothes in the locker room. Then, she went to the bathroom to wash off the sweat and filth on her face.

"Zhan Yan, why are you not leaving? It's raining outside." Xiang Qing carried an umbrella and a pair of rainboots at his feet.

"Right away." Zhan Yan replied indifferently, she casually glanced outside the window, it was almost autumn, the weather was still cloudy, and obviously it was the scorching sun, in such a short period of time it had started to pour heavily.

Zhan Yan stood under the roof of the hotel by herself. From time to time a few drops of rain drifted in, and a damp mist clung to her skin and hair. Zhan Yan looked at the overcast sky in annoyance, she did not even have an umbrella, and could only wait for the rain to stop before she left.

There were very few people on the streets, and it sounded like rain falling on the ground, which was the only sound in the world. Zhan Yan slightly lowered her head, standing under the roof with her arms folded across her chest, like a homeless child.

It was at this time that a dark green Land Rover came from afar and stopped exactly in front of Zhan Yan. The car door opened and a man walked out of his seat, holding an azure blue colored umbrella in his hand.