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"Oh, so it's like that." Hearing his answer, she stopped eating and raised her head to look at him timidly. However, he was no longer looking at her. She sighed in her heart and was just about to continue eating.

However, just these words made her hand that was preparing the food float in midair. She didn't take any further steps forward, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings as she blankly stared at this person who was eating with his head lowered, as if she didn't know the meaning behind his words. After staring blankly for a long time, she suddenly realized that she had lost her composure. She withdrew her hand that was suspended in the air. She pretended to turn her head and cough a few times.

Su Qiu didn't know whether to believe in reality or instinct, but thinking back when he went back home and told his mother-in-law that he had to squeeze out his heart, and even received his mother-in-law's support and encouragement, he felt that the feeling he gave himself right match to his mother-in-law's plan, shouldn't it have belonged to someone else?

After a while, the two finished eating dinner and Shen Ling drove the car to his home. He drove around the city aimlessly, as if he was driving on a road.

He knew in his heart that Shen Ling probably did not want to meet her, so he did not say anything. Instead, he allowed her to stroll around outside, and when she was tired and wanted to return home, she acted as if she had a telepathic connection with him.

When they reached home, the two went up the stairs and arrived at Su Qiu's door, both of them stopping there.

Su Qiu didn't know what to say, she could only take out her key to ease the awkwardness of the door. When it opened, Shen Ling stood behind her and didn't say anything, it was so quiet that she didn't seem to exist. She sighed inwardly and prepared to push open the door.

"Rest early. Good night." Shen Ling opened his mouth.

Su Qiu's hand that pushed open the door paused, she did not turn around, and replied: "You too, good night." She then pushed the door and entered, gently closing the door behind her, separating Shen Ling and the others.

Once the door was locked, she could no longer hold on. She removed all her disguise and lightly leaned against the door without turning on the light. She closed her eyes and allowed the darkness to surround her, smoothing her heart that was about to jump out of her mouth.

Hearing the sound of footsteps leaving from outside the door and guessing that he was probably still standing outside, he didn't dare to make any noise. He gently leaned against the door and squatted down, leaning against it.

After a long while, an inaudible sigh came from outside the door, followed by the sound of footsteps. Shen Ling slowly left, and after hearing the door open and the sound of the door closing, Shen Ling returned to his own room.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Su Qiu suddenly felt empty in her heart, and felt an unspeakable sense of disappointment. She sighed, supported herself up against the wall, stretched her numb legs, kicked off her high heels, and walked barefooted to the bathroom.

Su Qiu looked at herself in the mirror and suddenly felt that she had failed, her family was not able to hold on, the marriage management was not good, she did not have many friends, and her work did not improve much, she no longer had the arrogant and dazzling look that Su Qiu had back then, and was utterly defeated, she really hated herself for being like this.

She didn't want to look at the person in the mirror any longer. She stood under the shower with her head in the air, letting the hot water wash over her body and flowing through every inch of her skin. Only then did she feel a little safe.

Looking at the empty room, Su Qiu suddenly cherished the memories of the days where He Cancan was here. She loved to cause a ruckus so much that the room was filled with joyous cheers at all times, but she, on the other hand, was able to forget about the lonely feeling of loneliness and unease. Now that she was alone, the entire room was ice-cold and bone-piercing, causing her to be unable to breathe.

However, with her shining parents at her place, and the family having such a great time, how could he bring her to accompany him?

He pitied himself so much in his heart. If no one could accompany him when he was sad, then how many failures would he have made?

Just as Su Qiu was laughing at his own failure, in Shen Ling's room, which was separated by the wall, he was also smoking non-stop by the window. There were already a lot of cigarette butts scattered on the ground.

Under the dim light of the lamp, Shen Ling's cold and slender body cast a shadow on the wall.

The events of the past seven years flashed before his eyes like a movie, frame by frame. As he followed the scenes, his face changed between happy and sorrowful. In this room that only he was present, he looked weird and pitiful.

Everyone present pointed at him, laughed at him, and disdained him for those gazes. He would never forget the humiliation he suffered that day, even until now, he still hated them to the core, so on that day, he swore that he would stand at the highest point of the city and control everyone's fate, and that he would trample on those who looked down on him when he humiliated him before.

Thus, in these four years, he had suffered a lot. He stayed up all night working, other people were resting while he worked, and others were working as well. He did not allow himself to relax even for a moment.