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This year's Huhai isn't particularly cold. On the Bund's riverside, a gentle breeze blows, and the fireworks in the sky are brilliant, just like an old-fashioned cara capturing the mont.
Each burst of fireworks that flickered reflected on their cheeks, and in that light and shadow, Yao Mingyue's expression shifted from unwillingness, to despair, to surprise, and disbelief, her eyes misty with tears...
Just like an old photo imprinted on film.
Xu Musen silently watched her, looking at the girl who was once so high and mighty, proud and willful all her life.
She used to be domineering and unreasonable, with an aggressive brightness in her eyes.
But now, her face was pale, her figure thin, her gaze evasive, and the corners of her eyes red, no longer the radiant self she once was.
The contrast was striking.
Perhaps Yao Mingyue herself could hardly recognize who she was now.
The two of them quietly looked at each other for a long ti.
In the past life, Yao Mingyue was full of nobility and carried a predatory aggression, keeping the impoverished Xu Musen by her side.
But now, Xu Musen, in a well-fitted suit, exuded a sunny and noble aura. Just by standing there, he gave off an impression of unapproachable distance.
In contrast, she...
Her figure was frail and thin, her face pale and tired, her eyes filled with cowardice and sadness, lacking any of her forr brilliance.
At this mont, she seed like a gray princess. In front of the prince she loved, she no longer dared to confess her feelings boldly but turned and fled...
"Are you really not planning to say anything to ?"
Xu Musen took a step closer, a smile on his face, as if greeting an old friend on an ordinary morning.
Yao Mingyue recovered after a long ti, looking at his warm smile, but she averted her reddened gaze and subconsciously stepped back half a pace: "You, you shouldn't be here now..."
"When honored guests co, of course, I must step out to greet them. I have been waiting for you for a long ti."
Xu Musen took another step forward and extended his hand towards Yao Mingyue.
Faced with his outstretched hand, Yao Mingyue stepped back two more steps. She looked at the brightly lit hall behind Xu Musen, still filled with the joyous sounds of people drinking and chatting.
At this mont, they seed so out of place on this dim beach.
She forced a smile.
"No, I shouldn't ruin the good day between you and Nuannuan..."
"How could that be? The more, the rrier."
Xu Musen smiled and took another step forward.
"Xu Musen, are you really this naive? What girl wants their rival at their engagent party?"
Yao Mingyue gritted her teeth, and in her agitation, she coughed.
Xu Musen paused, thought for a mont, then nodded: "I suppose that's true..."
But then Xu Musen suddenly smiled, took another step closer, and said, "But haven't we not yet divorced? Shouldn't you, as the ex-wife, be here to offer so advice?"
Yao Mingyue tightened her lips. Seeing his shaless expression, her heart was filled with both sorrow and anger: "Scumbag!"
She cursed, then stepped back three more steps, keeping her distance from him. She knew Xu Musen was deliberately provoking her, but reason told her that if she followed him now...
All the resolutions she had made over these days would be for naught.
It might even affect his future with An Nuannuan, a burden she couldn't bear for the rest of her life.
She bit her lip, keeping her distance from the person she had longed for day and night: "Xu Musen... today is the most important day for you both. And as a woman, I understand how important this day is for a girl. Please, don't let cause any more trouble..."
She spoke resolutely, but her teary eyes were already brimd, and each word seed filled with farewell.
"So, you kept it from just to leave without saying goodbye today?"
Xu Musen did not step forward. His gentle eyes now carried a depth.
Yao Mingyue clutched her stifling chest. This decision took all the courage she had left. Rembering the outco of the past life, her heart ached with an unbearable sourness.
"Since you know everything, you should understand that this is the best outco... You have the life you love, the person you love. You no longer have to worry about being entangled by , the unreasonable person who disrupts everything..."
Yao Mingyue bit her lips hard, her pale lips noticeably tinged with red, evoking a deep sense of pity.
Xu Musen looked at her but suddenly laughed: "Since you knew this day would co, since you knew you would change my life, you shouldn't have appeared before in the first place!"
His tone had transitioned from the warmth of a sunny sumr day to the biting chill of winter winds. He stared intently at Yao Mingyue and took a step forward, one step for every sentence: "If you truly didn't want to disturb , you shouldn't have reentered my world when I chose a new life, shouldn't have applied to the sa school as , shouldn't have forced your way into my life under the guise of being a childhood friend, shouldn't have helped when I was facing a crisis, shouldn't have jumped into the lake to save despite the danger!
And you certainly shouldn't have co here, showing your face after deciding to leave quietly!"
The girl's already pale cheeks turned even whiter, tears welling in her eyes. Faced with Xu Musen, who had co so close, she stumbled back instinctively: "I, I'm sorry..."
Backing up, she bumped into the railing by the riverside. Unable to retreat further and unable to et his gaze, she turned her head, not wanting him to see her tears.
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