popular. I'm starving just looking at the pictures."He called her a foodie, then suddenly his gaze lingered.The lighting in the underground garage was dimmer than indoors, and the environment was vast...Fu Yan's nostrils suddenly felt a sharp pain, she strode towards the entrance hall and grabbed her car keys.

She stood behind the door, her fingers trembling on the doorknob, tears splashing onto her back.

Half an hour later, a white ordinary sedan stopped in the shade of a tree in Jing Sheng Garden community.

The car window rolled down, revealing a face with delicate and beautiful features.

Fu Yan's eye circles were reddened, she looked at the building where she used to live. The window on that side facing this direction was her bedroom, and it was lit now.

He's still living here.

She didn't know why she had come to this place, nor did she know how long she had been here until the sound of someone playing basketball on a nearby lighted court pulled her back to reality.

It's almost ten o'clock.

Just as she was about to roll up the car window, she suddenly saw a man walking towards her through the windshield.

Beneath the man's cold and desolate eyes, a storm seemed to be brewing.

She subconsciously wanted to start the car, but Huo Mingzheng quickened his pace.

He was tall with long legs, and he reached her car in just a few steps. He walked to the driver's side door, glanced at Fu Yan's bloodshot eyes, his face expressionless. Without a word, he pulled on the handle but didn't open the door.

He still remained silent. He reached directly into the open car window, unlatched the central locking, and opened the door.

He leaned forward and pressed the ignition button on the car. The car stopped starting.

The already cramped space became even more suffocating with his arrival. His aura was like a net covering Fu Yan, an invisible force tightening it, making her feel breathless.

Fu Yan was about to unbuckle her seat belt when Huo Mingzheng immediately pressed her back against the headrest and kissed her lips without a word.

His silence seemed to have found a vent for its release, fierce and fervent, like a fire about to burn Fu Yan to ashes.

In the shadows near Jing Sheng Garden, his men were waiting. Cao Fang received a call from his bodyguard saying Fu Yan had arrived. His first reaction was that the bodyguard had made a mistake, but by the time he realized what he was doing, he was already in the elevator.

Even if he admits his mistake, he still wants to confirm it himself.

Who knows what he was thinking the moment he saw the car with the payment.

He never made pointless assumptions, but in that moment, he wondered what it would be like if time could rewind.

A touch of salty bitterness spreads in the mouth.

Ho Mingzheng's finger traced the corner of her eye, and unlike his kiss, his action was exceptionally gentle as he wiped away her tears.

Don't cry.

His kiss softened as well.

Fu Yan pushed him with all her might, but this time she couldn't push him away no matter what.

"Let go..."

"You can't let go of me either, Yan Yan."

Fu Yan pushed his hand away, causing it to stiffen.

In the dim light, Huo Mingzheng's eyes were like two beautiful gems.

There is no scheming, no lies, not a shred of impurity.

His eyes gradually turned a bit red. "If Ji Lin can still participate in the competition, we might still have a sliver of hope."

My nasal passages felt acrid and bitter, each breath like countless tiny needles pricking my lungs.

It's a pity there are no ifs.

Hu Mingzheng was waiting for her answer, but her silence was the most direct reply.

He always knew that Ji Lin's hand had become her biggest knot in her heart. She blamed herself because she caused Ji Lin to suffer such a misfortune. He was the person she treated like family.

And in a sense, wasn't he also partly to blame for Ji Lin's car accidentever seen Huo Mingzheng like this. Fear drove her to resist frantically.She had just finished her shower, wearing a bathrobe, struggling with the open neckline. She didn't care, she only knew that Huo...