Bian Yue and Zhuang Jie Ning had the best relationship, Zhuang Jie Ning would take notes for both Bian Yue and herself during class. Later separated by thousands of miles, they didn’t see each other for years. Bian Yue realized that most people can only accompany her for a while before parting, so the reunion after many years was also complicated. Bian Yue finally knew that Zhuang Jie Ning had always resented her. Those so-called friendships were nothing but beautiful candy-coated garbage, and in Zhuang Jie Ning’s heart, she was considered a sworn enemy. And now, when everyone had reached a dead-end, they could truly let go of everything and have a heart-to-heart talk. Bian Yue unfolded the letter and saw Zhuang Jie Ning’s handwriting, as if it was just yesterday. "Bian Yue, I’m glad that you are still willing to read my letter up to now. I’m really not a good person, I haven’t done anything praiseworthy in my life, but I want to say, at the beginning, our friendship was truly precious to me. You were my first friend, and if nothing goes wrong, also the last one, as I’m not good at making friends." "The first time I met you, the Bian Family had just gone bankrupt, and you were being taken care of by Li Sihe. For me, what made you special was how Li Sihe treated you differently. I’ve never loved Li Sihe; he is a selfish and indifferent person, and so am I. A person doesn’t get attracted to those who are similar to themselves; one only falls for traits they don’t possess in others." Follow current novᴇls on novelꞁire.net "I didn’t like Li Sihe, but I thought you were a good friend. Initially, just being friends purely seemed pretty good, but things always change unexpectedly. You were too dazzling, and you weren’t just my friend. I knew very well about your relationship with Wen Jiao, which was much closer than ours. Bian Yue, I’m not a generous person; I minded that you had new friends then, so I started to distance myself from you." "After graduation, I went abroad and joined an animal protection organization, achieving great success in charity work. During those years I was overseas, you probably heard about me through others. I wanted you to know, Zhuang Jie Ning was also a shining person, not inferior to you or Wen Jiao. I was the top socialite in Xiangjiang, deserving everyone’s admiration, including yours. Those years, although I was abroad, I never stopped paying attention to you. I learned about the cancellation of your engagement with Li Sihe, and I was genuinely worried for a moment." "Bian Yue, I don’t like seeing you being ridiculed too much because the Bian Family had already declined, and besides Li Sihe, you had no other support. But then, you immediately got together with Shen Jinci. I never thought that any daughter of our aristocratic families could marry into the Shen Family so effortlessly. You don’t know how angry I was when I learned this news." "I planned to return to the country. On one hand, my father hoped I would marry into the Li Family, and on the other hand, I heard that you were very happy after your marriage. I couldn’t believe your life was so smooth. I went through so much effort for what I gained, and why should you easily obtain it? That wasn’t fair." "Afterward, everything was just my falling in love with Shen Jinci at first sight. I did all sorts of crazy, foolish things, but all came to nothing." "Bian Yue, I always thought that I could never forgive you in this lifetime. We seemed like people at opposite ends of a balance. The happiness in your life was there to remind me how despicable I am." "But yesterday, I overheard your conversation with Wen Jiao. Listening to how you both talked without any calculations, just completely warm and caring, I suddenly regretted a lot." "Bian Yue, we were once genuine friends, and looking back now, those high school days, that brief period, turned out to be some of the rare happiness in my life. I admit I was wrong. I was blinded by jealousy, I hurt you, one of the few in this world who considered me a friend." "Now, I have paid a painful price for everything I did. I lost a child, and also a marriage that shouldn’t have been so desolate. Bian Yue, I’m sorry, I’m truly very sorry. If time could be turned back, I wouldn’t return to Xiangjiang, nor would I fight for those things that weren’t meant for me, and perhaps I wouldn’t be so miserable now." Bian Yue finished reading the letter with a complicated expression. She couldn’t describe how she felt inside; she couldn’t forgive Zhuang Jie Ning. The betrayal in friendship was also painful. For Bian Yue, once betrayed, it shouldn’t be forgiven. Yet, looking at this letter, saying there wasn’t the slightest ripple in her heart would be a lie. Bian Yue held the letter in her hands, reading it multiple times. Then, she got up and took the letter to the fireplace, turning it into ashes. Shen Jinci happened to come over with some fruit. Watching Bian Yue’s actions, he softly asked, "What’s wrong? What did Zhuang Jie Ning say in the letter?" "She said she was sorry." Shen Jinci’s eyebrows slightly raised, his emotion even more subdued, "Indeed, she is." "It doesn’t matter," Bian Yue said. "After all, she’s just a passerby." That night, Bian Yue slept very soundly. Shen Jinci’s new book collection was even more interesting than the last. She fell asleep, so she didn’t hear Shen Jinci standing by the window, talking to Wei Shuqian. "Half a month ago, someone infiltrated S state; I checked, it was Li Sihe’s men, they’re all handled now," Wei Shuqian said. "You should know about it, right?" "I know, that time, he took Bian Yue away and was also investigating me." Wei Shuqian paused for a moment in silence, his voice colder, "And now?" "Everything is safe." On the other end of the phone, Wei Shuqian fell into an even longer silence. Shen Jinci turned around, looking at the sleeping Bian Yue in bed, and said, "If you don’t have anything else, I’m going to accompany Bian Yue." "Wait..." Wei Shuqian hesitated, then said, "Your brother and Wen Jiao..." "They just had their wedding," Shen Jinci said. "Shen Zhaoli is my brother; if you really want to contend, I won’t meddle." Wei Shuqian seemed to chuckle. He said, "Contend for what? To let her live a precarious life in S state with me, not knowing when she might suddenly die? I wouldn’t do that, nor do I want to do that." The snow outside fluttered down continuously, Shen Jinci heard Wei Shuqian say, "As long as she’s happy, I know, marrying Shen Zhaoli is much better than being with me." With those words, Shen Jinci could only say, "Shuqian, look forward." "Yes. Always... we have to look forward." After that, he seemed to sigh lightly.