Some feelings can stay hidden in the heart and remain a secret, they can be unspoken understandings, but once out in the open, they prick at one’s conscience. Lu Xiya felt like that at this moment. She liked Pei Nianchen, it was a fact, but she knew it was wrong, because Pei Nianchen had always belonged to Gu Jiayin, her best sister. "Jiayin, I..." Lu Xiya was embarrassed and at a loss, thinking Gu Jiayin didn’t know, but it turned out she always knew, feeling like a thief caught. Gu Jiayin, however, was calm and collected, she smiled gently, "Xiya, liking someone isn’t a sin, Brother Nianchen has been handsome and outstanding since childhood. Of course, I’d like him, and it’s natural you would too, there’s no fault in that." She held Lu Xiya’s hand, which was slightly trembling from embarrassment, "Actually, Brother Nianchen and I were destined not to be together since seven years ago." Because seven years ago, she stepped onto another path of no return. "This time I came back actually with the intent to ruin his wedding out of revenge, if he was to marry someone other than Qin Xueyao, I might have been silently blessing him from some corner he didn’t know." Recalling the past, though regretful, she knew she had to let go. "Xiya, if he loves Qin Xueyao, I might feel guilty, but he doesn’t love her, so I still don’t wish for him to have any outcome with Qin Xueyao, because a vicious and selfish woman like Qin Xueyao won’t bring him happiness." "Seven years have passed, many things changed, but he is still the same Brother Nianchen, and this touches me. I hope he finds happiness, and the person who can give him that happiness, I believe, none is more suitable than you, so..." Gu Jiayin lifted Lu Xiya’s hand, speaking earnestly, "Xiya, since you love him, then love him boldly, I’m entrusting my Brother Nianchen to you." "Jiayin!" Lu Xiya couldn’t stop her tears from welling up, reaching out to embrace Gu Jiayin’s neck, "I will love him well." In the private room, Sheng Qianchi and Chi Ye had been silent for a good while. Primarily because Chi Ye felt pained and silent due to Gu Jiayin’s words. Eventually, Sheng Qianchi broke the silence first, "Why, with your achievements and status today, you still lack confidence?" Seven years ago, he was a street thug despised by everyone, Lu Xiya was infatuated with Pei Nianchen, naturally, she saw no worth in him, but now, he is a man standing at the top of the pyramid, yet still, because of her humiliation back then, he doesn’t dare take another step forward. When she rejected his last confession, she said, "I just like Pei Nianchen, though he loves Jiayin, I’ll never have a chance in this life, but just watching makes me satisfied, I will never like garbage like you, compared to him, you’re like filthy mud that disgusts people." A single remark, wounding him deeply. He never sought her out again. It was precisely because of her extreme verbal humiliation this time, that he bid farewell to his thug life and strove to become the Chi Ye he is today. From a thug to a distinguished man possessing assets worth hundreds of billions, he trod a path full of thorns. After all these years, he is no longer the Chi Ye of the past, yet the thorn in his heart remains. Chi Ye sighed, gazing at the stage where the protagonist had already changed, saying in melancholy, "I fear for a woman like her, some men remain trash for life." Even if now he wears a glorious veneer. Sheng Qianchi curled his lips mockingly, teasing, "Who would have thought the fearless Chi Ye, who fought like he had nothing to lose, would be so timid now, just because of one woman’s words from years ago, silently being a voyeur all these years." Chi Ye turned his head and ironically replied, "And what about you, daring to fight and seize, aren’t you sleeping under a woman’s bed every day?" This time, it was Sheng Qianchi who fell silent. Actually, he isn’t that noble, he would forever not force a woman, although he despises it, when encountering a woman he wants, forcibly occupying is not beyond him. Seven years ago, he thought about snatching Gu Jiayin from Pei Nianchen and then forcibly occupying her. But upon seeing Gu Jiayin again, he couldn’t bear to force her, because of compassion. In seven years’ time, she had changed so much, what could cause such a huge change in a person? Only experiences. What she truly experienced, he had never been able to discover. He was afraid that what lay buried deep in her heart was the secret that would break her final spiritual straw, if he forcibly tore away the layers of thorns she had tried to wrap around her body, he’d only get her bloody, hysterical resistance. He wanted her but didn’t want to destroy her. Seeing Sheng Qianchi’s silence, Chi Ye couldn’t help but laugh, indeed one often dives deeper into their own confusion while advising others. Newest update provided by n0velfire.net They remained silent again, the two men drank one cup after another. After a moment, Chi Ye suddenly said, "You’ve fallen for her." It wasn’t a question, just a faint statement. Sheng Qianchi’s hand holding the wine glass paused for an instant, couldn’t help but scoff, "Do I seem like a man who would fall for any woman?" Chi Ye played nonchalantly with the glass in his hand, still faintly stating, "Some feelings, blindly denying and avoiding is meaningless. Human emotions are uncontrollable; saying you won’t fall for any woman doesn’t mean you won’t ever love." "What is love?" Sheng Qianchi still wore a disdainful expression. Chi Ye smiled gently, "Qianchi, your indulgence towards a woman has already exceeded the norm." If there was no love, a man like him wouldn’t humble himself to sleep on the floor beneath her bed for a month while doting on her. "Is it?" Sheng Qianchi eventually restrained his disdainful expression, staring blankly at a certain spot, wondering if he had indeed exceeded the norm? Isn’t spoiling a woman just , not forcing her, giving her what she wants? Chi Ye said, "Think about it, if Gu Jiayin disappears once again, how would you feel?" Sheng Qianchi only felt an unexplainable dull pain in his chest, like his heart being cut open with a sharp blade. He involuntarily raised his big hand to cover his heart, there it throbbed painfully, causing his entire body to tremble. Seven years ago, she disappeared, he only felt regret, but if she were to disappear now... Sheng Qianchi closed his eyes tightly, his breath difficult. Chi Ye looked at him and blandly asked, "Does it hurt?" Sheng Qianchi calmed down after a while and opened his eyes again, still unwilling to admit it, "What does that mean, everyone would feel pain losing something they like, this doesn’t mean it’s love." Chi Ye stared at the wine glass in Sheng Qianchi’s hand and smiled, "Tonight I’ll give you one chance to verify your true feelings." "Nothing is more valuable to a person than life, in the face of life and death, anything unloved can be discarded, Qianchi, see if you will still consider her wishes and not force her in the midst of blazing fire threatening your life." Sheng Qianchi finally realized something was amiss, abruptly tightening the hand holding the wine glass, his face as cold as ice, "What did you give me to drink?"