She smiled charmingly, but it wasn't sincere.
Seeing her smile, Fu Tingyuan wanted to say something, but noticing how pale and tired she was, he said nothing in the end. He stepped aside and let Luo Nanchu go into the bedroom.
After being around Luo Nanchu for quite some time, he gradually realized that Luo Nanchu kept lots of secrets.
Or perhaps they weren't secrets.
It was just that he didn't bother to get to know her, and now, she didn't bother to put on a mask in front of him.
Her personality, her demeanor, and her manner of speech was different from the way she was back when they first met.
Now that he thought about it, he understood who she was trying to mimic.
She used to pour so much into their relationship and had done lots of stupid things.
It was just that he didn't know how significant he was to her now.
…
Tired, Luo Nanchu slept in the room.
When she woke up, the banquet was still ongoing.
She came out of the room and leaned against the railing as she looked at the guests buzzing downstairs. She didn't see Fu Tingyuan. After thinking for a moment, she went down the elevator and came out to the garden outside the hotel.
The seaside was just outside the island hotel.
Deep in the night, someone was sitting on the beach smoking alone.
Luo Nanchu walked over and sat beside him.
"Do you want to smoke?" he asked.
"No." Luo Nanchu shook her head.
The other person chuckled softly. The pleasant deep voice of the man was accompanied by the sound of the sea breeze.
Luo Nanchu turned to look at the man beside her.
He sat there as the evening wind rustled his hair and revealed his wonderful-looking profile.
Holding a cigarette between his thin lips, the smoke rose in spirals. He looked devilishly charming.
"Chuchu, do you have regrets breaking up with me?" Qin Lie turned to ask her.
"I do." Luo Nanchu nodded and smiled.
"Good." Qin Lie smiled as well.
His smile was still like the smile he had when he was young.
Luo Nanchu looked distracted for a moment.
Looking back, Luo Nanchu had quite a blank expression. Seeing this, the smile on his face slowly faded.
"Chuchu." He spoke her name softly.
Luo Nanchu's heart quivered. A trace of inexpressible sorrow arose in her heart at the sound of his voice. She turned her head and pursed her lips lightly.
There would never be another person in this world…
… who could tear down all her pretenses just from his utterance.
Her eyes were hot and wet, and she was about to cry. She had managed to hold back for so long, but still, Qin Lie's gentle and tender calling of her name was pushing her to tears.
She just felt a little pained.
And sad.
She knew that the man beside her would care for her. She knew that there would never be another man in the world who would accommodate her like Qin Lie.
A sigh came from beside her. After that, Qin Lie held her shoulder. She lowered her head, and his lips landed at the corner of her eye.
A tear rolled down, and he kissed it away.
There were many things in life that couldn't be returned to.
It was useless to regret it.
She regretted meeting Fu Tingyuan, but it was already too late.
They were no longer the same as when they were younger.
As time passed and carried them forward, people changed as things stayed the same.
…
In the hotel loft, Xiao Fengting leaned against the railing and looked downstairs. It was as if he was laughing at people's misfortune.
Fu Tingyuan lowered his head and looked at the two figures on the beach huddling up to each other. There was a chilliness in his refined countenance.
When Qin Lie's lips landed on Luo Nanchu's face, he snapped his cigarette. His thin lips came together with vicious currents brewing in his expression.