Jing Haohao's eyes were wide open. After a couple of seconds, she heard her own voice sound out evenly, "Goodbye."
Liang Chen did not respond. He bent down to pick up the cardboard box from the ground, didn't even spare a glance at Jing Haohao, and then turned around to leave.
His steps were gracefully composed, his back straight and stalwart, gradually disappearing behind the elevator doors.
It wasn't until the elevator let out a little "ding" and the red numbers started to descend that Jing Haohao came back to her senses. The corners of her eyes were gradually flooding with mist, and inside her left chest, something was throbbing slowly and hesitantly, pulsating with a raw, painful sensation.
Turns out, the breakup scene that she's been too afraid to face these past few days was so simple, so calm.
Just like that, Liang Chen walked out of her life.
Jing Haohao felt a numbing sensation in her entire chest.
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