In the middle of the night, Su Yao suddenly developed a high fever, so hot that Ye Shuya panicked. She calmed down and used Su Yao's phone to call Dai Ni. A woman answered the phone, her voice very familiar, but Ye Shuya was too anxious to pay attention, she just said, "I'm looking for Mr. Dai Ni."
Dai Ni's voice came through quickly, and Ye Shuya explained the situation to him. Dai Ni rushed over half an hour later.
He asked, "What did Su do today? And what did he eat?"
Ye Shuya said uneasily, "We just returned from Hawaii today..."
Before she could finish, Dai Ni's expression became alarming, "What? You went to Hawaii?"
She pursed her lips, watching Dai Ni manipulate an instrument she had never seen on Su Yao's body. Suddenly, his expression turned serious, and he looked at Ye Shuya, "You bought flowers, didn't you?"
She nodded.
Dai Ni's expression was as if he wanted to devour her, "Do you know Su is allergic to flowers?"
Ye Shuya wanted to shake her head, but she didn't. She only knew that Su Yao didn't like flowers, and after seeing him sneeze non-stop, she indeed guessed at the symptom of allergies, but she didn't throw away those flowers.
Dai Ni's voice was unprecedentedly sharp, "Miss Ye, how can you joke with Su's health?"
Ye Shuya stammered.
Dai Ni no longer looked at her, made a phone call to call up a few people, and then they carried Su Yao away from there. Ye Shuya watched Su Yao leave, but she really had no right to stop it. She asked Dai Ni, "When will he get better?"
Dai Ni said coldly, "Miss Ye, I hope you won't be so willful in the future. Not everyone can put up with your折腾."
After Dai Ni left, the room was desolate, and Ye Shuya could only hear her own breathing. She was very sad, for Dai Ni's words, for Su Yao's condition, and for herself.
Dai Ni was right, she was a willful person. Because of her, Su Yao got sick. Su Yao should not be with her. No one could put up with her character except Qin Wei.
Qin Wei was always right.
She and Su Yao were indeed not suitable for each other.
Thinking of this, her heart ached terribly, tearing pain surged, and tears fell silently. She called Qin Wei and said, "Ah Qin, I was wrong, please forgive me. I will never think of Su Yao again."
Qin Wei said, "No matter what you do wrong, I will forgive you. Ya Ya, come to the United States. I miss you."
She sniffed, "Okay, I'll book a ticket right away."
Ye Shuya decided to forget Su Yao; this Chinese New Year was just a luxurious dream for her. Now, it was time to wake up from the dream.
She packed up everything in the house related to Su Yao and sent it back to his home after the courier company started work. She sent a text message to Su Yao, and it was only three short words: I'm sorry.
After that, she boarded a plane to Philadelphia, USA.
When Su Yao woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day. Dai Ni had confiscated all of Su Yao's communication tools, and he kept nagging, "Su, how could you let Miss Ye act recklessly? How could you not take your health seriously?"
Lying in the hospital bed, Su Yao said with a cold face, "Give me my phone."
"Talk about it after you've recovered."
Su Yao pretended to pull out the needle in his hand, and Dai Ni glanced coolly, "Miss Ye went to the United States yesterday. Even if I gave you the phone, and you called her, would she answer?"
Su Yao froze, and suddenly seemed to think of something. He looked at Dai Ni sharply.
"What did you say to her?"
Dai Ni shrugged, "I didn't say anything."
Su Yao frowned, obviously not believing it. But he pulled back his hand, his expression gloomy, looking listless, which made Dai Ni very uncomfortable. He sighed and gave the phone back to him, "Here, I can't bear to watch. When you're better, I won't care who you're looking for."
Dai Ni left the ward, and Su Yao looked down at his phone. He found a new text message from Ye Shuya, sent at ten this morning. It was only three short words - I'm sorry.
He was a bit stunned.
But the next moment, his face changed immediately, a spasm in his heart, and it hurt so much that his lips lost all color. He endured the pain and dialed the number back, but the phone only returned a cold, mechanical female voice, telling him that the phone was turned off. He trembled with all his fingers, composing a text message - Ya Ya, where are you?
He waited the entire day, but did not receive a reply from Ye Shuya.
He skillfully removed the needle from the back of his hand.
When Dai Ni came to change his IV, he found that Su Yao had already removed the needle himself, changed his clothes, and looked ready to go out. Dai Ni was furious, "Su, I've said it before, she is in the United States now, even if you go, the house will be empty."
Su Yao insisted, "I need to confirm it myself."
Dai Ni couldn't persuade Su Yao and only agreed to let Su Yao leave after seeing his complexion had slightly improved. He reminded Su Yao to come back for the infusion and to have a thorough body check tomorrow.
Su Yao agreed.
Driver Xiao Zhang drove Su Yao to Ye Shuya's residence. He searched the entire house but could not find her U.S. passport, and he discovered that all his belongings had vanished. His traces of life had been quietly erased in just one day.
She severed ties with him in such a way, so fast that it caught him off guard.
The longer he spent with her, the more he realized that beneath her cool exterior, she was also a petite woman with all the sensitivity and nerves that all women have, given to wild imaginings and affectionate behavior. He liked every side of Ya Ya. But now, her actions were telling him that she had chosen to give up on him and return to her boyfriend.
It was an expected outcome, but he still felt somewhat desolate. He lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
He wondered what she was doing in the United States with him.
He thought he could accept it, but the mere thought of another man kissing her lips, and possibly doing even more intimate things, made him want to smash things in a fit of rage.
He should have controlled his emotions, but he couldn't.
Suddenly, the landline rang. Su Yao jumped out of bed and ran shakily to answer the phone.
But he was disappointed again; it wasn't her voice.
"Hello? May I speak with Miss Ye? This is Zhang Lin from Xinxiang Flower Shop."
Hearing the word "flower shop," Su Yao couldn't help but frown, but remembering how much Ye Shuya loved flowers, he composed himself and said, "I'm her... boyfriend."
"Oh, hello sir. The reason for my call is that Miss Ye has been ordering roses from us for two years, and today the subscription ends. I was wondering if Miss Ye would like to renew for this year?" She paused, then added, "If Miss Ye decides to order again this year, we can offer a 30% discount."
Two years of roses? Su Yao was slightly taken aback, as if something fleetingly crossed his mind. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Where were the previous roses delivered?"
Zhang Lin gave an address, which was Ye Shuya's office.
Su Yao's heart skipped a beat, "Who was the recipient?"
Zhang Lin hesitated, but thinking that the caller was her boyfriend, she replied, "It was Miss Ye herself."
Haicheng University had reopened, and the school quickly returned to its usual liveliness. Song Xiao had a brief romance during the winter vacation, and when she arrived at the office, she saw a bouquet of bright red roses on her desk, which made her smile so widely that her whole face lit up.
Lin Yu came over, "Wow, Xiaoxiao, you're really making progress."
Song Xiao smiled sweetly.
Lin Yu glanced at Ye Shuya's desk, which was empty, and winked at Song Xiao, "Tsk, you've outshined her today."
Song Xiao smiled. The object of her romance was a friend of Shuya's. During the winter vacation, she was waiting at the school gate with several boxes of luggage for a chartered bus, which was delayed for a long time. When she was getting anxious, he appeared.
Once, she was very fond of a line from "A Chinese Odyssey" – I know that one day he will appear in a situation where everyone is watching, wearing golden armor and riding on a colorful cloud to marry me.
At that time, he was driving a dazzling Ferrari 599, which stopped in front of her. He slowly took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of eyes the color of the ocean, and said with a smile, "Are you a friend of Miss Ye? I'll give you a ride. By the way, you can call me Dai Ni."
After that, it seemed as if she was blessed with the heroine's halo, and a beautiful and romantic love story naturally unfolded.
After the first meeting of the semester, Song Xiao was a bit surprised. She had planned to share her love story with Shuya but didn't expect that she had taken a half-month leave of absence.
After work, Dai Ni came to pick up Song Xiao for dinner. In a quiet Western restaurant, Dai Ni smiled as he listened to Song Xiao chattering about the day's events. Upon hearing that Ye Shuya had taken a half-month leave, he said, "Miss Ye has gone to the United States."
Song Xiao let out an "ah," and then her face showed a sudden realization, "So it's a case of being so happy that she doesn't want to come back."
"Being so happy that she doesn't want to come back?"
Song Xiao chuckled softly, "It means she's so delighted that she doesn't want to return."
At that moment, Dai Ni's phone rang. He answered, "Su?"
Ye Shuya's departure had quite an impact on Su Yao. Initially, he frantically called her, but only after confirming that she indeed boarded the flight to Philadelphia, USA, did he calm down. He went to a picturesque small town to seek inspiration for painting, but the outcome was very unsuccessful. He painted many pictures and used a lot of pigments, but in the end, he tore them all up. He wanted to forget Ye Shuya, but he couldn't. She seemed to have taken root in his heart, growing more luxuriantly the more he tried to forget her. Even drinking water would remind him of her.
"I just got back, and that place was terrible."
Dai Ni smiled, "I've been there too, it's beautiful. It's just that you were in a bad mood..." Song Xiao accidentally knocked over a glass, and red wine spilled all over the floor.
Su Yao heard the noise and asked, "Are you on a date?"
"Yeah. Oh, right, you should know too, she's a friend of Miss Ye."
Su Yao was silent for a moment, "Where are you now?"
Dai Ni glanced at Song Xiao and then gave the address.
Ten minutes later, Su Yao appeared. Song Xiao was extremely surprised, her eyes almost as big as copper bells. She grabbed Dai Ni's arm, "Dai Ni, pinch me, am I hallucinating? Is that Su Yao? Why is he looking at our side?"
Dai Ni patted her hand, "Xiaoxiao, I might get jealous if you admire other men like that."
Su Yao stood at the entrance and looked around. Upon seeing Dai Ni, he quickly walked over.
Dai Ni asked the waiter to add a seat, and Song Xiao began to feel nervous. Dai Ni introduced the two of them, and Su Yao sat down without ceremony, asking directly, "Are you a friend of Ya Ya?"
Song Xiao was taken aback, then she nodded.
"Did she go to school today?"
Song Xiao replied, "No, she took a half-month leave."
Su Yao frowned, "The reason?"
"I'm not sure about that..."
Dai Ni tapped the table, "Su, you're interrogating like a policeman."
Song Xiao gave an awkward smile.
After a while, Su Yao asked again, "How much do you know about Ya Ya's boyfriend?"
Song Xiao stared at Su Yao, and she asked, "Before I answer, I want to know what your relationship with Shuya is?"
"The same as your relationship with Dai Ni."
Song Xiao was stunned, and Dai Ni whispered in her ear, "Xiaoxiao, Su won't harm Miss Ye." She thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm not very clear either. I only know that Shuya has a boyfriend in the United States, and they have been childhood sweethearts with a very good relationship..." She tried hard to remember, "Oh, right, Shuya's boyfriend is also a very romantic person. He sends her a bouquet of roses every day. I can smell the fragrance of roses in the office every day."
Su Yao's expression became serious, and he stood up abruptly, saying to Song Xiao, "Thank you."