They sat opposite each other in a small pavilion by the sea.
Before them lay a variety of delicacies.
Beside them stretched an endless expanse of azure sea.
The evening breeze blew, causing the flower clip in the little girl's hair to tremble slightly.
As if it had come to life.
Yu Wenli was about to say something when a thought flashed through his mind.
He reflexively grabbed his phone to record it, forgetting about the meal.
Wen Tingxue raised an eyebrow in understanding.
Inspiration had struck, and it had to be captured.
She, too, had had a lot of inspiration lately, all saved on her phone.
When she got back, she would draw them all out.
While he was busy with his other task, she focused on eating.
By the time he had finished recording, she was also full.
"It's not that I won't tell you," Yu Wenli put down his phone after typing the last word.
He answered her question, "It's just not time yet."
"Then when will it be time?" Wen Tingxue cupped her face and looked at him.
In the dim, flickering twilight, her beauty outshone everything else.
Yu Wenli paused his meal. "You guess."
"No~"
Unable to extract the answer through conventional means, she resorted to unconventional tactics.
She playfully nudged him with her right foot, her leg tracing upwards along his calf, an ambiguous and tantalizing motion.
A spark immediately ignited in Yu Wenli's eyes.
"Teacher Yu~" she called him, deliberately modulating her voice to a sweet, pouting tone, "Tell me now, I won't tell anyone else..."
Yu Wenli dropped his spoon and picked up a napkin, meticulously wiping his mouth. "Are you full?"
"Huh?" Wasn't it obvious whether she was full or not?
"Then let's go," he tossed aside the napkin, loosened his tie with one hand, and stood up. "Perfect timing, I'm not full yet."
"..."
While his gesture of loosening his tie with his index finger was undeniably dashing, she absolutely did not want to engage in that activity with him!
She had been worn out enough these past few days; the mere sight of a bed made her legs weak.
Her palm vibrated.
She tapped it open.
Inside was a message from Que You: [Done.]
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At the same time, at the beachfront hotel.
Xie Jinyi, after a day of advertising shoots, took the elevator upstairs.
Xiao Ya stood beside her, briefing her on the next day's schedule.
"...That's about it. It'll be a bit more relaxed than today, but we'll have to wake up early."
As she finished speaking, the elevator doors opened.
Xie Jinyi removed her sunglasses and walked forward at a leisurely pace.
Xie Jinyi let out a cold snort from her nose.
Song Chenglu was provoked. "What? You don't admit it?"
He then made a move to tear her clothes.
Xie Jinyi seized the opportunity, twisting and throwing him to the ground.
This move was taught to her by Song Chenglu himself.
"Hahahaha—"
Lying on the ground, Song Chenglu laughed maniacally. "Xie Jinyi, Xie Jinyi, how could I not have seen what a thankless wretch you are back then?!"
"You're blind."
Xie Jinyi stepped over him and went to the wine cabinet to get a drink.
"When you're done being crazy, come over and talk."
She poured two glasses of wine and sat at the bar, waiting for him.
She was calm to an unsettling degree.
Song Chenglu didn't move, his face turned to the side, looking up at her from the floor.
Still in her red dress, she sat with her legs crossed on a high stool, elegant and aloof.
Just like when they first met.
"If you prefer to talk like this, that's fine too."
Xie Jinyi swirled the wine glass in her hand, her tone condescending.
She showed no sign of remorse for betrayal.
Burning with rage, Song Chenglu walked up to her, slammed his hands on the table, leaned in, and glared at her, "You, talking to me? Are you worthy?"
Splash—
She threw a glass of wine directly in his face, then sat opposite him, her expression placid. "Are you sober now?"
"Xie Jinyi!"
Song Chenglu looked at her in a frenzy, her demeanor so detached. "You betrayed me first! You wronged me first! How dare you put on this haughty expression!"
He fiercely choked her slender neck, roaring, "You should be crying and repenting! Why aren't you crying! Cry!"
Xie Jinyi's face turned pale as she pried his hands away, watching tears stream down his face.
And she, aside from being slightly startled.
maintained the expression of a detached observer.
This was unacceptable to Song Chenglu.
"Did you ever love me?" he asked, his voice cracking, as he released her and clutched her collar. "Xie Jinyi, I treated you so well, I gave you my heart, did you, even for a moment, ever love me?"
Xie Jinyi curved her lips into a smile.
This question had been asked by many people.
But her answer had never changed, "No."
In this lifetime, Xie Jinyi loved no one but herself.
...
The two short words struck Song Chenglu like a hammer blow to the head, making him dizzy and his eyes bloodshot.
"Then go to hell!"
He knelt on the ground, his reason lost, and choked her. "Let's die together! And be a couple in the underworld!"