Chapter 3
In the middle of the magnificent hall, a good-looking man and woman walked toward Pei Ge.
The woman, who was wearing an elegant, white evening gown, held on to a man in a dark blue suit. From their intimate actions, it was evident that they were a couple.
Zhou Zhuoyang… It really is Zhou Zhuoyang….
The gentle eyebrows and face, the refined temperament, the gesture exuding elegance… He was clearly the same ex-boyfriend who had suddenly broken up with her in the past and later disappeared from the face of the earth.
“Zhou Zhuoyang…” Pei Ge muttered as she looked at Zhou Zhuoyang.
Why was he here? How did he become her cousin’s fiancé?
“Miss Pei, it’s been a while. I’m surprised you still remember me.”
The love that she had clung on to all these years was merely a joke.
“Cousin, you don’t have to apologize. Mr. Zhou and I really don’t know each other that well.” She was never one to fiercely cling on to someone to the point of not letting go, much less if it was a man of Pei Shishi’s.
As if nothing had happened, Pei Ge gave a polite smile and said to Liu Yan and Pei Zhenghui, “Second Uncle, Second Auntie, I have something on today and will take my leave first.”
Without waiting for anyone’s reply, she strode out of the embarrassing situation. As soon as she exited the luxurious hotel, her posture that once stood tall now slouched without a drop of strength left.
Even the smile on her face was no longer there, and what remained was a face full of hurt and bitterness.
Outside the hotel, there were no bright lights or excited voices to bring her warmth. What was there was the cold summer wind.
The occasional wind blew past her, and on normal days, it would have felt comfortable. Right now, however, the wind was like frozen shards piercing through her heart.
“Ah… Zhou Zhuoyang….” Pei Ge whispered the name – the very name that she had been thinking of and memorizing for three whole years.
I suppose if anyone gets into a fight with her boyfriend whom she’s deeply in love with and almost engaged to, and then that boyfriend suddenly disappears… It should be hard to forget, right?
That year when he suddenly disappeared, she could feel herself going crazy, searching high and low at all their favorite spots – the entire city even – but it was to no avail.
Despite the numerous blind dates she had been on, she had never treated them seriously. Subconsciously, she was still waiting for Zhou Zhuoyang to return.
If her mother had not forced her to, she would not have gone on all those blind dates.
Still, she had never imagined… that all her waiting would be for naught.
Pei Ge lifted her head to the night sky.
There was not one star in sight, and even the bright moon was shaded by the evening clouds; the gloomy sky was the exact reflection of her emotions.
“Unsold goods!”
“Serves her right to not have a boyfriend!”
“Don’t be so picky!”
“We are truly in love.”
“Pei Ge! How dare you act all innocent?!”
“Embarrassing….”
…
He he he….
Three-legged frogs might be hard to find on this planet but two-legged men were not!
Why should I, Pei Ge, be dying to live for a man?! Why should I be judged by a jerk like him?!
In the distance, an empty taxi drove toward her.
Pei Ge flagged down and boarded the empty taxi.
“To Bar Vista!”