It was one night late at night, except for the place where Chen Qingyi and I were sitting, everything around was already wet with dew. At this time, Chen Qingyi still had no plans to go back. She seemed to be preparing to sit here for the night.

"Zhang Yixi, go back, don't have to accompany me..." Chen Qingyi said to me softly, but she still hugged her knees and looked into the distance with a blank look.

I looked at her, sat up from the lawn, and said to her with a sleepy mood: "We have been sitting there for a long time, and we have to go to work tomorrow, let's go back together."

Chen Qingyi still shook her head resolutely, and I frowned and said, "How could I leave you here alone in the middle of the night? You were deliberately letting me spend time with you like this?"

Chen Qingyi was silent. I shook my head and took cigarettes into my pocket, but found that the cigarette had been smoked. I kneaded the cigarette box into a ball, threw it aside, and lay on the grass again. This time I closed my eyes.

.........

"Zhang Yixi, would you like to listen to my story?" Chen Qingyi said to me softly after a long time.

I was stunned for a moment, then sat up from the lawn and said, "It will be more comfortable to say it. If you can trust me, Zhang Yixi, please tell me." After that, I nodded to Chen Qingyi.

Chen Qingyi looked at me and nodded slightly. But I suddenly sat up and said to Chen Qingyi, "Wait, I'll go to the car to get a pack of cigarettes."

"I have it, do you smoke a lady?" Chen Qingyi said, taking out a box of mint women's Jinling Twelve Chairpins from her small bag and handed it to me.

I took the cigarette from Chen Qingyi's hand and asked with a smile: "Do you smoke too?"

"Um."

I nodded. In fact, people who are unhappy usually use cigarettes to fill the emptiness in their hearts and relieve the pain during emptiness.

I opened the cigarette and lit it, and slowly spit out the smoke from my outlet. Chen Qingyi then spoke, "He was met when I was in college in Zhejiang. When we were in junior year, we started dating. It has been many years since we calculated the days... Maybe I was the mistress in others' eyes, but I didn't care about him. When we started dating, he had just quit his job from the unit and started his business. At that time, he had nothing, but he gave me many warm and happy days. Later, his business improved and came to Nantong to develop. I happened to graduate. Without thinking, I followed him to Nantong..." Chen Qingyi's emotions were a little out of control. She covered her forehead with her hands, her body trembling constantly, and she burst into tears.

I didn't say anything to comfort her. I knew that at this time, her emotions needed to be vented like this. I just patted her back gently and told her not to be too sad.

After a long time, Chen Qingyi finally took away the hand covering her forehead, with tears on her face and said with a self-deprecating smile: "But, I didn't expect that he had already started home before dating me... I was very sad. I experienced so much with him... I love him... I can't accept that he treats me like this, but..." Chen Qingyi said here, shook her head in pain, and could no longer say anything.

I sighed softly and said, "But you can no longer extricate yourself from this love! Right?"

It took Chen Qingyi a long time to nod, but I was shocked. After listening to Chen Qingyi's experience, I realized how riddled her heart was. A woman who was so proud gave up so much for a man regardless of everything, but she got only a deception and a third party identity. Love gave her heart-wrenching pain.

At this time, I recalled a detail on the opening day, as if the man who drove a silver-gray Maserati was the man who hurt Chen Qingyi. That day, Chen Qingyi seemed to reject him very much. Perhaps he was not invited by Chen Qingyi at all, but he arrived uninvited when he heard the news.

I asked softly, "If I was not wrong, the coffee shop opened that day and he came, right?"

Chen Qingyi nodded and said in a sad tone: "I have made up my mind to separate my relationship with him several times, but every time I see him appearing in front of me drunk and saying that he loves me, I will return to him regardless of everything. I can't make up my mind to leave him, but... I feel even more painful!"

Looking at Chen Qingyi's painful appearance, I suddenly felt like I was sympathetic. I was the same with Mo Han. I thought about ending my relationship with her, but just her words "I love you" made me desperate again... Thinking of Mo Han, thinking of Lin Xi, and thinking of the other girlfriends, I felt a little sad. Why can't I meet a woman like Chen Qingyi who is desperate for love? All the women around me were almost so determined when they left me, but what they left me was unspeakable pain.

......

After being silent for a long time, Chen Qingyi finally said to me: "Zhang Yixi, please do me a favor, okay?"

I said with almost no hesitation: "You said, there is no problem."

Seeing that I agreed so readily, Chen Qingyi showed a strange look on her face. In fact, she didn't know that the reason why I agreed so readily was because I admire her a woman who doesn't care about material things but is willing to do anything for love.

"I have recently seen gossip about us circulating on the Internet. I think:...this scandal will help me get out of this bottomless abyss." Chen Qingyi said slowly.

I instantly understood what Chen Qingyi meant, and I said, "You want me to cooperate with you to act in a loving drama in front of him to get rid of his entanglement with you, right?"

Chen Qingyi nodded and said, "Well, he already knows this rumor and has been asking me for confirmation. I believe: when I appear in front of him with you, he will believe this rumor."

I thought for a moment, nodded and said, "No problem, I will help you. After you determine the time of meeting, call me."

"Thank you, Zhang Yixi." Chen Qingyi said to me with gratitude, paused, and said with some concern: "Would you like to tell Lin Xi this? I'm afraid she will misunderstand."

I shook my head and said, "There is no need for this, she and I are just friends."

"Is it impossible for you and Lin Xi..." Chen Qingyi asked this question that I didn't want to answer in a hesitation.

I shrugged and said, "I think you know about our affairs. After breaking up, we are all away from the original origin and are getting further and further away. We have no way back."

After I said this, Chen Qingyi didn't say much to me. At this time, she couldn't take care of herself. I think she no longer had the extra energy to care about other people's affairs.

After stopping, I patted her shoulder and said, "Let's go, don't stay here. I think: When you leave here, what awaits you is a brand new life. A friend once told me: The end of one road is the beginning of another road, and I firmly believe it!"

Chen Qingyi nodded and said, "I hope I will really set foot on the starting point of another road this time..."

I nodded with certainty and walked towards the river bank with Chen Qingyi in the night.

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Chapter completed!