Afterwards until Yuanxiao, when Ruan Jiang went to visit Professor Chen, it happened that Professor Li was at his home.

  At the dinner table, Mrs. Chen asked why Ruan Jianglin didn't bring Jiangyan with him, he smiled and said he would bring her next time.

  Professor Li picked up the topic: "It's probably going to have to wait until next year."

  Mrs. Chen was puzzled, first looking at Ruan Jianglin and then seeing Professor Li's face full of praise: "Jiang Yan is our school's seedling this year, after the beginning of the year she will go to Yale as an exchange student."

  Ruan Jianglin had never heard her mention this before, and when he learned about it from someone else, he couldn't help but feel shocked, but more so angry, with a suffocating feeling in his heart.

  However, he did not reveal his emotions in his expression, no matter what emotion it was, he would habitually put on a poker face.

  "That's really great."

  After dinner, Ruan Jianglin took the initiative to find Professor Li and chatted in a big circle before getting to the point. He slowly opened his mouth and asked: "Do you know what day Jiangyan left?"

  Professor Li was somewhat surprised that Jiang Yan's departure date had been set from the beginning, and as her boyfriend, he should have known.

  Ruan Jianglin immediately understood Professor Li's meaning and calmly said, "She has been making trouble for me recently."

  He simply said one sentence, too lightly and carelessly.

  Professor Li suddenly realized and smiled, then patted Ruan Jianglin's back: "Then you'd better hurry up, if there's no change in the schedule, I know it's tomorrow."

  Ruan Jiang paused for a moment and curled up the corner of his mouth.

  That day, he didn't even have dinner and drove directly to her place.

  It wasn't until then that I discovered they were redecorating over there, and the worker said she had sold the house.

  He sat in the car and let out a snort of laughter, somewhat self-deprecating, what was he even doing?

  The man sat in the car and smoked for a long time, taking deep drags with each puff, which helped to alleviate some of his anxiety.

  He never thought Jiang Yan would make such a big deal out of it, including that night when Jiang Yan told him it was over, he just thought she was being playful again.

  Because he was originally not with Gu Qing, but only agreed to her condition, accompanied her to an event, and boosted the box office of her new movie.

  Those entertainment paparazzi are like a swarm of flies, they can infinitely magnify a small point, so he didn't do much explanation, he thought Jiang Nai could understand and would understand.

  So what's the point of this? She says it's over and it's really over? What about Ruan Jianglin then?

  He took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, he rarely had such patience, dialing one after another.

  Finally, the person opposite answered.

  Jiang Yan didn't speak up and waited for Ruan Jianglin to talk. He had been impatiently calling her so many times, there must be something he wanted to say.

  "Where is it?" The man's voice was somewhat low and hoarse, probably from smoking too much.

  "The airport." she said calmly.

  He quietly clenched his phone, isn't it tomorrow?

  Jiang Yan changed her ticket because the evening flight was cheaper.

  "Jiang Yan, can't you just stop it?" He said with some impatience.

  Jiang Yan let out a soft snort, and even now, he still thought she was being petty.

  "Ruan Jianglin, don't call me again." She spoke like a gust of wind, as if she would float away lightly the next second.

  She glanced up at the constantly scrolling airport screens, it was time for her to board.

  At that moment, Ruan Jianglin suddenly realized that the little girl was not quarreling with him, but was truly heartbroken and wanted to leave.

  Ruan Jianglin said: "Jiang Yan, you regret it, I don't care."

  "I won't."

  He suddenly felt a bit wooden and hadn't said anything to retain her.

  Ruan Jianglin was a spoiled young master, who would make him willingly stay?

  He just felt that if he didn't say anything, it would be as if Jiang Yan had really left.

  "Is waiting for me okay?"

  He was still at Hua's place, originally thinking it was her flight tomorrow.

  Ruan Jianglin didn't stop her from leaving either. If she wanted to study, that was fine too. He would support her all the way until she got a PhD, and even after that, as long as she was willing.

  "Ruan Jianglin, tell me, what am I waiting for you? Waiting for the prodigal son to return with a golden promise, or just passing through the sea of flowers without leaving any mark?"

  She gave a soft laugh, laughing at both herself and him.

  "Jiang Yan, let's start again."

  He suddenly thought of her crying with red eyes that night, a pair of good-looking eyes full of broken feelings.

  He admits he wasn't good enough for her, possibly because he knew she loved him enough, no matter what he did, she would stay.

  "After a long time, Jiang Yan said slowly, 'Ruan Jianglin, I still can't let go of you.'"

  She can't let go of either the good or the bad.

  "I admit, when it comes to you, I'm all regret."

  "You won't understand my despair and heartbreak, so let's just end it here. You're not the type to cling on, and neither am I."

  She hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

  As the plane took off, she looked down and saw the city in a riot of neon lights, shining brightly, until it became smaller and smaller, until it was just a black dot.

  At that moment, she suddenly realized that Ruan Jianglin was her lifelong regret.

  He held his phone and was stunned for a long time.

  He was quiet to the point of being terrifying, and the words that reached his lips were no longer spoken. It was as if a fish bone had stuck in his throat, and his heart seemed to have its arteries blocked, swelling with pain, painful to the point where his eyes felt sour.

  For him, it was Ruan Jianglin's first time to truly learn the meaning of regret.

  In his twenty-eight years of life, he seemed to have lived with extraordinary abandon and smoothness, as long as it was what he wanted, there was nothing that could not be reached.

  For him, within his ability range, there is only whether he wants to or not, but Jiang Yan has exceeded this range.

  That night when Jiang Yan walked away, Ye Chen said that Ruan Jianglin had gone mad. He had never seen Ruan Jianglin look so crazed and bewildered before, with eyes as red as a monkey's.

  Later, Gu Qing came again, and it was another coincidence in design. This time, her coincidence happened to hit Ruan Jianglin's muzzle.

  He grabbed her collar and slammed her heavily against the wall, in that instant Gu Qing only felt that Ruan Jianglin was like he wanted to kill her, she almost suffocated.

  She had been following him for a long time and had never seen him like this before, not even after he quarreled with his father.

  Among Ruan Jianglin's ex-girlfriends, she is absolutely the most favored one, because she is the only one who still has a "thread of connection" with Ruan Jianglin.

  His face was gloomy, with a pair of peach blossom eyes that were exceptionally bright red, and after drinking, his whole body had a decadent feel.

  "Gu Qing, are you treating me like a fool?" His voice was like a chunk of ice, cold enough to make people shiver involuntarily.

  He was so angry that he almost didn't breathe, Ye Chen and others hurriedly came forward to pull him, afraid that he would kill someone.

  He let go of his hand and suddenly had a cold smile on his face, which was particularly chilling: "Get out, or not?"

  Gu Qing couldn't hear what Ruan Jianglin was saying at all. She had never seen Ruan Jianglin like this before.

  Ye Chen hastily waved her hand, signaling her to hurry up and leave. She pulled the hem of her skirt, which had almost been torn by Ruan Jianglin, and stumbled out in a flurry.

  Ye Chen once suspected that Ruan Jiang Lin would drink himself to death in the bar, but later it was Ruan Jiang Jin who came to take him away.

  (End of chapter)