In recent days, Beicheng has been snowing continuously, and there is accumulated snow everywhere on the streets. There are many fewer pedestrians on the road.

  New Year's Day is approaching, and the residents' committee has hung colorful lanterns on both sides of the road at the entrance of the community.

  Jiang Yan gazed at these scenes, these people below the building, and she could watch them for half a day.

  She held her mobile phone in her hand, with her index finger paused on the page of Ruan Jianglin's phone book.

  Exited and entered again, exited and entered again, repeated many times before pressing the dial button.

  The phone rang for a very long time, but he didn't answer it.

  She pursed her bloodless lips again and dialed once more. After seven beeps, the call was answered.

  The long unheard voice was somewhat low and husky, "Hm?"

  She took a deep breath and cleared her throat so she could speak clearly.

  "Where are you?"

  He replied: "On a business trip."

  "I'm dead."

  Ruan Jianglin: "Uh-huh."

  The moment she hung up the phone, Jiang Yan's tears burst out like a flood, and she couldn't hold back anymore.

  He cheated her again, his voice was hoarse from last night's drunkenness.

  She never exposed his lies, which were extremely perfunctory, but now she can no longer use the excuse "he's still willing to deceive you" to numb herself.

  She opened the window, regardless of her own fragile health after a serious illness.

  The cold wind blew in, tears blowing into her mouth, and she hummed as she covered her entire face, which seemed to make her feel a little better.

  *

  After New Year's Day, Jiang Yan returned to school.

  It's been so long since I've had class, I'm quite afraid of failing.

  Professor Qian asked her again if she had decided to go on exchange.

  Jiang Yan was still hesitant, so she said let her think carefully and give a reply before the final exam.

  There was a chance for practice in the hospital, Jiang Yan and his group were all assigned to go, it was the premiere of some movie, they went to ask for advice.

  However, there is still a certain difference between natural photography and film production. Anyway, it's an opportunity to hone their skills, and the whole group went.

  Professor Qian specifically instructed them to listen carefully and said they would have to write a review afterwards.

  Before then, Jiang Yan didn't even know the name of the movie, let alone who was acting in it.

  The venue is very large because it's a premiere, and the movie stars and special guests will all be coming.

  Jiang Yan and others arrived at the scene ahead of time, waiting for a while inside the scene, before the director and others gradually arrived.

  Many media professionals in the industry were invited to the scene, and this film is a big opening play for the year. If you can get a headline, the reporter's year-end bonus during the Spring Festival will be settled.

  Jiang Yan never thought she would run into Ruan Jianglin here, let alone that he was a specially invited guest of honor.

  His arm was wrapped around a slender white hand, and Jiang Yan's eyes were fixed on it at once.

  Tonight, Gu Qing was dressed to impress, and when she appeared on stage with Ruan Jianglin, the media present were instantly abuzz.

  The flash was dazzling, but Gu Da Ying was used to such scenes and smiled naturally.

  Jiang Yan was momentarily blinded by the flash and felt a sharp pain. She stood on the stairs, still holding her camera in her hand.

  The man who told her he was "on a business trip" is now holding hands with his ex-girlfriend, accompanying her to her movie event.

  A bitter taste in her heart that she couldn't express, Jiangyan curled up the corner of her lips with some self-mockery.

  Ruan Jiang wore a dignified black suit tonight, someone previously said that his face didn't enter the entertainment industry was a pity, immediately someone retorted, "He is a talent cultivated by the entertainment industry, not a mix of the entertainment industry".

  Mr. Ruan, who has been absent from the entertainment headlines for a long time, seems to be hanging on the hot search again for a few days.

  There are journalists discussing, isn't it an industry rumor that these two have been broken up for a long time?

  As a result, some terms immediately became hot searches.

  "Behind every successful woman is a man who has been waiting for her to marry into a wealthy family."

  "Gu Qing reunites with a certain investment banking big shot again"

  The heat of the movie also brought it up together.

  Jiang Yan's hands trembled and if it weren't for the camera hanging around her neck, she was afraid it would have fallen to the ground, which she couldn't afford.

  Ruan Jiang swept his gaze over here and met Jiang Yan's eyes.

  She stood there, tall and thin, with a few more parts of despair and heartbreak in her clear and cold eyes that shouldn't be there.

  Ruan Jiang's heart tightened unconsciously, and Jiang Yan looked at him with an open mouth, but ultimately didn't make any movement.

  He still had that calm and natural, high-and-mighty demeanor. Gu Qing whispered something in his ear, he hooked his lips, and walked away with the woman.

  Jiang Yan didn't feel like taking pictures, and although the air conditioner was clearly on in the room, she felt as if she were in an ice cellar.

  She handed the camera over to the team leader and then left the scene.

  She only then noticed that there were posters of Gu Qing all over the place. How come she hadn't seen them before?

  She seemed to have lost her soul, wandering aimlessly on the streets.

  The snow in Beicheng this year seems to be falling endlessly, and it has been falling continuously for nearly half a month.

  She stamped her foot on the ground, leaving deep and shallow prints of hers.

  That night, she returned to the house Ruan Jiang had sent her to.

  She sent Ruan Jiang a message saying she was waiting for him here.

  The snow on her clothes had melted into water, soaking her clothes completely.

  She sat alone on the sofa for a long time, with her legs bent and her head buried in them, crying for a long time, then laughing again like a madman.

  Until she couldn't cry another drop of tears, she realized that her eyes were a bit dry, her throat was like blocked with blood, and there was a rusty taste.

  She didn't know how long she had waited when she heard the sound of the door opening.

  He came in with a chill and the scent of perfume on his body.

  This flavor, ginger smoke has smelled before, just last time was very light.

  It's stronger this time, it turns out it's the scent of perfume on Gu Qing's body.

  He turned on the light first, came in and took off his coat, and saw Jiangyan sitting on the sofa.

  The light was a bit dazzling, and her pair of tear-swollen eyes looked particularly pitiful.

  "Why aren't you sleeping yet?" he asked.

  No matter what happens, he can still speak with a calm and composed tone, as if nothing has happened.

  Or maybe he just chose to ignore the questions he didn't want to answer or think about.

  But he clearly knew why she was like this.

  She cried so much that she didn't even have the strength to lift her eyelids, and only asked, "Ruan Jianglin, why do you like playing so much?"

  He looked at her and still dragged on this topic, seemingly a bit annoyed, "You just found out I like to play today?"

  He had a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth, still with an air of nonchalance and indifference.

  It seemed to him that this was another silent farce of Jiangyan, and after the event, he would coax her with a few words, and she would follow him willingly, letting him play with her.

  She suddenly burst out laughing, and tears also came out with her laughter. "Ruan Jianglin, aren't you going to explain?"

  Is what he said true? Is she really that easy to deceive? Not even bothering to explain?

  "Jiang Yan, can't you stop being suspicious of everything for one day?" He gathered his playful and irreverent smile, furrowed his brow and said.

  Ruan Jianglin had never been very obedient to others, and no one dared to control him.

  But Ruan Jianglin didn't know that because he was too emotional, he would think too much, and in the end, everything would fall apart.

  (End of chapter)