"Nini..."

Li Tingyan looked powerless, as if trapped in a swamp of pain.

But at this moment, the emotionally broken Nianyang couldn’t sense anything wrong with him. She looked at him with disappointment,

"Look at what you’ve become now. You said you would love me forever, never hide anything from me, but you’ve deceived me, Tingyan, our relationship is so fragile. I know there are too many men in this world who can’t commit to loving only one person forever.

Men are creatures driven by desires, unable to endure loneliness, and will not always stay with just one woman.

But I always thought you were different from them, and now I realize I was wrong, completely wrong."

Li Tingyan reached out to hold Nianyang in his arms. "Nini, what am I supposed to say? I haven’t changed, we haven’t changed."

"Then what is going on between you and Yin Tang? Give me a reasonable explanation!"

"Nini... don’t push me..." Li Tingyan said softly, "I can’t tell you right now, please wait for me a bit longer."

"Wait for you, wait for you again, how long have I already waited for you!"

Nianyang finally couldn’t hold back and started crying, making Li Tingyan’s heart break, "Li Tingyan, do you know? The night before last, something happened in my store, and I wanted so much to tell you, to have you share the burden, but you weren’t there. At critical moments, you’re never there..."

"I’m sorry, Nini, for making you suffer, I deserve to die!"

"It’s not that I feel wronged when you’re not there. I feel wronged because, while you’re ignoring me, you’re paying attention to other women!"

Nianyang sniffled, "Shi Feng says our love is too weak, that we won’t make it to the end, but I told him.

In the future, I’ll grow with you. We’re not just lovers; we’re also each other’s mentors and friends.

But Tingyan, you keep asking me to wait for you. Why can’t you wait for me? I haven’t even caught up with you, yet you’re already gone?"

"No, I haven’t disappeared. I’ve always been here, never left. Yin Tang and I, I have reasons, explanations. You can’t just kill me with one stroke!"

"What reasons are worth this? If you have such a reason now, will there be other reasons in the future? Li Tingyan, do you think I’m a robot, that I don’t feel pain? Why do you think I’ll understand you just because of this so-called reason? Do you know that by the time I understand, I might not love you anymore!"

Even though Nianyang was smiling, the indifference and self-mockery in her smile made Li Tingyan’s heart clench.

It was as if a hand had pierced into his left atrium, gripping tightly onto his vibrant heart, squeezing it severely, bringing forth a suffocating pain from the deepest part.

Nianyang calmed herself, "Alright, I don’t want to say anything more. It’s honestly quite pointless. If you’re going to act this way because of reasons, I can’t stop you. Let’s just... let it be this way..."

Li Tingyan’s eyes quickly filled with intensity, and his breathing became heavy,

"Nini, what are you saying? Are you saying you’re done with me? Are you crazy? How can you bear to say such a thing?"

"Then how could you bear to hurt me so cruelly?"

Nianyang touched her chest, her throat aching from crying, her voice hoarse as she spoke,

"I saw you with another woman, and my heart hurt a lot. Did you understand me? You really... are so selfish..."...