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"you've changed."

"Don't say such meaningless words."

"I'm serious, Xu Junyan."

I looked out the car window, and the light falling from the street lamps turned into hazy colors in my eyes.Tang Mo was driving in front, not daring to say a word.

I find it extremely embarrassing to discuss relationship issues in front of my subordinates.Although Yang Chen didn't say who he fought with, I can almost conclude that the one who appeared today and had a problem with Yang Chen can only be Song Cheng.

Song Cheng had already left when I arrived.I couldn't see the specific situation clearly, and I didn't know if Yang Chen was injured, but I could hear Tang Mo was extremely nervous, and immediately said to drive him to the hospital.He has always been brave, but he didn't say no on the spot, presumably because he suffered from Song Cheng.

This kind of thing happened at the banquet, and as the person in charge, I couldn't refuse, so I got into the car together.

As a result, it didn't take long for Yang Chen to recover after driving out, and he refused to go to the hospital no matter what, and ordered Tang Mo to drive him to the place where he lived alone.I understood his stubborn character, tried a few words of persuasion to no avail, and reluctantly asked Tang Mo to change direction.

Yang Chen didn't know which tendon was wrong, he refused to answer my question just now, but after a while he took the initiative to talk.Sitting in the back seat of the car, I could feel Tang Mo's curiosity expanding infinitely, and I didn't want to answer this kind of ambiguous talk.

"If you don't want to go to the hospital, then you should also contact your private doctor." I pursed my lips and avoided the previous topic, "If something really happens, I can't explain it to Uncle Yang."

He still refused to let go: "You were drugged by that guy? Since he is here, he already knows that you are lying, right?"

"Mr. Yang!" I said slightly annoyed, "This is my private matter, you have no right to intervene, please show some respect!"

"I have no right to intervene?" He sneered, "I think your eyes are not good, and your brain is not very good."

Tang Mo didn't know about my relationship with Yang Chen, and always regarded me as an admirable boss.Arguing in front of her embarrasses me to the extreme. Yang Chen is always like this. He easily destroys the image I have carefully crafted in front of others. It doesn't matter if his words will make me lose face.

"It's all thanks to you."

He was silent for a few seconds, and said firmly, "You hate me."

"It's not the same thing at all." I was overwhelmed by the sense of powerlessness, and I didn't care about the outsiders in front of me, so I blurted out the words in my heart, "Yang Chen, I have said many times, I don't hate you, and I don't want to take revenge on you, because now I I have no feelings for you anymore, do you understand? You are at best a partner to me! I just want to separate from you completely, you said you don’t care about me, then don’t do such stupid things that cause misunderstanding!”

I don't know where the courage came from, or it was the blood of the moment, and in the end I almost growled.

"...You promised." I let out a deep breath, "Don't bother Song Cheng and Brother Yucheng anymore, just pretend nothing happened."

He didn't speak.

I suddenly felt fortunate that I couldn't see his side face clearly in the dim car, so I could calmly say, "If you don't remember, let me remind you. Tomorrow is my birthday. I hope you can fulfill this promise."

He finally responded, and said bluntly, "I remember."

I was stunned, Yang Chen repeated: "I remember."

It took me a moment to realize that he said he remembered my birthday.

Maybe I should smile, but I can't make any expression: "I'm sorry."

I don't care who should apologize first in these years of entanglement, and who can tell which party is more wrong.

Proud, outstanding, out of reach.

As long as Yang Chen wants it, he can get it, there is nothing in this world that he can't get.

White, round and radiant.

The clam devours the rough gravel over and over again, turning it from a heretic to a believer, from alienation to integration.Finally, the closed body was cut open with a dagger, and the flawless creation was taken out from the soft internal organs.It is because of this cruel process that the result is more expensive, more crystal clear, and more worthy of him.

Actually I should never have kept that pearl brooch in the first place.

Mingming knew early on that no matter how perfect a pearl is, there is a grain of sand wrapped in its depth.In the end, it was as expected, and the heart that was held out was bloody, until I couldn't stand the dull pain.

Even in the dark night, the diamond on Yang Chen's chest shone brightly due to the fleeting lights outside the car.

Today's brooch suits him perfectly, I think.

"The boss... is here."

Tang Mo's voice was very soft, and her due diligence saved the frozen atmosphere in the car: "Mr. Yang, I'll take you up."

"No need." Yang Chen's voice had no warmth, "Xu Junyan, come with me."

He probably had something to say to me alone, and I had no reason to refuse, and told Tang Mo to wait here for my contact.

"Boss, is it convenient for you to be alone?" She said worriedly, "I will accompany you to send Mr. Yang..."

"No, just wait in the car."

If Yang Chen really wants to do something to me, even bringing one more Tang Mo along won't help.

He grabbed my wrist and led me forward. There was a slightly sticky touch between his warm fingers. I realized that it might be the wound from the fight that was bleeding.But he didn't seem to care about it at all, and he held it tightly.

In the car, I was too unfeeling, and I couldn't say anything I cared about at the moment.

Yang Chen's actions were full of anger, and the sound of slamming the door shocked me.I was dragged forward by him, I lived in this apartment for a while, and knew that I was being pulled into the master bedroom.

He let go of his hand and rummaged through boxes and cabinets, not knowing what he was looking for.I quickly looked at the light carefully, and sure enough there was a bloodstain on my wrist.How badly his hand was injured, he must have tried his best, I don't know how Song Cheng's situation is, but I hope nothing happened to him...

When I was distracted, Yang Chen seemed to have found what he was looking for.

I was confused, he pressed my hand irresistibly, and tore a portfolio in half.

Don't know what's on it, but I have a hunch it's something important.The desperate attempt to break free was useless under Yang Chen's suppression, and he could only watch the stack of papers inside being torn to shreds in his blurred vision.

He stretched out his hand and lifted the confetti into the air, and the shreds of paper fell on me one after another.I dazedly reached out and grabbed a piece of paper to see what was written, but I still couldn't make out the densely packed small characters.

"What are you doing?!"

I was angry and anxious, but Yang Chen seemed to see something interesting.The more I asked, the more inexplicably happy he became, and finally he even burst out laughing.

"Yang Chen, you're crazy." I turned cold, "Are you trying to scare me? I don't care what's inside, I just need you to abide by what you said, don't anger Song Cheng, we have nothing to do from tomorrow on."

He finally returned to normal, and said condescendingly: "Xu Junyan, I will give you another chance. Before you leave this room, I will allow you to come back to me."

"Who cares about something like me?" I echoed what he said, "Remember what you said? You wouldn't. Whatever your reason for saying it, to humiliate or to vent , I don't hate you for it, but I won't forget either."

I stepped on those scraps of paper and left without hesitation. When I passed by Yang Chen, I heard him say: "Xu Junyan, you have changed."

"I just don't want to be your dog anymore." I closed my eyes, "What's the use of saying this, we're completely finished. Just pretend we never met, at least give each other a good ending."

One step, two steps, three steps.

Step out of this door, out of this room I know so well.The full stop between Yang Chen and me was completely drawn, and finally fell like a pearl from the palm of my hand, and rolled into the dark bed, never to be found again.

Hold on to the things you like firmly, and if you lose them, you will never get them back.

"Xu Junyan, well said, just pretend we haven't met before—"

There was a cruel smile in his voice, just like when the boy stepped on my torn notebook and asked me if I wanted to sleep with him.

"——Then it seems that you would rather live your life as the son of a rapist than wash away this identity."