Chapter 392: Broken Trust
Ye Feimo’s car spun in a circle and hit the guardrail. The headlights were almost completely shattered, and the guardrail was badly dented. Ye Feimo wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, and his body slammed forward, hitting the steering wheel. A sharp pain shot through his chest before he was thrown back into his seat.
The other driver got out of his car, grumbling, and walked over, pointing and cursing at Ye Feimo. He was a big, burly man in a jacket with a thick gold chain. He was foaming at the mouth, cursing at Ye Feimo and demanding that he pay for the damages.
The other driver’s Bentley had hit the guardrail. The headlights were shattered, and the front of the car was dented. It needed to be repaired, and the car wasn’t cheap. Ye Feimo glanced at him in the rearview mirror and coldly said, "Get lost!"
The man raised his fist to hit him, but Ye Feimo started his car and drove away without a second thought. The man was shocked and quickly got out of the way. Ye Feimo was already gone...
In that moment, an even more painful thought came to Ye Feimo’s mind. He wished he had just crashed, so he wouldn’t know anything. Even if he had amnesia, it would be better than being betrayed again.
First, it was Han Bi, and now, it was Wen Nuan. Seven years later, it happened all over again. The first time, he was able to get back on his feet. What about this time?
Wen Nuan’s betrayal was a fatal blow. He didn’t know how to face her. He was afraid that if he didn’t leave, he wouldn’t be able to control the demon inside him. He would go back and strangle them both.
Including Wen Nuan.
*Why?*
He had a bad feeling when he heard Wen Nuan on the phone yesterday. Fang Liucheng asked her if she was done, as she had been in the restroom for a long time. He knew something was wrong. On top of that, Wen Nuan’s heavy breathing on the phone sounded so strange and intimate.
He was very worried. She hadn’t told him what was going on, only that she was talking about something. She didn’t even say she was with Fang Liucheng. He had to ask Tang Mandong to find out that Fang Liucheng was planning to invest in a film and wanted her to work with Han Bi.
That’s when he finally relaxed. But it got very late, and she said she would be back soon. It was 11 p.m., and she still hadn’t come home. He couldn’t reach her, and he couldn’t reach Fang Liucheng either. So he called Han Bi.
Han Bi said they had all left at 10 p.m. and that she was already home resting.
It took an hour to get from the GK East Hotel to his house. Han Bi said that Wen Nuan was a little drunk and that she might have been delayed on the road. Ye Feimo trusted Fang Liucheng. He was a decent man, at least when it came to Wen Nuan.
He waited until midnight, but she still wasn’t home. Mo Yao had called him to talk about the Long family, which delayed him for over an hour. Later, he called Han Bi again to confirm the location of their dinner and went to find them.
It was a strange coincidence that Han Bi was also outside and stopped him from going into the hotel.
Lin Ning and Cai Xiaojing were coming back from a late-night movie. They had a small argument on the way. Cai Xiaojing’s house was nearby, so when they came back, they saw Ye Feimo and Han Bi arguing outside the hotel. Out of curiosity, they went over to see what was going on. That’s when they found out that Wen Nuan hadn’t come home yet.
He swore he never wanted to remember the scene he saw when he entered that room. Thinking about it felt like a dagger to his heart.
His stomach started to hurt. Ye Feimo silently drove, pushing the gas pedal to the floor. It was the only way he could lessen the despair in his heart. *Wen Nuan... Wen Nuan...* No matter why it happened, that scene was too much for him to handle.
Ye Feimo drove to the riverbank alone. He thought about his and Wen Nuan’s journey, and it all felt like a joke. Was he not good enough for her? Was he not good enough for her?
He asked himself. He had given her everything he could. Why did this happen?
Wen Nuan and Fang Liucheng, room 5208...
Wen Nuan and he had met because she had gone to the wrong room, missing room 5208. But now? How ironic.
Ye Feimo covered his head in sadness. He had never felt so humiliated in his life.
Never...
He had never been so humiliated.
He had showered her with love, only to be slapped in the face.
The sky was getting brighter. The morning mist covered him, a blanket of despair that was impossible to see through.
He thought back to the decade-long promise Wen Nuan had made with him right here. Ye Feimo let out a small laugh. *A decade-long promise...*
Now, it all felt like it had been blown away by the wind.
He couldn’t forgive any of this.
Whether it was on purpose or not, he couldn’t forgive it. Thinking about Wen Nuan and Fang Liucheng... his heart felt like it had been bitten by a snake. It was cold and suffocatingly painful.
*"Ye Feimo, you didn’t learn your lesson from seven years ago. You deserve this!"*
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When Lin Ning and Cai Xiaojing brought Wen Nuan back, she was conscious. She sat there like a puppet, not saying a word. She had a faint feeling that things were over between her and Ye Feimo.
Not only could Ye Feimo not forgive her, but she also couldn’t forgive herself.
She wanted to cry, but no tears came out. She wanted to tell Cai Xiaojing that she really didn’t know anything, but her defense felt like a weak and helpless whimper. Her words were pale.
She didn’t hear a word of what Cai Xiaojing and Lin Ning were talking about.
When they went upstairs, Ye Feimo still wasn’t back.
The lights in the room were on. He hadn’t turned them off when he left. Wen Nuan curled up on the sofa. Was this considered catching someone in the act? She gave a hollow laugh. She never thought she would have a day like this. When she heard Han Bi’s story, she felt so much for Ye Feimo back then. But now that it was happening to them, all she felt was heartbreak and despair.
*Feimo must be so disappointed in me.*
She didn’t know whose fault this was, but in the end, it was definitely not his.
Wen Nuan’s body was cold. All her senses seemed to have been taken away. She waited for Ye Feimo to come back, but he never did. For the first time, she felt that waiting was so long.
It felt as if something had created a very long distance between them.
She tried her best to run and close the distance between them, but her feet were like they were rooted to the ground. She couldn’t move.
The sun came up...
Watching the sunrise from the 44th floor was truly beautiful. The morning light was shining and warm, but she couldn’t feel the warmth. It was light out. Why hadn’t Feimo come back yet? Was it because he didn’t want to see her?
Wen Nuan hugged herself helplessly. Could he just listen to her say one thing?
Even just one word.
She was afraid he couldn’t.
She had already been convicted and sentenced to death.