Chapter 893: She Wished Them Well
She was so cold that it felt like her heart was frozen.
She suddenly wiped at her eyes and soon, her tears started to fall freely. She then broke down and sobbed loudly.
She wasn’t a fool and she could tell from Shaoqian’s apology that it was impossible for them to rekindle their relationship.
Chen Jiahang felt his heart clench and he thought that he was a terrible person as he heard the woman sobbing beside him. He quickly dug out a pack of tissues from his pocket and pulled out a piece for the woman whom he had once loved.
However, Lin Ziya turned away and rejected his gesture of goodwill.
Her eyes were red-rimmed when she turned back to face him and her voice was no longer as clear as before. Instead, she sounded a little hoarse as she asked, “Do you love her?” There was a touch of resentment or reluctance to part with their relationship in her eyes that brimmed with tears.
She had heard about what her boyfriend had been through over the past nine years from Mrs. Gu when she spoke with her over the phone last night. She knew that he had found another woman in the village and this woman was someone he had bought as his wife when he had lost his memories, and they had already been living together for three years.
Chen Jiahang turned away. He didn’t want to hurt her and he knew that there were some words that had the power to cause her even more pain.
“Ziya, I’m really sorry,” he said.
“I know,” Lin Ziya looked down and concealed the pain and sorrow in her eyes.
Tears fell from her eyes and landed on her skirts.
Chen Jiahang took off his coat and placed it over her shoulders. This was the only way he knew how to comfort her.
“Does she treat you well?” Lin Ziya suddenly looked up and smiled wryly as she looked at the man beside her.
Chen Jiahang did not respond but he gave her a small nod. He knew how well He Xiyan treated him and this was the reason why he felt that he could not hurt nor abandon her no matter what.
“If that’s the case, I wish you well. Shaoqian…” Lin Ziya said as she forced herself to smile.
Chen Jiahang also pasted an equally forced smile on his face.
“Thank you, Ziya,” he said softly.
Lin Ziya placed a hand on the railing behind her for support as she slowly rose to her feet. She did not bid him farewell nor did she promise to see him again, but she started to take steps forward. She walked very slowly as though she was walking on a road paved with sharp knives but she did not turn back.
She had already guessed the outcome of this meeting yesterday. She didn’t expect that her heart would hurt so badly after she personally heard Shaoqian validate the fact that he had fallen for someone else who didn’t match up to her qualities in any way. She didn’t understand why he would choose this person. They had once been so deeply in love with each other and if not for his accident, they probably would have children by this point.
Lin Ziya placed a hand over her chest where it felt like a knife had plunged deep into her heart. The pain was so intense that it left her breathless. She was in pain and she didn’t want to accept this fact but there was nothing she could do.
Chen Jiahang remained in the small wooden ht and he watched the woman he had once loved slowly walk further and further away. He didn’t offer to send her back, neither did he offer to buy a meal because he knew that his gestures would hurt her even more. He didn’t wish to hurt two women at the same time.