The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

"Ms. Zhang, long time no see." Gong Cheng tried to make his expression appear natural.

Zhang Miaoyu knew that the other person was really Gong Cheng, and surprise filled her eyes, but she couldn't hide her disappointment at the same time.

"When did you come back? How have you been these years?" Zhang Miaoyu asked.

"I've been back for a while, and I'm doing very well." Gong Cheng replied with indifferent eyes.

Zhang Miaoyu's eyes turned red when she heard this.

"As long as you live a good life, it's my brother who let you down and did so many excessive things to you back then." Zhang Miaoyu said with a guilty look on his face.

Gong Cheng frowned slightly. His body instinctively felt disgusted and resisted when the topic related to that man was mentioned.

"If possible, Miss Zhang, please help me hide the fact that I am returning to China from your brother. I don't want my current peaceful life to be disturbed." Gong Cheng said.

Zhang Miaoyu was stunned when he heard this, with sadness in his eyes.

"He won't bother you anymore, never again." Zhang Miaoyu said.

Gong Cheng pursed his lips and said nothing, but he was not relieved by Zhang Miaoyu's words.

I know very well that he is vindictive, so how could he let me go so easily?

"Gong Cheng, my brother really loved you back then." Zhang Miaoyu suddenly said.

Gong Cheng's expression immediately became displeased upon hearing this, with disgust evident in his eyes. He then grabbed Gu Dongnan's hand, clasped their fingers together, and raised it towards Zhang Miaoyu.

"What does it have to do with me whether he loves me or not? Should I be grateful just because he loves me?"

"His love is a humiliation, an invasion, a burden to me, and something I try to avoid."

"Miss Zhang."

"My lover is right beside me. Please don't say such things that may cause misunderstanding, Miss Zhang. I don't want my lover to be unhappy because of this." Gong Cheng said with a cold face.

Zhang Miaoyu opened her mouth, but the words were stuck between her lips and teeth. Jin Suwen and Zhao Feiyin at the side pulled Zhang Miaoyu and shook her arms.

"Stop talking. It will cause unpleasantness if you continue." Jin Suwen said in a low voice.

Zhang Miaoyu closed his mouth and lowered his head.

"If there is nothing else, my lover and I will leave first." Gong Cheng said.

The three of them didn't respond, so Gong Cheng pulled Gu Dongnan and started to leave.

"Mr. Gong." Zhang Miaoyu looked up and shouted.

Gong Cheng looked back and suppressed his impatience.

"Miss Zhang, is there anything else?" Gong Cheng asked.

"If you are free, go to Nanshan to see him." Zhang Miaoyu said with red eyes.

Gong Cheng was stunned when he heard this. All the impatience in his eyes disappeared, only his pupils shrank and his heart was shocked.

Nanshan is a cemetery.

"I don't understand what you mean." Gong Cheng said in a daze.

"He's in row nine, column eleven."

"I know you don't want to see him, but he won't annoy you by talking anymore."

"Just think of it as a act of kindness and fulfill his last wish to see you before he died, Mr. Gong." Zhang Miaoyu's voice was trembling and hoarse.

"He... is dead?" Gong Cheng asked.

Gong Cheng still couldn't calm down. He felt his heart beating slower and slower as Zhang Miaoyu spoke. The noisy sounds of the people around him laughing and playing also became blurred in his ears.

Gong Cheng looked straight into Zhang Miaoyu's eyes, trying to find any signs of lying in her eyes, but he could only see the almost uncontrollable sadness flowing in her eyes.

"How could he die?" Gong Cheng murmured.

"He died the year you left."

"He killed someone and deserved to die in a cold prison."

"He didn't have any tools to commit suicide, so he bit his wrist with his teeth, chewing off the flesh and veins on his wrist. By the time he was found, he had already died from excessive blood loss."

"But he kept asking me if I had any news about you until the day before he committed suicide in prison."

"Now that he knows you are doing well, he should be able to rest in peace." Zhang Miaoyu said.

Gong Cheng was stunned when he heard this. His heart ached as if it was being squeezed. He opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter a complete sentence. The words were stuck in his throat, making it painful and awkward.

"Suicide?" Gong Cheng squeezed out the broken voice from between his lips and teeth.

How could such an arrogant person be willing to commit suicide?

Gong Cheng clenched his fists, the emotions in his heart surged, making Gong Cheng's face pale.

I should be happy, Gong Cheng thought.

The man finally died.

And he died in such a lonely and miserable way.

I no longer have to live in fear day and night, no longer have to worry about being harassed and retaliated by him, and no longer have to be afraid that my life, which I have worked so hard to live, will be ruined by him.

You should be happy.

Isn't this what I have been looking forward to?

But why can't I breathe now? Why does my heart feel like it's being squeezed and torn apart?

Why can't I be happy and even want to cry?

At this time, Gong Cheng was in a daze, his face had lost color, his body was shaking uncontrollably, and his breathing became rapid and heavy.

Gu Dongnan reached out to support Gong Cheng, who was a little unsteady, with a worried look on his face.

"Xiaocheng? What happened to you? Are you okay?"

Gong Cheng’s vision became blurred, his ears rang and he felt dizzy, and his body leaned weakly on Gu Dongnan.

Gu Dongnan looked at Zhang Miaoyu with a gloomy face.

"Xiaocheng has been trying hard to forget the past over the years, and has finally let go of the psychological harm that person brought him. Now that you insist on telling him these things, it will only add to Xiaocheng's psychological burden." Gu Dongnan said.

Zhang Miaoyu stood there at a loss, looking at Gong Cheng's slumped and weak shoulders, her heart filled with guilt.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have forced you." Zhang Miaoyu said.

Gu Dongnan helped Gong Cheng down the stairs and left. The three of them stood on the stairs and watched their backs as they left.

Zhang Miaoyu's tears finally fell and she wiped them away awkwardly with her hands. Jin Suwen and Zhao Feiyin on the side tried to comfort her in a panic.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have asked you to come to Daoyuan Temple together. Miaomiao originally came out to play happily, but now she's crying." Zhao Feiyin said.

"I didn't mean to embarrass him."

"I know he doesn't love my brother, and I also know he hates him."

"But my brother...he was looking for him until he died."

"I just want my brother to take one last look at him." Zhang Miaoyu said in tears.

Jin Suwen took out a handkerchief from her bag and wiped Zhang Miaoyu's tears.

"We know. We know you have good intentions. We also know that you have a good relationship with your brother. We also know that you used to support them as a couple."

"But Miaomiao, we have grown up. We have to know that this is reality, not a beautiful novel. Not every CP we support can have a happy ending."

"They didn't really want to be together back then. It was your brother who wanted it one-sidedly. He chose the wrong way to love someone and forced the person he loved away."

"He now has his own lover and a new life. Your brother should want him to be happy." Jin Suwen said.

Jin Suwen and Zhao Feiyin coaxed Zhang Miaoyu while helping her down the stairs.

Not far away, a man and a woman were looking at this side.

"Mumu, is the girl you mentioned who you had a crush on for many years the one who was crying in front?" the girl asked.

Qiao Mu felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. He scratched his head with his hand, and emotions were flowing in his eyes.

"Is it so obvious?" Qiao Mu asked.

"It's super obvious, okay? Ever since that girl appeared in front of us, your eyes have been glued to her."

"If you like her so much, why don't you confess to her? I remember you said you have liked her since your freshman year?" the girl teased.

Qiao Mu shook his head when he heard that.

"She won't want to be with me."

"She probably doesn't even remember who I am or know my name."

"The only times I had contact with her were when I was with Gong Cheng in college. I have always been the marginalized one, and she has never paid attention to me." Qiao Mu said dejectedly.

"You think you two definitely have no chance, so why don't you give me a chance?"

"Mumu, since you agreed to come to Daoyuan Temple with me on Valentine's Day, you should understand my feelings, right?"

"I don't mind that you have a white moonlight in your heart, and I will never try to slander or defame the person you once loved."

"I just hope you can give me a chance, and then I will seize this opportunity, work hard to get into your heart, and become the one who can attract your attention." The girl said seriously.

There were ripples in Qiao Mu's eyes, and the corners of his eyes were stained with wet red.

Maybe I should let go of the past.

Qiao Mu heard his own voice.

"it is good."