Chapter 316: Are You Contemptible or What?
Yu Linna was brainstorming her new novel.
Thinking that her novel would be finished soon, she also had to speed up and get the new one out. When summer vacation came, she would be very free. She would take this opportunity to rush her work and publish three books at once next month. That way, the serialization progress would be greatly accelerated. Next, she would prepare a brand new story.
Whether she could write a good story would depend on her luck. The market was constantly changing. She could only fumble for the market’s laws and write works that were in line with the public’s taste. The failure of Demon Child was, to a certain extent, inseparable from its dark and deep themes. Perhaps next time she would write a lighter story.
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“Let’s go buy something to drink. The milk tea at this shop is quite good. I’ll go and queue for you.”
After a romantic dinner, Ye Zhiyun took Yu Linna for a stroll in this big city. This time of day was particularly suitable for shopping. But Ye Zhiyun also knew that her vacation was not long. After staying here long enough, she had to go back to work as soon as possible. The company couldn’t be without her. But before that, she wanted to spend some good time with her. In the limited time, to be with the person she liked, there was nothing more important than this.
A happy life, after she had completed her ideal, would naturally come.
“Mmm, I want a pearl milk tea.”
“OK.”
Ye Zhiyun smiled and went to queue to buy milk tea for her. To think that she, a young miss, would actually queue to buy milk tea for someone else was also an incredible thing. A long time ago, she still had a young miss’s temper. How could she condescend to do such a thing? Even when she was pursuing Li Muqing, she had never done such a thing. But now, for Yu Linna, she was willing to do anything.
Because that was the person she liked the most.
Yu Linna stayed outside, humming a little tune and waiting for her. She didn’t even notice that she had a cute, silly smile on her face. Being with Zhiyun was really happy. She really wanted to stay like this forever.
But.
Why was she so happy when she was with her?
What was so special about Ye Zhiyun?
Why was she, of all people, willing to open her heart to her?
Too many questions were in her heart. There were too many things she wanted to know. The only thing she could know was that she really wanted to be with her, even if it was every day.
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Nangong Ying came out of the cinema with everyone and went for a stroll, thinking about whether to get a drink somewhere. A few of the girls said they didn’t want to eat at night and wanted to lose weight. Everyone had lost the mood to eat. They just wandered around, discussing topics that girls would talk about. In short, no one would talk about work. After all, they were out to relax. What was the need to discuss work? That would be too boring.
Nangong Ying had also originally wanted to just go back, do a few sets of fitness exercises, take a shower, and go to sleep, and then get up to film tomorrow. That was what she had originally thought.
Suddenly, she saw a blonde girl standing at the entrance of the milk tea shop. This girl was very small, beautiful, and her blonde hair was very conspicuous. She was looking at her phone with her head down, seemingly waiting for someone.
Nangong Ying’s heart stopped.
“Um, I have something to take care of. You guys go back first. I’m sorry~”
Nangong Ying apologized to the girls who were with her, and then ran towards the milk tea shop. At first, everyone didn’t know what she was doing. When they saw her walking towards the blonde girl, they were all thinking, Is this her friend? So cute.
“Linna.”
Yu Linna’s hand trembled. She looked up and saw that familiar face.
In the past, she had seen this face countless times. The time they had spent together, the memories they had, all came flooding back. Nangong Ying was still the same as before, with that same look, but her person was long since not the original person. Yu Linna knew this better than anyone else.
She put away her phone, turned to leave, and acted as if she hadn’t seen her.
Nangong Ying became anxious and reached out to grab her.
“Let go.”
“Linna, listen to me…”
“I don’t want to say it a second time.”
She had no good feelings for the current Nangong Ying at all. To be able to treat her as a stranger was already the greatest tolerance she could show. She didn’t hate her, didn’t complain about her. This was already the biggest concession.
However, Nangong Ying had no intention of letting her go. She still wanted to come up, to make up with her, which was clearly impossible.
Where did this person get such confidence?
“Linna, I really want to see you. Can’t you just let me say a few words?”
“Nangong Ying used to be my friend. You are not my friend. You? What are you?”
Yu Linna coldly shook off her hand, not wanting to look at her at all. She took a few more steps back. She only had cold indifference for her, no tenderness. If she had any good feelings for Nangong Ying, it would probably be gratitude that Nangong Ying had let Yu Linna see her clearly.
Nangong Ying had a hurt expression on her face, but in Yu Linna’s eyes, this was purely hypocrisy. After all, Nangong Ying was born an actress.
“I was wrong…”
“I’ve heard it many times. My ears are calloused. Can’t you change your tune?”
“Linna…”
“Don’t call me that. My name is not Yu Linna. Yu Linna died a long time ago, killed by your own hands.”
Nangong Ying’s heart was cut into a thousand pieces, and all of this was her own doing. It was right to punish her.
Yu Linna had no intention of being merciful.
“Forgive me, please. I know it’s all my fault. I…”
“Enough.”
Suddenly, a voice interjected, interrupting them. Ye Zhiyun was holding two bags of milk tea. She coldly stretched out her right hand and blocked Yu Linna in front of her, protecting her behind her.
“Zhiyun…”
“For this kind of person, there’s no need to say so much. The more you say, the more she will push her luck, thinking she still has a chance.”
Ye Zhiyun was not like Yu Linna. She was not just cold to her. To Nangong Ying, she felt more hostility, hatred.
It was this little bitch who had made Nana so miserable, had made Nana almost commit suicide. It was all her fault. For Ye Zhiyun to smile at her was absolutely impossible.
All the painful memories Yu Linna had were all thanks to Nangong Ying. It was all because she had taken advantage of her trust, deceived her, and made her sign a tyrannical contract, almost selling her body, and even committing suicide. Nangong Ying, this person, she would never forgive her in her lifetime.
Although Yu Linna didn’t hate her, simply treating her as a stranger.
But Ye Zhiyun couldn’t not hate her.
She hated everything she had brought to Yu Linna, and even more hated that she had deceived her trust.
“Go back. Don’t worry about anything.”
She took her hand, turned around, and wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. Nangong Ying became anxious and chased after them, wanting to say something.
This time, Ye Zhiyun was not polite. She fiercely pushed her away, not allowing her to get close to Yu Linna. She exuded a strong pressure, her eyes glaring at her, making Nangong Ying tremble.
“I say, it’s about time you stopped. What on earth are you thinking? Since it was you who let go, why are you still thinking of turning back? Are you a fool? On what grounds do you think Nana will forgive you? She’s not a fool. She won’t believe your nonsense again.”
It was obviously not appropriate to shout at her on the street, but she couldn’t help it. Nangong Ying really deserved a beating. Anyway, this person was already wearing sunglasses and makeup, so people wouldn’t recognize her. As long as she didn’t call her by her name, it would be fine.
“Again and again, are you so shameless? You still want to get back what you threw away. I say, are you contemptible or what? Huh? If there would be such a day, then you shouldn’t have thrown it away in the first place. It was your own decision. On what grounds do you regret it?”
Nangong Ying was stunned, unable to refute a single word.
“Let’s go.”
Ye Zhiyun grabbed Yu Linna’s hand, didn’t turn her head, and just left like that. Because of the previous actions, a few pedestrians on the street glanced over, but didn’t pay much attention, and then turned and left. They probably thought it was just a few girls arguing.
Yu Linna didn’t turn back, following Ye Zhiyun and leaving. That wisp of hair turned with her movement, without a single bit of reluctance. Nangong Ying watched as Yu Linna and Ye Zhiyun were intimately together, leaving in front of her.
She felt so sad.
Her heart hurt so much.
All of this was her own doing.
When she saw Yu Linna and Ye Zhiyun so intimate, so close, she felt so much pain. Originally, the person standing next to Yu Linna was her, but Nangong Ying had personally pushed all of this away.
So painful.
Really so painful.
It was only when Yu Linna left that Nangong Ying realized how important she was, that she liked her so much and wanted her to be by her side. But it was all too late. It was too late to say anything.
Yu Linna and Ye Zhiyun gradually disappeared from her sight, until they could no longer be seen…
Nangong Ying wandered alone on the street. The girls who had been with her had long since gone back, not knowing what she had experienced.
She only knew that her heart hurt so much.
It was as if it had been turned inside out and stabbed countless times.
Was Yu Linna’s mood back then the same as it was now?
She no longer knew.
The only thing she knew was that she was so unwilling, so sad. Why was it like this?
Drip.
Tears fell from under her sunglasses, landing on the ground. She didn’t take off her sunglasses, but just let the tears fall. She really wanted to cry her heart out, but she held back her sobs.
She regretted it so much.
It was only today that she realized how much she regretted it. If she had known this would happen, she would have died rather than make that decision, even if she had been blacklisted by Chenghe. She would not have made that damn decision. Why was she so contemptible, to have pushed Yu Linna into a fiery pit? She really regretted it. She was simply not human.
She regretted it so much.
Really so regretted it.
How she missed the time with Yu Linna, wished she could go back to the past, back to when nothing had happened, to make up for everything. Yu Linna would not forgive her anymore. They could never go back. She had originally thought that after making that decision, she would not regret it, that time would wash everything away. But it didn’t. As time went by, her longing for her only grew, not lessened.
She stood in this city, her face covered in tears, and no one came to comfort her. She didn’t know what she should do, where she should go. She had become a big star according to her own wishes, but she was not happy now. She wanted everything from before, everything from the past. She wanted to be as carefree as before.
But that was impossible.
“Linna…”
Even if she cried, the time that would not come back could only be turned into a memory.
Nangong Ying would become a symbol of an era, but only she herself knew how great the price was.
