Chapter 474: After That
“Don’t say ‘love’, don’t lie. Just a little like…”
Ye Zhiyun was singing a love song in a KTV private room, shouting with her own voice, and playing with her own mood. To say it was a love song, it was just a breakup song. Yes, from this night on, Ye Zhiyun had returned to a single state.
But she didn’t feel that she was very happy.
If there was anything bad about it, then it was her own doing, because the one who had proposed this matter was her.
“Boss, you sang with a lot of passion today. It feels like you’re almost a real star.”
Wen Yajun was teasing on the side, ordering a song on the other side.
Ye Zhiyun’s state today was surprisingly good. When she sang, she was quite emotional, especially with love songs. She didn’t miss a single note, nor did she go off-key. Her cover was also quite perfect.
Most importantly, she had really sung with emotion.
“Do you think I sing well?”
“Of course. Hey, boss, do you think you should try to change your career? I feel that you would be quite suitable as a singer.”
“Hehe. If only I had that fate.”
Ye Zhiyun said with self-mockery.
Her as a singer? She’d better forget it.
She was just admiring herself in her own solitude. It wasn’t that she really sang that well.
In the days without her, she would slowly get used to it.
Why had it become like this? Actually, even now she didn’t understand. Perhaps they had both been self-righteously thinking for the other, and in the end, they had discovered that this had become their biggest burden.
“Later, I finally learned how to love…”
She had once thought that Yu Linna was her greatest motivation to work hard, but in the end, she had found that the object of her efforts was no longer there. Her goal was gone.
But she still had to continue to move forward. Because at this moment, she was not just living for one person.
Only Han Ying was watching from the side, her face plain, not wanting to say anything.
…
Ye Zhiyun and Yu Linna had officially announced the end of their relationship at the end of March. From then on, their love affair had ended.
In the beginning, no one had felt that there was anything wrong. Because for them, this was the best result. Since being together was so tiring, it was better to separate first. Perhaps this would be a little better. Yu Linna also thought so. To be with Ye Zhiyun was indeed a little tiring.
To be with a person who could not understand oneself, a person who could only make one give unilaterally, was not happy in the long run. In the end, Yu Linna had also figured it out, which was why she had decided to accept the other party’s breakup request. She also felt that she wanted to change her mood.
“Zhiyun, do you think this is fine?”
Afterwards, Han Ying had asked her.
“I can’t say if it’s good or not. I just think that we need to calm down now.”
“How long do you need to calm down?”
“I don’t know.”
“Zhiyun, I’m going to hit you. You’d better endure it.”
Ye Zhiyun hadn’t even come back to her senses when a slap came over, hitting her on the face. In an instant, a deep red mark was left on her face.
Ye Zhiyun covered the side of her face, a look of incomprehension on her face.
And after Han Ying had done this, she stood in front of her, her face full of heaviness.
“You’re making excuses for yourself, giving yourself a way out. You deserve to be hit! Zhiyun, you will regret it. I guarantee it.”
“…Han Ying, it’s not that serious.”
“Of course it is. You’ve changed. You weren’t like this before. Listen to me. No matter how busy or tired you are, you can’t throw your bad temper at your closest person. You always think you’re right, but you’re wrong. Also, why don’t you think of being a little more flexible? You’re self-righteously holding onto that pride. Do you think you’re very aloof? Yes, your self-esteem is strong, and you can’t stand others’ interference. But you have to know that it’s very difficult for a person to survive in this world alone. Zhiyun, you have already paid the price for your own actions.”
Why did Han Ying have to say this?
Of course, she understood this feeling very well. In the past, she had been with Odamura Miku, and had been broken up with. At that moment, she had felt that the sky was falling, but she had to continue to live. A few years later, when Odamura Miku had looked for her to get back together, Han Ying had sneered.
She knew that Ye Zhiyun was the same. She was walking on Odamura Miku’s old path. She would regret it.
When a person has hurt the other party too deeply, unless they can defy the heavens and change their fate, otherwise, it is impossible to salvage everything. At most, they can just move themselves.
…
Yu Linna had returned to her most primitive life, typing, working, and thinking of plans, everything was the same as before. It was just that she no longer had a person with the surname Ye to accompany her, although that person with the surname Ye had not accompanied her before either.
“Linna. What’s wrong with you? Don’t you like to eat? You haven’t touched a bite of your food.”
“…Have I not eaten?”
“Of course not. You see for yourself. You haven’t touched a single bite.”
“…I was thinking about some things and forgot. I don’t think I can eat this much. Do you want some?”
“No way. You, who usually love to eat so much, are actually saying you’re not eating and want to give me some?”
To be honest, Bai Ya found it really hard to understand, but she still accepted Yu Linna’s good intentions.
The weather was pretty good today. It wasn’t raining or windy, and the sun was shining high in the sky. But it always felt like something was not quite right.
Yu Linna had lost her appetite. Perhaps it’s because the weather is turning warmer, she thought.
After eating, Yu Linna and Bai Ya walked on the campus. She had seen the scenery of the school many times. When she was on a business trip or had gone abroad for something, she would always think, As expected, it’s more comfortable inside the school. At least, they didn’t have to experience so many troubles in society.
“Bai Ya, you and your boyfriend are getting along quite well, right?”
“Mmm, it’s alright. Although that boy is a reserved gourd, he’s not a bad person.”
“How long has it been?”
“About four or five years together.”
“So stable? You haven’t had a fight, have you?”
“How could we not? We definitely have fights, and we’ve had a cold war for a long time. We’ve also had a breakup in the middle, but in the end, we still made it to the end. Because we both feel that there is only one secret to a long-lasting relationship, and that is tolerance and respect.”
“Hehe.”
Yu Linna smiled, a very ugly smile.
“Have you thought of getting married?”
“Annoying. What are you talking about? But I have indeed thought about it. If nothing unexpected happens, we should be getting our marriage certificate after graduation. Remember to come to my wedding banquet~”
“Alright, alright, I will. You normie, you’re really annoying, showing off all over the place.”
“Hehehe.”
Yu Linna smiled, swallowed her bitterness, and endured her heartache. She knew that she would get used to it. One day she would get used to it.
In the days without Ye Zhiyun, she would get used to it.
And so, her days also began a new page.
In April, with the heat of the film and television industry, Black Wolf finally ended with a box office of 5.2 billion. An Xiayue also became the box office champion female lead of a domestic movie. And Nangong Ying’s Spring Festival blockbuster, Soaring, finally ended with a score of 3 billion. And during this period, Nangong Ying had not shown her face once. The news that she had been blacklisted had been exposed in major news.
At the same time, Yu Linna was in a storm of public opinion.
The main reason was that someone had used Yu Linna’s nationality to talk, saying that she was not Chinese, that she had an American green card, and that she was born in the United States. Such a rumor had spread, and many people were desperately flaming her. It was unknown where the water army had come from, but they were crazily pouring water. While Yu Linna was being flamed all over the internet, she still didn’t care. She knew that these things had nothing to do with her.
She persisted in her own writing, persisted in her own thoughts.
And so, in this one month, Yu Linna had achieved her own goal, and had also achieved the goal predicted by the industry insiders in advance.
Supreme God, Shion.
In this one month, Shion-sensei had officially entered the hall of fame, becoming a supreme god author. She was also the fifth supreme god author in the country, and even more so, the only female supreme god author.
She had proven herself with her own strength. These rumors had finally lost their effect. After all, compared to these trivial matters, the matter of Shion-sensei entering the highest hall of commercial authors was more likely to attract people’s attention.
Yu Linna spoke with her own achievements. She did not need to make any excuses, nor did she need to explain. She did not have to do anything. She just needed to use her own two hands to create a world that belonged to her. At that time, everything would not be important. She finally had strength.
…
And on the same day that she had entered the position of a supreme god author, Ye Zhiyun had accidentally discovered that the company had not received any flowers for a long time.
“Little Bai, has the person who sent the flowers stopped coming?”
“You mean that flower? Hasn’t it not been sent for a long time? Maybe he also feels that there is no need. Because you don’t know him.”
“But this fan sent it to me anonymously. I can’t possibly write a reply, can I?”
“Then I don’t know. God knows why he was so active in sending you flowers. Maybe he finally understood that one-sided goodwill cannot truly win a person’s heart.”
Ye Zhiyun looked at the empty front desk. She quite missed the days with flowers.
But now, she no longer longed for it.
She threw herself into her filming work. Very quickly, I Just Want to Be With You was finished. The post-production was in preparation, and it would be released soon. Her life was also slowly getting on the right track.
It was just that one person was missing.
“Zhiyun, how are you and her now?”
This day, Li Yuexin had called to ask about her situation. Ye Zhiyun drank the barley tea in her hand and sat down to chat with her mother.
“We broke up.”
“Broke up? Why?”
“We just broke up because we were not suitable. There was nothing to be done about it.”
The other end of the phone was silent for a long time.
It was rare for Li Yuexin to be unable to hold her temper. She held the phone and cursed fiercely for two sentences.
“I think you’re just being a simp.”
“What-what’s wrong? Why are you cursing me like that?”
“Don’t I know what your personality is like? You’re exactly like me when I was young. I just didn’t expect you to go this far. Do you think you’re very amazing, invincible in the world? I’m telling you, if you don’t make achievements, you’re nothing. Do you think you’re very great, very glorious to lose your temper at your closest person? You refuse to accept others’ good intentions, so you have a backbone? I’m telling you, not at all. You’re just being a simp.”
“…”
“I, I originally didn’t plan to interfere with your matter. But that child, Nana, she is a good girl. I can see that she is giving for you. And you? You are hurting her. I’ve already told you before that your state is not good, but you didn’t listen. Now, you have paid the price. Was it worth it for you to do so?”
“I…”
“You’re really so foolish. How could you bear to let go? Didn’t you fight for this yourself? Why did you let go? You’ve already prepared yourself to be an enemy of the whole world. Why are you not willing to spend a little more effort to understand, to tolerate others? That self-esteem of yours, is it really that important?”
Ye Zhiyun’s phone slipped. Her whole person collapsed on the sofa. She covered her own face, scratched her head. No matter how much she thought, she could not come up with an answer.
Doing so, was she right?
Or was she terribly wrong…
