CH 6.2

The word "outsider" made Su Yan very angry, but she had nowhere to vent it because she really didn't understand what they were talking about, and she was indeed an outsider to the story of just the two of them.

But she can't let Jiang Qi trample on her dignity.

"Please leave immediately!" She stared at Jiang Qi with anger on her face. Her voice sounded sharp and serious, but with a trill.

Jiang Qi ignored her and turned her gaze to Xie Yu again: "You don't want everyone to know this story, do you?"

Xie Yu's whole body was trembling. He had no choice but to agree with that person. ‘But I don't want to compromise on this.’

Jiang Qi saw his hesitation, entanglement, and unwillingness, so she opened her lips again: "If you don't want my heart, someone else will. Are you willing to watch the person you love die? Think about it: What did your dad say at the airport before the two of us went abroad that year?"

Xie Yu recalled what happened four years ago.

He and Jiang Qi went abroad for higher studies when he was 20 years old. Before boarding the plane, his father gently patted him on the shoulder, with a kind smile on his face, and looked at him proudly: "Xiaoyu, my good son, I'm very proud of you."

He still couldn't help but watch his father die, but how could he give up on his beloved girl? His soul seemed to be torn apart, and he clearly knew that he had to give up this wedding.

Seeing Xie Yu’s expressions, Su Yan’s heart filled with an unknown fear, and she looked at him with pleading eyes. 

‘Please don't go with her. Please don’t give up on me. Please don't leave me alone here; I'll be terrified.'

Xie Yu’s face was as pale as a white sheet, and his heart was twisted like a knife. He didn’t dare to look into her eyes anymore. He closed his eyes and said in a trembling voice, "Yanyan, I'm sorry..."

He was going to disappoint her after all.

Su Yan looked at him blankly, as if she had been struck by lightning.

Xie Yu, who couldn’t bear seeing Su Yan’s face, didn't dare stay for another second, otherwise, he would definitely change his mind.

Jiang Qi also urged: "Come with me, time waits for no one."

She was reminding him. 

Xie Yu took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and gave Su Yan a last look full of guilt and pain, then ruthlessly shook off her wrist and ran towards the gate of the banquet hall at the end of the red carpet without looking back. After passing by, Jiang Qi followed closely behind.

All the guests were in an uproar, but Su Yan was the only one who was silent. Her eyes were empty and dead, and as she stood in the romantic sea of flowers under the starry sky, her whole body was like a walking corpse. No woman can bear such a blow on her wedding day.

However, a tall, slender young guy unexpectedly burst out from the end of the red carpet as Xie Yu prepared to leave the banquet hall, and unintentionally blocked Xie Yu's path. The young man shoved Xie Yu back into the hall with a powerful push.

Su Zhan's eyes were red, and he pointed at the tip of Xie Yu's nose furiously: "If you fucking dare to leave, I'll kill you!" The teenager's hysterical roar filled the banquet hall, and the guests fell silent instantly. 

Xie Yu didn't want to leave either, but he had no choice.

"I'm sorry..." Xie Yu looked at the boy who stood up to protect his sister with guilt. He had a thousand words in his heart, but in the end, he could only say one sentence, "Xiao Zhan, I'm sorry..."

Su Zhan roared and asked: "If you want to leave my sister, why do you ask her to marry you? Are you still a man?"

Xie Yu's face was pale, his thin lips pursed tightly, noncommittal.

Jiang Qi was urging again: "Hurry up, we're running out of time."

Xie Yu was helpless, not to mention that he had no way back, and finally said: "Xiao Zhan, I'm sorry." Then he broke through the boy's block. In the eyes of the public, he and Jiang Qi left together.

As soon as the groom left, everyone's eyes fell on the bride.

Everyone was silent, and only Su Zhan kept yelling in the background: "Dog man, and woman! Don't let Lao Tzu see you again, or I will definitely kill you both!

In the eyes of all the guests, Su Yan was a pitiful and unlucky person.

Everyone cast a sympathetic look at her—such a beautiful girl was abandoned on the wedding day, it was really distressing, but there was no way, who made the groom not love her?

Some even began to look at her with disdain and suspicion, wondering if she may be using dishonourable tactics to force the young master of the Xie family to wed her.

However, in front of people's judgmental eyes, Su Yan broke down completely. Their eyes kept reminding her that she was a tragically abandoned woman, the man she loved abandoned her on her wedding day, betrayed her and ran away with his ex-girlfriend. And his ex-girlfriend was the woman she hated the most. 

It was just like what happened during her summer vacation when she was eighteen. At that time, she asked Xie Yu which university he planned to apply to. He replied: Dongfu University; but in the end, he went abroad with Jiang Qi, leaving her alone in Dongfu.

This was the second time he cheated on her.

She was already incredibly depressed, and as her love and hope for him dwindled, she eventually stopped having even the tiniest notion of him. But it also hurt her heart. Since her heart is also flesh, she is unable to tolerate any form of strike or injury.

For the first time in her life, Su Yan understood what it meant to be heartbroken, it really hurts, and this pain could flow into the blood along with the pacing of the heart, and then flow through the whole body with the blood circulation. Her whole body was numb with pain, and her mind was blank. Therefore, the gazes of those people in the audience were like rubbing salt in her wounds, making her hurt over and over again.

In the end, she became sad and hurriedly exited the banquet hall by the side door next to the stage while still wearing the beautiful skirt of her wedding dress.

She had no idea where to flee; all she knew was that she had to get out of there quickly or she would die.

She was unable to tolerate the judgmental but sympathetic looks, the claustrophobic atmosphere in the hallway, or the insults and scorn. Like this wedding, the weather outside was rapidly shifting. 

The torrential rain was pouring, and Su Yan was drenched instantly, but she didn't feel it at all, she just ran in the rain, trying to get as far away from the hotel that suffocated her and made her sick and desperate.

After running barefoot for a long time, she gradually stopped because she was exhausted.

The weather was bad and there were few people on the street.

Until now, she dared to cry.

She actually wanted to cry in the hall, but she restrained herself since if she sobbed in front of everyone, the hideous wedding would become more dramatic, making it more exciting for everyone.

She shouldn't be treated as a poor monkey all the time. No matter how pitiful she was, she wanted to retain her only remaining dignity, so she didn't want to be seen crying.

Not even a passerby.

In the rainstorm, she found a small hidden corner, squatted on the ground, curled herself into a ball, and cried aloud.

‘How could he betray me? How can you choose Jiang Qi in front of so many relatives and friends? How can you follow Jiang Qi? How could she be left alone to face everything? Today was their wedding day. If you don't love me, why did you propose to me?  Xie Yu, did I force you to marry me? I didn't force you, why are you doing this to me?’

She was tormented in her heart, she cried so hard, her whole body trembled.

The rain was heavier and heavier, and the heavy lead-colored clouds began to flash and thunder.

Unexpectedly, a black Bentley slowed down and stopped by the side of the road. The driver quickly opened the car door before stepping out, opening a black umbrella, and moving to the other side. He held an umbrella out for the man inside the car who was wearing a suit and leather shoes as he stood politely to one side of the back door and extended his hand to open the door.

A skinny, straight right leg was the first object to hit the ground. High-end men's formal leather shoes were a sleek black colour, and the black suit pants were composed and well-kept.

The man straightened his tall, lean figure and took the driver's umbrella after the other long leg came to a stop on the ground.

The man's fingers were white and slender with clearly defined joints, just like the umbrella's thin, dark handle.

An excessively attractive face was visible underneath the umbrella.

Holding the umbrella in one hand, the man walked towards a small corner of the street step by step.

In his dark and deep eyes, only this touch of soft white remained, and even his usually cold eyes became gentle.

After walking in front of her, he bowed his head and leaned toward her with the umbrella in his hand to shield her from the heavy rain. His thin lips parted slightly, and his tone was justly surprised: "Miss Su?"

Su Yan was like a frightened bird. Her eyes were covered by tears, so she couldn't see the face of the person coming towards her clearly.

It wasn't until the two tears in the eye sockets rolled out that the blurred vision gradually became clear.

She finally recognized the man in front of her.

He was Bai Xingfan.