In the summer, without Moe's knowledge, the first emotional split between the male and female protagonists began.

  It's been a whole week since she last went to the Ho's house after witnessing the shooting and seeing the body being dragged away. She hasn't even contacted He Yi Qing. She doesn't know how to face him, he is no longer the person in her heart, his bloodthirstiness and indifference are unacceptable to her, she grew up under the red flag, her three views cannot let her turn a blind eye to what she saw.

  However, in the original text, Bai Xue got to know Tang Yue during this period and was liked by him. The two had a deep affection for each other, and Bai Xue even had feelings for Tang Yue at one point. But He Yi's overbearing behavior and his actions of taking her by force made her return to the He family, which also included some abusive elements.

  At this time, Tang Yue is still in the harbor city. Bai Xue's impression of Tang Yue has only stopped at "Xia Tian Meng's friend". The one comforting and accompanying Bai Xue now is a high-rich-handsome man who has not appeared in the original text.

  Zhao Yan is a young boss of Bai Xue's workplace, and like all melodramatic romance dramas, he is captivated by the heroine's innocence and begins his pursuit of love.

  Although Bai Xue initially had a bad impression of him, she gradually discovered that Zhao Yan's nature was not bad. At least when he was pursuing her, he didn't contact other women and only focused on entangling her.

  "Xiao Xue, finished work?"

  The staff in the same office saw the boss's beloved son arrive and hurriedly pretended to be busy, but their eyes involuntarily glanced over at them.

  "I'm busy, you're idle, don't bother me here!"

  Zhao Yan covered his chest with one hand, looking like he was in extreme pain: "My heart hurts so much, Xiaoxue, you're really too ruthless!" After fooling around for half a day and seeing that Bai Xue still didn't respond to him, he looked at the deputy manager with dissatisfaction. "What's going on? Are we working overtime? Isn't it time to get off work now?"

  The deputy manager hastily laughed and said: "It's just that Xiaobai is too enthusiastic, this matter should be Xiaoli's! Xiaoli! Come over now! Xiaobai, you can get off work now, it's nothing!"

  Bai Xue looked at Zhao Yan with dissatisfaction, but he pulled her up and walked out: "It just so happens that XX launched a new dish today, I'll take you to try the freshness."

  Bai Xue hastily grabbed the bag on the table and was pulled away by him.

  The female employee called Little Li looked at the file on Bai Xue's computer and sneered, "This is the file that was requested three days ago, how come you're only starting to write it now!"

  The deputy manager also received a flattering smile, and looked at her with a straight face: "Not happy? If you have the ability, you can also follow Zhao Gongzi! Then you can count money every day without going to work! If you don't have the ability, just do your job well, what else is it to you?"

  Xiao Li hastily laughed and said: "I just talk too much, I'll go finish this document right away. It's getting late, Manager, you go eat!"

  The deputy manager nodded with his chin up: "Uh-huh, you tidy up my desk!"

  The deputy manager walked away with his fat body, and Xiao Li spat on the ground: "What kind of thing is this? Just now, I didn't know who was flattering! You want to curry favor with Zhao Gongzi and ask me to do things, if you have the ability, why don't you go yourself?"

  The female colleague next to him slid over in her chair, sneering: "He's just trying to curry favor with Bai Xue so he can get promoted! How come I couldn't see what was good about Bai Xue? Why did Zhao Gongzi take a liking to her?"

  Xiao Li angrily saved the half-written document to a USB drive while coldly snorting: "Who knows! She's just having a stroke of luck! I still don't believe that Master Zhao will like her for long? After being flattered a few times, she won't even know what direction is east or west, and all day long she just knows how to flirt with people!"

  The female employee curled her lips and muttered to herself: "I don't know if the boss knows, but if he does, can he tolerate this white snow grey girl entering their family?" Even if it's not a famous family, at least in this city, it's one of the top enterprises, how could they let their only son marry such a woman who has nothing?

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  In the scorching summer afternoon, the entire city was shrouded in sweltering sunlight, and even the cement ground seemed to emit hot air that distorted one's vision.

  Most students coming and going through the school gate were holding umbrellas, even though they had almost no effect for them.

  Huo Yi Jing sat in the car, because during the peak hours of getting off work and school, the vehicles were stuck here and couldn't move an inch.

  He gazed at the school gate where people were gradually dispersing, just staring like that, as if waiting for something.

  Until a girl appeared.

  A pale green sleeveless dress with a waist, straight long hair with bangs, white pearl-embellished sandals on her feet, and two books clutched to her chest. She walked like this, as if the whole world had become a blurred background.

  Several boys blocked her way, some holding gift boxes or envelopes. They surrounded her, not noticing the tension on her face.

  She didn't take it, she just stood there with a cold face. Her fair and clean cheeks almost shone in the sunlight.

  He looked at her, just this seemingly cold and even arrogant girl, but he felt that he could sense her tension and fear, even though she was expressionless.

  He opened the car door and got out, walking towards her.

  "Do you need help?"

  She heard the sound and looked at him, her pitch-black eyes reflecting his figure.

  The other boys saw the majesty and coldness emanating from his body and no longer bothered him, leaving one after another.

  He didn't mind any of these; all he saw now was her eyes, which shone brighter than the most beautiful jewels he had ever seen.

  "Thank you." Her voice was as cool and detached as the feeling she gave him, but he detected her gratitude.

  "You're welcome." Huo Yijian smiled slightly, and even he himself didn't understand why he wanted to help her. Maybe it was because of the cleanliness on her body, or maybe it was because she used indifference as a disguise to protect herself.

  Due to the height difference, she slightly raised her face to look at him, revealing a faint smile. In an instant, it seemed as if all pretenses had been shed, and just one smile made him feel that nothing could be more beautiful than this.

  Huo Yi Jing suddenly opened his eyes, and the eagle-like gaze in them instantly cleared from drowsiness to clarity. He immediately sat up on the bed, rubbing his furrowed brow and let out a sigh.

  This dream has been recurring almost every day for the past few days, but it's never been as vivid as this time. It was so clear that I could almost feel the sweltering heat of summer and her stunning smile when she laughed.

  His memory had never fully recovered, but he was vaguely remembering their past.

  He pursued her and stayed with her just because of the smile they shared when they first met, that smile stunned him and became his most beautiful memory.

  He never believed in love at first sight, but he happened to fall in love with her at first sight.

  The moment he saw her, he felt as if he had known her from a past life. He wanted to protect her, keep her safe for the rest of her life, and make her smile forever.

  But it was just a dream.

  She is no longer by his side, he promised a lifetime, but pushed her away with his own hands.

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  0. 0 Two updates are coming! Speaking of which, Yu Fei thinks his writing is quite bland and mature, T^T will you like it? Today I have to work for 11 hours, it's really heartbreaking! But seeing the comments and votes from Mud Meng, I feel so happy and motivated~