Chapter 98 - Who will be the one to escort the groom?

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! To everyone that celebrates it :) I personally don't but I will have a candy or two :P (maybe three...)

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Since the last time she saw Gu Hai embracing Bai Luo Yin during the lighting exhibition, Yan Ya Jing's spirit had been in a dissociative state

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Since the last time she saw Gu Hai embracing Bai Luo Yin during the lighting exhibition, Yan Ya Jing's spirit had been in a dissociative state. The feelings cannot be properly expressed, but in short, her perspective on life was completely overturned after that night.

Gu Hai had not appeared in front of her for many days already, and Tong Zhe no longer opposed her in any aspect. She could now freely go in and out of Gu Hai's office, use his things as she pleased, and even take his position for the time being by sitting in his office chair to command all the staff.

The life she had dreamt of had finally arrived, however, she did not feel anything.

Having always thought that Gu Hai was not an ordinary person, for her to receive this level of treatment was enough to prove the significance of their relationship.[1] Since the palatial lighting exhibition ended, and several millions of yuan were spent only to simply illuminate the path home for his lover, Yan Ya Jing discovered that her view of the world was too narrow and shallow. Her characterization of Gu Hai was utterly misconstrued to the extent that anyone would loathe him.

As it turns out, his love is that deep and intense.

That night, witnessing how Gu Hai hugged Bai Luo Yin while crying hysterically, Yan Ya Jing was abruptly awakened by sheer shock— her jealousy was only significant before Tong Zhe. But in front of Bai Luo Yin, the existence of any emotional turmoil was unnecessary, since the disparity was far too great; so great that she didn't even have the courage to be jealous.

Seeing the background image on Gu Hai's desktop preserved for over ten years as if it was only a day, Yan Ya Jing regretted her past actions. With such an obviously deep feeling of affection... why am I only noticing it now? If she had even known half a year ago that Gu Hai was madly in love with a person like this, to love a person to the extent that nothing else could fit within the seams of his heart, would she have now been disenthralled by these emotional predicaments from long ago?

If time could be pushed back to nine years ago, to the moment where she sat in the car and listened to Gu Hai's tone, she would have not superficially placed all her attention on Gu Hai's handsome face, but rather look more closely at the expression in his eyes. Would the one-sided love tragedy that lasted all these years not had betided?

Unfortunately, it was too late to change any kinds of possibilities, and her youth was thereby dedicated to a false perception.

Bang, bang, bang...

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Yan Ya Jing's reverie.

She looked up and saw that handsome face of Tong Zhe debonairly drawing closer, one firm step at a time, while his eyes were still as perspicacious, and his smile robust as ever— to say the least. Yan Ya Jing could not fathom how Tong Zhe could still maintain such a haughty attitude after everything.

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