After Xie Jianyuan left, only Xu Chun and Jiang Xiuyan remained in the ward, and the air seemed to freeze.
"A Chun."
Finally, Jiang Xiuyan seemed to give up, let out a soft sigh, and gave a bitter smile.
Upon hearing this familiar address, Xu Chun was momentarily dazed, but her expression quickly returned to clarity.
Don't call me that.
Jiang Xiuyan didn't care about his disgusted and resistant attitude, and said in a hoarse voice, "I know you hate me."
He clearly remembered that the moment he learned of Xu Chun's death, he was completely stunned and couldn't even hear his subordinates shouting. His mind was blank.
It wasn't until he saw Xu Chun's body with his own eyes that he realized no matter how much he deceived himself, he couldn't change the facts.
That sharp, needle-like pain in his heart lingered for countless days and nights afterward.
He couldn't quite describe his feelings for Xu Chun; it was either guilt and self-blame, or something else entirely.
After several years of relationship, he may have unknowingly become inseparable from Xu Chun.
After breaking up with Xu Chun, he never dated the Lover else and often tried to bump into him. Unexpectedly, Xu Chun wouldn't even deign to give him a glance. Even when he had to greet him, Xu Chun would coldly and distantly call him "President Jiang."
He never expected Xu Chun to be so resolute in the end, simply announcing her retirement from the entertainment industry and traveling abroad. She preferred to live a life of wandering and uncertainty rather than see him again.
Then came the devastating news that he had been caught in an avalanche while mountaineering. He handled all the funeral arrangements himself, and he didn't know how he got through those days.
He kept thinking that if he had treated Xu Chun better when they were together, maybe he wouldn't have broken up with her.
Waking up with this thought in mind, I found myself in a world that was both the same and different.
To be precise, he was reborn.
For some reason, he wasn't with Xu Chun in this world yet. If we go by the timeline of his previous life, he should be with Xu Chun by now.
For some reason, Xu Chun in this world was indifferent to him, even disgusted. She couldn't even talk to him much, let alone pursue him. This made him have a guess, and this guess came the moment Xu Chun entered.
Their eyes met, and they both saw confirmation in each other's eyes.
They are all the same.
He felt it was fate, that God had seen how much they had missed each other and was giving him another chance.
Xu Chun heard Jiang Xiuyan say this, she was slightly taken aback, and then her eyebrows curved into a smile as if she had heard a funny joke.
You overestimate yourself.
If you ask him if he hates Jiang Xiuyan, the answer is yes, he used to hate him. Even the hatred he felt when he was first reborn hadn't disappeared. But unknowingly, that hatred has completely vanished.
Xu Chun realized that Jiang Xiuyan was not worth it.
In matters of the heart, where there is no love, there is no hate; but when that love disappears, how can hate remain?
Xu Chun realized that he had unknowingly let go of the past; Jiang Xiuyan was now dispensable to him.
Thinking about this made him feel much lighter, as if he had finally gotten rid of the filth in his heart, and his whole body felt light and airy.
Jiang Xiuyan's face paled, and he seemed to want to sit up. "Don't you think this is fate? Heaven wants us to start over."
Xu Chun ignored him and only asked one question, "What will happen to my parents after I die?"
Jiang Xiuyan calmed down a bit and looked at him, saying, "... After all, the two elderly people need to live, and your younger brother is a disappointment, so I gave them some money. They have no worries about food and clothing and are living very well."
Xu Chun's brows relaxed a little, and she then sincerely thanked him.
Jiang Xiuyan's expression softened slightly. "I once said I wouldn't mistreat your parents."
Xu Chun glanced at her watch, realizing it was almost time to leave, and casually replied, "Is that so?"
Jiang Xiuyan's eyes softened as if he had just remembered something. "I was thinking back then that it wouldn't be so bad to grow old together with you like that."
Upon hearing this, Xu Chun raised her eyes and looked at him sharply, letting out a cold laugh, her words laced with sarcasm. "I don't have that kind of luck."
He paused, then heard faint voices coming from the corridor outside; it sounded like a female nurse saying, "Sir, smoking is prohibited in the hospital."
Xu Chun, thinking that Xie Jianyuan was still waiting outside and worried that he might be getting impatient, looked at Jiang Xiuyan and frowned, saying, "I think you're really an interesting person."
Jiang Xiuyan froze.
Xu Chun continued, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings, "Don't tell me you regret losing me and suddenly realize you've unknowingly fallen for me." He then clicked his tongue in disgust, as if finding it repulsive.
"Your sweetheart is standing right outside the door," he said mercilessly. "You're now pouring your heart out to me, showing me your true feelings—it's all just an act."
Funny
"Is that right?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiuyan appeared to be in pain, making Xu Chun wonder if she had done something to him.
He didn't want to look at Jiang Xiuyan again, and turned to leave without hesitation. Behind him, Jiang Xiuyan called his name again in a hoarse voice.
Xu Chun paused, turned around and looked at him.
Jiang Xiuyan thought he had softened his heart, and before he could even feel a surge of joy, he heard Xu Chun say, "By the way, you shouldn't provoke Xie Jianyuan either."
Jiang Xiuyan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
Xu Chun frowned and looked at him seriously, saying each word clearly, "You are not good enough for him."
He genuinely thought so. After all, he and Xie Jianyuan were friends, and he couldn't stand by and watch Jiang Xiuyan cause trouble for him. However, he still didn't know what Xie Jianyuan's attitude was towards Jiang Xiuyan.
Xie Jianyuan probably doesn't like him.