Xi Cheng was in pain!
No, he was in excruciating pain!
After that argument with Nan Xiang, he regretted it as usual. Once more than an hour had passed and his emotions had settled, he tried to contact Nan Xiang to apologize and make up. Instead, Nan Xiang gave him a vicious scolding and blocked him again. When he later harassed her using other phones, she simply turned her phone off.
This was not the first time. He was experienced.
He asked Gu Li whether Nan Xiang had returned to the apartment, but received a negative answer. Gu Li and the others were unable to contact Nan Xiang either. It was not until the following morning that Gu Li replied, telling him Nan Xiang had returned.
Once the seed of suspicion had been planted, it became impossible to contain. Xi Cheng had finally learned patience.
He patiently followed Nan Xiang, wanting to see whether she was truly innocent.
Then he got his wish. He watched with his own eyes as Nan Xiang went to a restaurant that evening, waited for Wang Yan to arrive, had dinner with him, and then headed to a hotel with him, chatting and laughing all the way.
Even then, he still could not accept reality, believing things were not as he had imagined. He sat outside the hotel all night in a daze, only to see Nan Xiang the next day, moving with a slight unnaturalness yet glowing with satisfaction...
In that moment, Xi Cheng's heart shattered. No one understood his grief and helplessness.
Though over the years he himself had slept with more than just Nan Xiang, people were selfish and hypocritical, and men had an especially strong desire for control. It was fine for him to fool around, but when Nan Xiang did