"Thanks."
Nuowente glanced at the person beside him, but he didn't say anything or let go of Shu Yan's hand. Instead, he simply took Shu Yan's hand and led her back to his room.
As soon as Shu Yan entered the room, she was pulled into someone's arms.
Shu Yan originally wanted to push Nuowente, but then she thought about how she would never be able to be held in his arms again.
He then didn't want to move anymore.
Let him hold him a little longer. It doesn't have to be forever; just a little longer is enough. At least for now, he only has you in his arms...
"You cried all night?"
Nuowente spoke and took off Shu Yan's sunglasses.
Shu Yan's body stiffened.
Nuowente looked at the person in his arms, his tone icy. "So pathetic that you want me to find someone else?"
Shu Yan remained silent.
Nuowente helplessly. He reached out and gently patted Shu Yan's back, his voice no longer cold as he soothed her softly, "I didn't go looking for Elias. I just slept in the guest room for one night."
Strangely, after receiving this answer, Shu Yan wasn't as happy as she had expected.
Shu Yan pulled away from Nuowente's embrace. After staring at the man in front of him for a long time, he suddenly said, " Nuowente, let's break up."
It turns out that saying these words wasn't as difficult as I had imagined.
Shu Yan thought he would feel heartbroken or even in unbearable pain after saying those words, but he didn't. He only felt emptiness.
It feels like something deep inside me has been ripped out.
Nuowente clearly hadn't expected Shu Yan to say that, and a rare look of astonishment crossed his icy blue eyes.
"You want to break up with me?"
Shu Yan: "Yes."
His tone was more resolute than ever before.
Nuowente suddenly laughed.
His laughter was so inexplicable that Shu Yan unconsciously clenched her hands.
What did you hear outside that room yesterday?
Shu Yan's tears flowed uncontrollably. "So you knew I was out there... you knew..."
Do you know why you did that? Didn't you say I was the most special person in your heart? Or was this so-called "most special" not really that meaningful, or just a casual sweet talk?
Only he took it seriously.
Nuowente sneered, "What do I know? I wasn't even in that room. What could I possibly know?"
Shu Yan paused for a moment, realizing she wasn't in that room.
Nuowente isn't stupid; given Shu Yan's unusual behavior last night, he certainly wouldn't ignore it.
"While you were outside that room, I was in my study having an online video conference with my subordinates. I can't be in two places at once; I can't be having sex on the third floor while having a video conference on the fifth."
Shu Yan: "... Then why?"
Nuowente said irritably, "Just to annoy you."
Why are you upset with me? We don't even know each other.
"You don't know each other, but you are the partner Nuowente has chosen."
Family aside, the mere fact that she is Nuowente's partner is enough to make most people flock to her.
"I've already thrown Elias out of the castle, so are you still going to break up with me?"
This seems to be a positive answer.
But Shu Yan hesitated.
Because he knew perfectly well that what happened yesterday was fake, but what happened before was real, and that things might happen again in the future.
He could only watch Nuowente's various scandalous news day after day, enduring the torment year after year.
Because Nuowente won't stay for him.
One day, Nuowente might even discover that he wasn't so special after all, since Shu Yan was just an ordinary person.
He remained silent, unable to offer an answer.
At this moment, Shu Yan found herself feeling somewhat fortunate, fortunate that she only learned the truth after she had proposed the breakup.
If he found out about these things before the breakup, then he probably didn't have the courage or the strength to initiate the breakup.
Strange, why did he feel fortunate when he clearly loved Nuowente so much?
Cute Nuowente is in so much pain, he feels like he's going to die.
Nuowente received no reply, but his silence itself was an answer.
The tenderness in Nuowente's eyes vanished completely. "You still want to break up with me, don't you?"
Shu Yan: "... Yes."
That single word seemed to have exhausted all of Shu Yan's strength.
His tears started flowing uncontrollably again.
Nuowente furious, but seeing Shu Yan's swollen eyes, he could only try to keep his tone calm. "I've already explained the Elias matter to you, I don't know what you're still arguing with me about."
Shu Yan's nails dug deeply into his palms, as if only pain could give him the strength to speak, "I want to break up."
Nuowente: "I'm asking you one last time, are you really going to break up with me?"
"Right..."
"Good."
There were no harsh words, no emotional fluctuations... and of course, no attempts to persuade him to stay.
Nuowente simply said "okay".
But this aligns perfectly with how he is perceived by Nuowente.
Shu Yan had wondered what would happen if Nuowente refused while in the helicopter.
But he forgot that he wasn't that important.
For Shu Yan Nuowente Yan was just a slightly special person, not someone indispensable.
Nuowente's background and his own abilities prevented him from becoming attached to any object or person.
Dull, grayish-white.
The colors seemed to fade away in that instant.
Strangely, even though it was only early October, he felt as cold as the dead of winter.
Paris is so cold, he doesn't want to come back.