Chapter 99 - 91: Falling in Love
Shen Jianian stood by the car door, one foot already lifted, about to step inside. The wind blew strands of her hair onto her face, and she tucked it behind her ear with her hand, inadvertently raising her eyes. All movements were suddenly paused.
The wind stopped, and the cars passing by on the road disappeared.
Shen Jianian stared blankly at the entrance of the bar, with lights so dazzling, the man who was once as serene and luminous as the moon, now lay on the ground in a state of disarray and defeat.
On this cold night, temperatures had dropped to minus nine degrees. He wore only a thin white shirt, his figure lean, like a crumpled piece of paper that would be blown away by the wind.
Someone came out of the bar, kindly helping him up, but he couldn’t support himself and fell heavily again, his head hitting the steps as if he couldn’t feel the pain.
His hair was disheveled, yet the exposed half of his face remained handsome, despite the dense blue stubble on his chin.
Shen Jianian’s nose tingled with a sourness, and she didn’t know when her eyes had reddened.
Beicheng isn’t too big, but not too small either. She thought that even if she returned, she wouldn’t encounter Pei Che, but didn’t expect fate to play such a joke.
On the very first day of her return, she met him.
Others naturally recognized Pei Che as well.
Ye Xu, straightforward as always, spilled everything he knew: "I heard he gave up the Pei Family inheritance, ran away from home, spent his days frequenting bars all over Beicheng, drinking himself into a stupor, and even raced cars on Ling City’s so-called ’Eye of Death’ mountain roads. Isn’t he risking his life? All for a woman..."
Chen Jinhui coughed with his fist against his lips, reminding him to stop talking.