She wasn’t as calm inside as she appeared. After all, this was Qiao Yu who had sent the original host to a psychiatric hospital two years ago. Jian Ning couldn’t forget the desperate feeling of looking through iron bars when she first woke up, calling out to heaven and earth with no response.
But surprisingly, until she walked down the stairs, out of the villa, and out of Qiao Yu’s line of sight, he made no move.
No threats to stop her, no rushing to drag her back in. His calmness was abnormal.
But Jian Ning couldn’t care about that now. Qiao Yu’s lack of reaction was even better as far as she was concerned.
Qiao Yu used all his self-control not to rush out in a panic.
No one could understand how painful it was to watch Jian Ning disappear before his eyes.
But the last bit of rationality in his heart told him that if he rushed out and forcibly kept her, it would only make her hate him more.
No one would want the person they liked to hate them.
He knew very well that he couldn’t bear that kind of hurt.
Standing in place for a while, Qiao Yu finally found some strength, moved his heavy legs, went home, went upstairs, to the room where Jian Ning had lived before, lifted the blanket that still carried her scent, and lay down, wrapping himself completely from head to toe.
He felt exhausted.
From the moment Jian Ning said she was leaving, he had felt tired, understanding how terrible his past actions were, realizing that Jian Ning’s lack of grudge wasn’t forgiveness, but simply not wanting to be involved with him anymore. She had no anger, no dissatisfaction.
Her heart and eyes were full of thoughts of how to leave him.
Qiao Yu was so miserable he could barely breathe, yet he couldn’t even cry.
If he couldn’t even cry, how could he find Ning Ning again?
Qiao Yu stared blankly inside the blanket. Outside, the light was bright. Even with the blanket over his head, he could still see the pattern on it – vine tendrils intertwining, which would become a tangled mess if not careful.
After a while, Qiao Yu suddenly sat up and called Dr. Chi.
