Chapter 22 (2/2)

She was a young and beautiful girl, but due to his hormones, he was impulsive. When the initial extreme feelings faded away, he was left with some unwillingness.—Seeing how she got engaged to Tang Jianan, she definitely had a limitless future.

So her departure was correct.

When they were together, they only restricted one another, causing a deadlock between them. Now he had a considerably successful career and she will most likely successfully marry into a wealthy family, it was a win-win situation.

It was just, he had to meet her again.

When she left, he thought that he would quickly forget about her. However, reality proved the opposite. Not only did he not forget her, but instead the memory of her became clearer than ever. After a very long period of time, he finally realized what this feeling was. It wasn't because he was still in love with her, but rather because she left so suddenly, she didn't give him a chance to make her stay—even though there was an 80%-90% chance he wouldn't have tried to make her stay, his pride couldn't accept that she left on her own terms.

As a result, he always thought of her.

She owed him an explanation.

That afternoon in the auction hall, they hadn't gotten to the main topic yet when Tang Jianan suddenly appeared. She was clearly nervous. Hehe, actually, before he saw her, he was also nervous as well. Whenever he had free time, his imagination would roam, but when he finally saw her, he became very calm.

It wasn't a big deal.

As An Yuesheng contemplated, a self-mocking smile appeared on his face. He stamped out the lit cigarette between his fingers, dropping it into the ashtray along with the eight other ones already in there. These past few years, he had cut down on the smoking, but because his emotions were in turmoil tonight, he had unconsciously indulged himself. He had no right to indulge though, even though tomorrow was the weekend, there were still work matters he had to take care of. The higher one's position was, the heavier the responsibilities and the bigger the pressure, especially for someone like him who worked hard to crawl his way up from the bottom. He would definitely not let himself relax so easily.

(1) Slang term for people who spend their paycheck before receiving their next. It's different from living paycheck to paycheck, because these people aren't necessarily poor, they just have large expenditures compared to their income.

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