19 Chapter 19 (1/2)

After moving to a new house, Su Le, being a new employee, was earnest and serious in her work. Occasionally, she would come across Wei Chu who was also on his way and she would get a free ride from him. Comfortably, the days passed her swiftly.

On a calm evening, Su Le left work with her colleagues. At the company building's exit, she saw a shiny sports car at the entrance. The had known the car's owner for many years and seeing that he had shown up, her head started to hurt.

”Su Le, what's wrong?” A female colleague saw that something was wrong with her expression so they asked with concern, ”Are you feeling unwell?”

”I'm alright,” Su Le smiled towards the colleague. After the female colleague left, Su Le went to mingle with the rest of the group. She left the building with them, ignoring the person standing near the entrance without sparing a single glance at him.

Once Su Le got home, she cooked a bowl of noodles for herself. Once done, she switched on the computer and began on her novel. Because of her work for the past couple of days, the rate at which she was posting the chapters for her novels had slowed down, but there had been a few ideas building up in her mind so her speed in which she was typing was relatively fast.

After she typing out a section, Su Le stood up and went to make herself a cup of instant coffee. As she drank, she pondered about the next plot for her novel. Su Le was never good at dealing with the soft and gentle parts which were her weakness as a writer. She does enjoy writing but she dislike writing those weak and soft female leads. All the female leads that she had written were fierce, adaptable, and even schemers but she had never written a female lead that was weak or deeply attached to someone and cannot live without them.

When Su Le was young, her father took off with another woman with all the money from the joint account which he had with her mother. Her mother cried for a brief period but quickly stood back up, stronger than before as she carried on with her life. This enlightened Su Le that tears does nothing apart from gaining sympathy from others.

Rather than wasting the energy in hopes that the man, who had committed a wrong, would have a change in mind and return, it would definitely be better to gain the courage to stand up again. Even if life was going to be difficult, at least they would not lose themself or their dignity. Su Le believed in love but she would never easily place all her hope in it, and that was why when the situation with Zhuang Wei occured, she did felt disappointed but not hopeless.

To give up on future relationships and love interests because of one bad relationship, that is one foolish woman. But after coming across a failed relationship without learning from it, then that is another failure as a woman.

After drinking some coffee, she stared at the stars that shone outside the window. Men and women are all the same. Men are able to balance their careers and love, so there's no reason a woman can't do the same. A rational relationship is nevertheless better than a relationship where one loses their reason and then everything else in the end.

Putting down her cup, she carried on with another paragraph. Suddenly, her phone began to ring and she went to pick it up from the computer desk before answering the call while her sight remained locked onto the computer screen as she checked for any mistakes.

”Hello, this is Su Le speaking. May I know who this is?”

”Su Le, it's me.”

Su Le's right hand, that was typing on the keyboard, paused and she withdrew it. ”Zhuang Wei, are you calling me for something?” Has this young master been too lonely recently?

There was silent for a moment before the familiar voice started speaking again, ”I have broken up with Lin Qi.”

”Really?” Su Le languidly rested on the back of the chair while admiring how comfortable the chair was. Even her back that was feeling tense from all the typing was starting to feel relaxed. Too bad she did not know where Wei Chu bought it from. After drinking another mouthful of coffee, Su Le's mood still could not be considered good. Just what else did Zhuang Wei still had to say?

There are times when the acting of some men are even better to watch than those from movies, and since the other party was letting her listen to a play for free, there was no way she was going to reject it.

Since Zhuang Wei didn't get a response from Su Le, he could only carry on talking, ”Have you been well recently?”

”Very well,” Su Le turned to look out of the window. Does this count as her hiding something?

The phone became silent again. Su Le did not wish to know what Zhuang Wei's purpose was for making the call but she did not want to interrupt him since she was a woman with manners.

”Su Le, how did we come to this stage today?” Zhuang Wei's voice held a sense of regret, a sense of loss, as well as some reminisce.

Su Le's hand immediately tightened around the cup but she let out a smile filled with mockery, ”It's probably because I'm not good enough.”

The other party remained silent again. Su Le's smile that was filled with mockery turned even more distinct.

”I really do like you a lot …”

The other party still had a lot to say but Su Le never return a response. Instead, she stood up and walked towards the windowsill. Her eyes darken as she looked at the world outside.