Mad Dog CEO and his beautiful assistant

"it is good."

Calmly and expressionlessly, Shen Qin uttered this word and immediately hung up the call.

He looked out the window at the desolate colors unique to winter. It was the beginning of a new year, and it was time for him to start his life over again, starting with severing his bad karma.

Cang Yan couldn't tell the emotions on the other end of the phone; all his thoughts were focused on the New Year's Eve plans.

From Xue Fugui's sudden visit to sealing his heart and locking his thoughts, during this period, he buried all interferences deep down with an indestructible belief. He prepared himself mentally to let the past stay in the past, and he would never back down even if the shackles weighed more than a thousand pounds.

Everything went according to plan. Tonight, when the clock struck midnight, it would be the perfect time for him to confess his feelings. He would burn his boats and risk everything, no one and nothing could stop him from getting Shen Qin.

The past is like dust, which will eventually dissipate. He carried the responsibility of this huge mistake alone. Shen Qin would never know, did not need to know, and could not know. He would risk the rest of his life, and he would treat Shen Qin twice as well. His love could melt ice and snow. He loved Shen Qin so much, and his love was so passionate that it would melt everything.

One day, the haze in his heart will dissipate, and he will be relieved. There will always be such a day, he believes. So, from now on, he will only focus on loving Shen Qin, he will only focus on guarding Shen Qin, he just wants to never look back on the past.

No matter how great the hurt was, he couldn't repair it, so he simply buried it all. He cut off the memory, cut off the past, and no one could stop his love.

Cang Yan booked dinner on the top floor of the tallest hotel in the city, just him and Shen Qin.

He had several versions of his confession in mind for tonight, and he had also set up a private residence where he hid his passion and love.

However, the New Year's fireworks can be seen here, so he revised his plan and finally decided on this version, confessing his love under the fireworks on the top floor, and then taking Shen Qin to a nearby private house to feel his love.

This was the perfect plan to take care of both parties. He covered his pocket, where the ring he used to confess his love was placed.

Everything was planned properly, there would be no mistakes, no mistakes were allowed. After tonight, it would be a new era for him and Shen Qin. When he thought that from now on, Shen Qin would be his, openly owned and in love, he was overjoyed.

My heart was pounding, I was nervous and excited, my whole body felt like it was electrified and I was fidgeting. But time was moving so slowly, a second seemed like an hour, and the night was getting darker. Why hadn't midnight come yet?

Shen Qin ate very elegantly, chewing slowly and carefully, yet he could not taste anything. Compared to Cang Yan's excitement, he was as calm as an ascetic monk who had passed away. What did the troubles of the world have to do with him?

The two sat in silence, their moods completely different, until the clock struck midnight and fireworks filled the sky, lighting up the night.

Cang Yan leaped to the floor-to-ceiling glass. The colorful light in the sky cast shadows on his excited handsome face, like a dream.

"Happy New Year, Shen Qin, Happy New Year!" Cang Yan was so excited that he was incoherent.

Shen Qin also stood up and walked to the window. Gorgeous fireworks bloomed with abandon, the noise was boiling, and the night sky was lit up with great fanfare, declaring to heaven and earth, who cares about the joys and sorrows of mortals?

"Shen Qin, I have something to tell you." Cang Yan clutched the ring box in his pocket, his heart beating like a drum.

"What a coincidence, I have something to say to you too." Shen Qin's voice was low and cold, which matched the winter temperature very well.

Cang Yan was stunned. If he had been more attentive, he would have noticed something was wrong with Shen Qin. But he was overwhelmed by the overwhelming emotions in his heart, and his senses were dulled. He stared at Shen Qin's handsome face, "Well, you go first."

Shen Qin pulled the corners of her lips slightly, seeming to laugh and cry, "We've been entangled for several months, fighting and quarreling, but it seems like a dream. The old and the new are replaced by each other, like a giant blade cutting through time. I've said that a few times, and this time I mean it. From now on, our past relationship is over, and we'll go our separate ways."

"..." Cang Yan suspected he was hallucinating and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. "W-what did you say?"

"I will formally submit my resignation and leave Canglong. You and I will never see each other again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Qin turned around and left without hesitation.

Cang Yan hurriedly chased after him and grabbed his arm, but Shen Qin struggled hard to break free.

He turned around and punched Cang Yan in the face with such force that it broke his hand bones and knocked Cang Yan over.

Cang Yan was hit hard by a punch, and his face was burning with pain. He quickly got up from the ground and stopped Shen Qin like a flash of light.

Looking at Shen Qin's face which was as white as frost and snow, Cang Yan was stunned and speechless. The shadow in his heart quickly spread, covering the sky and the sun.

"Shen, Shen Qin..."

"Xue Fugui." Shen Qin only uttered this name, but it was like a basin of ice and snow pouring down on his head.

The shadow in Cang Yan's heart finally turned into a sharp blade, cutting his heart wantonly, causing him excruciating pain.

But he still had a glimmer of hope. "W-what? Why mention him? Is there some misunderstanding?"

Shen Qin clicked on the damn video in front of him, and Cang Yan turned pale and almost fainted.

"You, you know?" Cold sweat spurted from his forehead and quickly soaked through his clothes.

Little did he know that Cang Yan's words had stabbed Shen Qin in the heart. He had originally held onto a glimmer of hope, that Cang Yan was unaware of the situation, that Cang Yan had simply drunk too much and was being mean, and that the person who had committed the crime was Xue Fugui, not Cang Yan.

But this "you know" could no longer be used to justify himself. Cang Yan knew everything, knew everything, and it was even Cang Yan who gave the secret order, Cang Yan was the mastermind.

Shen Qin didn't dare to ask, for he was afraid of hearing the cruel truth from Cang Yan's mouth. It wasn't just a momentary impulse or the result of his eloquence, but a long-planned one, a deliberate act, and a complete lack of conscience!

Her eyes were burning with pain, and hot tears fell down her pale cheeks. Shen Qin wept silently. A Shen Qin like this was going to drive Cang Yan crazy.

"Shen Qin, please listen to my explanation, listen to my explanation..."

Shen Qin closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face. "What else can I explain? At this point, no matter how many explanations I give, they are just sophistry."

"No, no, I..." Cang Yan couldn't form a complete sentence. He tried desperately to explain, but how could he explain?

"It's my fault." Shen Qin opened her eyes again, the tears stained by the blood in her eyes, "Meeting you was a mistake, provoking you was a mistake, overestimating my own abilities was even more of a mistake. Meeting again was a mistake, getting to know each other was a mistake, and getting to this point today, everything is wrong!"

Shen Qin wept bitterly with every word, "I am unworthy of being a son. I disregarded my parents' kindness and treated my enemy as my confidant. My father is disabled and my mother's hair has turned gray at an early age. All of this is my fault!"

"No, it's not like this, it's not like this!" Cang Yan was incoherent. "Shen Qin, no, it's not your fault. Don't do this! It's me, it's my fault! It's me!"

Cang Yan couldn't bear the crumbling weight, and tears welled up in his eyes. He would rather Shen Qin punched him a few times than suffer such heartbreak. He had never seen Shen Qin so remorseful and heartbroken.

Shen Qin is like a knife on his heart, making his life worse than death.

"Shen Qin, please listen to my explanation. I, I didn't mean it. I didn't want to..."

"No need to say more." Shen Qin didn't want to hear a word. "Today, it's futile to say anything. Time can't be turned back, the damage is already done. What difference does it make whether it's intentional or not?"

Cang Yan stumbled, as if his backbone had been ripped out, his spirit and soul had nowhere to rest, and his tall body was teetering on the verge of collapse. This sudden scene was like a flash of lightning, tearing his soul into pieces, and then hastily piecing them together, but it was impossible to put it back together.

He looked like a human, but his ability to speak and think seemed to have been instantly lost. He wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to organize his words. He wanted to save himself, but he didn't know what to do. It was as if he had degenerated overnight into a child, unable to cope with the whirlwind of the adult world.

He only knew that he couldn't let Shen Qin go, he had to keep Shen Qin, he had to keep Shen Qin.

So, he pounced over again, grabbed Shen Qin's arm, like a drowning man clinging to a piece of driftwood, and refused to let go no matter what.

"Cang Yan, let's part ways in peace." Shen Qin pried open the fingers of the hand on his arm one by one, as if prying off a piece of flesh from his heart. The pain became numb after that.

Shen Qin no longer looked back, leaving only Cang Yan's lonely shadow, tall, thin, and all alone.

"Shen Qin——"

It took Cang Yan a long while to come back to his senses, screaming heart-wrenchingly and stumbling after him.