He broke his vows for her, and a tycoon descended to earth for love.

Siyi was still lost in her thoughts when she was suddenly pushed down and startled. "Jiang Yanhui, I..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Yan's hot tongue pushed inside.

It was a long kiss, and Siyi's lips went numb from it.

Jiang Yanhui, however, did not let go, only continuing to kiss him deeply.

Her face was still streaked with tears, the wet imprints on Jiang Yan Hui's palm, the stinging sensation seemingly carrying a kind of pain.

He kissed her even harder, and Siyi finally felt uncomfortable, as if all the air in her lungs had been squeezed out by him.

She couldn't breathe, and her face turned even redder.

She bit his lip hard, and he bit her back, even harder than she did.

Siyi whimpered in distress, her little fists hitting Jiang Yanhui's back repeatedly.

All the suppressed emotions, at this moment, seemed to have finally found an outlet. She felt extremely painful, so she cried desperately, but there was no sound, only tears, gushing out like a flood bursting its banks, and her body gradually went limp. If she could leave this world like this, wouldn't it be alright?

She will never feel such heart-wrenching pain again, and no one will pull her back. The scales of her life have long been out of balance, yet she still sways between the two extremes. No one knows the pain she is in…

She was like a punctured balloon, suddenly lifeless. The man on top of her realized something and finally let go of her.

Jiang Yanhui was still leaning over her, her hands on either side of her, her body already between her legs. But this time, the woman beneath her did not glare at her with a shy expression as usual. Jiang Yanhui saw her covering her cheeks with her hands, crying silently.

He had never seen her so vulnerable, as if the whole world had suddenly collapsed before her. Her sorrow was like that of a small animal on the verge of despair, whimpering and crying, and even those around her could feel her despair.

"Why are you crying? What did your mother say to you?"

He knew nothing else. In fact, he had secretly assigned people to protect her, so he wouldn't hear what she usually said to anyone. He had only ordered them to keep an eye on her from a distance, fearing she would be offended if she found out. He did know that she had met Ye Xiongming and Guan Fengru that afternoon, and her behavior just now was quite strange. At this moment, he simply assumed that her sadness stemmed from knowing that the old man and his mother had divorced, which meant that the old man might have already registered his marriage with Guan Fengru…

Siyi's heart skipped a beat. Why did he ask that? Did he know something?

She wiped away the tears on her face, her swollen eyes looking at him cautiously. After a long while, she shook her head, her words stiff and strained, "...Nothing, he didn't say anything to me."

"Why are you crying like this if I didn't tell you anything?" Jiang Yan Hui clearly didn't believe her. She narrowed her eyes, reached out and lifted her chin, looking at her rabbit-like eyes. She couldn't help but reach into the tissue box next to her and take two tissues to wipe her face. "It's just that they registered their marriage. It's not a big deal. I thought you had already accepted it. Now you can call me brother legitimately, right?"

His last half-sentence was quite inappropriate, and Siyi was stunned for a moment, seemingly not quite understanding. Almost instinctively, she asked, "What did you say?"

"Huh?" He paused in his actions, looking at her astonished expression. He crumpled the tissue in his hand and tossed it aside, raising an eyebrow. "So surprised? You didn't know?"

"Jiang Yanhui, what did you just say?" Siyi relentlessly tugged at his sleeve, impatiently demanding, "What registration? Who registered?"

"Who did you say registered?" Jiang Yan asked back with a half-smile.

Siyi felt a buzzing in her head, and instantly understood, "Why didn't you stop them? Weren't you going to stop them at all costs? Why are you doing this now..."

“I’ve learned some things.” He interrupted her coldly, his long, slender fingers twitching slightly before he reached into his pocket for a pack of cigarettes. He took one, held it to his lips but didn’t light it, and his expression suddenly turned distant and cold. His tone was languid. “I always thought I was right, but after more than a decade, I suddenly realized today that some things aren’t what I thought at all…”

He suddenly lowered his eyes, his thin lips pressed into a thin line, his eyes like cold waves shrouded in mist.

He didn't continue, but simply lit the cigarette and slowly smoked it. Siyi, however, felt uneasy. She wondered if she had a guilty conscience. At that moment, even her sadness had vanished, and she anxiously pressed him for details: "You... know what?"

"It's nothing." He obviously didn't intend to say much, but because of the lighting, half of his body was hidden in the light. Siyi stared at him blankly, only to feel that he seemed a little irritable today. After taking two puffs of his cigarette, he couldn't help but reach out and forcefully stub it out. This unusual behavior of Jiang Yanhui made Siyi even more uneasy.

She couldn't take any more blows; she felt her heart was so fragile it would shatter at the slightest touch. No, it was already shattered; how could it possibly bear any more?

She felt exhausted. She couldn't figure out what to do next, yet she was still busy trying to guess what he was thinking.

She gently closed her eyes, feeling utterly exhausted. And somehow, those words just slipped out of her mouth.

"Jiang Yan, do you want to leave City A?"

"Hmm?" He looked at her with some surprise.

Siyi smiled slowly, "We can't stay in City A anymore. Would you be willing to take me away from City A?" She finally asked the question.

In truth, she understood their situation perfectly. Whether he knew or not, she felt that the person she least wanted to let go of was still him. Moreover, in the hatred that Guan Fengru described, she felt she was merely an insignificant figure. She wasn't cold-blooded or heartless; she simply couldn't comprehend that kind of hatred.

She had never even met the woman who was called her biological mother, and now she was inexplicably burdened with such a deep-seated hatred...

Whether she is selfish or cruel, she doesn't want to bear this kind of pain.

If she had to choose between pain and happiness, she would definitely choose happiness without hesitation.

Is she letting down her biological mother who endured a lifetime of pain and is now free? Perhaps she is, but who isn't selfish? She doesn't agree with Guan Fengru's so-called revenge method. Even if Jiang Jizhen really deserves to die, she insists on taking a different approach with the three law enforcement officers from the Ye family. She doesn't even know what else she can do by staying.

Help her get revenge?

Or I just watched her do those things, and then I was stuck in that pain every day, unable to pull myself out...

No, this is definitely not the life she wants.

"Sisi, do you know what it means for you to say these things to me right now?"

Jiang Yan didn't rush to answer her question. He flicked a bit of ash from his cigarette onto the coffee table, his eyes narrowed as he looked at her. The smile on his lips still carried a breathtakingly alluring charm for Si Yi. "Answer me, why do you feel that City A can't accommodate you and me, hmm?"

Jiang Yanhui was as cunning as Siyi was clever. Actually, her words were spoken in a moment of impulse, but she didn't regret them after they were out. She knew that he was forcing her to admit her feelings. However, she didn't expect that such a promise would be so important to the usually unruly Jiang Yanhui.

She rested her head on her lap and called out softly and painfully, "Jiang Yanhui, you know why you still ask." From the moment she desperately tried to find out the truth about that case for him, she had already been deeply mired in this quagmire, unable to extricate herself.

An endless silence.

The hiss of the cigarette being stubbed out filled the darkness as he said hoarsely, "Baby, have you really not thought about this? You're inviting me to elope with you."

He lifted her head with the hand that was tucked into her hair. He turned to the side, and his eyes, which were only inches away from her face, still shone with a cold, unyielding light. It was an expression she rarely saw in his eyes, which seemed to carry a hint of weariness after a struggle, as well as a complex emotion that she could not understand.

He stretched out his long arm and pulled her up around the waist. He flipped her over and pressed her into the sofa. His lips pressed against hers, dark as an infinite abyss. Her heart, bound by reason, sank rapidly, bleeding from the wounds. Both of them seemed to be hiding unspeakable secrets, but at this moment, they seemed to have forgotten them all.

His thin, delicate lips were damaged by his eagerness and intensity, and there was a faint sweet, fishy taste in his mouth.

“…I know.” Finally unable to bear the torment any longer, she pressed her lips to his and spoke softly. In the flickering light of the LCD screen, her eyes reddened once more. Her throat tightened as soon as she opened her mouth, and her voice trembled uncontrollably. Yet, she spoke each word with utmost care. “Jiang Yan Hui, I know exactly what I’m saying. Are you willing to elope with me?”

"Where do you want to go?" His long, slender fingers gently traced her injured lips. His focused gaze was fixed on her eyes, which seemed to hold the greatest happiness in the world. His voice gave Siyi a sense of peace and security. "Baby, as long as you always follow my heart and never lie to me, I'll take you wherever you want to go, okay?"