After going bankrupt, the school beauty I was dating became my boss.

Gu Yannian didn't expect to meet Su Yanxi's friend here. After a moment of surprise, she still shook the other person's hand and said, "Hello."

"Didn't you go abroad? When did you come back? Does Yanxi know?"

“I’ve been back in China for a while now, and Yanxi knows about it.”

Li Wei observed Gu Yannian's expression and tentatively asked, "You're with Yan Xi now, right?"

“No, we’re not together.” Gu Yannian shook her head. “We’re just working together right now.”

"I see." Li Wei nodded and sat down in the stands. "How is Yan Xi now? Is she alright?"

Gu Yannian sat down and, upon hearing Li Wei's question, asked, "Aren't you Yan Xi's friend? Haven't you been in contact?"

Li Wei chuckled and turned to look at Gu Yannian: "No, Yan Xi and I haven't been in contact since graduation. Besides, it was my suggestion; I told Yan Xi not to contact me or any of her classmates from university!"

"why?"

"Because of you."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yannian was even more astonished, because of him?

Li Wei turned her head and looked at the playground. Looking at the students on the playground, Li Wei vaguely remembered Su Yanxi from back then.

"Back then, your affair with Yan Xi caused quite a stir at school. Didn't you know that?"

Hearing this, Gu Yannian felt a little embarrassed: "I know, Yan Xi must hate me too."

"If she hated you, perhaps her life wouldn't be so difficult. Gu Yannian, do you know? Yan Xi was once ill, suffering from severe depression!"

"what?"

Gu Yannian's eyes widened in disbelief: "When did this happen? How come I didn't know?"

"Three years ago, you just left, leaving Yanxi all alone. Do you know what Yanxi went through all by herself?"

Back then, all sorts of rumors circulated at school, and some people frequently harassed Yanxi. Those days were undoubtedly the darkest for Yanxi.

Later, Yan Xi wanted to pursue graduate studies, but because the rumors were so horrible, not a single professor at the university was willing to accept her. If it weren't for Professor Qin, Yan Xi might have given up on graduate school.

Yan Xi officially began her graduate studies, spending every day either in the library or running around with Professor Qin. Others thought Yan Xi was ashamed to stay at school, but that wasn't the case. Yan Xi just wanted to keep herself busy so she wouldn't have time to stop and think about you.

Because of her hard work, she brought many trophies back to the school and was eventually featured on the wall of honor. In the end, all the rumors about her at school were reversed. Honestly, that's what I admire most about her. If it had happened to someone else, they probably would have been crushed by the gossip.

But Yanxi not only refused to admit defeat, but also changed everyone's opinion of her with her own abilities!

Just when everyone thought Yanxi's life was about to get better, things took a turn for the worse. Unexpectedly, near graduation, first the project Yanxi was in charge of was halted for various reasons. Then, her father and uncle ultimately succumbed to their illness and passed away in the hospital.

The final blow to her was when someone told her that a classmate had met her abroad and that she was doing very well and had a loving girlfriend.

Yanxi was completely devastated, but to avoid worrying Professor Qin and us, she kept quiet and pretended to be fine every day. Later, we realized something was wrong when we noticed she was getting thinner and thinner.

It turned out that she was already depressed at that time. She barely ate anything and often locked herself in the lab. Eventually, she even resorted to self-harm!

Professor Qin was the first to discover Yan Xi's self-harm, and he immediately took her to the hospital. It was then that we realized how negligent we had been. We had always thought that simply being by Yan Xi's side was enough, but we hadn't realized that Yan Xi's heart was already broken.

Yan Xi underwent a long period of treatment before finally recovering. I knew the root of Yan Xi's illness lay within this school, which is why I suggested that she cut off all contact with everyone at the university after graduation. Only in this way could Yan Xi begin a new life.

Li Wei spoke calmly, but if you listened carefully, you could hear a slight tremor in her voice when she talked about Su Yanxi's illness.

Gu Yannian sat there blankly, her mind a jumbled mess.

Su Yanxi had never told him any of these things, so he knew nothing about them.

No wonder Shen Shi'an dislikes him so much. If it weren't for him, would Su Yanxi have gotten sick?

Li Wei let out a long sigh and continued, "Only Professor Qin, Senior Shen, and I know about Yan Xi's illness. The three of us have agreed not to tell anyone. We all know that if word gets out that Yan Xi is sick, it will only be more detrimental to her."

Now that I see you and know that you and Yanxi are working together again, I think you should know about this. Gu Yannian, I don't know what the situation is between you and Yanxi now, or whether Yanxi still likes you. But I hope you won't hurt Yanxi anymore.

After all, it was you who wronged her, not the other way around. If you have any conscience, don't hurt her anymore; she really can't take any more harm.

“Back then, my family went bankrupt, and a bunch of terrible things were waiting for me to deal with. I didn’t want to drag Yanxi down with me, so I left. I never imagined that Yanxi would encounter such a thing after I left. If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have left.”

Gu Yannian stammered and spoke for the first time the real reason why she left Su Yanxi.

Actually, when the Gu family went bankrupt, he had considered taking Su Yanxi with him.

However, Su Yanxi had a seriously ill father to take care of, and he couldn't let her abandon her father for him. Besides, he wasn't sure what the future held at that time, so he left the last of his money to Su Yanxi and left.

I thought his departure would give Su Yanxi a new lease on life.

Unexpectedly, his departure not only failed to give Su Yanxi a new lease on life, but instead dragged her into hell.

How did Su Yanxi get through that period?

If it weren't for Professor Qin's timely discovery, would Su Yanxi be gone by now?

"Li Wei, thank you for telling me all this. Don't worry, I won't hurt Yan Xi again."

"That's good."

"By the way, could you tell me where Professor Qin is staying now? I'd like to visit him."