“What a lively wedding this is! Have you heard? Lawyer Huo’s childhood sweetheart is threatening to jump off the hotel rooftop!”
Listening to the hushed whispers outside the door, Ming Yan felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.
This was Qin Wan’s ninety-ninth suicide attempt.
She thought she had grown used to it.
But today was different.
Today was her wedding day with Huo Hanshan.
With Qin Wan’s latest outburst, she knew she would have to step back once again.
In the five years she had been with Huo Hanshan, Qin Wan had caused a scene every single year.
Each time, Huo Hanshan would rush to comfort her without hesitation.
Ming Yan even felt like she was the hidden mistress in this relationship.
But the last time Huo Hanshan left her to tend to Qin Wan, he had promised her—it would be the final time.
It was because she believed his “final time” that today’s wedding had come to pass.
“If she wants to die, let her die! What’s the point of calling me?”
Ming Yan’s eyes snapped open. The balcony door wasn’t fully closed, and Huo Hanshan’s low, indifferent voice drifted through the crack—
“Jumping off a building? She wouldn’t dare! How many times has she pulled this suicide stunt? When has she ever actually shed blood?”
Finally, she heard Huo Hanshan lower his voice and say a few more things, but his voice was too muffled for her to make out the words.
Huo Hanshan hung up the phone and turned around, his gaze meeting Ming Yan’s.
Ming Yan’s heart raced—this time, he hadn’t gone to Qin Wan…
So, he hadn’t lied to her?
Was it truly the last time?
“Why are you staring at me like that? The wedding is about to begin. Are you ready?” Huo Hanshan’s face remained expressionless.
Still, Ming Yan was overjoyed.
She knew that Huo Hanshan was born with Emotional Detachment Syndrome, often unable to empathize with others.
But from the innocent, youthful crush to the genuine love she now felt, she believed she had finally achieved her happy ending.
To Huo Hanshan, she must be someone special.
Otherwise, why would he have agreed to marry her?
Ming Yan beamed as she linked her arm with his, her eyes sparkling with happiness. “Huo Hanshan, we’re finally getting married…”
Huo Hanshan remained impassive. “Yes, I know.”
The door to the lounge swung open—
“Now, please welcome the bride and groom!” The wedding host’s booming voice instantly commanded the room.
Ming Yan, radiant with joy, walked arm in arm with Huo Hanshan toward the stage.
“Let us congratulate…”
Before the host could finish, Huo Hanshan’s phone suddenly rang.
The host’s face flashed with embarrassment, while the guests below erupted into laughter.
Ming Yan’s smile froze. To her, that ringtone was like a nightmare—it was Qin Wan’s exclusive ringtone.
Huo Hanshan pulled his phone from his pocket and answered the call. “Hello, what is it now?”
The host quickly stepped in to salvage the situation, trying to revive the atmosphere—he had probably never encountered such a thing in all his years of hosting.
But before he could speak—
“I’ll be right there.”
Huo Hanshan tossed out the words and strode off the stage.
Instantly, the entire room erupted into chaos.
“Don’t go…” Ming Yan chased after him in her wedding dress, her face pleading. “You said it was the last time.”
Huo Hanshan’s brow furrowed slightly, as if coldly weighing the pros and cons.
A few seconds later, he calmly explained to her, “Qin Wan really jumped off the building. I have to go check on her. You calm the guests down. I’ll be back soon.”
“Huo Hanshan!” Ming Yan gripped his wrist tightly, refusing to let go. “If you go, I won’t marry you!”
Huo Hanshan pried her hand off directly. “Then don’t regret it.”
Ming Yan felt as if her heart had shattered into pieces, tears suddenly falling.
Seeing her tears, Huo Hanshan’s heart trembled slightly, but he knew she was compromising with him again.
Just like always.
She couldn’t bear to lose him.
He knew how much Ming Yan loved him—a pampered young lady from a wealthy family who had defied her family to struggle alongside him in the capital.
No matter what happened, she always stood behind him.
Her greatest wish was to marry him.
And before this, whenever Qin Wan had caused trouble, Ming Yan had always helped him clean up the mess.
But this time, she actually threatened him with “not marrying,” clearly pushed to her limit.
However, something really had happened to Qin Wan.
He couldn’t indulge Ming Yan’s unreasonable behavior.
Huo Hanshan instinctively moved his lips, but his phone vibrated in his pocket again. He immediately answered the call and turned to run outside.
For a moment, the guests exchanged bewildered glances.
What… was going on?
Why did the groom run off?
As chaos erupted, Ming Yan wiped away her tears, forced herself to gather her composure, and turned to take the microphone from the completely stunned emcee. “I’m sorry, everyone, but today’s wedding is canceled…”
The venue instantly erupted into an uproar.
But Ming Yan could no longer care about any of it.
She knew that after today, she would become the biggest joke in the entire capital.
Everyone knew how desperately Ming Yan loved Huo Hanshan—how she had turned down so many outstanding suitors, choosing instead a poor young man to struggle and endure hardships with. Just when she thought she had finally weathered the storm and reached the light, Huo Hanshan abandoned her on their wedding day.
When Ming Yan chased out of the hotel, she found the entrance completely blocked.
Not far away, Qin Wan had already been carried down from the air cushion by Huo Hanshan. She was wearing a wedding dress, her eyes red from crying.
“Huo Hanshan, how could you leave me alone? Didn’t we promise to be together forever?”
“Stop making a scene,” Huo Hanshan frowned slightly, his expression still devoid of emotion.
Qin Wan cupped his face with both hands, gazing into his dark, ink-like eyes. “I won’t!”
Watching Qin Wan’s actions, Ming Yan’s first thought was that Huo Hanshan would be angry.
When she was younger, she had also cupped his face and gazed at him, but he had looked back coldly and said, “I don’t like anyone touching my face.”
His tone was icy, his eyes devoid of any emotion.
But now, Huo Hanshan made no move to stop Qin Wan, allowing her to vent by rubbing his handsome face until she finally broke into a smile through her tears.
Ming Yan had always thought Huo Hanshan’s Emotional Detachment Syndrome made him cold and distant toward everyone. But at this moment, watching him carry Qin Wan toward the ambulance, she realized what a colossal joke she had been.
She had believed that day after day, year after year, she would eventually warm Huo Hanshan’s cold heart—that he would finally come to love her, and his cool, beautiful eyes would fill with affection and indulgence for her.
But in the end—
She had been brutally proven wrong.
It turned out Huo Hanshan did have feelings, just not for her.
Ming Yan laughed until tears streamed down her face.
All these five years—
What had she even been?
Ming Yan, you are truly naive, truly laughable.
These five years turned out to be nothing but a grand dream of hers.
Now the dream has shattered.
It’s time for her to wake up.
Ming Yan returned to the lounge, took off her wedding dress, and changed into her own clothes.
The turmoil caused by the chaos at the wedding was still intense, so when Ming Yan returned to the law firm, her colleagues, who had been animatedly discussing the situation, abruptly fell silent.
However, Ming Yan didn’t pay it any mind. She had always been thick-skinned. Back in her youth, when she pursued Huo Hanshan, the talented law student, she had already become the laughingstock of the entire school.
With unwavering courage and determination, she had charged forward, only to crash headfirst into reality and finally understand that Huo Hanshan truly did not like her.
Ming Yan returned to her workstation, printed a resignation letter from her computer, signed it, and placed it on Huo Hanshan’s office desk.
As soon as she set it down, her phone vibrated.
It was a call from Huo Hanshan.
“I heard you canceled the wedding? Why didn’t you discuss it with me beforehand? Do you have any idea how bad this looks for the law firm’s reputation?”
“What else was I supposed to do?” Ming Yan retorted coldly. “Did you expect all those guests to sit in the hotel waiting for you to return as the hero saving the beauty?”
Huo Hanshan fell silent for a few seconds, seemingly caught off guard by Ming Yan’s defiant tone.
From the very beginning of their relationship, Ming Yan had always been like a little sun, buzzing around him with endless chatter. She seemed perpetually full of energy, her face always wearing a smile.
She had never once lost her temper with him.
“My mistake,” Huo Hanshan replied, ever rational and composed. “I didn’t think it through.”
Ming Yan let out a bitter laugh. Back then, she truly was a newborn calf unafraid of tigers. Why had she ever thought that someone inherently emotionally detached would fall in love with her?
Ming Yan glanced at the resignation letter on the desk. “Huo Hanshan, my resign—”
Before she could finish, a sweet, coquettish voice came through the receiver. “Huo Hanshan, my back hurts. Come over quickly and massage it for me.”
“I’m busy. Let’s talk later.”
The line quickly went dead with the sound of a dial tone.