Lu Jiayu had only one thought in his mind: he had to see Xiao Yu one more time.
There were still so many things he wanted to say to her.
He hurried in the direction Shen Yiqiu had left, hoping he wasn’t too late.
In his haste, he forgot to wear a mask.
And so he stumbled out just like that.
Given Lu Jiayu’s level of fame, as soon as he appeared in public, he would quickly be recognized.
A passerby took photos and posted them online.
【Ran into the film emperor outside the police station. He seemed to be going through something—his mental state was terrible, as if the sky had fallen. He looked completely defeated.】
At the end, they added a comment: 【Although he was wearing a coat, judging by his pants, they’re a matching set with Ye Fei’s pajamas. Could these two have spent the night together? How disgusting～】
A single stone stirred up a thousand waves. Soon, netizens uncovered the reason Lu Jiayu had appeared at the police station.
His girlfriend had died.
From intentional murder.
While everyone sighed in sympathy, voices condemning Lu Jiayu and Ye Fei grew louder and louder.
【According to the information found, Ms. Sang Yu was an outstanding graduate with a master’s degree from a prestigious university. She was currently employed at a private elite high school, where her teaching abilities were exceptional, and she had even been selected as an outstanding teacher. To suffer such an unjust disaster—I’m truly furious.
A concerned netizen revealed that not long ago, Ms. Sang Yu mentioned to a colleague that she was getting married in another month. Clearly, the groom-to-be was Mr. Lu Jiayu.
I’d like to ask Mr. Lu: when you were dating someone else, did you remember you had a fiancée?
And I’d like to ask Ms. Ye: did you know the person you were dating wasn’t single?
Perhaps some people just enjoy this kind of thrill.
A living, breathing life was lost just like that. I wonder if you’ll feel any remorse?
My moral compass won’t allow me to support people like this.
Goodbye.】
Soon, others followed with comments.
【People like this should be blocked out. It’s just a shame for Ms. Sang Yu—in the prime of her youth, she became cannon fodder for someone else’s so-called true love.】
As more and more information was dug up, public opinion shifted overwhelmingly, with everyone criticizing Lu Jiayu and Ye Fei.
From ancient times to the present, third parties have always been despised.
Ye Fei thought yesterday’s events were the limit, but she never expected that just one day later, just when she thought things might take a turn for the better, she was pushed into an even darker, more hopeless abyss.
She didn’t dare to leave the house. Already, extremists were threatening to find her.
And after they found her?
She didn’t dare to think about what would come next.
The empty villa had only her in it.
Ye Fei was terrified, constantly feeling as if someone might suddenly appear and do something terrible to her.
“Answer the phone, why won’t you answer the phone!”
“Please, Jiayu…”
Ye Fei frantically called Lu Jiayu, but unfortunately, he had already blocked her long ago.
This call would never connect.
“Sang Yu must have done this on purpose!” Ye Fei muttered to herself. “Why did you have to die at this time? Why!”
“If you wanted to die, you should have died two years ago!”
“You were a stumbling block while alive, and even in death, you’re dragging us down with you. Sang Yu, who do you think you are!”
The living can never compete with the dead.
Ye Fei knew she had lost this round.
Lost completely.
But she truly loved Lu Jiayu. She had fallen in love with him two years ago.
Even knowing he had a girlfriend, she had tried to restrain herself.
Otherwise, why would they waste a whole two years?
Ye Fei comforted herself, thinking everything now was temporary. Only the living had infinite possibilities.
Jiayu would return to her side.
He definitely would!
Unable to reach Lu Jiayu, Ye Fei could only contact her own agent.
After all, she was the film queen he had single-handedly built up. Her agent couldn’t just abandon her.
“Don’t go out or make any statements during this time. The heat will naturally die down after a while.”
Both of them knew perfectly well that even if the matter passed, Ye Fei’s image would still take a huge hit.
If Sang Yu hadn’t met with misfortune, if the murderer hadn’t been Ye Fei’s fan, there might have been some room for a turnaround.
But now, they were powerless.
They could only wait.
Wait until the public forgot about this, and only then could Ye Fei appear in public again.
Right now, she was like a rat scurrying across the street—everyone wanted to beat her.
Ye Fei put down her phone.
The empty living room made her feel chilled to the bone.
There was no one behind her.
Curled up on the sofa, she tried hard not to recall those abusive words, but they still drilled into her mind, one sentence after another.
Yesterday, with Lu Jiayu by her side, she hadn’t felt so tormented.
At this moment, she felt utterly helpless.
She really wished Lu Jiayu would come back and stay with her.
Lu Jiayu paid no attention to the storm raging online. When he posted that Weibo, he had already foreseen the outcome.
If his career was ruined, so be it.
Part of the reason he had entered the entertainment industry back then was to give Sang Yu a better life.
Now that Sang Yu was gone, what use were money and empty fame to him?
Sang Yu saw herself reduced to a handful of ashes.
Ms. Wen’s hands trembled as she held the urn, and in the end, she had to cradle it with both arms to keep it from falling.
Lu Jiayu’s eyes seemed stung by pain.
He had come too late.
Sang Yu, once so full of life, could now be contained in just this small box.
He wished it were him who had died.
It was true—the ones left behind suffered the most.
“Lu Jiayu, you’d better take care of yourself.”
Shen Yiqiu left these words as the two groups passed each other.
They went their separate ways.
Lu Jiayu didn’t even have the right to fight for the urn.
“Aunt Wen, where are you taking Xiao Yu?”
In the end, he shamelessly chased after them. “Could you let me see her off one last time?”
His tone was filled with pleading.
“When you chose to deceive and betray her, you lost any chance. Don’t show up again from now on. Have pity on us as parents—no one wants to see the murderer hanging around all the time.”
The words “murderer” struck Lu Jiayu like a fatal blow.
He let out a bitter laugh. “You’re right. I’m the one who killed her. What right do I have to see her off?”
Xiao Yu must hate him to death.
Only now did Lu Jiayu realize he couldn’t bear the consequences of his actions.
No matter how vast the world was, he had forever lost the girl who had loved him with all her heart.
If only life could start over.