Therefore, no matter what Pei Siyuan in this life thinks, breaking up with him must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.   

Pei Siyuan’s heart was not a piece of ice that could be melted, but a stone that could not be warmed up. She must cut off all entanglements between them, whether for herself or her family.  

 However, the matter of separation can’t be brought up by her. The plot is extremely strong on this point. Every time she has this idea, the plot will directly press the mute button for her. Even in front of others, she can’t say the words “I don’t like Pei Siyuan.”

After thinking about it, this matter can only be done by Pei Siyuan-  

She has to find a way to send Pei Siyuan to Jiang Yao’s side, so that the two of them will cook rice as soon as possible, so that Pei Siyuan will take the initiative to say the words of separation, and she, by trying her best, will defy the plot and agree.

[T/N: 米已成炊:  lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone; also marriage (When raw rice is cooked, it cannot be changed back to raw again. Old Chinese thinking that marriage is permanent, must be treated with caution. If a man and a woman get married, it is like raw rice boiled to be cooked rice– It is permanent, cannot be undone. The only option is to eat it, meaning accept it)]

Now Pei Siyuan’s career has just started, and has already cooperated with her father’s company with the help of her. Just now, she pretended to casually inquire with her father and learned that they will have to go to France next month for a cooperation project.  

And Jiang Yao is also studying in France.  

When the time comes, she will arrange for this pair of bitter lovers who were forced to separate to have an unexpected encounter in France, what a romantic plot ah, is this not a good opportunity to rekindle old love?  

If Pei Siyuan didn’t do this, she would feel pity for him.  

Seven years is really too long. Pei Siyuan can wait. But she does not have the patience to wait. She feels that even a month is too long. If the plot doesn’t allow it, she would like to pack Jiang Yao and send her to Pei Siyuan’s bed to let them have an in-depth exchange of love.   

Seven years, more than 2,500 days and nights, how did Pei Siyuan in the previous life endure it?

Gu Ningyou was thinking about the past life, but when she thought about it, she realized that something was wrong – 

Pei Siyuan waited for Jiang Yao for seven years in the previous life.  

Thinking about the past seven years, she got the certificate with Pei Siyuan in the fifth year, and soon after that, they got divorced. After completely tearing faces with Pei Siyuan, she fled to J City… In the days she had gone, what was Pei Siyuan doing?  

He had already finished his revenge; the person he hated was no longer by his side; and his company had developed into one of the top 100 companies in the world. If he wanted to do something at this time, there was no one to stop him.   

But in the end, he just waited in City A for nearly two more years, and did not start his pursuit until Jiang Yao returned to China?   

Even if Jiang Yao hadn’t returned to China, he flew around the world every day to talk about business, did he not go to France? Did he not meet with Jiang Yao?

What was Pei Siyuan thinking in his previous life? Did he not or did not dare?   

Say he can’t dare, but he is obviously not the kind of person with indifferent sexual desire; say he doesn’t dare, but he has done many things over and over again after Jiang Yao returned to China – 

 Saying that he didn’t really force her was not entirely true. Gu Ningyou had no way of knowing what had happened between their beds but it was Jiang Yao who took the initiative to tell her.

At that time, she had already settled down in J City, found her own job, and was ready to start a new life. It was a phone call from Jiang Yao that broke her peaceful life.   

When she answered the phone, Jiang Yao’s voice sounded wronged and helpless, “Gu Ningyou, it’s me, I’m Jiang Yao…Are you free recently, can you come to City A to see me?”

“What do you want to see me about?” Gu Ningyou didn’t want to agree, “If you have anything to say, just say it clearly on the phone, I don’t want to go back to City A, as for the reason, you know very well – your boyfriend probably doesn’t want to see me.”   

“I…I want to get out of here, can you help me?”  

Hearing Jiang Yao’s words, Gu Ningyou’s head was full of question marks, “Where are you going?”  

“Anywhere, as long as it’s a place where Pei Siyuan can’t find … Pei Siyuan…he doesn’t love me at all, but wants to imprison me by his side, I’m really fed up.”   

Gu Ningyou couldn’t believe it: “Are you kidding?”   

Pei Siyuan doesn’t love Jiang Yao? This was simply too outrageous, even more outrageous than the sun coming out from the west!   

A woman’s sobbing came from the other end of the phone, “It’s true… You know, he pretended to show that he has a love as deep as the sea for me to the outside world, but he hasn’t touched me once, he just kept me in the house all day…. I’m about to be driven insane by him! Everyone doesn’t believe me, saying he is respecting me… But his eyes can’t deceive anyone, in his eyes, I have never seen a trace of his love for me, he is hiding another woman in his heart…”   

So this was how they got along on a regular basis? How could this be? She thought they were now sweetly pledged to each other for life!  

Jiang Yao’s words were completely inconsistent with Gu Ningyou’s cognition. Gu Ningyou still has doubts in her heart, “But… if he doesn’t love you, who is that person in his heart?”   

She has not seen Pei Siyuan involved with other women at all, ah? When she was in City A, Pei Siyuan was always with her; could it be that recently Pei Siyuan had a change of heart?   

He had loved Jiang Yao for more than 20 years, but after Jiang Yao returned to him, he changed his heart?   

“I don’t know, it’s definitely not me anyway… I think… that person might be you.”

Hearing Jiang Yao say this, Gu Ningyou felt that she was being played: “Jiang Yao, you should be drunk. If you’re calling just to tell me this nonsense, then I’ll hang up.”   

“Don’t hang up! I’m not drunk, and I’m not talking nonsense!” Jiang Yao’s voice became anxious, “I know you will not believe me for now. I can’t explain it to you… In short, in short… In short, he just doesn’t love me, Gu Ningyou, I beg you, just help me once.”  

Gu Ningyou refused: “Jiang Yao, even if what you said is true, I can’t help you. You know, I have nothing now, and I don’t have the ability to… um… save you.”   

“You can! You come back to Pei Siyuan, tell him clearly, and tell him that you still want to be with him, he…”

Gu Ningyou interrupted her harshly: “Jiang Yao, are you crazy? Let me go to Pei Siyuan? Do you think I’m a fool or do you think I didn’t die sooner?”  

Jiang Yao changed her words again: “Then, can you go to Xie Yingzhou? I heard that you both have a good relationship these days, and he can definitely help me…”  

Isn’t that ridiculous?  

“Can’t you tell him yourself? He likes you so much, he will agree.”   

“He won’t agree. I have already asked him, and he refused me… Gu Ningyou, I’m really desperate, so I came to beg you, just promise me… Gu Ningyou, I’m really begging you, I’m running out of time…” 

“No time for what?… Hello?”

There was no sound on the other end of the phone. It was Jiang Yao who hung up.