Chapter 10

Upon waking from the alcohol, my head throbbed painfully.

There was still some hangover tea at home.

I had prepared it for Xu Siyan on regular days.

When he wasn’t on duty, he would meet friends and have a drink.

His alcohol tolerance was average, and sometimes when he drank too much, his friends would call me to pick him up.

Every time I brought him home, I would make him hangover tea.

Watching me busy around, he always looked a bit apologetic:

“I should just quit drinking, always troubling you.”

I said, “It’s okay, I don’t mind the trouble.”

Back then, I really thought about making hangover tea for him for a lifetime.

I got up and made a cup for myself.

On my phone lay a message from Xu Siyan.

Seeing his name made my heart tighten.

I stared blankly for a while before checking it.

It was sent at ten o’clock last night.

[You can take back the breakup words anytime, I don’t mind.]

[If you still insist, let me be the one to tell both sets of parents.]

He wanted to take all the responsibility onto himself.

Breaking off an engagement is a big deal, with countless issues following.

The hotel, honeymoon, wedding, wedding photos…

Not to mention the deposits going down the drain, facing the parents is the real tricky part.

I made the decision, so I had no reason to push him out to take the hit.

So I replied to him:

[I will tell them myself.]

[I’ll bear all the losses from our broken engagement.]

After a while, he replied:

[Shuyue, I don’t mind these things, you don’t have to do this.]

He was always gentle.

When we first got together, I felt his gentleness was like waves crashing on my heart.

Later, being in it, I realized those waves crashing on my heart were cold and hard.