Chapter 4

Half a year ago, on my twenty-eighth birthday, he took it upon himself to organize a celebration for me, saying he would make sure I had the grandest birthday ever.

This year marks the seventh year of our relationship.

I thought he would propose to me, so I couldn’t help but feel excited and wanted to sneak over for a peek.

But instead, I overheard a conversation between him and a few friends.

“Yuxiu, you care way too much about Song Zhiwei. Are you planning to propose?”

Shen Yuxiu, dressed in a custom-made white suit, looked like a distinguished prince walking out from a medieval castle, yet the words he uttered chilled my heart in an instant: “Song Zhiwei is very beautiful, but she’s just for fun. As for marriage, I have someone else in mind.”

“Is it the eldest daughter of the Ming Family?”

He sneered, “You think you know everything?”

“So after you get married, are you going to break up with Song Zhiwei?”

“Mm. Loyalty in marriage is the most basic respect for a partner.”

His friend drew a sharp breath. “Wouldn’t Song Zhiwei cry her eyes out then? She loves you so much.”

“Love? It’s just mutual benefit, that’s all.”

Suddenly, that person’s eyes lit up. “Say what you will, Song Zhiwei is truly gorgeous. There are so many beauties in the entertainment industry, but she’s one of a kind. After you two break up, can I become Song Zhiwei’s sugar daddy?”

Shen Yuxiu shot him a cold, indifferent look.

They seemed to say more after that, but I couldn’t listen anymore.

He said our seven years were nothing more than mutual benefit.

Step by step, I retreated, hiding where no one could see, and cried for half an hour, crying until my makeup was ruined.

In the end, I redid my makeup, changed into a new gown, and attended the birthday party he threw for me as if nothing had happened.

Fireworks bloomed in the sky for half an hour, but all I could see was: mutual benefit.

After that, I reminded myself over and over again not to invest any more feelings.

I thought I couldn’t do it.

But I realized that human potential is limitless.

Gradually, I withdrew myself from this relationship, and managed to desire only money, not people.