Move Forward, Don't Look Back - Chapter 22

After the divorce.

He couldn’t understand why he insisted on buying that old apartment.

Ming Zhao said she wouldn’t accept installments, so he took out a loan.

Perhaps it was to leave something behind.

At least the apartment still held traces of their love.

Then he was laid off by the company and started missing mortgage payments.

To make a living, he had to send his resume everywhere.

Any reputable company, upon reviewing his resume, would suddenly change their demeanor.

Some rejected him outright, while others politely waited a few days before regretfully informing him.

Until later, a small business owner secretly told him, “Your resume is quite decent, but you’ve unfortunately offended President Ji.”

“Anyone who hires you is asking for trouble with her. You should look elsewhere.”

Ji Yan?

Shi Chuan dug through his distant memories to find her blurry face.

His only recollection of her was from the year Ming Zhao graduated and started working with Ji Yan.

The old man of the Ji Family was muddled, and the illegitimate children were in power, leading to Ji Yan being ousted from the center of power.

Shi Chuan had advised her at the time, “Zhaozhao, maybe you should reconsider. You have the ability to choose better, there’s no need…”

Ming Zhao just smiled.

She said, “She’s worth it.”

Later, Ji Yan, with Ming Zhao by her side, fought back with a branch company.

They touched the core of the city’s power center, even the Ji Family had to give way.

And Ming Zhao, likewise, became someone everyone in the business world wanted to curry favor with.

She was more outstanding than him before.

And she still is now.

Even if she once fell into the mud, she could still bloom the most brilliant flowers.

Even if broken, she could restore herself to perfection.

Like vibrant grass, yet like an indomitable tree.

He was drawn to her, captivated, fell in love with her.

In the shadow of love, inferiority and jealousy grew wildly like vines.

Jealous of her intelligence, jealous of her excellence, jealous of her earning more, jealous of her climbing so high, jealous of her ability to renew herself despite adversity, jealous…

Jealous of all these dark thoughts, she never knew.

And thankfully.

She never knew.