Chapter 23

The phone was vibrating again, with Jiang Yu’s name flashing repeatedly.

I walked into the bathroom, intending to wash my face.

But I noticed that Lu Tong’s skincare products had long been replaced by unfamiliar brands.

The shelf that used to be filled with my razors now held men’s hair wax and aftershave.

In an instant, my eyes and heart were sharply pierced.

“Then if Lu Tong finds another man, wouldn’t you mind?”

This sentence echoed like a curse, tormenting me throughout the night.

I declined Jiang Yu’s invitation.

At three in the morning, I opened Cheng Yu’s short video account.

In the video, the man lifted a dumbbell with one hand, his back muscles glowing honey-colored under the light.

There was a comment from last week.

No specific content, just an emoji of a cat, the cat was Zhao Cai.

The profile picture of the commenter was a selfie of Lu Tong holding Zhao Cai.

Cheng Yu is the owner of a fitness studio.

Lu Tong said he was her personal trainer.

Ha.

Some personal trainer.

I didn’t sleep all night.

I arrived at Lu Tong’s yoga studio half an hour early.

Through the glass, I saw Lu Tong instructing students on their movements.

Her black sports bra was soaked with sweat, and the new tattoo on her lower back was faintly visible.

It was a butterfly poised for flight.

Lu Tong was becoming more and more unrecognizable to me.

“Mr. Zhou?”

The girl at the front desk recognized me. “Teacher Lu said she had an appointment today, so it was with you!”

“Please wait a moment, this class will end soon, and the following sessions have been cleared.”

I was taken aback.

The hand in my pants pocket quietly clenched.