Yi Pin tossed and turned all night and just couldn't fall asleep.
She kept waiting for the sound of Shen Yu opening the door when he got home, but all was silent.
It was not until dawn that she faintly heard the sound of Shen Yu opening the door in a hazy state.
Yi Pin let out a sigh. Shen Yu had never stayed out overnight. His life was so regular that it bordered on being rigid.
Apart from work, he would come straight home. He rarely went anywhere else.
Could he have been working overtime at the company?
Yi Pin looked at herself in the mirror with heavy dark circles under her eyes.
Suddenly, she thought to herself why she was acting like this. She kept telling herself that she wasn't waiting for Shen Yu to come back. She was just bored because she couldn't fall asleep, that was all.
She lay in the quilt for a while longer before getting out of bed and heading out.
But the moment she opened the door, she froze.
There was an extremely beautiful girl standing in the kitchen. Her face was exquisitely delicate. Her long curly hair fell in a fluffy mass on her shoulders. There was a faint smile on her face. She was tall and had a pair of almond-shaped eyes that were incredibly alluring.
Standing beside her was the handsome and cold Shen Yu.
From the back, the two of them looked so well-matched, as if they were a perfect couple created by heaven and earth.
But this scene made Yi Pin feel extremely uncomfortable.
So he didn't come home last night because he was with this woman... doing some indescribable things.
She had originally thought that he was a man of few desires and didn't have a girlfriend at all. It was just a waste of his good looks. But she didn't expect that she had been wrong. She was just too naive.
Come to think of it, it didn't make sense.
He was so tall, so handsome, rich, and a well-known lawyer. How could he not have a girlfriend?
"Hi, hello. I'm Fu Xiaotong!" The girl suddenly turned around, looked at Yi Pin, and gave her a smile. The corners of her mouth turned up.
"Hello, I'm Yi Pin!"
Yi Pin forced out an embarrassed smile. She looked at the girl named Fu Xiaotong in front of her and was a bit in a daze.
"What's wrong with you? Why do you look so pale? Didn't you sleep well last night?" Shen Yu turned around, looked at Yi Pin in front of him, and asked with some confusion and concern.
"No, how could that be? I slept really well last night. I felt so comfortable and at ease." After saying that, Yi Pin went into the bathroom alone. Looking at herself in the mirror, she looked haggard.
But in her mind, the scene of Shen Yu and that girl cooking in the kitchen kept replaying. They seemed so familiar with each other, as if they did this kind of thing often.
Had they been dating for a long time?
Her head was buzzing. All sorts of messy thoughts came to her mind.
"Hurry up and come out to have breakfast. What are you doing?"
A familiar voice sounded outside the door.
This was the worst thing she had ever eaten. She had no appetite at all. She just didn't want to eat. She just stared blankly at the beautifully presented breakfast.
Was it really necessary to make it so fancy? It was just breakfast.
Shen Yu picked up a fried egg and put it into Yi Pin's bowl. He looked at Yi Pin in front of him with some concern.
Looking at Yi Pin's gloomy face, he was a bit worried.
He walked over and touched Yi Pin's forehead. "You don't have a fever. What's wrong with you? Are you catching a cold or not feeling well? Maybe I should call a doctor later."
"No need! I'm fine... I just have no appetite. I'll go to work first." Yi Pin slapped Shen Yu's hand away. She looked melancholy. She took another look at Fu Xiaotong sitting opposite. She was still smiling, looking at Yi Pin in a flattering way.
It was this kind of expression that made Yi Pin feel even more irritated.
She stood up and walked out.
When she reached the door, she let out a sigh. She looked at the door with annoyance.
Why was it that although it should be her own problem, when she saw that girl being so gentle and considerate, and looking at Shen Yu with so much love in her eyes, her mood inexplicably turned irritable?
On her way to work, she was waiting for a taxi.
That Maybach stopped in front of her. Looking at Shen Yu wearing sunglasses in the driver's seat, she felt a sense of grievance.
"You'd better tell me the truth. What's going on? Why have you been avoiding me these days?" Shen Yu looked at Yi Pin getting into the car and asked straightforwardly.
"I haven't!" Yi Pin replied a bit guiltily. She turned her head and looked at the scenery outside the window.
There was another moment of silence between them. Neither of them spoke first.
Watching each intersection pass by, the world outside the car window seemed to be moving backwards.
"What about that girl? Fu... what's her name?" Yi Pin asked casually as if it was an afterthought.
"She's gone home. She had a flight early this morning! She's been studying in Italy and hasn't been home for a long time..."
Shen Yu shrugged his shoulders and continued driving.
Only then did Yi Pin feel relieved. So they hadn't been together last night. It was just that Shen Yu had gone to the airport to pick her up because of her early morning flight.
"What's wrong?" Shen Yu turned his head and frowned. This girl had been looking so dejected recently. It seemed that she had a lot on her mind, but she didn't tell him anything. He couldn't force her to talk.
"Nothing. She's quite good-looking. Is she your girlfriend?" Yi Pin tried to cover up her embarrassment with a smile. She accidentally blurted out the question that had been on her mind.
"No. She can be considered my ex-girlfriend." Shen Yu smiled. He looked at Yi Pin with a puzzled expression.
Yi Pin's heart skipped a beat. She felt a bit out of breath.
That girl's eyes were full of affection. Her love was so obvious.
An ex-girlfriend was a rather dangerous creature. For a man, an ex-girlfriend really meant a lot of things.
Just like that popular saying on the Internet recently, when the ex-girlfriend cries, the current girlfriend loses.
The memories of the time when the two of them were alone together could never be erased. Every relationship had good and bad memories.
And there were more or less some happy times as well as unhappy times.
"Oh!" Yi Pin replied coldly. "You go to the law firm first. I have to go for a field investigation."
"Shall I take you there?" Shen Yu asked coldly.
"No, I'll go by myself!" Yi Pin refused firmly. For some reason, there was a fire burning inside her. She just wanted to lose her temper with Shen Yu for no reason.
Seeing how determined Yi Pin was, Shen Yu didn't force her anymore. He just nodded casually.
After getting out of the car, she watched the back of the Maybach driving away. She punched a roadside pillar hard. Finally, she could only clutch her fist in pain and hailed a taxi.
Although there was no progress yesterday, she still couldn't give up today. She still had to go and ask that girl.
She was the only one who knew the truth.
She came to the small wooden house in the suburbs again. Yi Pin knocked on the door.
It seemed that there was no one inside. After waiting for a while, a little boy came to open the door.
"Who are you looking for?" The little boy blinked his eyes and looked at Yi Pin warily.
"Isn't your sister at home?" Yi Pin smiled and took out some candy from her bag.
Sure enough, kids were always tempted by candy. After seeing the candy, the little boy let her into the house.