After their confessions were rejected, they regretted it for the rest of their lives.

I wiped my hands with an alcohol wipe; the ring box had stains from that man's hands.

Take off the uncomfortable evening gown and put on a nightgown.

Her soft, delicate hands brushed her hair back, untying the braid, and her long, soft hair cascaded down like a waterfall.

Sitting on the bed, she reached for the photo album on the bedside table, her beautiful eyes fixed on the face of the man in the album.

He is indeed very good-looking, just her type. If they spend more time together...

Maybe she'll like it too.

Sadly, all that's left are the memories in the photo album...

Perhaps it was an imprint inherited from her body, but Ke Yueci also had a good impression of this boy named "Duan Rong".

But the girl didn't understand.

According to the information she knew, Ke Yuexuan and this man had only been together for about six months.

It's roughly within this range.

It had probably been less than three months before they became what she considered a romantic relationship.

In other words, within three months, Ke Yuexuan had reached the point where she was ready to marry this man.

This is not a political marriage...

It was the kind of free love that should never have happened to girls at that time.

As the one who takes the place of this innocent little lamb and faces the pack of wolves in the family, Ke Yueci...

She knows best the dangers of this relationship.

It would be better if Ke Yuexuan were from a collateral branch of the family.

Unfortunately, the girl was a direct descendant; her mother was the second daughter of the old man who had just died this year.

My father married into the family.

Even more unfortunate is that she has two maternal uncles, one who is ten years older than Ke Yuexuan's mother and the other who is seven years older.

Within the family, they have no rights, and the parents have no say, yet they are the direct descendants by blood...

The most likely outcome is that they will marry someone of equal social standing, using that as leverage to maintain their relationship of mutual benefit.

This disadvantage initially gave Ke Yueci a major headache.

If it weren't for the fact that Ke Yuexuan and Duan Rong had accumulated a certain amount of capital in the entertainment industry during that period, they wouldn't have been able to use it.

Otherwise, the girl wouldn't have been able to gain independence so easily, and even fight for a voice in such a large family group.

Or rather, Duan Rong had previously used his background as a well-known director to try his best to secure autonomy for Ke Yuexuan.

Based on what she knew about their behavior, the two were indeed in love.

and,

Theoretically speaking, Duan Rong could barely match the abilities of a young girl.

Later, through financing and investment, he also gained substantial control over a significant portion of the Ke family group's shares.

However, in such traditional and powerful families, there seems to be a greater pursuit of pure social and economic equality, or unilateral submission.

In the old man's eyes, Duan Rong clearly did not belong to the category of a rich second-generation or a high-ranking official's son that matched Ke Yuexuan's status.

The conditions for marrying off the granddaughter are not met.

Marrying into another family...

But this director, who values ​​freedom and independence, was struck by the sight of Ke Yueci's father, who had married into the family, being constantly restricted within the clan.

Perhaps he was worried about his future, which is why he kept the relationship a secret.

She had considered eloping.

Ke Yueci recalled that at the beginning of the year, in order to fight for power within the family and for other reasons, she had to conceal her past as "her lover" from her records.

Even though Ke Yuexuan repeatedly forbade her from developing too much curiosity about Duan Rong in her notes during this process,

But driven by rebellious spirit and curiosity, the girl also learned some of 'her' past.

How could someone transform Ke Yuexuan, who was spoiled and submissive at home and lacked assertiveness, into someone who actively pursued her hobbies and even dared to have thoughts of eloping?

This shows that Duan Rong is a very subjective person.

And very talented...

He has written many screenplays, and every single one of them has become a hit. Many of these screenplays are still not finished being filmed.

The movies currently showing in theaters are also films made by the team he left behind.

Ke Yueci didn't know much about Duan Rong's specifics, only that they shared many similar interests.

For example, liking money and disliking constraints...

And bird watching...

This made the girl wonder if she was being forced into the role of Duan Rong, a character artificially created to fit the mold.

Ke Yueci also knew that after Duan Rong's death,

No one else would dare to go to the Ke family villa and confront that rigid old man for "her" anymore.

Even Ke Yueci, at her angrier, couldn't do that.

Judging from his experience, there was nothing in his family that Duan Rong was afraid of.

Therefore, Ke Yueci also understood why "she" would fall hopelessly in love with a man.

If the scene were changed, Ke Yueci would also like that style.

So, is that...?

If I had been there back then, I might have managed to anger that old man so much that he might have lived a few months less.

Thinking of this,

Ke Yueci was inexplicably amused by her own dark humor, her lips pressed tightly together.

But soon he chuckled softly.

Looking at the old man's tombstone made her feel good all day.

The only difference is that it's hard to suppress laughter in front of a tombstone. At that time, Ke Yueci had her head down and her body was tense and twitching, so people thought she was very sad.

The girl reached out to cover her lips; it was muscle memory—after all, one shouldn't show their teeth when smiling, and even when smiling, one should slightly cover their mouth with their hand.

Eighteen years of etiquette training for young ladies made many gentle behaviors instinctive.

Ke Yueci lay on the bed with her feet up, spread out in a starfish shape, her beautiful eyes staring at the ceiling, her form-fitting nightgown accentuating her shapely figure.

The idea that she and Duan Rong would anger the old man was just her imagination; in reality, the two of them would never exist at the same time.

She let out a long, thorough sigh:

"We got the most important thing back!"

Now I don't have to wake up every morning to find handwriting on the bedside table urging me to do things.

It was like a heavy weight hanging on one's shoulder, which was finally lifted off the ground at that moment.

Now she can finally focus on her own things and have her own life.

Ke Yueci shifted her body slightly, resting her head on the cushion next to her.

The boy's clothes, haphazardly pieced together with loose threads, were draped against the soft, supple skin of the girl in the bedsheets and nightgown.

That roughness was particularly noticeable.

Ke Yueci moved the cushion aside.

Thinking about it, if it weren't for Duan Rong, she most likely wouldn't exist.

According to this statement...

The girl felt obligated to help Ke Yuexuan reclaim the precious things that the man had kept during his lifetime.

Actually, she hadn't expected that the man named Xia Weichan would be so easy to talk to.

Indeed, compared to seasoned business people, university students are the easiest group to communicate with.

Simply telling a tragic story will evoke empathy.

This was evident during the time they spent together.

Ke Yueci stopped thinking about it.

As it grew late, the young woman, who was also working under heavy workload, felt a little uneasy after seeing the news about someone who died suddenly from overwork.

A good night's sleep is very important.

We must not leave any trace of fatigue.

The next day...

I had a good night's sleep.

Ke Yueci, feeling relaxed as she got out of bed, sleepily opened her notebook—

Is it possible to get back as many of his belongings as possible?

"..."

The girl remained silent for a long time.

"nerve."