After the divorce, he went on a motorcycle trip, and his ex-wife and daughter were filled with regre

Thinking of that night, Jiang Ye's eyes dimmed, the wicked smile on his face disappeared, and he silently sat back down on the plastic stool.

Han Qingru's face turned even redder.

However, this time, the red color was not due to shame or anger, but rather to guilt and heartache.

She slowly loosened her grip on Jiang Ye's ear and somewhat awkwardly withdrew her hand.

The two remained silent, with only the sizzling sound of the barbecue stall owner flipping the meat skewers beside them.

A while later.

Han Qingru took a deep breath, picked up the half-empty glass of beer in front of her, and drank it all in one gulp.

Immediately, Han Qingru broke the suffocating silence.

"Ono."

Han Qingru's voice trembled slightly, with a hint of intoxication in her voice.

"Are you blaming your older sister for kicking you out the next day?"

She raised her head, her watery eyes staring straight at Jiang Ye, filled with self-blame and pain.

"Actually, I don't feel good about it either."

"The day you left, I hid under the covers and cried all day long."

Han Qingru gave a bitter smile, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I'm a normal woman too, how could I not have feelings for you?"

"But I think I'm more suited to be with Xia Yu."

Han Qingru bit her lip, trying her best to hold back her tears.

"She's young, capable, and can fight alongside you in the business world. And I'm a full five years older than you!"

"We've always been better suited to be siblings."

"I know you too well. If I hadn't pushed you away that day, you would definitely have forced us to stay together because of a sense of responsibility."

"I'm afraid that if this continues, it will be difficult to maintain a good relationship between my siblings and me."

"If one day you find that your feelings for me were just a passing infatuation, or you meet someone you truly love, then we'll have no way out."

Every word Han Qingru said was like a dull knife, slowly tearing at Jiang Ye's heart.

Han Qingru took a deep breath, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and continued:

"Later, you rode away on your motorcycle, and I followed behind you for a long time."

"I watched you ride away without even turning your head, and I was really afraid something would happen to you."

"I drove behind you the whole time. I followed you for a whole day and night until you safely crossed the border before I dared to turn back."

boom!

Upon hearing these words, Jiang Ye felt as if he had been struck by lightning!

Jiang Ye then remembered.

That day, when I was riding my motorcycle back to China from abroad, a car kept following me.

At that moment, he was filled with anger and humiliation at being pushed aside, and he just kept turning the accelerator to the floor and speeding wildly in the torrential rain.

He did notice a black SUV trailing far behind him.

But he thought they were just fellow travelers passing by and didn't pay them any attention.

Who would have thought that it was Han Qingru!

She was a woman, and she drove there silently for two days and two nights in the terrible weather!

Jiang Ye's heart was pounding violently.

The emotions were extremely complex.

Anger, emotion, regret, heartache... a mix of feelings left him speechless.

He hated her self-righteousness and her making decisions for him.

But he was also deeply moved by this heavy and restrained love.

The two fell silent again.

Finally, Han Qingru forced a smile that looked worse than a grimace and patted Jiang Ye's shoulder with feigned nonchalance.

"Alright, let's not talk about these old, trivial matters."

"You and Xia Yu should stay together."

"Once the Genting Town project is finished, you should get things done as soon as possible."

"When you have a baby, your older sister will help you take care of it."

"How about I be your free super nanny and spoil your kids rotten?"

Jiang Ye looked at Han Qingru's forced smile.

Jiang Ye lowered his head, looking at the empty beer bottle in his hand, his fingers gripping the neck of the bottle tightly.

After a long while, he slowly raised his head, his voice terribly hoarse.

"Xia Yu and I have broken up!"

"What?!"

Han Qingru stared in surprise.

She suddenly stood up, knocking over the empty wine bottle beside her, which crashed to the ground with a loud bang.

"What happened?! Weren't you working together on Genting Town? Why did you suddenly break up?"

Han Qingru became anxious.

"Did Xia Yu bully you? Or did she sell you out again for some damn company benefit?"

"I knew it! Women who are always weighing pros and cons are unreliable! Tell me, and I'll skin her alive!"

Seeing Han Qingru's fiercely protective attitude, as if she couldn't wait to avenge him, he was deeply moved.

The pent-up frustration in Jiang Ye's heart caused by Xia Yu miraculously dissipated considerably.

Jiang Ye sighed.

He didn't want to recall that nauseating night in Yanjing, didn't want to mention Wang Sizhe, and didn't want to mention Xia Yu's words, "I need time to think."

"There's not much to say."

Jiang Ye shook his head, his tone flat and without a trace of emotion.

"I just feel bored and tired."

"A forced relationship won't be happy if your values ​​don't align."

Han Qingru fell silent.

She sat back down on the plastic stool, looking at Jiang Ye's feignedly relaxed face.

She knew Jiang Ye too well; she knew that Jiang Ye would never speak in this tone unless he had suffered great injustice and hurt.

Han Qingru remained silent.

His eyes revealed a different kind of emotion.

It was a complex emotion mixed with heartache, relief, and a barely perceptible ecstasy.

"Alright then." Han Qingru didn't press further.

She reached out, across the greasy table, and tightly grasped Jiang Ye's large, well-defined hand.

"As long as you feel good, that's fine."

"No matter what, in this world, you still have me, your older sister!!"

"I am the person closest to you!"

Jiang Ye looked at the soft, warm hand that was holding his.

Jiang Ye was unsure whether he should move forward.

A voice inside me is screaming frantically:

Jiang Ye wanted to tell her that he didn't care about the age gap or their sibling relationship at all!

That night on the island, he was serious!

But the words were already on the tip of her tongue.

Looking into Han Qingru's eyes, which still held a hint of caution, Jiang Ye ultimately said nothing.

He was afraid.

He was really scared.

He feared that if he were to break the ice, an irreconcilable conflict might arise between them.

Then he will completely lose the only family member in the world who is wholeheartedly good to him and will never betray him.

He cannot afford such a price.

……

After finishing our roadside barbecue, it was already quite late at night.

There were hardly any pedestrians on the streets of the small town.

The hardware stores and agricultural supply stores on both sides had long since lowered their heavy roller shutters, and the entire town was shrouded in a deathly silence.

Only a few dim streetlights swayed gently in the early autumn night breeze, emitting a faint glow.

Jiang Ye and Han Qingru discussed it.

It's the middle of the night, and driving back to downtown Hanzhou would take two or three hours, and the roads are dark and unsafe.

The two decided not to rush back that night, but to find a place to stay in town.