Chapter 236: Parting on Good Terms, Settling in J City

Chapter 236 Parting on Good Terms, Settling in J City

Yu Mianyun lowered his voice and said, "Hey, Zhao Maoxi, it's Yu Mianyun. Where are you now?"

He could see Zhao Maoxi in the distance answering the phone, his tone carrying a hint of vigilance and arrogance. "Why are you suddenly asking where I am?"

Yu Mianyun said, "Mingchen and the others are organizing a gathering. Let's have a few drinks together."

Zhao Maoxi softened his tone and said, "Oh, I'm busy these two days. Some other time. You guys have fun."

Yu Mianyun suppressed the urge to catch them in the act and said calmly,

"Yeah, hope you have fun too."

You guys? After hanging up, Zhao Maoxi suddenly turned back to check behind him. Xi Youlian also turned around, and this time Yu Mianyun could see their full faces.

But they didn't see Yu Mianyun behind the tree trunk. Finding no familiar faces or suspicious people, they turned back around.

Xi Youlian was puzzled by his action and said, "What's wrong? Who are you looking for?"

Zhao Maoxi laughed and said, "No one. There are quite a lot of couples here today praying for romantic luck." Although the call from Yu Mianyun was strange, part of him hoped Yu Mianyun was there. After all, that would be very interesting.

Not far away, Yu Mianyun watched with resentment as they walked hand-in-hand deeper into the Daoist temple. His heart felt bitter and awful. In that short minute, his thoughts kept changing—from wanting to strangle them on the spot, to deciding not to let that cheating pair off so easily, to doubting what he lacked compared to Zhao Maoxi, and finally to feeling that he had been blind.

The Yu, Zhao, and Xi families were all prominent clans in Y City, with similar influence. But the difference was that Zhao Maoxi was the heir of the Zhao family, while Yu Mianyun, though a grandson of the Yu family, was not valued and was not the heir.

In most people's eyes, the fact that he wasn't the heir alone put him far behind Zhao Maoxi.

Yu Mianyun was filled with resentment and discontent. His desire to pray for love and watch the sunset was also gone.

Back at the hotel, he poured bottle after bottle into his mouth while recalling every moment he had spent with Xi Youlian.

They had been together for three years. They were a handsome couple who had fallen in love at first sight. In those three years, they rarely argued, and he had always believed their relationship was good.

Two years ago, he had planned to resign from the family business to start his own company, but Xi Youlian thought he should stay in the family business, so he stayed.

Yu Mianyun wondered: When did she betray this relationship?

At the beginning of this year, he proposed to Xi Youlian, but she refused. From that day on, Xi Youlian became busier—hanging out with friends, traveling around, and occasionally pushing him to gain more say in the Yu family.

Between lovers, if it works, stay together; if not, part ways. If one of them changes their mind, they should just say it openly. He wasn't the type to cling on stubbornly. Why cheat?

Bottle after bottle, his heart grew heavier.

After a night of heavy drinking, Yu Mianyun slept until noon the next day.

Rubbing his temples, he quickly freshened up, put on his jacket, and opened the door.

With a click, the door opened. Coincidentally, the door opposite also opened, revealing a man and a woman stepping out.

The pair was none other than Xi Youlian and Zhao Maoxi.

The two of them coming out of the same room early in the morning, holding hands—this was an explosive confrontation.

The three locked eyes, shock written on each face.

When rivals meet, their eyes burn with hatred.

Zhao Maoxi curled his lips and said calmly, "You were at Xianyun Temple yesterday, weren't you?" He used a firm tone for what should have been a question.

"Mianyun, why are you here?" Xi Youlian's face was full of embarrassment. She hadn't broken up with him yet, so this was essentially her being caught cheating.

She quickly let go of Zhao Maoxi's hand, a hint of anger flashing in her eyes. "Are you following me?"

Yu Mianyun didn't reply to Xi Youlian. His clenched fists trembled slightly, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Bang—He punched Zhao Maoxi in the face.

"You son of a bitch, messing around with my girlfriend! I'll kill you, you scumbag!"

Although Zhao Maoxi was somewhat prepared, he was still knocked back two steps. He touched his face.

"Hiss." He winced in pain, then loosened his tie and retaliated.

"Hmph, she's no longer your girlfriend. She's the future Mrs. Zhao. You, a useless member of the Yu family, what can you give her?"

Thud, thud, thud. Fist met flesh as the two tumbled into a fight.

"Mianyun, what are you doing! Stop it! Both of you, stop fighting!"

After a while, the two fighting men finally separated.

Xi Youlian looked worriedly at Zhao Maoxi, checking his body, completely ignoring her actual boyfriend.

Yu Mianyun watched Xi Youlian defend Zhao Maoxi, feeling as if his heart was being cut by knives. A sarcastic smile curled at the corner of his lips. "I heard praying for love at Xianyun Temple is very effective. It seems it's not needed now."

This was also his reply to her question—"Are you following me?"

Yu Mianyun completely gave up. After saying this, he didn't give the two another glance and turned to leave.

He didn't leave the hotel. Instead, he went to find the room manager and, using the excuse of looking for a lost item, checked the surveillance footage. He recorded the part from just now, even giving a close-up of Zhao Maoxi and Xi Youlian, and finally left under the sympathetic gaze of the staff.

On the way back to Y City, Yu Mianyun looked at the "choose one" message Xi Youlian had sent him. His sneer grew wider, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. In the end, he sent the video of Xi Youlian and Zhao Maoxi walking out of the hotel room in reply to that message, followed by four words—"Parting amicably."

This was the last bit of dignity a man who had been cheated on could give her. He knew Xi Youlian's nature well. He knew she was used to shifting blame and would pin the breakup on him.

He could have let her go generously and wished them well. But his heart ached so much that he wanted to cut off cleanly, leaving no room for regret.

After completely ending the three-year relationship and having a farewell drink with Lei Mingchen, he set off on the journey back to J City.

But it turned out that Lei Mingchen, who had been drinking with him yesterday, was also there.

Yu Mianyun said, "You saw me off yesterday. Why are you seeing me off again today?"

Lei Mingchen grinned and said, "Brother Yun, I heard the Marrow Cleansing at Xuehe Mall is amazing. But the event is over now. Could you ask your sister to give me one of those vouchers?"

Yu Mianyun had returned to Y City the day after Xuehe Mall opened. But he did have two Marrow Cleansing vouchers, given to him by Jiang Yingxue.

Jiang Yingxue knew he had a girlfriend, so she gave him two—one for him and one for his girlfriend. But now she was his ex-girlfriend, so that voucher ended up unused. He took one voucher out of his wallet and handed it over. "Here you go."