Ex-Girlfriend Strategy (GL) - Chapter 48

“Nanxuan, are you really not giving me a single chance?”

After a long pause, Yang Jiu asked hoarsely, realizing with sorrow that Shu Nanxuan saw things more clearly than she did.

She was right.

If Yang Jiu had truly accepted things, she wouldn’t be so hesitant, so concerned about saving face in front of Shu Nanxuan.

She was only deceiving herself.

Shu Nanxuan lifted her eyes to look at Yang Jiu, her gaze unintentionally brimming with tears that lingered but didn’t fall.

“Yang Jiu, doesn’t it hurt you to say that? Ask yourself, in the past six months, how many chances have I given you? Did you seize any of them?”

The alcohol’s effect, combined with years of grievances, made Shu Nanxuan’s words ruthless, leaving no room for mercy.

Each word was a slap to Yang Jiu’s face.

“Nanxuan… I’ll change, okay?”

Shu Nanxuan’s words filled Yang Jiu with a feeling called despair.

It was as if her heart was being squeezed, sinking heavily.

Her breathing felt blocked, each breath carrying a piercing, heart-wrenching pain.

“Yang Jiu, I don’t want to wait for you anymore. Waiting for you is too exhausting. I don’t think I’m a savior. I can’t save you.”

Shu Nanxuan was in pain too.

Letting go of years of feelings was no easy task, but staying together would only lead to repeating the same mistakes—a future she could already see.

She chose not to endure the short-term pain.

Tonight’s conversation was the last chance she gave Yang Jiu, but the outcome was clear.

“Yang Jiu, let it be.”

That one sentence summed up tonight’s talk and put an end to their years-long relationship.

She stepped aside, passing by Yang Jiu.

Yang Jiu didn’t reach out to stop her.

She was completely disheartened.

Walking into the living room, Shu Nanxuan placed the glass she was holding on the dining table, the glass clinking as it met the surface.

“If you don’t want to continue working here, you can let me know in advance.”

With that, she strode into her room.

The moment she closed the door, her back pressed against the wall, her teeth biting hard into her arm as tears slid from her eyes.

Three years of love, followed by five years of lingering attachment—love in youth is the purest.

She gave those years to Yang Jiu, only for it to end like a fleeting illusion.

When she was tired from crying, Shu Nanxuan slowly got up from the floor and went into the bathroom.

Her heart still ached faintly, but ending their relationship didn’t feel as unbearable anymore.

Even though it was late at night, Shu Nanxuan took her time soaking in a bath.

She knew she wouldn’t be able to sleep even if she went to bed, so she bathed to ease her fatigue.

When Shu Nanxuan passed by Yang Jiu, Yang Jiu didn’t dare let out a single breath, as if doing so could make the words she just heard feel like an illusion.

“Let it be”—those four light words were heavier than anything to Yang Jiu, crushing her until she couldn’t breathe.

She heard Shu Nanxuan close the door.

The hotel suite’s soundproofing was excellent, and after Shu Nanxuan entered her room, Yang Jiu couldn’t hear a thing.

One door separated two spaces, and from now on, they would be people from two different worlds.

The work for this trip was done.

Yang Jiu sat in the living room all night, and before dawn the next day, she quietly packed her bags and left.

Shu Nanxuan’s words meant she could still stay at the company.

Yang Jiu feared that if Shu Nanxuan changed her mind and asked her to leave, even their last connection would be gone.