Chapter One: Breakup

"Nan Fei, Fei Fan said he has never loved you. Being with you puts too much pressure on him. You'd better let go."

Gu Nan Fei coldly glanced at the two people who sat on the opposite couch, full of arrogance. One was her boyfriend's mother, and the other was an ex-girlfriend who had chosen to study abroad four years ago and had now returned.

"Nan Fei, could you please break up with my son and let him go?"

She took a check from her LV bag. "Sign this, and the one hundred thousand will be yours."

Gu Nan Fei glanced at all the zeros on the check on the table.

She smirked, her eyes icily declared, "Just with a mere hundred thousand, you want to dismiss me like I'm a beggar?"

Yao Hui's face changed, "What? Do you think a hundred thousand is too little?"

"When I was with He Fei Fan, he had nothing. It was I who stood by him and strived, and even took care of you. Even if we don’t have a marriage certificate, his net worth now exceeds a hundred million. For me, it should be at least ten million. Auntie, don't you think so?"

"Ten million?"

Yao Hui raised her voice, her face turning pale, "Why don’t you just rob a bank!"

"If there are no ten million, let He Fei Fan come to talk to me. I have other matters now."

Gu Nan Fei picked up her canvas bag, stands up, and walks towards the exit.

"Mo Mo, she refuses to break up. What should we do?"

"I have a plan, don't worry."

Bai Yimo chased after her, stopping Gu Nanfei in the courtyard.

Yunzhi An was a high-end property developed by Emperor Duke, with a focus on comfort and leisure. It offers wellness fitness centers, kindergartens, and all other daily necessities.

The environment of the community was peaceful and tranquil, the property purchasers here are all high-ranking individuals.

Two months ago, Gu Nanfei, He Feifan, and his mother were all living in a shabby apartment, the monthly rent of three thousand was like a massive stone pressing down on their backs.

Now that He Feifan's company had gone public, she had thought that she could finally enjoy the benefits, but then...

"Do you have something else to say?"

Gu Nanfei's expression was indifferent.

Looking at this beautiful face, Bai Yimo's heart was filled with hatred, but she still maintained a smile: "Nanfei, do you know why Feifan doesn't want to touch you? Because he is a germaphobe, he thinks you're dirty. He didn't touch you before, and he won't in the future. Do you think there's any point in clinging onto him like this?"

"What are you trying to say?"

"What am I trying to say... I’m saying you're used goods, do you understand now?"

Gu Nanfei was so angry her body was shaking: "I have never done wrong to He Feifan..."

"I know you had a child before, who if still alive, would be three years old now, right?"

Gu Nanfei paused for a moment, the thought of that child brought a pain to her heart she could barely contain. If that child was still here, would she and Feifan have gotten their marriage certificate by now?

"For loose women like you, if I were a man, I'd feel sick to even take a glance at you. Only Feifan is this kind-hearted, pitying your pathetic state, he wouldn't want to get dragged down in the mud."

"What nonsense are you spouting! That child, it was Feifan and I..."

"You play around with random men outside and have a child, yet you want to pin the child on him. Gu Nanfei, I've never seen a woman as shameless as you!"

"No, it can't be, the child is Feifan's..."

"Don't believe it? Go ask Feifan. We, Feifan, wouldn't want a secondhand good!"

The woman's words were filled with malice.

Gu Nanfei's face lost all its color, and memories of a painful yet euphoric night filled her mind.

She thought that the man that night was He Feifan, but if not, then who could it be?

...

In a daze, Gu Nanfei took a taxi to Feifan Technology.

Underneath the building, she called He Feifan again and again. Unable to stand the disturbance and fearing that she would make a scene, He Feifan finally agreed to meet her.

Gu Nanfei quickly walked up to him, ignoring the impatience on his face, and grabbed his hand, asking with a pale face, "Wasn't the man that night you?"

He Feifan's eyes flickered, watching her eyes reddened, he felt a slight discomfort inside. He turned his head away and coldly said, "Nanfei, I've told you not to come to my company to find me."

"I'm asking you, was the man that night really not you?"

"No."

The man answered decisively, without any hesitation or guilt.

Gu Nanfei swayed slightly, her eyes widening: "If it wasn't you, then who was it?"

On her eighteenth birthday, He Feifan took her to have a Western dinner at a high-end restaurant. After getting drunk, she ended up sleeping with He Feifan. But what she didn't expect was, the man was not He Feifan at all.

"How should I know?"

He Feifan sounded rather impatient, "It's you who slept with him, not me. Can't you stop clinging onto me like this? Can't we part amicably?"

Brushing off her hand, he turned to walk away.

But Gu Nanfei grabbed his shirt hem again, "Why did you make me give birth to that child?"

By then, she had finished her college entrance examination. Gu Nanfei managed to get accepted into her dream university, University B. She had even received the admission letter. But due to her pregnancy, she was forced to drop out of school.

She didn't want the child initially, but He Feifan insisted, claiming the child was the fruit of their love.

However, the child died immediately after birth.

She didn't even get to see the child's face.

"Because I... I didn't want you to overthink!"

"Why then didn't you keep it from me forever?"

"Nanfei, you..."

Suddenly, her phone rang urgently. The nurse's frantic voice struck her eardrums, "Miss Gu, you must come to the hospital quickly, your mother has had an accident..."

Gu Nanfei felt as if her head was about to explode. She could no longer care about questioning He Feifan, hastily hailed a cab, and rushed to the city central People's Hospital anxiously.

Not until she arrived at the hospital did she know that her mother's hysteria had acted up again. She had clung to another person's child, calling the child her daughter, and had been pushed down, bashing her head on a flower pot.

Fortunately at this moment, it was just a little scrape, and nothing serious, so she didn't dwell on it.

"Nan Nan, did Mom cause trouble for you again?"

Zhou Yun, who had come to her senses, was a gentle middle-aged woman, looking at her daughter with self-reproach.

"No, Mom, are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?"

Zhou Yun shook her head and held her daughter's hand, "My illness can't be cured, don't waste your money on me anymore..."

"Mom, don't say that!"

"I know my body, I can't hold on much longer. I have no hopes in this lifetime, just hope to see you marry a good man as soon as possible. That He Feifan, although he looks alright, he's not a good match for you, listen to your mother's advice..."

This wasn't the first time her mother had said such things. Previously, Gu Nanfei had ignored her while engrossed in her love.

But now, she nodded slightly, "Mom, I've already broken up with Feifan."

Zhou Yun's eyes light up, "Really?"

"Mhm." Gu Nanfei nodded, "Mom, I promise you, I will get married as soon as possible..."

After taking care of her mother the whole night, Gu Nanfei was exhausted. She took a taxi intending to go back to her rental home to change clothes, then find He Feifan for a talk.

The taxi passed by the Civil Affairs Bureau, and she inexplicably asked the driver to stop.

At this time, it was still early, and there were only a few people at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Then it suddenly occurred to her that today was April 15, and in a couple of days it would be He Feifan's birthday. The two of them had agreed that he would register for a marriage certificate on his birthday this year.

But who would have thought...

A flicker of despair flashed in Gu Nanfei's eyes. She was about to turn and walk away when a conversation caught her attention.

"Young master, we still can't reach Miss Xiao on her phone. What should we..."

The atmosphere around them suddenly turned heavy.

Assistant Xu Mu wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, looking at his boss sitting in the wheelchair. His handsome face wore a dark expression; it was clear that he was losing his patience.

He inwardly sighed that Miss Xiao was truly incomprehensible. Despite his boss being wheelchair-bound, everything else about him was the best in Jin City. If the boss was unhappy, it seemed as though the entire city would tremble in fear.

"Let's go!"

Just as Xu Mu was about to push his boss down the stairs, a crisp and pleasant female voice sounded from behind him.

"Excuse me, by any chance, are you looking for someone to marry?"