Friends Who Became Strangers

[Childhood friends: a top student turned CEO and a proud, aloof girl] A second chance at love, full of tension and emotional push and pull.

They loved each other when they were young, yet became the people who hurt each other most.

They both knew the other felt something, but when she finally found the courage to confess, he rejected her.

“I don’t like you. I’m sorry!”

“Then what was that kiss the other night?”

He just said, “What’s the big deal? I was just trying it out.”

After that, all she wanted was to avoid him. But fate had a cruel sense of humor: a secret hidden for ten years forcibly drew them together again.

How ridiculous! Her father had started a new family in Linchuan with another woman, and she had only just found out. That woman was Qin Xuanze’s mother.

The kind Auntie Zhang who had been so good to her had been a lie all along.

How had everything come to this? It felt as though the whole world had betrayed her, leaving her utterly helpless.

But she refused to run away like her mother. She was going to make their lives miserable. Betrayal had to come at a price, and Qin Xuanze was no exception.

That night, Qin Xuanze was slightly tipsy. Sitting on the sofa, he spoke slowly. “So you’re doing all this just to get back at them?”

Ran Zhizhi answered without hesitation. “Yes!”

Qin Xuanze’s expression turned even colder. He stared at her, trying to see through her, but could never quite manage it. The thing in his bag had been crushed out of shape in his grip, but he didn’t take it out.

Ran Zhizhi didn’t look at him, as though that would let her escape his gaze.