After Returning Home, My Aloof Childhood Friend Wants Me to Marry for an Alliance

[Bad Ending + Childhood Sweethearts + Regret + Husband Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Devoted Fool’s Comeback] She was the light who had chased after him for more than a decade, but he took her for granted and could hardly be bothered to look back.

When she finally turned away, tearing that deep-rooted love out by the roots, he realized the world had grown cold.

His arrogance gave way to clumsy attempts to test the waters, and he resorted to laughable tricks to hurt her. He found a new shadow to follow, trying to prove he had never cared.

Only when the lies shattered at a banquet did he hear her own words, her icy gaze cutting off their past for good: “I can’t afford to play your games.”

In that moment, he finally understood: some loves, once lost, leave nothing but an endless night.