Yan Xi had been with Shi Sinian for three years. She was smart and composed, and she knew her place: she was just his bedmate, and they each got what they wanted, so she never overstepped.
That was until Shi Sinian’s mother summoned her to a luxury boutique, and until she heard him tell a friend with her own ears, “She could never be my other half...”
Yan Xi knew it was time for things between them to end.
After all, love was not everything in her world. She had something more important to do: avenge the deaths of her younger sister and mother.
But no matter how carefully Yan Xi planned, she never imagined Shi Sinian would regret it.
But what did that matter? Nothing hurts more than a heart that has died.
So she focused on her plans, using everything and everyone around her that she could.
Three years later, when everything had finally settled, she returned under a new identity with overwhelming force, and someone new was already by her side.
When Shi Sinian stood before Yan Xi again...
He Zian said, “Yan Xi never says things just to spite someone.”
He Zian also said, “She’s the blade you forged with your own hands, but now she’s the most precious thing in my heart.”
Shi Sinian went mad. Only then did he understand:
For three years, she had made no fuss and asked for no status, not because she was obedient or loved him too much, but because she was ready to walk away at any moment. And from the very beginning, she had been using him...
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