Why Did He Lose It After We Broke Up?

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Jiang Yi and Ji Qingyan got together in their first year of university. They were in a sweet, stable relationship for seven years, and their friends envied her for finding such a perfect partner.

Ji Qingyan, the young master of Haicheng, was the heir to a top-tier wealthy family: noble and radiant, gentle as jade.

Apart from being a little uninhibited at night, he really was the perfect boyfriend.

Jiang Yi knew that someone like him cared deeply about matching social status.

After graduation, she planned to take the civil service exam and return to her hometown. She had little in common with his social circle. Though she sometimes lost herself in their relationship, she had always stayed clearheaded.

After graduation, they were bound to part ways sooner or later.

But as graduation approached, she grew more reluctant to let go, and more clingy with him.

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Ji Qingyan broke up with her on an utterly ordinary day.

Jiang Yi's heart tightened when she heard him. It was far sooner than she'd expected.

Ji Qingyan: "If we're going to break up sooner or later, we might as well get used to it early."

The usually gentle man spoke in a cool, detached voice, showing not an ounce of mercy.

Jiang Yi was heartbroken, but she agreed. Unable to bear letting go, she made one request: "Baby, I'm going to miss you so much... Could we at least keep each other on WeChat for now?"

Ji Qingyan: "No."

So even gentle people could be this heartless when they broke up.

She wasn't one to cling desperately, so she stopped trying to hold on when it was pointless.

Two gentle people had been in love, and they parted with dignity, too.

She just couldn't bring herself to delete their sweet memories or chat history, so she left him in her contacts.

After Jiang Yi left, the man's eyes darkened as he watched from upstairs, following her retreating figure until she disappeared from sight.

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Jiang Yi thought she'd be sad for a long time, but then she suddenly lost her old phone.

She couldn't see those memories anymore... She could never look back on them again...

On her way to buy a new phone, she met an older student who helped her move on after learning she'd just gone through a breakup.

In just a month,

she began getting used to life without him and finally told her friends, "He's a good person. We just weren't meant to stay together. It's time for me to start a new life."

She needed to plan her future properly instead of losing herself in romance.

One day, the older student walked her back to her dorm. Ji Qingyan happened to see them.

He saw the person who had once loved him desperately. She had vanished as if she were dead, never replied to his messages, and found someone new in less than a month.

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Later, whenever Jiang Yi mentioned someone else in front of Ji Qingyan, he would go mad with jealousy. The gentle, restrained man he used to be was nowhere to be seen.

He kept her locked by his side, softly kissing her calf. Tears rolled down, scorching her heart.

"Why do you keep bringing up other people in front of me?"

"You were the one who kept wanting to break up. You were the one who couldn't wait to leave."

"Did you ever love me, even a little?..."

[Reader's Guide] A story about someone trying to change his wife, only to break down himself. The only guarantees are that both leads are virgins and that it has a happy ending. Contains angsty, melodramatic elements such as confinement and forced love. Read with caution if you have sensitive triggers.

Theme: Cherish the present