Yin Zhouguo is rich, handsome, and funny. Girls who want to date him could line up for miles outside the school.
Yet he agreed to date Jiang Yujin, who had nothing going for her except a pretty face.
Outsiders didn't think much of their relationship. Truth be told, Yin Zhouguo didn't think much of it either.
He knew his girlfriend loved him with all her heart, but the gap between them was just too big.
He figured he could give her a large sum of money when they broke up, and she wouldn't need to worry about anything else.
But his girlfriend was so good at acting cute and clinging to him that the breakup he'd planned for a month kept getting pushed back: first to three months, then a year.
Yin Zhouguo hesitated. He felt that his girlfriend couldn't manage without him, so how could he bring himself to let go?
That confidence lasted until the night he got drunk.
The atmosphere was just right, and everything seemed to be falling into place.
Yin Zhouguo traced his girlfriend's features, completely captivated, when he heard her mumble something as she cupped his face.
He didn't think he'd heard her correctly. "What did you say?"
Yujin spoke a little louder.
This time, he heard her clearly.
After dating for a year, his girlfriend asked if he had a recent health check report before they went to bed.
His girlfriend had asked him for a health check report.
Yin Zhouguo's fantasy shattered in an instant.
He couldn't believe it. She thought he was dirty. No, she didn't even trust him to have been faithful during their relationship.
"I can get tested too." Hearing his girlfriend's bullshit about how it would be fair to him as well, Yin Zhouguo went berserk and dragged her straight to the hospital.
They spent the whole afternoon there, and the expedited results came back quickly.
"Have you seen it clearly now?" Yin Zhouguo's voice was so cold it could freeze.
But he'd rushed back too quickly and forgotten to buy protection.
"We can't. You could get pregnant."
Jiang Yujin resisted. "Let's do it next time."
Yin Zhouguo usually didn't care about this sort of thing, and when Jiang Yujin brought it up herself, he would actually feel relieved. But right now, he was feeling far too sensitive.
He realized almost at once:
She didn't want to have a child with him, or even marry him.
A child of his could bring enormous profits to someone like her, who loved money.
This completely overturned the image he'd had of his girlfriend: a sweet, adorable girl who loved to act cute and seek his favor.
Did she... really love him?
Jiang Yujin loved Yin Zhouguo.
She loved his face, his body, his money, and his sense of humor. At first, Yin Zhouguo hadn't been wrong to mock her: she was really no different from his other admirers.
But she also knew in her heart that the two of them would never make it to the end, so she wasn't going to create unnecessary complications for herself.
Yin Zhouguo couldn't accept it. He admitted that while dating Jiang Yujin, he had even taken pride in her love for him.
He couldn't accept that Jiang Yujin's plans for the future didn't include him.
Theme: Strive relentlessly and keep working toward a better future.