Hearing what Jiang Tong said, Li Jingchen lowered his eyes slightly, his eyes were deep, and his expression showed neither happiness nor unhappiness.

He quickly changed the subject.

"Are you so impulsive and indulgent because of my blind date?"

Jiang Tong squeezed her clenched fingers, and soon she smiled.

"no,"

"I was under a lot of pressure. My aunt was in jail, and I took over the mess of her Zhao Group. You know, the pressure was too great, so I went to drink and get drunk."

"Is this what you really mean?" Li Jingchen asked.

"Yes, this is what I really mean. I don't need your sense of responsibility or guilt. You don't owe me anything."

Jiang Tong said again.

"Miao Miao's words were exaggerated. You don't have to feel any pressure. You don't owe me anything, either legally or morally. You deserve your happiness."

Li Jingchen frowned even more tightly, he lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he looked up.

Just listen to what Jiang Tong said the next second.

"No matter who you marry in the future, I wish you the best. I sincerely hope that you can live a happy and fulfilling life after all the hardships you have gone through. I,"

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Tong said something almost with difficulty.

"I loved you."

A huge wave of emotion rose up in Li Jingchen's eyes in the next second.

It was so quiet that the only voice that could be heard was Jiang Tong's.

"I did think you sold the Greentown house at first, so I bought it,"

"It holds our memories and contains many sweet memories. I don't want you to sell it."

"I've let it go now. All that is in the past. I don't need you to feel guilty about your responsibility to me or about having a child for you."

"If you find a simple and pure person who is right for you, I will be happier than anyone else."

"As your ex-wife and old friend, I wish you the best."

"My dad told me to go back early, so I have to go first."

After Jiang Tong finished speaking, she picked up her bag and walked out without looking back.

With her back to Li Jingchen, tears fell from her eyes, soon soaking her face.

She didn't allow herself to bend down or look back, and only until she walked out the door did she allow herself to cry out a little.

When I got in the car, tears were already streaming down my face.

But she wiped away her tears and did not regret what she had just said.

……

Li Jingchen sat there alone for a long time. When he came to his senses, everyone had left and the room was deserted.

My mind is full of Jiang Tong's words.

"I loved you."

He drove to Greentown.

Insomnia.

Over and over again, it’s still the same sentence: I loved you.

I didn't sleep well the whole night.

He suddenly didn't dare to call her to ask what the word "loved" meant.

There was a high-level meeting about a new product launch the next day, so he returned to the company.

However, Li Jingchen stared at his phone with a frown.

"Boss Li? Boss Li?"

Lin Tang called him in surprise, "Mr. Li, you are distracted."

Not only Lin Tang, everyone else was surprised that Li Jingchen was actually distracted.

Although leaders are also human, they also sometimes slack off.

As rigorous as Li Jingchen is, this was the first time that he was completely out of form throughout the entire process.

Li Jingchen apologized to the senior executives in the conference room.

He quickly gathered his attention.

After the meeting, Li Jingchen returned to the office, sat on the sofa and rubbed his tired brows.

"Mr. Li, are you okay?"

Lin Tang asked him with concern.

"Are you feeling unwell today?"

Li Jingchen shook his head slightly, "I'm fine, please make me a cup of tea."

"Okay, Mr. Li."

"..."

Li Jingchen finished his work, turned down social engagements, and left work early today.

Go to Song Qingyi's office to have a drink with him.

He frowned as he sat down, his handsome brows clearly hiding his worries.

There were some things Li Jingchen didn't know who to talk to, so he could only come to Song Qingyi to talk to him.

Talking about Jiang Tong——

Li Jingchen took a sip of wine and said with emotion, "I always thought that she didn't love me."

Song Qingyi sighed.

"How could she not love you? It's really frustrating. President Li, who is so good at planning in the business world, don't you have this little confidence in yourself?"

Li Jingchen narrowed his eyes slightly, "She said she only wanted to marry me because she was moved, she doesn't love me."

"Women always say one thing and mean another. What she thinks depends on her actions, right?"

Song Qingyi said word by word, "If she didn't love you, she wouldn't have given birth to two children for you."

Li Jingchen fell silent for a moment.

"This is the most obvious truth, but you don't understand it. Think about it carefully."

Song Qingyi patted Li Jingchen on the shoulder and went to the bathroom.

Li Jingchen sat in silence.

When Song Qingyi came out of the bathroom, Li Jingchen had already left.

……

The next day, Li Jingchen did not go to the company.

He decided to give himself a day off.

He decided to take a walk in Nanshan.

He has been extremely demanding of himself over the years, especially in recent years when he started a business and developed a company. He has been very busy all year round and has not gone hiking alone for a long time.

Li Jingchen was dressed casually, in a black windbreaker and a hat.

As he took one step at a time, Li Jingchen thought about the path he had taken to get here.

He used to be a man full of vigor and vitality. After his divorce, he experienced and became accustomed to the intrigues in society and the business world, but he always had a pure land in his heart.

It’s that smiling face, those sweet and beautiful memories, and that determination to come back.

But gradually...

He lost confidence in this relationship.

He told Li Wenhong that it didn't matter who he found because he didn't know what he wanted anymore.

It is impossible to sell the wedding house.

The house was full of his and Jiang Tong's marks, and he would not let anyone else live in that pure land.

at last.

He took one step at a time and reached the top of the mountain. Li Jingchen brought his own bottle of mineral water and sat on a chair next to him to drink it.

Seeing people coming and going to pray, Li Jingchen also lit three incense sticks out of superstition.

At this moment, he is not the president of Dijing Group, and he has no title. He is just an ordinary person trapped in love.

The matchmaker tree next to it is covered with red strips.

The wind blew, and the notes carrying those beautiful wishes fluttered in the wind above Li Jingchen's head.

Li Jingchen thought of the red strip hanging on the tree the year he divorced. Relying on his memory, he found the branch he was hanging on among the criss-crossing branches and the red strip he was hanging on.

There are also words written by him on it.

[I want to make a lot of money, go back to her, and hope she loves me. - Li Jingchen]

Li Jingchen watched quietly for a long time.

The mood is very complicated.

Back then, he was determined to make a name for himself.

The desire to impress Jiang Tong supported him.

Just about to turn around and leave.

When the wind blew, Li Jingchen saw that there seemed to be words written on the back of the paper that was blown up by the wind.

He paused, then turned the note over.

On the back of what he wrote was written...

[Whether you are rich or poor, I will always love you. ——Jiang Tong]