Extra: Lu Jing 3

The reason why He Yusen had left him before was because of an illness he was suffering from.

He had struggled and endured so hard to cure his disease. However, when he returned after experiencing such a helpless defeat, he was forcibly taken and detained in the name of “atonement.”

Then… during his last few days—

What did he do?

Lu Jing stood still in a trance. The pain and regret of this late realization seemed like unstoppable and massive ocean waves that were attacking him from every side and flooding his airway.

He hurt him.

He first forced him, treated him roughly in bed, and severely cut him with sharp words; calling him ugly, saying that he was old, telling him that he was withered and thin like a zombie, and stating that he… was not as beautiful as Lin Yu.

He even deliberately brought Lin Yu in front of him.

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—Jwv, bl bye zspv, ytykd.

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“Ebld eke bl… zlyhl?”

Ji-jie was staring sorrowfully at He Yusen’s photo. When she heard Lu Jing’s question, she gently answered, “Seven days ago.”

“He was on the balcony watching the snow when I …found him, with the phone in his hand, and the last call was…” While speaking of this, she paused and cautiously glanced at Lu Jing.

Lu Jing silently stood there, with an expression that could not be described as either of anger or sadness. Nonetheless, Ji-jie was keenly aware that Mr. Lu was not as indifferent as she had thought he would be.

This made her silently breathe a sigh of relief.

“He finally gave you a call.”

She couldn’t endure it any longer, and tears, once again, welled up in her eyes. “Does Mr. Lu still remember… Xiao He’s last words to you?”

Lu Jing was stunned.

That phone call…

He, of course, remembered that he was traveling with Lin Yu in a foreign country at that time. When he saw the missed call from He Yusen not long ago, he immediately called back with the intention to mock He Yusen.

He told He Yusen that he was with Lin Yu and that he had successfully fulfilled the promise, which the two of them had made when they were young, however, only the person, with whom he realized the promise, had changed.

He. Did. Not. Want. Him. Anymore. He used various methods to tell He Yusen this resolution. Nonetheless, wherever Lu Jing vented his anger and satisfaction, he would secretly yearn for He Yusen’s reaction every time.

However, He Yusen disappointed him time and time again.

What he often said was… That’s great.

Thinking about it now, Lu Jing finally understood the meaning of those two words.

Even though it was sorrowful and painful, He Yusen was probably genuinely happy that he had found a new love.

Why didn’t he say anything?

Why, why, why, why, why? Was he so untrustworthy? Or, in the first place, He Yusen no longer had any hope about their relationship? Or was He Yusen ready to talk about it only to see that he had already found a new lover?

It was apparent that, on the verge of death, he was still telling Lu Jing that he wanted to see him…

He also said something else.

“Lu-ge…”

“Lu-ge… How good would it be…”

He wasn’t able to clearly hear it, probably due to the poor signal. After a few seconds, the call was cut off, and he thought it was love and repentance that He Yusen was ashamed to express.

How good would it be… what?

Lu Jing stared at He Yusen’s photo in a daze, suddenly realizing that the photo was getting more and more blurry. He blinked his eyes in panic, and the photo became clear. But, there was liquid flowing down from his eyes.

It turned out to be tears.

Lu Jing thought, What were you regretting in the end?

Did you regret keeping your illness a secret, regret leaving, regret coming back, or —

Regret meeting me again?