I refused to communicate with Chimu Jiang and didn't answer his calls or messages.

He waited for me downstairs at my company several times, so I applied for a week-long business trip to avoid him.

When he contacted me through a friend, I was sitting under the shade of a tree, holding a glass of juice and enjoying the sunset.

He asked me, "What happened between you and Chimu Jiang? How did it escalate to the point of breaking up?"

Ironically, it was this friend who called me and said, "Lin Shuyin, there's a decent-looking guy who asked me for your phone number."

I asked him, "Why did you give out my phone number so easily?"

He said, "The person seemed nice, so I thought I'd give them a chance to get to know you."

But when I briefly told him about the things between Chimu Jiang and Chen Yaoyao, he exploded in anger and cursed, "Chimu Jiang is really despicable, playing around with two people at the same time."

I remembered what Chimu Jiang had argued when I confronted him: "Shuyin, you're overthinking. We're just friends."

"Shuyin, you always misunderstand us."

He, as an insider, wanted to fool me into being a fool.

But he didn't know that before deciding to break up, I had carefully pondered over this matter.

I was certain that I couldn't forgive him, so I stuck to my decision.

I was picked up by a friend when I returned.

Because of Chimu Jiang's mistake, he felt somewhat guilty himself.

"Shuyin, I'm sorry. I didn't expect Chimu Jiang to do such a thing.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have given him your number."

I repeatedly denied our past, and my friend began to deny our beginning as well.

I also misjudged people, and it was through Chen Yaoyao's bragging that I learned about my prolonged relationship with Chimu Jiang.

He had always been good to me, but his goodness wasn't precious enough. While giving it to me, he could also duplicate and even surpass it to give a share to Chen Yaoyao.

When I was watching the sunset, I accidentally stumbled upon Chen Yaoyao's account, which hadn't been updated since the night I discovered them.

That brown bag never appeared physically in Chen Yaoyao's hands.

On that day, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, but so many things came to an abrupt halt that night.