My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 74 - 72: Long-premeditated Plot

Chapter 74: Chapter 72: Long-premeditated Plot

At the bar entrance.

"What’s the hurry for that guy?"

Lin Haitang looked at the retreating back of Meng Lang with confusion.

"I don’t know, the Uncle just made a call, and it seemed to be about something... eggs?" Xiao Yu recalled.

Eggs?

Lin Haitang was utterly baffled.

Main business in insurance, side business in intelligence—was this guy also into poultry farming?

"Let’s just go home, shall we? But, I feel like I’m forgetting something?"

She thought for a moment and unlocked her phone.

Then, she saw those densely packed messages and missed calls...

emm...

...

In Room 302 at this time.

"Gurgle~"

"Hungry... so hungry..."

...

In Hudong CBD, a towering building aglow with dazzling neon lights stood under the night sky.

Even compared to the surrounding skyscrapers, this 450-meter-tall tallest building in Su City stood out like a crane amongst chickens.

At the very top of the International Center Building, the semi-open-air Cloud Peak Restaurant was situated here.

Looking out from the observation platform of the restaurant, the views of Jinji Lake, the Eastern Gate, the Ferris wheel, the Expo Center, and other scenic spots of Su City were all in sight, making it one of the well-known Instagrammable spots in Su City.

"Is everything ready?"

Xu Jingsong, dressed in a black suit, swirled the wine glass in his hand, the carmine liquid spinning inside.

"Mr. Xu, rest assured, everything is ready," Cui Jizhong bowed slightly.

"Is the person we found tight-lipped?"

"Drugs, fraud, blackmail, extortion—we have enough evidence in our hands to lock him up for life, he wouldn’t dare to utter no," Cui Jizhong assured.

"Mhm! You’ve already failed once, I don’t want any problems this time, you understand?"

A trace of cold sweat appeared on Cui Jizhong’s forehead.

"I understand."

At that moment, an underling knocked and entered the private room.

"Mr. Xu, the person has arrived."

Xu Jingsong slowly stood up, adjusted his suit slightly, and walked out with a cruel smile...

Outside Cloud Peak Restaurant.

Xu Jingsong spotted Gao Yuan, who was dressed in a black evening gown, exuding a mature and intellectual charm that brightened Xu Jingsong’s eyes.

He gentlemanly stepped forward to take the overcoat from her hands.

"Yuanyuan, you look really beautiful today," he complimented.

He gestured for her to enter and said with a smile, "Please, my leading lady for tonight."

Gao Yuan just glanced at him, let out a somewhat despondent sigh, and said,

"This dress, it’s the one I wore when I came here ten years ago. Seems like you’ve already forgotten."

Xu Jingsong was taken aback for a moment, his smile twitching as he forced a smile.

"How could I forget, I just..."

"Let’s go," Gao Yuan interrupted him and walked in on her own.

Xu Jingsong’s smile instantly froze on his face.

He glanced at Gao Yuan’s graceful back with a sinister look, but quickly concealed it.

Arriving at the door of a private room, Cui Jizhong respectfully opened the door for both of them.

As Gao Yuan was about to enter, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Her gaze drifted towards a person sitting at a nearby outdoor table.

Bright yellow hair, decked with chains, tattooed, giving off a thuggish vibe.

The yellow-haired man, legs crossed, had been staring straight at Gao Yuan. When she looked his way, he didn’t avert his gaze but instead, raised his glass in a meaningful smile.

Gao Yuan’s brow furrowed slightly.

"Yuanyuan, what’s wrong?" Xu Jingsong, noticing that Gao Yuan hadn’t followed, asked as he looked at her.

"It’s nothing."

It must be... my imagination, right?

Cui Jizhong closed the door of the private room behind them and then gestured with a wave of his hand.

The restaurant manager immediately hurried over.

"Clear the room! Mr. Xu does not wish for anyone to disturb their dinner."

"Yes, Mr. Cui."

The restaurant manager smiled respectfully and responded; before long, the already sparse dining patrons began to leave their tables one by one...

...

Gao Yuan entered the private room and took a seat, as Xu Jingsong smiled and pointed to the dishes on the table.

"Yuanyuan, these are all your favorite dishes. Come, let’s eat and talk."

However, Gao Yuan turned her head to look at the city neon lights through the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

"Jingsong, I agreed to come today to put an end to our ten years together.

You proposed to me here, and today we end everything here—it’s a fitting closure.

Even though we haven’t been happy these years, at least I hope we can part without too much regret."

Hearing this, Xu Jingsong sighed softly.

"Yuanyuan, why do you have to be like this? I know I’ve made many mistakes in the past, but with the Xu family’s large business and heritage, many things were beyond my control.

The old man forced me to continue the Xu family lineage, and my younger brother was eyeing my position—I was really helpless!"

"Does your helplessness include being seen on our anniversary with a female star, leaving me to read about your scandals in the newspapers?" Gao Yuan laughed lightly.

Xu Jingsong fell into an awkward silence.

"Enough, Jingsong. I don’t want to bring up the past. You know better than me that there is no chance for us anymore.

I guess I already know why you’re looking for me.

Before coming here today, I had already decided—I don’t want a single share of the Xu Group, and I have no intention of getting involved in any Xu family businesses.

I just need the shares to be converted into cash or equivalent assets at 70% of the market price, and I’ll agree to settle out of court."

This condition was undoubtedly very favorable to Xu Jingsong compared to an equal division.

But...

Xu Jingsong’s gaze flickered, and in the next moment, his face wore a sorrowful expression.

He took out a document from the table and pushed it towards Gao Yuan.

"What is this?"

"Have a look."

Gao Yuan opened the document with confusion, quickly flipped through a couple of pages, and her eyes gradually widened.

"You..."

"Yes, this is the divorce agreement I’ve already signed. Once you sign, you’ll acquire 4% of the Xu Group’s shares and become one of the members of the Xu Group’s board of directors," Xu Jingsong said with a look of dejection.

"Rest assured, before coming here, I already convinced the old man. He won’t object."

Gao Yuan: "..."

"I didn’t come here to persuade you today, and I know the hope of getting your forgiveness is slim. Consider this my final bit of guilt and compensation for you."

Xu Jingsong sighed, picked up a bottle of red wine from the table, and poured one-third into the wine glasses in front of them.

"You’re right; we should have closure, drink this glass of wine, and after that, we will have no further entanglements! I... wish you happiness!" Xu Jingsong sighed and raised his glass.

Gao Yuan fell silent for a moment.

Apparently unable to suppress the emotions inside her, her eyes gradually reddened, and soon she could not hold back the tears that started to flow.

In a panic, she wiped away the tears with her hand, but the tears flowed more and more, as if they couldn’t be stopped.

"Sorry, I lost my composure," Gao Yuan said, her voice hoarse.

"It’s okay, you’re just like before, still so prone to tears," Xu Jingsong said gently as he handed over a tissue.

Wiping away her tears, Gao Yuan took out her handbag and pulled out a box of loose powder, seemingly wanting to touch up her makeup.

But perhaps due to her panic, the box of powder fell to the floor.

"Let me do that." Xu Jingsong smiled, bending down in a gentlemanly manner to pick up the loose powder box from the ground and placing it back in front of Gao Yuan.

"Thank you!" Gao Yuan said with an embarrassed smile, then used the powder to fix the makeup that had been smudged by crying.

"Really, this should be a time to leave each other with the best memories, and yet I’m so out of sorts."

"Heh, in my eyes, you are always so beautiful."

Xu Jingsong smiled again and lifted his glass.

"Come! To our respective bright futures!"

Gao Yuan also raised her glass, her voice choked with emotion.

"And to... parting!"

"Clink~"

The wine glasses collided in mid-air, emitting a crisp sound.

In the journey of life, you constantly meet different people, and you constantly say goodbye to different people, too.

From strangers to acquaintances and back to strangers, from sharing common interests to going separate ways, from regretting meeting late to never seeing each other again.

But what’s the same is this:

Encounters are always unexpected, while partings are often long in the planning...