The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 664: 666: Xia Youyou Who Prefers to Be Heartbroken Forever

Chapter 664: Chapter 666: Xia Youyou Who Prefers to Be Heartbroken Forever

“Youyou, Lin Fei has already left, are you okay?”

Surrounded by several other high school female classmates gossiping and commenting about Lin Fei, Qi Wenjie did not intervene to argue or voice her own opinion.

After Lin Fei, Mu Shanshan, and Liu Yu left one after another, Qi Wenjie walked alone to a corner and pulled out her mobile phone to call Xia Youyou, her longtime best friend.

Long before, when Lin Fei arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel and Liu Yu, the personal secretary of the seductive chairman Su Qinglan, revealed Lin Fei’s identity, Qi Wenjie had called Xia Youyou to bring the woman back to meet Lin Fei. Even to the point of forcing Lin Fei to divorce his wife and reconcile with Xia Youyou.

The reason Xia Youyou, the former school beauty, had not yet appeared was not that she didn’t want to meet Lin Fei. But rather, after the ice queen CEO Mu Shanshan showed up.

Having confirmed that Lin Fei’s wife was Mu Shanshan, the well-known business goddess of Zhonghai, to prevent Xia Youyou from being embarrassed and possibly having conflicts with the ice queen CEO.

Qi Wenjie texted Xia Youyou immediately, informing the woman that Lin Fei’s wife was the ice queen CEO Mu Shanshan and advising her not to appear for now.

Moreover, this was the reason why Qi Wenjie slandered Lin Fei in front of the ice queen CEO Mu Shanshan.

After all, deeply caring about her longtime best friend Xia Youyou and considering the influence and status of the ice queen CEO Mu Shanshan and thinking about Xia Youyou’s longstanding unrequited love for Lin Fei, she wanted to protect the woman.

The only effective method Qi Wenjie could think of was to push all the blame onto Lin Fei. Otherwise, her best friend Xia Youyou, who hadn’t received her message or ignored her advice, would come directly to the rooftop pool and say things to Lin Fei that should not be said, thus provoking the malice of the ice queen CEO.

Now, Lin Fei and the ice queen CEO Mu Shanshan had already left. Throughout, Xia Youyou had not appeared. Knowing well Xia Youyou’s deep affection for Lin Fei, Qi Wenjie naturally called her immediately.

“Youyou, don’t scare me, please talk to me! What is going on with you?!”

Having connected the call but not hearing even the slightest response from her longtime best friend after asking several times.

Knowing well Xia Youyou’s deep love for Lin Fei, Qi Wenjie, fearing the woman might do something foolish, repeatedly questioned her through the phone, nearly subconsciously clutching at her heart.

“I’m okay, Wenjie, you don’t need to worry about me. Knowing that Lin Fei is doing well is enough for me. I can handle it.”

After Qi Wenjie’s several worried shouts, the long-awaited soft response finally came through the phone from her longtime best friend Xia Youyou, tinged with a stifled sob but forcibly steadied.

“Youyou, if you want to cry, just let it out. You’ve loved Lin Fei for eight full years; crying for him isn’t anything shameful. After crying, just forget about him.”

Having been close friends for many years, Qi Wenjie could be considered the person who understood Xia Youyou best. Just by Xia Youyou’s tone, Qi Wenjie could guess her current expression and even her mood.

Love runs deep, and emotions are hard to control. It was precisely because she understood her best friend’s feelings for Lin Fei that Qi Wenjie urged her to cry.

Also, because she was aware of the daunting influence and elusive status of the ice queen CEO Mu Shanshan. Knowing it was impossible to force Lin Fei to divorce and get back together with her longtime best friend.

Thus, Qi Wenjie could only advise Xia Youyou to cry.

Because crying is an outlet for emotions. Eight years of unrequited love needed to be expressed and had to be.

If it couldn’t be let out, holding it inside would only hurt her more.

Only by crying it out, letting out all the grievances, all the heartaches, and all the years of pining, could one feel a little less heartache.

Once the tears dried, the heart would no longer be in pain.

And when the heart was no longer in pain, she could almost start to forget.

Everyone understands the principle, but understanding is not the same as being able to do it.

Just like Qi Wenjie at the moment. Even as she advised her best friend not to waste too much emotion on Lin Fei, she herself couldn’t help the tears from flowing uncontrollably.

It was as if she too felt the pain…

“Wenjie, you don’t need to comfort me anymore. You, more than I, need comfort. I can, I believe, you can too.”

After hearing Qi Wenjie’s comforting persuasion and remaining silent for a moment, Xia Youyou murmured a sentence to Qi Wenjie and then hung up the phone.

…

In a corner across the street from the Four Seasons Hotel, a close friend of Qi Wenjie’s—Xia Youyou, who shared a similar love for Lin Fei—hung up the phone. She watched as Lin Fei, accompanied by Liu Yu, Su Qinglan, the stunning chairwoman, and several executives from the Four Seasons Hotel, got into the car and left. Her face, bearing streaks of tears, was exquisitely beautiful and delicate, blossoming slowly like a lotus after the rain.

A smile that could topple cities.

Smiling through tears.

Being able to see Lin Fei made Xia Youyou genuinely smile. Even though the woman beside Lin Fei wasn’t her, even though she knew she could never be Lin Fei’s wife in this lifetime,

she was still happy.

Because she had seen Lin Fei.

Eight years of unrequited love, just to see Lin Fei again, was enough for Xia Youyou.

Even if it was just a fleeting glimpse from a distance, she was satisfied.

Although she couldn’t reacquaint herself with Lin Fei, being able to see him well was enough for her.

That was really all Xia Youyou needed.

As long as Lin Fei was well, even if the woman by his side wasn’t her, Xia Youyou was still satisfied.

Deeply satisfied.

Because, for her, no news could satisfy or excite her more than knowing Lin Fei was doing well.

Knowing Lin Fei was well made Xia Youyou smile.

She smiled from the bottom of her heart.

Because she loved Lin Fei more than she loved herself.

For Xia Youyou, Lin Fei was everything, her entire world.

Xia Youyou truly loved Lin Fei to the core—even if Lin Fei had married Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO, even if Lin Fei had abandoned her eight years ago.

None of these could hinder her love for Lin Fei.

Loving Lin Fei had become a habit etched deep in her bones.

A habit she couldn’t break.

Xia Youyou never even thought about breaking it.

Because if she ever did break that habit, Xia Youyou would truly have nothing left to live for.

Compared to forgetting Lin Fei, bearing a little heartache.

Xia Youyou would rather keep hurting forever…