The night was already deep.

Ji Fan loosely draped her trench coat over her shoulders, her long curly hair was loose on one side and tucked behind her ear on the other, revealing her cold, white, and slender profile. The delicate golden tassel earrings on her white earlobe swayed slightly, and the cold, fragmented light made her expression even more lonely.

She held a pen and scribbled on a piece of white paper, sorting out the recent events and the work she needed to complete next.

She used to have a habit: whenever there was an unsolved problem, she would write it down in a notebook, not allowing any delay, and solving them one by one.

The ink-colored handwriting crossed out the work items one by one.

All done.

Except for one.

[Jiang Cha]

She only wrote two words, the dragon and phoenix flying handwriting was slightly scribbled.

Ji Fan’s long eyelashes drooped, her nose was high, and the light and shadow made her eye sockets look incredibly deep.

She looked at the name and pondered for a moment.

Jiang Cha.

What to do with you?

Ji Fan calmly raised her eyes and posted the apology letter she had written earlier.

Then it was time to let the big V’s set the rhythm.

#JiFanRespondsToInfidelityRumors#

[@EntertainmentHeadline: Ji Fan clarifies that the two have not divorced, the accusation of infidelity is false, but she did make a mistake.]

There were six pictures below: three were their wedding photos, one was a certificate from the civil affairs bureau, one was a screenshot of Ji Fan’s apology Weibo, and the last one was the specific content of the apology letter.

The apology letter was over 3,000 words long.

The writing was very delicate, almost the opposite of her usual image, and many people who read the letter were almost moved by her.

But only for a moment.

Because the letter didn’t mention exactly what mistake she had made.

It only said that it wasn’t infidelity, but it was a very serious mistake, and that she felt that Jiang Cha might never be able to fully forgive her.

The onlookers were instantly curious.
What kind of mistake could it be?
Comments started flying around with wild guesses – cheating, hookups, domestic violence, you name it.

Ji Fan simply lowered her eyelids indifferently and glanced at the comments.

No one was cursing Jiang Cha anymore.

That was enough.

••••

“Jiang Cha, have you seen Ji Fan’s apology letter?”

Yang Yan said, “You should forward it and reply. Or if you don’t want to, I can forward it for you.”

Jiang Cha’s eyes widened slightly.

“What apology letter?”

“You haven’t seen it?”

That’s right. Jiang Cha’s personality was such that whenever there was negative news, she would hide away, go offline, avoid comments, and bury her head in the sand.

She definitely hadn’t been following the latest developments and hadn’t seen it at all.

Yang Yan smiled lightly, “Alright, if you don’t want to, I’ll forward it.”

Jiang Cha’s long, light eyelashes trembled slightly.

After a long while.

“No need,” she said softly, “I’ll do it myself.”

••••

The wall clock pointed to eleven.

“Oh my god,” Xu Qingzhu called to tease, “Your writing is pretty good, are you used to writing apologies?”

“…”

Now this was truly embarrassing.

“It’s nothing,” Ji Fan said softly, “No matter what, it’s right to apologize when you make a mistake.”

“Yeah, that’s true.” Xu Qingzhu laughed, “Then have you thought about how to win her back?”

“No.”

She didn’t have the ability to read minds, especially someone like Jiang Cha.

She could only take one step at a time.

“If it were a heterosexual couple wanting a divorce, there would be a lot of concerns, especially since they have a child. If you want to keep her, why don’t you go for IVF?”

Ji Fan paused and declined.

“Jiang Cha won’t agree.”

“Yeah, that’s true.” Xu Qingzhu suddenly thought of something and said, “If you don’t have a child, you could raise a pet together. Jiang Cha, such a soft girl, must like small animals.”

A soft girl?

Ji Fan lowered her eyes and sighed softly.

She used to be soft, but now she’s cold.

“What kind of pet does she like? Cats, dogs, or something else?”

Ji Fan leaned to the side and thought for a moment.

For some reason, she thought of the time she had someone secretly take a photo of her, wearing her little bunny slippers.

“Maybe I could buy her a rabbit,” Ji Fan thought, the more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

“Flowers can get lost, but she probably won’t want to lose a little rabbit.”

If it got lost and couldn’t survive outside, how could Jiang Cha possibly let it die?

With that thought, she made up her mind.

She would send her a little rabbit first.

“Also, I’m thinking about something else,” Xu Qingzhu frowned, a little puzzled. “If Jiang Cha really wants to divorce you, now is the perfect time. Everyone knows it’s your fault, and if she gets a divorce, she’ll be safe and sound without any impact. But why hasn’t she mentioned divorce to you until now?”

“Do you think she is you?” Ji Fan twirled her pen. “She definitely can’t say it. Talking about divorce with me now would be like kicking someone when they’re down.”

Online, Ji Fan had been criticized to pieces because in her long apology letter, she only admitted she was wrong, not what she had done wrong. For a time, there were all kinds of speculations, saying she was cheating, having affairs, promiscuous, even doing drugs.

Talking about divorce with her now?

Was it appropriate?

“So what are you going to do next?”

Ji Fan turned her gaze out the window, sighed softly, and wearily propped up her chin. “I don’t know.”

Just when everyone was speculating about what terrible thing Ji Fan had done to make Jiang Cha want a divorce, an old post that Jiang Cha had made on a forum was suddenly brought up.

Probably because the two of them had been in the news so much recently, with one piece of news after another, their attention increased, and some interested people discovered this post.

The poster’s ID was “GingerSoupIsDelicious,” and the avatar and nickname made it easy to associate her with Jiang Cha; on the other hand, according to the content of the post, the poster and her lover were in a junior and senior relationship, and based on the timeline, the two were high school classmates and then college classmates a few years ago, which perfectly matched Ji Fan and Jiang Cha’s resumes.

While these were just speculations, the last post was arguably solid proof of the poster’s guess, which was Jiang Cha.

The poster’s last reply was a week ago, very close to the time they were reported to be separated, and the content was very short, just a few words:

“We’ve already broken up, everyone can go now.”

If it wasn’t Jiang Cha, who else could it be?

The post was written in a very casual and detailed way, and from a few words, it could be seen how much Jiang Cha had liked Ji Fan in the past, and it could also be inferred from her description that another fact:

Ji Fan wasn’t good to her.

She didn’t remember her birthday; sometimes she wouldn’t reply to her messages, and sometimes she would reply after a long time; Ji Fan had never explicitly expressed anything to her.

Even on Valentine’s Day, she didn’t even send her a bouquet of flowers.

There’s a particular entry that is absolutely heartbreaking.

It was three years ago.

“GingerSoupIsDelicious”: “Today is Valentine’s Day~ I went out and bought a bouquet of roses. I’ve already given up on her remembering what date Valentine’s Day is, so I’ll remember for her. I’ll hide it for now and give her a surprise when she gets home later.”

There were several comments below, rubbing their hands together in anticipation.

However.

A day passed, and there was no follow-up.

Someone else urged and asked for a follow-up, and Jiang Cha had to climb out and update.

“She didn’t come home yesterday.”

“So what about the flowers? Did you give them to her?”

“She threw them away, saying she hated those things.”

••••

Bit by bit, there were countless instances like this.

Even the people reading the post were surprised.

How strong is this girl’s heart? Based on the content of the post, it’s almost entirely one-sided admiration, yet she seems completely unaware of it.

Even so, she could still maintain this relationship?

How frustrating must that be.

And Jiang Cha’s occasional happiness was so humble: simply because Ji Fan had taken the initiative to contact her. Once Ji Fan reached out to her, Jiang Cha would write a long paragraph of thoughts, expressing that Senior Ji must have liked her a little.

At first, not many people saw the post, and everyone just silently offered their blessings. Although they could sense that it was a one-sided love story, no one pointed it out.

It’s cruel to point out the obvious.

But now, the number of viewers has suddenly increased.

Sometimes, the power of the masses is great.

Without any capital backing, this small discovery spread like wildfire and instantly topped the trending search:

#JiangChaRecordings

[Forum allegedly reveals Jiang Cha’s emotional record? Six years of heartache, even bystanders feel sad.]

The person who posted the tweet attached the link to the post.

That unknown post was instantly flooded with groups of tourists.

“Weibo tourist group reporting in.”

“Tourist group plus one.”

••••

“I can’t take it anymore, I want to scold someone.”

“Ji Fan is emotionally abusive! It’s even worse than cheating, right???”

“My god, I can’t believe such a person has a beautiful little girl who likes her?”

“No, I’m so angry, Ji Fan get lost!”

“Jiang Cha is so beautiful! Any man would fall for her, right? Ji Fan is either blind or just not good enough! Asexual!”

“Ji Fan, the one who doesn’t know a good thing when she sees it.”

••••

Besides these comments, there was another unexpected voice.

“Haven’t you guys read Ji Fan’s apology letter?”

“I did, and oh my god, I was so moved, I almost cried.”

“It’s obvious that Chacha has let go now, but Ji Fan is the one who’s trapped.”

“Hahaha, serves her right.”

“Back then you didn’t want someone who was into you, but now?”

“Hey, am I the only one who’s looking forward to them appearing on ‘Honeymoon Trip’?”

“You’re not alone.”

“I want to watch the whole process of chasing a wife in a crematorium.”

“Hopefully, Jiang Cha will divorce her after the show and kick Ji Fan to the curb. Let her regret it.”

“+1.”

“Agreed.”

“+10086.”

••••

And so on and so forth.

Even Ji Fan didn’t expect such a dramatic development.

She lowered her head and looked at those posts, suddenly feeling flustered.

Jiang Cha herself certainly wouldn’t want her past inner thoughts exposed to so many people.

But what should she do next?
Delete the posts?

Wouldn’t that be like admitting it?

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