Chapter 866: Chapter 865 The Days That Disappeared

Yeqian was indeed quite surprised and suddenly didn’t know how to continue the conversation.

Zhao Xueli had previously talked about her background, which was even more tragic and bitter than his–they felt a strange sense of sympathy for one another.

They were both abandoned children.

She had once said that she was the unwanted child her mother brought into a new marriage.

Zhao Xueli had since given up on herself, spending her days with riffraff, living a life clouded in darkness.

When her stepfather had sinister intentions towards her for the second time, her confused mother did not stop him, but instead, blamed her for looking like a vixen.

It was her boyfriend at the time who came to her rescue, and what was terrifying was that he accidentally killed her stepfather in a misstep.

Her mother went mad trying to strangle her and even called the police to imprison both her and her boyfriend. As a result, her boyfriend really went to jail, while she was released without charge as there was no direct cause linking her to her stepfather’s death.

After that, her mother went insane.

And she left home to come to the Capital, where a talent scout noticed her and she smoothly entered the entertainment industry, wanting to leave her past behind.

The entertainment industry wasn’t as easy to navigate as one might imagine; without connections or luck, one could only waste time. Precisely because she wasn’t famous, her agent came up with the idea to use Yeqian’s popularity to promote herself.

“From the time my mom tried and failed to kill me for that scumbag, I thought that I had already returned my life to her. From now on, my life is my own, and no one has the right to take it away.”

“Yeqian, actually, you’re already much luckier than I am. We both come from unfortunate backgrounds, but you’ve ascended to become a superstar. It’s said that it’s cold at the top; maybe you’ve felt lonely before, but then fate brought you Qiao Xiaren. She protects you, stays by your side; that, to me, seems like happiness that is hard to come by.”

Hearing Zhao Xueli say these words, Yeqian had initially thought he was very miserable, but now he suddenly felt much more enlightened. He jumped down from the rock and, looking into her eyes, said, “Thank you.”

“Thank me for what? I do have ulterior motives.” Zhao Xueli gave him a meaningful glance. “Even though you don’t like me now, I will keep following you, bothering you.”

“You’re not even twenty and you already know what it’s like to like someone?”

Watching Yeqian roll his eyes, Zhao Xueli raised her hand to trace his brow, watching him reflexively frown and dodge; her reaction was one of happiness.

So cute!

“I really don’t know how to define the word ‘like,’ but what does that matter? If I feel that I like you, I won’t give up pursuing your affection. The more you dislike me, the more I will like you.”

Zhao Xueli opened her hands and twirled around Yeqian, the sea breeze lifting her hair, and Yeqian saw a side of her completely different from before.

Innocent, lively, sunny.

He didn’t speak, but a smile appeared on his face. With his hands in his pockets, he slowly walked towards the beach. The dusk was gradually falling, and the soft golden sunlight shone on the soft sand; he walked forward, as if he were just out for a stroll.

Zhao Xueli followed behind, her lively and light steps making her skirt create a beautiful arc in mid-air.

“Hey, Yeqian, wait for me.”

The two silhouettes were elongated under the sun, looking exceptionally beautiful.

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Yeqian had been missing for three days now, paparazzi were staked out at any place Yeqian might appear, yet none had caught sight of him.