Wang Dahai saw the reply and felt a stir in his heart.

What did she mean by "return"? How to return?

In reality, the relationship between them wasn't that complicated.

It was just that Yan Jing couldn't bear to let go.

Perhaps she truly liked her boyfriend and had never considered being unfaithful, nor thought about having anything ambiguous with another man.

She might have even intentionally avoided such possibilities.

But for a woman with such strong desires like her, given the right opportunity, such things were almost inevitably bound to happen.

Of course, if it had been with any other man besides Wang Dahai, she probably would have truly cut ties.

Unfortunately for her, she met Wang Dahai.

Her own man was not great in bed, yet she encountered a young and vigorous man.

Under such circumstances, Wang Dahai didn't have to do anything, and she would find reasons to constantly get close to him.

All he did was deliver something to her, yet she used it as a pretext to enter into such a relationship with him.

To say she hadn't done it on purpose, even a fool wouldn't believe.

Returning home, he rested for a while before going off to work.

For several days, Yan Jing didn't contact him, and Wang Dahai didn't reach out to her either.

After all, the two of them weren't really that close.

And over these few days, he had been staying at Liu Lin's place, though he hadn't dared to get intimate with Liu Lin again.

As for Lin Wanqiu, she also became busy, with only the occasional chance to see her at night.

This left Wang Dahai feeling uncertain.

Even though they had opened their hearts to each other that night, Wang Dahai still felt like something was missing between them.

So after staying for a few days, he found an excuse to move back to his own place.

He thought that Lin Wanqiu might need some time to think things through properly.

On his first night back, he had just come out of the shower when he happened to see Xu Xixi returning.

Seeing Wang Dahai, she was surprised for a moment, then said in a wistful tone, "I thought you weren't coming back to live here."

Wang Dahai felt a bit embarrassed, the tone of her voice was a bit too suggestive given the nature of their relationship.

"Have you eaten?"

"None of your business."

Xu Xixi huffed and headed back to her room in her slippers.

"Time of the month?" Wang Dahai was a bit speechless; just a few days apart and her temper had become so volatile.

He had just lain down in his room when there was a knock on the door.

Opening the door, he saw Xu Xixi, but her expression didn't look so good.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm hungry."

"..."

Wang Dahai, feeling helpless but amused, nodded and said, "Sit on the sofa for a bit."

Xu Xixi was really hungry and finished the big bowl of noodles he had made.

After eating her fill, her mood visibly improved.

"Hey, Wang Dahai."

"What is it?"

"Come home with me."

"Now?"

"Yeah, I need to pick up some stuff."

"Alright, let's go."

Half an hour later, after the car stopped downstairs, Wang Dahai asked, "Do you need me to help you carry anything?"

"No, just wait for me."

About twenty minutes later, she came down carrying a large suitcase.

As she got into the car, Wang Dahai noticed that her mood seemed depressed, and she looked listless.

It wasn't until they brought the suitcase back home that she suddenly said, "I broke up with him."

Wang Dahai was a bit surprised, yet it felt like something he had expected.

"Did his parents leave?"

"Yeah, they left yesterday."

"Did he agree to the breakup?"

"I haven't told him yet."

"So you..."

Xu Xixi took out her cell phone, tapped out a line of text, and sent it, saying, "There, I've said it now."

Wang Dahai was completely speechless; this way of breaking up was just too perfunctory.

Soon, Xu Xixi's phone rang, and it was Fang Jian calling.

She didn't avoid Wang Dahai, answered the phone directly, and although she started off calm, she gradually became agitated.

It was nothing more than Fang Jian not understanding what he had done wrong and why she suddenly wanted to break up.

And Xu Xixi refused to say why, just that they were not suitable for each other.

Fang Jian suspected she had another man on the side, and she cursed angrily. They started arguing over the phone.

In the end, Xu Xixi told him to move out of her place within three days.

After hanging up, Xu Xixi fought back tears and went back to her room with reddened eyes.

Wang Dahai hesitated for a moment but still knocked on the door, gently pushing it open to see her lying on the bed, burying her head in the pillow, crying.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

She sat up on the bed, quickly wiping away her tears.

She and Fang Jian had been dating for three years and lived together for half a year; obviously, they had feelings for each other.

Breakup had been something she pondered for a long time, but in the end, she decided to go through with it.

She didn't want to deal with people like his parents for the rest of her life.

Wang Dahai sat down beside her and gently patted her back, saying, "Do you want to talk to him in person?"

"No need." She shook her head; the reason she took her things out in advance and spoke over the phone was because she was afraid she would soften if they met in person.

Although the process of breaking up was painful, it'd be fine once she got through it.

"You should go, I want to be alone for a while."

"I'll keep you company."

"Keep me company?" Xu Xixi said sarcastically, "Don't think I don't know what's on your mind! You want to take advantage of the situation, don't you? Wang Dahai, do you think I'm an easy woman? That you can have your way with me whenever you want?"

"That's not what I meant."

"Haha." Xu Xixi didn't argue the point with him, she wasn't in the mood for that right now.

Knowing she was in a bad mood, Wang Dahai also didn't explain further and got up to leave.

But inside, he felt somewhat downcast because of what she had just said.

He indeed had no intention of taking advantage of the situation; he simply wanted to comfort her.

He had always felt that he and Xu Xixi could be considered friends.

But now he realized that she seemed to look down on him a bit.

He couldn't help but laugh at himself. After all, she had a respectable job as a lawyer and had bought a house in the big city on her own merit, making her quite the elite.

And he was just a masseur at a yoga studio.

Even though his income was not low, it was the kind of job that could easily be looked down upon.

If it wasn't for Lin Wanqiu, he and Xu Xixi might never have crossed paths in this lifetime.

In the end, between them, there was just an accidental spark of ambiguity.

Beyond that, there was nothing.

Even the relationship of friends didn't quite fit.

Understanding all this, Wang Dahai felt a sense of frustration seething within him that he couldn't release.

He sat on the couch, lost in thought.

He didn't know how much time had passed when suddenly there was a knock on the door from outside.

He collected his thoughts and went to open the door.

When he saw the petite, delicate, and slightly chubby-cheeked Yan Jing standing outside, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

Why had she come?

"Hello." Yan Jing involuntarily lowered her head, too embarrassed to look him in the eye, "I'm looking for Xixi."

"Oh, come in."

The person who came with her was her boyfriend.

The two men had met before, and upon meeting again, they nodded and smiled at each other.

After a brief chat, Wang Dahai learned that Fang Jian had called Yan Jing hoping she could persuade Xu Xixi, which was why she had come here.

After Yan Jing had talked with Xu Xixi for more than half an hour in the room, she came out and said to her boyfriend, "Chen Yang, go on home. I'll stay here with her for a few days."

Hearing this, Chen Yang hummed in response, and Wang Dahai felt a flicker of thought.

She's going to stay here?

Subconsciously, he looked towards Yan Jing, who also happened to look back at him.

As their eyes met, he caught a clear excitement and anticipation in hers.

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