Evershining Stars, Everlasting Love



I changed my phone number, knowing that I had to leave myself no chance of getting back to Vince Yi again.

Qiang called me, asked what is my connection to Vince and said president Yi of Weisi group call him to ask where I am. I answered neither.

But he gave my number away to Vince, though I had seen it coming since he had never been reliable. Fortunately, he knew nothing about the relationship between me and Vince, otherwise all my efforts would end up in vain.

It was midnight when Vince called me. I didn't answer, but he kept calling, his number shown on my phone stayed there for at least minutes. There was nothing I could do but answered and was met with a familiar and sonorous voice.

"Where are you?"

Holding the phone near my ear, I said nothing.

"Come back to me, Nance..." He sounded drunk, his voice was trembling.

I covered my mouth resisting my sorrow, but eventually I couldn't help but asked:"Are you drunk?"

"Where are you...I'll come to you, soon." Exclaimed Vince, my voice seemed to have irritate him,"Why do you do this to me, Nance! What have I done to deserve this!"

"Let it go, Vince! I'm not worth it..." My voice and my tears lost control at the same time. I bit my lips hard, trying to paralyze the pain in my heart. “Let me decide that for myself! Where are you!" He shouted again.RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

“Just...take care of yourself..." I made up my mind and hung up the phone, powered off my phone then sat on the bed, looked outside the window and let my tears drop like waterfall as the stars were blinking in the silent night sky.

Nance, it will all be fine.

I couldn't recall when did I fall asleep, maybe it was when I ran out of strength to cry anymore. I woke up and 9am, after which I washed myself up, started making my breakfast while surfing the news on job-hunting website. There came someone knocking on the door, and I was sure it was Yingzi.

I put down the phone and open the door. It was her with her two sons, they came visiting lest that I may feel lonely, probably.

Kids started running around as they stepped inside, Yingzi remained at the entrance, smiled to me and said:"Knock knock."

"You're there, just come in." Who else could it be anyway?

“Come on, girl, you promised you're going to meet him." She frowned and looked quite mysterious, took me by my hand when I turned around. "Yingzi, I'm not in the mood. Why don't you tell me who's there?" I replied, irritated.

She turned and took a glance at somewhere and said:"Does it really need to take that long to park a car?"

"Who's there, Yingzi?" I can't recall any promise from yesterday. But suddenly, a name hit my mind:"Wait...Fatty?" Yingzi snapped her finger and said:"Bingo."

"I should've got someone here to make a bigger entrance for him, then."

But no sooner did I finish my words than I heard a dynamic and beautiful voice: "Woah, who's talking behind my back?"

Dressed in perfect suit and tie, a stylish and gorgeous man showed up from the staircase, smiled at me as he stopped at Yingzi's side.

I was shocked, looked to Yingzi and asked:"This is..."

Yingzi turned to the man, giggled and said:"See? I told you she's not going to recognize you."

I fixed my eyes on this good-looking, five-four man and uttered:"Fa...fatty?"

He smiled in confidence and replied: "I'm Zhiyu Yin. It's been so long, Nance."

I would never recognize him on the street until he walks up and tell me who he is, I almost doubted whether he had gone through a plastic surgery. A chubby fatty turned into a Beckham-level handsome man, no wonder Yingzi kept talking about him yesterday.

"Come...come in." I stuttered and let them in.

It was a great change in both his look and his temperament, three years ago I was still calling him fatty. What had he gone through in these years and what started it?

I asked him jokingly as we all sat down:"Fatty, why did you decide to lose weight in the first place?"

He puckered his lips, eyes gleaming with hope and said:"You."

Me?

“Don't...don pull my leg, fatty." I replied, with embarrassment.

“I'm serious.” He looked at me and said sternly,”Ying told me you just divorced, and I'm single, we could be together.”

Well, what a same old blabber Yingzi still was. I was just joking yesterday, but she just went for fatty right away. I didn't think I was a unmarketable commodity urging to be sold.

Why was Ying so hurry?

"Listen, fatty. I divorced, yes, but I have boyfriend now." I replied, for I knew it would take me a long time to wipe Vince out of my mind and life. "No way!" Ying exclaimed, "Nance, call your boyfriend here then if you really have one."

I squinted, thinking about sealing her mouth with duck tape.

And Zhiyu seemed upset. He looked at me helplessly and said: "Nance, will there ever be a place for me in your heart?"

It impossible to turn him down straightforwardly after he had gone through such a big change for me.

I may do it when I was younger, but I've grown and learned, knowing that leaving wiggle room for people was necessary whatever situation I'm in. "Fatty, you have money, your own drive and house, and, look at you now. There would be a wide choice of girls for you." I replied, in the most conservative way I can think of.

Ying yanked me close to her by my arm and whispered to my ear:"What's wrong with you? Fatty still loves you after so long, and you're turning him down?"

I ignored her and continued:"Fatty, I'll keep an eye on girls around me to see if there's anyone suitable to you.”

"It's...okay, I picked the wrong timing. I'll take it slow." Said Zhiyu, looking embarrassed. He took a look around, after which he turned to me again and asked: "Has Jerry, that bastard, done anything bad things to you?"

"What?" I said, completely confused.

"I mean, did you divorce him because he treats you bad?" He explained calmly, and I shook my head.

It was all fine actually, he kept me by his side as if I'm his pet. He just sold me for his business, that's why we divorced.

"He didn't, he just cheated on me. It was quite peaceful, the divorce." I uttered, but withheld my relationship with Vince, since there was really no need

to.

"He had no idea what a blessing of his life he just discarded! If I were him, I would cherish everyday living with you all my life." Said Zhiyu, who surprised me even more noticing that he had become more honest of his feelings.

Maybe he was honest at that moment because I just got divorced, and he found it a chance to him.

There came a scream when we're still chatting, it was Ying's elder son. He accidentally put his hands in the boiling water in the pot and got burnt on his hand.

His hand turned red immediately, Zhiyu quickly got him on his back and carried him downstairs, followed by Ying and me.

We took him to the hospital. Ying couldn't stop blaming herself, she also seemed terrified.

Her husband arrived soon, but the first thing he did was slapping Ying on her face and started scolding her, calling her better-to-be-dead.

I suddenly realized why her biggest regret was her early marriage. Her children may be her reason of not divorcing the man she's living with. But still I couldn't fathom her mind.

I try to stand up for her but she refused, saying that as long as there was still a chance for the marriage to last, she wouldn't even talk back to her husband.

I looked at her with great sympathy, I would've been kept from knowing what kind of life she was suffering from if I hadn't been cast out of Fu City. The pictures of her and her children on the social media seemed so happy, but behind it was horror and darkness.

When Zhiyu took me home, he suddenly grabbed me by his hands in his car.

I look at him strangely, he looked back and said:"Nance, would you give me a chance to take care of you?"

I can feel the warmth in his hands.