kingnovel Chapter 2251 The early summer night was quiet and cold.
Chapter 2251 The early summer night was quiet and cold.
It was late at night in New York.
After a long day of work, Qin Yujie finally relaxed.
She lay in bed, habitually opening her phone to browse current events and interesting stories.
She subconsciously clicked on Shocking News.
This is a habit she developed shortly after the website went live; regardless of whether there are any updates, she would habitually click on it to take a look.
Otherwise, she would feel empty inside all day, as if she had forgotten something important.
Back when the Qin Group was still in operation, she would never have looked at these kinds of sensational websites; she always found them boring.
She didn't know when she started this habit.
Deep down, perhaps the intention is to get to know someone through this website.
When she habitually clicked on it, a video pinned to the top immediately caught her eye.
"A wedding of the century that amazed the entire city."
This time, Shocking.com broke with tradition and instead of displaying their signature headline, they used eight large gold characters on the video cover.
Her hand trembled slightly as she stared at the video cover, hesitating for more than ten seconds before slowly clicking on it.
Those ten seconds of hesitation were her inner struggle.
She knew very well that this was Pi Yangyang and Su Xueqing's wedding.
Deep down, she didn't want to see her ex-husband have a grand wedding with another woman.
However, her curiosity made her unable to resist watching.
As soon as I opened the video, words like festive, lively, luxurious, and gorgeous kept popping into my head.
The all-red theme made the wedding look so grand and eye-catching.
Riding a tall horse, Pi Yangyang was sunny and handsome, with a happy smile on his face.
This was something she had never seen in the three years she had been with him.
This little rascal and charlatan in her eyes turned out to be so incredibly handsome.
I used to only see his negative aspects and never paid attention to his strengths.
Now that he has become someone else's husband, she suddenly realizes that out of the millions of men in the world, how many can truly compare to Pi Yangyang?
Although Su Xueqing was wearing a red veil inside the bridal sedan chair, she could still feel her happiness and contentment.
She is the real winner in life.
Ironically, he had once mocked Su Xueqing for taking back the trash he had swept out of the house as if it were a treasure.
Only now do I realize that I am the one who is truly ridiculous.
It was clearly her treasure, yet she lost it with her own hands.
Watching the lively wedding scene, Qin Yujie's eyes welled up with tears without her realizing it, and they flowed silently.
If she had given Pi Yangyang even a sliver of trust or understanding back then, she would be the one sitting in the bridal sedan chair now, not Su Xueqing.
If I had believed in Pi Yangyang's "Menglongdan" formula back then, it wasn't because he was despicable or because he was bragging, but because it was a genuine miracle drug that could shake up the market.
Then, the Qin Group would not have been destroyed!
If only I had heeded Pi Yangyang's advice when I partnered with the Japanese to open the beverage factory, I wouldn't have ended up disgraced, penniless, and forced to flee to the United States to survive in this cutthroat world!
But life doesn't offer so many "what ifs".
One wrong step at the beginning led to a series of wrong steps afterward.
If you want to turn back, you can no longer see the way you came, nor the shore you left.
Now she can only curl up in bed alone, enduring loneliness and solitude, watching videos and recalling the scene of her wedding with Pi Yangyang.
She clearly remembers that her grandfather, Qin Tianlei, told her that he had found her a good match and that she must get married immediately.
She was stunned.
She was very disgusted by this kind of arranged marriage.
She held herself in high esteem and always believed that she should decide her own marriage. She would never marry someone she didn't love.
When she learned that the man she was to marry was named Pi Yangyang, she secretly went to investigate.
It would have been better if she hadn't investigated; the investigation only made her more resistant to the marriage.
She witnessed Pi Yangyang setting up a fortune-telling stall under the overpass and selling "power pills".
Moreover, the people who went to him to ask for divination and to buy his "medicinal powder" made of unknown ingredients were all elderly.
Seeing this scene made her so angry she almost vomited blood.
She went back and confronted Qin Tianlei, making it clear that she would never marry a "charlatan."
However, Qin Tianlei, seemingly under some kind of spell, ignored her resistance and, with the authority of the head of the family, forced her to marry him whether she wanted to or not.
She felt incredibly wronged at the time.
From childhood to adulthood, Qin Tianlei doted on her and always granted her every request.
But this time, they disregarded her feelings and insisted on making her marry someone she didn't like, making her feel like her whole world was collapsing.
She even thought about dying at that time.
However, Qin Tianlei seemed to realize that he couldn't push her too hard, so he agreed that as long as she was willing to marry Pi Yangyang, he would hand over the Qin Group to her to manage.
Qin Yujie was moved.
She has always harbored the ambition to take the Qin Group to new heights, but she has never had the opportunity to take charge.
She firmly believed that as long as she could become the decision-maker of the Qin Group, she would definitely be able to bring the Qin family to a position on par with the five great families of Qingjiang.
Driven by this ideal and goal, she gritted her teeth and agreed to the marriage.
At that time, her heart was actually very simple.
What difference does it make who she spends her life with? As long as she has the opportunity to realize her ambitions, she would accept it even if she had to marry a homeless man.
Qin Tianlei originally intended for their wedding to be grand and spectacular.
But the Qin family all objected, especially Yan Jinfeng, who firmly disagreed with holding a grand celebration.
Qin Yujie, of course, disagreed.
They all thought that it was already shameful enough for Qin Yujie, one of the four beauties of Qingjiang, to marry a "charlatan".
If we hold a grand celebration, won't the whole city know about it and make the Qin family a laughing stock?
Qin Tianlei didn't force her; as long as Qin Yujie agreed to marry him, his goal would be achieved.
The wedding was held quietly and without fanfare.
Wearing an inexpensive wedding dress and having a simple wedding, Qin Yujie was so unaware that many of her relatives and friends were married.
As Qin Yujie watched the video, recalling her quiet wedding, a bitter smile appeared on her lips.
Life, sometimes, really is like a joke.
The glory that should have been hers was given away by her own hands.
She thought she would see Su Xueqing regret it just like her, but she never expected that Su Xueqing would live the life she envied.
If I could turn back time, maybe I wouldn't have been so foolish?
For no apparent reason, she opened her photo album and picked up a picture she had secretly taken under the overpass of Pi Yangyang setting up his stall. Tears streamed down her face again without her noticing.
The early summer night was quiet and cold.
"Wishing you a happy marriage and many children."
She typed a message, her thumb trembling slightly as she held the send button.
………………
Osaka.
Pi Yangyang is waiting for Xie Ping, Yongchuan Jun, and Suzuki Yuta.
My phone suddenly buzzed; it was a message notification.
He clicked on it casually, and when he saw that line of text, his expression faltered slightly.
That was a message from Qin Yujie.
He was somewhat surprised.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yujie sent him her wedding wishes.
Looking at the time, it was already past midnight in New York.
She's still awake?
After thinking for a moment, he typed two words: "Thank you."
Unbeknownst to him, Qin Yujie, far away in New York, was staring intently at her phone with tears in her eyes.
When her phone vibrated, she reacted as if she'd been electrocuted, eagerly tapping on it.
Upon seeing those two words, she suddenly smiled silently, a bitter smile.
He pressed his phone to his chest, reached out and turned off the bedside lamp, slowly closed his eyes, and let his tears soak his pillow.
"Mr. Pi, we're back."
Less than ten minutes after Pi Yangyang sent the message, Yongchuan Jun, Suzuki Yuta, and Xie Ping arrived at the hotel.
"Thank you for your hard work, please have a seat."
Pi Yangyang got up and personally went to get them three bottles of water, saying...
"Of course."
Nagakawa Shun took the water and said happily.
Pi Yangyang's gaze fell on Xie Ping, and he asked, "Old Xie, how is it?"
Xie Ping said excitedly, "You're amazing! It's exactly as you said. It really is a heart problem. It was indeed caused by excessive internal heat, which blocked the heart vessels and disrupted the flow of qi and blood, leading to the coma."