Chapter 2
Category:
Romance
Author:
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I was just a recent university graduate, accidentally dragged into the world of the book.
I had parents, friends, and pets waiting for me to care for them.
On the day I went home, I held my parents and cried for a long time.
Later, in response to their repeated questions, "Did someone bully you?" I could only shake my head, choking back the tears.
Afterwards, during my breaks from work, I often thought about Valentine.
I thought about the way his lips curved when he celebrated my birthday with me, the soft smile on his face when he waited for me under the tree after class.
I spent eight years with him.
How many eights can a person experience in a lifetime?
In this life, no one will ever leave as deep an impression on me as he did.
I gazed at the moon in the sky, and whispered softly:
"I'm sorry."
Please forgive my baseness.
Forgive this so-called redemption, which was just a scheme in disguise.
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A year after returning home, I was grocery shopping when I heard the system's voice once again.
It said that after I left, Valentine had crouched under the eaves for three months, enduring stomach pains that made him vomit blood.
Later, he wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, stared coldly at the air, and ominously said:
"You're not being very obedient."
He took over his biological father's company, but within a year, he spiraled into madness, neglecting everything and almost driving the male lead into bankruptcy.
The system begged me to return and calm him down.
I shook my head. "I'm not going back."
"Business defeats and victories are part of life. The male lead went bankrupt; it just proves he was foolish."
The system fell silent.
After a long pause, it spoke in a trembling voice:
"If Valentine kills the male lead, the world will collapse, and he will die too."
"And recently, he's been gathering a group of scientists to do some research... If you don't return, he will likely come after you. Are you sure you can bear his wrath?"