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Sad and heartbroken, she hasn't seen Lin Ning since then. He didn't take the college entrance exam; instead, he went abroad for studies with his fiancée, leaving Cai Xiao Jing utterly dejected.

Later, her parents divorced, and her sister stayed with their father while she moved with her mother to live with a stepfather, even changing her name entirely, as if severing all ties with her past.

After that first love, her personality changed greatly. Back then, she was gentle, lively, and lovely, but now none of those qualities could be found in her anymore.

Six years later, she heard many things about Lin Ning, including his infidelity and cruelty towards women. She inwardly laughed at herself for being so foolish—she had been nothing more than a passing fancy to him.

She gradually forgot this man.

In high school and university, she dated several boyfriends; in total, seven or eight. She started playing the field, saying it was just for fun, and she certainly had the means to do so.

With good looks, a great physique, intelligence, and cunning, playing the field wasn't an issue.

In her second year of university, her stepfather's family went bankrupt. He fled after donating money and left her and her mother with a huge debt to pay off, leaving them in tears without any way out. She was forced to drop out of school and work to support her family and repay the debts. Although he had run away, during those years, his treatment of her couldn't be better.

Cai Xiao Jing willingly took on this debt; she majored in finance and at that time intended to find a job related to it. By chance, she saw Lin Ning... At that point, Lin Ning was already wildly popular in the entertainment industry. She didn’t watch movies, listen to songs, or follow TV dramas, so seeing him was coincidental—he was promoting his new film.

Cai Xiao Jing found out he was a director at Anning International.

She had already secured an acceptable job offer but decided to turn it down and join Anning International as an agent instead.

She was lucky to meet Cheng Anya, her mentor.

This is how she got to where she is today.

From the moment she took on her first artist, she had been very successful. The batch of artists she managed then all became popular, boosting her own fame and earning more recognition from Cheng Anya. She was specifically tasked with nurturing new talents, taking care of four or five at a time until they gained popularity before passing them over.

Han Bi was also one of the newcomers she nurtured during that period.

In An Ning International, there were more and more stories about Lin Ning. As expected, this man remained as frivolous, capricious, and womanizing as ever—once he had his fun with a woman, he would discard her without regret. He was notorious alongside Su Ran, Lin Diyun, Tang Shuwen, and the film director Gu for being renowned playboys who were both loved and despised by women.

Time had been kind to him; in his thirties, he still looked as youthful as ever, more suave and imposing than even the male stars he promoted. As handsome and coldly attractive as ever.

Hearing so much about him over time made Cai Xiao Jing realize that her initial infatuation back then was entirely due to her inexperience with the ways of the world.

The first time she met him at An Ning International, it was when she brought Han Bi to discuss a film project. He appeared frivolous and lecherous, which only repulsed her further, yet unconsciously, she wondered if he would remember her from before.

Alas, all she saw in his eyes was complete unfamiliarity.

It felt as though he was dealing with a stranger. Cai Xiao Jing suddenly realized that throughout the years, chasing after this man and playing by his rules had been utterly foolish, not worth it at all.

If he doesn't remember you at all, who are you trying to get even with

It's just a younger self who didn’t understand anything.

Who doesn't have a youth that didn't require any form of revenge

Breakups happen every day; without him, she still lives life to the fullest.

From then on, she truly became calm. Her heart no longer beat for him, and those past memories completely turned into just recollections.

She fully understood that she had grown up, her mindset changed.

He had also matured, but remained unchanged in essence.

Later on, due to work reasons, they gradually became familiar with each other. He was a renowned international director while she was his agent. It wasn't bad for her to build a rapport with him, and since they were from the same company, it was inevitable that they would bump into each other.

So throughout these years, their relationship remained as acquaintances who occasionally exchanged greetings without visiting one another specifically.

Unexpectedly, after she brought warmth back into her life, she started to intersect with him once again.

And this time around, what game was he playing

Was it still the same youthful intrigue

Avoid it; she had long surpassed that age. After all these years of navigating the competitive entertainment industry and employing every means necessary to make her artists successful, not to mention experiencing a dozen relationships, inside and out, she was now impeccable.

Playing those youthful tricks again Hmph.

Cai Xiao Jing gave a cold laugh, thinking about who would outplay whom.

Now that he was interested in her, she wanted him to fall completely in love with her and then discard him. If he wanted to play games, she would see it through to the end.

The bicycle slowly rode past a path lined with camphor trees and after turning a corner, arrived at a farmstead.

That was a very pretty farmstead, connected by yet another stone bridge. The river flowing beside was clear; beyond the stone bridge lay a farmhouse surrounded by water on all sides, with many vegetable gardens along its riverside, growing cucumbers, bitter gourds, and green eggplants in succession. A young girl was seen watering the plants within those gardens.

The young girl was around twelve or thirteen years old, her hair tied into two buns, dressed in a white shirt with a yellow jacket over it, wearing suspender shorts underneath. She did not look as fashionable as urban girls but had a unique charm of her own.

Lin Ning waved to the young girl and greeted her; he parked his bicycle and entered her vegetable garden. Cai Xiao Jing didn’t know what he was up to so she followed him over too. The garden was planted with cultivated little tomatoes that grew well, a row full of small red tomatoes hanging on their branches.

"Young lady, do you sell your tomatoes"

The young girl blinked her eyes in puzzlement; wasn’t he asking to buy tomatoes

Cai Xiao Jing tugged at his sleeve, “What are you doing”

“These tomatoes taste really good. This farmstead grows everything organically, without using pesticides. The little tomatoes here are much tastier than those sold in the market; they’re very sweet.”

"I don’t like eating that." It was true that the scenery here was great, by mountains and beside water, but stir-fried tomato eggs were alright, she had never eaten raw tomatoes.

“Big brother, do you want to buy some little tomatoes” The young girl asked sweetly. Cai Xiao Jing couldn’t help giggling, “Young lady, you should call him uncle instead of big brother; he might even be older than your dad.”hospital a few times before returning and waiting downstairs.Only after Wēn Nuǎn’s mother left did he come upstairs.The moment he came up, he heard Wēn Nuǎn saying she wanted to check out of the hospi...