Chapter 1 Chaos KTV

  Jiaolian KTV will be open in three days, and it's going to be a grand opening. The total area is not super large, but it's still quite impressive.

  Lin Yashi looked at Yi Jun's industry with a mixture of emotions, feeling a bit stunned. She thought back to when she had betrayed Yi Jun in pursuit of wealth and status. But now, Yi Jun had turned things around and built a staggering fortune from scratch. Although he was still far from surpassing the wealthy Gao family, his rapid rise was too astonishing, and he was also too young. At Yi Jun's age, Gao Longsheng was just a mediocre employee struggling to make ends meet in a company. As for Gao Wei, who relied on others for everything, how could he possibly compare to Yi Jun?

  For Yi Jun, she no longer harbors any unseemly thoughts. She understands Yi Jun, even more than Lan Jie and Qing Qing do, because they've been together for too long. She knows Yi Jun is a man of iron, who cannot tolerate betrayal.

  So she made it clear to Yi Jun that she was determined to keep the baby.

  After hearing Lin Yashi's decision, Yi Jun silently lit a cigarette, very tasteless, took two puffs and extinguished it in the ashtray. Although it was Lian Jie's "order" that he must switch to soft Zhonghua, he really couldn't get any flavor out of it. Lian Jie said his identity had changed, he was now Jiaolian's boss, even if it was for Jiaolian's face, he couldn't always be holding a Red Pagoda Mountain as a habit.

  Lan said: We haven't reached the level of being a freak that can despise the secular world, so we must respect the secular world, at least on the surface - even if you look down on this nonsense in your heart.

  Yi Jun didn't say anything and just smoked. In this life, there are always too many changes, even if it's just for the thoughts or feelings of those around you.

  "Why? It will make you miserable for life." Yi Jun said with a somewhat depressed tone after extinguishing the cigarette.

  If Lin Yashi insisted on keeping the child in her belly, it would indeed make her miserable for life. In some dialects, this situation is called "dragging an oil bottle". An unmarried woman with a child, what good family can she still find?

  Lin Yashi smiled wryly: "It's nothing but following in my mother's old footsteps. Although it's hard, didn't several decades pass by? Gao Wei is not a good person, and I myself have done evil things, but the child is innocent."

  Actually, a child who is only one or two months pregnant can't make the mother feel too strong a parental bond. But Lin Yashi was different, she herself was such an unfortunate person, so she had a natural sense of pity and sadness for the child in her belly. Especially during those days in detention, in that cold environment, lonely and alone, she could only feel the child in her belly accompanying her, just like when she was little, silently accompanying her own mother.

  They rely on each other for survival.

  Lin Yashi said she would follow in her mother's footsteps, which means that from now on, she will not find another man. A single woman with a child, what is called lonely and helpless, what is called difficult and hard to bear, Yi Jun can foresee. So, after just extinguishing the cigarette, his hand felt somewhat empty, and he actually went to touch that box of soft Zhonghua again.

  The second floor was filled with the sound of loud and off-key singing, it was a few waiters doing a final test of the audio equipment before opening. Lin Yashi suddenly remembered that her favorite song, which was also Yi Jun's favorite when she hummed it beside him, was as pure and white as a jasmine flower. When vulgarity arrived and pure love was no more, she never sang again. "Yi Jun, do you still want to hear me sing that song?"

  Yi Jun knew what she said, it must be the song "Later". He nodded and followed her into a private room. The opened song was indeed this one, Lin Yashi looked a bit silly. Looking at the familiar lyrics, she suddenly felt that this song made her feel very strange, tears streaming down, softly humming...

  Later on, I finally learned how to love, but unfortunately you had already gone far away and disappeared in the crowd.

  Later on, I finally understood through tears that some people are gone once they're missed.

  Camellia flowers/white petals fall on my blue pleated skirt. "I love you", you whisper, I lower my head/a whiff of fragrance.

  ……

  Why was love so simple back then? And why is it that when people are young, they always have to hurt the ones they love deeply?

  ……

  In the dimly lit private room, the singing voice was desolate and sorrowful, like weeping, like complaining, like resenting. When the accompaniment ended, she had already shed tears all over her face. In pain and helplessness, she sat on the sofa, letting that sadness spread and spread again.

  The young do not know the taste of sorrow, and they strongly express their sorrow in new words. Lin Ya's poem, which was once innocent and carefree, sang out a search for sorrow and hatred without cause, but now she sings out a deep sadness from her bones.

  Outside the door, two women were thinking of something else.

  Tang Qingqing was about to rush in and drive away that stinky woman who she thought was shameless from Yi Jun's side. She didn't deserve to confess anything to Jun Ge anymore! The wild little beauty swung her small fist, furious.

  Lan sister gently pulled her out, shaking her head. Let this woman who has already paid the price of fate retain a little pure dream like water, Lan sister sighed softly and said.

  The woman in the room had already wiped away her tears, and her face without makeup was as pure as it was many years ago. "Yi Jun, if you don't mind, I'd like our future children to have the surname 'Yi'... is that okay?"

  My heart skipped a beat.

  Whether Yi Jun agrees or not, he can't stop it. But since Lin Yashi is asking him, he can't avoid it either. He nodded silently, knowing that Lin Yashi's decision meant she was destined to walk a lonely path to the end.

  "Thank you for allowing me to still keep a dream." Lin Yashi gently stroked her belly, as if she had found a spiritual home for the child in her womb, although it was elusive.

  Yi Jun finally stood up and said: "In the future, if you have economic difficulties, tell me. As long as I have food to eat, you and the child will not go hungry."

  Lin Yashi revealed a rare smile: "I'm actually a very ordinary woman, I won't be as strong and independent as those in melodramatic romance novels. If you're willing to give, I'll take it with a thick face."

  "It should be like this." Yi Jun said gloomily, taking a drag on his cigarette, "Even if it's just because of the child's surname."

  With nine parts of bitterness and one part of faint sweetness, Lin Yashi left the private room, leaving behind the man who had supported her spiritual world for the second half of her life. As she walked out, she saw Tang Qingqing with tears streaming down her face, as well as Lian Jie, who was already speechless. The three women looked at each other and passed by, their fates crossing like this brief encounter, completing the transfer of a happy chapter.

  When Lin Yashi walked away, Tang Qingqing had already wiped away the tears on her face. "You're such a fake, why did you get me so moved by saying goodbye to that kind of woman? Brother Jun, if you have the guts, agree with me that our future kids will take your surname!"

  Drag

  Lan's heart felt a wave of relief, not only for herself but also for Yi Jun. She knew that after making this thorough break, Yi Jun would live more comfortably. This man who was still conservative in body but had become more mature emotionally. This mature emotional state would lift his ambition and enthusiasm, allowing him to soar freely without any burdens.

  As expected, Yi Jun walked out of the room with ease. Smiling, he tapped on Xiaomei's head, "Why can't you follow your brother's surname? Why can't it be proper and legitimate? This is called 'planting melons to get melons, planting beans to get beans'."

  "How shameless!" Lian Jie cursed. She turned around, revealing a delighted smile.