The woman with curly hair and a glamorous dress sat with her legs crossed. Her sharp phoenix eyes seemed to glow in a dim room, and her lips curled up in amusement. Her beautifully painted nails grazed onto the paper in front of her as she playfully touched them.

"Why are you so stubborn? Do you think he would forgive you after what you have done?"

Meng Shuchun, the elegant woman with curly hair, spoke to her sister-in-law, who sat opposite her. Compared to Meng Shuchun, the woman looked very plain in her black cotton long pants and a simple long-sleeve white shirt. Her hair was tied neatly to the back, but her face looked haggard as if she hadn't slept well for days.

"Li Caiyi, I have never met someone as shameless as you before. You have done something outrageous and smeared our family name, and you still have the gall to step into our house?" Meng Shuchun grinned even wider when she witnessed how Li Caiyi was trembling. "I felt sorry for my brother for having a vicious wife like you, so I volunteered myself to tell you this. My brother wanted to divorce you."

Meng Shuchun's light-hearted voice bore so much malice. Li Caiyi bit her lips while suppressing the urge to cry. She didn't want to believe that her husband would treat her like this. They have been married for three years. Even if there wasn't any love between them, wasn't their relationship just fine? They respected each other and treated each other sincerely, so why would he do this to her?

"Why? Do you feel wronged?" Meng Shuchun's words snapped her back to reality. "Out of all people, you should've known that your sister is the apple of my brother's eyes. She is the one he loves, but you are his wife. You should've felt content with that, yet you just have to be jealous and ruin the little affection my brother had for you. You only had yourself to blame."

"No, that's not true. It wasn't me. I never hurt Chunhua. Why would I do that to my twin sister?"

"Every evidence pointed to you, and you still want to deny it?" Meng Shuchun's tone grew harsher as if she had enough of this charade. "You're the one who gave Li Chunhua that drink, and she collapsed as soon as she drank that!"

"I might be the one who gave her the drink, but I did nothing to it. Someone clearly wanted to frame me!"

"Do you have proof?"

Li Caiyi stiffened. After hearing Meng Shuchun's question, words that had been on the tip of her tongues couldn't come out. Li Caiyi forcefully swallowed them, then took a deep breath. "Shuchun, I know I might look like the most suspicious person in that circumstance, but what reason do I have to harm Chunhua? You said I was jealous of her, but if I really wanted to harm her, then I would've done so since long ago. Why wait until now? Why would I harm her in a public event when pairs of eyes were watching my every action?"

Li Caiyi tried her best to reason with her, but Meng Shuchun wasn't impressed. "Who knows? You probably want to play reverse psychology by doing this. You deliberately used the method where you might be suspected, so we would think that you might be framed while you're the main culprit all along!"

Li Caiyi wanted to cry because of frustration.

Why would no one believe in her? Her husband didn't believe her, and her family didn't believe her. Now, even her sister-in-law wants her to sign a divorce agreement for her brother.

What did she do wrong? She had always treated Li Chunhua well. When people sent things to her family, she always let Li Chunhua have the best. When Li Chunhua was sick, she would always leave whatever she was doing to stay by her side. When Meng Renshu told her he was in love with Li Chunhua, she silently endured the painful heartbreak and helped them get together.

Li Chunhua was her twin sister. She had always been sickly, but she had a bright and optimistic personality, so many people were drawn to her naturally. Her parents often worried about her since she could be reckless sometimes and depended on Li Caiyi to take care of her. Never once did Li Caiyi think that Li Chunhua was a burden. Even when she knew that Meng Renshu would never look at her, she never hated Li Chunhua.

They were sisters, and Li Caiyi sincerely cared about Li Chunhua.

There should be no one who'd ever treat Li Chunhua better than her. For her, Li Chunhua was even more important than her own life.

Just where did everything go wrong?

Meng Shuchun slammed the table impatiently as she pushed the divorce agreement to her. "Whatever the reason is, my brother had decided that you guys should divorce. Stop being so pathetic and accept the reality in front of you! You are nothing in my brother's heart. You should feel grateful that my brother was willing to take a dull woman like you as a substitute wife. If not for your similar face to Chunhua, would my brother even look at you?!"

Her words were like a hundred knives stabbing Li Caiyi's old wounds. The words of truth were always the ones that hurt the most. The idea of being abandoned almost suffocated Li Caiyi to death.

No, that wasn't correct. How could Li Caiyi be abandoned when he never had her in his heart? For him, she was nothing.

Li Caiyi had always known, and she was prepared if someday Meng Renshu decided to leave her and reconcile with Li Chunhua. But not this way. Not in this manner.

"I… I want to talk with Renshu about this."

Meng Shuchun scoffed mockingly. "I see. It seems you still want to hold on to a sliver of hope. Well, go on, call him."

Li Caiyi ignored Meng Shuchun's contemptuous glare and dialed her husband's number with trembling hands. She waited anxiously, but the call was connected to a voicemail. She tried again, but this time, the call was swiftly rejected. After numerous times of being rejected, Li Caiyi laughed bitterly as tears welled up in her eyes.

Meanwhile, Meng Shuchun was having fun watching Li Caiyi slowly sink into despair. "See? You should've signed it obediently when I told you so. I heard he's in the hospital right now, beside his true love. Why would he waste time picking up on your call?"

Her provocation made her ears burn, so Li Caiyi ignored her. Meng Shuchun almost exploded from anger, but she suppressed it with a snort. "So stubborn."

Li Caiyi texted Meng Renshu frantically. She repeatedly texted him to pick up the call because she had something important to discuss. She bit her lips nervously as she waited for him to reply. After a few seconds that felt like forever, the reply finally came. Li Caiyi read it and felt like her world was falling apart.

[I don't want to talk or to see you anymore. Li Caiyi, marrying you was the biggest regret in my life. Please don't contact me anymore].

Her mind was blank. Her hand that was holding the phone lost its energy and limped helplessly to her side.

Li Caiyi felt that her heart was being torn into pieces. It hurts so much. Much more than when he admonished her in anger for hurting Li Chunhua.

Did he really not care about her, even a little? No matter what, she had been by his side, supporting him wholeheartedly for years. How could he break their relationship with a mere text?

Li Caiyi's eyes slowly lost their light. Her complexion was so bad that people probably couldn't tell which was the sickly one if she stood beside Li Chunhua right now.

"Stop torturing yourself. Keep the last remaining pride with you, and just end this. That way, everyone would be happy." Meng Shuchun pushed the paper towards her again.

Li Caiyi hadn't looked at it properly before this, so she thought the paper would still be blank. She was shocked when she saw that someone had filled the form thoroughly without missing even one, except her signature. Li Caiyi couldn't possibly not recognize her husband's handwriting and signature.

He couldn't even wait for her to read and fill it in by herself, so he filled in everything beforehand?

He didn't want to bother with her, so he sent her sister to give her this?

Was he in so much hurry to get rid of her?

Li Caiyi felt she might not know Meng Renshu that well for the first time. They were supposed to be childhood friends, but not even that could stop him from treating her so ruthlessly like this. He didn't believe her and didn't bother to listen to her explanation. He just wanted to divorce her.

Perhaps he actually had been waiting for this chance.

Li Caiyi laughed bitterly. The tears that had been pooled in her eyes spilt uncontrollably, soaking the paper. She stayed that way for seconds, and Meng Shuchun didn't urge her for once.

After she had her fill of crying, she weakly held the pen, then wrote down her signature.

To think that three years of marriage would end in such a way. Everything was jumbled up in her mind, and Li Caiyi was sitting absentmindedly with a vacant expression. She didn't even realize when Meng Shuchun left with the divorce agreement.

It was quiet. This house was her wedding house with Meng Renshu, but she was the only one here. Probably, Meng Renshu would prefer to stay in hospital with Li Chunhua rather than in this house with her.

Li Caiyi was very sad, to the point that she felt like nothing else mattered in this world. However, she stubbornly held onto the last bit of sanity in her and dialed her mother's number.

Even if it was a fake kindness, she wanted someone to tell her that everything would be alright. She wanted someone to tell her it was okay for her to be here. She wouldn't ask for anything else if even one person said that.

However, her mother didn't pick up the call after several tries. Li Caiyi was disappointed, but her mother was probably busy taking care of Li Chunhua.

She tried contacting her brother, but he turned off his phone. Li Caiyi bit her lips. Her brother was probably busy with his study again.

She contemplated a bit before she finally dialed her father's phone. As expected, he didn't pick up. It has always been like that.

No one picked up the call. Li Chunhua wasn't in the best condition to pick up her call, and she had no friends.

For the first time in her life, Li Caiyi lamented how barren her life was.

'Ah, that's right. Everyone must have been worried about Chunhua right now. I hope she is okay.'

Everything in front of her looked bleak and colorless. The indescribable amount of heartache felt like it was going to kill her. She felt stiff all over, and her abdomen was throbbing in pain.

Finally, she closed her eyes tiredly.

It was cold and lonely.

She was alone.

The sky was dark with a rumbling sound. The wind blew so strongly, causing the pedestrian to seek shelter hurriedly. They preferred to wait until the sky cleared up rather than continue walking with the risk of being blown off the ground. One would only need to look at the sky to know that a storm would come.

Under such a gloomy sky, a woman with long hair and sunken cheeks wandered with a vacant expression. She strolled with no care for her surroundings. The woman's hair fluttered wildly around because of the wind. She wore a khaki trench coat and black cotton pants. Her feet, which were wearing black heels, looked extremely cold in this harsh weather.

Li Caiyi could hear the sound of wind beside her ears. The chilly breeze felt sharp and heavy on her skin. She tightened her coat as she walked faster.

"Hey, the lady over there! It would be best if you came inside a building first. I heard there would be a storm tonight. Don't wander around. It's dangerous!"

Li Caiyi could hear it, but she pretended not to. She kept walking without doing so much as looking back. The man who screamed the warning cursed her for being ungrateful and ignorant, but Li Caiyi didn't care.

After walking for some time, she finally arrived at what could be discerned as a construction site. However, the construction seemed to stop halfway and left in a state of incompleteness. The fence was high and wrapped with barbed wire, but Li Caiyi knew the gate was unlocked.

How did she know? It's because someone had entered this place before.

As far as Li Caiyi knew, this building was supposed to be a department store until the investor pulled back at the last moment and caused the construction to stop in the middle. The project manager was devastated and committed suicide by jumping from the top of this building. Later, this site was abandoned and left just as it was until now. Nobody dared to come closer since a rumor said this land was ominous.

That incident was very well-known in this city, so much that even a housewife like Li Caiyi ever heard her husband mention it.

Li Caiyi let out a bitter laugh when she realized she had just called that man her husband again in her mind, like a broken record. It was just a few hours ago when she signed a divorce paper, signaling the end of her lonely and bleak marriage, yet here she was, remembering her ex-husband again.

Li Caiyi shook her head, then entered the vast dry land without a single blade of grass in it. There were mounds of sand and gravel, as well as bricks and sacks of cement neatly arranged on one side, but she just casually swept over them before she passed through. She found the stairs quickly and climbed to the top floor. The wind raged outside, causing a creaking sound from the half-made windows. It felt like it could break apart easily, but Li Caiyi didn't care. This building would be demolished, anyway.

It didn't take long for Li Caiyi to reach the topmost floor. Her hand trembled ever so slightly in her pocket. Li Caiyi wanted to laugh at herself for that.

"You have reached this far, so what are you afraid of? Stop being so pathetic." She muttered to no one.

Li Caiyi dug her nails into her palm, and the pain slightly eased her nervousness. She stepped into the open space on the topmost floor. The wind blew harshly up there. If she wasn't careful enough, she might have just blown away like a speck of dust.

Li Caiyi bent down as she walked against the wind. She squinted to look ahead and was surprised when she found another person there.

A man with a black windbreaker stood on top of the half-complete wall. He stood with his back on her, looking dazedly at the view below.

She didn't know what he was thinking, going to this dangerous building in such bad weather. However, a second later, realization struck her, and she swallowed the words on the tip of her tongues. Instead, she moved closer to him. She deliberately made some noises so as not to scare him too much.

The man turned back, and his eyes slightly widened when he saw her, but his expression quickly changed into an indifferent one.

"Are you going to jump?" Li Caiyi asked him. The man didn't answer but only stared at her with an inexplicable expression. She took his silence as an affirmation.

"Don't worry; I won't stop you. You came here first, so I'll come back later." Li Caiyi turned back and was about to leave when the man called out to her in a hoarse voice.

"Are you going to jump too?"

"Yeah, but since you got here first, I won't disturb you."

"Why?"

By why did he mean why Li Caiyi wanted to jump? She couldn't answer him immediately. Not because she didn't want to answer, but simply because she didn't know where to start. Everything was just messed up at this point.

"You seem to live a good life based on your clothes." The man said casually.

Li Caiyi looked down at her outfit, and indeed, she looked like a woman from a wealthy house, no matter how you looked at it. Her trench coat was a present from her brother for her 27th birthday, which means she only had this for half a year. It still looked as new as she first received it. She heard her brother especially order this for her; though it was only out of obligation, she appreciated his effort.

It was weird. A few hours ago, her heart ached so much just by remembering her family, but now, everything seemed distant and mundane. The second when I stepped onto this floor, she had let go of her lingering attachments to them.

She laughed bitterly. "Then, should I come back later with more shabby clothes? So I would look more pathetic when they found my corpse later?"

The man's brow furrowed at my sarcastic remark. "That's not what I mean."

Li Caiyi shrugged her shoulders. "I know, I'm just joking. Not every gold is glittering. Even those with money have their issues."

The man silently nodded his head. Li Caiyi observed him with interest.

Looking at him, he looked like a fine man. His body was tall with a wide shoulder. His hair was messy after being blown by the wind, but it couldn't hide his sharp and chiseled face. He had a pair of deep and slightly upturned eyes, with prominent eyebrows and a high nose bridge.

He gave off a unique aura that differed from Meng Renshu, who was serene and dignified. This man seemed to carry a hidden depth and wilderness in him, ready to be unleashed if Li Caiyi did so much as to provoke him.

Li Caiyi wanted to slap herself when she realized what she was thinking. How could she compare this stranger to her ex-husband? Has she gone crazy? Even if she preferred men like Meng Renshu more, then so what? That man didn't want her and only had eyes for Li Chunhua. Besides, this man wasn't that bad either. He looked more robust and sharper, but it was also charming in his own way.

'Just forget about those people and move on.' Li Caiyi told herself.

"Then, do you want to do it together?"

"Then, do you want to do it together?"

"Huh?" The man's sudden question caught her off guard.

"If we're going to do the same thing, anyway, then should we do it together?" The man repeated his offer flatly as if he didn't just suggest something outrageous.

Li Caiyi examined his face to gauge how serious he was. She didn't think he was trying to be funny by saying that. His face was dead serious. "Why, though?"

"You mean, why do I want to jump off the building with you? Simple, it's because you seem like you can use some company."

Li Caiyi looked at the man incredulously. "Is that all?"

The man looked back at her with a strange expression. "What else the reason could be?"

She couldn't hold back her laughter anymore. She didn't remember when was the last time she laughed so unrestrainedly like this. Her laughter carried a bit of an ironic feeling in it.

People who were dear to her refused to accompany her in this life, yet this stranger offered to accompany her in her death. If this was a joke made by gods, then Li Caiyi really had to give it to them!

"Sure, why not?" She brushed off the tears from the corner of her eyes. Whether it was the tears of sadness or joy, she didn't want to find out.

The man looked at her with a deep gaze. Even amid the raging wind, Li Caiyi could see her reflection properly in those ink-colored eyes. He slowly reached out his hand to her, beckoning her to grab it.

She looked up at him, and since he stood in the higher level of her, for a second, Li Caiyi had an illusion that this man was the messenger of death who came to pick her up.

Whether it was a messenger of death or not, as long as he could take her away from here, Li Caiyi would follow him. The man sighed when she took his hand. With a bit of force, he pulled her up to the same level as him with ease.

When she finally came face to face with the man, he showed her a faint smile. He didn't speak a word, but his eyes told her many things. There was relief, guilt, grievance, and joy mixed in it. The hand he used to hold hers was trembling ever so slightly.

Li Caiyi suddenly felt an indescribable feeling assault her as if her shackles came unbound. She felt like she could fly anywhere now. When she looked at this man's eyes, she strangely had an odd sense of security and contentness.

She wanted to know.

Even in this brief moment she had left, she wanted to know more about this man.

"Do you have a last wish or regret?" She asked him.

The man's gaze deepened. "I do."

"Me too."

"Shall we stop, then?"

Li Caiyi shook her head. "No. I was just saying, even if we became acquainted just now, if there was something you want to do before you die, then I want to fulfil it for you."

The man's pupils shook for a moment before it returned to the previous tranquility. He turned his gaze away from her and looked faraway with a tender expression. "That's so kind of you. If I knew everything would come to this, I should have taken my beloved away with me back then. Leaving her on her own was my biggest regret of all."

So this man has someone in his heart? He must have loved her so dearly if remembering her could make him look like that.

What about her? Was her love for Meng Renshu amount to what he felt? Was Meng Renshu's love for Li Chunhua comparable to his love?

Li Caiyi didn't know anymore. If there was something she knew, it was that she envied the lucky woman whom this man loved.

"Then, do you want to go on a date with me?"

Li Caiyi said that impulsively. She was about to correct that ambiguous sentence when that man answered.

"Sure."

It was the same flat tone he used when he offered her to die together. Li Caiyi didn't know whether she should laugh or cry. However, since she was the one who suggested it, she couldn't take it back now.

"Okay, then."

The man jumped off the wall and helped her come down, too. Before she knew it, the gloomy weather had cleared up. The afternoon sunlight fell on the man's face, making her handsome face look even more prominent, almost heavenly. Li Caiyi held her breath unconsciously.

The man clasped her hand and led her downstairs. Li Caiyi was silent throughout the walk and only stared absentmindedly at his back. She wondered what this man had thought when he agreed with her suggestion. Was he so desperate for a woman he didn't care who it was anymore?

When they finally left the building's area, Li Caiyi slowly pulled out her hand from his grasp. Before she went into this, she wanted to clarify a few things with him first.

"I don't think there's any need to say this, but let me say it just in case. I didn't plan to continue living anymore."

The man nodded his head. "Yeah, me too."

His honesty was astonishing, but Li Caiyi quickly regained her composure. "I don't have much time. If I want to do this, I need to do it tomorrow, at the latest."

"Then, let's go back here tomorrow."

She eyed him suspiciously. "Do you really understand what I'm trying to say?"

"I do. You are still determined to die, even if there's some attraction growing between us later. You said that to remind me to be careful and not to stop you later."

Once again, Li Caiyi was surprised by his response, which lacked enthusiasm but was very blunt. He seemed to know exactly what she had in mind as if he could read her like a book. She felt conflicted about this.

"I have no intention of stopping you because I'm the same as you. I don't have much time, either."

His response eased her mind. It was always good to talk to a person with the same idea. "Then, we have a deal?"

Li Caiyi offered her hand for a handshake. The man stared at her hand for a while before he asked her, "What about you? Do you have a death wish or lingering regret?"

She flinched a bit. She closed her eyes, but nothing came to her mind. Everything that happened to her in this life was a bunch of mistakes. It was irredeemable.

Even regretting felt useless when something had broken to that extent. The only thing she could do… was to let it go.

"Nothing. I have none of that."

The man gazed at her doubtfully. Thankfully, he didn't pry further. He shook her hand in a friendly handshake. "Then, I'll be in your care for today."

Li Caiyi smiled.. "Leave it to me."