10
Tiffany lost the baby. She had been drinking heavily throughout her pregnancy, and the fetus was already developing poorly.
Tiffany came to make a scene at the Jiang mansion a few times. Old Mr. Jiang gave her a substantial amount of compensation money, and after that, she never appeared at the mansion again.
Jason was deeply affected by the incident. He voluntarily requested to study abroad and quickly left after packing his things. Before leaving, he transferred the ownership of the apartment we had lived in together to me.
My relationship with Ethan progressed smoothly. A month into our official relationship, I watched the number above his head slowly decreasing. I thought to myself that even if we were to break up in the future, I’d make sure to use up at least half of that number.
I sold the apartment Jason had left me and quit my job to continue my studies. Besides supervising my studies every day, Ethan also prepared meals for me in various ways, until I was accepted into my dream school.
On the day I graduated with my doctorate, Ethan brought flowers to celebrate my graduation.
My classmates all congratulated us.
“You lucky girl, you’ve hit the jackpot with such a handsome boyfriend! You must be over the moon!”
“Succeeding in both studies and love, us single dogs can’t even begin to be jealous!”
“When are you getting married? You’d better invite us to be bridesmaids!”
I smiled and held Ethan’s hand, waving goodbye to them.
“Don’t worry, you’ll all be invited when the time comes. I’ll have my boyfriend introduce some handsome guys to you!”
Through my interactions with new friends, I gradually learned to distinguish between true friends and fake ones.
True friends don’t congratulate you to your face while stabbing you in the back. They offer help when you’re in trouble, and they’re the first to shed tears of joy when they see you happy.
Ethan and I walked hand in hand around the campus, passing through places I had walked many times before.
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Ethan and I walked hand in hand around the campus, passing through places I had walked many times before.
“By the way, you mentioned before that you knew me before Jason did? When was that? I don’t remember.”
I had met Jason in college. His school was next to ours, and we met while eating barbecue one night. I thought he was handsome, so I was the one who asked for his contact information.
But Ethan should have already graduated by then. How could he have known me?
“During your freshman orientation. You almost got hit by a car.”
I thought back carefully and remembered that incident.
I was in a hurry to deliver some documents to the new student registration office and didn’t notice a car coming out of the main road. I nearly got hit.
“You were running very fast, looking very anxious. Your knee was scraped but you didn’t even notice. Your ponytail was bouncing, and you had a slightly odd running posture.“‘
But you were beautiful, radiant.
Later, when the Jiang Group established a medical scholarship program, you happened to be fifth in your class. When you received the award, you smiled brightly as you took the certificate from my hands, your eyes full of desire for money and satisfaction with your grades.
“So it was you who presented me with that award back then!”
At the time, I was so focused on receiving the award and the money that I didn’t even notice the incredibly handsome man presenting it to me.
If I had paid attention to him then, I might never have dated Jason at all.
“So you see, I passed through your life many times before I finally got the chance to hold your hand.
