The truth behind the breakup

“If you say that again, I’ll have security escort you out.”

Chen Dong had a playful smile on his face. If it weren’t for his system’s scan, he wouldn’t have known that the woman in front of him was such a skilled actress, truly the pinnacle of ‘tea art’.

“Dongzi, did you see Gu Feifei yesterday?” Li Xiaoyu dropped her pretense and suddenly asked seriously.

“What does that have to do with you?” Chen Dong frowned.

“Don’t you want to know why she broke up with you?”

“Why?” Wasn’t it because he had no money and she needed a good job? Chen Dong had known this reason for a long time.

“If I tell you the truth, what’s in it for me?”

So, this was what she was waiting for. This woman was quite interesting; knowing she couldn't climb up to him, she wanted to get some benefits from him.

“What do you want?”

“Money, I want a lot of money, and a good job, one that can continuously earn money.”

“I have money, and I have job openings, but what can you do?”

Li Xiaoyu was stunned. Besides her good looks, her work ability was truly mediocre.

“Besides, if I really wanted to know the truth, couldn’t I just go ask Gu Feifei myself? We’re both in Jinghai, after all.”

However, Li Xiaoyu’s words today did ignite Chen Dong’s desire to uncover the truth. Yesterday, when he checked the system and saw that Gu Feifei’s intimacy score with him was still 91, it had already made him quite puzzled.

Li Xiaoyu’s words today were enough to indicate that there was an inside story back then. What was the real reason Gu Feifei chose to break up with him?

“Dongzi, we used to be good friends, and I was Gu Feifei’s best friend. Are you really that heartless?”

“Go on, tell me. If I’m satisfied, I’ll give you money and opportunities.”

“Then I’ll tell you the truth, but you can’t tell Gu Feifei that I told you. She repeatedly told me back then not to tell you, and she also said to forget her.”

Li Xiaoyu took a deep breath.

“Her father got uremia. He was diagnosed at the beginning of this year, and it’s a very serious type.

Now he needs dialysis every week, which is a huge expense. She knew your family’s financial situation was also average and didn’t want you to suffer with her.

But she couldn’t bring herself to say such a cruel thing as breaking up to your face, so she could only tell you over the phone…”

Dialysis was only covered by medical insurance more than ten years later. Now, one session costs nearly 1,000 yuan! For an ordinary family, this was indeed a huge sum.

Chen Dong didn’t hear Li Xiaoyu’s subsequent words and waved his hand.

“Yanran, take her to finance and transfer 200,000 yuan to her.”

“Dongzi, about my job—”

“Get out, if you don’t leave now, you won’t even get this 200,000 yuan.” Chen Dong’s face was terrifyingly cold. After his rebirth, this was the first time his emotions had been so unstable.

Li Xiaoyu was startled, but her eyes flickered with excitement. Chen Dong naturally didn’t notice anything amiss.

In his previous life, he had not recovered from the end of this relationship for a full ten years;

Even coming back again, thinking of the sweet and warm past still occasionally brought a pang of regret, as it was his first love after all.

Chen Dong was a scumbag, but he still had a basic conscience.

He had always thought he was the victim, but in the end, he discovered that the other party had made that heartless choice to avoid burdening him, silently bearing the heavy responsibility of betraying love and supporting her family.

To prolong his father’s life, she even embarked on the path of becoming a mistress!

Recalling the time they spent together during their last semester of college, it was no wonder Gu Feifei always found excuses to refuse going out for meals or movies. It was because she wanted to save as much money as possible for her father’s medical treatment.

And she wasn’t the kind of woman who could comfortably let Chen Dong bear all the expenses, including when they were intimate in bed, he vaguely felt her lack of enthusiasm.

But even so, Gu Feifei still tried her best to fulfill her responsibilities as a girlfriend.

After ten years of breaking up, Chen Dong hadn’t blamed Gu Feifei too much. Their time together was mostly sweet and beautiful memories. Only that sudden breakup had made Chen Dong fall into self-doubt for a time.

Chen Dong took a few deep breaths and pulled out his phone to dial that once incredibly familiar number.

“Hello, Dongzi, what’s up?” After a long time, that familiar voice finally came through.

“Where are you?”

“At work, why?”

“I’m waiting for you at the Central Hospital.”

Chen Dong hung up the phone and drove directly to the inpatient department of the Central Hospital, finding the payment counter.

“Sister, I’d like to ask, is there a patient named Gu here who is currently hospitalized for uremia?”

“Let me check for you. You mean Gu Xingwang, right? His uremia has been dragging on for too long. He didn’t do dialysis on time before, so a lot of toxins accumulated.”

The young lady saw that Chen Dong was handsome and smiled brightly, thinking of talking to him a bit more.

“I heard there’s a suitable kidney source. As long as he’s hospitalized and his current condition is stabilized, then he can have surgery to replace a kidney. If he takes good care of himself afterward, living to sixty-five or sixty-six should be no problem.”

“Oh, how much will that cost in total?”

“That’s a bit expensive. Stabilizing his current condition should cost around 100,000 yuan. Buying a kidney source and performing the transplant surgery will be at least 700,000 yuan. Then, with post-operative recovery and long-term medication, a million yuan should be about right.”

“Then I’ll deposit two million yuan into his account first. If there’s any extra, it can be refunded, right?”

“Of course, it can be refunded.” The pretty nurse suddenly realized,

“Two million yuan?”

“Yes, I’ll deposit two million yuan for him first.”

Chen Dong swiped his card directly, paid the money, took the payment slip, and chatted with the nurse for a while before walking to the entrance of the inpatient department.

Before long, he saw a beautiful figure hurrying towards him.

It was still the familiar long dress style, still a beautiful and moving figure, wearing a simple sun hat, with fair skin and exquisite features.

“Dongzi, are you here alone? Where’s your girlfriend?”

Gu Feifei forced a smile, pretending to be carefree. The more she acted this way, the more Chen Dong felt he owed her, though this feeling of guilt only lasted for three seconds.

“How much longer were you planning to hide it from me?”

“What are you talking about? I’m not quite sure.”

“About Uncle’s uremia hospitalization.” Chen Dong handed the payment slip to Gu Feifei.

“I’ve already paid Uncle’s hospitalization fees. Let’s arrange for his surgery quickly.”

“Dongzi, this… how can I ever repay you?” Two lines of clear tears fell, and Gu Feifei covered her face, sobbing softly.

Chen Dong took two steps forward and gently embraced Gu Feifei.

Feeling the familiar embrace, the man she had longed for day and night, Gu Feifei could no longer hold back. She hugged Chen Dong tightly and burst into tears…

After a long while, Gu Feifei finally looked up, seeing Chen Dong’s chest soaked with her tears and snot.

Her pretty face flushed slightly, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.”

“Help me wipe it clean.” Chen Dong smiled helplessly. Gu Feifei frantically pulled out tissues from her small bag and wiped the snot from Chen Dong’s chest, making him look somewhat normal again.

“Take me to see Uncle.”

“Hmm, my parents are both upstairs.”

“Are you working alone to support your entire family?”