(No longer in love) Chapter 11: A New Beginning
Alex and Gu Yuan’s plans were swift and decisive. Within days, they were partners, establishing a large–scale vegetable greenhouse operation.
I spent the next few months immersed in the farm work
Three months passed in a blur. My old phone had been turned off.
When I finally reactivated it, a message from a friend caught my attentions a message two months old
Bucian, it turned out, had descended into a spiral of alcoholism after our divorce, and his life was a blur of reckless behavior. A drunken driving incident had resulted in a devastating accidere. He was now in a coma, his future uncertain.
I stared at the message, a mixture of shock and a strange sense of detachment washing over me Switching the phone back off, the only recourse was a silent prayer for his recovery. Gu Yuan appeared behind me when I was staring at my phone in a daze. Sensing, my distress, has reasing tone was tinged with genuine concern.
“Heartbreak, Millie? Don’t worry. Plenty of good men out there, just book a10
I pocketed my phone, returning to the fields, the image of Lucian’s accident haunting me
“I’m divorced,” I said simply.
Gu Yuan followed close behind, a knowing smile playing on his lips.
Over the next two years, Alex and Gu Yuasiness expanded, creating opportunities for other villagers.
They leveraged live–streaming to sell their produce, their online presence proving highly successful. Alex found himself inundated with marriage proposals. But a damaging rumour spread the fact of his past incarceration. The proposals dried up. I retreated, consumed by self–recrimination, believing our move to the countryside would erase our past. I was naive
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