Don't open the door, I... have something to say to you

  Just as the door was about to open, Song Yu immediately pulled on the door handle and wouldn't let anyone inside turn it.

  "Don't open the door!" she urged anxiously. "Don't open it, I... have something to say to you, just like this, with the door between us. If I'm face to face with you, I'm afraid I won't have the courage to say it again."

  Feeling the power of resistance against her turning the doorknob disappear, she relaxed her grip and stopped opening the door. She also let go, her hands stuck to the door, her forehead lightly touching the cold wooden door, bowing her head and staring blankly at the motionless doorknob.

  "When I was 15, I got engaged to Qi Chengji, and you didn't stop me. At first, I blamed you, but after growing up, I knew that you were also powerless to stop it, and could only wish you well. If you had really confessed your feelings to me as I had hoped, and not let me get engaged, then the only one who would have been troubled would be me. I would have opposed the engagement with all my might, but the outcome would never have changed."

  "My family will stop me from seeing you again, and in the end I'll still marry Qi Chengji, but there won't even be a chance for us to see each other."

  "That's why you can't be so selfish and only think about speaking your mind freely. And I've come to realize that both Qi Chengji and I are still young, who knows what will happen in the future? Marriage is just a promise for now, no one can predict what will happen later."

  "Sure enough, later on, our family went bankrupt and the engagement with Qi Chengji naturally couldn't continue, so it was cancelled. I could no longer be Miss Song, everyone thought I was pitiful, overnight I fell from heaven to hell, losing everything, having to live a life that's even harder than ordinary people."

  "But I don't resent it at all, nor do I feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, I'm very happy. In my opinion, being an ordinary person is much better than being a rich young lady who can't even control her own life. Maybe in terms of material things, it's not as good as before, but I don't need such a luxurious life."

  "Now I'm living a better life with my own abilities, and I don't have to worry about food or clothing. On the contrary, I even have some spare money for entertainment. Although work is busy, compared to the intrigue and scheming of the wealthy families, my body may be tired but my heart is at ease."

  "This ordinary little day, has a carefree spirit that can't be compared to my original wealthy lifestyle. After going bankrupt, I transferred to a public school for high school and my grades were good enough to get into A University, but B University gave me a scholarship, which would lighten our burden a bit, so I chose B University."

  "In my four years of university, I worked hard to balance work and study, and didn't have the time to think about romantic relationships. After graduating from university, I entered the construction industry, but the competition was so fierce that with my degree being the lowest among architects, I had no choice but to pursue a master's degree while continuing to work part-time. When I first started in this field, I naturally needed to put in several times more effort than others to gain recognition, and on top of studying for my master's, I even had to squeeze out time to sleep every day."

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  And there is one more thing...